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DE 3 Adbi Kunj holds literary meet

Adbi Kunj held a special greetingmeet at its literary centre KidzeeSchool Talab Tillo, Jammu under theChairmanship of Aarash OmDalmotra while Bishan ...

4 5MoS reviews developmentalworks

Minister of State for Housing &Urban Development, Asiea Naqash,today reviewed ongoingdevelopmental projects during hertour of the constituency.....

Drive against illegal powerconnections launched

The District Administration Jammutoday launched a massive drive toremove illegal power connectionsand aware people about theimportance of judicious....

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More civilians, securitymen injured in 2016 NEW DELHI, JULY 18

The number of civilians injured in 2016 inJammu and Kashmir following the killingof militant leader Burhan Wani was almosteight times higher than in 2010, whenthere were widespread protests againstarmy killings, the Lok Sabha was toldtoday.While 8,932 civilians were injured in 2016against 1,047 in P2

Zakir Naik's passport revokedNEW DELHI, JULY 18

The passport of controversial Islamicpreacher Zakir Naik, wanted inconnection with alleged terror fundingcases, was today revoked at the request ofthe National Investigation Agency (NIA),officials said.The officials of the probe agency said thetravel document was revoked by theRegional Passport Office of Mumbai after51-year-old Naik P2

CBI to digitise over 4.5crore documents: GovtNEW DELHI, JULY 18

The CBI will digitise over 4.5 croredocuments and set up a Rs 100 croretechnological vertical to build in-housecapacity for supporting crimeinvestigation, Union minister HansrajGangaram Ahir said today.In a written reply to the P2

NL CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, JULY 18

Tensions further escalatedalong Line of Control (LoC)as an army soldier was killedin fresh ceasefire violationsby Pakistan in Nowgamsector of Kashmir's Kupwaradistrict on Tuesday.Sources said the soldierbelonging to 17 InfantryBrigade was killed when asniper fired by Pakistanitroops hit him at Sangampost in Nowgam sectoralong the LoC. "Heavyfiring and shelling weregoing on in the area asIndian troops wereretaliating with heavyweapons on Pakistani posts,"

they said.This was the second incidentof a soldier's death in cross-border firing in as manydays. On Monday, a trooperand a 9-year-old girl werekilled in Pakistani shelling atforward posts and civilianareas in Rajouri district. Lastweek, two army men werekilled after they were hit bysniper fire from Pakistanside near Furkian Gali inKeran sector of Kupwaradistrict.Earlier in the day, Pakistaniarmy resorted toindiscriminate shelling andfiring along the LoC inPoonch district and Rajouri'sNowshera sector. An armypersonnel was injured in

shelling from across theborder in Mendhar area ofPoonch. An official said thatLance Naik Navjot Singh of581 Artillery regiment washit by splinters in his eye atSabra Gali in Mendharsector.

In a major rescue operationlaunched by the DistrictAdministration and Police217 students and around 15teachers were rescued fromthree schools in the wake ofheavy mortar shelling alongLoC in Nowshera sub-

division of district Rajouri.The students of three schoolswere trapped for more than 6hours amid heavy shelling inthe area. In Middle SchoolKaladi 12 trapped studentswere evacuated. After hecticefforts in a prolonged rescueoperation 150 students heldup at Govt High SchoolBhawani were shifted toNowshera. Likewise 55students and teachers ofGovt High School Sair wererescued amid heavy shelling.Sair school was badlydamaged due to shelling.Following heavy shelling inthe area, all schools inNowshera and Manjakotesector have been closed tillfurther orders. P2

Tension escalates along LoC as soldier killed in Pak firing217 students, 15 teachers rescued at Nowshera

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, JULY 18

The incumbent officebearers of the Jammu andKashmir CricketAssociation would continuetheir posts till theamendments are made in itsrules as per the SupremeCourt guidelines.Sources said the JKCAoffice bearers werescheduled to hold a meetingon Tuesday about electingnew cricketing body as theincumbent office bearerscompleted their term on July18 .Javaid Ahmad, ViceChairman of the JKCA for

Kashmir province, said thenew body will be electedonce the amendments aremade into the cricketingbody rules as per theSupreme Court guidelines."Imran Raza Ansari willcontinue to be its presidentwhile Iqbal Ahmad Shah asits General Secretary tillnew body is elected," hesaid. In June 2015, FarooqAbdullah was replaced byImran Raza Ansari as thepresident of Jammu andKashmir CricketAssociation. It ended thedominance of NationalConference patron on thestate's cricketing body, who

was the head of JKCA since1980. After two years, there is nowinfighting within the rulingPDP leaders, who are eyingon JKCA's president's postand appoint theirconfidantes as its officebearers.PDP leader, Mehboob Iqbal,who is JKCA chairman iskeen to wrest full control onthe cricketing body fromminister for Youth Servicesand Sports Imran RazaAnsari citing the SupremeCourt ruling. It has beenlearnt that a group of peopleis supporting Mehboobwhile another group is withAnsari.

Incumbent office bearers ofJKCA continue to hold posts

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, JULY 18

he three-member team of PressCouncil of India (PCI) led by S NSinha held wide-rangingdeliberations with Minister ofInformation, Food Civil Suppliesand Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA)here today.The members of the visiting Sub-Committee include C K Nayak,Dr Suman Gupta, accompaniedby Director Information Muneer-ul-Islam.

PCI members apprised theMinister of the issues flagged bythe media owners, editors andworking journalists in theirmeetings with the panel duringthe past two days.The PCI team informed theMinister that during their stay inKashmir for the past two days,they held extensive deliberationswith media owners, editors andworking journalists associationsto know about the issues andchallenges confronting them.The PCI team sought the

Minister's intervention ininitiating welfare measures for thejournalists of J&K includinginstitution of welfare scheme,health insurance cover andpension.The members also gave somesuggestions regarding theaccreditation of journalists.Welcoming the suggestionsoffered by the PCI members, theMinister assured that all theirviews would duly be consideredby the Department.The Minister P2

PCI team briefs Minister on issuesflagged by media-persons

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, JULY 18

An Army Major of 8Rashtriya Rifles (RR)battalion was killed in afratricide incident by afellow jawan over the use ofmobile phone on duty at aforward post along the Lineof Control (LoC) in Urisector in Kashmir.Sources said the Majorposted in Kamalote areasuffered fatal wound when a

jawan fired from AK-47 riflefrom behind aroundmidnight.It is learnt that the majorscolded the jawan over useof mobile phone."The jawan was found byofficer using the phoneduring the duty. The officerwarned him and tried toconfiscate the phone. Duringthe process, the mobilescreen broke over which anargument took place."Srinagar-based defence

spokesman Col Rajesh Kaliatermed the incident asunfortunate."In an unfortunate incident

that occurred at one of theforward posts in Uri sectoralong LoC, an Army officerwas killed in the firing byone of the Army jawans.The officer succumbed to hisinjuries on the spot. Furtherinvestigations by the Armyand the police areunderway," the spokesmansaid. P2

Major shot dead by jawan overuse of mobile phone

2 washed awayin flash floods inUdhampur

NL CORRESPONDENTUDHAMPUR, JULY 18

Two persons, including agirl, were washed away inflash floods in theUdhampur district today.Rekha Devi (19), a class 12student, and MohammadSarif (35) were swept awayat Pachond nallah in Lattitehsil of the district whenthey were crossing thenallah this morning, policeofficials said.Despite efforts by policeand locals, both are stilluntraced and a search wason till last reports came in,he said. (AGENCIES)

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, JULY 18

Opposition NationalConference on Tuesdayexpressed serious concernover the decision of theCentral Government to notfile a written response to thePublic Interest Litigation(PIL) filed in the SupremeCourt challenging Article35-A of the Constitution ofIndia. Article 35A of theConstitution of Indiaempowers the Legislature ofJammu and Kashmir todefine 'Permanent Residents'of the State andsubsequently empowers theLegislature to providespecial rights and privilegesto those permanent

residents.In a statement, senior NCleaders Ali MuhammadSagar, Abdul Rahim Rather,Muhammad Shafi Uri, NasirAslam Wani and DevenderSingh Rana have said theCentral government'sdecision to remainambiguous on the verysensitive issue indicated apolitical intention to supportand patronise those forcesthat want to use the judicialroute to launch an assault onArticle 35-A and Article 370of the Constitution of India."It is the responsibility of theCentral government and theAttorney General to respondto such PIL in a transparent,unambiguous andunequivocal manner and that

has clearly not happened,"the NC leaders said."The decision of theAttorney General to not filea written counter-response tothe PIL before it wasreferred to the three-judgebench of the Supreme Courthas raised many red flagsand yet again points towardsthe fact that the powers thatbe in New Delhi arepatronising and supportingsuch moves to questionJammu and Kashmir'sspecial status and StateSubject Law. It is evidentthat the Central governmentwants to abstain from takinga clear position on this issue,an approach which isdangerous and could lead toirreparable P2

NC accuses centre of attemptsto dilute JK's spl status

URI, JULY 18 (KNS)

Echoing the former PrimeMinister Dr ManmohanSingh, Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti Tuesdaysaid bordered cannot bechanged but the physicalline can be removed toallow the people of thedivided Jammu andKashmir to meet."We cannot change theborders but we can removethe line (Line of Control) sothat people across the twosides of Jammu andKashmir can meet eachother and travel across theworld," Mehbooba, as perKNS correspondent, told

reporters in Uri afteraddressing public gatheringand inaugurating severalprojects."Students and people fromthe two regions can comeacross and meet each other,talk to each other and seewhat is happening on thetwo sides. It will improverelations of the twocountries as well.The Chief Minister was on awhirlwind tour ofBaramulla district to assessthe development projectsbeing undertaken in thearea.Mehbooba said that Indiaand Pakistan should sittogether P2

CM pitches for moretrade routes along LoC

GUREZ, JULY 18, CNS

Indian Army on Tuesdayclaimed to have foiled aninfiltration bid along theLine of Control in Gurezsector of Bandipora districtin northern part of Kashmir.

Two suspected militantswere killed in the operation,

while two to three others arebelieved to be trapped. Theencounter is still under way,reports said. Three weaponshave also been recovered.An official said that a groupof six militants ataround11:30 pm tried tosneak into this side of LoC."Army personnel P2

Two militants killed inGurez Sector: Army

NL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, JULY 18

The Registrar General ofJammu and Kashmir HighCourt on Tuesday orderedtransfers and postings ofSub- Judges and Munsiffs.Consequent upon thepromotion of Mr. ImtiyazAhmad Lone, Mr. AdnanSyed , Mr. Sushi! Singh,Mr. Arun Kumar Kotwal,Mr. Khem Raj, Mr. DineshGupta, Mr. Parvaiz Iqbaland Mr. Prem Sagar,Munsiffs as SubJudges/Civil Judges (Sr.Division) on ad-hoc basisand in the interest ofadministration, thefollowing transfers/postings

of Sub- Judges andMunsiffs are hereby made:1. Mirza Riyaz-ul-Haq, SubJudgefCJM , Kulgam istransferred and posted asChief Judicial Magistrate,Rajouri, against availablevacancy.2.. Vijay Singh Manhas,Sub Judge/CJM,Bandiporais transferred and posted asChief Judicial Magistrate,Reasi, against availablevacancy.3. Ms. Masarat Roohi,Sub Judge/SpecialMobile Magistrate,Srinagar is transferred andposted as Chief JudicialMagistrate, Sopore, viceMr. Mehraj-ud-din Sofi.

4. Mr. Balbir Lal, ChiefJudicial Magistrate,Kishtwar is transferred andposted as Chief JudicialMagistrate, Udharnpur,against available vacancy.Ashwani Kumar, SubJudge, Leave Reserve,High Court is transferredand posted as ChiefJudicial Magistrate, Jammu,against available vacancy.Aijaz Ahmad Khan, Spl.Mo bile Magistrate (T),Srinagar is transferredand posted as ChiefJudicial Magistrate,Srinagar, against availablevacancy.Mohd Ashraf Khan, SubJudge/CJM , Shopian istransferred and posted as

Chief Judicial Magistrate,Poonch, against availablevacancy.Mohd. Rafiq Chak,Municipal Magistrate,Jammu is transferred andposted as forest Magistrate,Srinagar, vice Mr. BashirAhmad Munshi.Abdul Nasir, Sub Judge,Batote is transferred andposted as Sub .JudgeLRP, High Court,Srinagar.Rajesh Kumar Abrol,Sub Judge, Chadoora istransferred and posted asSub Judge LRP, High CourtJammu against availablevacancy. Surinder Singh,Passenger Tax &Electricity P2

Transfer & postings in Judiciary

NL CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, JULY 18

A proposal to procure 1.86 lakhbullet proof jackets for the armedforces is in progress, the governmenttold Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, amidrising incidents of cross-borderattacks on security forces along theLine of Control in Jammu andKashmir.Minister of State for defenceSubhash Bhamre, replying to aquestion, said that 50,000 suchjackets have already been deliveredto the Army. “A proposal forprocuring 1,86,138 bullet proofjackets (BPJ) is in progress,” he said,adding that the Defence Researchand Development Organisation

(DRDO) is engaged in the project.“In addition, 12 Indian companieshave been issued industrial licensesfor the manufacture of BPJs,” hesaid. The Army has been pressingthe government to procure the bulletproof jackets as soon as possible.The minister, to a separate question,said 297 army personnel were killedand 336 were injured while on dutybetween 2014 to 2016. Thirtypersonnel from Indian Air Forcehave also laid down their livesduring the period.Replying to another query, Bhamresaid ordnance factories have beendirected to take a set of specificsafety measures in the wake a bombexplosion in one of the buildings inordnance factory P2

Govt to procure 1.86 lakh bulletproof jackets for soldiers

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Tension escalates along LoCas soldier killed in Pak firing

Forward villages including Kalsian, Sair, Bahwani, Namband Jhangar came under heavy shelling in interior inhabitedarea. Sources said that Pakistani troops started heavy mortarshelling and firing targeting several forward defencelocations and civilian areas in Manjakote, Balakote andMendhar sectors along LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts.Indian troops gave befitting response to Pakistan's ceasefireviolations at all the places.The cross-LoC bus service between Poonch-Rawlakoteroute remained suspended in view of heavy Pakistan shellingalong LoC in Rajouri district, leaving 55 citizens of PakistanOccupied Kashmir stranded in Rajouri and Poonch districts.There have been hundreds of violations of the 2003 ceasefireagreement by the Pakistan along the LoC and theInternational Border in J&K since Indian army carriedsurgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan occupiedKashmir on September 29 last year.xx

Major shot dead by jawanover use of mobile phone

Since the militancy erupted, dozens of soldiers havecommitted suicide or have been killed by their colleagues.There have been many incidents of fratricidal killings andthe reasons for such incidents are mostly believed to be highlevel of stress.

NC accuses centre of attemptsto dilute JK's spl status

damage to the state's special status and its State SubjectLaw," they pointed out.The NC leaders said the recent extension of the GST regimeto J&K through a Presidential Order was the most recentinstance when the PDP-BJP alliance government, along withthe Centre had, had inflicted an irreparable harm to thestate's autonomy and special status.

Two militants killed in GurezSector: Army

of 13 Sikh regiment noticed the movement. The militantsfired at them, which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight,"official said.They said the intermittent firing continued till 6 am in themorning. "Two bodies of militants have been recovered.Search operation is under way to track the rest of militants,"he said. (CNS)

CBI to digitise over 4.5crore documents: Govt

Lok Sabha, he said the proposal for setting up ofinternational centre of excellence in investigation is underreview.Ahir said e-governance initiatives including a Rs 48.63 croreproject envisaging automation of all the current processes ofthe CBI are being undertaken by the agency.It aims at removing duplicity in investigation and usher inenhanced supervision of all the processes in the CBI by useof technology, he said."The project also encompasses digitisation of 4.82 croredocuments in the CBI. The project is expected to go live inthe current financial year," the Minister of State for HomeAffairs said. (AGENCIES)

PCI team briefs Minister on issuesflagged by media-persons

sought the intervention of the PCI in countering the negativeand vicious propaganda unleashed by various TV newschannels against J&K and projecting the State in a positivelight.The Minister added that the negative coverage of the Stateadversely hits the State's tourism industry, and in turn dentsits economy.Taking cognizance of issue raised by the committeemembers, the Minister also issued advisory to ensure that thejournalists identity card should be treated as their curfewpasses during restrictions.Zulfkar Ali said the Government would look into the issue ofinternet shutdowns in the State so that the journalists canperform their professional duties without anycommunication disruption. (KNS)

More civilians, security meninjured in 2016

2010, the number of security personnel injured also went upsharply to 8,378 in 2016 from 5,188 in 2010, Minister ofState for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said.Responding to a written question by two MPs, includingCongress' Jyotiraditya Scindia and YSR Congress' M RajaMohan Reddy, the minister gave a table comparing 2010 and2016. (AGENCIES)

CM pitches for more traderoutes along LoC

and talk about reopening of trade routes on the border."We should open more trade routes. Kargil-Askardu,Jammu-Sialkot, Nowshera-Jangad, Xiangjinag and centralAsian routes. I think we should sit together to talk aboutopening these routes," she said.In 2005 when PDP patron late Mufti Sayeed was chiefminister, the Muzaffarad road in Uri was opened for busservice 'Karwan-e-Aman' and then in 2008 trade betweendivided parts of the state was started. The Aman Setu Bridgebetween Uri and Muzaffarabad was inaugurated by MuftiMohammad Sayeed in 2005.Mehbooba said that she hoped the relations between the twocountries improve."Employment, corruption, poverty are the same problemsthat the two countries are grappled with. Why not fight theseissues together," she said.She said that the Wagah border remains open despite theceasefire violations.Earlier, addressing a gathering in Uri, the chief minister saidthat the mission of her party was to forge good relations withPakistan and seek an end to border skirmishes.She said that 24 seats designated for constituencies ofJammu and Kashmir occupied by Pakistan in 1947 arevacant in the legislative assembly. "Till their nomination, weshould constitute an advisory committee comprisingmembers of both sides of Kashmir that will work for thepromotion of tourism and other areas," she said.Mehbooba said that her party wanted to form an advisorycommittee that will work for promotion of tourism on bothsides of Kashmir."The committee will comprise members of both sides ofKashmir. The committee will promote tourism and findmodalities for allowing student visits on both sides ofKashmir. This will ensure peace and stability in the region,"she said.Former Congress PM Dr Manmohan Singh had said in 2017at University of Jammu after being conferred a Degree ofLetters (honoris causa) borders cannot be changed, but theycan be made irrelevant. (KNS)

Zakir Naik's passport revokedfailed to respond to a showcause notice issued to him forpersonal appearance by July 13.The notice was served asking Naik why his passport shouldnot be revoked in view of various investigations pendingagainst him, they said.He is being probed for terror and money laundering chargesby the NIA. He fled from India on July 1, 2016 afterterrorists in neighbouring Bangladesh claimed that they wereinspired by his speeches on waging jihad. (AGENCIES)

Govt to procure 1.86 lakh bulletproof jackets for soldiers

in Jasbalpur in March.To another question, he said the government is pursuing theprocurement of an additional C-17 heavy lift aircraft for theIndian Air Force. India has already bought 10 C-17 aircraftfrom the US.

Transfer & postings in Judiciary

Magistrate, Snnagar is transferred and posted as CityJudge, Jammu, vice Mr. Manjit Singh Manhas.Om Parkash Thakur, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Doda istransferred and posted as Judge Small Causes Court,Srinagar, vice Mr. Manjit Rai.Gowhar Majid Dalal, Sub Judge, Bijbehara istransferred and posted as Special Mobile Magistrate(T),Srinagar, vice Mr. Aijaz Ahmad Khan. .Javed Alam, Sub Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate,Pulwama is transferred and posted as Chief JudicialMagistrate, Pulwama, against available vacancy.Mehraj-ud-Din Sofi, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sopore istransferred and posted as Chief Judicial Magistrate,Ganderbal, vice Mr. Raja Mohammad Tasleem.Surjit Singh Bali, Special Mobile Magistrate (T),Jammu is transferred and posted as Chief JudicialMagistrate, Shopian, vice Mr. Mohd. Ashraf Khan.Om Prakash Bhagat, Sub Judge/Spl. MobileMagistrate, Bhaderwah is transferred and posted as Sub

Judge, Chadoora, vice Mr. Rajesh Kumar Abrol.Manjit Singh Manhas, City Judge, Jammu is transferredand posted as City Judge, Srinagar, vice Ms. UmiKulsoom.Som Lal, Sub Judge/Spl. Mobile Magistrate, Budgamis transferred and posted as Sub Judge j Spl. MobileMagistrate, Jammu vice Ms. Anjum Ara.Mohd. Ashraf Bhat, Sub Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate,Anantnag is transferred and posted as Chief JudicialMagistrate, Handwara, against available vacancy.Pardeep Kumar Sandhu, Sub Judge,(ElectricityMagistrate), Pattan is transferred and posted as Sub JudgeLRP, High Court, Jammu, against available vacancy.Ms. Sandeep Kour, Sub Judge, Nowshera is transferredand posted as Sub Judge/Spl. Mobile Magistrate,Udhampur, vice Ms. Rajni Sharma.Mr. Yahya Firdous Ahangar, Chief Judicial Magistrate,Ramban is transferred and posted as RailwayMagistrate, Jammu, vice Mr. Anoo p Kumar.Mr. Raja Mohammad Tasleem, Chief JudicialMagistrate, Ganderbal is transferred and posted as ChiefJudicial Magistrate, Bandipora, vice Mr. Vijay SinghManhas.Mr. Anoop Kumar, Sub Judge (Railway Magistrate),Jammu is transferred and posted as Chief JudicialMagistrate, Ramban, vice Mr. Yahya Firdous Ahanger. Mr.Madan Lal, Sub Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate,Baramulla is transferred and posted as Excise Magistrate, Jammu, vice Mr. Yash PalSharma.Mr. Manoj Parihar, Sub Judge, Bhaderwah istransferred and posted as Municipal Magistrate,Jammu, vice Mr. Mohd. Rafiq Chak.Mr. Arvind Sharma, Sub Judge, Baramaulla is transferredand posted as Sub Judge, Batote, vice Mr. Abdul Nasir.Mr. Yash Pal Sharma, Excise Magistrate, Jammu istransferred and posted as Municipal Mobile Magistrate,Srinagar, vice Mr. Amit Sharma.Mr. Bashir Ahmad Munshi, Forest Magistrate, Srinagar istransferred and posted as Chief Judicial Magistrate,Kishtwar, vice Mr. Balbir Lal.Mr. Amit Sharma, Sub Judge/Municipal Magistrate,Srinagar is transferred and posted as Special MobileMagistrate (T), Jammu, vice Mr. Surjit Singh Bali.Mr. Manjeet Rai, Judge Small Causes Court, Srinagar istransferred and posted as Sub Judge/ Spl. Mobile Magistrate(Passenger Tax),Jammu, vice Ms. Arti Mohan.Ms. Anjum Ara, Sub Judge/Spl. Mobile Magistrate,Jammu is transferred and posted as Sub Judge, RamNagar, vice Ms. Renu Dogra.Ms. Arti Mohan, Sub Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate(Passenger Tax), Jammu is transferred and posted as SubJudge, Leave Reserve, High Court, Jammu, against availablevacancy.Ms. Rajni Sharma, Sub Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate,Udhampur is transferred and posted as Sub Judge,Nowshera, vice Ms. Sandeep Kour.Ms. Umi Kulsoom, City Judge, Srinagar is transferred andposted as Sub Judge, Bijbehara, vice Mr. Gowhar MajidDalalMr. Ahsan-ullah Parvez Malik, Su b

JudgejSpectal Mobile Magistrate, Poonch is transferred andposted as Sub Judge /Spl. Mobile Magist rate, Pulwama,vice Mr. Javed Alam .

Mr. Iqbal Ahmad Masoodi, Sub Judge, Kupwara istransferred and posted as Chief Judicial Magistrate,Kulgam, vice Mr. Riyaz-ul-Haq Mirza.Ms. Renu Dogra, Sub Judge, Ramnagar is transferred andposted as Sub Judge, Bhaderwah, vice Mr. Manoj Parihar.Ms. Sudesh Sharma, Sub-Judge, LRP, High Court WingJammu is transferred and posted as Passenger Tax &Electricity Magistrate, Srinagar, vice Mr. SurinderSingh.Ms. Spalzes Angmo, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Leh istransferred and posted as Chief Judicial Magistrate,Kargil, against available vacancy.Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone, Munsiff, Budgam, on hispromotion as Sub Judge, is transferred and posted as SubJudge, (Electricity Magistrate), Pattan vice Mr. PardeepKumar Sandhu.Adnan Syed, Sub Registrar, Jammu, on hispromotion as Sub Judge, is transferred and posted as SubJudge/Spl. Mobile Magistrate, Poonch, vice Mr. Ahsan-ullah-Parvaiz Malik.Sushil Singh, Munsiff, Udhampur, on his promotionas Sub Judge, is transferred and posted as Sub Judge/Spl.Mob. Magistrate, Baramulla, vice Mr. Madan Lal.Arun Kumar Kotwal, Munsiff/ Addl. Spl. MobileMagistrate, Dod a on his promotion as Sub Judge, istransferred and posted as Sub Judge/Spl. MobileMagistrate, Bhaderwah, vice Mr. O.P. Bhagat.Khem Raj, Munsiff, Kishtwar, on his promotion as SubJudge, is transferred and posted as Chief JudicialMagistrate, Doda, vice Mr. O.P. Thakur.Dinesh Gupta, Munsiff, Katra, on his promotion as SubJudge, is transferred and posted as Chief JudicialMagistrate, Leh, vice Ms. Spalzes Angmo.Parvaiz Iqbal, Addl. Mobile Magistrate (T), Jammu, on hispromotion as Sub Judge, is transferred and posted as SubJudge/Spl. Mobile Magistrate, Srinagar vice Ms. MasaratRoohi.

Prem Sagar, Munsiff, Ukhral , on his promotion as SubJudge, is transferred a nd posted as Sub Judge, Kupwara,vi ce Mr. Iqbal Ahmad Masoodi.Man soor Ahmad Lone, Munsiff Kupwara istransferred and posted as Munsiff, Ganderbal , vice Mr. IqbalAhm ad Akh oon.Ms. Archana Charak, Munsiff, Bishnah is and posted asMunsiff/ Add!. Spl. Mobile M R.S. Pura, vice Mr. SlahudinAhmad.Mr. Abdul Qayoom Mir, Munsiff, Handwara ittransferred and posted as Munsiff, Kupwara, vice Mr.Mansoor Ahmad Lone.Mr. Parvin Pandoh , District Mobile Magistrate (T),Udhampur is transferred and posted as Munsiff, Kl-.ltra,against available vacancy.Mr. Noor Mohd. Mir, Munsiff, Bandipora is tnwsferred andposted as Munsiff, Handwara, vice Mr. Abdu l QayoomMir.Ms. Swati Gupta, Munsiff/ Addl. Spl. Mobile Magistrate,Samba, is transferred and posted as Sub Registrar,Jammu, vice Mr. Adnan Syed.Mr. Mir Wajahat, Munsiff, Tral is transferred ru1dposted as Addl. Mobile M agistrate (T}, Srinagar, v1ce Mr.Abdul Bari.Mr. Aadil Mushtaq, Munsiff, Pampore is transferred andposted as Munsiff, Shopian, vice Mr. Jahangir AhmadBakshi.Ms. Fozia Paul, Munsiff/ Addl. Spl. M obile M agistra te,Awantipora, is transferred and posted as Munsiff, Pampore,vice Mr. Adil Mushtaq.Mr. Feroz Ahmad Khan, Munsiff, Chadoora is transferredand posted as Munsiff, Tral, vice Mr. Mir Wajahat.Mr. Sheikh Gowhar Hussain, City Munsiff, Srinagur istransferred and posted as Munsiff, Chadoora, vi ce Mr.Feroz Ahmad Khan.Mr. Javed Rana, Distric t Mobile Magistrate (T), Docla istransferred and posted as Munsiff, Ukhral, againstavailable vacancy.Mr. Ja.hangir Ahmad Bakshi, Munsiff, Shopian istransferred and posted as District Mobile Magistra te (T),Sopore, vice Ms. Tabasum.Ms. Tabasum, Distt. Mobile Magistrate (T) , Sopo re istransferred and posted as City Munsiff, Srinaga r , vice Mr.Sheikh Gowhar Hussain.Mr. Sarfara.z Nawa.z, District Mobile Magistra te (T),Rajouri is transferred and posted as Munsiff / Add!. Spl.Mobile Magistrate, Surankote, vice Mr. Tabraiz Ah m ad .Mr. Tsewang Phuntsog, Munsiff, Sa nku is transferred andposted as Munsiff, Nobra, vice Ms. Phunlsog Angmo.Mr. Iqbal Ahmad Akhoon, Munsiff, Ganderbal is transferredand posted as Munsiff, Bandipora, vice Mr. NoorMohammad.Ms. Phuntsog Angmo, Munsiff, Nobra is transferred andposted as Munsiff, Khaltsi, vice Mr. Chemit Yurgyals.Tabasum Qadir Parray, 1st Addl. Munsiff, Srinagar istransferred and posted as Munsiff, Budgarn, againstavailable vacancy.Ms. Fariqa Nazir, Munsiff, LRP, High Court, Srinagar istransferred and posted as Munsiff/ Addl. Spl. MobileMagistrate, Awantipora, vice Ms. Fozia Paul.Mr. Abdul Bari, Addl. Mobile Magistrate (T), Srinagar istransferred and posted as 1st Addl. Munsiff, Srinagar, viceMs. Tabasum Qadir Parray.Mr. Slahuddin Ahmed, Munsiff/ Addl. Spl. MobileMagistrate, R.S. Pura is transferred and posted as Addl.Mobile Magistrate (T), Jammu, against available vacancy.Mr. Mudasar Farooq, Munsiff, Banihal is transferred andposted as Munsiff, Bhaderwah, vice Ms. Girja Shavan.Mr. Muzamil Ahmad Wani, Munsiff, Tangdhar is transferredand posted as Munsiff, D.H. Pora, against availablevacancy.Mr. Touseef Ahmad Magray, Munsiff, Majalta istransferred and posted as Munsiff, Kishtwar, againstavailable vacancy.Ms. Jyoti Bhagat, Munsiff, Reasi is transferred andposted as Addl. Munsiff, Samba, vice Mr. JunaidImtiyaz Mir.Mr. Fidah Hussain Nayek, Munsiff / Addl. Spl. Mob.Magistrate, Kulgam is transferred and posted asMunsiff, Banihal, vice Mr. Mudasar Farooq.Ms. Girja Shavan, Munsiff, Bhaderwah is transferred andposted as Munsiff, Bishnah, vice Ms. Archana Charak.Mr. Tabraiz Ahmed, Munsiff/ Addl. Spl. MobileMagistrate, Surankote is transferred and posted as Distt.Mobile Magistrate (T), Rajouri, vice Mr. Sarfarz Nawaz.Mr. Junaid Imtiyaz Mir, Addl. Munsiff, Samba istransferred and posted as Munsiff, Udhampur a aistavailable vacancy with additional charge of DtstnctMobile Magistrate (T), Udhampur.Mr. Shafiq Ahmad Malik, Munsiff, Thathri is transferredand posted as Munsiff, Kotranka, vice Mr. Sandeep SinghSen.Mr. Sandeep Singh Sen, Munsiff Kotranka is transferredand posted as Distt. Mobile Magistrate (T) Doda withadditional charge of Munsiff, Thathri, vice Mr. JavedRana. Mr. Moneer Ahmad, Munsiff, Zanskar istransferred and posted as Munsiff, Sankoo, vice Mr.Tsewang Phuntsog.Mr. Chemit Yurgyal, Munsiff/ Adell. Spl. MobileMagistrate, Leh presently shifted to Khaltsi 1stransferred and posted as Munsiff, Drass withadditional charge of Munsiff, Zanskar, vice Mr. MoneerAhmad.

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URI, JULY 18

Jammu and Kashmir chiefminister Mehbooba Mufti onTuesday expressed hope thatpeace and friendship betweenIndia and Pakistan wouldfinally triumph over acrimonyand confrontation between thetwo neighbouring countries.She exhibited hope that theambit of cross-LoC trade andtravel activities would be

further expanded so that therewas more exchange of peopleand goods.Interacting with media personsafter visiting Trade FacilitationCentre (TFC), Salamabad andKaman Post, the chief ministerdescribed poverty,unemployment and corruptionas the "biggest enemies" of thepeople of the two countriesand suggested pooling ofresources by the two nations in

fighting these menaces.She said it was a fact thatborders cannot be redrawn butthey could certainly be madeirrelevant with frequentexchange of people, students,artists and other groups ofpeople.Expressing dismay overrecurrent flare-ups along theLoC, the chief minister saidunfortunately, the people ofJammu and Kashmir were the

worst sufferers of this hostilityas they had to live underperpetual threat to their livesand property.She said the only way toprevent the loss of lives anddestruction of property andensure peace along the borderswas to revive the spirit of the2003 ceasefire which hadbrought new hope of peaceand prosperity in the lives ofthe people along the borders

from Kathua to Kargil.Advocating opening of moretraditional routes along theLoC, Mehbooba said with thisthe people on the two sideswould come closer to eachother, understand each others'problems better whichultimately would lead tolowering of tensions andviolence which has plaguedthe state for a long time now.The chief minister said

cross-LoC travel and tradewas not coined and pilotedas an isolated facility but tobring the people on the twosides of the divide closer andopen a new chapter offriendship and workingtogether.She hoped that the ambit ofthe cross-LoC trade wouldbe expanded further to getthe two people understandeach other better.

NEW DELHI, JULY 18

Nearly Rs 180 crore was lostin 2,632 cases of robbery,theft, dacoity and burglariesat India's 51 banks in lastthree financial years, 2014-15 to 2016-17, Parliamentwas informed today. In awritten reply to the RajyaSabha, Minister of State forFinance Santosh KumarGangwar said State Bank of

India lost Rs 30 crore in 344incidence of robbery, theft,dacoity and burglaries in thelast three financial years.Bank of Baroda lost Rs 13crore in 188 such cases.Private sector players ICICIBank Ltd, Axis Bank andHDFC Bank Ltdrespectively lost Rs 17.25crore, Rs 37.34 crore and Rs10.21 crore in such incidents.(AGENCIES)

Mehbooba Mufti says India, Pakistan's friendship would 'triumph over acrimony' Banks lost Rs 180 cr to dacoity,burglaries in 3 years

The hunger strike bycontractual lecturers (10+2)entered 155th day today.These striking employeeshave been demanding theirregularization as per theCivil services SpecialProvision act 2010. A policyframed for theRegularization of all the ad-h o c /Contractual/Consolidatedemployees after renderingseven years of services.These Contractual Lecturerstoday held protest

demonstration in front ofPress club Jammu and wereraising slogans for theirdemands and against the

government.The protest was led by ArunBakhshi, president ofContractual Lecturers(10+2) Association.While addressing the mediaperson, Arun Bakhshipresident of the Associationsaid that "We will continue the chain

hunger strike till someconcrete result comes fromgovt "He also said theassociation finally decided

that we will not lift thisdharna of hunger strike tilltheir cases forRegularization as per CivilServices Special ProvisionAct 2010 is settled.Meanwhile, Sanjay Kumar,Sharaz Ahmed, Reva Raniand Shilpa Raina were sat ontoday chain hunger strike.

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Agitated over large scale backdoor andpolitically motivated appointments ofSpecial Police Officers (SPOs) inJammu region, a strong contingent ofPanther activists spearheaded by HarshDev Singh chairman Jammu andKashmir National Panthers Party(JKNPP) and Yash Paul Kundal, statepresident Young Panthers staged avociferous protest demonstrationoutside IG Office at Panjtirthi Jammutoday. The angry protestors demandedimmediate probe into all suchengagements which had causedembitterment among the youth anddeserving candidates in particular.While addressing the media, Harsh DevSingh said that illegal engagements onalleged monetary considerationsneeded to be probed. He said thatthrowing all norms to the windshundreds of SPOs had been engaged incircumvention of prescribed proceduresand norms governing their recruitmentand selection. He divulged that the saidSPOs had been reportedly appointed onthe recommendations of the politicianswhile the rumours were agog amongst

the deserving candidates that the backdoor appointees had paid Rs 1 lakh fortheir engagement against the postsparticularly in Ramnagar and MajaltaTehsils. Lambasting the BJP for itshollow slogans of transparency andaccountability in the recruitmentprocess, he said that all suchengagements made on monetaryconsiderations need to be probed at theearliest as the obnoxious trend had puta question mark over the credibility ofthe institution with fingers being raisedagainst Jammu based politiciansincluding the MLAs and Ministers for

extending favours to their chosen ones.Reminiscing Assembly days of theprevious regime, Harsh Dev Singhrecalled an incident of confrontationwhen Mehbooba Mufti took a jibe atthen Chief Minister Omar Abdullahover the issue of backdoorappointments of blue eyed people in thegovernment services. Prominent among those who spoke onthe occasion included Rajesh Padgotra,Gagan Pratap, Shankar Singh, NirmalKishore, Stiffness Gill, Raj Kumar,Mohinder Singh, Vishav Singh,Rashpaul Singh, Rajesh Gondhi.

JKNPP protests backdoor appointments of SPOs NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

National Secular Forum(NSF) on Tuesday staged aprotest demonstrationagainst Universityauthorities, to expose theauthoritarian rule andmisdeeds of JammuUniversity's Vice ChancellorProf Ramji Dass Sharma andurged his Excellency to takeimmediately set the thingsright in Jammu Universityand also take to task ViceChancellor, who is ignoringthe resolutions of UniversitySyndicate as well Counciland taking unilateraldecision to hire the service ofprivate lawyers.Addressing a gathering heretoday , National SecularForum (NSF) State presidentDr Vikas Sharma alleged thatUniversity administrationwas ignoring the resolutionsof competent bodies andinstead taking decisions asper the dictates of ViceChancellor. "The hiring of

the service of a privatelawyer as Need BasedStanding Counsel is clear cutviolation of the norms as theperson accommodatedenjoys proximity with theVice Chancellor," he added.The said lawyer has beenhired without following anydue procedure asrecommended by the 109thUniversity Syndicate videItem No. 109.61 (e) whichstates "The Vice Chancellorsof both, the University of

Jammu and the University ofKashmir will get the name(s)of senior and reputedAdvocate(s) out of list whichshall be submitted to theChancellor to obtain hisapproval and thereafter thecontract of service will beentered by the concernedUniversity with suchAdvocate(s) who shall beempanelled from the list sosubmitted initially for aperiod of three years, furtherextendable by another two

years."He demanded that panel ofAdvocates listed, if any, bythe Universities must haveAdvocate(s) with highreputation and untarnishedimage.Others who were presentduring the occasionincluding apinder Singh,Varun Dogra, ManmohanSingh, Anshu Sharma, RahulSharma, Robin Singh,VarunKumar, Arun Manhas, MohitSingh, Arjun Manhas.

NSF holds protest against JU authoritiesNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

"Flying with my feet on the ground.Simple yet strong, Free Spirited yetgrounded" is how fbb ColorsFemina Miss India 2017 1st runnerup, Sana Dua describes herself. Thegorgeous lady who hails fromJammu and Kashmir is all set torepresent India at the internationalstage. The lawyer and model is allset for Miss United Continents2017 which will be held inGuayaquil, Ecuador on September23rd 2017. The event will bebroadcast by Ecuador's nationalbroadcaster Gama TV and willopen its satellite signal to television

channels in Costa Rica, Honduras,Guatemala, Peru, Nicaragua,Bolivia, Miami and India. Thecontest will also be broadcast onthe PlayStation 4 console by thePSN service (using the satellitesignal from Gamma TV) in theUnited States A former CampusPrincess finalist, Sana who is aperfect combination of beauty withbrains will also be contending forthe Miss National Costume andMiss Congeniality sub-titles amongothers. A known face within themodelling circuit, she was crownedwinner of Femina Style Diva in theyear 2016. "I was looking forwardto this announcement for reallylong. People keep saying that Miss

India is a dream and it came true forme but honestly to be able torepresent my country India at aninternational level has always beenmy dream. Today I realize that I ama Miss India. It gives meGoosebumps to express myself andthe emotion to be able to beaddressed as INDIA at anInternational level is the best thingever one can dream of! I am veryexcited and I hope I can make theentire nation proud and be able todeliver my best at the pageant MissUnited Continents. I would like tothank the Times Group and MissIndia Organization for providingme with this once in a lifetimeopportunity.", says Sana Dua. At

the fbb Colors Femina Miss India2017 pageant she was adjudgedwinner of Stars Cosmetics BestMakeover sub contest. Sanaconsiders being referred to as'India' on a global platform as amatter of pride and is lookingforward to make her country proudonce again at the internationalarena. More than 53 candidatesfrom across the globe andautonomous territories of allcontinents will compete for thecoveted title of Miss UnitedContinents 2017. At the end of theevent Jeslyn Santos, MissContinents United 2016 of thePhilippines will crown hersuccessor.

Sana Dua to represent India at Miss United Continents 2017 NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

Adbi Kunj held a specialgreeting meet at its literarycentre Kidzee School TalabTillo, Jammu under theChairmanship of Aarash OmDalmotra while Bishan DassKhak literary Secretaryconducted the proceeding ofthe meet. In the openingsession of the meet, AarashOm Dalmotra presented aresolution in which hecongratulated Sham Talibpioneer of the organizationon being felicitated by NamiDogri Sanstha and itscolleague literary and socialorganization Named Almaaand Dogra Mandal Jammujointly organized afelicitation function tohonour and confer "Life

Time Achievement Award"to legendary literarypersonality of the StateSham Talib under theassociation of Daily TaskeenPublication. In the function,Aarash Dalmotra also readout a powerful Urdu paper inwhich he highlighted thecontribution of Sham Talibin foundation and upliftmentof the organization. He alsohighlighted the efforts ofSham Talib towards Urdu

language. Various otherspeakers also threw light onthe different aspects of theliterary journey of ShamTalib. In the creative literarysession, Aarash OmDalmotra also read out anattractive Urdu paper "Adab-Ke-Talib-Sham-Talib" on theshades of life and literarylinguistic service of ShamTalib. The vote of thankswas presented by AshokMuntiq.

Adbi Kunj holds literary meetNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

2 drug peddlersarrested

Jammu, Jul 18Police on Tuesday arrested adrug peddlers and recovered12 Kgs Poppy Straw (Bukhi)from their possession atKunjwani Chowk.As per reports, acting onspecific information Policeparty of police stationGangyal laid a surprisednaka at Kunjwani Chowkand intercepted twopedestrian.During frisking, Police partyrecovered 12 Kgs PoppyStraw (Bukhi) from theirpossession and at oncearrested both accused. Policehas registered a case underrelevant sections and startedfurther investigation. Thearrest and recovery wasmade by SI Nayat Ali, SHOP/S Gangyal under thesupervision of SDPO CitySouth, Rafiq Manhas and SPCity South, SandeepChoudhary.

Swadeshi Jagran Munch(SJM) on Tuesday launcheda nationwide campaign toboycott the use of Chineseproducts in India.Addressing a pressconference, Satish Kumar,Akhil Bartiya Parmukh,Rashtriya SwadeshiSuraksha Abhyan (All IndiaChief) apprised that India isincurring a huge trade deficit

of Rs.3, 350 billion rupeesevery year with china which is using this amount tostrengthen its military mightagainst India. The Continuouscross border encroachmentand interference by theChinese army in the IndianTerritory is posing a graveand serious threat to thesecurity of the nation. Hefurther said that Chinesegoods may be cheaper but areinferior in quality and causes

harmful effect to the health ofthe children and alsopolluting our environment.He said that last year Indiahas exported goods worth Rs.9 billion dollar to chinacausing a huge trade deficitand thereby badly effectingthe small scale and mediumdomestic enterprises of thenation. Many such smallIndustrial units have closeddown resulting intounemployment to the millionsof countrymen," he added. Heemphasized that it isimperative for us to boycottChinese goods in order torevive the domestic industryand create the employmentopportunity for the nationyouth.

SJM launches campaignagainst Chinese products

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

A two days trainingprogramme on AadhaarOperator Certification ofAngangwari Workers beganhere today at Middle LevelTraining Institute (MLTC),Channi Himmat Jammu.The Unique IdentificationAuthority of India (UIDAI)is going to train about 400Anganwari Workers(AWWs) across J&K asMaster Trainers for Aadhaarenrolment of children below5 yrs.The trained 400 AWWs shallsubsequently train 1100

more AWWs to take the totalnumber of certified Aadhaaroperators in the state to1500. The certified Aadhaaroperators will take up thetask of enrolment of childrenbelow 5 years in Anganwaricentres of the State duringthe next few months.In the first phase, UIDAIwill train AWWs of fivedistricts of Jammu Divisionviz. Jammu, Kathua, Samba,Udhampur and Reasi. Aspart of the first phase, 62Anganwari workers ofDistrict Jammu and Kathua(3 AWWs from each project)participated in today'straining programme.On the second day of theprogramme, the workersshall also undertake onlineexamination for beingnominated as the certifiedAadhaar enrolmentoperators.The team of officers fromUIDAI, Minister ofElectronics and InformationTechnology (MEITY),Government of India,Regional Office Chandigarhand District ProgrammeOfficer ICDS Jammu, JyotiSalathia and CDPOs ofDistrict Jammu were part ofthe training programme.A detailed power pointpresentation on Aadhaarenrolment training moduleswas presented by DeputyDirector, UIDAI, RegionalOffice Chandigarh, PremKr.Thakur.Meanwhile, trainees werealso given hands on trainingon tablet by ResourcePersons from UIDAI.Principal MLTC SadhnaJamwal conducted theproceedings of trainingprogamme.

Training prog forAadhaar operator

certification begins NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

JAMMU, JUL 18Divisional Commissioner, JammuDr. Mandeep Kumar Bhandaritoday assured full assistance toindustrialists and traders to solvethe issues confronting them whileswitching over to Goods andServices Tax (GST) regime.The meeting was convened toknow about the concerns of theindustrialists and traders, besidesseeking their suggestions andfeedback for hassle-freeimplementation of GST in Jammu.In the meeting, the DivisionalCommissioners asked therepresentatives of the industrialistassociations and traders to submita list of commodities on whichthey want protection under GST.He assured them that theirrepresentations would be taken upat the appropriate level for earlyredressal. The DivisionalCommissioner further directedthem to generate adequatefeedback and establish effectivegrievance redressal mechanismfor traders running their

businesses in Jammu, particularlyin far-flung and inaccessibleareas. He asked them to work insynergy with the CommercialTaxes Department for ensuringcent percent penetration of theunified tax regime in Jammu. Themeeting was attended byAdditional Commissioners,Jammu Rehana Batool and AnuRadha Rani, DeputyCommissioner, Jammu KumarRajeev Ranjan, Additional DistrictDevelopment CommissionerAnuradha Gupta, AdditionalCommissioner, Jammu(Commercial Taxes) AnooMalhotra, Deputy CommissionerCommercial Taxes (Recovery)Kanta Rukwal, DeputyCommissioner (CommercialTaxes) Deepika K Sharma,Assistant Commissioner, Jammu(Central Taxes) PrakashChaudhary, AssistantCommissioner (CommercialTaxes) Rajneesh Gupta and othersenior officers of CommercialTaxes.

Contractual lecturers' hungerstrike enters 155th day

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

JYBT makes elaboratearrangements for 'Shravan Mass' Jammu, Jul 18 Like every, this year also Jammu Yatri BhawanTrust has make elaborate arrangements on theeve of "Shravan Mass" at its Haridwar Bhawanwhich is falling due on Sunday (on "KarakSankriti Parab") from July 16, 2017 to August15, 2017 (Tuesday). This was stated by PawanKumar Shastri, president Jammu Yatri BhawanTrust Jammu while addressing the mediapersons here. Shastri says, "On this auspiciousoccasion, daily Yogya, Hawan shall beperformed for the prosperity of the universe ingeneral and for the devotees associated withJammu Yatri Bhawan Trust in particular."During this month Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trustis also going to perform eleven "RudhraAbhishek" per day through the learnt Pandits,he added. He said that devotees who intend toperform "Rudhre Paath with Rudhra Abhishek"for the prosperity of their families can fill up ourprescribed form available at our Head officeJammu. Those who are unable to attend Paath atHaridwar personally, Jammu Yatri BhawanTrust on their behalf shall perform Paaththrough our learnt Pandit and they can watchtheir Paath on their whats app. For detail theycan make contact on our number Balbir Singh-9419662100, U.N. Mishra-09897059572 saidPawan Kumar Shastri. The Press conferencewas attended by Gurdas Sharma, generalsecretary, Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust.

Div Com assures full assistanceto industrialists, traders

4 HILL DISTRICT the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | July 19 | 2017

NoticeI, Chander Mohan Singh S/o Sh. Kartar Singh R/o KatraManghal (Pamote), Tehsil Katra, Distt Reasi, have lostfitness certificate of my vehicle bearing regd. no. JK20-4702. Now, I am applying for the duplicate of the same.Objection, if any, may be conveyed to ARTO Reasi within 7days after the publication of this notice.

Sanjay Katra

Vice-Chairman JKTDC,Rafi Ahmad Mir todayinaugurated refurbishedJKTDC Tourist Bungalowhere at Banihal. MLA Banihal, Vikar RasoolWani, DeputyCommissioner Ramban,Tariq Hussain Ganai,Managing Director JKTDCSarmad Hafeez and officersof other departments andgeneral public were alsopresent on the occasion. Describing tourism as coreindustry to promoteeconomy of the state, Mirsaid Chief Minister is takingkeen interest in promotingtourism in J&K by making

consistent efforts to involvelocals in reorganizing thetourism industry.Mir asked the stakeholdersto come up with suggestionsand ideas to promotetourism in the area. He saidpeople of Jammu andKashmir have a great historyof being best hosts and their

hospitality is testimony tothe fact that tourists arewelcome in every nook andcorner of the state. He saidapart from infrastructure,tourism paraphernalia wasalso being developed toprovide benefits to the localpopulation. Mir lauded therole of stakeholders for

making efforts to assistgovernment in generatingpositive public response.MLA Banihal alsohighlighted the tourismpotential of the area andurged the vice chairman toformulate a plan to createinfrastructure at the spots oftourist attraction.

Mir inaugurates JKTDC tourist Bungalow NL CorrespondentRamban, Jul 18

A workshop on Goods andServices Tax (GST) wasorganized here today atConference hall, DCcomplex under thechairmanship of DeputyCommissioner Niraj Kumar.During the workshop,Divisional Commissioner,Jammu Dr. MandeepBhandari also interacted withparticipants through videoconferencing and briefedthem about the new taxregime.A detailed presentation wasalso given by AdditionalCommissioner (Adm) StateTax department, JammuAnoo Malhotra via videoconferencing.

The presentation highlightedvarious aspects of GSTincluding Background ofGST, Concept of GST,registration, types of taxes,difference between GST andVAT etc.Meanwhile, a team ofCommercial Tax officers

also interacted with thelocal traders. The teamcomprising CTOs, SanyaHaq, Rahul Sharma andNarendra Anthal interactedwith the representatives ofvarious businessestablishments and answeredtheir queries regarding GST.The speakers also assuredtrading units and businessestablishments that moresuch workshops would beorganised in the district forgenerating mass awarenessabout the GST and itssuccessful implementationon ground level.Besides, the Districtadministration also launchedspecial helpline numbers(272727/ 272728) to addressand record grievances ofstakeholders regarding theimplementation of GST. It

was further informed thattraders can also contactdirectly to Commercial Taxdepartment on helplinenumber 7051889993 orthrough e-mailhelpdeskjkgst@gmail.comto seek reply of queriesregarding the GST.Additional DeputyCommissioner Avny Lavasa,GM DIC Suram ChandSharma, CPO AshokKhajuria, PO-DRDA Dr.Jagdish Mehra, DIO-NICAnil Sharma, AD FCS &CAHaroon Naik, TehsildarUdhampur Javed Iqbal, DIOEsha Chib besidesrepresentatives of Beoparmandal, Chamber ofcommerce and otherbusiness establishments andtrading units attended theworkshop.

Workshop on GST organizedNL CorrespondentUdhampur, Jul 18

MOHD MAJID MALIK BHADERWAH,JUL 18

Former MP and MLA Sheikh AbdulRehman Chief Patron Jammu andKashmir Peace and Solidarity Forumand Senior Vice President BharatBangladesh Pakistan Peoples ForumAll India Chapter lambasted theCoalition Government in the State forits failure on all fronts. Talking toreporters here today Sheikh AbdulRehman said there is a visiblecontradiction in the policies andprogammes among the coalitionpartners which has paralyzed theadministration with the result theproblems of the people have beencompounded. He said by GSTimplementation in state PDP ledgovernment surrender state'sconstitutional powers to the Centreand alleged that present centralgovernment has increased regionaltension keeping in view the comingelections in center . He alleged that theGovernment is befooling the people on

the name of visible development whilethere is rampant corruption andgrowing unemployment has led to thedesperation among the youth. TheGovernment has failed to initiateaction against the corrupt Ministersand bureaucrats against whom caseshave been registered in VigilanceOrganization, he added. SheikhRehman said PDP led coalition iskeeping its tradition of murderingdemocratic institutions likePanchayats, Local Bodies,

municipalities, State AccountabilityCommission, RTI etc alive asPanchayats elections are notconducted till date .Referring to theperformance of the presentgovernment he said BJP and PDP are busy in their communal and regionalpolitics. He alleged that the BJP-PDPgovernment had turned out to be acomplete failure on all fronts. Mostparts of Chenab valley were reelingunder acute shortage of water, power,deteriorating roads and ration supplybut the government had taken noeffective steps to solve the problem, hesaid. He said authorities were notpaying attention to these burningproblems faced by the common man.He asked the people to remain unitedand did not fall prey to false promisesof BJP and PDP. He alleged all theclaims of development are fake andfalse as people are facing worst type ofunprecedented power crisis despite thefact this district is contributing 900MW electricity to the state.

PDP-BJP govt failed on all fronts: Rehman Trishul Bhaint Yatra flagged off

DODA, JUL 18Deputy Commissioner Doda Bhupinder Kumar along withSSP Shabir Khatana and ADC Mohammad Hanief Maliktoday flagged off Trishul Bhaint Yatra here from Dakbungalow to Chinote Bhaderwah. Tehsildar Doda Nasir AliNatnoo, ARTO Zubair Ahmed, CEO 10 RR, Major AtulSingh, heads of line departments, besides a large gathering ofpeople was present at the flag off ceremony. Before the startof Yatra, the devotees present prayed for the well being ofsociety. The DC urged the people to maintain brotherhoodand harmony in the town. The Yatra which started from theDoda shall pass through Pul Doda, Bhalla, Seri, Drudu andculminate at Chandi Mata Mandir Chinote Bhaderwah.Adequate security arrangements have been put in placeenroute Yatra, with some minor changes in traffic movement,said SSP Doda. Nearly 1000 Yatri participated in the Yatraand left for the destination chanting religious slogans.

Eight injured in accidentDoda, Jul 18Eight people were injured after a speedy car crashed intothe wall of a residential house in Bhaderwah area ofdistrict Doda on Tuesday.Station House Officer Bhaderwah, Jatinder Sambyal said,"eight people got minor injuries including three childreninside residential house when a car crashed into wall ofthe house. Five of the injured were shifted to districthospital Doda for treatment."The incident happened when driver lost control over thevehicle while traveling towards Bhaderwah forpilgrimage along with five people. "We have received five injured in hospital and theirconditions are normal, but we kept them in observationafter giving treatment." Medical Superintendent Doda, DrTariq said.

PDD daily wagercommits suicide

MOHD MAJID MALIK BHADERWAH, JUL 18A daily wager of Power Development Departmentcommitted suicide by consuming some poisonoussubstance in Dalyian village of Bhaderwah. RanjeetKumar 33, son of Bodhi Ram , a resident of Dalyianvillage, consumed some poisonous substance at his home,said a Police official. He was shifted to Sub DistrictHospital Bhaderwah where doctors declared him broughtdead. Local and relatives of the deceased claimed that hecommitted suicide as he was facing financial crunchesfrom the last some months as he was not paid wages byPDD department. Talking to this scribe many villagers ofDalyian village included Omi Chand, Surinder Kumarand others claimed deceased daily wager of PDDfinancial conditions was not good and he was strugglinghard and this is the reason of his suicide .They alsopointed an accusing finger to the state governmentalleging "harassment" by not paying wages on the timewhich had forced him to end his life. However Police hasregistered a FIR in this connection at PS Bhaderwah andis investigating the case from different angles.

PAC meeting heldSRINAGAR, JUL 18A meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) ofthe Legislative Assembly was held here today under theChairmanship of Legislator Mohammad Akbar Lone todiscuss the working of the Committee.Legislators, Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Shamima Firdous,Rajeev Jasrotia and Ghulam Nabi Monga were alsopresent in the meeting.The meeting held threadbare discussions on the proposedvisit of the Committee members to Pahalgam and itsadjoining areas to review status of developmental worksin these areas being undertaken by different executingagencies and Departments.The Committee decided that its next meeting will be heldon July 20 to further discuss matters regarding theworking of the PAC.Among others, Additional Secretary LegislativeAssembly, R L Sharma and other Officers of AssemblySecretariat were also present in the meeting.

A meeting of theCommittee on Environmentof the Legislative Assemblywas held here today underthe Chairmanship oflegislator MohammadYousuf Tarigami.Legislators, MohammadYousuf Bhat, GulzarAhmed Wani, Daleep SinghParihar, ChoudharyMohammad Akram, AnjumFazili, Devender KumarManyal, Mohammad AbassWani, Mohammad BaqirRizvi, Mumtaz AhmedKhan, Bashir Ahmed Dar,Usman Abdul Majid,Deldan Namgial, IshfaqAhmed Sheikh and PawanKumar Gupta attended themeeting.Threadbare discussionswere held on post 2014-

flood measures andsubsequent steps taken bythe PHE, Irrigation andFlood Control Departmentto meet exigencieseffectively.The Committee directed theI&FC Chief Engineer tosubmit a detailed reportabout the measures taken bythe department after 2014deluge report aboutimplementation of HighCourt directions regardingremoving illegalencroachments alongNallahs.

Prof. S A Ramshoo, HoDGeo Physics and EarthScience, KashmirUniversity and AdvocateNadeem QazmiE n v i r o n m e n t a l i s tparticipated in the meetingas experts and gave theirsuggestions about how bestto avoid 2014-flood likesituation.The Committee also soughta full detailed report ofbudget allocation for FloodControl in the State andworks completed by theDepartment and steps being

taken to complete pendingworks after the 2014 floods.The Committee Chairmansought cooperation fromthe members, experts,senior officers of concernedDepartments to submit theirsuggestions regardingeffective response to anyflood like situation and tosave precious human livesand loss to property.Among others, seniorofficers of PHE, I&FC,Environment, besidesAssembly Secretariat werealso present in the meeting.

Environment Committee meet heldNL CorrespondentSrinagar, Jul 18

Attention Rajouri-Kandi-Budhal commuters

RAJOURI, JUL 18There will be no traffic movement on Rajouri-Kandi-Budhal road from 0700 hours to 1100 hours on 23 July2017."The general public is informed that 110 Road ConstructionCoy GREF; is going to erect overhead gantry for displayingroad information at Km 5 00 on Rajouri-Kandi-Budhal roadon 23 July 2017 and in order to carry out erection work onsite smoothly there should be no traffic movement on theroad from 0700 hours to 1100 hours or till the erection workis completed" a spokesperson said.

Demise of Bench SecyHigh Court condoled

SRINAGAR, JUL 18A condolence meeting was held today in the ConferenceHall of Srinagar wing of the High Court to condole thedemise of Bench Secretary Abdul Rashid Dar.Chief Justice, Judges, officers of Registry and staff of theSrinagar wing of the High Court participated in the meetingand remembered the services of the deceased. Whileexpressing sympathy with the bereaved family, theparticipants observed one-minute silence as a mark ofrespect to the departed soul and prayed for his eternal peace.

A meeting of theCommittee on PublicUndertakings of theLegislative Assembly washeld under theChairmanship of legislatorSat Paul Sharma heretoday to review thefunctioning of Small ScaleIndustries DevelopmentCorporation Limited(SICOP).Legislators, GhulamMohammad Saroori,Rajesh Gupta, Asgar AliKarbalie, Rajeev Sharma,Abdul Majid Larmi, RajaManzoor Ahmed, AbidHussain Ansari andVikram Randhawaattended the meeting andgave their suggestions tomake the Corporation

(SICOP) more vibrant.Threadbare discussionswere held on CAG's AuditReport pertaining toSICOP regarding workingof the Corporation for theyear of 2013-14.Managing Director,SICOP, R L Tikoo briefedthe Committee about theobservations by CAG in itsAudit Report pertaining tothe Corporation. He alsobriefed about FinancialManagement, Non-Finalization of accounts,Financial Position andworking results,Development ofinfrastructure facilities,Development of IIDCentres, Development ofHandicraft and Silk ParkZakura, Srinagar,Upgradation of IndustrialEstates, Gangyal Jammu,

Non-recovery ofoutstanding ground rentetc.During the discussion, theCommittee observed thatsome irregularities havebeen pointed out in theSICOP during distributionof plot to the unit holdersat Govindsar IndustrialEstate, Kathua and the 4-member Sub-Committee ofPUC was constituted toascertain the facts relatedto the issue. Among other,General Manager, JKCement, Director Finance,I&C, General Manager,SICOP, Project Engineer,SICOP besides seniorofficers and official ofSICOP, Industries andCommerce Departmentand Assembly Secretariatwere also present in themeeting.

Functioning of SICOP reviewedNL CorrespondentSrinagar, Jul 18

Minister of State forHousing & UrbanDevelopment, AsieaNaqash, today reviewedongoing developmentalprojects during her tour ofthe constituency.The Minister started her tourfrom Batapora and visitedBatapora 'B', Wanihama,Azad Colony, MugdamMohalla, Khar Mohallah,Gulab bagh, Gousi,Burzuhama, Mulfaq andTailbal.During the tour, the Ministertook stock of roads, drains,health facilities and otherongoing development worksin the constituency.Ms Naqash directed theofficials to regularlymonitor the functioning ofstreet lights and ensuredefunct lights are repaired

on time.While inspecting proposedsite for water reservoir and

receiving station at BataporaB, Minister asked theofficials to follow DPR ofthese public importanceprojects in letter and spirit.Asking the officials toexpedite drainage work, theMinister said that it willprovide major succor to thepeople from water logging. The Minister stressed oncompletion of road

macadamization by the endof this month so that trafficsnarls are reduced and

people are facilitated.Ms Naqash asked theofficers of LAWDA tomaintain springs inBurzuhama for aidingirrigation network in thearea.The Minister assured adeputation that allconcerned issues of PrimaryHealth Centre, Burzuhamawill be addressed.

MoS reviews developmental worksNL CorrespondentSrinagar, Jul 18

More than 50 students of two schools,who were trapped due to heavy mortarshelling by the Pakistan army in theNaushera sector in Jammu's Rajouridistrict, were rescued on Tuesday, anofficial said.Authorities rescued 12 children from aprimary school in the afternoon, whilemore than 40 students of a governmenthigh school were evacuated in theevening.The Pakistan army resorted to shellingin four sectors of Rajouri and Poonchdistricts this morning.

Earlier, Deputy Commissioner said theschool is located at a height which hadmade the task of evacuation difficult.However, police and other authoritiesevacuated 12 students from a primaryschool at Kadali in Naushera.The children were ferried from theschool in bullet-proof vehicles duringthe intermittent shelling by Pakistan,DC said.Three bullet-proof vehicles were sentto evacuate the students from highschool at Sehar.A population of 4,500-5,000 in thevillages of Panjgrain, Rajdhani andNaika in the Rajouri-Poonch belt wasaffected due to the shelling by

Pakistani troops, he said."The Pakistan Army initiatedunprovoked and indiscriminate firingof small arms, automatic weapons andmortars from 6.45 am in the BhimbherGali (Rajouri) and Poonch sectorsalong the Line of Control," a Defencespokesperson said.The Indian Army is retaliating stronglyand effectively, he said.An Army jawan and a nine-year-oldgirl were yesterday killed while fourpersons injured in heavy firing andmortar shelling by the Pakistan Armyalong the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir'sPoonch, Rajouri and Baramulladistricts. -With agency inputs

The District AdministrationJammu today launched amassive drive to removeillegal power connectionsand aware people about theimportance of judicious useof electricity. Led by DeputyCommissioner, RajeevRanjan the team comprisedSP South Jammu SandeepChoudhary, XEN M&REDiv II Gandhi Nagar,Tehsildar Bahu and PDDfunctionaries conductedinspections in localities andmarkets of Nanak Nagararea. They inspected powerconnections of households,business establishments andremoved connections beingillegally availed. The team of

officials also removedhooking and imposed fine onhouseholds, shops who hadby passed the power linesfrom the meters.

The team interacted withlocals and asked them to usepower judiciously,particularly during peakhours, to avoid breakdown of

distribution transformers."The people shouldunderstand that judicioususe of electricity will savethem from sudden powerbreakdowns due to damageof Transformers-whichcause problem for bothpublic and the government"the DC said while

interacting with the locals.He urged the people tocooperate with thegovernment by switchingoff fans lights and ACswhen they are not in theroom. He also asked thepeople to regularize theirconnections, if they haven'tdone it so far.

2 injured in bike collisionKathua, Jul 18Two bike riders injured in road accident on Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in Kathua on Tuesday.According to sources, Basant Kumar riding on a bikebearing regd. no. JK 21 B-7 9 collided with another bikerider Shamsher Singh resident Samba who was riding onthe bike bearing regd. no. PB35X-4662 was coming fromthe opposite direction in which both received injuries.After the accident, some passerby brought the injured tonearby hospital for treatment from where after preliminarytreatment they were referred to Government MedicalCollege Jammu for advance treatment. On gettinginformation, police team from concerned police stationrushed to the spot and started investigation. A case hasalso been registered in this connection under relevantsections.

Barwal residents call on DDCKathua, Jul 18A delegation of residents of village Barwal called onDistrict Deputy Commissioner Kathua in Kathua onTuesday. During the meeting, delegation apprises DDCabout their demands and issues. They urge DDC to launchthe construction work of the PHC, which was closed forthe last one and half year in village Barwal. After meetingthe District Deputy Commissioner, the people said that the

Deputy Commissioner had assured them that he wouldsend the team along with the Executive Engineer withintwo days and examine the situation. He said that theDeputy Commissioner assured the construction workwould be started soon.

1 held with 20 gms heroinKathua, Jul 18In continuation to staunch drive launched by the DistrictPolice Kathua to provide a drug free society to thepeople of Kathua town and continue its endeavor towipe out the menace of drug in society, on Tuesday,Police party of Police Station Kathua/PP Hatli headedby Inspr. Anil Kumar Sharma, SHO P/S Kathua and SIVarinder Singh, I/C PP Hatli while on patrolling dutyand acting on specific information intercepted oneperson namely Sonu Kumar S/o Jagdish Chander R/oSakta Chak Tehsil & District Kathua at Ward No. 14,Sawan Chak near Gurdwara and recovered 20 gmsHeroin during his personal search. Accused person wasarrested on spot and a Case FIR No.212/2017 U/S8/21/22 NDPS Act stands registered at P/S Kathua andinvestigation is set into motion. The drive is carried outunder the close supervision of S.S. Sambyal, Dy.SPHqrs. Kathua and overall supervision of SSP Kathua,Mohd. Suleman Choudhary.

Management Committee of Lord Shiva Hr. Sec. School, Mawa (Samba)

5 KATHUA the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | July 19 | 2017

ANNEXURE "A"Selection list of candidates for the post of Planning Assistant ( Housing and Urban Development Department), Divisional

Cadre Jammu, item No.771 (10 of 2013 Dated:-10-10-2013)(Left out posts)

- The recommendation of the aforementioned candidates is subject to genuineness of all academic certificates viz-a-vizrecognition of institutes.- The candidates whose recommendation has been kept withheld shall submit the requisite documents within "30" days fromthe date of issuance of the list positively. - The selection list is subject to the outcome of writ petition pending (if any), in court of law of competent jurisdiction.

S.No

.

Int. Sl Num.

Roll No Candidate_Name

Father's Name Address DOB Category

PGD/Degree in the relevant subject .

Addl. Qualifica

tion M.Tech.

WeightageAdd. Qualf.

(out o f 05 pts)

Grand Points writte

n + viva

(out of 100)

Name of

Univ./

Institute

Year of passing

Remarks

M.O

M.M

M.O

M.

M Selection list (RBA Category)

1 2 15021006280

GAURAV MAHAJA

N

RATTAN PAUL

GUPTA

MALTI BILLAWA

R KATHUA

04-07-1991

RBA

4355

6550 - - 0 42.66

67 PTU 2013

Waiting list (RBA Category)

1 3 15021006308

MUAZAM BASHIR

BASHIR AHMED

WANI BANIHAL RAMBAN

05-08-1992

RBA

4587

6550 - - 0 42.66

67 PTU 2013

Sd/-(Mohammad Ashraf)

Deputy Director (P)J&K Services Selection Board

DIP/J-3435/17

S.No. Name with parentage with Address Occupation Qualification Designation 1. Surinder Choudhary S/o Bhagwan Dass R/o

Mawa Camp Tehsil Rajpura Distt. Samba S. Teacher/Head of

the Institution 12th D.M.E. Chairman/Sponsor

2. Sunita Devi W/o Arun Choudhary R/o Palura Tehsil Rajpura Distt. Samba

Principal of School M.A. Bed Vice Chariman

3. Chander Shekar S/o Lt. Ram Kumar R/o Mawa Tehsil Rajpura Distt. Samba

Pvt. Doctor BSC Secty/ Member

4. Jagdish Chand S/o Sobhal Dayal R/o Madwal Tehsil Rajpura Distt. Samba.

Business 10th Member

5. Balwant Singh S/o Amar Singh R/o Regal Tehsil Rajpura Distt. Samba.

Ex- Service Man 10th Member

6. Darshan Lal S/o Baldev Raj R/o Palura, Tehsil Rajpura Distt. Samba

Shop Keeper 12th Member/parents of student 11th class

7. Sushama Rani W/o Jagdish Raj R/o Mawa Tehsil Rajpura Distt. Samba

House wife 12th Member/parents of student 9th class

In the court of Munsiff, SambaPresent: Shabnam Sheikh

Abinder Kumar S/o Late Sh.Gian ChandR/o W.No.6, Samba Tehsil Samba Distt. Samba(Plaintiff)

V/sSurinder Kumar S/o Late. Gian ChandR/o W.No.6, Samba Tehsil Samba Distt. Samba (Defendant)Civil original suit for declaration

NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLIC.Whereas, plaintiff has filed the above suit on 18-07-2017that the plaintiff is legal heir of deceased Vijay Kumar S/oLate Gian Chand R/o W.No.6, Samba Tehsil Samba Distt.Samba, who were unfortunately expired on 31-03-2017 assuch is entitled to get the Motor Cycle (Platina-100) No.JK21C-9339 Bajaj Auto Ltd transferred in his name. Withconsequential relief of permanent prohibitory injunctionrestraining the defendant from claiming himself to be thelegal heir of said deceased Vijay Kumar.

Through this notice, public at large is informedthat anyone having any objection to the claim put forth bythe plaintiff for legal heir claim in his favour as aforesaid,shall appear before this court either personally or throughAdvocate/pleader or any recognized agent and fileobjections and contest the claim, if any on or before 04-08-2017 in the suit, failing which an appropriate order shall bepassed in accordance with law.

Issued today the 18th day July 2017 under my sealand signature.

Munsiff,Samba

Notice

I, Ajay Kumar S/o Sh. Bajo RamR/o Rehian, Tehsil Samba, Distt.Samba, going for the correction ofmy father's name which has beenwrongly written as Baj Raminstead of Bajo Ram in my 10thclass mark sheet, diploma,registration certificate under RollNo. 816075, session 2010 Mar-Apr. Objection, if any, may beconveyed to concerned authoritywithin seven days from the date ofpublication of this notice.

Parbhakar

Parbhakar

Parbhakar

Speaker Jammu and KashmirLegislative Assembly,Kavinder Gupta todayflagged off a Motor Rallyunder the theme "Our ArmyOur Pride" here today fromJammu University.The rally comprising around20 bikes and equal number ofcars will conclude at Drassafter covering 600 KMdistance. The participants ofthe rally include threefemale, including two cardrivers and a biker. The rallyis being organized by 'FahadMir Foundation' inAssociation with 'CareNature and Environment'.Speaking on the occasion,the Speaker hailed theorganizers and the themechosen for the rally. "We

must not forget the sacrificesof the soldiers guarding theborders of the country so thatnation is protected from theenemy and people feel safeinside their homes" theSpeaker said.Asking the nation to stand

for country's army, he saidpeople should not forget thatwhen they are resting in the

safe four walls of theirhomes, soldiers are guardingthe borders braving worstconditions. He said that lovefor the nation must beimbibed by every citizen ofIndia and essence ofpatriotism must reach everyhouse, school and institution. The Speaker applauded theefforts of the organizers for

organizing first of its kindMotor/ Bike rally dedicatedto soldiers of the nation. Therally was flagged off inpresence of a large gatheringwho wished the participantssafe journey and expressedsolidarity with Armypersonnel. The peoplepresent also took a pledge tohonour and give due respectto the men in uniform.Renowned celebrities fromBollywood, Randeep Hoodaand singer Kailash Kher willalso join the rally at Kargil .Meanwhile, Singers TanyaMahajan and Sonali Dograperformed at the flag offceremony.

Divisional CommissionerJammu, M.K Bhandari andsenior functionaries fromvarious departments werealso present on the occasion.

Motor Rally 'Our Army Our Pride' flagged off Drive against illegal power connections launched NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18 NL Correspondent

Jammu Tawi, Jul 18

Former lawmaker and chiefspokesperson of JKPCC,Ravinder Sharma, hasexpressed grave concernover the heavy shelling inNowshera today wherebyseveral civilian areasincluding a High Schoolcame under heavy firing.Strongly condemningPakistan for continuedshelling along the entireLoC in Rajouri-Poonchtargeting civilianpopulation during the pastfew days, he expressedconcern over reports ofschool children gettingtrapped in Seir area ofNowshera today, while thepopulation of severalvillages was indoors till lastreports poured in. Sharmatalked to the senior officialsof the administration toensure the safe rescue of

School kids and othercivilian population invulnerable areas. The civiland police officials werecoordinating the rescueefforts to rescue the trappedchildren. He impressedupon the Govt. to makeadequate arrangements toshift thepopulation from thevulnerable areas anddemanded appropriatemeasures for theirpermanent shelter andsettlement in safer zones inthe wake of continuousshelling in these areasduring the past few monthsmaking it impossible for thepopulation to reside there.Sharma expressedsympathies with thefamilies of army and civilpersons who were martyredor got injured during thepast couple of days in twindistricts.

Another batch of 2,224pilgrims on Tuesday leftJammu for the Amarnathcave shrine of Lord Shiva insouth Kashmir Himalayas,amid tight security. Escortedby the CRPF and police, thebatch comprising of 1,522males, 467 females, and 235sadhus and sadhvis left in aconvoy of 85 vehicles forBaltal and Pahalgam base-camps this morning,officials said.With Tuesday's batch,

58,501 pilgrims have leftJammu for Amarnath in 16batches since the yatrabegan from here on 28 June.As many as 2,10,729pilgrims have paidobeisance at the Ice lingumin the cave shrine tillMonday evening. Thegovernment has thrown aheavy security blanket ofover 35,000 to 40,000 troopsincluding the police, theArmy, the BSF and theCRPF. In addition to theexisting strength of theCRPF in the state, theCentre has provided over

250 companies (25,000personnel) of paramilitaryforces to the stategovernment. The BSF hasdeployed over 2,000 troopsfor the yatra while the Armyhas provided 5 battalions(about 5000 personnel).Additional 54 companies(5400 personnel) of thepolice have also beenmobilised. The annualpilgrimage began this yearamid a terror threat, withintelligence reports warningof probable attack whichprompted the authorities tomobilise the "highest level"

of security, includingsatellite tracking system.The yatra from Jammu wassuspended due to law-and-order situation in theKashmir Valley on 8 Julybut resumed the next day.This year's yatra will beeight days shorter than thelast years 48 days and willconclude on ShravanPurnima (Raksha Bandhan)on 7 August. Situated in anarrow gorge at the fartherend of Lidder Valley,Amarnath shrine is 46 kmfrom Pahalgam and 14 kmfrom Baltal.

Amarnath Yatra 2017:

Batch of 2,224 leaves Jammu for caveshrine amid tight security

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

Ravinder concernedover heavy shelling

along LoC NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Jul 18

50 students trapped in schools dueto Pak shelling rescued

NL CorrespondentJammu/Rajouri Jul 18

Jammu, Jul 18Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singhand Speaker Legislative Assembly,

Kavinder Gupta today paid floral tributesto the martyred soldier Naik Mudasir

Ahmad, a resident of Tral, Pulwama,who died in Pakistan shelling yesterday,while guarding a forward post on LoC in

Rajouri sector. The DeputyChief Minister and SpeakerLegislative Assembly laid floralwreaths on the mortal remainsof the soldier. Top civil, armyand police officers were presentthere. Dr Nirmal Singh andKavinder Gupta praised thebravery and valor of the Armypersonnel guarding the bordersagainst the aggression of enemy.Among others present on theoccasion were DIG JammuAshkoor Wani, Deputy

Commissioner Jammu, Kumar RajeevRanjan and senior officers of Army.

Tributes paid to martyred soliderNaik Mudasir Ahmad

Brig Anil Gupta

The standoff between the Chinese and Indian troops atDoklam Plateau in Bhutan has started causing anxietyamong many countrymen. Different voices are being

raised, some sane, some insane and some belligerent. The issuehas been discussed widely in the media both print and electronic.The Government of India so far has remained calm and balancedand refused to be cowed down by unusually hostile governmentcontrolled Chinese media and also remained unprovoked by theadvice and hysterical rhetoric of many self-styled Chinawatchers and strategic experts. The government is trying todiffuse the tension diplomatically and has also taken theopposition parties into confidence. But why is it that China isrefusing to come to the negotiating table and not cooperating indefusing the tension? A lot has been written about the nature and cause of conflict, theterrain and its strategic importance for both the nations as wellas the comparative tactical military advantage which Indiaenjoys in the current standoff. Hence I would avoid repetition.An important issue in this case is that the disputed territorybelongs to Bhutan but the standoff is between the armies of Indiaand China. For this, it is important for the readers to understandthe special relationship that exists between the two South Asianneighbours namely India and Bhutan. Traditionally the Kingdomof Bhutan and India have enjoyed very friendly and cordialrelations. India's contribution towards building of moderninfrastructure in Bhutan has been tremendous. Both the countrieshave signed treaties for cooperation and defence as early as 1949and the latest being the Indo-Bhutan Treaty of Friendship 2007.Article 2 of the Treaty states, "In keeping with the abiding ties ofclose friendship and cooperation between Bhutan and India, theGovernment of the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Government ofthe Republic of India shall cooperate closely with each other onissues relating to their national interests. Neither Governmentshall allow the use of its territory for activities harmful to thenational security and interest of the other". To honour the saidtreaty Indian troops had to enter Bhutan where China wasconstructing a road from Senchen La, located at the southern tipof Chumbi Valley, uptoZompleri, sole Bhutanese border out postin Western Bhutan guarding the Doklam plateau.China claimsDoklam plateau, an 89 sq km pasture that falls close to Chumbivalley at the corner of India-Bhutan-China tri-junction and is not

very far from the Sikkim sector. China, citing the 1890 China-Britain treaty, calls Doklam (referred by China as Donglang ) itsown while Bhutan has disputed the fact saying the conventionapplies to the India-Bhutan border, not Bhutan and China. Byrevoking 1890 treaty China has added a new strategy to theborder dispute called "lawfare." Lawfare is defined as a 'strategyof using-or misusing-law as a substitute for traditional militarymeans to achieve an operational objective.' India also needs todevelop a resource-pool for exploitation of 'lawfare' to countergrowing Chinese assertiveness and resolve other issues with itsneighbours to its advantage using legal provisions. Indian officials have said that the road construction by the PLAis aimed at getting closer to Doka La, the last Indian militarypost on its border with Bhutan.On its part, China has repeatedlyasserted its claim over Donglang (Doklam) and accused Indiantroops of trespassing."In order to cover up the illegal entry byIndian troops into the Chinese territory, Indian side wants toinfringe upon Bhutan's sovereignty and they try to confuse rightfrom wrong. This is futile. We have no objection to normalbilateral relations between India and Bhutan but are firmlyopposed to the Indian side infringing on Chinese territory usingBhutan as an excuse," said GengShuang, Chinese spokesperson. China has launched a disinformation campaign to mislead theinternational opinion. The fact is that for several decades, Chinahas accused India of forcing Bhutan not to allow opening of itsdiplomatic mission in Thimphu. At present, only India andBangladesh have embassies in Bhutan, and Bhutan maintainscontacts with China through the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi.China is not happy with status quo and wants this to be alteredin its favour and hence trying to bully Bhutan.The current standoff is not only a border issue but a territorialissue as well. Forcible occupation of other nation's territory hasbeen part of the Chinese statecraft from the imperial days and isbeing faithfully followed by the present Communist regime.China is used to bullying its neighbours to submit to its demandsand diktats. That is why it solved its land border disputes withother neighbours when it was in a comparatively strongerposition viz a viz the adversary nation. With India, China had notbeen very keen for early resolution of the border disputesbecause it perceives India as a competitor towards gainingstrategic space in the emerging world order. It wants to keepIndia permanently anxious and unbalanced. "A frontier ofthousands of miles between two powerful nations holding each

other in mutual contempt seems to point at anything but peace."India-China relations have been growing steadily except thesecurity relations. The security relations between the twocountries cannot improve till there is a disputed border.Demarcated border is not the only dispute but also China's claimto a large chunk of Indian Territory including the entire state ofArunachal Pradesh. That is why it is no longer talking about "as-is-where-is" settlement.A brief peep into the Chinese mind set will help the readersunderstanding the China's intent more clearly. According to asenior general of PLA, "When a nation grows strong enough, itpractices hegemony. The sole purpose of power is to pursue evengreater power--------Geography is destiny-------When a countrybegins to rise, it shall first set itself in an invincible position".The dragon is riled due to India's constant refusal to acceptChinese hegemony but pursue her independent path based onher national interests. China is annoyed due to many recentmoves of the Modi Government and hence manipulated thecurrent standoff in exasperation. Coercion forms an importantingredient of Chinese war fighting doctrine. One of theimportant phases of Chinese military strategy is, "Achievementof Political Objectives through Coercion". China is an ardentadvocate and practitioner of coercive security strategy "Shi" tosecure advantage. To quote Sun Tzu, "To win one hundredvictory in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subduethe enemy without fighting is the acme of skill". China fears thatpost 2020 scenario may not be conducive for coercion becauseof a resurgent and assertive India.China on its part is going ahead with containment of India witha view to keep India confined to the back waters of IndianOcean. Its policy of string of pearls and the Belt Road Initiative(BRI) is aimed to contain India. The first ever Chinese militarybase abroad at Djibouti in Horn of Africa is also meant to allowPLA Navy (PLAN) to challenge Indian Navy in Indian Ocean.China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and development ofGwader port will provide enough strategic leverage to challengeIndia's might in the region. The presence of Chinese troops inPOJK and their reported presence in terror training camps hasadded a new dimension to the prevailing security scenario inJ&K. Mehbooba is not talking off the cough and she needs to betaken seriously when she refers to "external forces meddling inKashmir affairs". China has deliberately propped up Pakistan asan adversary of India and is providing financial, military, nuclear

and moral support to Pakistan to continue to wage the proxy war.Terrorism and radicalisation are a means to an end. The endbeing "to contain India and weaken the Indian economy".Pakistan is like a monkey on our back.Having highlighted the Chinese intent, the readers need tounderstand the Chinese objectives in the current standoff. Thesecould be summarised as: test the resolve of Modi governmentagainst Chinese hegemony despite strong signals to the contrary;to coerce India to withdraw her troops from Bhutan so that it cangrab the strategic Doklam plateau thus threatening the SiliguriCorridor and deny a launch pad to Indian troops; force India topermit construction of the road so that it can then do the same inGilgit-Baltistan to complete its prestigious CPEC project;portray India as an undependable ally to the Royal Governmentof Bhutan and force it to have direct diplomatic ties with Chinaside lining India; pressurise India to join the BRI, the projectaimed at strengthening Chinese hegemony; reduce growingIndian influence among SAARC nations and wean themtowards China; keep India on tenterhooks as far as the Siliguricorridor, India's lifeline to North-East, is concerned and fuelinsurgent movements in NE; to brow beat India to submit toChinese dominance in Indo-Pacific region and stay away fromthe South China Sea region and snub India because of hergrowing strategic relations with USA, Japan and Israel.India's approach so far has been very mature and worthy of anation that is shedding the image of a "soft state". India's strategyrevolves around both side honouring the 2012 Agreement signedby the 'two sides' coupled with matching military responselocally. India should continue to strive to find a diplomaticsolution and not succumb to Chinese manipulations and threats.Any unilateral withdrawal by India will be suicidal. India'sNational Security Adviser AjitDoval is scheduled to visit Beijingon July 26 to attend the meeting of NSAs from BRICS - Brazil,Russia, India, China and South Africa. He is expected to raise theissue with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi. Hopefully bythen Chinese would have been convinced of India's resolve tonot to give in to the coercive strategy of China.

(The author is a Jammu based political commentator,columnist, security and strategic analyst. The author has

served in Bhutan and was dealing with operations. He can becontacted at anil5457@gmail.com.)

Astha Kapoor

As many as 696 daysafter the SupremeCourt had asked for

the Aadhaar matter to beheard in front of aConstitution Bench, on July18-19, the case is finallybeing presented in front of afive-member bench todecide all issues pertainingto Aadhaar, which includemandatory uniqueidentification for accessingbenefits and violation ofprivacy.The bench is also likely toaddress the constitutionalvalidity of the Aadhaar Act,2016 - which was passed asa money Bill.This decision wasannounced by a three-judgebenching hearing ShantaSinha vs Union of India,which questions makingAadhaar mandatory forgovernment schemes such asmidday meals andscholarships.Shyam Divan, the lawyer onbehalf of the petitioner,argued that the wholecountry was becoming a"concentration camp" aseven children below the ageof 18 years are being forcedto part with their biometricsto access governmentbenefits.Divan argued that the

government has been issuingnotices compelling people toget the biometric ID, eventhough the Supreme Courthad ruled through an interimorder that Aadhaar wouldnot be mandatory.Divan, while arguing againstthe mandatory linking ofAadhaar cards with PANnumbers for tax filing, hadargued that Aadhaarthreatens the right to bodilyintegrity, dignity andinformational self-determination under Article21 but the bench haddeclared that no argumentsrelated to privacy would beheard. So far, issues withregard to privacy have notbeen heard, and thisConstitution Bench isexpected to decide the futureof Aadhaar in India.So far,there is plenty of reason tobe scared of the unique ID,given it can be misused:1) Weak privacy laws: Indiadoes not have a right toprivacy, and in this day andage of digital data, and ourpersonal information beingsplashed around and beinghoused with the government,in the case of Aadhaar, it isof utmost importance. Thereis no protection for Indiansagainst their data beingused/misused by corporatesor the government2) Identity theft: In February,

Jio salesmen were arrestedfor the fraudulent use offingerprints acquiredthrough Aadhaar e-KYC, toactivate and sell sim cards.This sort of identity theft ispossible through Aadhaarsince the Central IdentitiesData Repository (CIDR) iscentralised and makes ourdata vulnerable. Identitytheft can be used to maketransactions such as bankingon behalf of an individualwithout their consent3) Data leaks: There havebeen multiple data leaks ofAadhaar numbers throughgovernment websites.Recently, there was analleged data leak of RelianceJio phone numbers (whichuses Aadhaar) with namesand addresses of users beingsold on the dark web. Giventhat Aadhaar numbers are acentral piece of identity inIndia and linked to all sortsof databases as well asbiometrics, having themfloat on the internet is notthe best idea.4) Authentication issue: Alarge number of people havesuffered authenticationissues, i.e. fingerprints havenot been confirmed as theirown. This can happen for amultitude of reasons such asmismatch of fingerprints tothe database, server issues,capturing of biometric, etc.

Repeated failure can meandenial of benefits andadministrative issues inaccessing governmentservices.5) No opt out: Once enrolledinto the Aadhaar database,the individual remains in thedatabase for life and isunable to opt out even ifunwilling to have theirbiometric data stored. The troubles with Aadhaarhave been compounding.There have been reportssuggesting data leak of 130million Aadhaar numbersfrom four governmentwebsites that deal withbenefits such as pensionsand the National RuralEmployment Guarantee Act(NREGA).There have been reports offake Aadhaar enrolmentsand the UIDAI hasblacklisted 34,000 centressince 2010, and news of fakeenrolments keeps poppingfrom around the country.The government maintainsthat biometric data is safebut privacy activists havebeen worried about both thesafety of the database andthe potential uses of Aadhaarfor mass surveillance.Some of these fears havefound basis in recentincidents such as a sub-inspector threatening aDelhi-based activist that an

initiative has been launchedto "surround and kill"(gheroaurmaaro) thosewithout Aadhaar or otheridentity proofs.The government has beenparticularly aggressive inmaking Aadhaar mandatoryfor access of governmentschemes and programmes,where the news has beendismal. Stories of rationdenied through the PDS,non-payment of NREGAwages, non-receipt ofpensions and scholarshipsdue to mismatch in linkingbank account with Aadhaarnumber, server issues,authentication failures andlack of awareness ofbeneficiaries have beenreported for long.The absence of a grievanceredressal system makesmatters worse as there islittle recourse for those whohave not received benefits.Emboldened by the centralgovernment's efforts, stategovernments have madeAadhaar mandatory forservices like usingambulances.The government of Indiamaintains that the gains ofusing Aadhaar are immense,and has quoted big saving inresponse to the petitionsagainst the biometric projectin court. However, it hasbeen difficult to unbundle

the numbers and understandsavings in a detailed manner.Discussions on how toreform Aadhaar have beenmade in Parliament, and theRajyaSabha has somesuggestions to reform theAct - the most importantbeing the right to "opt out" ifa user has already enrolledwith UIDAI but no longerwishes to be part of thesystem - thus, all dataincluding authenticationrecords, and biometricinformation would bedestroyed.This reform would give theindividual control over herbiometric data. TheRajyaSabha also suggestsproviding alternativeidentification for those whoare not enrolled with UIDAIor have chosen to opt-out.These suggestions havecurrently not been taken on-board by the government.Given all the chaos andconcerns around Aadhaar,the Constitution Benchhearing is of utmostimportance to provide legalperspective on the matterand give clarity on thepossibilities and limitationsof Aadhaar, a system that hasfast become the backbone ofIndia's welfare state and hasso far not proven itself touphold the interests of thoseit claims to serve.

Shravan means 'to listen' in Sanskrit. It is the first step inintegrating knowledge into our lives. We listen(Shravana), then we bring to our memory repeatedly

(manana) and then the knowledge becomes integrated as awealth into our life (nidhidhyasa).This month is a time to listen to our elders, listen to wisdom, tobe in knowledge. Parvati did puja to Shiva during this month.She did tapas in order to attain Shiva. This month is the time togo inward and meet the Shiva tattva (Shiva principle) withinus.Parvati is a manifestation of Shakti. Shakti means strength,power and energy. Shakti is the womb for all creation and istherefore expressed as the mother aspect of the Divine. Shaktiis the seed for all dynamism, radiance, beauty, equanimity,peace and nourishment. Shakti is the life-force.There are five aspects of creation.Asti - Is-ness, Bhati -Knowledge and Expression, Preeti - Love, Nama - Name,Rupa - FormMatter has two aspects, Name and Form.Consciousness has three aspects, Asti - it is, Bhati - it knowsand expresses and Preeti - it is loving. Maya - ignorance ordelusion is not being aware of the three aspects of theconsciousness and getting caught up in the name and form.Different functional aspects of this divine energy, Shakti, havedifferent names and forms. The "i" (ee) in Shakti is energy.Without the "i", "Shiva" becomes "shava" which in Sanskritmeans lifeless.

Shakti is dynamism expressed. The Shiva tattva isinexpressible. You can see the wind blowing, trees swaying, butyou can't see stillness which is the reference point for allmovement. The dynamic expression is Shakti. The stillness andcalmness is Shiva. Both are necessary. When dynamicexpression is combined with stillness within, then there iscreativity, positivity, and Sattva is generated.Shakti is the moving force. Parvati is an ansha of Adi Shakti.With reference to Shiva, she is the ardhangi. She is thescintillating energy, the dynamic aspect of Shiva.There was a time for even Shakti to be in tapas. To throw anarrow you have to first pull it backward. Shravan maas is thatnivrutikala, where even Shakti goes inward. The restlessness ofthe soul is quenched by this tapas.In life, there is contrast everywhere, opposites co-exist. Heatand cold, mountain and valley, greenery and snow - there areseveral such instances. Dynamism and stillness are the contrastof energy. It is this contrast that adds juice to life.As Shiva's ardhangi, they represent all the beautiful contraststhat enhance the quality of our lives. Shiva is full of compassionand she is full of grace. Shiva is the still substratum of thiscreation and she is the dynamic expression. Shiva is benevolentand she is magnificent. Shivais intelligence with innocence sheis intelligence with skill. In this way, they share all the qualities.Shiva and Parvati are self-luminous and are the guiding lightfor others. Parvati is the embodiment of love, innocence,caring, and of honoring the roles. She is the perfect daughter,

wife and mother. She is the landmark for dampatya.Parva means celebration; the celebrative aspect that comes outof sattva. When tamasdominates, there is only inertia, nocelebration. Any celebration born out of Rajogun cannot last.Only in sattva can we be in celebration constantly. Shiva is theAdipati of celebration with purity of mind, intention, thought,feeling, speech, and action. Eternal celebration is therepresentation of Parvati. Eternal peace is Shiva. They are anexemplary couple guiding many lives. One can't even saycouple because they are really just one.Jagadapitarauvandeparvatiparameshwarau. They areworshipped as the parents of this creation. Pa is the root wordwhich refers to parabrahma, paramatma. Pa is the root forParvati and for Parameswara. They represent the principles thatare beyond the material. They are eternal symbol of celebration,joy, benevolence and love.When you go inward, when you are established in yourself,celebration happens around you. That is why this month is fullof festivals. Sri Sri says Life is love, joy and enthusiasm. Loveand joy without enthusiasm is still inert. The enthusiasm isParvati. Shiva is the tranquil stillness. When the celebratoryaspect is combined with love, joy and wisdom then that is thepeak of life.An article by Smt. Bhanumathi Narasimhan, sister of H H SriSri Ravi Shankar, meditation teacher and Director of Womenand Child Welfare programs of The Art of Living Foundation.Art of Living

China's sympathizersin India!

Old habits die hard! The quote is perfectly blend andgo with the mindset of Indian political leadershipthat have leftist leanings as they were always docile

when dealing with the Red Dragon. It is despite the fact thatChina not only had bashed India and illegally annexed alarge chunk of its territory in 1962 but has been always actedhostile against India.. It is strange and saddening that theChinese ambassador in India Luo Zhaohui has followed uphis hush hush meeting with Congress vice-president RahulGandhi with meetings with a battery of opposition leaderswho are especially inimical towards the Narendra Modidispensation. Evidently, the Modi government was not keptinformed about the content of these meetings. Also, there isno word about what transpired at these meetings andwhether there was a set agenda. The Central government hasbeen tight-lipped about its reaction over the meetings thoughthere is an element of concern and disquiet that isunderstandable.The question is does China allow such gestures on the partof India’s Ambassador in China? Certainly not! By allaccounts, the opposition leaders who besides Rahul Gandhiincluded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former Assam ChiefMinister Tarun Gogoi, former National Security AdviserShivshankar Menon have also not briefed governmentrepresentatives of what precisely they discussed and whatthe stand of the Chinese envoy was. Significantly, LuoZhaohui even had a meeting with the District Magistrate ofDarjeeling which has been in the thick of a violent agitationfor carving out a new state of Gorkhaland from within WestBengal. It is a measure of the Indian government’s passiveacceptance of Chinese impropriety that the Chinese envoyhas not been summoned to the External Affairs Minister toanswer questions on the interactions.That these meetings have taken place in times when Indianand Chinese troops are in a standoff situation at the tri-junction between India, China and Bhutan with Chinaclaiming that the Bhutanese territory belongs to it under amore than a century-old treaty makes the Chinese moveparticularly unpalatable. The Modi government needed totell the Chinese envoy in no uncertain terms that thisamounted to an avoidable interference in India’s internalaffairs. There is little point in swallowing our pride andgiving China a long rope and then regretting why we wereunduly soft and not forthright.The opposition leaders who met the Chinese envoy mustalso be asked in writing to respond when they met him, whatthey discussed and what was it they told the envoy. As withother countries that uphold their pride as nations, India mustput national interest above everything else all the time. Hadthe government protested strongly to Rahul Gandhi when hemet the Chinese envoy, perhaps the message would havegone home to the others who later met him. That theCongress party had no intention of briefing the governmentabout the meeting was clear from the fact that the party firstdenied that the meeting had taken place and when it foundthat the cat was out of the bag it acknowledged that themeeting had occurred while contending that it was no bigdeal. Even now, the Modi government must call the leaderswho met the Chinese envoy for a de-briefing. If they stayaway, the country needs to be told so.

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Shravan : a month for reflection and celebration

Aadhaar case in Supreme Court: Your privacy is at stake

Doklam Standoff: Why the Dragon is spitting fire Understanding China's Intent

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Applications invited forPost-Matric ScholarshipsSRINAGAR, JUL 18According to the Director Tribal Affairs Jammu andKashmir, fresh applications are invited for grant of PostMatric Scholarships for the year 2017-18 by Directorateof Tribal Affairs to Schedule Tribe students. The Directorsaid that scholarship scheme is valid for ST students whoare pursuing their studies in differentGovernment/Private recognized Educational Institutionswithin and outside the State. The interested students areinformed to contact Deputy Director Tribal AffairsJammu on 0191-2472734 or Deputy Director TribalAffairs Kashmir Division (including Leh/Kargil) on0191-2479954 for further details.

Oath ceremony for newlyenrolled Advocates held

SRINAGAR, JUL 18State Judicial Academy today organized oath ceremony fornewly enrolled Advocates of Kashmir province at StateJudicial Academy (SJA) here. The proceedings wereconducted by SJA Director, Abdul Rashid Malik whowelcomed Justice Janak Raj Kotwal and Advocates andspoke about the need for oath ceremony for the Advocates.Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, Member Committee of StateJudicial Academy, administered oath to the Advocates.Advocates subscribed to the oath and received absoluteAdvocates' Licenses after the oath ceremony. In hisaddress, Justice Janak Raj Kotwal said the knowledge oflaw, commitment to the ideals of the profession, honestyand dedication is the strength of any successful Advocate.

Book exhibition cumseminar organized

KUPWARA, JUL 18A book exhibition cum seminar was organized by theDepartment of Libraries & Research at District LibraryKupwara as part of 'National Mission on Reading'. Onthis occasion ADC Kupwara, Principal GHSS Kupwaraand President cultural trust Kupwara, social activist,intellectuals, and students from district Kupwara werepresent. ADC Kupwara and other speakers stressed onthe importance of book reading and library culture in oursociety. The Librarian District library Kupwara requestedthe different sections of the society especially thestudents to bridge the gap between libraries and thesociety. The librarian also highlighted the availability ofNEET/JEE, IAS/KAS material in the library. At the end,prizes were distributed by the district librarian among themeritorious participants. First prize was bagged byFaizan Qureshi, second prize by Peerzada AhsanulKareem and third prize by Shujaat Hussain.

DDC inspects district hospitalBANDIPORA, JUL 18District Development Commissioner (DDC) Bandiporatoday made a surprise visit to District Hospital Bandiporaand checked the staff attendance. During the inspection, 24employees including 16 doctors were found absent fromduty. The DDC issued on spot directions for initiatingaction under rules against the absentees. The DDC alongwith BMO also inspected some wards of the Hospital andinteracted with the patients and attendants about theavailable facilities. The DDC was informed that thereare adequate medicines available in the hospital and thepatients are being provided at all possible facilities there.

Orientation cumWorkshop on GST held

SRINAGAR, JUL 18An orientation cum workshop on Goods and Services Tax(GST) was held today here at the DivisionalCommissioner's office.Additional Commissioner Kashmir, AdditionalCommissioner Commercial Taxes, DeputyCommissioner Srinagar, Additional DeputyCommissioner Srinagar, Deputy Director Planning andother concerned officers attended the workshop whereasother Deputy Commissioners of Valley districtsparticipated in the camp through video conferencing.Additional Commissioner Commercial taxes informedthat till July 15, 2017 a total number of 71,518provisional Ids of GST were generated out of which30,787 were activated and rest of the process will becompleted by ending July this year.

Minister for RuralDevelopment Panchayat RajLaw & Justice, Abdul Haqtoday laid foundation stoneof fourth model villageGundisona-Chalgund inLolab valley.The village will bedeveloped on modern linesto bring at par with urbanareas and Rs 13.43 croreswill be spend under differentsectors in the village.Minister laid the foundationstone of the model villageand later addressed a hugegathering of people who hadgathered in the village towelcome the minister. Thepeople welcomed theminister by showering

flowers and almonds andalso garlanded the ministerat various places. Womenwelcomed the minister bysinging folk songs whilepeople from Gujarcommunity performedtraditional culturalperformances to celebratethe occasion.Deputy Commissioner

Kupwara Khalid Jahangir,SP Kupwara ShamsherHusain and other seniorofficers of the district werealso present on the occasion.Speaking on the occasionAbdul Haq said Departmentof R&B will spend Rs 6.38crore in the village whileRDD will spend RS 4.50crore, PHE 72 lakh,

Horticulture Rs 15.84 lakh,PDD Rs 74.50 lakh, Sports9.50 lakh and AgricultureDepartment will spend Rs 36lakh in the village to developit as a model village withfacilities at par with urbanareas.Abdul Haq said the ModelVillages announced by thegovernment will be asustainable rural communitythat will be able to generateand maintain the resourcesnecessary to improve itslevel of wellbeing andhappiness without depletingeconomic, social &environmental values. Hesaid in doing so, the ModelVillages will strengthen thesustainability pillars ofLivelihood, Infrastructureand Services.

Minister lays foundation stone of Model VillageNL CorrespondentKupwara, Jul 18

Progress under NSM reviewedPULWAMA, JUL 18District Development Commissioner Pulwama todayconvened a meeting to review progress and challenges in theeffective implementation of National Saffron Mission(NSM). Chief Agriculture Officer Pulwama, ExecutiveEngineer MED Anantnag, Srinagar, District AgricultureOfficer Pulwama, Tehsildars of Pampore, Kakapora andAwantipora were also present in the meeting. It was givenout that National Mission on Saffron has been sanctioned bythe Centre at a total cost of Rs 372.18 crore. The Missionaimed at Economic Revival of Saffron Sector in the State isproposed to be completed within a period of 4 years; whileas 86 percent of the total funding is being spent in districtPulwama on rejuvenation, strength of irrigation system,enhancing product quality, mechanization, providinginfrastructure facility, establishment of quality testing andmarket facilities. The meeting was informed that the totalsaffron land in the district is 3200 hectare and till date,1690.5 hectares have been rejuvenated and Rs 78.92 crorewere incurred on it, so far.It was given out that 361 weeders and 525 vermicompostunits have been distributed in Pulwama district. Whilereviewing the Mission's progress, the DDC was informedthat out of total 109 targeted tube wells, 94 tube wells havebeen constructed, so far, for sprinkler irrigation system.

An awareness cum roundtable conference onimplementation andmonitoring of Right ToInformation Act, 2009 washeld today under thechairmanship of ChiefInformation CommissionerKhursheed Ahmad Ganai atBudgam. The meeting cumconference was attended byDistrict DevelopmentCommissioner Budgam,Registrar CIC, AdditionalSP, all FAAs, PIOs, andAPIOs from concerneddepartments, besides RTIactivists from different areasof the valley.The District DevelopmentCommissioner apprised the

CIC that since 2009 when theRTI Act came into force, an amount of Rs. 11170including revenue receiptswere collected on account ofRTI related matters in thedistrict. He said that up toMarch 2017, as many as1460 RTI applicationsincluding 558 related torevenue matters have beenreceived and are underprocess. On the occasion, the ChiefInformation Commissionerappreciated the role ofDistrict Administration inorganising such a kind ofround table conference onRTI implementation. He saidsuch steps help in appraisingpeople about the use andimportance of the RTI Act

and how to implement this inthe best interest of commonpeople. He said the Act canbe a potent tool in ensuringgreater transparency in theimplementation of thedevelopmental and welfareschemes.He said the aim ofconducting such conferencesis also to sensitize theOfficers and make themprepared to push up for e-governance. Later, the RTIActivists discussedthreadbare the variousdimensions of the Act andemphasized the need forcreating more awareness andimplementation of the ACTto ensure monitoring ofgovernment functioning in aproper manner.

Roundtable conference on RTI held

NL CorrespondentBudgam, Jul 18

The District DevelopmentCommissioner Ganderbaltoday chaired an officersmeeting to review theprogress of Education, YouthServices & Sports andFisheries Departments.The DDC took acomprehensive stock ofeducational scenario andfunctioning of variouseducational institutions inthe district. DDCemphasized on the need ofimparting better qualityeducation to the students.The DDC termed thestudents as future of thedistrict and the State andadded that teachers shouldfocus on overall personalitydevelopment of students sothat they can excel in everyfield.Directing the ChiefEducation Officer,

Ganderbal for ensuringattendance of teachers andstudents in the schools, theDDC asked him to stop thesalary of employees whoremained absent from theirduties. He also directed toconstitute a MonitoringCommittee to supervise theattendance in schools of theDistrict.Calling for focused attentionon educational and extra-curricular activities, theDDC Ganderbal instructedthe Education and YouthServices & SportsDepartment to make seriousendeavor for ensuring brightfuture for the budding youthof the district. The DDC directed theconcerned to conduct halfmarathon to highlight DrugDe-Addiction and other

social evils, spreading themessage to the youngstersthat they should keepthemselves healthy andenergetic and say no todrugs.The meeting was informedthat the FisheriesDepartment established 102private ponds under RKVYand blue revolution scheme.Besides, 50 bicycles wereprovided to fishermen of thedistrict.Chief Planning OfficerGanderbal, Chief EducationOfficer Ganderbal, AssistantCommissioner DevelopmentGanderbal, District YouthService & Sports Officer,Ganderbal, AssistantDirector Fisheries, ZonalEducation Officer and otherconcerned attended themeeting.

Minister for Forest, Ecologyand Environment,Choudhary Lal Singh todaysaid that several innovativemeasures taken to revitalizeState Forest Corporation(SFC) has begun to showpositive results. Chairing areview meeting of SFC here,Singh vehemently called forstrengthening theCorporation that wouldensure sustainabledevelopment of huge naturalresources for the State. TheMinister said that thedevelopment of forestsneeds holistic approach fromthe concerned departmentand the government isworking overtime in thisregard. He asked officials toprepare a vision plan tobring more vibrancy into thedepartment.

The Minister sought varioussuggestions and feedbackfrom the officers, divisionalmanagers among otherofficers to bring positivechanges into the functioningof the Corporation. He saidhe would monitor thefunctioning of theCorporation on regular basistill it reaches the surplusprofit status.Managing Director, SFC,Suresh Gupta gave a detailedpresentation of the workingof the Corporation, sayingthat with several measures

from the government, theCorporation is headingtoward its better future.The Minister said thatstrengthening of SFC wouldrevamp the forestdepartment of the State. Hesaid that modern nurseriesshould be developed onpriority and plant material bemade available in bothprivate and governmentsector. The Minister directed theconcerned officers of forestdepartment to take requisitesteps for streamlining the

system to ensure hassle freedistribution of timber to theconsumers.The Minister asked theofficers to be proactive andintensify field visits andclosely monitor the activitieslaunched by the departmentto achieve tangible results onground.The two hour long mammothmeeting was attended byManaging Director, StateForest Corporation, SureshGupta, GMs, DMs, amongother officials of thedepartment.

Functioning of variousdeptts reviewed

NL CorrespondentGanderbal, Jul 18

Functioning of SFC reviewedNL CorrespondentSrinagar, Jul 18

Job aspirants for engineeringposts seek postponement of

screening testSrinagar, Jul 18The job aspirants for the post of Assistant Engineer(Electrical) and Assistant Engineer (Mechanical) inPower Development Department and Public WorksDepartment R&B respectively have urged upon J&KPublic Service Commission to postpone the screening testto be held on August 19, 2017. The aspirants while raisingserious concern said that ever since the notification forthe posts were issued on 12-08-2013 by Public ServiceCommission vide notification No 15- PSC theexamination for the posts have been delayed two timesdue to its disputed nature.They said that most of the aspirants are currently workingin gulf countries and had to rush back time and again toValley for examination for three times. "Now the PSChave issued notice for the screening test which in fact is agood measure, but at the same time many aspirants whoare outside the country have to close their business there,as such PSC should take cognizance of the issue bygetting the PSC exam postponed," the aspirants told CNSand added that they have to complete various formalitiesbefore rushing back to the Valley.They said we have to book tickets, sanctioning of leaveand management of travel documents and otherformalities which we can't afford in the given stipulatedtime. They appealed to the PSC Chairman to postponetheir screening test for at least three months for the sakeof their career. When contacted Chairman PSC Latif-u- Zaman Devasaid that dates have already been finalized and screen testwill be conducted on the scheduled date. (CNS)

The District DevelopmentCommissioner, Kupwaratoday distributed human aiddevices arranged byEducation department amongthe 96 registered specially-abled children in the district.The beneficiaries wereenrolled last year after properscrutiny by the educationdepartment. These childrenbelong to Trehgam,Kupwara, Khumriyal,Drugmullah and wereprovided human aid devicesthat include wheelchairs,Tricycles, Braille Kits, andother allied devices. On this

occasion the Chief EducationOfficer, Kupwara, ChiefMedical Officer and ChiefEducation Planning Officerwere also present. Speakingon the occasion the ChiefGuest impressed upon theauthorities of Social Welfare,Health and Educationdepartments to provide all

basic amenities to thedifferently abled children byproviding the all possibleprimary and logical support. He directed the authorities toseek the help from theArtificial Limbs companiesfor conduct of physical checkup of other such children attehsil/district level.

Human aid devices distributedamong specially-abled children

NL CorrespondentKupwara, Jul 18

HSS delegation meetsAltaf Bukhari

SRINAGAR, JUL 18A delegation of HarijanSevak Sangh (HSS) ofGandhi Fraternity met theMinister for Education,Syed Mohammad AltafBukhari here today.It was said that HSSdelegation aims to buildpeople to people contact forunification among alldiverse communities toachieve the goal ofMahatma Gandhi for peace,progress and developmentof the nation.The Minister appreciatedthe initiative of delegationfor holding a dialogue withthe people and spreadingmessage of peace andharmony.

ANNEXURE "A"Selection List of the candidates for the post of Film Librarian (Information Department), State Cadre, item No. 254(04 of

2013, dated 23.02.2013).

- The recommendation of the aforementioned candidates is subject to genuineness of all academic / technical certificates viz-a-viz recognition of institutes.- The select list shall be subject to outcome of any writ petition(s) pending in any court of law of the competent jurisdiction.

Merit S.

No.

Int. Sl

Num. Roll No Candidate_Name Father_Name Address D.O.B Category

Graduation Certificate Course in

B.Lib/ M.Lib.

Grand points

Written + Viva (out

of 100)

Name of Institute

Year of

passing Remarks

M.O M.M M.O M.M

Selection List (Open Merit)

1 1 21719006189 AABID HUSSAIN

MUSHTAQ AHMAD

KHARADI

QASBA BAGAT

ANANTNAG

24-01-

1988 OM 998 1800 1097 1600 82.6667 KU 2010/

2012

Waiting List (Open Merit)

1 2 21719006184 MOHD TAHIR

PANDIT

ABDUL RAHIM PANDIT

TOKNA PULWAMA

11-02-

1987 OM 1002 1800 1120 1600 78.3000 KU 2008/

2011

Sd/-(Mohammad Ashraf)

Deputy Director (P)J&K Services Selection Board

DIP/J-3460/17

8 RELATIONSHIPS the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | July | 19 | 2017

Bhopal:The Madhya Pradeshgovernment on Tuesday saidsix persons were killed andas many were injured in thepolice action during thefarmers’ stir in Mandsaurdistrict, as it blamed drugpeddlers and anti-socialelements for triggeringviolence.The state government had onJune 8 conveyed to theCentre that five farmers werekilled in Mandsaur in policefiring on June 6. However,one more farmer had diedlater, with his kin accusingthe police of assaulting him.“Six persons were killed andas many others were injuredin the police action,including firing, to checkunruly protesters during thefarmers’ unrest inMandsaur,” Home MinisterBhupendra Singh told theLegislative Assembly here.He was replying to anadjournment motion on thesecond day of the monsoonsession.Describing the unfolding ofthe events on June 6, Singhsaid, “Besides blocking ahighway, the protesters hadalso damaged and torchedvehicles. They were peltingthe police with stones, whichforced the police to fire inself defence at PipaliyaMandi in Mandsaurdistrict.”He said the police had used

the total of 895 tear gasshells to quell the protests.According to Singh, asmany as 109 policepersonnel were injuredduring the violence.A judicial commission,headed by retired judge ofthe Madhya Pradesh HighCourt, Justice JK Jain, isprobing the Mandsaur policefiring episode.The home minister alsorefuted the Opposition’scharge that the governmenthad framed farmers as drugpeddlers and arrested themduring the stir.He rebutted the reports ofmore than 65 farmerscommitting suicide sinceJune 10 due to reasons likeindebtedness, failure ofcrops and over unsettledinsurance claims ofdamaged farm produce.Panchayat and RuralDevelopment MinisterGopal Bhargava said theMandsaur unrest was set offby those involved inpeddling opium and itsderivatives.“The peddlers of opium andits derivatives orchestratedthe violent unrest inMandsaur district,” he said.Bhargava was replying to anadjournment motion broughtin by Congress memberGovind Singh and hiscolleagues on the plight offarmers.He said the people engaged

in opium-related trade andsome anti-social elementswere responsible for theviolent farmers’ stirfollowing a crackdown ontheir illegal business.To buttress his point, theminister said if farmers inMadhya Pradesh wereindeed unhappy, why the stirdid not spread to eastern,central or southern parts ofthe state.“Why did the violentincidents during the stirremain confined toMandsaur (in westernMP)?” he asked.Mandsaur, about 320 kmfrom the state capital, wasonce considered to be theopium hub of the nation.“No farmer can throw milkor vegetables on roads,” hesaid, blaming drug peddlersand anti-social elements forsuch acts during theagitation.Looking at oppositionmembers, he remarked thereshould be no politics overthe dead and added: “Thereare many issues to dopolitics over.”The Mandsaur incident hadtriggered a political stormwith the oppositionCongress demandingresignation of ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan and the state Homeminister.

New Delhi, July 18

SK Arora spent more thanthree years trudging throughthe Indian summer heat andmonsoon rains to inspecttobacco kiosks across thissprawling megacity, tearingdown cigaretteadvertisements and handingout fines to store owners forputting them up.But as fast as he removed thecolourful ads, more appeared.The chief tobacco controlofficer at the Delhigovernment, Arora asked themajor cigarette companies toput a stop to the cat-and-mouse routine. In officialletters and face-to-facemeetings, he told them India’stobacco control laws barredsuch public advertising andpromotion of cigarettes.That included the Indian armof Philip Morris InternationalInc, the world’s largestpublicly traded tobaccocompany. Early last year,Arora said, he met with aPhilip Morris director forcorporate affairs in India, a

man named R. Venkatesh,and told him the signs werean unequivocal violation of

Indian law.Like other tobaccocompanies, Philip Morriskept up its ad blitz.Venkatesh says Philip Morrisis doing nothing wrong. Inresponse to questions fromReuters, he said thecompany’s advertising is“compliant with Indian law”and that Philip Morris has“fully cooperated with theenforcement authorities” onthe matter.But government officials sayPhilip Morris is usingmethods that flout the

nation’s tobacco-controlregulations. These includetobacco shop displays as well

as the free distribution ofMarlboro – the world’s best-selling cigarette brand – atnightclubs and barsfrequented by young people.In internal documents, PhilipMorris International isexplicit about targeting thecountry’s youth. A key goal is“winning the hearts andminds of LA-24,” thosebetween legal age, 18, and24, according to one slide in a2015 commercial reviewpresentation.As with the point-of-sale adsat kiosks, public health

officials say that giving awaycigarettes is a violation ofIndia’s Cigarettes and OtherTobacco Products Act and itsaccompanying rules.hilip Morris’ marketingstrategy for India, whichrelies heavily on kioskadvertising and social events,is laid out in hundreds ofpages of internal documentsreviewed by Reuters thatcover the period from 2009to 2016. In them, PhilipMorris presents thesepromotions as key marketingactivities. In recent years,they have helped to morethan quadruple Marlboro’smarket share in India, wherethe company is battling toexpand its reach in the face ofan entrenched local giant.Reuters is publishing aselection of those documentsin a searchable repository,The Philip Morris Files.

9 NATION/WORLD the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | July | 19 | 2017

New Delhi:Reaching out to partiesacross the political divide,National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) vicepresidential candidate MVenkaiah Naidu on Tuesdaysaid he no longer belongedto the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and will strengthendemocratic institutions ifelected.Naidu, who was flanked byPrime Minister NarendraModi and party veteran LKAdvani when he filed hisnomination in theparliament complex, saidthe candidature was an“honour” for him and hewill uphold the dignity ofthe office if elected.In a “farewell” pressconference soon after hefiled his nomination, heexpressed his gratitude tothe prime minister and BJPchief Amit Shah as heplayed down reports that hewas not very keen for the

new responsibility.“The office of the vicepresident has been held bythe illustrious people likeSarvepalli Radhakrishnan,Zakir Hussain, MHidayatullah, RVenkataraman, ShankerDayal Sharma and BhaironSingh Shekhawat... I amfully aware of the augustresponsibilities associatedwith the office. I would like

to assure the people of thecountry that, on beingelected, I will uphold thetraditions and standards setby the worthy predecessors.I will uphold the dignity ofthe office of the vicepresident,” he told reporters.India’s beauty and strengthlie in its parliamentarydemocratic system, Naidusaid, adding that it will behis endeavour to strengthen

this further.The former Union ministerrecalled his humblebeginnings and likened theBJP to his mother.Having lost my mother at avery young age, I grew upwith party workers andreached where I have due tothe party’s support, Naidusaid. “I am above any partynow,” he added.Sources close to him said

Naidu resigned from thecabinet on Monday nightafter his candidature wasannounced.He said he will continue as amember of the Rajya Sabhaand cast his vote in the vicepresidential poll nextmonth.Naidu’s win is all but certaindue to the NDA’s numericalsuperiority over oppositionparties, which have fieldedGopalkrishna Gandhi astheir nominee.Members of allies like TDP,Shiv Sena and LJP besidesthose of AIADMK and TRS,two parties outside the NDAfold but supporting Naidu’scandidature, were amongthe leaders whoaccompanied Naidu as hefiled his nomination.Top leaders, includingModi, union ministers andallies like Ram VilasPaswan, were among theproposers and seconders ofhis nomination.

No longer part of BJP, above any partynow: Venkaiah Naidu on VP nomination

New Delhi, July 18

Australia would like allcompeting parties in theongoing standoff in theDonglang sector to resolvetheir problems peacefully,Australian foreign ministerJulie Bishop said onTuesday.Bishop, on a two-day visit toIndia, spoke about theborder face-off with all hermajor interlocutors in NewDelhi, including PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,defence minister ArunJaitley and foreign ministerSushma Swaraj.“I understand this is a long-standing dispute,” she told anews briefing. She drew anindirect comparison to thedispute over China’smaritime claims in the SouthChina Sea, saying that in thiscase as well the Australian

government wanted apeaceful resolution but onebased on rules laid out underthe United NationsConvention of the Law ofthe Sea.Asked about India’s refusalto allow Australia to join therecently concluded Malabarnaval exercises, she saidAustralia remained keen tojoin but it was up to eachcountry to decide who they

wanted to work with. Shenoted India and Australiahad recently concluded thesecond round of theirbilateral naval exercises.On energy, Bishop noted thatthe first shipment ofAustralian uranium for Indiawas “on its way” right now.The necessary parliamentaryclearances to activate thebilateral civil nuclear supplyagreement had been

accomplished and Australiais satisfied about India’scommitment to globalnuclear non-proliferationnorms.Bishop also spoke with theIndian side about counter-terrorism, the continuingnegotiations over a bilateralfree trade agreement,Australia’s role as an energysupplier to India and twotypes of new temporary workvisas that Canberra hasintroduced to replace theolder 457 visa category.Commenting on recentsurveys that showed theAustralian public had amongthe most positive viewsabout China, she said hercountry had a “positiveengagement with China”.Chinese President Xi Jinpingrecently had a successfulvisit to Australia and had sofar travelled to every one ofthe country’s states andterritories.

Urge for peaceful resolution of Sikkimstandoff: Australia’s foreign minister

Six farmers were killed in the June 6 policefiring in Mandsaur: MP govt

NEW DELHI, JULY 18

India on Tuesday said it wascommitted to non-discriminatoryand verifiable nuclear disarmamentin a bid to justify why it boycottednegotiations for a treaty on theprohibition of nuclear weapons atthe United Nations.The treaty, the first multilaterallegally-binding instrument fornuclear disarmament, was adopted

last week at the UN in New York.India and other nuclear-armednations – the US, Russia, Britain,China, France, Pakistan, NorthKorea and Israel, did not participatein the negotiations.External affairs ministryspokesperson Gopal Baglay saidIndia believes that the Treaty on theProhibition of Nuclear Weapons inno way constitutes or contributes tothe development of any customary

international law.“India continues to attach priority toand remains committed to universal,non-discriminatory and verifiablenuclear disarmament. India,however, did not participate in thenegotiations on a treaty on theprohibition of nuclear weaponswhich were concluded in New Yorkon 7 July 2017. Also, none of theother States possessing nuclearweapons participated in the

negotiations,” he said.He said India’s explanation of votewhile abstaining from the resolutionexplains its position.“In its EoV (explanation of vote),India had said it was “notconvinced” that the proposedconference could address thelongstanding expectation of theinternational community forcomprehensive instrument onnuclear disarmament.

A cigarette within walking distance: Marlboro’smarketing strategies infuriate Indian health officials

1 killed, 30 injured as Punjab buscarrying pilgrims rams into tree

HISAR, JULY 18

A youth in his twenties was killed and 30 people receivedinjuries after a private bus from Punjab carrying pilgrimsrammed into a tree before hitting a road divider nearPanniwala village of Sirsa district on Tuesday. The bus,which was carrying 42 pilgrims, including 31 women, washeading to the Radha Soami Satsang dera near Sirsa townfrom Punjab’s Malout. The accident took place at about8am when the bus driver lost control over the vehicle.Twenty three women are among those injured. Somevillagers, who were working nearby, informed the policeand started rescue work. Police personnel and officialsfrom the local administration reached the spot and withthe help of the locals sent the injured to three hospitals anda nearby primary health centre. The deceased, identifiedas Amit Makkar (26) of Malout, was sitting in the seatnext to the driver. Police sent his body to the generalhospital in Sirsa for post-mortem examination. Talking tomediapersons, tehsildar Vazir Singh said, "Forty-twopilgrims were on their way to attend a discourse at RadhaSoami Satsang near Sikandarpur village. The bus driver,identified as Malkeet Singh (32), lost control over thevehicle. Amit Makkar died on the spot.” Bus conductorRohit Kumar (25) received minor injuries. He said all thevictims are residents of Malout. Among those identifiedare Simran, Kajal, Shakuntala, Saloni, Sashi Madan, RajniRani, Nitu, Pawan, Asha Gaba, Meena, Amit Chand,Rahul Kumar, Sunita, Asha and Malkeet Kaur.

Committed to nuclear disarmament but can’t be party to UN treaty, says India

10 SPORTS the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | July 19 | 2017

Doha:Indian national football teamcoach Stephen Constantine,presently in charge of theIndia U-23 side, prefers“long-term goals” rather thanlooking for quick resultsfrom the forthcoming AFCU-23 ChampionshipQualifiers which kicks-off inDoha tomorrow.India are scheduled to playSyria in their opening matchof the tournament tomorrow.“I’ve been a person who hasalways preferred to build ateam for the future. I’mworking with this bunch ofguys so that a few may comeup the ranks and land up withthe senior national team inthe coming days,”Constantine said in the pre-

tournament press conference,here today.India U-23 side is cominginto tournament on the backof a two-week long camp inNew Delhi followed by twoback-to-back international

friendlies against Singapore.A year back, Syria had madeit to the finals of the lastedition of the AFC U-23AFC Championship, buttheir campaign didn’t go asplanned.

“This tournament is ofimmense importance for usand I believe, as it is forevery team here. We’ll giveour best to qualify from thisgroup,” Syrian coachHussein Afash mentioned.

Constantine wants to build team for futureLondon:Devastated Marin Cilic admitted hisWimbledon final tears were triggeredby the realisation that his bid to shockRoger Federer was destined to end ina painful defeat. Cilic weptinconsolably on Centre Courtmidway through the second set aftercalling for medical attention on anasty blister on his left foot.The former US Open championgamely played through the agony, butcouldn’t stop Federer cruising to a 6-3 6-1 6-4 victory yesterday.“I got a bad blister in the semifinalagainst Sam Querrey. Fluid just camedown under my callous in the foot,”Cilic said. “The physios here helped me over thelast 30 hours. They were with meconstantly and did as much as theycould. I still felt the pain. Every time

I had to do a reaction fast, fast changeof movement, I was unable to do that.“Obviously it was very toughemotionally because I know howmuch I went through in the last fewmonths in preparation forWimbledon.”Cilic explained that his tears at 3-0down in the second set were more aresult of his disappointment at notbeing able to perform at his bestrather than a legacy of the pain. “Itwas just a feeling I knew I cannotgive my best on the court, that Icannot give my best game, especiallyat this stage of my career, at such abig match,” he said.“It was very, very difficult to dealwith it. It didn’t hurt so much that itwas putting me in tears. It was justthat feeling that I wasn’t able togive the best.”

Cilic reveals blister sparked Wimbledon tears

Nottingham:South Africa took fulladvantage of an abjectEngland batting display onMonday to complete acrushing 340-run win in thesecond Test at Trent Bridgewhich levelled the series 1-1with two games remaining.The defeat was Joe Root’sfirst as captain in his secondgame in charge, andEngland’s eighth loss in 13matches. But it was themanner of their capitulationinside 45 overs and with aday and a half to spare thatwill trouble Root most.Instead of mounting therequired rearguard action,England collapsed to 133 allout, with the last threewickets falling without theaddition of a run.The wickets were sharedamong four bowlers withMan of the Match VernonPhilander (3/24), KeshavMaharj (3/42) and ChrisMorris (2/7) taking thehonours. South Africaoutplayed England in everyaspect of the game, with thetourists’ first innings lastingone ball longer, at 96.2overs, than England’s twocombined. Hopes that

England might chase down aworld-record 474 runs forvictory were dispelled bythe second over whenPhilander removed KeatonJennings’ off-stump,following up soonafterwards by having GaryBallance for LBW.With their departure,England looked to Root andformer captain AlastairCook for resistance but theexcellent Morris claimedboth batsmen before lunch,bowling Root (8) andbouncing out Cook (42) witha vicious lifter. The hosts

fell away alarmingly afterthe interval when JonnyBairstow and Moeen Alisurrendered their wickets topoor shots while Philanderremoved the dangerous BenStokes with the sharpest ofreturn catches.The final indignity camewhen Stuart Broad, MarkWood and Jimmy Andersonall fell on 133. — ReutersBrief Scores: South Africa:335 & 343/9 dec (Amla 87,Elgar 80, du Plessis 63;Moeen 4/78); England 205& 133 (Philander 3/24,Maharaj 3/42).

SA crush England, level seriesMumbai:Acceding to newly-appointed chief coach RaviShastri’s demand, the BCCI

on Tuesday appointed BharatArun as the Indian cricketteam’s bowling coach,ending days of confusionsurrounding the position. Arun was India’s bowlingcoach during Shastri’sprevious tenure as teamdirector and the latter hadinsisted on his appointmentin his soon-to-start secondstint with the Indian team.The decision to appointArun, on a two-year contract,was taken after Shastri metthe Committee ofAdministrators (CoA) andBCCI officials, includingacting president C K Khannaand secretary AmitabhChaudhary.“I was in England and was

watching tennis (theWimbledon). I was veryclear in my mind what mycore team would be, whatyou just heard is my coreteam,” Shastri said afterChaudhary announced theappointment in a pressconference.Arun is now likely to resignfrom the position of assistantcoach in the IPL franchiseRoyal ChallengersBangalore.Besides, the BCCI alsodecided to retain SanjayBangar as assistant coachand R Sridhar as fieldingcoach till the 2019 ODIWorld Cup.“Patrick Farhad also

continues as physio...All ofthem are part of the team fortwo years until the closure ofnext World Cup,” Chaudhary

said.Arun’s appointment marks acomplete u-turn for theBCCI, which had namedZaheer Khan as bowlingconsultant initially beforeclarifying that it was forspecific overseas tours.There is no clarity on RahulDravid’s position as battingconsultant either.“I have spoken to both theindividuals and they are asgood as three are four yearsago, and they are fantasticcricketers. Their inputs willbe invaluable, they will be onboard when they speak tothese authorities,” wasShastri’s cryptic response onqueries regarding Zaheer andDravid.“All depends on theiravailability, it depends onindividuals, the number ofdays they want to give buttheir inputs will beinvaluable and they are mostwelcome,” he added.Chaudhary, on his part, saidthere was never anyconfusion on Dravid andZaheer despite the obviousflip-flops by the BCCI.“At the first place I amabsolutely clear that it is nota fiasco, once we appointedthe head coach, obviously hehad to think of hisresponsibility which comeswith that appointment, and itis very clear he wanted hiscore team. The other two

(Zaheer and Dravid) areconsultants,” he said.Shastri thanked the CricketAdvisory Committee—comprising SachinTendulkar, Sourav Gangulyand VVS Laxman—forpicking him for the high-profile job.“I would like to thank the

CAC because it is a privilegeand an honour to be India’scoach. And I would like tothank the CAC forconsidering me worthyenough for the job,” he said.The BCCI’s handling ofZaheer and Dravid’sappointment has come in forsevere criticism with formerCoA member RamachandraGuha calling it “publichumiliation” of the twostalwarts of Indian cricket.Neither Zaheer, nor Dravidhave yet spoken about thelack of clarity regarding theirpositions.

Shastri has his way, Arunback as bowling coach London:

Amit Kumar Sarohaclinched the silvermedal in the men’sclub throw F51 eventin the World ParaA t h l e t i c sChampionships heretoday.Saroha’s best throw of30.25 metres came in histhird attempt. In the process,the para-athlete fromHaryana set a new Asianrecord.Serbia’s Zeljko Dimitrijevicretained his title with a worldrecord throw of 31.99m.Another Indian, Dharambir,finished 10th with a bestthrow of 22.34m.Saroha, 32, had also won thesilver in this event in the lastedition of the biennialchampionships in Doha in2015. He had also won thegold medal in this event inthe 2014 Incheon Asian ParaGames.Saroha, the firstquadriplegic to represent

India at a Paralympic Games(London 2012), will alsotake part in the men’s discusthrow F52 final tomorrow.Saroha had finished fourthin club throw at the RioGames. He was set for thebronze medal with apersonal best attempt of26.63m. But Slovakia’sMarian Kureja went past hismark by 19 centimetres inhis final attempts.Saroha suffered a caraccident when he was 22,causing him to become aquadriplegic due tocompression of the spinalcord. Before his injury,Saroha was a national levelhockey player.

Haryana’s Amit bags silver

Beef is back on themenu at the British Open,and Andrew Johnston canonly hope there’s as muchsizzle to be found at RoyalBirkdale as there was lastyear when he made anentertaining run on theweekend at Royal Troon.There are brains here, too,thanks to a last minute winSunday by BrysonDeChambeau, who defiesgolf convention with hisswing thoughts and hasphysics formulas stampedon the back of his wedges.Golf in what seems now tobe a permanent post-Tigerera remains alive andsomewhat well. That’sespecially true on this sideof the pond, where hugecrowds will turn out thisweek for the 146th versionof what they prefer here tocall simply The Open.The winner on Sunday willbe crowned championshipgolfer of the year. Based onthe small sample size ofrecent majorchampionships, it is likely tobe someone you know littleabout.The last seven majorchampionships have beenwon by players who hadnever won a major in theirlives. That could go to eightthis week if an up andcoming player the likes ofJohn Rahm — whodominated the Irish Open inhis last outing — can winthis Open.Or maybe local residentTommy Fleetwood, whodidn’t exactly come inthrough the front door of thepro shop when he played afew holes here and theregrowing up.

“It was a course I wouldhave crept on now andagain,” Fleetwood said.The revolving cast of newwinners is part of the reasonthis Open — and golf itself— seems to be strugglingfor a story line. The coursemay be the best in Englandand the field full of greattalent, but even the bookieshere can’t figure out whoshould be favored.Gone forever are the dayswhen Woods dominated andevery conversation in thesport revolved around whathe was doing.“It shows the quality of golfthat everybody plays at rightnow,” said Sergio Garcia,the Masters champion whois still looking for his firstClaret Jug. “It’s a really highlevel and it doesn’t matter ifyou’ve won a major or not,everybody can definitely doit.”That everybody certainlyincludes Garcia himself,who spent the better part ofthe last two decadestantalizing fans with histalent but never delivering ina major before a brilliantback nine comeback gavehim the green jacket at

Augusta National this year.His Open career began as anamateur at Royal Birkdale in1998, and he’s had severallegitimate chances to winthe Open, only to kick themaway. But he’s now a majorchampion and, with awedding set for next week,he could be a storybookchampion should he emergewith the iconic jug engravedwith winners of years past.“Obviously I am excitedabout it,” Garcia said. “I amconfident about mypossibilities but I can’t tellyou if I’m going to be rightup there on Sunday with achance. I’m hoping that Iwill be, but unfortunately itdoesn’t work like that everyweek.”The player nicknamed Beefcertainly understands that.The bearded, portlyJohnston entertained thecrowd at last year’s Open,nearly upstaging atremendous duel betweenPhil Mickelson and eventualwinner Henrik Stenson inthe final round beforefinishing eighth.

Barcelona:Barcelona vice-president Jordi Mestreinsisted Tuesday that Brazilian star Neymarwill be staying in Spain despite rumourslinking him with a move to Paris Saint-Germain.Asked during a press conference if he couldconfirm Neymar would remain at Barcaahead of the 2017-18 season, Mestre replied:“200 percent”.Reports in Spain have suggested PSG arelooking to lure the 25-year-old to the Parcdes Princes after snapping up Neymar’sinternational teammate Dani Alves on a freetransfer.“PSG want to finalise the signing of Neymarthis summer”, wrote Catalan daily Sport,

while the Madrid-based AS newspaper ledwith the headline “Neymar flirts with PSG”.PSG are reportedly attempting to takeadvantage of Neymar’s desire to step out ofLionel Messi’s shadow, with the French clubprepared to build a team around the Brazilforward.“In the background of Neymar’s annoyancethere’s always a concern, which has to dowith his role in the team and his wish tobecome a leader,” wrote Sport.“But you have to be aware that there are noshortcuts to leadership and it is somethingthat is earned slowly, naturally andprogressively,” it added.According to Marca, PSG would be willingto stump up the 222 million euros ($256.8million) required to trigger Neymar’srelease clause and would offer him a five-year deal worth 30-plus million euros aseason.However, a report in French sports dailyL’Equipe on Tuesday quoted a PSG clubsource as saying: “We’re not going to repeatthe Neymar show. There is a huge releaseclause and you have to be realistic.”PSG have previously been linked withNeymar only for the striker to pen a newfive-year deal with Barca last October.

Barcelona ‘200%’ certain thatNeymar will stay at the club

Spanish FootballFederation president AngelMaria Villar was arrestedTuesday along with his sonand two more federationexecutives as part of an anti-corruption probe.The office of the stateprosecutor in charge of anti-corruption said they suspectVillar, who is FIFA’s seniorvice president and a UEFAvice president, of havingarranged matches for

Spain’s national team thatled to business deals thatbenefited his son.The state prosecutor andSpanish police both saidthat Villar, his son GorkaVillar, and two other soccerofficials were detainedwhile raids were carried outat the federationheadquarters and otherproperties.Police said the other twomen who were arrested were

Juan Padron, thefederation’s vice presidentof economic affairs who isalso the president of theregional federation forTenerife, and the secretaryof that regional federation.The four men were arrestedon charges of improperm a n a g e m e n t ,misappropriation of funds,corruption and falsifyingdocuments as part of a probeinto the finances of the

federations.As part of an operationcalled “Soule,” the GuardiaCivil’s anti-corruption unitsaid it raided the nationalfederation’s headquarters onthe outskirts of the Spanishcapital, the offices of theregional soccer federationon the island of Tenerife,and “headquarters ofbusinesses and severalprivate homes linked to thearrested individuals.”

Indian judokas win three bronze medalsat Asian Junior Judo Championships

New Delhi:Three Indian judokas, all women, won bronze medals intheir respective categories at the recently- concluded AsianJunior Judo Championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Preety, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, won the bronze in thebelow 44kg weight category while Delhi’s Pinckey Balharawon bronze in the below 52kg weight category.In an intense preliminary round, which lasted nine minutes,Preety defeated Taipei’s Tsai-Chi Cho but lost the semifinalto Uzbekistan’s Gulnur Muratbaeva in a mere 21 seconds.Inthe bronze medal play-off, she outplayed Macau’s I ChengLei in under two minutes.After winning her two preliminary rounds, Balhara lost hersemifinal to Lin Hsuan Hsu of Taipei but managed to beatSouth Korea’s Nayeong Song in the third-place play-off.Tulika Maan, who is also from Delhi, won a bronze in theabove 78kg weight category. She lost her preliminary roundto Taipei’s Ling Fang Chang but bounced back with a winover Mongolia’s Baljinnyam in the Repechage round.In the third-place bout, she emerged winner against anotherMongolian Serjmyadag Shurenchimeg.

British Open: Beef and brains areon the menu at Royal Birkdale

Angel Villar, Spanish Football Federationpresident, arrested for corruption

11 BUSINESS the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | July 19 | 2017

Jammu:Coca-Cola India inpartnership with JagritiSewa Sansthan, a non-profitorganization with themission of building Indiathrough enterprise, todayannounced the launch of'Sustainable EnterpriseAward 2017'.Thecompetition invites youthfrom the upcountry places inIndia to put forwardinnovative entrepreneurialideas related to Water,Agriculture and Recycling.

Ishteyaque Amjad, VicePresident, Public Affairs &Communication at Coca-Cola India & South WestAsia, said, "We have had along association with JagritiYatra and we wanted tomove beyond Yatra. In ayoung nation like ours,e n c o u r a g i n g

entrepreneurship is veryimportant. At the same time,we wanted to create aplatform to addresschallenges we face in water,agriculture and recyclingtoday. We uphold thisunwavering commitment toour communities, planet andthe future generations."The launch of SustainableEnterprise Award 2017willprovide a compellingplatform to young ruralentrepreneurs to comeforward and developsustainable communitiesthrough new enterprisemodels across India. Hefurther added, "We wouldlike to encourage brightminds from "middle" Indiato help solve some of themost pressing issues we arefacing in the area of water,agriculture and

recycling."Dr.Suyog KumarBhavare, Chief OperatingOfficer,Jagriti Yatra, said,''Youth unemployment hasbeen recognized as a bigconcern in the UnitedNations' 2030 agenda forsustainable development.Availability and sustainablemanagement of water andsanitation, promotingsustainable agriculture andreducing and recyclingwaste are some other criticalpriorities. As a naturalextension to Jagriti Yatra, wewanted to invite young talentin the far-flung places ofIndia to propose sustainablesolutions in water,agriculture and recyclingwith an underlying spirit ofentrepreneurship. It's been apleasure working with Coca-Cola India and their supportand participation has been a

catalyst in the launch ofSustainable EnterpriseAward." The awareness andpromotion events will beconducted across 25carefully selected Tier 1 andTier 2 locations acrossIndia. The participants canapply online through theWebsitehttp://www.jagritiyatra.org/SEA/. Three entrieseach from in and aroundthese 25 districts will beshortlisted by a panel ofeminent and experiencedjury members from JagritiSewa Sansthan and Coca-Cola India. The 75 finalistswill then compete for theaward during the grandfinale to be scheduled inDelhi. Each team of 4members will present theirideas to a jury ofremarkable repute andexpertise.

CCI, JSS announce 'SustainableEnterprise Award 2017' New Delhi:

Air India is drawing up aproposal to offer voluntarybuyouts to just over a third ofits 40,000 employees, asenior company official said,one of the largest such offersin India’s state sector, as theairline slashes costs ahead ofa 2018 sale.The official, who could notbe named as the plans are notpublic, said the state-ownedairline had also put fleetexpansion on hold,scrapping a proposal to leaseeight Boeing 787 wide-bodyaircraft. Air India’s boardapproved the proposal inApril but nothing further hadbeen done.India’s flag carrier is on theblock after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s cabinet lastmonth approved plans toprivatise the loss-makingairline by selling part or allof the company and ending

decades of state support.Founded in the 1930s andknown to generations ofIndians for its Maharajahmascot, Air India has acomplex fleet, too many staffrelative to rivals and $8.5billion in debt. Since 2012,New Delhi has injected $3.6billion to keep it afloat.An official in Modi’s officesaid the Prime Minister,under pressure to cutspending and boost basicinfrastructure such as portsand roads, was in “no mood”to provide fresh monetaryassistance to any loss-making public sectorcompany.The official said topbureaucrats in the civil

aviation ministry and at AirIndia had been asked topresent a report on how aVoluntary RetirementScheme (VRS) could beoffered to some 15,000 ofAir India’s 40,000 staff,including contractors.“Nothing has been finalisedbut our aim is to make thestrategic sale as simple as wecan,” said a second topofficial in New Delhi, who isinvolved in the airline’s dailyoperations, adding that anyfresh investment would alsobe put on hold.Previous attempts to offloadthe airline have failed mainlybecause of the scale andcomplexity of Air India’sproblems, as well as its

influential unions.If Modi can pull theprivatisation off, it willbuttress his credentials as areformer brave enough towade into some of thecountry’s most intractableproblems.United FrontIn its heyday, Air Indiaboasted a talent pool thatnewly founded airlinesdipped into. The governmentwill, however, need toconvince seven trade unionsto accept the plan to makethe airline attractive topotential buyers, includingbuyouts and other efforts toslash costs. Their initialresponse was not positive.“The government willpropose a VRS scheme andwe will throw their proposalin the dustbin,” said JBKadian, leader of a unionthat represents 8,000 non-technical Air India staff.Kadian said a joint forum ofunions representing Air Indiaemployees will launch an“agitation” in August if thegovernment pursues itsprivatisation plans.

Ahead of privatisation, loss-making AirIndia could offer buyouts to employees

New Delhi:British liquor giant Diageo has decided to withholdremaining $35 million due to Vijay Mallya as partof the $75 million (Rs 515 crore) sweetheart dealfor his exit from United Spirits Ltd, a sourcefamiliar with the development said.Also, Diageo is looking to recover dues from thefugitive businessman, who is wanted in India withregard to cases of loan default and diversion offunds.Diageo had last year paid $40 million to Mallya aspart of its payout package.“They have decided not to pay the remaining $35million as there was violation of terms ofagreement by the other side,” a source said on thecondition of anonymity.The British liquor giant was supposed to pay theremaining $35 million in two equal amounts.The source, however, refused to share theconditions of their “terms of agreement”, whichwere violated by Vijay Mallya.In July 2016, United Spirits disclosed Rs 1,225.3crore worth fund diversion and impropertransactions with entities associated with Mallyaincluding Kingfisher Airlines and his Formula Oneteam.Making it clear that the settlement reached earlierwith Mallya would cover the latest disclosures,USL -- now controlled by Diageo -- had said theformer Chairman would be liable for claims overthe amount.

Liquor giant Diageo holds $35 millionpayment to Vijay Mallya: Report

Livemint:The Gujarat High Court onMonday dismissed EssarSteel’s petition that hadchallenged the ReserveBank of India’s (RBI)directive to banks forinitiating insolvencyproceedings against thecompany.Justice S.G. Shah passed anoral order saying no reliefwill be granted to Essar. Adetailed order is expectedlater on Monday.This sets the stage forEssar’s creditors such asState Bank of India (SBI)and Standard CharteredBank to proceed against thecompany in the National

Company Law Tribunalunder the Insolvency andBankruptcy Code (IBC),provided Essar does notchallenge the court decisionin the Supreme Court.The Judge also said he hasasked RBI to be morecareful without giving outany details.Essar Steel in its petition tothe court has challenged a

13 June directive of RBI, inthe form of a press release,in which the Central bankdirected banks to refer adozen cases, including EssarSteel, directly to NCLT.Essar contested a line in theRBI release which saidNCLT will accord priority tothese cases. It also objectedto being clubbed with 11other defaulters and said it

was in discussion withbanks to restructurerepayments.The Central Bank, afterreceiving sweeping powersto resolve bad loans throughan amendment to theBanking Regulation Act,issued the 13 June circularon the criterion that the totalbanking exposure of thecompany should be at leastRs5,000 crore and 60% ofthis exposure should haveturned non-performing as ofMarch 2016.Essar Steel owed lendersaround Rs45,000 crore, ofwhich Rs31,671 crore hadbecome non-performing asof 31 March 2016.

Guj HC dismisses Essar Steel petition, stageset for banks to begin bankruptcy case

New Delhi:Indian CEOs are confidentabout the growth prospectsof the country over the nextthree years, compared to thatof global economy,according to a KPMGreport.Besides, more than half ofthe respondents believe theirorganisation will becompletely transformed inthe next three years, thereport said.Further, they believetechnology will be one of thetop factors impacting growthof their organisations in thenext three years. Yet 53 percent respondents arestruggling to keep pace with

the rate of technologicalinnovation in their sectors.According to the KPMGCEO Outlook, based on theinputs of over 130 IndianCEOs in navigating anincreasingly complex andhighly dynamic businessecosystem, 88%?of CEOs

believe in better growthprospects for India comparedto that of global economy inmedium term.Overall geopoliticaluncertainties in the globaleconomy and growinginstances of protectionism,especially in the West, haveprobably contributed to a dipin the confidence towards theglobal economy, the reportnoted.About 84%?CEOs surveyedare planning to investsignificantly in cybersecurity over the next threeyears. However, last year,cyber security did not appearin the top five priorities forIndian CEOs.“CEOs now wish to be morestrategic about their spend oncyber, as one in every twoCEOs say they need tobecome smarter in trackingthe impact of relatedinvestments in cyber on theoverall organisation,” thereport noted.“In this year findings, IndianCEOs have mentioned that inthe face of new challengesand uncertainties, they are

now feeling urgency toDisrupt and Grow.“Similar to last year,more than half theCEOs expect thatorganisation to betransformed into asignificantly differententity over the nextthree years,” said ArunKumar, Chairman andCEO, KPMG in India.Kumar said that Indian

CEOs continue to focus oninnovating their products andservices, changing internalprocesses, adopting newtechnologies and building aresilient organisation andmost CEOs see thisdisruption as an opportunity,rather than a threat.“Majority of the CEOs areupbeat about the growth ofthe Indian economy.Optimism about India’sgrowth is higher than that forthe global economy. TheCEOs are now willing tobuild partnerships,collaborate with others andmerge or acquire to gainrelevant competencies whichis a welcoming change,”Kumar said.With data fast becoming acatalyst to derive insight-driven value, predict future,and reorganise capabilities toachieve strategic goals,especially during uncertaintime, 49%?CEOs investedsignificantly in data analyticstools in the last one year.On the other hand, 46%?areplanning a further step up innext three years.

Indian CEOs optimistic about economicgrowth outlook: Report

New Delhi:The GST Council has raised thecess on cigarettes to take away anestimated Rs 5,000 crore annual“windfall” manufacturers couldhave reaped from lower GSTrates, finance minister ArunJaitley said on Monday.However, cigarette prices will notchange as a result of the increasedcess which would be effectivefrom midnight.This was the first meeting of theCouncil after the Goods andServices Tax (GST) was rolled outon July 1.Briefing reporters after anemergency meeting of the Councilwas held through videoconferencing, Jaitley said it hadpreviously fixed a peak GST rate

of 28%?on cigarettes.On top of it, a cess was levied tocreate a corpus for compensatingstates for any loss of revenue fromimplementing the GST, whichsubsumed over a dozen centraland state levies.The cess was made up of 5%?advalorem rate and a fixed perthousand stick rate based onlength of cigarettes.The peak GST rate of 28%?as alsothe 5%?ad valorem cess willcontinue but the fixed cess hasbeen hiked in the range of Rs 485and 792 per thousand sticks, hesaid.The hike has been necessitated asthe GST rate together with cesswas found to be lower than thecombined incidence of central

excise, state VAT and other leviesput together.“Now the total revenue gain ofthis is estimated to be about Rs5,000 crore per annum and thisgain otherwise would have eitherresulted in reduction of cigaretteprices or would have gone asbalance profit to the cigarette

companies,” Jaitley said.The cess which was earlier fixedby the GST Council had resultedin a windfall profit for cigarettecompanies.“There were two things that thecigarette companies could do --either reduce the price ofcigarette, which because of thehealth consequences of cigarettesis not a very desirable thing. Sothey probably would haveresorted to the other option oftransferring this windfall profitsto their balance sheet. This wasnot the intention of the Council,”he said.The GST Council had on May 18fixed 28%?as the top rate forcigarettes. A 5%?ad valorem cesswas levied on top of it and Rs

1,591 per thousand sticks as fixedcess on both filter and non-filtercigarettes of not exceeding 65 mmlength.The new cess rate for non-filterand filter cigarettes of length notexceeding 65 mm would be5%?plus Rs 2,076 per thousandsticks. For non-filter cigarettes of65 mm to 70 mm length, the ratewould be 5%?plus Rs 3,668 perthousand sticks as against5%?plus Rs 2,876 currently.Filter cigarettes of 65 to 70 mmlength would now attract a5%?plus Rs 2,747 per thousandstick cess as compared to present5%?plus Rs 2,126. The same for70 mm to 75 mm cigarettes wouldbe 5%?plus Rs 3,668 per thousandsticks.

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iBall launches new Power Bank Mumbai:Ziox Mobiles, under the aegisof Sun Airvoice PrivateLimited, one of the fastestgrowing mobile handset brandsin the country sets anotherbenchmark in the feature phonecategory with its latest Wi-Fi-enabled feature phone 'S333Wi-Fi' with a dedicated keyfunction, combiningintelligence and functionality todeliver an accessible, next-generation mobile experiencefor all! The Dual SIM phonewith its slender body sports abright 2.4" display with 3D UIinterface giving you a smartuser experience. It comespacked with premium smartfeatures such asdigital camera,1750mAh battery with powersaving mode, LED torch lightand built-in social mediacapabilities. The digital cameraof the phone allows you tocapture your special momentsand share them with othersthrough Bluetooth connection.

Pushing all the traditionalboundaries of feature phones,the device has a dedicated Wi-Fi key. With Edge/GPRSsupport, the phone brings to youa lighting fast browsingexperience. With expandablememory upto 32GB Ziox bringsincreased functionality thatencourages higher storagedensities. Commenting on thelaunch of the newest device,Mr. Deepak Kabu, ChiefExecutive Officer - Ziox

Mobiles said, "The launch ofS333 WiFi is an importantmilestone in the journey offeature phones. Ziox is knownfor its budgeted products pairedwith the best functionality andour addition resonates the samephilosophy".Adding to its functionality andremoving all the languagebarrier, the devicesupportsmultiple languages.Unlike other feature phones, itsports a wireless FM withrecording, so now tune in toyour radio channel anytime,anywhere and record yourfavorite songs. Other than thesephone also has Privacy lock,auto call recording and SOSfunctionalty.This budget-friendly featurephone comes in smart colorcombination ofBlack+Champagne, Black+Redat an affordable price of MRPRs. 1993/- The phone is alreadyavailable in all the leading retailstores across India.

GST cess on cigarettes increased, but prices likely to remain unchanged

Ziox Mobiles announces Wi-Fi-enabled feature phone

NEW DELHI, JULY 18

A panel headed by formerChief Justice of India RMLodha which has beenoverseeing the functioning ofthe Medical Council of India(MCI) will no longer be doingso as the Supreme Court onTuesday allowed thegovernment to replace it witha new panel of five eminentdoctors.Set up by the top court on May2, 2016, oversight committeeunder Justice Lodha was tofunction for a year or till asuitable mechanism was put inplace to substitute it. Thegovernment had proposednames of five eminent doctorsto replace it.“The doctors proposed are alloutstanding people. We aresatisfied with the names,” afive-judge Constitution Bench

headed by Chief Justice ofIndia JS Khehar said. It gaveliberty to the governmentreplace any one in the newpanel with another if theperson wished to be relieved.However, the Bench alsocomprising Justices JChelameswar, RK Agrawal,DY Chandrachud and S AbdulNazeer, wanted to be sure thatthe doctors suggested to be onthe panel to replace LodhaCommittee had time to take upthe new responsibility.The Bench passed the orderafter Solicitor General RanjitKumar said that their consent

had already been taken.The doctors who will bepart of the new panel are:Dr VK Paul, Dr NikhilTandon, Dr Jagat Ram,Dr BN Gandharan andDr Randeep Guleria.The panel is to be

notified on Tuesday itself.Many private medicalcolleges wanted the term ofLodha panel to be extended.On behalf of certain privatemedical colleges, seniorcounsel Kapil Sibal had toldthe Bench on Monday that noalternative mechanism hadbeen put in place by theCentre to replace theoversight panel. He accusedMCI of not followingdirections of the oversightpanel.Senior advocate MukulRohatgi, representingHamdard Institute of Medical

Sciences and Research, hadsaid the tenure of the Lodhapanel be extended for a yearor until the government put inplace a proper mechanism tostreamline MCI’s functioning.The Centre had told the Benchthat it had put in place analternative mechanism andthere was no need for theoversight committee headedby Justice Lodha to continue.MCI said the directions of theConstitution Bench which hadset up the oversight committeewere based on certain materialwhich could not beascertained at that time.

The NORTHLINESJAMMU || WEDNESDAY | JULY | 19 || 201712

BEIJING, JULY 18

China needs to prepare forthe standoff with India nearthe Sikkim sector becominga long- term situation, anarticle in a state-run Chinesedaily said on Monday,warning that more suchconflicts can trigger "an allout confrontation" along theentire Line of ActualControl.The Op-ed article in theGlobal Times claimed thatthe Indian action to stopChinese troops frombuilding a road near theDoklam plateau was a"blatant infringement onChina's sovereignty".The road is near thetrijunction with Bhutan.India has expressed concernover the road construction,fearing it may allow Chinesetroops to cut India's accessto its northeastern states. Ithas conveyed to China thatthe road construction wouldrepresent a significantchange of status quo withserious security implicationsfor India.The Chinese action has ledto a month-long military

standoff.The article said that if India"stirs up conflicts in severalspots, it must face theconsequence of an all-outconfrontation with Chinaalong the entire LAC (Lineof Actual Control)".Of the 3,488-km-long borderIndia shares with Chinafrom Jammu and Kashmir toArunachal Pradesh, a 220-km section falls in Sikkim.The article in the tabloiddaily, which is a part of theruling Communist Party ofChina media group, said:"As the confrontation goeson, China needs to get readyfor the face- off becoming along-term situation and atthe same time, needs to

maintain a sense ofrationality"."China doesn't advocate andtries hard to avoid a militaryclash with India, but Chinadoesn't fear going to war tosafeguard sovereignty either,and will make itself readyfor a long-termconfrontation," it said.It said that there are voiceswithin China that call for theIndian troops to be "expelledimmediately", while Indianpublic opinion "isclamouring for war withChina"."However, the two sidesneed to exercise restraintand avoid the currentconflict spiralling out ofcontrol," it said. PTI

Sikkim standoff can trigger all-outconfrontation: Chinese media NEW DELHI, JULY 18

Do citizens have afundamental right toprivacy? A Five-JudgeBench headed by ChiefJustice of of India JS Kheharon Tuesday referred the issueto a Nine-Judge ConstitutionBench for an authoritativedetermination.Commencing its hearing onWednesday, the Nine-JudgeBench will review the topcourt's earlier verdicts thatsaid citizens didn't have afundamental right to privacyunder the Constitution.An Eight-Judge ConstitutionBench had in MP Sharma'scase in 1954 ruled thatcitizens didn't have afundamental right to privacy.The ruling was followed by asix-Judge Bench in KharakSingh's case in 1962.There was a huge uproar inJuly 2015 when thenAttorney General MukulRohatgi — based on thesetwo verdicts — saidConstitution didn't give anyfundamental right to privacyto citizens.On Tuesday, a Five-JudgeConstitution Bench headedby CJI Khehar said the issueneeded to be determined

before it decided petitionschallenging the validity ofAadhaar scheme on theground it violated right toprivacy."It has become essential forus to determine whetherright to privacy is afundamental right under theConstitution," the CJI said."The determination of thisquestion would essentiallyentail whether the decisionrecorded by an eight-judgebench in 1954 and also by asix-judge bench in 1962 thatthere is no such fundamentalright is the correctexpression of constitutionalprovisions," the Benchnoted.It said after the Centre'ssubmission that right toprivacy was not afundamental right it hadbecome necessary to send itto a larger Bench.During the hearing onTuesday, Attorney GeneralKK Venugopal said, "Ourfounding fathers haveencompassed all rights. Butconsciously this (right toprivacy) is omitted."Justice J Chelameswar —who was part of the Five-Judge Bench — counteredhim saying” "It is illogical to

argue that our constitution isdevoid of right to privacywhile common law identifiesit. Textually it is correcttoday that there is no right toprivacy in the Constitution.But even freedom of press isnot expressly stated. Thiscourt has interpreted it,"Justice Chelameswar said,highlighting the need to re-export its earlier verdicts onthe issue."One can't overlook theconstant view held bysmaller benches in their laterjudgements holding right toprivacy is a fundamentalright," Justice Chelameswarwent on.Several petitioners,including former KarnatakaHigh Court Judge KPuttaswamy, havechallenged the government’sambitious Aadhaar scheme

on the ground that thebiometric details taken fromindividuals violated theirright to privacy.A three-judge Bench had inAugust 2015 referred theissue to the CJI for setting upof a Constitution Bench todecide the issue of right toprivacy.A vacation Bench had onJune 27 refused to pass aninterim order against theCentre’s notification makingAadhaar mandatory foravailing benefits of socialwelfare schemes after thegovernment assured that noone would be deprived oftheir due for want of thisidentification.Another Bench headed byJustice AK Sikri had on

June 9 upheld the validity ofa provision of the IncomeTax Act that mandatedlinking of Aadhaar numberwith PAN for filing ITreturn from July 1, 2017,saying Parliament wascompetent to enact such alaw.However, it had read downa part of Section 139AA —added to the Income Tax Actby the Finance Act, 2017 —to save those who don’thave the uniqueidentification number untilthe main challenge to theAadhaar law on the basis ofright to privacy was decidedby a Constitution Bench.Earlier, the apex court hadpassed a slew of ordersasking the government andits agencies not to makeAadhaar mandatory forextending benefits of theirwelfare schemes.However, it had allowed theCentre to seek Aadhaarvoluntarily from citizens forextending benefits ofschemes such as LPGsubsidy, Jan Dhan schemeand Public DistributionSystem.

9-judge Constitution Bench to decide on right to privacy

LONDON, JULY 18

Britain's first woman SikhMP has been elected to aninfluential cross-party panelin the UK Parliament thatexamines the workings ofthe Home Office.Preet Kaur Gill, who wonthe Edgbaston seat for theLabour party in the June 8snap general election, waselected to the Home AffairsSelect Committee in the UKParliament."We had no Sikh MPs priorto this election. So, Sikhshad no representation, andwe had no female Sikhrepresentation.Parliament must reflect thepeople it serves,” said the44- year-old, who will join10 other British MPs on thecommittee.The House of CommonsHome Affairs SelectCommittee was chaired byKeith Vaz, Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MP,until he stepped down fromthe post last year.Its newly-elected chair isLabour party MP Yvette

Cooper, elected unopposedto the post last week.The Committee chooses itsown subjects of inquiry andseeks written and oralevidence from a wide rangeof relevant groups andindividuals.At the end of an inquiry, thecommittee often produces areport setting out its findingsand makingrecommendations to the UKgovernment.It is incumbent upon thegovernment to respond toeach of the report'srecommendations withintwo months of publication.Gill has also been chosen tolead the All PartyParliamentary Group(APPG) for British Sikhs."The APPG has made anexcellent start this week...weare confident Preet willmake an excellent chair toguide the APPG to makeconcrete progress on someof the key issues ofimportance to the Sikhcommunity," said BhaiAmrik Singh, chair of SikhFederation (UK).

UK's first woman Sikh MPelected to key Parliament panel

LAHORE, JULY 18

A Pakistani court todaylifted a ban imposed by thecountry's media watchdogon airing of Indian teleplayscalling it "unreasonable"restrictions.The Lahore High Courtdeclared the PakistanElectronic MediaRegulatory Authority's(Pemra) ban on airingIndian teleplays null andvoid after the federalGovernment told the courtthat it has no objections onPakistani private TVchannels telecasting IndianTV shows.Although Pemra's ban onthe airing of Indian films on

television channels waslifted in February,permission to air teleplaysor television dramas was notgranted.The petitioner's counselAsma Jehangir argued incourt today that a ban onIndian teleplays appearedstrange while Indian filmswere being openly aired.LHC Chief Justice MansoorAli Shah said the Indiancontent with objectionableor anti-Pakistan contentcould be censored but therewas no need for a completeban."The world has become aglobal village. How longunreasonable restrictionscould be imposed," he said.

Pak court lifts ban onairing of Indian teleplays

NEW DELHI, JULY 18

There is a shortage of over 5lakh police personnel in thecountry as compared to theiroverall sanctioned strength,the Government toldParliament today.The Union home ministry, ina written reply to the LokSabha, also said that there arelesser Indian Police Service(IPS) officers in positionacross the country, than theirauthorised strength.

"As on January 1, 2017, thereare 3,905 IPS officers inposition against an authorisedstrength of 4,843," Ministerof State for Home Hansraj GAhir said.The minister said thataccording to the Bureau ofPolice Research andDevelopment (BPRD), as onJanuary 1, 2016, against theauthorised strength of22,80,691, there are17,31,666 police personnel inposition. (AGENCIES)

NEW DELHI, JULY 18

A 1,100-km trans-Himalayancycling expedition of theArmy is currently underwayto commemorate the KargilVijay Diwas on July 26,

officials said today.The expedition, which beganon July 11 from Leh inJammu and Kashmir, willconclude in Delhi on July 26."Covering a distance of1,100 kms, the team will not

only show itsstoutheartedness, but alsoreach out to the veterans andfellow countrymen."Along the way, it willspread the message of peace,solidarity, oneness and the

indomitable spirit and valourof the heroes of the KargilWar," an Army official said.The 15-member expeditionteam belongs to the Army's'Forever in Ops' division.(AGENCIES)

Leh-Delhi cycling expedition to commemorate Kargil Vijay DiwasShortage of over 5 lakhpolicemen in country: MHA

Lodha committee goes; govt panelto oversee MCI’s functioning

ISLAMABAD, JULY 18

Pakistan’s Supreme Court onMonday began hearings thatwill decide the fate of PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif, whois fighting for his job as hecontests the damningconclusions of a corruptioninvestigation into his family’swealth.The Supreme Court could putSharif on trial on corruptioncharges or disqualify himfrom office, but few expectthe judges to dismiss the caseafter an investigation teamsubmitted a 254-page reportinto his family wealth lastweek. Sharif has denied anywrongdoing.The investigators alleged hisfamily’s wealth was beyondits means, and accused his

children, including hisdaughter Maryam, of signingforged documents to obscureownership of posh Londonflats.Speaking outside theSupreme Court, InformationMinister Maryam Aurangzebsaid Sharif’s family lawyershad challenged the legality ofthe investigators’ findings,including allegations falsifiedevidence was submitted.“The JIT has gone beyond themandate it was assigned,” shesaid, referring to the JointInvestigation Team, made upof finance and lawenforcement officialsincluding militaryintelligence officers.“The language the JIT hasused shows its malafide.”Sharif’s troubles have shonea spotlight on two issues thathave bedevilled Pakistansince its creation in 1947 —corruption and the strugglefor power between civilianpoliticians and the powerfulmilitary. — PTI

Pak SC starts hearing todecide future of Nawaz