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JAMMU, June 28: Ex-CentralParamilitary Forces WelfareAssociation has reiterated its“One Rank, One Pension” and

other allied demands and urgedthe Union Government to con-cede the same at the earliest.Retired Sessions Judge PavittarSingh was also present on theoccasion.

Talking to media persons at apress conference, associationgeneral secretary Darshan KumarBhagat said, "We are holding thesame weapons, facing first bullet,first stone and never withdrawmaking sacrifices daily then whythis discrimination with rank andfile of Ex-Central paramilitary

Forces personnel?Demanding regular pension at

par with retired defence forces,the association also demandedrevision of pension and said thatit should be systematically

revised.The association also took seri-

ous note of some former officebearers still collecting money onthe name of association despitethe fact that all the bodies of theassociation from block to districtlevel stand dissolved. Theywarned them legal action if theydid not mend their ways.

Others present in the pressconference included KamalChoudhary, S K Sharma, Katoch,S Dalip Singh, S Dogra, SMohinder Singh, Janak Raj etc.

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JAMMU, June 28: SucculentKebabs and aromatic Biryanisawait foodies at Hotel K CResidency as they today kick start-ed a 12-day feast “The GreatKebab & Biryani Festival” at ‘TheTerrace Sky’ lounge.

Indeed, the customer will bespoilt for choice by the mind-bog-gling, exhaustive spread. With over12 varieties of kebabs, both vege-tarian and non vegetarian, not toinclude the main course dishesequally perplexing in number, theculinary experts of KC Residencyhave indeed pulled out all stops tobring back the old world charm ofheritage food. The spread which isa melange of colours, consists ofexclusive flavors and textures.

Also on platter are JaffraniKalmi Tikka, which redefinesextravagance in its preparation of asaffron based chicken drumstickcooked with strands of saffron andgenerously prepared in ghee andthe Gosht Adna Kebab, a sheekkebab of the softest texture, a riotof colours in itself, with beautiful,fresh multi coloured bell peppers.

Non vegetarian and vegetarianoptions include Gosht Pasanda,

Murgh Begum Bahar, HyderabadiMurgh, Machli Hariyali Masala,Paneer Pudina Masala and SubzKohlapuri. The main dishes,designed to complement thekebabs, are no exquisite, withLasooni Pudina Paneer, a rich,creamy white preparation, enoughto satisfy even the harshest of crit-ics and do more. Other namesinclude Bharwan Simla Mirch,Luckhnawi Sabzi, etc all of whichdeserve special mention.

In other words, this festival isno less than a “period drama, larg-er than life”, and flamboyant to thecore. Living up to the name, thefestival celebrates Indian cultureand heritage, by recreating themagic of the food which wasfamous back in the times” saidRahul Jandial, General Manager ofthe hotel.

“In a world where somethingnew has to be constantly dished outto the customers and inventions arethe coolest catchphrase, and flashis given more weightage than sub-stance, there will always be a loyalsection of people who crave forsomething classic, some dish orfood that they can identify with interms of taste and flavour, bringingback happy memories," he added.

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SRINAGAR, June 28:Minister for Food, Civil Suppliesand Consumer Affairs ChoudharyZulfkar Ali today asked oil compa-

nies to expedite work on establish-ing oil depots and bottling plants invarious districts of State.

Chairing a review meeting, theMinister asked the representativesof Bharat Petroleum CorporationLimited (BPCL), Indian OilCorporation Limited (IOCL) andHindustan Petroleum CorporationLimited (HPCL) who attended themeeting through video conferenc-ing, to expedite the land identifica-tion work for the establishing oildepots and bottling plant in the dis-tricts of Anantnag, Kargil, Rajouri,and Leh.

Stressing on need for bringingin more urgency in the work, theMinister said that establishing theoil depots and bottling plants in thedistricts is must as it will help toavoid fuel shortage in the region.

The Minister said availabilityof essential supplies, including oiland gas are must for people livingacross the State. He said keepinginclusive development of everyregion in mind, it is imperative thatirrespective of geographical loca-tion, every area in the State shouldreceive a fair share of its infrastruc-

tural development and get benefitsat par with any other place.

During the meeting, DeputyCommissioner Anantnag SyedAbid informed the meeting that thedistrict administration has already

identified 70 kanals of land at sixdifferent places for the constructionpurpose, adding four locations outof these places are close to railwaylines and national highway as wasrequested by oil companies earlier.

Similarly, Deputy Commiss-ioner, Rajouri Shahid IqbalChoudhary informed the meetingthat 165 kanals of land have beenidentified for construction of oildepot and bottling plant in the dis-trict.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commiss-ioner Kargil apprised the Ministerthat 71 kanals of land have beenidentified and the district adminis-tration is in process of completingother formalities to hand over theland to the oil companies.

During the meeting, theMinister instructed the oil compa-nies to ensure that they will sendtheir technical expert team to allthe districts to check if the identi-fied land is feasible for the requiredconstructions.

During the meeting, theMinister also sought update ofshifting of oil depot situated nearRailway Head in Jammu with

Deputy Commissioner, JammuRajeev Ranjan.

Expressing his concern overthe issue, the Minister said thatshifting of oil depot from its pres-ent location is a must as it is a seri-ous "security hazard." Reiteratinghis concern for expediting theprocess of shifting work of the oildepot to the new identified place,the Minister directed if the step isnot taken soon the Governmentmay be forced to close down the oildepot in Jammu for the security ofpeople.

Secretary FCS&CA ShafiqRaina, Controller, LegalMetrology Department (LMD)Vipra Bhal, Director FCS&CAKashmir Nissar Ahmad Wani,State Level Coordinator, IOCLHari Anupam, Senior RegionalManager HPCL Ajaz Kachroo,Senior Territory Manager BPCL,Rajesh Sharma and other con-cerned attended the meeting.

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JAMMU, June 28: Blamingthe PDP-BJP coalition of deliber-ate confusion over the GST in theState, PCC has accused the twocoalition partners of playing afixed match over the issue, just toput blame on the opposition.

A meeting of the PCC execu-tive was held here today under thechairmanship of PCC chief GAMir which was attended by allsenior functionaries and leaders ofthe party. The meeting deliberatedupon the current State of affairs inthe State especially the deteriorat-ed security scenario in the Valleyand expressed grave concern overthe overall situation.

The series of attack on theforce and gruesome incidents oftargeting of local police officialsand security forces reflect the utterfailure of the State and CentreGovernment to handle the situa-tion which is worsening day byday and taking new dimensions of

great security concern in the wakeof Amarnathji Yatra, which tookoff today. The party asked theCentre and State Govt to ensurefool proof security for smooth andpeaceful conduct of the Yatra.

The meeting also lambastedthe State Govt for the deliberateconfusion over the issue of GST aspart of their match fixing exercise.The PDP and BJP are in a coalitionfor the sake of sharing power inthe State, as such the exchange ofletters or hollow statements aremere eye wash to hoodwink thepeople. The responsibility lies onthe Coalition Govt to implementthe GST as per the modes provid-ed in the constitution in tune withArticle 370, for which the StateGovt is fully qualified and hadample powers but it wanted to runwith the hare and hunt with thehound, to unnecessarily blame theopposition, for the delay anduncertainty, for which coalition isto be squarely responsible.

It said the coalition partners

are committed to safeguard thespecial status as per their ownagenda of alliance and it was theduty of the Govt to take steps toensure the timely implementationof GST, if they were sincere. TheGovernment itself aborted the spe-cial session and converted it intoobituary session only, even aftercommenting to provide draft pro-posal of the Government on June13 all party meet, while it circu-lated false propaganda in themedia against opposition.

As for as Congress is con-cerned it has never been againstthe GST which is its brain childbut it is the Government whichhad to adopt the proper mode andmanner of implementation of thesame. It is the Govt which is to beblamed for the current chaos, con-fusion and uncertainty over theissue as it failed to take timelysteps in the direction of evolvingconsensus to get it through in thespecial session convened for thepurpose, the PCC leaders said.

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Office bearers of Ex-Central Paramilitary Forces WelfareAssociation addressing a press conference on Wednesday.

Ex-Central Paramilitary Welfare Association lists demands

Officials and chefs displaying variety of Kebabs and Biryanisat ‘The Terrace Sky’ lounge in Hotel KC Residency.

12-day food feast begins at‘The Terrace Sky’ lounge

Dy Speaker reviews status of road projects

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SRINAGAR, June 28: Deputy Speaker LegislativeAssembly, Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi today convened a meet-ing of senior officers of R&B Department and Beacon author-ities to review the status of various road projects in Gurezarea.

During the meeting, the Deputy Speaker directed R&BDepartment and the Beacon authorities to take all necessarysteps to complete all ongoing road projects in the Gurez sec-tor within the shortest possible time so that the road access tothe area is improved.

He also asked the concerned to start work on all theapproved pending works so that the people of Gurez valleycould be benefitted. The land acquisition and road tenderingprocess was also discussed in the meeting

Threadbare discussions were also held on the declarationof Srinagar-Bandipora-Gurez road as a strategic one by theMinistry of Defence. It was said that the Deputy Speaker hasalready had a meeting with Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inthis regard.

Among others, Deputy Commissioner Bandipora SajadHussain, Chief Engineer PMGSY Malik Basharat, DirectorPlanning PWD Tariq Ahmed, Superintendent Engineer R&BShowkat Pandit, OC 56 RCC Major Praveen Koshy,Executive Engineer SSD Gurez Sheikh Basharat and seniorofficers of R&B Department and Beacon were also present inthe meeting.

Minister for FCS & CA, Ch Zulfkar Ali chairing a meeting atSrinagar on Wednesday.

‘Shift oil depot Jammu to new place immediately’Expedite work on new oil depots,

bottling plants: Zulfkar

Govt responsible for chaos, uncertainty over GST: PCC