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Oil Companies to accept Rs

500, Rs 1000 currency notes

till Nov 11our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:The Public Sector Oil MarketingCompanies - Indian Oil CorporationLtd, HPCL, and BPCL today said thattheir retail outlets includingpetrol/CNG stations and LPG distrib-utorships across the country wouldcontinue to accept Rs 500 and Rs 1000currency notes for all fuel and relatedproduct purchases till the midnight of11 November 2016. “The three oil

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Samba Police foiled

bovine smuggling bidour CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Samba Police foiled a major attempt ofBovine smuggling last night in DistrictSamba when during the night inter-vening 8/9.11.2016 a surprise nakawas laid by Police party of P/SGhagwal headed by SI RajeshwarSingh at Jatwal Chowk on NHW-1A tocheck the illegal activities of BovineSmugglers. During checking at about0330 hrs. a Canter-608 bearing

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Jawan martyred in Pak fir-

ing; 2 LeT terrorists killed

in Baramulla encounterour CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:One army jawan killed in shelling byPakistan along LoC in Naushera sectorof Rajouri district.The shelling by Pakistani troops atIndian posts and civilian areas inRajouri and Poonch districts of Jammuand Kashmir forced Indian troops toretaliate. The Indian Army hit backand caused heavy damage to Pakistan

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CM welcomes GoI decision to

withdraw currency denomi-

nations, check corruptionour CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti haswelcomed the decision of the CentralGovernment to withdraw currencydenominations of 500 and 1000 sayingthe step was needed to check thescourge of black money and corrup-tion in the country.The Chief Minister described corrup-tion as a vicious menace which eats upthe vitals of growth and developmentof a society and the country. She hailedPrime Minister Narendra Modi for his

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new delhi, noV 9:All ATMs will remain shut today andtomorrow as banks replace the nowdeclared invalid Rs 500 and Rs 1,000notes with new currency papers.Lastnight, after the government's announce-ment of withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs1,000 notes, people rushed to ATMs towithdraw lower denomination validcurrency notes. However, banks closedATM operations past mid-night.Banksare also closed today for cash balancingand stocking up of lower denominationRs 50 and Rs 100 notes and high securi-ty new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000notes.Customers can deposit their oldRs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in their bankaccounts tomorrow, and also exchangeit with lower denomination or the newsecurity feature Rs 500 and Rs 2,000notes but with a limit of Rs 20,000 aweek.The new high security feature Rs

500 and Rs 2,000 notes will initially beavailable at branches from tomorrowand at ATMs from November 11. Sincemost of the cash deposit machines areinside the branches, people can deposittheir old currencies only tomorrowwhen the branches open.Meanwhile, thegovernment has cautioned people thatsince cash deposit in a account abovecertain limit will be monitored byFinancial Intelligence Unit and taxauthorities so one should refrain fromsomeone else money.Besides, depositingmoney in bank accounts, the Rs 500 andRs 1,000 notes can also be exchangedwith lower denomination currencynotes at designated banks and postoffices on production of valid govern-ment identity cards like PAN, Aadhaarand Election Card from November 10 toNovember 24 with a daily limit of Rs4,000.

BeiJing, noV 9:Questioning a UK think tankreport alleging its complicityin Pakistan's nuclear and mis-sile programmes, China todaysaid it has a world class "catchall" control system to curb pro-liferation of proscribed tech-nologies."We have seen thisreport," Chinese ForeignMinistry spokesman, Lu Kangtold media briefing here reply-ing to a question on the reporttitled 'Pakistan's strategicnuclear and missile indus-tries,' prepared by ProjectAlpha at King's College,

London which has alleged thatPakistan has procured sup-plies from China for itsnuclear and missile pro-grammes."What is mentionedin this report sounds so truebut it doesn't hold waterbecause it evades a fundamen-tal question that is whether allthe exports China made toPakistan violates its legal andinternational obligations," Lusaid.The report identifiedChina as the most importantsupplier of all forms of goodsto Pakistan's nuclear and mis-sile programmes, and most

procurements from China are"probably from unwitting pri-vate suppliers"."But, on asmaller scale, Chinese stateand private entities continueto knowingly supplyPakistan's strategic pro-grammes with sensitive equip-ment," it said.While Pakistan'sreliance on China's sensitivetechnologies is not surprisingin view of their close andstrategic ties, "it does nonethe-less raise questions aboutChina's commitment to theprinciples of the export control

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ATMs remain shut as banks replaceold currency notes

China denies complicity in Pak's

nuclear, missile programme

washington, noV 9:Republican DonaldTrump stunned the worldby defeating heavilyfavored Hillary Clinton inTuesday's presidentialelection, ending eightyears of Democratic ruleand sending the UnitedStates on a new, uncertainpath.A wealthy real-estatedeveloper and formerreality TV host, Trumprode a wave of angertoward Washington insid-ers to win the WhiteHouse race againstClinton, the Democraticcandidate whose gold-plated establishmentresume includes stints as afirst lady, U.S. senator andsecretary of state.Worrieda Trump victory couldcause economic and globaluncertainty, investorswere in full flight fromrisky assets such as stocks,and the U.S. dollar sank.In overnight trading, S&P500 index futures fell 5percent to hit their so-called limit down levels,indicating they would notbe permitted to trade any

lower until regular U.S.stock market hours onW e d n e s d a y . T h eAssociated Press and FoxNews projected thatTrump had collected justenough of the 270 state-by-state electoral votesneeded to win a four-yearterm that starts on Jan. 20,taking battleground stateswhere presidential elec-tions are traditionallydecided. Trump, appear-ing with his family beforecheering supporters in aNew York hotel ballroom,said it was time to heal the

divisions caused by thecampaign and find com-mon ground."It is time forus to come together as oneunited people," Trumpsaid. He praised Clintonfor her service and said hehad received a call fromher to congratulate him onthe win. "I will be presi-dent for allAmericans."Trump hadrepeatedly slammed hiscampaign rival as"crooked" during theirbruising campaign.A shorttime earlier, Clinton cam-paign chairman John

Podesta told supporters ather election rally in NewYork to go home. "We'renot going to have any-thing more to say tonight,"he said.Victorious in acliffhanger race that opin-ion polls had forecast wasClinton's to win, Trumpwon avid support amonga core base of white non-college educated workerswith his promise to be the"greatest jobs presidentthat God ever created."In his victory speech, hesaid he had a great eco-nomic plan and would

double U.S. economicgrowth and embark on aproject of renewal.His winraises a host of questionsfor the United States athome and abroad. Hecampaigned on a pledgeto take the country on amore isolationist, protec-tionist "America First"path. He has vowed toimpose a 35 percent tariffon goods exported to theUnited States by U.S. com-panies that wentabroad.Both candidates,albeit Trump more thanClinton, had historicallylow popularity ratings inan election that many vot-ers characterized as achoice between twou n p l e a s a n talternatives.Trump, whoat 70 will be the oldestfirst-term U.S. president,came out on top after a bit-ter and divisive campaignthat focused largely on thecharacter of the candidatesand whether they could betrusted to serve as thecountry's 45thpresident.The presidency

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our CorrespondentKishtwar, noV 08:Underscoring the impor-tance of education in thesocio-economic empower-ment, Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti todaysaid Islam has laid amplestress on seeking knowl-edge, making it a compul-sory obligation.Addressing the annualday function of IslamiaFaridia Educational &Research Institute here,the Chief Minister saideducation is a great leveler

to bridge any social andeconomic gap in societyand reminded the stu-dents how much stressIslam has laid on seekingknowledge.Mehbooba Mufti remind-ed the students that Iqra(learn) was the first verseto have been revealedupon the ProphetMuhammad (SAW) andseeking knowledge wasmade Farz (compulsory)for every Muslim.Importance of educationhas been stressed in Islam

time and again and pre-venting or disrupting edu-cation is a disservice toIslam, she said.The Chief Minister com-plimented the IslamiaFaridia Educational &Research Institute for itsefforts in spreading edu-cation in Chenab valleyregion during 111 years ofits existence since 1905.She announced a grant ofRs 50 lakh for the schoolfor its further develop-ment and infrastructure

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our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Mr. D.K, UpadhayayInspector General of BSF,Jammu Frontier, called onGovernor N.N. Vohra atthe Raj Bhavan andbriefed him about theobtaining security situa-

tion along the entireInternational Border (IB)which falls in the Jammuregion.Paying tributes to the BSFpersonnel who had madethe supreme sacrifice inthe past weeks, the

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Pakistan prints more

Indian currency than

its own rupee!new delhi, noV 9:Prime Minister NarendraModi's bold decision toscrap Rs 1000 and Rs 500currency notes will notjust break the blackmoney market in thecountry but, more impor-tantly, hit the Pakistan-sponsored terror fundingnetwork. As per DeputyChief Minister of Jammuand Kashmir, NirmalSingh, Pakistan printsmore Indian currencythan Pakistanicurrency.Singh's

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our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:MS Bitta, chairman of AllIndia Anti Terrorist Frontwhile addressing a pressconference today atJammu Press Club raisedserious concern over thedeaths of 8 innocent civil-ians, including childrenand 25 getting injured inheavy Pak shelling alongthe border, LoC onTuesday, November 1,2016 that affected Samba,

Rajouri, Jammu, Poonch,Ramgarh, Nowsherea andBalakote.Bitta visited thenative palace of slain BSF

solider Gurnam Singhwho sacrificed his lifewhile safeguarding our

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our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:To eradicate the socialevils from the society andto continuing its driveagainst narcotics smug-glers, Doda Police todayarrested one narcoticsmuggler from a hard-ware shop near Bus StandGuari Gandoh and seizedone packet of Heroineweighing (500 grams)from his possessionwhich the had accusedkept in his shop.The accused has beenidentified as Imtyaz

Hussain S/o Nizam DinMir R/o Barthi Gandoh .Reports said that Policecontinuing strict drive

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Abolition of big currency notes

Dy CM hails historic

decision of PMour CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. NirmalSingh today welcomed the decision ofthe Central Government to withdrawcurrency denominations of 500 and 1000maintaining that the step would go along way in eradication of money laun-dering and corruption.While describing the step as a historic,the Deputy Chief Minister said that thePrime Minister Narendra Modi hastaken several measures to end the men-ace of corruption. He said that corrup-tion is the scrooge which is eating intothe vitals of the country thereby ham

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new delhi, noV 9:The new hard-to-fake Rs 500and Rs 2,000 currency noteswill be available at bankATMs when they start oper-ating again from Friday,Finance Secretary AshokLavasa said onWednesday.“There aregoing to be some difficultieswhich they (people) will facebut for their convenience, anumber of steps have beentaken by the government,there are facilities to with-draw money from ATM andexchange currency at banks,withdraw money fromaccounts,” he said on gov-ernment withdrawing Rs.500 and Rs. 1,000 notes fromcirculation to crack down onblack money and counterfeit

currency.People, he said, dounderstand the objectivebehind the move. “And I’msure they will cooperate indealing with the difficultiesand inconvenience that theymight face. And eventuallythings will settle down.”Mr.Lavasa said people needmoney for transaction so forreplacement that currency isbeing introduced.“RBI willvery strictly monitor it,” hesaid. “For doing any transac-tion there are different ways,government’s intention is tomove towards cashlesstransaction.”The ATMs willopen on November 11, 2016,and at many places they willopen on Novermber 10,2016, he said adding new

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India, Pak summon each

other's envoys againnew delhi, noV 9:Continuing the blame game, Indiaand Pakistan today summonedDeputy High Commissioners ofeach other to express concern overceasefire violations even as Indiaprotested the manner in which theinformation of eight of its officials inIslamabad was made public, there-by, endangering their security andsafety.The Ministry summoned theDeputy High Commissioner ofPakistan and conveyed the strongconcern of the Government of Indiaon the continued violation of cease-fire along the International Borderand the Line of Control by Pakistan,MEA Spokesperson Vikas Swarupsaid in New Delhi."Despite calls forrestraint, Pakistan forces have com-mitted 16 ceasefire violations since 3November 2016 alone. As a result,there have been three fatal casual

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Trump triumphs over Clinton in stunning White House upset Education a great leveller, Islam has laidstress on seeking knowledge: Mehbooba

Cm compliments islamia faridia institute for yeomen service, announces rs 50 lakh for the schoolasks charitable organizations to emulate islamia faridia, BgsBs, mVdsB models of using offerings for spread of education

ig Bsf briefs governor

Kashmir an integral part of india

Shelling influenced by terror groups & Pakistan’sarmy working in nexus with them: AIATF chief

500 grams Heroine seized,narcotic smuggler held

New Rs. 500, Rs. 2,000 currencynotes in ATMs from Nov. 11: Govt

Trump triumphs .......will be Trump's first elected office, and it remains to beseen how he will work with Congress, even thoughRepublicans were set to retain control of both chambers.During the campaign Trump was the target of sharpdisapproval, not just from Democrats but from many inhis own party.Television networks projectedRepublicans would retain control of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives, where all 435 seats were up for grabs.In the U.S. Senate, the party also put up an unexpected-ly tough fight to protect its majority in the U.S.Senate.Trump entered the race 17 months ago and sur-vived a series of seemingly crippling blows, many ofthem self-inflicted, including the emergence in Octoberof a 2005 video in which he boasted about makingunwanted sexual advances on women. He apologizedbut within days, several women emerged to say he hadgroped them, allegations he denied. He was judged theloser of all three presidential debates with Clinton.But aReuters/Ipsos national Election Day poll offered someclues to the outcome. It found Clinton underperformedexpectations with women, winning their vote by onlyabout 7 percent, similar to President Barack Obamawhen he won re-election in 2012.And while she wonHispanics, black and millennial voters, Clinton did notwin those groups by greater margins than Obama did in2012. Younger blacks did not support Clinton like theydid Obama, as she won eight of 10 black voters betweenthe ages of 35 and 54. Obama won almost 100 percent ofthose voters in 2012.During the campaign, Trump said he would makeAmerica great again through the force of his personali-ty, negotiating skill and business acumen. He proposedrefusing entry to the United States of people from war-torn Middle Eastern countries, a modified version of anearlier proposed ban on Muslims.His volatile nature,frequent insults and unorthodox proposals led to cam-paign feuds with a long list of people, includingMuslims, the disabled, Republican U.S. Senator JohnMcCain, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, the family of aslain Muslim-American soldier, a Miss Universe winnerand a federal judge of Mexican heritage.A largely anti-Trump crowd of about 400 to 500 people gathered out-side the White House after his victory, many visibly inshock or tears. Some carried signs that read "stand up toracism" and "love trumps hate."Throughout his cam-paign - and especially in his acceptance speech at theRepublican National Convention in July - Trumpdescribed a dark America that had been knocked to itsknees by China, Mexico, Russia and Islamic State. TheAmerican dream was dead, he said, smothered bymalevolent business interests and corrupt politicians,and he alone could revive it.He offered vague plans to win economic concessionsfrom China, to build a wall on the southern U.S. borderwith Mexico to keep out undocumented immigrantsand to pay for it with tax money sent home bymigrants.As financial markets absorbed the prospect ofTrump's win during Tuesday evening and into the earlyhours of Wednesday, the Mexican peso plunged to itslowest-ever levels. The peso had become a touchstonefor sentiment on the election as Trump threatened to ripup a free trade agreement with Mexico.His triumph wasa rebuke to Obama, a Democrat who spent weeks flyingaround the country to campaign against him, repeated-ly casting doubt on his suitability for the White House.Obama will hand over the office to Trump after servingthe maximum eight years allowed by law.Trump prom-ises to push Congress to repeal Obama's troubledhealthcare plan and to reverse his Clean Power Plan. Heplans to create jobs by relying on U.S. fossil fuels such asoil and gas.Trump's victory marked a frustrating end to the presi-dential aspirations of Clinton, 69, who failed for the sec-ond time to be elected the first woman U.S. president.Ina posting on Twitter during Tuesday evening, sheacknowledged a battle that was unexpectedly tightgiven her edge in opinion polls going into ElectionDay."This team has so much to be proud of. Whateverhappens tonight, thank you for everything," she tweet-ed.The wife of former President Bill Clinton and herselfa former U.S. senator, she held a steady lead in manyopinion polls for months. Voters perceived in her a cau-tious and calculating candidate and an inability to per-sonally connect with them.Even though the FBI foundno grounds for criminal charges after a probe into heruse of a private email server rather than a governmentsystem while she was secretary of state, the issueallowed critics to raise doubts about her integrity.Hacked emails also showed a cozy relationship betweenher State Department and donors to her family's ClintonFoundation charity.Trump seized on the emails to charge that Clinton rep-resented a corrupt political system in Washington thathad to be swept clean.Trump's national security ideas,opposed by most of the elite voices across the politicalspectrum, have simultaneously included promises tobuild up the U.S. military while at the same time avoid-ing foreign military entanglements.He wants to rewriteinternational trade deals to reduce trade deficits. He hastaken positions that raise the possibility of damagingrelations with America's most trusted allies in Europe,Asia and the Middle East.He has promised to warmrelations with Russia that have chilled under Obamaover Russian President Vladimir Putin's intervention inthe Syrian civil war and his seizure of Ukraine's Crimearegion. "Wouldn't it be nice if we could get along withRussia?" he said at many rallies.

Education ..........upgradation while assuring all possible help to the insti-tute.Mehbooba Mufti asked the charitable institutes likeAuqafs and trusts in the State to emulate successfulmodels like Islamia Faridia Trust, Baba Ghulam ShahBadshah, Mata Vaishno Devi University etc. where theofferings and other donations were gainfully used tospread education, make colleges, universities and hos-pitals. This is the best use of these offerings and realtribute to these saints and deities, she said.Felicitating people on the Urs of Hazrat Shah Asrar udDin (RA), the Chief Minister said development of theregion has always remained close to her heart. She saidshe is fully aware of the problems and aspirations of thepeople of the area. She said immediately after taking

over she had decided to undertake a detailed visit of thearea to further assess the development needs but could-n’t due to the situation in Kashmir Valley.Responding to the demands put forth, Mehbooba Muftisaid there is a need to construct tunnels like Vailoo-Singhpora and on Mughal road. She said the bedstrength of Kishtwar hospital would be increased from100 beds to 200 and possibility of setting up a cancerhospital would also be explored. She said one nursingcollege has been started in the town and another collegewould also be set up soon.The Chief Minister described Kishtwar as hub of gener-ating hydel power and assured people that moneyunder Corporate Social Responsibility of the companiesoperating in the area would be spent on the welfare ofits people.Earlier on her arrival, the Chief Minister was given awarm reception by the students of the institute. She wastaken by a contingent of students of the institute to thepodium.The Chief Minister, on the occasion, distributed FaridiaGold medals among the dedicated teachers of the insti-tute.Minister of State for Hajj & Auqaf, Syed Farooq Andrabiin his address also appreciated the contribution of theschool in the spread of education in the area and hopedone day the institute would become a good university inthe region. He said the nursing college started by WakfCouncil has started admissions and efforts would bemade to upgrade its infrastructure.MLC, Firdous Tak also addressed the gathering andthanked the Chief Minister for starting a nursing collegein the town. He said it was the dream of late MuftiMuhammad Sayeed to see Kishtwar develop as anyother modern town of the State.MLA, G M Saroori, members of the management of theIslamia Faridia Educational & Research Institute,Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, G N Balwan andother officers of district administration were present onthe occasion.

China denies ............regimes which it claims to subscribe," the reportsaid.Denying China's complicity, Lu said: "As for ourexports and non proliferation policies China is alwaysresponsible in this regard."We adopt catch all controlsand list management. This is world class managementsystem. With regard to whether any Chinese enterpriseviolated the law in pursuit of their own interests, for us,once they are discovered we will deal with them seri-ously," he said."There is no other country round theworld that can declare 100 per cent sure that they do nothave such enterprises. If the think tank is interested inChina's non proliferation export controls then I suggestto them read carefully China's relevant regulations andthey can compare the lists and relevant laws and seewhether we violated the system," he said. China hashelped Pakistan in establishing several nuclear powerplants. It is currently building two 1100 mw reactors inKarachi with USD 6.5 billion assistance.Beijing claimsits assistance to Pakistan to build nuclear power plantsis under the norms of Nuclear Suppliers Group, (NSG)and the Internal Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA).Thereport also said that in view of its record in prolifera-tion, Pakistan is not expected to be welcomed into theNSG.The deceptive methods used by Pakistan to obtaindual-use goods questions "Pakistan's claim that it is aresponsible actor in the non-proliferationdomain."Pakistan cannot expect to be welcomed intothe NSG when it continues to secretly and systematical-ly undermine NSG members' national export controlsystems by targeting companies through the use of frontcompanies and other deceptive techniques," the reportsaid.

ig Bsf .......Governor stressed the need for surveillance being effec-tively enhanced along the entire IB and the counter infil-tration grid being enforced far more stringentlythroughout the ensuing winter period.The Governor also discussed with the IG his concernsregarding the need to take all required steps to providesupport and relief to the border dwellers affected by therecurring Cease Fire violations by the Pakistan Forces.

Pakistan prints .............comments echo media reports that claimed that FakeIndian Currency Notes (FICNs) are printed in govern-ment presses in Lahore, Quetta, and Peshawar.The ISIthen smuggled FICNs into India via Sri Lanka, Nepaland Bangladesh. Smugglers are sold the FICNs in 2:1ratio – two fake notes for the value of one original. Theproblem was accentuated when Pakistan began printinggood copies of original currency notes.And all thismoney was pumped into India to fund terrorist activi-ties.There are also indications that over Rs 100 crore ofthe fake currency was distributed in Kashmir to fuelunrest."This decision is a death blow to terror fundingnetwork. This step was necessary for national security,"BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said.

Dy CM ..........pering its overall development. He said the historicalinitiative should be welcomed by one and all.Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief Minister informed that hehas already taken up the issue of inconvenience beingfaced by certain traders at toll posts with the StateFinance Minister. He said the remedial measures in thisregard would be soon taken.

500 grams ...........against the spread of drug menace in District Doda. Ona specific information from reliable resources, SHO P/SGandoh alongwith Magistrate and I/C PP Changaseized one packet of Heroine weighing 500 gram fromthe possession of Imtyaz Hussain S/o Nizam Din MirR/o Barthi Gandoh from his hardware shop near BusStand Guari Gandoh. In this regard, case FIR No.121/2016 U/S 8/21 NDPS Act stands registered atPolice Station Gandoh. Accused person has been takeninto custody and further investigation is going on. Public in general has hailed the role of police as businessof narcotics and psychotropic substances has assumedsignificance in light of its impact on the youth.

Shelling influenced

borders in RS Pura sector. Bitta met sister and brother ofGurnan Singh and both were keen to join BSF.LaterBitta visited, Government Medical College Hospital,Jammu to meet the injured from cross border shellingincluding 14 month old Pari who suffered seriousinjuries in both her neck and spine.In order to boost themorale of BSF troopers, Bitta visited 142 battalion of BSFat RS Pura sector. Bitta was accompnied with BharatBhandari (State President), Deepak Sobti (VicePresident) Gourav Mahajan (Secretary), Prince Khajuria(Media Secretary) and other senior members of the frontBitta inquired about their wellbeing and expressed hisgratitude on behalf of entire nation.Bitta said that peo-ple lived in constant fear and were vulnerable in such adangerous situation when the neighbouring enemyresorted to heavy shelling at unexpected hours. Hestressed that such sinister and offensive attacks byPakistan in which innocent civilian were being killedcannot be ignored for long. He reiterated that even con-tinuous skirmishes along the border between Indianand Pakistani army cannot solve the problems and agreat human and political effort is needed.He addedthat though the BSF had destroyed about 14 postsmanned by Pakistani Rangers along the internationalborders in Ramgarh and Arnia sectors of Jammu butthis proxy war will go on and on unless a concreteaction is not taken to discourage Pakistan. He demand-ed that the government must act fast on this sensitiveissue or the death toll will escalate to a greater numberand entire population of villages near the borders willbe wiped out through heavy shelling by Pakistan.TheAIATF chief said that the shelling is influenced by theterror groups and Pakistan’s army is working in nexuswith them.He said that if Pakistan had been too seriousabout curbing terrorism then it wouldn’t have let terror-ists like Hafiz threaten to carry out more attacks onIndian Soil to avenge the surgical strikes by Indianarmy. The AIATF chief said that Pakistan is miffed bythe action taken by the Indian army by conducting thesurgical strike on terror camps being operated inPakistan-occupied- Kashmir.He concluded by sayingthat Kashmir is an integral part of India and its peoplemust be protected from enemy’s scourge; their livesmust be protected and given a sense of security.

Jawan martyred ...........posts. There was unprovoked ceasefire violation byPakistani troops in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch dis-trict from 1345 hours today, a defence spokesman said.They used 120mm mortar bombs and automaticweapons during the ceasefire violation, he said, addingbefitting reply has been given to them without any casu-alty on our side.It may be recalled that Pakistani troops had violatedceasefire and resorted to firing in Mankote and Balakoteareas of Mendhar sector in Poonch district yesterday.On November 6, two army jawans were killed and fiveothers - two soldiers, a BSF officer and two women -were injured as Pakistani army opened fire in anattempt to facilitate two infiltration bids along the LoCin Krishna Ghati and Poonch sectors of Poonch district.There had been over 100 ceasefire violations on Indianposts and civilian areas along the LoC in Jammu andKashmir after the surgical strike.The worst-ever Pakistani shelling, targeting civil popu-lation, took place on November 1 when eight persons,including two children and four women, were killedand 22 injured along the IB and the LoC in five sectorsof J&K, forcing Indian troops to give befitting reply bydestroying 14 Pakistani posts and killing two of theirtroopers.The state government had closed over 400 schools alongthe International Border (IB) and the Line of Control(LoC) in Jammu region in wake of the ongoing heavycross-border firing.s

CM welcomes ................bold steps to check corruption, illegal transaction ofmoney and other such evils which hamper the develop-ment of the country.The Chief Minister said though the step would entailtemporary inconvenience to people but its positiveeffects would be in the larger and long term interests ofthe country and people.

Oil Companies .............companies reassure their customers regarding continu-ous and sustained availability of all petroleum productsfrom their outlets, across the country. The customers arealso requested not to unnecessarily stock up petroleumproducts and purchase quantities to fulfill their imme-diate/routine needs only,” a joint statement issued bythe three oil companies said.“We make a fervent appeal to all our esteemed cus-tomers to extend full cooperation to ensure a smoothtransition to the new currency system,” it said.

Samba Police ..................registration No. JK08B-9588 which was coming from

Samba side was signaled to stop but driver acceleratedhis vehicle, ran away towards Ghagwal. The policeparty acting swiftly chased the said vehicle and inter-cepted the same on Sangwali Link Road. The driver ofvehicle taking advantage of darkness fled away fromthe spot. However on checking 07 Buffaloes were foundbrutally tied with rope inside the said Canter-608. Thevehicle and the bovine animals were seized and a caseFIR No. 93/2016 U/S 188/RPC, 2/3 PCA, 183/184/179M.V Act has been registered in Police Station Ghagwalin this regard and investigation taken up.

New Rs. 500, .........notes will be available at ATMs.Asked about the slumpin stock market indices, he said, the, “The market wouldhave reacted to several other developments. Let’s waitand watch how things pan out.”“If there is anythingrequired to be done by them I am sure they will take alook and take appropriate decision at the right time,” hesaid on market regulator SEBI looking into thecrash.Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramaniansaid, “I think this is an important step. What the govern-ment has taken in the fight against corruption, counter-feiting and black money. So I think over the mediumterm we will see the benefits probably.”

India, Pak

ties during this period among Indian securityforces."The Government conveyed that such loss of lifeis unacceptable and is strongly protested. In addition,the injuries to civilians during the shelling by Pakistanforces are deplorable and strongly condemned," hesaid.Swarup said India has also protested the manner inwhich the photographs of eight officials of the HighCommission of India in Islamabad were prominentlydisplayed in newspapers in the wake of factually incor-rect allegations by Pakistan government, and conveyedthat this is against basic norms of diplomatic practiceand courtesy, besides having the potential to endangertheir security and safety."It is expected that the Pakistanside will desist from such actions in the future and willensure the safety and security of all members of theHigh Commission of India in Islamabad and their fami-lies," Swarup added.Earlier, in Islamabad, ForeignOffice (FO) said Director General (South Asia &SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Indian DeputyHigh Commissioner J P Singh to "strongly condemn theunprovoked ceasefire violations on November 8 by theIndian Forces on the Line of Control (LoC) in Khuirataand Battal sectors".This is the sixth time in over twoweeks that the Indian Deputy High Commissioner wassummoned to the FO.The FO said the violation by Indiaresulted in the death of four civilians, including awoman and a 10-year-old girl, besides causing injuriesto seven others.On his part, Singh protested against theunprovoked firing from Pakistani Rangers, saying itwas primarily to give cover to infiltrators.He also saidcasualties on the Indian side include both civilians andsecurity forces in the ceasefire violations by thePakistan.

ATMs remain .........ties during this period among Indian securityforces."The Government conveyed that such loss of lifeis unacceptable and is strongly protested. In addition,the injuries to civilians during the shelling by Pakistanforces are deplorable and strongly condemned," hesaid.Swarup said India has also protested the manner inwhich the photographs of eight officials of the HighCommission of India in Islamabad were prominentlydisplayed in newspapers in the wake of factually incor-rect allegations by Pakistan government, and conveyedthat this is against basic norms of diplomatic practiceand courtesy, besides having the potential to endangertheir security and safety."It is expected that the Pakistanside will desist from such actions in the future and willensure the safety and security of all members of theHigh Commission of India in Islamabad and their fami-lies," Swarup added.Earlier, in Islamabad, ForeignOffice (FO) said Director General (South Asia &SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Indian DeputyHigh Commissioner J P Singh to "strongly condemn theunprovoked ceasefire violations on November 8 by theIndian Forces on the Line of Control (LoC) in Khuirataand Battal sectors".This is the sixth time in over twoweeks that the Indian Deputy High Commissioner wassummoned to the FO.The FO said the violation by Indiaresulted in the death of four civilians, including awoman and a 10-year-old girl, besides causing injuriesto seven others.On his part, Singh protested against theunprovoked firing from Pakistani Rangers, saying itwas primarily to give cover to infiltrators.He also saidcasualties on the Indian side include both civilians andsecurity forces in the ceasefire violations by thePakistan.

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Govt proposes dismantling drug

pricing regulatornew delhi, noV 9:A closely guarded proposal to dismantle the NationalPharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has trig-gered a sense of unease among public health campaign-ers, who plan to approach the Supreme Court seekingits intervention on the move.Over the past three weeks,government and Niti Ayog officials had two rounds ofconsultations. A report has been prepared on whyNPPA must be dismantled and how the drug price con-trol mechanism would work in the absence of theauthority that has been fixing the ceiling price of essen-tial medicines since 1997.“We would request theSupreme Court to seek clarifications from the govern-ment as the move is meant to appease only the indus-try,” said S Srinivasan of LOCOST, a non-governmentaloutfit that advocates affordable medicine.No documenton the plan to dismantle NPPA has been released in thepublic domain. The two consultations on October 19and November 7 were attended by officials from thedepartments of health, pharmaceuticals, industrial pro-motion, commerce and Niti Ayog. None of the NPPAmembers were invited for these meetings, sources told.The minutes of one of the meetings suggest officialswanted to delink the drug price control order from thenational list of essential medicine.“NPPA in its presentform may be wound up and deployed in the depart-ments of pharmaceuticals, and the right to regulateprices should be vested with the government,” a gov-ernment official said.While approving new drugs, thebureaucrats proposed that a drug might be considered‘new’ for a period of 10 years instead of the current fouryears. If implemented, this would restrict manufactur-ing of low-cost generic medicine.“The Supreme Courthas held that the government has a Constitutional obli-gation to ensure the affordability of essential medicines.What is astonishing is the manner in which the govern-ment is simply capitulating to industry demands with-out a thought for patients,” said Srinivasan.NPPA cur-rently fixes the prices of 376 molecules and more than500 formulations, accounting for just about 12% of theIndian pharmaceutical market. India’s domestic phar-maceutical market is estimated to be worth Rs 1 lakhcrore, besides an equally big export market.“Nearly80% of medical care costs have to be paid by thepatients out of their own pocket. Of this, 70% of theexpenditure is on medicines. Denial of essential life-saving medicines due to lack of affordability is a harshreality,” said Mira Shiva of the All India Drug ActionNetwork, which is the petitioner in an ongoing case onaffordable medicine before the apex court.

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our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:A Massive Protests anddemonstrations ofAnganwadi workers andhelpers under the bannerof J&K National TradeUnion Front was held outside the office of Div.Commissioner PanamaChowk, Jammu today topress the StateGovernment and HigherAuthorities of ICDSMission in J&K for imme-diate release of pendinghonorarium of workersand helpers, finalization oftheir seniority and promo-tion asSupervisor.Hundreds ofAnganwadi workers andHelpers from differentICDS projects of Jammuprovince participated theprotest demonstration andraised voice against thedelaying policies of higherauthorities of the depart-ment who have miserablyfailed even to frame thenew recruitment rulesafter separation of ICDSfrom Social Welfare

Department, due to whichall promotion avenues ofthe Supervisors, workersand helpers are withheld.The protesting workerswere raising slogans insupport of their demandsurging the state govt, andhigher authorities of thedepartment for immediatesettlement of thedemands.While address-ing protesting AnganwadiWorkers and HelpersVeteran Trade UnionLeader Mr. Mohd. GafoorDar State President J&KNational Trade UnionFront condemned the cal-lous attitude of the StateGovernment particularlythe ICDS authorities whohave failed to settle thebelow noted burningdemands of workers tilldate despite repeatedrequests to the concernedauthorities and throughPress platform also. Mr.Dar said that in this situa-tion the workers andhelpers are left with noalternative except to inten-sify the agitation. Mr. Dar

further said that the depart-mental authorities shouldnot test the patience of theworkers and helpers whohave to suffer for monthstogether for their due hono-rarium and the authoritiesjust act as silent spectators.If the issues are notresponded and addressedproperly then we will beleft with no alternativeexcept to launch a statewide agitation duringassembly session inJammu.Beside Mr. Dar, SmtRatna Devi, Smt. MumtazBegum, Smt. Tripta Devi,Smt Irshad Begum, Smt.Swama Ji, Smt. Lalita Devi,Smt Ravina Akhther, Smt.Bandana ji, Smt. Sumita Ji,S.mt. Satwanter Sharma,Smt. Shahna Akhter, Smt.Sandeepka Ji, Smt. Lalita Ji,Smt. Hanifa ji, Smt.Mehajbeen, Smt. SurinderKaur, Smt. Kanta Devi, SmtShahana Akhter, Smt.Zahida Akhter, Smt.Shahista Parveen, Smt. RifitBegum, Smt. Kamla Devi,Mr. Rajinder Kumar, BarkatAli and many others lead-

ers also addressed the rally.Enhancement ofHonorarium of workersand helpers minimum Rs.10000/- for worker and Rs.6000/- for helper. At least atpar with the neighboringState of Haryana andPunjab. Release of pendingHonorarium of Anganwadiworkers and helpers whoare suffering badly due tononpayment of salary fromsix months. Withdrawal oftermination order ofAnganwadi Workers andHelpers and to stop theirharassment. Framing of new recruit-ment rules of ICDS missionand finalization of their sen-iority list providing 100%by promotion quota forSupervisors, Workers andHelpers in ICDS. Provisionof stationary, MPR sheets,training allowances, travel-ling allowances for workersand helpers. *Payment ofincentive for extra work ofsenses of various depart-ments including electionduty at par with other govt,staff.

Anganwadi workers and helpers holdprotest in favour of their demands

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:A Press Conference was held onWednesday at Press Club Jammuunder the leadership of Sh.Dev RajBali President VRS Union. In thePress Conference it was stronglycriticized the attitude of the J&KState Govt, and Transport HigherAuthority as they failed to clear ourlegitimate dues of 6th pay commis-sion arrears w.e.f. 1st Jan.2006 andCOLA arrears w.e.f. 1999, whereas

the Central Govt, has given the ben-efits of 7th Pay commission to itsemployees but we are still waitingfor the arrears of 6th PayCommission and we are strugglingfor the last 6 years and during thislong struggle 16 VRS/GHS employ-ees breathed their last as they couldnot afford the medical treatment forwant of funds. And we have decidedto hold a Sarkar Virodh Rally on11th Nov.2016 at 10.30 a.m. whichwill start from Exhibition ground

and will march towards Secretariatand all the VRS/GHS employees ofJ&K SRTC appealed to take partalong with their families in thisSarkar Virodh Rally so that ourAWAZ may reach to the deaf ears ofthe J&K Govt. Our demands are asunder:-COLA arrears since 1999.6thPay commission arrears w.e.f.1.1.2006.In the said press conferenceamong others there were BalwinderSingh, Surinder Singh, DwarkaNath, and others were also present.

VRS Union for clearing our legitimatedues of 6th pay commission arrears

our Correspondentr.s pura, noV 9:Dr.Gagan Bhagat gave aCheque of Rupees ElevenThousand to PoojaDaughter of Sh.Sham Lalresident of Ward No.8,Main Baazar R.S Pura, shebecame the first benefici-ary of the initiative ofM.L.A R.S Pura Dr.GaganBhagat “R.S Pura ke Beti”.While giving details of theinitiative ,Patron of theTrust Dr. Gagan Bhagatsaid that it was a ideawhich was conceived wayback when he served inthe J&K Health depart-ment as an Medical Officerand today the almightyhas given an opportunity

to convert into reality ,it isvery happy and proudmoment for him whilegiving the amount to thefamily of “Pooja”, whileelaborating he said that itis a non-government fund,which is raised by the peo-ple, politicians ,bureau-crats, Govt. Employees,retired employees, busi-nessman, N.G.O’s work-ing in R.S Pura and otherpeople who can contributein it. The amount collectedwill be deposited in thejoint account of theGeneral Secy. AndTreasurer of the “R.S Purake Beti Trust”, the appli-cant needs to apply in theoffice of the trust through

an application form andthrough the amount col-lected in the account of thetrust the number of benefi-ciaries will be decided bythe Executive Board of thetrust and the most deserv-ing cases will be given pri-ority that month. The trustwill try to clear all the eli-gible cases which comes toit, this amount will havenothing to do with theState Govt. Scheme for thepoor girl marriage namelyState Marriage AssistanceScheme (SMAS), and thedeserving one can availboth the benefits headded. While receivingthe amount mother ofPooja thanked Dr.Gagan

and appreciated the hisefforts besides performingthe development of R.SPura, he is also committedto the social cause and inthe coming days manydaughters of such familieslike her family will get thebenefit. Sadhna Gupta asocial worker and memberof the trust said that it isthe initiative that was verymuch needed especially inthe border town like R.SPura where there are sev-eral poor and deservingfamilies, and she is proudto be associated with thetrust and the credit goes toM.L.A R.S Pura Dr.GaganBhagat. Convener of thetrust Ashok Salariaappealed to the generalpublic to donate withopen hearts for the daugh-ters of R.S Pura as their lit-tle contribution can givesmile on someone’s faceand its our social dutytowards the daughters ofour Constituency. Thosewho were present on theoccasion included B.J.PMandal PradhanNatharam, GurdeepS a i n i , M a n m o h a nChoudhary, SadhnaGupta, Santosh Kumari,Master Balakram,Abhishek Gupta besidesprominent persons.

pooja becomes first beneficiary of“r.s pura ke Beti” initiative

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Rakeshwar Singh Project DirectorNational Incredible LiteracyMission,Jammu speaking withmedia personals supports the valu-able and bold step taken by theHonorable Prime Minister ofRepublic of India in favour ofnational interest regarding cease of500 & 1000 Rupees notes. He said,“It is very difficult to start a new sys-

tem of currency not only for RBI butfor Whole nation.As it is matter ofthe interest of common man as cor-ruption, Black market had put agreat impact over the economy ofIndia.” To stop all illegal trade andBlack market, we must welcome thestep taken by our honorable PM.And it is also advised to generalpublic to remain calm duringupcoming days ,as it would be verydifficult for Govt. To change all cur-

rency in one day .In few weeks allthings will be set to normal circum-stances. Rakeshwar Singh said he ishoping for the new era of success forthe country and he concluded hisnotes by saying it is a victory oftruth over back money. During thepress conference Bansi Lal AccountsOfficer NILM ,Divya Sharma P.A toproject director ,Preeti Bajaj SDOand Sandeep Singh ASDO remainpresent .

NILM welcomes PM’s order to cease old currency

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:The Lamp LightingCeremony of 3rd Batch ofBSc Nursing students ofCollege of Nursing, ArmyHospital (R&R) was heldhere today. This specialday paved a new mile-stone in the history of

College of Nursing, ArmyHospital (R&R) as 30 bud-ding nursing studentsadorned themselves intheir new pattern of uni-form. This new outfit willdefinitely make a changein these young mindsmaking them more confi-dent to excel in their field

and will take nursing pro-fession to greaterh e i g h t s . C o m m a n d a n tArmy Hospital (R&R) LtGen SD Duhan, who wasthe Chief Guest gave awaythe prizes to the meritori-ous students – N/CdtParul, N/Cdt AnkitaMitra, N/Cdt Jyotsna,

N/Cdt Arunima GP,PN(Ms) Ching andPN(Ms) Sheetal. Hestressed that the studentsshould not only enhancetheir knowledge skill andcompetence but also learnthe techniques of softskills.In an impressive cer-emony, the lit lamp waspassed from AddlDGMNS Maj Gen SushilaShahi to Maj GenElizabeth John, PrincipalMatron Army Hospital(R&R) who in turn passedit to the teachers and theseteachers then passed thelamp to the studentsemphasizing the passingof knowledge and softskills from one generationto the next.

30 Nursing students pass out from Collegeof Nursing, Army Hospital (R&R)

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:On the occasion of NationalAyurveda Day an awareness campwas organized at Govt Girls HighSchool, Janipur, Jammu today inwhich Dr. Sakshi has given a lectureon lifestyle disorders to the stu-dents.Dr. Sakshi also plantedmedicinal plants like Neem, Jamunin the premises of the school. On

this occasion principal of the schoolTanveer, Kousal was present.Meanwhile, another awarenesscamp on Diabetes was organized byAkhnoor block at the TandaPanchayat Ghar.However, a med-ical awareness camp regardingDiabetes and other diseases wasalso organized at Central Badyaland plantation drive at BadyalBrahmna.

awareness camp organized at gghs, Janipur

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Inter-collegiate Gatka( M e n & W o m e n )Championship 2016-17organised by theDirectorate of Sports andPhysical Education,University of Jammutoday at its GymnasiumHall.In the DemonstrationIndividual Event,Gurvinder Singh (SPMRCollege of Commerce)won gold Jujhar Singh(MBS College) won Silvermedal and Jasmeet Singhof MAM College gotbronze medal.In the FariStick team event, GCWGandhinagar won goldmedal , GCW Parade won

Silver and PG Dept. teamof Jammu University wonbronze medal.Players ofGCW Gandhinagar teamwere Simranjeet Kour,Mandeep Kour and RoshiKumari.Players of GCWParade team were RasleenKour, Balvinder Kour andHarneet Kour.Players ofPG Dept. team were

Surbhi Antal, Nishla andSapna Jamwal.Tomorrowthe final of the rest of theevents of both Men andWomen Section will beheld at 10.00 am at thesame venue.The competi-tion was officiated by thepenal of experts compris-ing of Amarjeet Singh,Harsimran Singh,

Ravinder Singh, CharanjitSingh, Parvinder Singh,Rupinder Singh,Lovepreet Singh andYashpreet Singh.Otherpresent there wereManmeet Singh, RavinderSingh, Prof. DavinderKour, Suman Lata, Prof.Poonam Rajput and P.D.Singh.

Inter-Collegiate Gatka (Men &Women) begins at JU

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Describing demonetization of 500 ,1000notes as a welcome step for thenation,Vice-President Yudhvir Sethitoday said that the recent move is aSurgical strike against corruption, blackmoney and has been well appreciatedby one and all in the country."OurPrime Minister Narendra Bhai Modihas struck a big blow to the hawalaoperators, fake currency operators, cor-ruption creaters and black moneyhoarders and we all support the boldinitiative," he added.Yudhvir said this, while leading a sup-port rally of various trade associations,here today.Appreciating the scrappingof 500 and 1000 notes, Yudhvir said thenation's economy was sufferingbecause of counterfeit currency and themove would be a big blow to the crossborder terror supporting networks asfake currency was being supplied bythose who want to spread terror andmake a dent in the economy. He saidthe move has been appreciated by oneand all and very soon the big fishes ofblack money would be caught in theweb on government agencies.He said Modi Ji is working with multi-pronged strategy to weed out corrup-tion and black money from Indianeconomy and has given opportunity tothe black money hoarders to set thethings right. The recently closed

Income Declaration Scheme has yield-ed very good results in way of collec-tion of over Rs 29,000 crores in taxesbesides declaration of over Rs 65,000crores of undisclosed assets."Today the trader community ofJammu joins hand in supporting themove of Modi ji and pose full faith inthe pro-nation policies of our PrimeMinister," he added.Yudhvir said that the common manshould not panic as the government hasissued guidelines to be followed forexchanging, depositing and withdraw-al of money from banks and ATMs.New notes of 500 and 2000 denomina-tions would be supplied in the marketand people have been given time up toMarch for getting existing currencyexchanged, he added. Among who arepresnt in the rally are sh. SurinderMahajan Chairman Purani Mandi

Business Man Association,RameshMahajan President Rajinder BazarAssociation,Joginder MahajanPresident Old Hospital RoadAssociation,Satinder MahajanChairman Malhotra BazarAssociation,Rakesh Mahajan PresidentMalhotra Bazar Association,AnilMasoom President Sanatan DharamNatak Samaj,Ajay Vaid National CentreCommittee Sarafa Association,ArunSethi President Jain BazarAssociation,Rajesh Verma PresidentDhounthaly Bazar Association,AshuGupta President travel Association BusStand,Amit Luthra Chairman Jai DurgaYuva Sanastha,Hira Singh PresidentRani park Gurudwara, Madhu SudanPresident Busstand Shop KeeperAssocation,Madan Gopal (Tony) statemedia Secy OBC cell, sandeep Gupta,Aman Singh.

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:A telephone interview was conductedby the Army at Doda and Kishtwar,today for graduate girls and boys ofthe area in collaboration with TataConsultancy Service under projectUDAAN. A total of 25 candidates attended the

telephone interview. The final resultwill be announced shortly by TataConsultancy Service. The selected can-didates will undergo an eight weekstraining course under the arrange-ments of Tata Consultancy Service atTCS, Kolkata. On successful comple-

tion of training the candidates will beassisted in getting a job with variousmultinational companies.

Thecandidates and their parentsappreciated the efforts of the Army forthe assistance provided by them.

Employment initiative by Army in coordinationwith Tata consultancy services

Modi's surgical strike against corruption, black money

Yudhvir Sethi leads trade associations supportmarch for scrapping 500, 1000 notes

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Golden YugEdITORIaL

Media’s role central

In the world of today, media has become

almost as necessary as food and cloth-

ing. It is true that media is playing an

outstanding role in strengthening the soci-

ety. Its duty is to inform, educate and enter-

tain the people. It helps us to know current

situation around the world. The media has a

strong social and cultural impact upon soci-

ety. Because of its inherent ability to reach

large number of public, it is widely used to

convey message to build public opinion and

awareness. The original idea behind the cre-

ation of various ‘media means’ was to enter-

tain masses. Radio, TV, cinemas and maga-

zines spend most of their resources targeting

on entertaining items and programs. One of

major duties of media today is to inform the

people about the latest happening around

them and the world. They cover all aspects

of our interest like weather, politics, war,

health, finance, science, fashion, music, etc.

The need for more and more news has

evolved into creation of dedicated TV & radio

channels and magazines. People can listen,

watch and read latest news whenever and

wherever they want. Media is the overseer of

the political system. If it plays its role hon-

estly, it will be a great force in building the

nation. It plays a great role in bringing com-

mon man close to their leaders. The media fo-

cuses in bringing details of all major politi-

cal situations, decisions and scenarios. Hence

people can better understand their rights and

make better decisions. Because of the power

of media is so extensive and huge, it can be

used to educate people with very little cost.

Imagine a classroom in every city with thou-

sands of students being taught by just one

teacher. But unfortunately, because of

money-making approach of media and lack

of interest by government, very less work is

done in spreading the education. Various au-

thorities and agencies utilize the power of

media to spread informative messages to

public. This may include warning against a

storm or epidemic, delay in arrival or depar-

ture of flights and trains, etc. In some cases, it

is legally binding to publish notices in news-

paper like tenders, change of property owner-

ship, etc.We will be left in a world of journal-

ism that is entirely populated by Arnab and

anchors like him, competing on the basis of

passion and anger, and by people who pull

out their phone and tweet a comment without

first-hand information. It will be a frightening

world. Almost all business concerns uses the

power of media to sell their products. They

advertise in media for the enhancement of

business purposes. Huge amounts of money

are invested in media for marketing of a

product. The more attractive the advertise-

ment, the more people will follow it. The me-

dia has the power of educating people, the

good and the bad. Since it affect the eyes, the

ears and the mind simultaneously nothing

can overcome the influence of the media. The

media in the advanced society should per-

form a noble mission of enlightening people

and discourage sectarian, communal and di-

visive trends.

soli J. soraBJee

An unmistakable feature of

any nation which professes to

be democratic is the preva-

lence of tolerance therein.

Tolerance is not merely a

goody-goody virtue. It is vital

because it promotes the receiv-

ing or acknowledging of new

ideas and this helps to break

the status quo mentality.

Tolerance is particularly need-

ed in large and complex soci-

eties comprising people with

varied beliefs, as in India. This

is because readiness to tolerate

views other than one’s own

facilitates harmonious coexis-

tence.

A liberal democracy accepts

the fact that in a free country,

one can have different opin-

ions and should have equal

rights in voicing them. This is

pluralism, and tolerance is its

ultimate rationale.

Tolerance accords high respect

for human rights, especially

freedom of conscience and

freedom of thought.

Disagreement with the belief

and ideology of others is no

reason for their suppression,

because there can be more than

one path for the attainment of

truth and salvation. Even if

there is only one truth, it may

have a hundred facets.

Intolerance stems from an

invincible assumption of the

infallibility and truth of one’s

beliefs, the dogmatic convic-

tion about the rightness of

one’s tenets and their superior-

ity over others, and with the

passage of time, this leads to

forcible imposition of one’s

ideology on others, often

resulting in violence. At pres-

ent, the virus of intolerance has

acquired global dimensions.

Religious and political perse-

cution has become rampant

and curiously that too some-

times in the name of God

Almighty or some Divine

Power.

An intolerant society does not

brook dissent. Suppression of

dissent by censorship is an

indispensable instrument for

an intolerant authoritarian

regime. Censorship, indeed, is

its natural ally.

The necessity for tolerance has

been internationally recog-

nised. It is noteworthy that the

Preamble to the Charter of the

United Nations proclaims that

to achieve the goals of the

Charter we need to “practice

tolerance and live together in

peace with one another as

good neighbours”. Another

significant UN instrument is

the Declaration of November

25, 1981 on the Elimination of

All Forms of Intolerance and of

Discrimination Based on

Religion or Belief which

emphasises that it is essential

to promote tolerance and

requires states to adopt all nec-

essary measures for the speedy

elimination of intolerance in all

its forms and manifestations. It

is evident that there is an essen-

tial linkage between tolerance,

human rights, democracy and

peace.

Intolerance does not always

emanate from official or state

action but also from certain

groups or sections in society. A

not too recent instance was the

determined effort to ban the

exhibition of the film Ore Oru

Gramathiley by a group of per-

sons who regarded its theme

and presentation as hostile to

the policy of reservation of jobs

in public employment and

seats in educational institu-

tions in favour of Scheduled

Castes and backward classes.

There were threats of attacking

cinema houses where the film

would be shown.

The Madras High Court in an

incredible judgment revoked

the certificate granted by the

Board of Censors to the film

and restrained its exhibition.

The Supreme Court promptly

reversed the judgment in a

landmark decision, S.

Rangarajan vs P. Jagjivan Ram,

where Justice K. Jagannatha

Shetty, speaking for the court,

laid down an extremely

important principle: “Freedom

of expression protects not

merely ideas that are accepted

but those that offend, shock or

disturb the state or any sector

of the

. Such are the demands of the

pluralism, tolerance and

broadmindedness without

which there is no democratic

society”.

Intolerance has a chilling,

inhibiting effect on freedom of

thought and discussion.

Remember how Galileo suf-

fered for his theory that the sun

was the centre of the solar sys-

tem and not the earth. Darwin

was a victim of intolerance and

was lampooned and consid-

ered an enemy of religion for

his seminal work, The Origin

of Species. Nearer home we

have the example of Raja Ram

Mohan Roy, whose efforts for

reform, especially for the aboli-

tion of Sati, evoked fierce

opposition because of intoler-

ance. We must not revert to

those dark days because when

that happens democracy is

under siege.

We must combat intolerance

and its manifestations result-

ing in human rights violations

by appropriate legal remedies.

However, the crucial point is

that tolerance cannot be legis-

lated. No law can compel a

person to be tolerant.

Therefore, we must develop

the capacity for tolerance by

fostering an environment of

tolerance, a culture of toler-

ance. Stereotypes and preju-

dices about certain classes and

communities must be

eschewed. Educational institu-

tions have a vital role to play in

this connection. The immense

value of tolerance must be

ingrained in the hearts and

minds of the students.

Our Supreme Court’s judg-

ment in Bijoe Emmanuel vs.

State of Kerala is significant.

Students belonging to the faith,

Jehovah’s Witnesses, stood up

when the national anthem was

sung to show their respect but

declined to sing along. The stu-

dents were expelled by the

school authorities. Their expul-

sion was upheld by the high

court.

The Supreme Court reversed

the high court judgment.

Justice Chinnappa Reddy,

who headed the bench, in the

course of the judgment,

observed that the students did

not hold their beliefs idly or

out of any unpatriotic senti-

ment but because they truly

and conscientiously believed

that their religion forbade

singing the national anthem of

any country. After a careful

consideration of the issues, the

Supreme Court concluded:

“Our tradition teaches toler-

ance; our philosophy preaches

tolerance; our Constitution

practices tolerance. Let none

dilute it”.

This is a classic judicial affirma-

tion of tolerance. Let us resolve

to promote tolerance in our

multi-religious, multi-cultural

nation and thereby strengthen

and enrich our pluralist

democracy which is the pride

of our nation.

a duty of tolerance

dEVENdRa BhaRGaVa The judiciary in the coun-try has been doing excel-lent work over thedecades, but there havebeen instances wheremany citizens found itsconduct lacking in provid-ing speedy justice. Oftenlitigants have gone backwith the feeling that theydid not get justiceThe daring use of theword, ‘judicial-activism’,in writings is only of recentorigin for reasons betterself-understood than ex-plained. Verdicts are oftengiven either as advisoriesor with varying reasons, ormerely as ‘dismissed’. Thislast form is the most se-vere. Truly, the one-wordruling is convenient andcomfortable to the presid-ing judge who saves timeand energy of studyingthe entire case in detail todiscover the reasons/logicfor dismissal. On top ofthis, if you dare to pray tothe presiding judge torecord reasons for dis-missal, you only touch alive electric wire.Can it not be mademandatory and compul-sory to provide reasonsbehind every judgement?The problem of hugenumber of pending casescan very easily be solvedinstantly by giving a kindof bonus to the judging-group party for every de-cided case. That will en-sure even very latenight-sittings to completemore cases and earn more

legally, and get apprecia-tion. Perhaps the warringparties would be mostwilling to contribute to-wards the bonus amount,as this sum would bemuch lower than the totalamount the litigants haveto spend on numerouscase-hearings, thanks tothe learned counsels whooften deliberately (for ex-tra regular income every-day) ensure, throughvarying tricks, that eachcase prolongs for as manyyears as it can be dragged. Another classic exampleof the use of the statedgodly unlimited powers(duly granted by the Con-stitution) is manifestedfrom a not very old case,when a learned counselcomplained about someage-related anomaly of ajudge. The case was heardby none other than thesame judge against whomthe complaint was made!A very common happen-ing is the death or killing ofan evidence before thecase is taken up for hear-ing, although it has a verysimple remedy throughthe appointment of mobilemagistrates/judges whocan accompany the policeparty for immediate on thespot recording of state-ments of the witnesses(under Section 169), whichcannot be allowed to be al-tered later.A specialisation-wise clas-sification of judges to-gether with mandatorytraining in areas like pollu-

tion-control, educational-merits, medical-ethics,training in manipulative-technology related tech-niques used to manipulatedecisions, results such aspassing even twice-failedstudents, manipulating se-lections,manipulating/misinter-preting rules/Act, manip-ulating reports, manipu-lating the award offacilities, manipulating topunish, changing examin-ers for manipulation ofmarks for favourites, ma-nipulating false state-ments even in affidavits,manipulation to evade an-swers for RTI queries, etc,can help.The courts must also moreincreasingly tale the assis-tance of genuine expertsfrom various sectors to ar-rive at quick and rationaldecision-making. For realand greater transparencyand uniformity, everyState should mandatorilyhave judges from otherfar-off States. While thissystem already exists, itneeds to be more strin-gently enforced.It is well cited on records

that a High Court did notorder any Central Bureauof Investigation or anyother inquiry or that itquashed numerous illegalappointments repeatedlymade by a very old techni-cal institute of higherlearning (now an IIT), al-though the institute hadbrazenly disobeyed theHigh Court’s directives tomake selections by merit.But the court did not takethe next logical step in theface such defiance to initi-ate contempt proceedingsagainst this extremely in-fluential institute. Alearned counsel who gothis client’s numerous writpetitions (against this insti-tute) dismissed (an almostdecade-long stay too gotvacated), as ‘not-pressed’(learned counsel statingthat his client is no moreinterested in pursuingthose writ petitions) with-out his client’s instructionsor affidavit, incidentallygot rewarded through anelevation as a judge of aHigh Court.There can never be a par-allel of the Indian judiciaryin respect of its real ab-

solute godly powers inmost boldly and whimsi-cally and repeatedly ad-mitting answers by thisIIT, only to face evasion ofinformation — that infor-mation pertaining toevents of 1994-96 weremore than 20 years old in2006-07, vide NainitalHigh Court WP 726/08,the greatest of an arith-metic-tragedy. Perhaps,there could be urgent needfor a refresher course in el-ementary arithmetic!Like any other selection,the selection of judges tobe made by the collegiumalone or by the Govern-ment alone or jointly bythe collegium and theGovernment, will invari-ably be subjected to hu-man error manifested asundue bias or favour.Therefore, in any situation,it will be appropriate tomake such selections onlythrough a scientificmethod of evaluation,such as by working out anindex of each aspirantfrom his/her credentialsneeded for a judge. The en-tire selection procedurecan thus easily be formu-lated by a computer pro-grammed for the purpose,and which can neithermake mistakes nor acceptany bribe nor demand anyfavours.The author’s methodol-ogy, available in his re-search paper entitled, ‘Anew method of evaluatingtechnological researchteachers’, published in the

International Journal forDevelopment Technology,England, Vol 5, 1987,pp.27-38’, would involvethe working out of a geo-metrically-integrated in-dex based on the variousqualifications, experience,properties, virtues, abili-ties, etc. of each candidateThe various needed re-quirements for a judge, likeeducational degrees, rele-vant experience, numberof completed successfulcases per year, professionalintegrity like hobnobbingwith opposite parties, levelof experience, etc, alongwith the quality-ratingcurves/graphs/tables in-cluding weightage foreach of the needed require-ments, may be preparedby a team of experts ap-pointed by the collegiumand/or the Government.Thus, using this methodol-ogy, the score for each re-quirement can be workedout for each candidate andthe computer will calculatethe judge-index of eachcandidate, and will printout the merit list of all theaspiring candidates. Thiswill enable the eliminationof all the various ills of se-lections by humans orthrough interviews, wheredifferent candidates areasked different questionsbased on the whims orgood/bad intentions of theinterview-board members.The right choice, manifest-ing the fullest of trans-parency, will then auto-matically be made.

Selecting judges scientifically

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our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Congress today held can-dle march at RaipurDomana & MarhConstituencies of JammuDist. and at UdhampurCity , as part of series ofprotest over the issue ofOne Rank One Pensionand the anti-democraticattitude of the Modi Govt.and its failure on variousfronts.The march atRaipur Domana was ledby Former Minister andVice President PCC ShriMula Ram & Sr. LeaderTh. Hari Singh Chib, whilethe Protest march at Marhwas led by MahilaCongress President Smt.Indu Pawar (Ex-MLA).The protest march atUdhampur was organ-ized by the Dist. CongressCommittee and led byformer Minister andGeneral Secretaries PCCShri Yogesh Sawhney,Faqir Nath (ex-MLA),District President ShriAshok Gupta andSercretary PCC PawanRaina, besides other seniorleaders.The protestorsincluded ex-servicemenwho raise slogans and car-ried play cards took outcandle light march simul-taneously at differentplaces over the failure ofModi Govt. to implementthe OROP in toto, aspromised by him and theBJP during Lok Sabhaelections, as a result theex-servicemen are agitat-ing and continuing theirprotests all over Countrywhile the Modi Govt. isissuing misleading state-ments. Shri Ram KishanGrewal committed suicideover the failure of theGovt. to fulfill the commit-

ment and it is very unfor-tunate that the ModiGovt. ill-treated anddetained the family mem-bers of Shri Grewal andAICC Vice President ShriRahul Gandhi, whichreflected the insensitiveand anti-democratic atti-tude of Modi Govt. in thelargest democraticCountry.Addressing theprotestors at Muthi Morhin Raipur ConstituencyShri Mula Ram lashed outat the Modi led BJP Govt.for its failure on variousfronts and fulfilling hispromises to the people ofdifferent sections in theCountry. He said that themajority of the Ex-service-men feel cheated over theissue of OROP while theModi Govt. is thumpingits chest. He said that theworst example of ill-treat-ment meted out to thefamily of Shri Grewal is ashame for the Modi Govt.He also highlighted thefailure on price rise, provi-sion of 2 crore jobs to theyouths and the plight ofthe border residents andrefugees which reflectsthe utter failure of the BJPGovt. Other who werepresent there includesRajni Bala ,Uday Chib,Neeraj Kundan,Sh.Hoshiar Singh ,Jatinder

Chib,Nimran Jeet , TraterSingh , Rakesh Singh,Bhavishan Singh ,Sarpanch Kuldeep Raj,Sarpanch Faker Chand, A j a yKumar,Vishal,Abhishek,Sunny Parihar, Amar Nath,Gopal Sharma , SurajBadyal, Bhupinder Singh ,Jatindewr Singh, ShahbajMohmad, Haji Kaka,Y u n i s ,D o d u , F a r e e d , A s h o kSharma,Mintu,BhagatRam,Subash Sani,PritamSingh,M R Bhagat,AjayS h a r m a , T a r u n , V i n a yBaru,Harbansla l ,OhmP r a k e s h , D e v r a j , P r i t uChib,Romal Singh,Ragubin Singh , Aju ,DevaSingh, RomeshS i n g h , M a k h n u ,N e t u , R a t t a nSingh,Kalvant SinG h , D a y a lSingh,Ohmkarsingh,Chaw a n l a l , C h a n d e rMohan,Kakumehta,NitaC h i b , M e h s h aC h a b , M a n j e e t rSingh,Kulbhushan Singh.Leading the protest atParwa in MarhConstituency Smt. InduPawar Ex-MLA andPresident MahilaCongress accused theModi Govt. of misleadingthe people through false-hood and its failure to ful-

fill the promise of OROPin toto, as a result the ex-servicemen are feelingbetrayed. She said that thesky rocketing prices of allcommodities of commonuse have proved the false-hood and hollowness ofthe Modi Govt. and allelection promises haveproved to be only“Jumlas” to befool themasses for vote bank. Theborder residents are facinggreat hardships in wake offiring from Pakistan andthe Govt. has failed to ful-fill the commitments tothem to provide alternateaccommodation and 5marlas plots in safe areasbesides failure to provideadequate compensationand relief to them.AtUdhampur the Congressactivists including ex-ser-vicemen have lashed outthe failure of the ModiGovt to fulfill the imple-mentation of OROP andother promises and theunprecedented price hikeand the deteriorating situ-ation on the borders. Thesenior leaders lambastedthe BJP for befooling themasses on the eve of gen-eral elections and madetall promises but the com-mon man is sufferingbecause of the polices ofthe Modi Govt. and theBJP which has adoptedantidemocratic and anti-people policies. Theyquestioned the ModiGovt. for the ill-treatmentto the family of ShriGrewal and crushing thedemocratic right ofprotests. They alsoaccused the BJP betrayingthe electorates of JammuRegion for the sake ofpower which has exposedthe real face of BJP.

Congress holds candle march protests over OROPat Marh, Raipur Domana and Udhampur

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Department of Economics,University of Jammu organized alecture on the decision of the gov-ernment to declare Rs. 500 andRs.1000 notes no longer as legal ten-der . Prof. Raj K. Mahajan fromPunjabi University Patiala delivereda lecture on “Invalidating Rs.500and Rs.1000 Currency Notes: A WarAgainst Black Money” In the firstsession Prof. Mahajan delivered alecture on Back Money in Indian:Issues and Challenges. In his lecturehe detailed about the issues , sources, estimates , Challenges , Model of

black income generation in legalactivities, Hawala transaction andhow it works and consequences ofblack money. In second session Prof.Mahajan talked compulsions of con-trolling the black money in the econ-omy and the challenges of the recentinitiative of the government of India.He appreciated the decision of thegovernment and time of declaringRs.500 and Rs. 1000 notes invalid inwar against black money. It willhelp us to fight corruption in thecivil life and elections would beexpected to be fair comparativelyand we shall be able to fight terror-ism by blocking financial channels

of terrorist organizations. He alsoassured the students that careshould be taken that rumors andpanic should not be created. Thiswill defeat the objectives of the ini-tiative taken by the government.However, he also cautioned the gov-ernment to make this decision suc-cessful by taking up measures tomake monetary transactions of thepeople easy by allowing banks towork for longer hours and on holi-days also. Awareness efforts shouldalso be made so that the public getsconfidence in the economy and eco-nomic system. The students from 1stand 3rd semester and scholars of thedepartment interacted intensivelywith Prof. Mahajan and asked manyquestions to clear theirdoubts.Earlier, Prof. FalendraSudan, Head, Department ofEconomics welcome Prof. Raj K.Mahajan. Prof. Jasbir Singh intro-duced the speaker and read out hisprofile. Prof. Parkash ChandAntahal presented the vote ofthanks. Among others, the pro-gramme was attended by Dr. AroonSharma , Dr. Sunita Sharma , Dr.Virender Koundal and Dr. ShalluSehgal.

lecture on “invalidating rs.500 and rs.1000 currencynotes: a war against black money” organized at Ju

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Jammu East MLA & partychief whip Rajesh Guptainaugurated 3 water cool-er's at different placesFirstly in the memory ofSham Churamani Jee atSanatan Dharam schoolJullaka mohalla ward no.2, Secondly in the memoryof Bhai ji Rajwal atC.l.Rajwal Academy KanjiHouse at Ward no. 7 andLastly at Rajinder Bazar.Costing Rs 4 lakhs. In thiscampaign MLA RajeshGupta accompanied byJMC official R.k.koul Andalso accompanied byRajinder Bazaar

Association members BalrajGupta, Preetam Rohmetra,Arjun Gupta, RamanGandotra, Krishan LalGupta, Aashiq Hussain AndSanatan Dharam SchoolMembers Mohan Lal

Vidyarathi, Satpal Rathore,Kuldeep Annand, SareshtaGupta And Social ActivistsRam Parkash Gupta &Kanchan.And also accom-panied by senior bJP leadersBansi Lal Bharti, Daleep

Gupta, Prof Sham, RaviSingh, PC Gupta SubashSanghra, Shashi Sapolia,Ved Parkash Padha,Surinder Annand, GulshanMahajan, Charanjeet, RajeshGupta, Gopal Gupta, AmitGupta, Rajkumar Guptaand Viney Gupta.RajeshGupta while speaking onthe ocassion said that theBJP government has put theJammu region on a fast trackof development and theprocess is irreversible. TheProminent who accompa-nied the MLA includedSamson gill, Amit sohtra,Jagjeevan, Balbir Singh,Santosh, Kuldeep Guptaand Lalit.

MLA inaugurates 3 water coolersat different places

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Boniface Prabhu - India’s No. 1wheelchair tennis player for yearsand the country’s first everParalympic medal winner wastoday flagged off from Jammu byDivisional Commissioner, PawanKotwal on his road expedition fromKashmir to Kanyakumari (K2K) cov-ering a distance of 3500 kilometers

on wheels. Starting today, over thenext 30 days, Boniface will partici-pate in more than 50 events hostedand facilitated by India’s one of thelargest selling soft drink brands –Thums Up jointly with theAmerican India Foundation a lead-ing NGO. Boniface as the lead of theThumsUp VEER K2K expeditionwill meet thousands of people, stu-dents, government officers, civil

society workers and sensitize themon various aspects and requirementsof PWDs. He also aims to help trainnearly 10,000 people in sign lan-guage and host awareness programsfor them. This first of its kind roadexpedition by a quadriplegic athlete,which also adds to theGovernment’s campaign for anAccessible India, was flagged offfrom the Hindustan Coca-Cola fac-tory at Gangyal, here the DivisionalCommissioner, Jammu in the pres-ence of Abhishek Jugran, Zonal vicepresident (North), Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd. Speaking atthe flag off, Abhishek Jugran, said,“Thums Up along with partnersAmerican India Foundation andBeing Human, already run theVEER campaign, which trains PWDsto make them employable. We areglad that Boniface is leadingThumsUp VEER K2K and I can’tthink of a better place and time tostart this journey. I look forward toworking with Boniface and review-ing the outcomes of this expedition.”

Div Com flags off Prabhu for Kanyakumari

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Highly appreciating Prime MinisterModi’s decision to take Rs500/- andRs.1000/- currency notes out of cir-culation, President of NationalMazdoor Conference (NMC) SubashShastri today termed it as historicaldecision since independence.Reacting on the decision Shastri saidthis masterly stroke has taken theground off from the feet of black

marketers, terrorists and fraudsters.“This very bold move should havetaken since fifteen years before.Political pressure has always pre-vented this Modi ji has fulfilled onemore election promise to people ofIndia”-Shastri said.Shastri urged thePrime Minister to take this endeavorforward by curbing illegal moneylaundering from offshore agenciesand banks. The need of the hour is torecover black money deposited in

foreign banks by those elementswho have so far enjoyed state orpolitical patronage. The days of par-allel economy should be over,Shastri added. “So far the battleseems to have been half won.Modiji’s next challenge should beaction against black marketers andunscrupulous traders and taxevaders. The dearness and cost ofliving of common masses also needsto come down,” Shastri remarked.

NMC hails taking out Rs 500 and Rs 1000currency notes of circulation

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Akhil Bharatiya VidyarthiParishad(ABVP) JammuMahanagar announcedG.G.M Science CollegeUnit declaring RishavRajput as President,Ankush Sharma asSecretary ,Kamaljeet Singhas College Incharge ,AnilBandral as Joint CollegeIncharge, SiddharthBardwaj as Senior VicePresident , Akshay,Naveen, Arjun, Samar,Aman mangaa, as VicePresidents. Rohit Parihar,Bounder Sharma ,Iknoor,Danish, Dheeraj, Vishal,Sanchit Salaria, Amarjeet,Narinder as Joint

Secretaries. Varun,Navneet Kotwal, Arunmanhas, Shubham, Jasvir,Jatinder, Rohit Parihar,Ankush, Anchal Singh,Nadeen Ahmed, are nomi-nated as ExecutiveMembers. Vishal Kotwal as

Cashier, Vishal as HostelIncharge, Mehul Rajput asNCC Incharge, Harvinderas Sports Incharge, Ankushas Media Incharge, YasirFeroz as Joint Cultural sec-retary, Milan Kumar asJoint NSS Incharge, Prithvi

Raj as Cultural ActivityIncharge. The team wasannounced by DeepakGupta ABVP JammuMahanagar Secretary andhe also motivated the newvolunteers to work up forthe students’ rights.

ABVP frames GGM Science College Unit

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:The Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has onceagain displayed courage oftaking bold decision aimedat fighting corruption, blackmoney, terrorism & coun-terfeit currency by scrap-ping Rs 500 & Rs 1000 notesin the Country. This is a his-toric step and common peo-ple across the country areappreciating the same. Thiswas stated by BJP statePresident & MLA SatSharma CA, while address-ing media persons atTrikuta Nagar Office. Hesaid that the PM reallydeserve appreciation andthe state unit of the partycongratulate the PrimeMinister for his firm resolveto root out black money andthat only a decisive PMcould have taken such adecision.“After the decisionof conducting surgical

strikes on launching pads ofterrorists across LoC,Narendra Modi has onceagain proved that he is will-ing to go to any extent forthe sake of national inter-est”, said Sat Sharma andadded that nothing can holdhim back when it comes totaking crucial decisionsaffecting the pride of thenation and the interests ofthe common citizens. Withthe scrapping of the existingRs 500 & Rs1000 notes, the

most beneficiary will be amiddle class and neo mid-dle class of the Indian socie-ty who is an honest taxpayer and contributestowards nation buildingand those who have beenindulging in black moneyhoarding, will now be iden-tified and exposed. The stepwill obviously open newopportunities for poor, neomiddle class and middleclass.Sat Sharma said that ahuman approach has been

adopted by PM by allowingthe use of these currencynotes in government hospi-tals for next 72 hours ascommon people mostly gofar treatment there and theyshould not be made to suf-fer. The existing notes of Rs500 & Rs 1000 denomina-tions will also be acceptedby railways, air and govern-ment buses ticket counters.He further said that the peo-ple will have access to realestate, higher education andhealth care facilities andcheck arms smuggling, spy-ing and money flow to ter-rorists.BJP State Vice-President Parmod Kapahi,State Treasurer ChanderMohan Gupta, StateSpokesperson Balbir RamRattan, AdditionalTreasurer Arvind Guptaand Library DepartmentIncharge K.B. Mohtra werealso present in the press con-ference.

PM displayed courage on scrappingcurrency notes: Sat Sharma

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:In the recently held All IndiaTenshinkan Karate Do Championshiporganised by JK Sports KarateAssociation affiliated with Tenshinkan

Karate Federation of India a member ofJapan Karate Federation (JKF) andrecognised by World KarateFederation. A two daylong NationalKarate Championship was held in JKPublic Kunjwani in which 19 states

from all over India participated.Karatekas from JK Public School,Kunjwani also participated andbrought laurels to the school by win-ning medals in the same. Karatekas ofthe school won 8 Gold medals, 13 Silvermedals and 10 Bronze medals in theirrespective categories. The school teamparticipated under the supervision ofSensai, Mr. Gopal Dass.The medal win-ners were congratulated by Mr. S.KSingh, Principal, in the morning assem-bly. He said that such talent should bean inspiration for others. He also laud-ed the efforts of the Coach, Mr GopalDass.

Karatekas of JKPS win accolades in nationals

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our Correspondentreasi, noV 09:Minister for Education, Mr NaeemAkhtar today reviewed the overallfunctioning and progress of variousschemes in the Education sector indistrict Reasi.Chairing a meeting, the Ministertook detailed component-wisereview of various schemes. Themeeting was attended by Minister ofState for Finance and Planning,Information Technology, Law,Justice and Parliamentary Affairs,Mr Ajay Nanda, CommissionerSecretary to Government, SchoolEducation Department, Mr ShaleenKabra, Director School Education,Jammu Babita Rakwal, State ProjectDirector, RMSA Saugat Biswas andDC Reasi, Ravinder Kumar.Speaking at the meeting, theMinister stressed the need for uplift-ing the standards of governmentschools and improving the quality ofeducation. He said new and innova-tive academic and vocational cours-

es would be introduced for the all-round development of students. Healso stressed the need for improvingthe infrastructure, revisiting the cur-riculum and maintaining requiredteacher-student ratio in the govern-ment schools. He urged thePrincipals of various educationalinstitutions in the district to focus onco-curricular activities for the all-round development of the students The meeting was informed thatunder SSA convergence plan, all 18buildings are in completion stagewhile under RMSA, out of the 29buildings, only 5 buildings havebeen completed and constructionwork of rest of the buildings isunderway.Detailed deliberations were alsoheld on various issues like shortageof staff, number of vacancies andinfrastructure of various educationalinstitutions. A number of prominentcitizens who attended the meetingraised various demands like DegreeCollege at Pouni and Katra, Higher

Secondary School at Ransoo,Introduction of Commerce stream inall the Higher Secondary Schoolsand science laboratory in GHSschools in the district. The Minister also conducted surpriseinspection at Government MiddleSchool Moori. He also visitedGovernment Degree College, Reasi.During his visit to various educa-tional institutions, the Minister inter-acted with the students and inquiredabout the quality of Education andfacilities being provided to them.Earlier, the Chief Education OfficerReasi, Mr Vinod Kumar Soni gave adetailed account of the variousachievements of the educationdepartment in the district through apower point presentation.Among others, SSP Reasi Tahir Bhat,ACD Suram Chand Sharma, ACRAbdul Sattar, CPO, HL Sharma, alldistrict and sectoral officers of vari-ous departments besides prominentcitizens attended the meeting.?

Naeem Akhtar reviews functioningof Education Department in Reasi

‘innovative vocational courses to be introduced in schools for all-round development of students’

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:AIBCU in a meeting welcome theDarbar move in Jammu and hopethat the state Govt. shall have thetension free working tenure toaddress the problems of the statepeople. Particularly for those whohave been disturbed by the Bordercross firing in which some innocentpeople have died; many injured andtheir domestic animals loss overwhich their livelihood sustains.Speakers and participants appealthe Govt. to take safety measures byproviding them family wise PaccaBunkers on war footing. Besides,members criticised the congresswhich decided to take a protestmarch for court arrest on 7th of Nov.2016 the day of opening of Darbar atJammu which only reflects thatCongress want to disturb Jammuregion like that of Kashmir valleyover the non-issues and are acting

like a frustrated fish out of water.Speakers and participants vehmeti-cally criticized the protest march ofCongress which ruled the state inde-pendently upto 1975 and then as acoalition partner with NC. Thespeakers stated that what MehboobaMufti is reaping now has been sownby Congress and NC. They neverdid social justice with the poor peo-ple of the state, particularly with thestate OBCs and the state OBCs arestill in lurch because of denial of dueshare as per Apex Court’s judge-ment of 1992; even failed to raise thelimit of creamy layer from 4.5 lacs to6 lacs which the centre Govt. did in2013. Opposition parties includingcongress have not supported theMehbooba Mufti’s Govt. for bring-ing normalcy in valley, ratherplayed politics by boycotting allparty meet convened by the UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singh. Thepeople of the state were fed up with

the corrupt policies of Congress andNC and threw them out of power in2014 elections. Now congress andN.C. if both have nothing to do, theyshould not do it in the Civil Sectt.and in the assembly which havebeen slipped out of their hands.Such protests and court arrests forthe sake of protests, cannot convincethe state people and they must waitfor four years to contest elections.Disturbing Jammu like Kashmir val-ley cannot be the acceptable policyof Congress and N.C. Pointing outfor corruption they must introspectwhether they gave a corruption freerule. So, state people in general andOBCs in particular should shun suchtype of political parties which areagainst the social justice and believeonly in pseudo secularism slogans.All members including M.R.Bangotra (Retd. CEO), Prof. KaliDass (Gen. Secretary) shared theirviews in the meet.

AIBCU welcomes Darbar move in Jammu

our CorrespondentraJouri, noV 9:During his tour of Rajouritown today BJP seniorleader and MLC VibodhGupta inaugurated a ultramodern Friends KaryanaStore at Rajouri. This storeis owned by a leadingbusinessman of RajouriMr. Vijay Gupta, who isalso the president of theRajouri Beopar Mandal.This karyana store willprovide all the quality andbranded day to day useitems. Addressing a gath-ering on the occasion MLCVibodh congratulated theowner of this new store forcoming up with this newbusiness venture inRajouri. While appreciat-ing the yesterday’s deci-sion of Hon’ble PrimeMinister of banning theRs. 500 and Rs. 1000 cur-rency, Vibodh said thatthis is a landmark andmost transformational

step in the Indian History.This will go a long way inchecking and eradicatingthe menace of corruptionand terrorism. Such a bolddecision by a visionaryleader like our PM willcertainly transform ourcountry into the mostdeveloped country of theworld. He further addedthat this will make ourcountry strong and moreand more developmentalworks will be possible, asnow corruption will sure-

ly become a thing of thepast. This step has createda wave of happinessamong the poor and mar-ginalized and those whoare sitting on black anddirty money arescared.Appreciating thenew business venture inRajouri MLC Viibodhhoped that this store willprovide quality productsto the citizens of Rajouri.He called upon the youthof Rajouri to come up withsimilar ventures as this

will also help in tacklingthe unemployment prob-lem of the area. He saidthat today the wholeworld is changing veryfast and this also createsopportunities for ouryouth who want to encashthese. He urged the local youthto work hard and be partof the Government’s mis-sion to take our country toall new heights. Latter theowner of the store VijayGupta thanked MLCVibodh for inauguratinghis new Karyana store andrequested all the citizensof Rajouri to visit his storefor all the quality prod-ucts. Prominent amongthose who were present onthe occasion includedRajinder Gupta, DineshSharma, Nirman Singh,Rajesh Rotra Rashid Bhat,Sushil Sharma,Pushpinder Gupta andRajiv Rotra.

Ban on Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes a trans-formational step in Indian history: VibodhInaugurates Modern Friends Karyana Store at Rajouri

our Correspondentsrinagar, noV 9:Police has arrested fourmiscreants involved in thearson incidents in which aschool building and awheel cart were damagedin Ganderbal.As has beenreported, that on October27 in the evening somemiscreants attempted toset on fire GovernmentBoys Middle schoolDuderhama, Ganderbal

by hurling a petrol bomb.In the incident some furni-ture of the school caughtfire.In another incident,miscreants set on fire awheel cart of a fruit ven-dor namely Abdul HamidKandroo son of GhulamQadir resident ofFatehpora, Ganderbal inwhich the cart was com-pletely damaged. FIRnumber 212/2016 and214/2016 were registered

respectively on the inci-dents and investigationtaken up.Keeping in viewthe gravity of offences aspecial investigation team(SIT) headed by DySPHqearters Ganderbal wasconstituted. During theinvestigation four accusedidentified as YasirMukdoomi son of Saif-u-din, Azam son of AbdulMajeed Wani, HuzaifRashid son of AbdulRashid Sofi and MubashirAhmad Tantray son ofFarooq Ahmad all residentof Duderhama were iden-tified and subsequentlyarrested. During thequestioning they con-fessed their involvementin crime.During the inves-

tigation it further surfacedthat Yasir Mukdoomi, amedical practitioner wasthe main instigator behindthese incidents and theconspiracy to burnschools etc was hatchedby him at his medicalshop at Duderhama.Besides he providedpetrol to the other accusedand helped them to makepetrol bombs that couldcause fire.All the four peo-ple after found involvedin these arson incidentswere arrested and subse-quently produced beforethe Hon,ble Court.Among the accused, threeare minor and are beingdealt under relevant sec-tions of law.

4 miscreants involved in 2 arsonincidents held in Ganderbal

State Govt orders posting of Junior

Scale KAS Probationers of 2015our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:State Govt has ordered posting of Junior Scale KASProbationers of 2015-batch vide Government OrderNo. 1219 GAD of 2016, Dated: 08 -11-2016 deployedfor 'On the Job Rotational Training', shall continue towork in the departments in which they are presentlydeployed, till further orders.

3 injured in road mishapsour Correspondentsrinagar, noV 9:Three persons were injured in a road accident inKulgam.A Tractor bearing registration numberJK03/1043 and a Van bearing registration numberBK7909 met with an accident at Nipora, in Kulgam,resulting in injuries to the van driver and two personsboarding the van. All the injured have been shifted toDistrict Hospital Anantnag for treatment. Kulgampolice has registered a case in this regard.

8 shops damaged in fireour Correspondentsrinagar, noV 9:Eight shops were damaged in different fire incidentsin Srinagar and Ganderbal districts of CentralKashmir.In Srinagar, fire broke out in a shop belong-ing to Mohammad Farid Sheikh son of Ghulam QadirSheikh resident of Sonwar at Sonwar, Srinagar ,resulting in complete damage to the shop.Meanwhile,broke out in the a shop at Jawahir Nagar in Srinagar,resulting in damage to the shop.In another incident,fire broke out at Bus Stand Batamaloo near MirakshahStand, Srinagar in which five shops weredamaged.Fire tenders with the assistance of policeand locals brought these fire incidents under control.In Ganderbal, fire broke out in a bakery shop belong-ing to Showkat Ahmad Sofi son of Ghulam Nabi Sofiresident of Tengpora at Behama Ganderbal, resultingin partial damage to the shop. Fire was broughtunder control by fire tenders and locals.

Male body with gunshot

marks recovered in Pattanour Correspondentsrinagar, noV 9:Police has recovered a male body with gunshot marksin Pattan area of Baramulla district this morning.Police recovered a body later identified as of ZakirHussain Badoo son of Ghulam Ahmad Badoo residentof Mehmoodpora, Pattan on the outskirts of his resi-dential village, this morning.The body has gunshotwounds in the chest. Post-mortem of the deceased isbeing conducted.Police has registered a case andinvestigation has been taken up.

Bhanu bags silver in Sanda CupJammu, noV 9:Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh of Jammu secured a silverin the just concluded 8th World (Sanda) Cup WushuChampionship at Xian in China. Overall, the Indianteam won four silver and a bronze medal. While thelone bronze came through Pooja, the silvers were wonby Uchit, Bhanu, Sanathoi and Monika across differ-ent weight categories, reports reaching hereinformed.In the overall medal tally, India rankedfourth with four silver and a bronze medal.

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Government SPMRCollege of Commercebagged the overall trophyin the inter-college boxingevent securing highest 16points earned out of gold,three silver and twobronze medals. The com-petition was organised bythe Director of Sports andPhysical Education,University of Jammu (JU)at J&K Police boxing rings,Gulshan Ground, heretoday.The GovernmentDegree College (GDC)Kathua remained at sec-ond place with 14 pointssecured from two gold, sil-ver and bronze medals.The winner SPMR Collegeof Commerce presentedthe title trophy byDirector, Directorate ofSports and PhysicalEducation, Prof AvtarSingh Jasrotia.Meanwhile,the weightlifting contestwas in progress and shall

compete tomorrow withthe holding finals. TheDetailed (Boxing) Results:46–49 Kg: Ajay Singh,GGM Science College, Ist;Amit Sharma, GDCRajouri, 2nd; Vijay Kumar,PG Departments andMaqsood, GovernmentMAM College, joint 3rd.49-52 Kg: Sanjeev Sharma,PG Departments, Ist;Rahul Sharma, GDCBishnah, 2nd; NareshKumar, MAM College andY Prabhakar, CommerceCollege, joint 3rd. 52-56Kg: Vishal Singh, GDCSamba, Ist; Sunny Taryal,Commerce College, 2nd;Kishori Lal, MAM Collegeand Ranjit Verma, PGDepartments, joint 3rd. 50-60 Kg: Hardesh, PGDepartments, Ist; TarunSharma, MAM College,2nd; Vasu Sodhi, GDCAkhnoor and Waseem,GDc Rajouri, joint 3rd. 60-64 Kg: Jameel Ahmad,MAM College, Ist; Vikas

Bhargav, GDC Rajouri,2nd; Sumeet Sharma, GDCAkhnoor and YogeshSharma, Science College,joint 3rd. 64-69 Kg:Abhinaydeep, GDCKathua, Ist; AmandeepSingh, Commerce College,2nd; Sanjay, GDC Sambaand Vipul, Science College,joint 3rd. 69-75 Kg: PankajFaunsa, CommerceCollege, Ist; Deepak, GDCSamba, 2nd; Rahul Verma,GDC Kathua and SumeetChoudhary, GDC Kathua,joint 3rd. 75-81 Kg: MohdSultan, GDC Kathua, Ist;Harshdev, CommerceCollege, 2nd and Rahul,PG Departments, 3rd.81-91 Kg: Ishant Sharma,GDC Kathua, Ist; RahullaMalik, MAM College, 2nd.Plus 91 Kg: AmanikJamwal, GDC Kathua, Ist;Sameer, GDC Kathua, 2nd;Rajat Sharma, CommerceCollege and SurjeetKumar, MAM, College,joint 3rd.

Commerce College bags Boxing trophy

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Mode of Transport is aterm used to distinguishsubstantially differentways to avail transport.The most dominant modesof transport are aviation,ship transport and landtransport which includesroad and off road trans-port. To make students toknow about the role oftransport in our day today life, Toddlers’ Worldconducted theme of themonth activity namely’Mode of Transport.’Student of Class U.K.Gspoke very well on thesubject. They came pre-

pared with the topic andbrought beautiful propswith them. Listening andspeaking skills wereelaborately covered inthis activity. Childrenwere thrilled in present-

ing themselves on themike. The co-ordinatorof the wing Ms. Jaya JPaul highlighted theimportance of transportin the life of a commonperson.

Toddlers’ World conducts themeof month activity

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:In a special drive today conducted againstuse of music systems and pressure hornsby ‘Matadors’ and Buses in Police SubDivision Akhnoor , nakas were estab-

lished at 7 locations and 40 erring vehicleshave been challaned. Music systems andpressure horns installed in all these vehi-cles have been removed and seized mate-rials shall be forwarded to court for fur-ther punitive action at their end.

Music systems and pressure horns removed vehicles

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:The University of Jammuheld an interaction sessionwith the media to share itsachievement of being award-ed A+ grade (Cycle III 2009-2016) with CGPA of 3.51,thereby makingtheUniversity, a part of anelite group of A+ Institutions.The function was well attend-ed by a wide section ofmedia.Dr. Meenakshi Kilam ,Director, Directorate ofInternal Quality Assurance, inher opening remarks spokeabout the Quality Assurancesystem and NAACAssessment andAccreditation process in theUniversity of Jammu.Sheapprised the house that in2002, the University ofJammu was graded as a Four

Star University, as per the sys-tem of accreditation prevalentat that time. QualityAssurance got a boost in theUniversity with the establish-ment of a Centre for QualityAssurance in 2005 to institu-tionalize Quality Assurance.In 2009, the University ofJammu submitted itself forreaccreditation and reassess-ment (Cycle II) in 2009 andobtained an A grade with aCGPA 3.17 for the period2002-2008. University ofJammu further demonstratedits commitment to qualityand excellence by upgradingthe Centre for QualityAssurance into a Directorateof Internal Quality Assurance(DIQA). She informed thatthe Directorate works as an inhouse consultant and anintervention strategist for

bringing new initiatives andenhance quality in the system.She further added that thepurpose of introducing newinitiatives is not getting agrade but to make a genuinedifference to the quality. Theharmonious and well coordi-nated functioning of theUniversity with the supportof all its internal stakeholderslike students, scholars, facultymembers, non teaching staffand external stakeholders likeAlumni, civil society , affiliat-ed colleges, parents , medialed to this achievement. Theguidance and patronagereceived from the Hon’bleChancellor , the Pro-Chancellor and the Hon’bleEducation Minister, J&KGovt. and other governmentState functionaries played therole of catalyst in this

regard.She thanked the ViceChancellor for the freedomand faith he reposed in herand her team, Convenors andmembers of the Committees,Liaison Officers, VisitCoordinators, TeamCoordinators and QualityAssurance & NAACCoordinators which motivat-ed all of them to work in uni-son with commitment anddedication. She attributed theachievement to the ViceChancellor’s commitmentand focus on quality assur-ance and accreditationprocesses.Prof. R.D.Sharma,Vice Chancellor, University ofJammu while addressing thegathering highlighted theachievements of theUniversity during the periodunder Assessment like intro-duction of Choice based cred-

it system,revamping andupdating syllabi based onUGC guidelines/competitiveexaminations in order toensure higher probability ofemployment of our students,introduction of entrance test,use of ICT, examinationreforms, improvement ininfrastructure and learningresources etc.He informedthat the University in 2016also achieved the distinctionof being ranked 64th in theNational InstitutionalRanking Framework.He fur-ther apprised the house aboutthe research achievements ofthe University which havebeen appreciated by the exter-nal agencies and speciallymentioned about the recentlyannounced PURSE pro-gramme (Promotion ofResearch and Scientific

Excellence) of the DST, GOIwherein the University hasachieved the rare distinctionof being one of the 29Universities to be grantedRs.16.75 crores on account ofimproved research perform-ance, based on qualifying theminimum h-index of 45 forthe publications from 2002-2012.In response to variousquestions posed by the media,he talked about different areasof functioning of theUniversity, mantainence ofdiscipline on the campus, newprogrammes and initiatives ofthe University. He also appre-ciated the role of the media asthe fourth pillar of democracyand a positive role that mediaand institutions of higherinstitutions can play inreforming & channelizing theenergy of the youth.

JU holds media interaction on getting A+ grade of NAAC

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our CorrespondentKishtwar, noV 08:Chief Minister MehboobaMufti today on her arrivalhere visited the shrine ofHazrat Shah Asrar ud Din(RA) and paid her obei-sance on the occasion ofthe annual Urs.On this occasion, she felic-itated people of the statein general, and people ofChenab valley region in

particular, and hopedsuch occasions bring backthe people their age oldpractices of harmony,brotherhood and amity.Minister of State for Hajj &Auqaf, Syed FarooqAhmad Andrabi andSecretary, Tourism,Farooq Ahmad Shahaccompanied the ChiefMinister. Mehbooba Muftirecalled the contribution

of Hazrat Shah Asrar udDin (RA) in the spiritualand social awakening ofthe people of the region.“We ought to emulate theteachings of moral values,communal harmony,brotherhood and welfareof masses which werepracticed by the late saintduring his lifetime,” theChief Minister said.The Chief Minister had

directed the Kishtwar dis-trict administration toensure availability ofessential supplies likeelectricity, drinking water,ration etc to the residentsof the area and devoteesduring the Urs days with-out any hassle.The Chief Minister lateralso visited the shrine ofHazrat Shah Farid-ud-DinBagdadi (RA) and HazratShah Akhyar-ud-Din (RA)and prayed for peace,prosperity and well beingof the state and its people.Earlier, on her arrival atKishtwar, the ChiefMinister was received byMinister of State forTransport, Mr SunilKumar Sharma, MLC, MrFirdous Tak, DeputyCommissioner, Kishtwarand other senior Civil andPolice officers besidesmembers of civil society.

CM pays obeisance at Hazrat Shah Asrar ud

Din (RA) dargah, felicitates people on Urs

our CorrespondentKathua, noV 9:Sher-e-Kashmir University ofAgricultural Sciences andTechnology of Jammu (SKUAST-J)under the aegis of Krishi VigyanKendra (KVK) Kathua organizedawareness-cum Farmers Fair onPradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojanaat KVK Rajhani, Kathua.The programme was inaugurated byMember Parliament Shamsher SinghManhas. MLA Kathua Rajiv Jasrotiaand Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu Dr Pradeep K Sharma werethe guests of honour on the occa-sion.In his address, Shamsher SinghManhas informed the farmers thatseveral centrally sponsored schemes(CSS) have been launched for thebenefit of the farming community.Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana(PMFBY) is the flagship programmeunder which the premium paid byfarmers has been reduced to 2% ofthe insured value for the more rain-dependent Kharif crop and 1.5% forthe Rabi season, compared with 3.5-8% charged for the two earlier

schemes - National AgriculturalInsurance Scheme (NAIS) andModified National AgriculturalInsurance Scheme (MNAIS). In thecase of horticultural crops, farmers’premium burden will be 5% of thesum assured or 50% of the total pre-mium. Manhas stressed upon thefarmers to take maximum benefitfrom the schemes launched by gov-ernment and urged the field depart-ment to prepare a roadmap to covermaximum farmers under theseschemes.MLA Kathua Rajiv Jasrotia high-lighted the importance of govern-ment schemes for the benefit of thefarming community. He furtheradvised farmers to take benefit of allthese schemes to the fullest so thatthe risks involved in farming may bereduced.Vice Chancellor SKUAST-JammuProf P K Sharma urged the farmersto be in regular touch with theUniversity and Krishi VigyanKendras of the district. He assuredthat the SKUAST and KVKs willmake all efforts to bring latest tech-nologies available elsewhere to the

doorsteps of farmers.Director Research SKUAST-J, Dr J PSharma emphasized upon the adop-tion of new technology in the formof improved seeds, recommendedby SKUAST.More than 400 farmers/farmwomen participated in the event.The national institutes and develop-ment departments including CSIR-IIIM Jammu, Agriculture, horticul-ture, social forestry, sericulture,floriculture, animal husbandry,sheep husbandry, and various pri-vate sector companies displayedtheir products at the stalls in the fair.The farmers and social groups ofJammu district such as NICRA vil-lage, Poultry farmers, sheep rearers,Mushroom growers etc. also partici-pated in the fair by raising theirexhibits. A ‘Beej Vahan’ of SKUAST-Jammu was also located at KVK forsale of improved seed to the farmersof the district. An exhibition on dif-ferent technologies available withpublic and private players wasshowcased and progressive farmerswere facilitated during the pro-gramme. A booklet on PradhanMantri Fasal Bima Yojana was alsoreleased and distributed among thefarmers during the fair.Earlier Associate Director Extension& I/c KVKs Dr. R.K. Arora, gave abrief account of many importantschemes of central & state govern-ments for development ofAgriculture & allied sectors inJammu region Dr. Amrish Vaid, Sr.Scientist and Head, KVK Kathuapresented the vote of thanks to theguests and farmers.

MP inaugurates awareness camp onPradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Minister for Food, Civil Suppliesand Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA),Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today saidthat the Government was keenlyworking to expedite the relocationof oil depots from city area to lesspopulated area.Speaking at a meeting convened toreview the process of shifting of oildepots that are presently locatednear Railway Station in Jammu, theMinister Zulfkar Ali said that thepresent location of the depots is amatter of concern for the presentdispensation. He said the depots aresurrounded by residential areas thepopulation of which has increasedmanifold over the years.Concerned Minister said that ifsomething wrong happens there, itcould lead to a big disaster, causingloses of human lives as well as prop-erty. The Minister said that keeping safe-ty of people in mind, the shifting ofthe depots becomes imperative andgovernment is working on a plan toaccomplish this task. Suggesting the concerned officers toidentify land away from populatedarea, the Minister said that initially

the Government was mulling toidentify land in district Samba forestablishing new depots. However,he said that the idea was droppeddue to certain reasons. While directing the concerned agen-cies to expedite the process for landidentification for relocation of thedepots, the Minister said that theprocess should be completed in atime bound manner. He said that itwould be better if everything, fromidentification, procurement andother legalities are completed byJune next year. The Minster asked the concerned

functionaries to ensure that the siteidentified for the relocation ofdepots was both people as well aseco-friendly step. He said that pre-

fer should be given to barren orwaste land, and if private land isacquired the owners are duly com-pensated. The Minister also stressed upon therepresentatives of oil companies toensure that they prefer local popu-lace for jobs at the new depots. Hesaid that the move should provideemployment to the locals and givesome sort of boast to State’s econo-my.Divisional Commissioner, JammuDr. Pawan Kotwal, InspectorGeneral of Police, Jammu, DineshRana, Deputy Commissioner,Jammu, Simrandeep Singh, DirectorFCS&CA, G. S Chib, along with therepresentatives from various oilcompanies attended the meeting.

Govt keenly working on relocationof oil depots: Zulfkar Ali

Stresses on early identification of safe, secure site

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Minister for Public Worksand Parliamentary Affairs,Abdul Rehman Veeritoday said thatGovernment has set quali-ty, sustainability and time-ly completion as thebenchmarks for develop-ment works being execut-ed in state. Mr Veeri saidafter inspecting the ongo-ing works of new Jammuand Kashmir LegislativeAssembly complex here. The Minister was accom-

panied by Speaker Jammuand Kashmir AssemblyKavindar Gupta, DeputySpeaker, Nazir AhmadGurezi, CommissionerSecretary PWD RohitKansal, Law Secretary ,MD JKPCC Daleep Thussuand Director InformationShahid Chowdhary. Mr Veeri directed the offi-cers to expedite the workon the construction of thecomplex which is comingup at a cost of Rs 160 crore.The officials informed theMinister that Rs 63 crore

have been incurred on theexecution of the project. The Complex is being builtover an area of 23465square meters with twobasements, 2 floors forLegislative Assembly and2 floors for legislativecouncil. The complex willalso house separate spa-cious galleries for visitors,officers and Press. TheMinister was alsoinformed that a separateSky Bridge is being con-structed to link the newAssembly Complex with

the Chief Ministers officein Secretariat. TheMinister directedManaging Director JKPCCto strictly adhere to thedeadlines. He cautioned that failurein meeting the targetswould be viewed seriouslymay invite stringent actionagainst the errant engi-neers. Mr. Veeri directedthe engineers to use quali-ty material in develop-ment works to ensure cre-ation of durable assets forthe state.

Veeri sets quality, sustainability and timelycompletion as benchmarks for dev works

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Government today con-ferred magisterial powersto 25 officers of LegalMetrology Department(LMD) to mitigate theproblems of consumers ina more efficient manner.The move came after theDepartment of Food, CivilSupplies and ConsumerAffairs took up the matterwith the Department ofLaw who issued SRO 341conferring powers to theLMD Officers.

“In exercise of powersconferred by sub section(1) of section 12 of theCode of CriminalProcedure, Samvat 1989and in supersession of allprevious notificationsissued in this behalf, thegovernment appointed thefollowing officers of theLegal Metrology

Department to be theExecutive Magistrates -first class who may exer-cise all the powers of anExecutive Magistrate ofthe first class while per-forming their duties with-in respective areas,” thenotification reads.According to the notifica-tion, VS Sambyal, DeputyController Jammu,Tanveer Ahmed Deputy,Controller Srinagar,Manoj Prabhakar, DeputyController EnforcementJammu, Mohammad BaqirDeputy Controller Kargil,MA Mughal DeputyController Taxi Meters, SSLabs Jammu, DilshadaBano, Deputy ControllerTaxi Meters Srinagar,Altaf Hussain Najar,Deputy ControllerBudgam, Ajay KumarAssistant ControllerSamba, Anita Sharma

Assistant ControllerUdhampur, Anil Kumar,Assistant ControllerRamban, Nazir AhmedDar, Assistant ControllerShopian, Kuldeep RajAssistant Controller Reasi,Ishey Panchok AssistantController Leh, JaideepSingh Sambyal, AssistantController Kathua, RajeshHeera, Assistant ControllerRajouri, Kewal Krishen,Assistant ControllerJammu, MohammadMuzaffar Wani, AssistantController Kulgam, SunilHiteshi, AssistantController Anantnag,Mudasir Rashid, AssistantController Baramulla,Shabir Ahmed Mir,Assistant ControllerBudgam, Kapil Dev SinghJamwal, AssistantController Kishtwar,Pushkar Raj, AssistantController Jammu,

Mohammad Amin Bhat,Assistant ControllerBandipora, Fouzia Rubeen,Assistant ControllerGanderbal and ManzoorHakeem AssistantController Pulwama havebeen conferred with theMagisterial powers.Congratulating the offi-cers, Minister for Food,Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs,Choudhary Zulfkar Alistressed upon them towork with more dedicationand commitment. He saidthe step has been taken toboost the morale of the offi-cers and empower them sothat they resolve the mat-ters of consumers in moreefficient manner. He said that conferringthese powers to officerswill ultimately mitigate theproblems of the consumersin the state.

Govt delegates magisterial powersto 25 LMD Officers

move aimed at mitigating grievances of consumers: minister

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Inter-Battalion Sports Tournament-2016 was declared open byAdditional Director General ofPolice Armed (ADGP), Mr. L.Mohanti here today at a colourfulfunction held at Sports StadiumGulshan Ground.More than 500 men and womensports personnel and athletics, rep-resenting 13 battalions of IRP andArmed Police Jammu Zone, are par-ticipating in the 10-day longTournament which will conclude on19th November. Inaugurating the mega sports event,Mr. Mohanti said that sports createcamaraderie among the youth andhelps them in maintaining theirphysical and mental fitness. Headvised the youth to take part in thesports activities and avail the bene-fits of reservation provided by thegovernment under sports categoryin competing different professionalexaminations. He said that the tournament is an

annual event in which sports per-sonnel from the Battalions of IRPand Armed Police (Jammu Zone)participate to excel their talent invaried disciplines including athlet-ics, basket ball, volley ball, handball, tug of war, boxing, wrestling,weight lifting, swimming, shooting,hockey, kabbadi, marathon. shortput, hammer throw, javelin throw,

discuss throw, long jump and highjump.Giving further details, Mr. Mohantisaid that Tournament is beingplayed at different venues includingGul;shan Ground, JammuUniversity, KK Hakku Stadium andDistrict Po0lice Lines. All the eventsof the Tournament are being playedon knock out basis as per the ruleslaid down by All India Police SportsControl Board.Elaborating the importance ofsports, the ADGP said that theTournament is organized with theaim to create sportsmanship amongthe personnel to enhance their disci-pline and talent. He said that theoccasion also creates a team spiritamong the participants to face anyhostile situation in day-to-day activ-ities. The tournament helps theorganizers to identify the talentedsports person to form a strong con-tingent which could represent theArmed Zone in the Inter Zone

Tournament being organized by JKPannually. The selected players alsogo ahead to represent theOrganization at other national andinternational competitions, he main-tained.Earlier, welcoming the chief guestand participants, IGP IRP (JammuZone), Mr. Yoginder Koul, who isalso Chairman of OrganizingCommittee, gave a brief resume ofthe Tournament. He said that tomake the event a success the organ-izing committee had made goodarrangements for maintenance ofplaying fields and also proper sani-tation in and around the venues. Hesaid that the sports activities havebeen proving much effective inboosting the morale and physical fit-ness of the police personnel. TheInter-Battalion Meet would provideopportunity to the personnel per-forming professional duties in dif-ferent areas of the State to gettogether and interact.

JKP winter sports calendar begins

adg mohanti inaugurates interbatallions sports meet 2016

our CorrespondentpoonCh, noV 09:The District Legal Service AuthorityPoonch organized National LegalService Day at Mandi, Poonch.Speaking on the occasion, DistrictPrincipal & Session Judge T.K. Rainawho is also the Chairman of DistrictLegal Service Authority said thatthe day was being observed to com-memorate the birth of legal aidmovement and also to sensitize the

people about various programs ofthe government for the welfare andit also ensure the respect for eco-nomic, social and cultural rightswhich are engaged to in relation tosocial security, housing, social care,health and education services whichmay provide publicly or privately.Present on the occasion were SpecialMobile Judge Ehsaan Malik, MobileMagistrate Wajahet Kazmi, seniorpolice officers, galaxy of lawyers

besides officers running variouswelfare schemes of the government.Others speakers also threw light onthe significance of generating aware-ness and avenues to the people whootherwise are unable to afford legalrepresentation and access to thecourt system. Large number of peo-ple from the area besides studentsand media persons enlightenedthemselves of their legal rights andservices in the program.

dlsa poonch organizes ‘national legal service day’

our Correspondentsrinagar, noV 09:Divisional Commissioner,Kashmir, Baseer AhmadKhan, today conducted anextensive tour of SrinagarCity and reviewed theprogress of ongoingdevelopmental works.In order to take firsthandappraisal of ongoingdevelopmental projects,the Div Com visitedGovernment DegreeCollege Bemina to inspectthe ongoing constructionof College’s New HostelBlock, Social ScienceBlock, Classrooms and

Canteen Block. He wasinformed by the officialsthat new hostel facilitywill fulfill the much need-ed accommodation facili-ties for the College’sgrowing student commu-nity. The project would becompleted at an estimatedcost of over Rs. 9.29 crorewith the completion dateof October 2017. The DivisionalCommissioner asked theconcerned to expedite theprocess of constructionand adhere to the setdeadline.Later, the Div Com visited

Sri Pratap CollegeSrinagar to review expan-sion of educational facili-ties at the College underRashtriya UchchatarShiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)scheme. He was informedthat more than 50 percentprogress has beenachieved on the projectcomprising Auditorium,Canteen, Cafeteria andToilet Block. The project isscheduled for completionby July 2017 at an estimat-ed cost of over Rs 13.85crore. The DivisionalCommissioner issueddirections for fast-track-

ing the work on the proj-ect to strengthen the exist-ing infrastructure of theeducational institution.During the city tour, theDivisional Commissionerwas briefed by the offi-cials of Department ofIrrigation and FloodControl about broad con-tours of the dredging ofRiver Jhelum from off-take of flood spill chan-nel to Panzinara. He wasinformed that theDepartment wouldachieve a target of dredg-ing eight lakh cubicmetres of debris from the

river by the end of March2017. It was also said thatthe dredging wouldincrease the carryingcapacity of river Jhelumand its flood spill chan-nel by 10000 cusecs,which amounts to anincrease of 10 percent.The dredging would becompleted at cost of overRs. 20.3 crore. On the occasion, theDivisional Commissionerdirected officials to forma monitoring squad tocheck illegal dredgingand to take action as perlaw against violators.

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our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Governor N.N. Vohra inaugurated thenewly constructed Guest House build-ing of Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS) atPanjgrain, Nagrota, here today. ThisGuest House would provide board,lodging and medical facilities for Yatristo Shri Amarnathji and Shri MataVaishno Devi Shrines.Appreciating the Sangha’s commitmenttowards the service of humanity, theGovernor congratulated the BSS on theoccasion of its centennial celebrationsand the world wide philanthropic andselfless activities of its monks and work-ers. The Governor recalled the healthcare services provided by BSS for theShri Amarnathji Yatris at theChandanwari Yatra Camp, beyondPahalgam, during the entire Yatra peri-od and hoped that the new Guest Housewould make the pilgrimages even morecomfortable for the Yatris.The Governor observed that more suchcharitable and selfless organizations likethe BSS would make a valuable contri-bution towards the upliftment of the

down trodden and needy segments ofthe society. He noted that the activitiesof such organizations highlight andreinvigorate our ethical traditions andserve as a guiding force for the better-ment of humanity.The Governor announced a prize ofrupees eleven thousand for the younggirl students, studying in school run byBSS in Jammu, who sang the NationalAnthem and distributed blankets,arranged by the BSS, to the needy per-sons living in the adjoining villages.Mr. Jugal Kishore Sharma, MemberParliament and Mr. Devender SinghRana, MLA Nagrota spoke on the occa-sion and lauded the efforts of BSS fortheir social welfare programmes andappealed to the Sangha to continue itshumanitarian services for the disadvan-taged sections of the society. SwamiSasvatanandaji Maharaj, Joint SecretaryBSS highlighted activities of the organi-zation in his address.Swami Biswatmanandaji Maharaj,Organizer BSS, and Mr. H.C. Katoch,Trustee, BSS, presented the WelcomeAddress and Vote of Thanks.

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Minister for Industries and Commerce,Chander Parkash Ganga today hailedthe Prime Minister's decision of rollingthe 500, 1,000 currency notes out of theIndian economy with subsequentreplacements.Speaking on the grave issue of corrup-tion and its acceptance as a socio-eco-nomic norm in the day to day activities,the Minister said, “This abrupt swap-ping of currency notes is indeed a surgi-cal strike on corruption which has tar-geted the hoarded black money withabsolute precision", adding that the acthas punished every corrupt official,businessman, agents and intermediariesequally without any class discrimina-tion.Acknowledging the challenges associat-ed with the move, the Minister urged

the people to extend full cooperation tothe government and banking system. Hesaid, “This is a bitter pill which willsting for a while but will cure the diseaseof corruption in near future".He also expressed confidence that polit-ical parties, workers, social organisa-tions and the media will go several stepsfurther to cooperate with the govern-ment in making it a success.Addressing the effects of currencyswapping on industrial and commercialactivities, the Minister expressed hopefor greater transparency and said, “Thisis the moment to bring in transparencyin all the economic transactions associat-ed with business by making cashlessaccount payments as this mode of pay-ment is still available". There is no rea-son for a genuine and honest citizen tofear the change and the new financialflow will resume in 2 days, he added.

Ganga applauds currency swap,

appeals for cooperation

Governor inaugurates BharatSevashram Sangha’s Guest House

Div Com Kashmir undertakes city tour, reviews pace of ongoing dev projects

our CorrespondentKishtwar, noV 09:Chief Minister, MehboobaMufti today said theChenab valley is full oftourist potential andGovernment is makingefforts to make it part ofthe adventure andtrekking circuit whichwould generate hugeemployment for the localyouth.Addressing a well attend-ed gathering after layingfoundation stone of aTourist Facilitation Centre(TFC) at Gulab Garhtoday, the Chief Ministersaid unemployment is amajor problem in theregion and tourism hashuge potential of employ-ing local youth. She saidthe area falls in thetrekking route to Zanaskarand would also be made

part of the Adventuretrack.The Chief Minister saidMachail Yatra also givesemployment to localyouth and efforts wouldbe made to attract touriststo the area. She said manydevelopment activities

have been started in thearea which would mitigatethe problems of the peopleto a great extent.The Tourist FacilitationCentre would be complet-ed within two years andwould extend facilities tothe tourists visiting the

area.The Chief Minister saidmany developmental ini-tiatives have been plannedfor the area including aDegree College at Paddarand a separate Maternaland Child Hospital. Shesaid the area is known for

sapphire mines and theGovernment is keen to getthe same tendered out sothat the area gets a devel-opmental and economicpush.Minister of State forTransport, Sunil Sharmain his address said the areais poised for a develop-mental push and manynew schemes and pro-grammes for the area havebeen thought out.MLC, Firdous Tak alsoaddressed the gatheringand sought support ofpeople in strengtheningthe government in itsefforts.Secretary, Tourism,Farooq Ahmad Shah andCEO, KishtwarDevelopment Authorityand other senior officerswere present on the occa-sion.

CM lays foundation stone of TFC at Gulab Garh

Says Chenab valley full of tourist potential

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 09:Speaker, J&K LegislativeAssembly Kavinder Guptatoday said youth should bemotivated to pursue higherstudies in their choice offields so that they canbecome active participantsin nation building process.The Speaker said this whileinaugurating constructionworks for the link road con-necting to Sant Mela SinghCollege of Education,Digiana Camp. Being con-structed at an estimatedcost of Rs 3.5 lakh by theJMC, the project alsoincludes establishing sys-tematic drainage systemalong the road.

Addressing the gathering,the Speaker said that theconstruction of this roadwill facilitate the studentsof the college by providingthem good connectivitywhich is essential in sup-porting and strengtheningthe basic education infra-structure in the state.‘This seemingly smallstretch of road would cater

mainly to the student fra-ternity attending this col-lege. Youth are the realassets, treasure of a nation.Young children are mal-leable and only educationcan shape them into posi-tive contributors for thenation and state ’Kavinderasserted.The Speaker further saidthat concerted efforts are

being made to develop andupgrade the basic infra-structure available to thepeople in the state.Later, the Speaker visitedBelicharana site identifiedfor rehabilitation of thepeople displaced due totheir lands being includedin the proposed extensionplans for Jammu Airport. The people informed the

Speaker that land maphave already been drawnfor this site and plots havebeen demarked for allot-ment.The Speaker assured thepeople that he will reviewthe modalities of the caseand ensure that the processfor allotment and sitedevelopment is expeditedfurther.

Become active participants in nationbuilding: Kavinder to students

our CorrespondentJammu, noV 9:Deputy Chief Minister Dr NirmalKumar Singh today asked theofficers to ensure smooth func-tioning of Shri Mata Sukrala Deviand Mata Bala Sundri Ji ShrineBoards by involving all the stake-holders in the day to day func-tioning and also providing thedevotees with the requisite facili-ties.The Deputy Chief Minister wasaddressing officers and membersof the Board during the reviewmeeting convened to discuss thefunctioning of these Boards.The meeting was attended byDivisional commissioner JammuDr Pawan Kotwal, DC Kathua, MrRamesh Kumar, SSP Kathua, JointDirector Tourism, Mr VisheshPaul, other senior officers, MrZorawar Singh Jamwal, MrPawan Shastri and other Boardmembers.The Deputy Chief Minister direct-ed the officers to expedite thedevelopmental issues of the

Boards by ensuring time boundcompletion of various infrastruc-tural works so that the devoteescoming to pay their obeisance getthe requisite facilities. He said theGovernment is committed toensure smooth functioning of thetwin boards and the bottlenecks,

if any should be removed by col-lective efforts of all the stakehold-ers.Dr Singh also asked for comingup with a comprehensive modelfor overall supervision of theBoards which would also cater tothe functioning of the other reli-

gious Boards in the state as well.He said by doing so we would beremoving the lacunae if any in theoverall functioning and also pro-vide quality facilities to the devo-tees.The Deputy Chief Minister saidthat the Government is commit-ted to give flip to the religioustourism in the State and in thisregard a comprehensive mecha-nism has been put in place whichwould ensure development ofvarious religious places andshrines across the State. He said itwould also result in elevating thesocio-economic profile of theseareas besides also providing thepeople with the opportunity ofdischarging their religious dutiesand obligations.The meeting also discussed vari-ous issues related to the overallinfrastructural development ofthe Boards, appointment ofhuman resource to man theseBoards, enhancement in thewages of the Board employeesand other related things.

DY CM chairs Mata Sukhrala Shrine Board meetingexpedite developmental, other issues: dr singh to officers‘govt committed to promote religious tourism’

our Correspondentr s pura, noV 09:A Legal Awareness Campwas today organized atITI College, R.S. Pura.Ms Rekha KapoorNischal, Chairman TehsilLegal ServicesCommittee, R. S. Pura,Tehsildar Suchetgarh, Sr.Prosecuting Officer,Superintendent ITICollege, President BarAssociation, senior andother members of Bar,Retainer Lawyers, PLVs,college staff, students andgeneral public includingborder victims participat-

ed in the camp.The main purpose fororganizing this camp wasto lay emphasis on legalliteracy and increase legalawareness amongst themasses especially thosewho live in border areasand where legal literacy islacking. The effort was also topublicize legal aidschemes so that the targetgroup, for whom LegalServices Authorities Acthas provided for free legalaid may come to knowabout the same andapproach the concerned

legal services, functionar-ies. Besides this, in pur-suant to the directions ofthe District Legal ServicesAuthority, Jammu a tem-porary Legal Aid Clinicwas also opened by TLSC,R.S. Pura in the Collegewhere two relief campshave already been openedby district administrationwith specific directions tothe Para Legal Volunteersto hear the grievances ofthe firing victims on LOCso that the same could beforwarded to the DistrictLegal Services AuthorityJammu for their redressal.

our CorrespondentsamBa, noV 09:The National Legal ServicesDay was observed today inthe District Court ComplexSamba under the chairman-ship of M L Manhas,Chairman District LegalServices Authority(Principal District &Sessions Judge) Samba incollaboration with chair-man Tehsil legal ServicesCommittee (Sub-Judge/CJM) Samba,Deepak Sethi. On the occa-sion, Chairman DLSA

apprised the participatingSupervisors, Panchs,Sarpanchs, Anganwariworkers, AnganwariHelpers, Litigants and gen-eral masses about the sig-nificance of National LegalServices Day and legalrights of general masses.Chairman TLSC Samba,Swati Gupta, AdditionalSpecial Mobile Magistrate,Shabnam Sheikh, Munsiff,Junaid Imtiyaz Mir,Additional Munsiff Sambaalso spoke on the occasionand apprised the partici-

pants about J&K StateLegal Services AuthorityAct 1997. Advocates,Khanmotra, Satish Dutta,Rahul Sambyal, K D Singhspoke on social welfareschemes and alternativedispute resolution, rights ofchildren and juvenile jus-tice, women rights andempowerment. All mem-bers of bar associationSamba, members of policeprosecution wing, CDPOSamba Deepak Kumar andother officials were alsopresent on the occasion.

Legal Awareness camp organized at R S Pura

our Correspondentnew delhi, noV 09:South Asian Journalists Association(SAJA) is inviting applications from free-lancers and staff journalists in any medi-um, who have demonstrated experiencein completing high-level and comprehen-sive journalistic projects, for a reportingfellowship.

The Fellowship aims to encourage in-depth reporting projects on major eventsrelating to South Asia or South Asians.Fellows will be awarded betweenUS$3,000 and US$7,000 to pursue theirproject. The deadline for applying for thefellowship is December 15, 2016. Formore details regarding the fellowship logon to: http://www.saja.org/srf.

saJa invites applications formedia fellowship

National Legal Services Dayorganized at Samba