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SRINAGAR: In a swift

operation a day after the

attack, the special operations

group of the Jammu and

Kashmir pol ice arrested 22-

year-old Zubair ali as Abu

Tallah alias Riaz from

Chattabal areain the outskirts

of the city late Thursday

night when he was talking to

his handlers, official sources

said on Friday. The Pakistani

militant arrested in a major

breakthrough in the suicide

strike that killed five CRPFmen was a Lashkar-e-

Taiba(LeT) recruit and it was

he who allegedly dropped the

two "fidayeens" (suicide

attackers) in the outskirts of

the city on the day of the

attack, investigations show.

Zubair, a resident of

Multan in Pakistan, is the

second person to be arrested

in the attack on the CRPF

camp near the Police Public

school in Bemina on

Wednesday after Bashir alias

Haroon Bhai was held hours

after the attack.

Sources said that Bashir,

who hailed from Uri along

the line of control (LoC) in

Baramulla district, had tipped

the state police aboutZubair's movements which

led to his arrest.

The sources said that

Zubair told the interrogators

that he had dropped the two

fidayeens hailing from his

country along with Bashir, a

surrendered militant.

According to the police,

Zubair had crossed over from

Uri in north Kashmir a month

back and was followed by the

two fidayeens who hailed

from Sahiwal and Dera Gazi

Khan in Pakistan.

Zubair showed no signs of

resistance when he was being

overpowered by the SOG

personnel on a roof top in a

densely populated area when

he was talking to his han-dlers, they said.

During his night-long

interrogation, the arrested

terrorist gave details about

his recruitment by terror out-

fit contd on page 2

NEW DELHI:The time is

"not right" for the removal

of AFSPA fromJammu and

Kashmir, Army

Chief Gen Bikram

Singh said on fri-

day emphasising

that any decision

on this "should not

be politicised". The

army chief, who

was speaking at the

India Today con-

clave was asked to commenton Union Minister Farooq

Abdull ah's demand for

repeal of the AFSPA

(Armed Forces Special

Powers Act) fromthe state.

He said "We only make rec-

ommendations. I f I was to

be asked, I would say that

the time is not right

at the moment to

tamper with this

enabling act. We

should not take

away AFSPA at this

juncture" On sug-

gestions that the

army was not listen-

ing to the

Government on the issue asfinance minister had stated

that the Government wants

the law to go but Army has

objections on it, he said, "If

a contd on page 2

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no change indiesel rate

NEW DELHI: The state-

owned oil marketing firms

(OMCs) have reduced the

prices of petrol by Rs 2 per

liter effective from midnight

today. This comes after prices

of international gasoline

(petrol) softened by more than

$3 a contd on page 2

Controversial UPSCnotification kept onhold after uproar in

Lok SabhaNEW DELHI: The govern-

ment Fri day put on hold a

controversial notification

making proficiency in English

a requirement for aspirants of

the Indian Administrative

Service (IAS) as most Lok

Sabha members opposed it.

"The said notification will

be in abeyance. We will call a

meeting of UPSC (Union

Public Service Commission)

officials to resolve the issue,

keeping in mind the views

expressed by the members,"

Minister of State for

Personnel and Training V.

Narayanasamy told the Lok

Sabha.

The house had to be

adjourned earlier as many

members raised the issue ask-

ing for revocation of the

March 5 notification by the

UPSC, which conducts the

examination for all-India

services. Rashtriya JanataDal

(RJ D) chief Lalu Prasad

moved the motion in the

house which was supported

by

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Pakistan has emerged as a big destab-

lising factor in the whole of South

Asia. I t's mili tary and Ji hadi combine

packaged by the ominous ISI is fast becom-

ing a hub of terror. The intransience and total

disregard of established norms of interna-

tional relations came into full play when on

Friday the national Assembly of Pakistan

passed a resolution in favour of Parliament

bombing mastermind Afzal Guru. The pass-

ing of resolution in favour of a terrorist in

the National Assembly proves the culpabili-

ty of whole Pakistani systemin abetting and

fomenting terrorismin our country. Pakistan

has now proved beyond any shred of doubt

that there are not only non-state actors but

also State actors which eulogize and make amartyr out of terrorists. Otherwise praising

the attacker on our Parliament was some-

thing that Pakistan should have desisted

from. But how can Pakistan understand

democracy. It has no experience of democra-

cy and freedom. They have now established

before the international community that they

are what they are -- terror mongers. But

there is a far greater problem which is

becoming a festering wound for thecountry.

This problemis being created by those pro

Pakistani peoplewho live a life of pomp and

show at the expense of I ndian tax payer's

money. They enjoy the freedom of India'

democracy and taste the ripe frui ts of our tol-

erance. They vomit out all venomagainst the

country that sustains and nurtures them. The

common man of the country is bewildered.

He needs answers from those who run this

country. Have we becomeso weak that we

cannot root out these snakes who are li ving

within us? Have weturned so credulous thatwe believe in Pakistan all the time? Why

cannot we ignorePakistan? Is it impossible

for us to live without Pakistan? The rulers of

this great country please answer.

Ranasahib

Have we become so weak?Pakistan's Direct Involvement in the

Suicide Attack on CRPF Jawans ConfirmedOne more arrested, reveals story

BEIJING: Li K eqiang

became Chinese premier on

Friday while General Fan

Changlong and General Xu

Qil iang were endorsed as

vice chairmen of the coun-

try's top mili tary body at the

annual parliamentary session.

Li was endorsed at the

ongoing session of the 12th

National People's Congress

(NPC), the country's top leg-

islature, said.Nearly 3,000 NPC

deputies voted to approve the

nomination of L i, by newly-elected President Xi J inping,

as the candidate for premier

at the ongoing parliament

session.

He is the seventh premier

since China was founded in

1949, replacing Wen Jiabao

who had headed the State

Council since2003.

Li , born in 1955 in Anhui

province, joined the

Communist Party of China

(CPC) in 1976 and graduated

from Peking University withlaw contd on page 2

J AMM U, MAR CH 15:

Participating in the discus-

sion related to the grants of

the various departments G.M.

Saroori lauded government

for establishing grievance

redressal cell to get the requi-

site feedback from different

quarters about the implemen-

tation of various schemes and

also complaints if any. He

demanded early implementa-tion of Bloeria Commission

Report for establishment of

new blocks at Bunjwah,

Mugalmaidan, Thakrie,

Sarthal, Khara and Bhatyas

of Inderwal constituency and

staff for block Chatroo,

Ki shtwar, Drabshallah,

Bhalessa by way of engage-

ment of Junior Engineers on

contract bases to job card

holders against works. He

stressed on strengthen ofPanchayat Raj by implemen-

tation of 73rdA mendment,

immediate conduct of Block

Development Council (BDC)

elections in the state.

Saroori demanded on the

floor of the assembly that

provision to increases IAY

cases from1no to 10 no per

panchayat, timely formation

of plans for all the schemes,

enhancement of BRGF fund-

ing for rural areas. Earlycontd on page 2

Li Keqiang becomes Chinese premier

NEW DELHI: Both houses of

parliament Friday unanimously

passed a resolution rejecting

Pakistan National Assembly

motion against the execution of

Parliament House attack convict

Afzal Guru.

"This house totally rejects the

resolution passed by the National

Assembly of Pakistan on March

14," said the resolution, which was

read out in the Lok Sabha by

Speaker Meira Kumar and in theRajya Sabha by Chairman M.

Hamid Ansari. The resolution was

adopted unanimously.

"The house rejects interference

in the internal affairs of I ndia and

calls upon the National Assembly

of Pakistan to desist from acts of

support for extremists and terror-

ists," the resolution said. It said

that only the fulf ilment of

Pakistan's commitment that "it will

not allow its territory to beused for

terrorism against India" can be the

basis for peaceful relations with

that neighbouring country.

The resolution also stressed that

the border state of J ammu and

Kashmir, including its territories

occupied by Pakistan, is an integral

part of India. "The house reiterates

that the entire state of J ammu andKashmir, including territory under

illegal occupation of Pakistan, is

and shall always be an integral part

of India, contd on page 2

Themembers of the BJP and

Panthers Party staged a

walkout of the Jammu &

Kashmir legislative assembly.

Protesting the resolution of the

Pakistan National Assembly. The

Pakistan National Assembly on

Thursday condemned the execu-

tion of Afzal Guru, convicted of

conspiracy that led to the terrorist

attack on India's Parliament Housein 2001. The resolution also

demanded that the body of Afzal

Guru be contd on page 2

J AMM U: Jammu and

Kashmir unit of BJ P on

Friday alleged that both

National Conference and

Peoples Democratic Party

were working on the "diktats

of the separatists" and speak-

ing their language.

Taking strong exceon to

Pakistan passing a resolution

demanding return of mortal

remains of Parliament attack

convict Afzal Guru to his

family, BJP state spokesper-

son Ji tendra Singh alleged

that NC and PDP are also

sticking to the same stand.

"Both, NC and PDP, are

working under the diktats ofcontd on page 2

NC, PDP speaking languageof separatists: BJP

NEW DELHI: Angered by

Italy reneging on its com-

mitment to send back its

two naval guards, India is

downgrading its diplomatic

ties with i t which means

there will be no ambassa-

dor-level representation

between the two countries.

India's ambassador-des-

ignate Basant Kumar Gupta

was asked not to proceed to

Rome as a review of entire

gamut of ties with I taly was

underway by the govern-

ment. Government sources

said, "The decision of not

sending Mr Gupta to

assume his position i s tanta-

mount to thefact that India

wants to keep diplomatic

ties with Italy at a level

lesser than the ambassa-

dor." contd on page 2

Airp orts Put on Alert to s top Italian envo y

India's home ministry has put the country's airports on

alert to prevent Italy's ambassador from taking flight, in

a dramatic escalation of a dispute over two Italian

marines who skipped bail while on trial in Delhi for murder.

An order has faxed to immigration authorities as saying:

"Immigration authorities have been alerted that Daniele

Mancini should not leave without permission." The home

ministry is just following the contd on page 2

J AMM U, MARCH 15:The State Cabinet,

which met here on Friday evening under the

chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Omar

Abdullah has ordered transfers and postings

in Civil and Police Department.

Shaleen Kabra, IA S,

Commissioner/Secretary, APD, has been

transferred and posted as

Commissioner/Secretary, Technical

Education and Youth Services & Sports

Department, relieving Mr. Bipul Pathak of

the additional charge. Dr. Asgar Hassan

Samoon, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir,

has been transferred and posted as

Commissioner/Secretary to the Government,

Agri culture Production Department, vice Mr.

Shaleen Kabra. Mr. Shailendra Kumar, IA S,

awaiting orders of posting, has been posted

as Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, vice

Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon. Mr. Farooq

Ahmad contd on page 2

Saroori raised various demands includingConstruction of the Journalist Colonies

NEW DELHI: The

Securities and Exchange

Board of India has

moved the Supreme

Court seeking deten-

tion of Sahara Group

Chief Subrata Roy

and two Group

directors. In its

application placed

before the court on Friday,

SEBI also sought an orderdirecting Roy and three oth-

ers to deposit their passports

with the court.

The SEBI appli-

cation sought from

the apex court an

order permitting its

W h o l e - T i m e

Member to take

measures for the

arrest and detention

in 'civil prison' of the Sahara

promoter, Subrata Roy, andthe contd on page 2

SEBI seeks arrest of Saharachief Subrata Roy

India moves to downgrade ties withItaly, not to send ambassador

Passes Resolution and asks Pak not to interfere

Not right time for removal of AFSPA,Decision should be apolitical: Army Chief

Cabinet orders a major reshufflein Civil and Police Administration

Rajesh Kumar, IPS: 95,promoted as IGP, Jammu Zone

K. Rajendra Kumar, IPS:84, ADGP,

Armed, Law & Order has been transferred

and posted as DG, Prisons Department. Mr.

P.L. Gupta, IPS:84, Commissioner of

Vigilance, J&K has been transferred and

posted as ADGP, (Coordination) PHQ,

against a newly created post. Mr. Navin

Agarwal, IPS:86, ADGP, Prisons

Department has been transferred and posted

as DG, Youth Services & Sports vice Mr.

J.P. Singh, KAS. Smt. Duety Rani Doley,

IPS:86, presently on leavehas been posted

as ADGP, Homeguards and Civil Defence.

Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh, IPS:87, IGP

Trainings/CIV, PHQ, upon his promotion

has been posted as ADG, Security, J&K vice

Dr. Ram Lubhaya. He shall takeover the

charge of the contd on page 2

States BJP, Panthers react strongly, walk out from Assembly

United stands Indian ParlimentJ&K, including territory under ill egal occupation of Pak, is and shall always be an integral part of India

MLAs of BJP, Panthers party demanding a discussion on the resolutionpassed by the Pakistan Assembly.

BJP state spokesperson Dr. Jitendra Singh addressing media.

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United stands ....

" it said.

"Any attempt fromany quarter

to interfere in theinternal affairs

of India will be met resolutely

and with complete unity of our

nation," the resolution added.

Earlier, Leader of Opposition in

the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley took

up the issue at 11 a.m. as soon as

the upper house met.

He said the Pakistan National

assembly resolution was an "offi-

cial stamp of approval" on the

attack that almost triggered a war

between India and Pakistan and

no friendly ties or dialogues were

possible with Pakistan. "Not only

is this an interference in the inter-

nal affairs of India but this is an

approval of the worst terror attack

on India," he said.

Minister of State for

Parli amentary Affairs Rajeev

Shukla said the whole house

agreed with J aitley's sentiment.

Pakistan's National Assembly

Thursday passed a resolution con-

demning the hanging of parlia-

ment attack convict Afzal Guru.

Afzal Guru, hanged Feb 9 after

being on death row for about

eight years, was found guilty of

plotting the attack on parliament

Dec 13, 2001.States B JP, Panthers....

returned to his family.

BJP member Ashok Khajuria

said: "Pakistan is interfering in

the internal affairs of India, and

by passing this resolution; it

(Pakistan) has given its stamp of

approval to the terrorist attack on

Indian Parliament. This also indi-

cates that Pakistan was behind

that attack.".

Raising slogans against

Pakistan's resolution, the mem-

bers walked out of the state

assembly.

Petrol price slashed ....

barrel in thelast fortnight. New

Delhi: Oil marketing companies

(OMCs) on Friday decided to cut

petrol price by Rs 2 per liter,

effective from midnight, the

steepest reduction in rates in nine

months.

While petrol price has been cut

by Rs 2 per liter, excluding local

sales tax or VAT, there will be no

change in diesel rates.

After including VAT, the

reduction in price of petrol in

Delhi comes to Rs 2.40 per liter

and thefuel will f rom midnight

tonight cost Rs 68.34 per liter as

against Rs 70.74 currently.

It was expected that oil f irms

wil l also effect the monthly hike

of 40-50 paisa per liter in diesel

rates but they deferred the deci-

sion apparently to save the gov-

ernment from trouble in

Parliament.

When oil firms had last hiked

petrol price on March 2, the

Opposition parties had disrupted

one full day's proceedings.

The cut in petrol pricefollows

two rounds of hike in rates since

February. Petrol price was hikedby Rs 1.50 a li ter on February 16

and then by Rs 1.40 per liter from

March 2. Both the increases were

excluding local VAT.

The reduction in rates was

possible as international oil prices

have eased. While the slide in

international prices of crude oil

from USD 112.73 per barrel to

USD 107.41 enabled reduction in

petrol prices, it also helped lower

losses on diesel sales.

Losses on diesel have come

down to Rs 8.64 per li ter fromRs

11.26 at the beginning of the

month, according to Indian Oil

Corp (IOC) which announced the

price revision.

Oil firms calculated the retail

price on 1st and 16th of every

month based on averageimported

oil price on the previous fortnight.

NC, PDP speaking...

Pakistan-sponsored separatists

and that is why they speak exact-

ly the same language," said

Singh.

He alleged that there was a

nexus between NC, PDP, the sep-

aratist forces in K ashmir and the

Pakistan Government.

"Pakistan National Assembly

resolution condemning the hang-

ing of Afzal Guru and demanding

return of his body to his relatives

has clearly exposed the dubious

nexus shared by the ruling NC

and PDP with the Kashmir sepa-

ratists," Singh said.

"It should not be difficult to

judge as to what was themotiva-

tion and compulsion behind the

eagerness of both the NC and the

PDP to bring a resolution on sim-

ilar lines in the JK L egislative

Assembly," he added.

Singh, who is also BJP's

national executive member,

attacked the Chief Minister Omar

Abdullah for not being present at

the wreath laying ceremony of the

slain CRPF jawans, who were

kil led in Wednesday's attack in

Bemina area of Srinagar.

Questioning NC's demand for

revocation of A rmed Forces

Special Powers Act (AFSPA),

Singh said: "If the CM and other

leaders are genuinely convinced

about improvement in security

scenario, they should first set an

example by surrendering their

personal security."

Meanwhile, BJ P state secre-tary Bali Bhagat condemned the

cane-charge by JK Police on BJP

activists yesterday and said that

the government should immedi-

ately order a high-level inquiry to

fix the responsibility against the

erring police officials.

Cabinet orders a ...

Factoo, IAS,

Commissioner/Secretary to the

Government, School Education

Department has been transferred

and posted as

Commissioner/Secretary to the

Government, BPE, and

Floricul ture Departments. Mr.

Shiv Dev Singh Jamwal, IAS,

Director, H&P Department, be

designated as Director General,

Hospitality & Protocol

Department. Mr. Hirdesh Kumar,

IAS, awaiting orders of posting,

has been posted as Secretary,

School Education. Ms. Shagufta

Parveen, IA S, Secretary, BPE,


Chairman, SSB, relieving Mr.

Mohd. Afzal Bhat of the charge of

the post.

Mr. Sanjeev Verma, IAS,

Deputy Commissioner, J ammu,


Transport Commissioner, J &K,

vice Mr. Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo.

Mr. Mohd. Afzal Bhat, Member,

SSB, holding the charge of the

Chairman, SSB, has been trans-

ferred and posted as Secretary,

Cooperatives Department, reliev-

ing Commissioner/Secretary,

Agriculture Production Deptt., of

the additional charge. Mr. Mehraj

Ahmad Kakroo, Transport

Commissioner, has been trans-

ferred and posted as Secretary to

the Government, Transport

Department, reliving the

Secretary to the Government,CAPD, of the additional

Charge.Mr. Parvez Ahmad Malik,

IAS, Director, CAPD, J ammu,


Director, Area Planning, against

an available vacancy. Mr. Baseer

Ahmad Khan, IA S, Deputy

Commissioner, Srinagar, has been


Director, Panchayati Raj, against

an available vacancy. Mr. Ramesh

Kumar Koul, I AS, Director,

Estates, has been transferred and

posted as Special Secretary to the

Hon'ble Chief Minister, against

an available vacancy. Mr. Abdul

Majid Ganai, IAS, Additional RC,

New Delhi, has been transferred

and posted as Deputy

Commissioner, Ganderbal,

against an available vacancy. Mr.

Aj it Kumar Sahu, IAS, Deputy

Commissioner, Poonch, has been

transferred and posted as Deputy

Commissioner, Jammu, vice Mr.

Sanjeev Verma. Mr. P.K . Pole,

IA S, Deputy Commissioner,

Udhampur, has been transferred

and posted as Director, School

Education, Jammu, relieving Mr.

Hilal Ahmad Parray of the addi-

tional charge. Mr. M. Raju, IAS,

awaiting orders of adjustment,

has been posted as Deputy

Commissioner, Poonch, vice Mr.

Aj it Kumar Sahu. Ms. Yasha

Mudgil, IAS, Project Director,

SSA, has been transferred and

posted as Deputy Commissioner,

Udhampur, vice Mr. P.K. Pole.

Mr. J atindera Kumar Singh, IAS,

Additional Secretary, Planning &

Development Department, has

been transferred and posted as

Deputy Commissioner, Kathua.

He shall, however, assume the

duties of the post on 31-03-2013

(AN), on the superannuation of

the present incumbent, Ms.

Zahida Parveen Khan. Mr. Shyam

Vinod Meena, IA S, Additional

Deputy Commissioner, Kathua,


Deputy Commissioner, Ramban,

viceMr. Shabir Ahmad Bhat. Mr.

J.P. Singh, Director, Youth

Services & Sports, has been asked

to report General Administration

Department for further posting.

Mr. Farooq Ahmad Shah, KAS,

Deputy Commissioner, A nantnag,


Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar,

vice Mr. Baseer Ahmad Khan.

Mr. M.H. Malik, KAS, Special

Secretary, Planning &

Development Department, hasbeen transferred and posted as

Director, Estates, J&K, vice Mr.

R.K. K oul. R.K. Verma, KAS,

Special Secretary, GAD, has been


Director, SSA, vice Ms. Yasha

Mudgil. Mr. Shabir Ahmad Bhat,

KA S, Deputy Commissioner,

Ramban, has been transferred and

posted as Special Secretary,

Planning & Development

Department. Mr. Farooq Ahmad

Lone, KAS, Director, Agriculture,

Kashmir, has been transferred and

posted as Deputy Commissioner,

Anantnag, vice Mr. Farooq

Ahmad Shah. Mr. Mohammad

Saleem Shishgar, KAS, awaiting

orders of posting in the GAD, has

been posted as Secretary, State

Vigilance Commission. Mr. G.S.

Chib, KAS, Special Secretary to

the Government, General

Administration Department, has


Director, CAPD, Jammu viceMr.

Parvez Malik. Mr. Robin Singh

Mehta, KAS, Director, Tourism,

Jammu, has been transferred and

posted as Additional

Commissioner, Jammu, in the

office of the Divisional

Commissioner, Jammu, against

an available vacancy. Mr.

Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, KA S,

Additional DDC, Baramulla, has


Director, Agriculture, Kashmir,

vice Mr. Farooq Ahmad Lone.

Mr. Asif Hameed Khan, KAS,

Joint Director, Tourism, Mumbai,


Addl. Resident Commissioner,

New Delhi, viceMr. Abdul Majid

Ganai. Mr. Soujanya Kumar

Sharma, KAS, Executive

Director, Mubarak Mandi

Heritage Society, has been trans-

ferred and posted as Director,Tourism, Jammu, vice Mr. Robin

Singh Mehta. He shall also hold

the additional charge of the post

of Executive Director, Mubarak

Mandi Heri tage Society. Mr.

Tariq Hussain Ganai, KAS,

awaiting orders of adjustment,

has been posted as Chief

Executive Officer, Gulmarg

Development Authority, vice Mr.

Mehmood Ahmad Shah. M r.

Mehmood Ahmad Shah, K AS,

Chief Executive Officer, Gulmarg

Development Authority, has been

transferred and posted as Deputy

Commissioner, Commercial

Taxes (Vigilance & Inspection),

Kashmir, against available vacan-

cy. Mr. Subash Chander Chibber,

KA S, A dditional Secretary,

Higher Education Department,


Additional Secretary, General

Administration Department.

Rajesh Kumar, IPS: 95....

post on 31st March, 2013, on

the superannuation of Dr. Ram

Lubhaya. Mr. Shiv Murari Sahai,

IPS:87, IGP, K ashmir Zone upon

his promotion, has been posted as

ADGP, Armed, vice Mr. K.

Rajendra Kumar. Mr. Dilbagh

Singh, IPS: 87, IGP, Jammu Zone

upon his promotion has been

posted as MD, Police Housing

Corporation which post is hereby

declared equivalent in rank and

status to that of ADGP. Mr.

Owais Ahmad Sheikh, I PS:87,

IGP, Technical Services upon his

promotion as ADGP, shall await

orders of posting in the Home

Department.. Mr. Rajesh

Kumar, IPS:95, DIG, North

Kashmir Range, Baramulla, upon

his promotion, has been posted as

IGP, Jammu Zone, vice Mr.

Dilbagh Singh. Mr. Abdul Gani

Mir, IPS: 94, IGP, Crime, J&K,


IGP, Kashmir Zone, vice Mr.

S.M. Sahai. Mr. Suleman Salaria,

IPS: 94, IGP, Personnel, PHQ has


Commissioner, Civil Military

Liaison vice Mr. P.R. Manhas.

Mr. Yoginder Koul, IPS:94, IG,

Home Guards has been trans-

ferred and posted as IGP, State

Human Rights Commission,

against an available vacancy. Mr.

Arun Chowdhary, IPS:91, IGP

(HQ) PHQ has been transferred

and posted as IGP (Pers), PHQ,

vice Shri Suleman Salaria. Mr.

Deepak Kumar, IPS:93, IGP,Vigilance has been transferred

and posted as IGP (HQ), PHQ,

vice Mr. Arun Kumar

Chowdhary. Syed Javed Mujtaba

Geelani, I PS:94, awaiting orders

of posting, has been posted as IG,

Crime vice Mr. Abdul Gani Mir.

Mr. S.S. K handare, IPS:95, DIG,

CIV, PHQ upon his promotion

has been posted as IGP, Technical

Services and CIV. Mr. Alok Puri,

IPS:94, MD, Police Housing

Corporation has been transferred

and posted as IG, Vigilance. Mr.

J.P. Singh, IPS:96, DIG, J ammu


DIG, Baramulla. Mr. Ashkoor

Wani, I PS:99, SSP, Udhampur

upon his promotion be transferred

and posted DIG, Doda- K ishtwar.

Mr. Ali Mohd Bhat, IPS:99, SSP,

Vigilance upon his promotion has

been posted as DIG, Vigilance.

Mr. Shakeel Ahmed Beigh,

IPS:98, DIG, Traffic, Jammu has


DIG, Jammu. Mr. Gareeb Dass,

IPS: 97, DIG, Doda-Kishtwar has


DIG, Udhampur. Mr. Shafqat

Watali, IPS:96, DI G, Traffic,

Kashmir has been transferred and

posted as DIG, Traff ic, J ammu.

Mr. Jagjit Kumar, IPS:96, DIG,

Udhampur has been transferred

and posted as DIG, Traffic,

Kashmir.

India moves to ....

Gupta being asked not to pro-

ceed to Rome creates an unusual

situation for Italian ambassador

Daniele Mancini who would in

the normal course be asked to

leave but his case is before the

Supreme Court which has

restrained himfromleaving India

without its permission.

The apex court passed theorder after it was brought to its

notice that the Republic of I taly

has reneged on its assurance

given through i ts ambassador to

the Supreme Court. Mancini has

been asked by the Court to

respond by Monday.

Therefore, the government

may inform the apex court about

downgrading of diplomatic ties

and depending on the court's

view, it may decide about

Mancini accordingly.

Meanwhile, all the exit points,

including airports across the

country have been alerted to pre-

vent the Italian ambassador from

leaving the country. The decision

was taken by the Union home

ministry, official sources said.

On Thursday, the government

had also announced decisi on to

initiate review of entire gamut of

relations with Italy which

includes diplomatic, trade and

defence ties apart from reaching

out toEuropean Union, which was

briefed on India's views and posi-

tion i n the matter.

Official spokesman in themin-

istry of external affairs had said

the"entire expanse of our interac-

tion" with Italy was being

reviewed while stressing that

Italy has to "respect and abide" by

theagreements between it and the

Supreme Court.

The two naval guards -

Massimil iano Lattore and

Salvatore Girone - facing trial for

allegedly killing two Indian fish-

ermen last year, were permitted

by the apex court on February 22

to go to Italy for four weeks for

voting in election and directed to

return within four weeks.

Airp orts Put on Alert ...

Supreme Court's order of pre-

venting the Italian ambassador

from leaving India." "He will

have to inform the immigration

authorities if he wants to leave the

country." An official from senior

homeministry said.

The Supreme Court ordered

on Thursday that ambassador

Mancini , who had negotiated the

release of the marines so they

could return home to vote, should

remain in India until the next

hearing about the dispute.

Mancini signed an affidavit giv-

ing his personal assurance that the

two marines would return. The

Supreme Court ruling appeared to

run contrary to diplomatic normsguaranteeing the freedom of

movement of foreign envoys and

risks a further souring of relations

between Rome and New Delhi.

Article 29 of the Vienna

Convention on Diplomatic

Relations of 1961 states that

diplomats shall "not be liable to

any formof arrest or detention".

But India's foreign ministry

has argued that "if the diplomatic

agent willingly submits to the

jurisdiction of a court, then that

jurisdiction applies".

The marines shot dead the

fishermen off India's southwest-

ern coast when a fishing boat

sailed close to an Italian oil tanker

they were guarding. They say

they mistook the fishermen for

pirates.

Italy insists the marines should

be prosecuted in their homecoun-

try because the shootings

involved an Itali an-flagged vessel

in international waters, but India

says the killings took place in

waters under its jurisdiction.

Officials said the Italian gov-

ernment's decision to revoke its

commitment to return the marines

had put their ambassador in an

'impossible position.' He has not

signaled any desire to leave India

in the near future but Rome's

decision and the political row it

has caused has made a diplomatic

resolution of the marines' case

less likely

Li Keqiang becomes...

and economics degrees.

After working as provincial

leader in Henan and Liaoning

provinces, he was elected to the

Standing Committee of the

Political Bureau of the CPC

Central Committee in 2007 and

appointed vice premier in 2008.Li was re-elected to the

Standing Committee of the

Political Bureau of the CPC

Central Committee in November.

Chang Wanquan, Fang

Fenghui, Zhang Yang, Zhao

Keshi, Zhang Youxia, Wu

Shengli, Ma Xiaotian and Wei

Fenghe were appointed the CMC

members after Xi's nomination

was approved by the national

lawmakers.

General Fan, born in May

1947, is currently a member of

the Political Bureau of the 18th

Communist Party of China (CPC)

Central Committee and a vice

chairman of the CPC Central

Military Commission.

General Xu, born in March

1950, is currently a member of

the Political Bureau of the 18th

CPC Central Committee and a

vice chairman of the CPC Central

Military Commission.

Zhou Qiang was elected presi-

dent of the Supreme People's

Court at the annual session.

SEBI seeks arrest ....

two directors Ashok Roy

Choudhary and Ravi Shankar

Dubey after giving themreason-

able opportunity for hearing.

The apex court Bench will

hear the case in the first week of

April . The matter relates to the

Supreme Court's direction on

August 31, 2012, to two Sahara

Group companies - Sahara India

Real Estate Corporation (SIRE-

CL) and Sahara Housing

Investment Corporation (SHICL )

- to refund Rs 24,000 crore to

their investors within three

months with 15 per cent interest

per annum, for raising the amount

in violation of rules and regula-

tions. The regulator on February

13 seized the assets and proper-

ties of the two Sahara companies,

besides freezing their bank

accounts as also of their promot-

ers and directors. The attached

property includes Aamby Valley

Ltd.

In a statement responding to

SEBI's application, Sahara ques-

tioned the regulator's power to

arrest Subrata Roy and chal-

lenged it to find or prove even one

fictitious investor. "SEBI in its

status report has asked for Civil

Detention, knowing well that

such provisions of Code of Civil

Procedure (CPC), prescribing the

same as a mode of execution ofdecree do not apply to SEBI , as

under the SEBI Act, application

of CPC is clearly barred and ruled

out and also the fact that no ques-

tion of any such non-compliance,

on the part of Sahara officials do

arise in view of theentire unpaid

amount having been deposited

with SEB I and the records of

redemption made submitted to

themfor verification," theGroup

said.

Saroori raised various....

completion of incompletepan-

chayat ghars in the state as 1788

Panchayat Ghars had taken in

hand by the government.

Enhancement of funds under CD

and panchayats and implementa-

tion of sanction programme in all

panchayats.

He demanded that government

should made provisions of planta-

tion under MGNREGA, timely

availabili ty of sheets for formula-

tion of labour payment bills. He

said payment should be given

through cheque in respect of

works executed under CDF and

MPL AD funds in favour of bene-

ficiaries. Saroori demanded early

construction of colonies for resi-

dential purpose in favour of

media person and allotment of

plots in favour of ML AS at

Jammu and Srinagar.

He stressed for early conduct

of local bodies in the state .He

demanded construction of bus

stand at Thatri, construction of

slab over Nallah at Thatri from

both side of road, construction of

shopping complex at Thatri from

revenue component. Engagement

of sweepers in MAC Thatri,

release of wages in favor already

engaged casual labors and FSL

lights in MAC thatri.He stressed on confirmation of

HR workers as permanent daily

wagers and monthly payment of

wages in their favour, Issue of

tool kits to HR workers for main-

tenance of ongoing water supply

schemes and engagement of per-

sons who have gained ITI diplo-

mas in respect of PHE sector to

avoid the staff shortage in respect

of technical issues. Immediate

construction of Kandi Canal as

per revised DPR, engagement of

clerical staff for Hydraulic divi-

sion Kishtwar and Sub Division

for Gondoh and sanction new

W.S.S (DPR stands submitted in

respect of Inderwal constituency).

Saroori demanded installation

of 50no of hand pumps in

Inderwal constituency and release

of 1 crore for repair and mainte-

nance of ongoing water supply

schemes under task forest com-

mission.

Pakistan's DirectInvolvement....

LeT in Pakistan and also

claimed he joined the outfit in

view of the abject poverty hewas

living in. Zubair has two sisters

and an elder brother in Pakistan

and the family is reported to be

financially weak with the father

working in farms, the sources

said.He has undergone several

training sessions with LeT includ-

ing those given by known

Lashkar commanders like

Hanzullah and Furqaan, police

claimed, and said he had attended

the last training session six

months back. However, he has

not been able to provide the actu-

al identity of the two terrorists

who carried out thesuicide attack.

The two terrorists, disguised

as cricketers, stormed a CRPF

camp here in the first major attack

in the city in three years. They

were killed by the security per-

sonnel.

Not right time forremoval....

decision is taken by the

Government, we are ready to

relocate." Replying to a query

whether the army did not want to

move out of the counter-insur-

gency roles, Gen Singh said, "We

are losing our officers and men

day in and day out. We are not

there for fun.

"We are there as the nationwants us to be there. We are not

getting fun out of dying. We are

there because we are mandated to

do so." He said it was seen that

when the conditions are not good,

"no one says anything but when-

ever things are improving in the

counter-insurgency operations,

you will find that there is anti-

army rhetoric." The army chief

said theforce was not in the state

for any "army-centric" agenda

and was performing i ts tasks in

the national interest.

Controversial UPSC....

members of most parties.

"This is a conspiracy by UPSC

members who know English.

They have inserted an English

paper by sidelining the regional

languages and Hindi," said Lalu

Prasad.

Besides opposition parties

such as the Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJ P), Communist Party of India

(CPI), JanataDal-United (JD-U),

Biju J anata Dal (BJD), Akali Dal

and the Trinamool Congress, gov-

ernment allies such as the DMK

and the National Conference also

opposed the move to impose

English on candidates, and said

this would not provide students a

level playing field.

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J AMM U, MAR CH 14-

Minister for Higher

Education Muhammad Akbar

Lone today inaugurated 3-

day Bharat Nirman Public

Information Campaign

(BNPIC) organized by Press

Information Bureau (PIB ),

Ministry of Information and

Broadcasting, here at

Vijaypur.

Speaking on theoccasion,

the Minister said that such

programmes help to aware

general masses about various

centrally sponsored schemes

and called for launching sim-

ilar campaigns in all regions

including Leh, K ashmir andJammu so that the benefits of

these schemes percolate

down to the targeted lot.

He said media and civil

society can play a pivotal role

in highlighting the pro-

grammes and policies of the

government.

The Minister lauded the

cultural programme present-

ed on the occasion and said

that it presented the centuries

old composite cultural ethos

of the State

Earlier, the Minister

inspected stalls set up by var-

ious departments of state and

centre governments, banks

etc and evinced keen interest

in the projection of schemes

under various sectors. He

appreciated the endeavour of

PIB for organizing such pro-grammes for the rural uplift-

ment.

District Development

Commissioner, Samba,

Mubarak Singh also spoke on

the occasion and highlighted

the achievements under dif-

ferent centrally sponsored

schemes under implementa-

tion in the district.

The resource persons

delivered lectures on various

flagship schemes under the

Bharat Nirman Rural

Development programme

like MGNREGA, NRHM,

SSA, Mid Day Meal

Schemes and RAMSA.

Song and DramaDivision, a Media Unit under

Ministry of Information and

Broadcasting presented a

variety cultural show which

was highly lauded by the

audience present on the occa-

sion. Directorate of Field

Publicity has launched 2-day

pre-publicity for the main 3-

day campaign in and around

Vijaypur to mobilize the peo-

ple for the the campaign

being organized at Vijaypur.

A large gathering includ-

ing panchs, sarpanchs and the

local people thronged the

venue to extract benefits out

of thesecentrally schemes.

Welcoming the digni-

taries, the Assistant Director

PIB spoke about the aims andobjective of organizing the

campaign.

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NEWS IN BOXPower shutdown on Mar 17

J AMM U, MARCH 14 - In order to carry out the preventive

maintenance of equipments and replacement of worn out

jumpers, clamps and droppers thepower supply to entire

Udhampur, Doda and Kishtwar district shall remain affected

on March 17, 2013 from9 a mto 2 p m.

Awarene ss Camp at Ramgar h

DODA, MARCH 14: District Industries Centre Doda

organized a seminar-cum-awareness camp at Ramgarh in the

premises of High School Baggar to generate awareness about

the schemes and incentives being provided by the depart-

ment.

Functional Manager District Industries Centre Doda Dr.

Javed Iqbal Rather , Industrial Promotion Officer Amresh

Kotwal and Junior Asstt. District Industries CentreDoda

Mohd. Sharief gave a resume of various schemes of the

Department. Sarpanch Panchayat Halqa Ramgarh (Baggar)

Mohd. Farooq Mir with Panches Mohd. Gulshan Khokhar,

Mishri Khan, Nimirla Devi, Ranu Devi and locals of the area

were present in the awareness camp. The Sarpanch

Panchayat Halqa and Head Master High School Baggar also

stressed upon the peopleto avail the benefi ts provided under

various schemes for setting up of their own ventures.

3 Day Employment Fair at Reasi

REASI, MARCH 14 - A three day Employment fair was

organised at sports stadium Reasi by District Employment

Counselling Centre Reasi in collaboration with various line

departments. The 3 day fair was inaugurated by ADC Reasi

S.Rajinder Singh Tara. CPO Reasi J anak Raj, AD employ-

ment Sulakshna Thakur, N.T Reasi Rajesh Sharma, District

Officers of various departments , Sarpanches, Panches of

block Reasi and a large number of unemployed youth were

presented on the occasion.ADC Reasi stressed upon the various department to

ensure that benefit of the schemes percolateto thegrass root

level and asked them to organise more such awareness

camps . On this occasion candidates under JK SES were dis-

tributed cheques by the Employment department. The

District Urban Development Agency, Reasi also provided

subsidy under USEP scheme to four candidates who were

given six months training in computer hardware and main-

tenance On this occasion a colourful cultural program was

presented by the local folk artists

Bushan Lal calls on Law and ParliamentaryAffair s Min ister

J AMM U, MARCH 14: Senior National Conference leader

and EX MLC Mr. Bushan Lal Bhat today called on Law and

Parliamentary Affairs Minister, M ir Saif-ullaha and apprised

him about the Management of Temples and Shrines of

Kashmir Valley. Mr. Bhat informed the Minister that the

Shrine Bil l i s pending before the LegislativeAssembly from

the last four years and demanded that theB ill may kindly be

passed during the current Assembly session, so that the con-

fidenceof Kashmiri Pandit community may be restored fur-

ther as the government has already given assurance to the

Management fromtime to time. The Minister assured that he

will look into thematter and action will be taken on appro-

priate time. Commissioner Secretary, Law, was also present

on the occasion.

Shamim Firdous condemns killing of Altaf

SRINAGAR, MARCH 14: MLA, Habba Kadal and

Chairperson, J &K State Commission for Women, Ms.

Shamim Firdous today condemned the Saidaporafiring inci -

dent in which Altaf Ahmad Wani was kil led and demanded

an inquiry into the incident.

She expressed her condolences with the bereaved family

and prayed for the eternal peace to the departed soul.

Ms. Shamim Firdous urged thegovernment to take care

of the dependents of the deceased and asked for adequate

compensation for the bereaved family.

Task Force meeting of Khadi & VillageIndustries Board held

KATHUA, M ARCH 14 -Additional District Development

Commissioner, Kathua Ajay Singh Jamwal chaired a District

Level Task Force Committee meeting of J&K Khadi &

Vil lage Industries Board ( K VI B) here at Kathua today.

The committee conducted interviews of the prospective

applicants under the Prime Minister's Employment

Generation Programme (PMEGP), and approved 38 caseswith project cost of Rs 228.23 Lacs District Officer KVIB

Jagmohan Singh, Manager DIC, Bharat Bhushan, represen-

tatives of J&K Bank, SBI, JK Bank, SC/BC Corp and ITI

Kathuawere also present in themeeting.

CRPF driver arrested by police

SRINAGAR, MA RCH 14: Police on Thursday arrested the

CRPF driver for allegedly crushing an elderly person from

Central Kashmir to death at Solina, Srinagar.

According to reports, during the late hours on Tuesday, a

speedy CRPF vehicle bearing registration number

HR680749 hit an elderly person, GhulamAhmed Chopan of

Frisdabh, Charar-i-Sharief at Solina who according to wit-

nesses died on spot. A police official from Sher ghari police

station told CNS that they have arrested the erring CRPF

driver Gautam Bishwas son of Shambu Nath resident of

Kolkatta and has registered a case under FIR number

13/2013 under section 279 and 304 A of Crpc against him.

SDM reviews Baisakhi Mela Arrangements

KATHUA, MARCH 14 - In order to discuss arrangements

for 3- days Baisakhi Mela SDM, Bill awar Dr. Vikas Gupta

convened a meeting of tehsil officer and members of the

Mela committee at SDM off ice here today. It was decid-

ed in themeeting that the three day mela will be organised

at Naaz Sports Ground, Billawar. Threadbare discussion

wereheld for making adequate arrangements for drinking

water, uninterrupted power supply, foolproof security

arrangements, availabil ity of fi re tender at the venue and san-

itation i n and around the mela ground .

SRINAGAR, MARCH 14:

Measures are afoot to augment the

infrastructure and human resources

in School Education for infusing

momentuminto theperformanceof

the department.

This was stated by the Deputy

Chief Minister, Tara Chand here

today while reviewing the follow up

action of the recently held meeting

regarding the performance of the

School Education department in the

Valley.

Among others, Divisional

Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr. Asgar

Hassan Samoon, Secretary, School

Education, F.A. Faktoo, Deputy

Commissioner, Srinagar, Baseer

Ahmad Khan, Director, School

Education, Kashmir, Mohammad

Shafi Rather, Joint Director

Information, Kashmir, Bashir

Ahmad Khan besides officers of the

School Education department partic-

ipated in the meeting.

Speaking on the occasion, the

Deputy Chief Minister said that as

many as 4500 and 581 posts have

been referred for fill ing up on fast

track basis to Services Selection

Recruitment Board and Public

Service Commission respectively.

Besides, 2529 Masters, 2041

Lecturers and promotion of 81

Masters to Lecturer havebeen regu-

larized while 325 shall be regular-

ized shortly, he added.

The final seniority list of about

1400 Senior Lecturers shall beissued

soon, theDeputy Chief Minister told.

He also said that promotions to the

level of 121 Principals, 24 Zonal

Education Officers and 5 Joint

Directors shall be affected soon.

The Deputy Chief Minister urged

that new transfer policy shall be

implemented and thoseserving in far

flung areas shall be recalled back and

in future such tenure shall belimited

upto one year only which would be

compulsory for all except thosehav-

ing complicated health problems and

fatal diseases.

Heenjoined upon all theofficers

to supervise the under construction

buildings so that the execution of

construction works shall beexpedit-

ed.

The meeting was also informed

that a Committee has already been

constituted under the supervision of

Directors of School Education,

Kashmir and Jammu divisions to

look into the fake appointments

being made in thedepartment.

Tara Chand instructed the con-

cerned Zonal Education Officers to

visit at least twice in a week to their

zones to make people aware about

different schemes and improving the

enrolment, besides curtail ing the

dropouts in theSchools for which the

Panchayat members shall be taken

abode. The Deputy Chief M inister

exhorted upon theofficers to ensure

better results and assured that those

with better performance shall be

rewarded and stern action shall be

taken against those with poor per-

formance.

5081 posts referred to recruiting agencies on fast track basis: Dy CMTara Chand for intensifying monitoring of ongoing construction works

UDHAMPUR, MARCH

14: With a view to aware the

Weaver and Ancil lary weav-

ing workers of the area about

various Schemes being

implemented by the

Department for Socio-eco-

nomic upliftment of the

weaving artisans, the

Handloom Development

Department, Udhampur

organized an awareness

camp at Panchayat Ghar,

Cheneni in Udhampur dis-

trict on Thursday.

Asssitant Director

Handloom Development

Department, Udhampur, Dr.

KusamChib, Manager, J &K

Bank, officers of line depart-

ments, Sarpanches, Panches,

members of Cooperative

Societies and prominent citi-

zens were present on the

occasion.

Speaking on the occa-

sion, Dr. Kusam stressed the

need for availing benefits

under different schemes of

Handloom department

which mainly include Share

Capital Loan Assistance,

Health Insurance, Education

Scheme, Mahatma Gandhi

Bima Bhunker Yojana,

Micro Credit plan Scheme

and loan for loom.

She also advised the

weaver to modernize the

weaving profession by

replacing pit-looms, with

Fly Shuttle, take up motion

looms and introduction of

new design, so that the pro-

duction as well as the quali-

ty of the Handloom product

shall improve.

On the occasion, experts

of the department delivered

lectures on different

schemes of the department

and called for taking benefit

out of these schemes which

are especially designed for

weaving community to ame-

liorate their socio economic

status.

As many as 250 members

of weaver's community

besides Secretaries and

members of 18 co-operative

societies of the area attended

the camp.

Handloom Deptt organizesawareness camp

SRINAGAR, MARCH 14:

At a time when Syed Al i

Shah Geelani allegedly

bypassed Muthida Majlis

Mushawrat (MMM) and

issued a strike call in his own

capacity, users on social net-

working sites are busy in

raising different questions in

this regard while MMM

Thursday said that due toarrests of its leaders it was

unable to meet and chalk out

a strategy. However scores of

separatist leaders hold

Geelani responsible for creat-

ing a chaotic situation by

keeping MMM at bay saying

there was no need for Geelani

sahib to call for a strike, "He

could have simply told

MM M to issue strike call

rather than saying he consult-

ed MMM," a senior Hurriyat

leader said.

"Most of the leaders who

was part of MMM have been

arrested and as such we are

unable to meet at an appro-

priate place to chalk out a

strategy. I suppose keeping

this fact in view Geelani

issued a strike call for

Thursday," a top MMM

leader on condition of

anonymity told.

Terming the strike call

issued by Syed Ali Shah

Geelni as most unfortunate,

senior Hurriyat leader J avid

Ahmed Mir said that on-

going Kashmir movement is

run by people itself people

are yearning for the unifica-

tion of all separatist groups.

"If MMM was on fore-

front, then there was no need

to bypass it and issue strikecall. Though I was not the

part of MMM still I welcome

it as it comprised the repre-

sentatives from all groups

including Hurriyat (G),

Hurriyat (M), J KL F, Bar

Association, Jamat-e-Islami,

Duktaran-i-Milat and so one.

MMM was the sign of unity

but to bypass it and issue

calls in personal capacities

spoil everything," Mir told

CNS adding people of

Kashmiri have suffered a lot

and they wish to see all sepa-

ratist groups under one plat-

form. He further said that

some people feel that this

movement is run by thembut

"they are wrong as it is the

movement run by people,"

Another top separatist

leader who used to be thepart

and parcel of the meetings of

MMM, said that a particular

leader confused people and

Kashmiri's are unlucky for

not having a true, modest and

soft leader. "I was the part of

MMM meetings. If MMM

was on forefront then there

was no need for Syed Al i

Shah Gellani to issue a strike

call. All this was donefor the

reasons which I can't utter.

May some top separatist

leaders thought that MMMtake away lime light from

them," he said adding the

whole nation is confused and

there is chaos amoung

Kashmiri youth because of

lack of leadership. Separatist

leader Mohammad Yousuf

Naqash said that he was

never a part of MMM. "I

don't know who are at the

helm of affairs in MMM. I

have nothing to do with and I

can't comment over the

issue," he said. Chairman

Muslim Conference, Shabir

Ahmed Dar said that it was

better to follow the pro-

gramme of united leadership.

"Let me tell you I was not the

part of MMM but I think

unity is in the better interest

of people. If people were fol-

lowing the calendar of MMM

then there was no need for

Geelani sahib to issue strike

call," he said.

Asssitant Direct or Handloom Developm ent Department, Udhampu r, Dr. Kusam Chib speaking on theoccasion at Udhampur.

Did Geelani bypass MMM?Separatists furious but tight lipped

J AMM U, MAR CH 14:

Minister for PHE, Irrigation

& Flood Control, Mr. Sham

Lal Sharma has said that

Government will focus on

conservation and preserva-

tion of water resources to

meet the ever growing drink-

ing water needs in the State.

To begin with 10 check dams

will be constructed in each

PHE Division which will

rechargethe water table.

He said it is endeavour of

the Government to ensure

drinking water security both

in terms of adequacy and

quality of water to thepeople

of the State on a sustainable

basis by adopting holistic

approach through conjunc-

tive use of surface, ground

and rain water harvesting.

Replying to the discus-

sion on demands for grants of

PHE, Irrigation & Flood

Control Departments in the

House today, the Minister

said that there are 14028

habitations in the State, out of

which 8878 have been fully

covered and 5150 habitations

are partially covered.

Hesaid during the

next financial year 1407 new

habitations benefiting over

11 lakh populations will be

covered with potable drink-

ing water facilities.

The Government has also

proposed to install 3350

Mark-I I Hand Pumps in the

vulnerable locations to meet

the drinking water require-

ments, he said.

To meet the ever

growing drinki ng water

needs of Jammu city, he said

the Government will soon

take up the prestigious

Chenab Drinking Water proj-

ect, estimated to cost 1600

crore in two phases. This

prestigious project wil l meet

the demands of Greater

Jammu and adjoining areas

on completion, said the

Minister.

To upgrade the

existing PHE infrastructure

in theState, Mr. Shamsaid

Rs. 315.69 crore have been

expended under NRDWP

during this fiscal, while as

the Government has submit-

ted a detailed plan of Rs. 561

crore to the Central

Government for funding

under this programme during

the next financial year.

The Minister said to

ensure quality water to the

people 46 water testing labo-

ratories have been set up at

different places and this year

16105 water tests havebeen

conducted. For this purpose

5333 water testing kits have

been distributed till date. "To

disseminate information

skil ls and knowledge which

would help in capacity build-

ing and mass awareness, out-

reach of the National Water

Quality Monitoring &

Surveillance Programme, a

Pilot Project on Community

Capacity Development on

Drinking Water Testing,

Quality monitoring

Surveillance and Intervention

including IEC & HRD activi-

ties have been stated in the

State", he informed.

Similarly, hesaid,

in the Irrigation sector, the

Government has undertaken

10 Major MediumIrrigation

projects in the State under

AI BP at an estimated cost of

Rs. 685.02 crore.

An amount of Rs. 27.09

crore stands utilized upto

ending February, 2013.

Besides this the Government

has also formulated five

Major/Medium Irrigation

projects for potential areas

involving a cost of Rs.

372.79 crores which arelike-

ly to be taken up during the

next financial year.

The Minister said

83 Minor Irrigation Schemes

are targeted to be completed

during the next financial

year. Similarly, 130 new

Minor Irrigation Schemes

costing Rs. 732.52 crores

have been submitted to cen-

tre.

Hesaid the existing infra-

structure will be upgraded

and all irrigational sources

will be made operational. He

said all canals and tributaries

will be properly cleaned so

that water reaches upto the

tail end to benefit the farm-

ers.

House passes grants of PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control

Govt to focus on water conservation, 10 check dams for every Divn: ShamNew procur ement policy from April , Rs. 1289.92 cr water usage charges till Feb

Lone inaugurates 3-day BNPIC at VijaypurAsks for mass awareness about centrally sponsored schemes

Minister for Higher Education Muhammad Akbar Lone inaugurating

3-day Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign at Jammu.

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J AMMU, MAR CH 14 - N.

N. Vohra, Governor, today

called upon corporate and

business houses, philanthrop-

ic organizations and affluent

sections of thesociety to con-

tribute generously for enlarg-

ing the resource base to boost

Red Cross activities in

Jammu and Kashmir.

The Governor was speak-

ing after felicitating the

Sponsors and Supporters for

their valuable support extend-

ed by them during the Red

Cross Mela and the Raffle

Draw organized by the

Regional Red Cross Society,

Jammu, in December last

year, at afelicitation function

held at Raj Bhavan here

today.

The Governor, who is the

President of Indian Red Cross

Society, J&K State Branch,

observed that the collection

raised by the Regional Red

Cross Society, Jammu, last

year was significantly higher

than in the past years, adding

that wehave avery large base

of industry, commerce and

business sector here which

can be approached to make

much larger contributions.

Referring to very valuable

contributions made by the

State and Central Police

Forces to the Red Cross, the

Governor thanked thempar-

ticularly for discharging their

security related duties and

also contributing for a noble

cause. In this context, he

referred to thefiveCRPF per-

sonnel who had lost their lives

in an unfortunate incident in

Srinagar yesterday.

The Governor suggested

that districts should evolve as

focal points of Red Cross

activities, organizing Red

Cross Melas, Raffle Draws

and other activities, to pro-

gressively expand theactivi-

ties of this organization as

also raising resources for pro-

viding support and succour to

the needy.

The Governor suggested

to Ms. Roma Wani, who has

just taken over as Hony

General Secretary, Indian Red

Cross Society, J&K State

Branch, who was present on

this occasion, to intensify Red

Cross activities across the

Stateand extend their ambit

to the Ladakh region and

other far-flung areas of J &K.

The Governor interacted

with the awardees, congratu-

lated themand thanked them

for the support extended by

them during the Red Cross

Mela and the Raffle Draw

organized last year.

Earlier, in his welcome

address, Pradeep Gupta,

Divisional Commissioner,

Jammu, who is the Chairman

of the Regional Red Cross

Society, Jammu, said that Rs.

22 lakh were collected from

Raffle Draw and other events

organized as part of the Red

Cross Mela in December last

year. Dwelling on the activi-

ties of theRegional Red Cross

Society, hesaid that 21 blood

donation camps were organ-

ized during last calendar year

and 1605 units of blood was

collected. He added that 214

persons weretrained in 8 first

aid training camps organized

by the Society. He thanked

the Governor for taking keen

interest in the activities of

Red Cross and also for felici-

tating the Sponsors and

Supporters of Red Cross.

Anil Padha, Hony

Secretary, Regional Red

Cross Society, J ammu, pre-

sented aVote of Thanks.

Navin K. Choudhary,

Principal Secretary to the

Governor, was present on the

occasion.

TheAwardees include IG

CRPF, Jammu; Inspector

General, BSF, Jammu; DIG

Traffic Police, Jammu;

Deputy Commissioners of

Udhampur, Kathua and

Rajouri; President, J& K

Bank, Zonal Office, Jammu;

Chief Education Officers of

Jammu, Kathua and

Udhampur; Principal

Government College for

Women, Gandhi Nagar,

Jammu; Principal

Government College for

Women, Parade Ground,

Jammu; Soujanya Sharma,

Executive Director, Mubarak

Mandi Heritage Society,

Jammu; and Additional

Deputy Commissioner,

Jammu.

Other Awardees included

Chairman, JCC Bank;

Chairman, Citizens

Cooperative Bank; President,

Bari Brahmana Industries

Association; Managing

Director, Sarswati Plastotech

India Ltd, Bari Brahamana,

Jammu; DGM, Jamkash

Vehicleades, Jammu;

President, ACTF; Programme

Executive Head, Big 92.7

FM; Team Leader, ICRC,

Jammu; and Principal,

Shangrilla Higher Secondary

Schoool, Sarwal, J ammu.

Among thosepres-

ent on the occasion were

functionaries and members of

the Red Cross Society.

Governor felicitates Red Cross Mela Sponsors, SupportersCalls for making districts as focal points of Red Cross activities

N. N. Vohra, Governor felicitating th e Sponsors and Supporters of Red Cross Mela at Jammu.

J AMM U, MARCH 14: Minister for

Housing, Urban Development and Urban

Local Bodies, Nawang Rigzin Jora today

said that Government is making all out

efforts to promote twin cities of thestate

as engines of economic growth through

improvement in the quality of urban life

by facilitating creation of quality urban

infrastructure.

Replying to thediscussion on demand

of grants of Housing, Urban

Development and Urban Local Bodies

Departments, the Minister said in order to

improve the civic facili ties in the capital

cities of J ammu & Srinagar and other

small and medium towns of the State

under various schemes an amount of Rs.

30.00 crores is being utilized during the

current financial year for

construction/improvement of lanes,

drains, deep drains, providing of street

lights, development of Bus Addas, con-

struction of Community/town halls, sani-

tation facili ties etc. and Rs. 33.00 crores

have been proposed for thenext financial

year for thepurpose.

The Minister said under Urban

Transport, funds are being provided to

Srinagar and Jammu Development

Authorities for construction and upgrada-

tion of Bus Terminals and other Mini Bus

stands to overcome transport related

problems of Srinagar and Jammu cities at

theearliest.

The Minister said under JNNURM

108 projects with a cumulative cost of Rs.

1312.66 crores are under execution in the

Statefor the development of infrastruc-

ture in capital ci ties of Srinagar and

Jammu and in major towns of the State.

He said that two Sewerage Projects for

Jammu and Srinagar at a total project cost

of Rs 129.23 crore and Rs 132.92 crore

areat present under execution.

In parallel to JNNURM, theMinister

said that two schemes werelaunched for

other cities and towns not covered as mis-

sion cities under JNNURM . He said that

under UI DSSMT against the total sanc-

tioned project cost of Rs. 398.15 crores

for 8 town of theJ ammu Division and 5

towns of Kashmir Division, an amount of

Rs 348.17 crores has been released by

centre till date.

Jora said steps are being taken for

strengthening the urban local self-gov-

ernments by conducting local bodies'

elections for enabling themto discharge

their functions effectively. He said the

Department is also framing Housing

Policy, createlegal, institutional and pro-

cedural changes to encourageinvestment

in housing sector and to facilitate creation

of adequatehousing stock etc.

The Minister said under 12th Five

Year Plan the Government will focus on

providing affordable housing and better

civic amenities through participatory

mode to cater to the ever increasing

infl ux of rural population towards urban

estimates. He said as per the census

2011, the urban population of the Stateis

roughly 27% and continues increasing at

rapid pacewhich has increased by 35.66

% over last 10 years.

Jorasaid that theDepartment is also

implementing Swaran Jayanti Shahri

Rozgar Yojana(SJSRY) that aims at pro-

viding gainful employment to unem-

ployed and under-employed urban youth

living below poverty line to arrest the

issues of urban poverty and un-employ-

ment.

Under Sol id waste Management in

cities and Towns, theM inister said that

12 Solid WasteManagement projects (7

in Jammu and 5 in Kashmir Division) are

under implementation in the Stateat a

cost of Rs. 25.34 crore. He said 3 Projects

at Sunderbani, Doda and Bhaderwah

have been completed while as rest are

under process of execution.

Jorasaid the conservation and man-

agement of Dal and Nigeen Lakeproject

costing Rs. 298.76 crores is under exe-

cution since September 2005 against

which Rs. 218.34 crore have been

incurred upto December, 2012 and the

project is l ikely to be completed by

September 2013. He said threesewerage

schemes viz Sewerage Project Talab

Tiloo, Jammu, Sewerage Project Brari

Numbal Srinagar and Sewerage Project

Khushalsar Srinagar areunder execution

sector under JNNURM.

Earlier, theMinister moved that

asumof Rs. 923.29 crore begranted to

the Government to defray the charges

which wil l come in the courseof payment

during theyear ending March 31, 2014.

20 members took part in discussion on

thedemand of grants of theDepartment.

Those included Harsh Dev Singh, Hakim

Mohammad Yasin, Chaman Lal Gupta,

M. Y. Tarigami, Balwant Singh

Mankotia, Dr. Mustafa Kamal, Ashok

Kumar, Irfan Shah, Er. Abdul Rashid,

Mohammad Sharief Niaz, Prof. Garu

Ram, Ashwani Kumar, Mrs. Bimla

Luthra, A jaz Ahmed Jan, G. M. Saroori,

Yashpaul K undal, Mohammad Ashraf,

Krishan Chander, Peer Afaq and Aga

Syed Ruhullah.

Later, themembers withdrew thecut

motions they had moved after the satis-

factory reply by the Minister.

Govt. promoting Jammu, Srinagar as engines of economic growth: Jora

KATHUA, M ARCH 14 - Reserve Bank

of India, Jammu organised an OutreachProgramme today at Galak village in

Kathua district as part of its financial

inclusion and awareness drive., District

Development Commissioner, Kathua

ZahidaKhan was the chief guest on the

occasion while Mr Jasbir Singh,

ExecutiveDirector, RBI, Central Office,

Mumbai presided over the function

Mr A.K . Jain, Deputy General

Manager, State Bank of India, Mr

Nayeem-Ullah, President, J&K Bank,Mr

Vikas Gupta, SDM, Billawar, other sen-

ior government officials and bankers

attended the programme. A large

number of vi llagers including women,

senior ci tizens, farmers, teachers and

students were also present on the occa-

sion .

The Outreach Programmewas inau-

gurated by the Executive Director in

presence of alargegathering. In his wel-

comeaddress, Regional Director, RBI ,

Jammu Mr K K Saraf highlighted the

objective of organising the financial lit-

eracy programmein the village. He also

explained the Banking Correspondent

model through which banking facilities

can be availed by therural masses.

The Deputy General Manager, SBI

assured effective banking service in the

village through the Common Service

Point (CSP) outlet established in the vil-

lage. The DDC, Kathua,Ms. Zahida

Khan advised the gathering to take max-

imumbenefit fromthe banking sector to

improve their economic conditions.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Jasbir

Singh, ExecutiveDirector, RBI, touched

upon the important functions of RBI viz.

issuing and managing currency, control -

ling inflation through formulation of

monetary policy and expanding outreach

and banking awareness. He also visited

the stalls/pavilions put up by RBI, SBI

and NABARD at the venue showcasing

their products and services. State Bank

of India also extended facil ities of

exchange of torn and soiled notes and

issue of fresh currency notes and coins .

The audience was informed about the

history and functions of Reserve Bank of

India through a filmshow. Films on fea-

tures of genuine bank notes and on the

functioning of Banking Ombudsman

were shown for the benefit of thepublic.

Li terature highlighting the functions of

RBI and financial literacy and education

was distributed to the partici pants

During thefunction KCC cards and

Smart Card were distributed by the

Executive Director, RBI S. J asbir Singh.

Computers and water filter were also

presented to various schools on the occa-

sion.

J AMM U: Under attack by

the opposition for disarmingof Poli ceand CRPF personnel

under Standard Operation

Procedure (SOP) on use of

non-lethal weaponary in the

Valley, Congress Minister

Sham Lal Sharma Thursday

said that the policy need to be

reviewed.

Today there is cabinet

meeting-- we will discuss it

(disarming of Police and

CRPF under SOP) -- I think

thereis a need to re-visi t this

policy once again-- it is need-

ed to be reviewed", Sharma

told reporters here.

Sharma was replying to

thevolley of questions aboutdisarming of CRPF and

policemen and making them

targets of the militants in

Kashmir vall ey, revocation of

Armed Forces Special Powers

Act (AFSPA) and the happen-

ings in the State Assembly

over Afzal Guru Issue.

Commenting on revoca-

tion of AFSPA, the Minister

said "If wesay mili tancy from

Jammu and Kashmir has been

wiped out-- but this typeof

incident (Yesterday's f idayeen

attack) shows that mili tancy

has not been fully stamped out

fromJ&K".

"I condemn the fidayeenattack on security forces-- I do

not feel our forces- Army and

Para-military forces- are

demoralised-- our jawans are

brave and they are moving

forward (to stamp out terror-

ism)", Sharmasaid.

Replying to the question

on opposition and ruling

National Conference raising

theissue of Afzal Guru in the

House, hesaid "state is mov-

ing towards political bank-

ruptcy-- may be I am also

coming in it".

He further said "as the

elections are coming close--

we aredoing issuebased poli-tics-- the situation that is

emerging in Jammu and

Kashmir, the political people

areundermining it".

Replying to the another

question about politics being

done by PDP and NC on

selective deaths on thebasis

of reli gion, he said "yester-

day's killings which took

placein Kashmir-- death is a

death-- we should in totality

condemn all of them-- If we

takethese issues on thebasis

of caste, creed and religion, I

condemn it".

J AMM U, M ARCH 14: As a part of

continue efforts of the government to

promote enrollment and retention in

Schools of "Children with Special

Needs" (CWSN) with due regard to the

variables of disability suffered by them,

48 Resource Centers equipped with req-

uisiteaids and appliances have been set

up in many Upper Primary Schools

under SSA, whi le 24 more Resource

Centers are being created this year.

This was stated by the Advisor, State

SSA Mission, Mohammad Rafi after

inaugurating a five-day Workshop on

"Challenges in Inclusive Education of

Children with Special Needs" at the

Ranbir Higher Secondary School here

today.

Mr Rafi said that 48 special

Educators/Teachers have been appointed

and 200 more such posts will be created

for strengthening resource support for

inclusive education of the CWSN. He

said that in a recent survey, 34,895 chil-

dren, in the age group of 6 to 14 years,

has been identified, and is suffering by

different types of disabilities. Of them,

2904 are enrolled in Schools and a sus-

tainable support structure was sought to

be provided for themin the school sys-

tem. Rafi said that during the current

fiscal, 81 A ssessment Camps were

organized (under SSA) covering 201

Education Zones across the state and

assistive devices worth Rs. 60 lakh were

distributed among the CWSN. Besides,

27 Cleft surgeries and 35 other (minor)

surgeries of theCWSN were also organ-

ized.

RBI organises awareness prog at Galak

RBI, Jammu organised an Outreach Programme today at Galak village.

J AMM U, MAR CH 14-

Minister for works Abdul

Majeed Wani today said that

better road connectivity is

vital for socio-economic

development of theState and

accordingly government has

launched a massive pro-

gramme of constructing

roads to connect remote and

far flung areas with the dis-

trict and Tehsil headquarters.

The Minister was interact-ing with several deputations

belonging to various remote

areas of the State, including

Marmat and Bhagwah blocks

of Doda district.

The deputationists

apprised the Minister about

the demands including road

connectivity to unconnected

areas, improvement in the

power supply scenario and

other basic amenities.

Chief Engineer R&B

Jammu Mr, Tehseen Mustafa

and Superintending Engineer

R&B Doda Subash were also

present in the meeting.

Threadbare discussion

was held on the various

upcoming projects and also

on the projects which need to

be taken in near future for

facil itating the people of

Doda district with better road

connectivity and adequate

power supply.The Minister directed the

engineers to speed up the

work on the under execution

roads and also formulate

DPRs for uncovered areas of

the district.

Better road connectivity vital for socio economic developmentMarmat -Doda deputations call on Works Minister

Minister for works Abdul Majeed Wani interacting wit h several deputations at Jammu.

SAMBA, MARCH 14 - A

free Eye Camp organized by

Lion's Club Samba at Dina

Nath Memorial Hall was

inaugurated by District

D e v e l o p m e n t

Commissioner, Samba

Mubarak Singh in presence

of President, Lion Club

Samba Inder Singh Sambyal,

A team of doctors and

Para-medical staff fromHealth department Samba

extended the services to the

Club in examining and con-

ducting the operations.

Patients from different

parts of the District especial-

ly from remote areas like

Sumb, Sarain, Channi

Mansar, Goran and border

areas were examined by the

doctors in the camp. The sur-

gical operations shall be

conducted in District hospi-

tal Samba and the arrange-

ment for pre-operation and

post operation have been

organized by Lion Club

Samba.District Development

Commissioner appreciated

the efforts of the Lion's Club

and assured them of all pos-

sible assistance fromDistrict

Administration including the

medical support from the

health department for

extending services to the

poor and needy persons.

The Lion's Club Samba

has been organizing such

camps after every 6 months

and hundreds of patients

have been operated free of

cost, til l now. Among oth-

ers, Vice President, Col.

Mohan Singh, SecretaryV.K.Sharma, J .R.Thappa,

B.D.Sharma officers of var-

ious departments, members

of the club and a large num-

ber of people were also pres-

ent.

Lions Club organises Free EyeOperation Camp at Samba

Rethink on use of non-lethal weapons desirable: Sham

Adviso r, SSA inaugurates 5-day Worksho p on education o f CWSN

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Madness has a methodbut Pakistan has noneB

ellicosity and madness both have amethod .But when it comes to Pakistan ithas none. It is shocking to see a nation

that was brokered hard by its architectMohammed Ali J innah falling apart because ofits own contradictions. We say in India ---Vinash

Kale Vipreet Budhey -when your end is near, thepower of discrimination within you fades.

Pakistan is a classic case of the demise of a

nation that had its foundations made onassumptions and opportunistic calculations.

Nations do not endure on opportunism and hateprofessing. Responsible nations, no doubt, donot thrive on exporting terror and frenzy. Today,

Pakistan has become a festering sore of inter-national terrorism. The passage of a resolutionin the National Assembly of Pakistan glorifying

Afzal Guru and demanding complete vacation ofsecurity forces from Jammu and Kashmir is a

pointer towards a grim fact. The terrorism in

Pakistan has come of age. When the politicalsystem of the country praises the terrorists and

glorifies them it means something far deeperlies within the body politic of that nation. Thatsomething needs to be analyzed by the com-

bined wisdom of this great nation. How long willIndia continue to live in a self made delusionregarding Pakistan? After all there is a limit to

everything wrong. There is a limit to madnesstoo but when things go over the seam effective

control measures have to be taken in order toensure that the interests of India, both strategicand otherwise are not only safeguarded but also

made secure for coming generations. The act ofPakistani Assembly in making a martyr out of aterror monger is a blatant violation of estab-

lished rules of constructive engagement. Wewonder what made Pakistan push for a patentlyanti -human and anti- democratic resolution that

will not help it. But one thing that we should notlose sight of is the fact that Pakistan was creat-ed on the basis of hate and it did not have a

solid reason to survive. Now the time isapproaching when it will fall apart but before thatit will cause us a lot of trouble. Pakistan is so

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