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Doklam (sic)," the envoy said.Indian and Chinese troops

were involved in a 73-day stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction ofIndia, Bhutan and Chinabetween June to August lastyear.

Luo also suggested that Indiaand China should think aboutsigning a Treaty of Friendshipand Cooperation. He said a drafton this was provided to theIndian side about 10 years ago.

One of the immediate fall-outs of the Doklam stand-offwas the suspension of theKailash Mansarovar Yatra fromNathu-La side and the annualmilitary exercise between thetwo countries. China also didnot give the hydrological data ofthe Brahmaputra and the Indusriver that originates in ChineseTibet.

The envoy today said Chinawill continue to promote reli-gious exchanges and makearrangements for Indian pil-grims going to KailashMansarovar in Tibet.

Post-Doklam, there havebeen frequent high-levelengagements between the lead-ers of the two countries.

Luo said Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and ChinesePresident Xi Jinping, who mettwice in the last two months inWuhan and Qingdao, are alsolikely to meet on the sidelinesof the BRICS Summit and G20Summit later this year.

The Chinese DefenceMinister and the Minister forPublic Security will visitIndia and the SpecialRepresentative Meeting onboundary issue will be held inBeijing this year, he added.

Relations between India andChina have gone beyond thebilateral scope, Luo stressed.

"We need to enhance coor-

dination and cooperation inSCO, BRICS and join hands totackle social challenges," hesaid.

Responding to a question onIndia-China cooperation inAfghanistan, Luo said the twocountries have identified a pro-gramme to train Afghan publicservants and diplomats.

"This is a first step and infuture, there is more...," he said.

In the informal summitbetween Modi and Xi at theWuhan, the two countries hadagreed to work jointly on aneconomic project inAfghanistan.

The envoy also called forcooperation between India andChina to coordinate each other'spositions on issues like risingprotectionism globally.

"Against the backdrop ofanti-globalisation and risingprotectionism, China and India,as major emerging marketeconomies, are faced with thepressure of established powers.We should coordinate our posi-tions and also explore ways tobe with each other," the envoysaid without naming the US.

The US has slapped hightariffs on certain steel and alu-minum products, which has ledto a trade-war kind of a situa-tion as other nations too areraising their tariff walls.

He said China will importmore sugar, non-Basmati riceand high quality medicinesfrom India to reduce tradeimbalance.

In 2017-18, the trade-deficit(difference between importsand exports) between India andChina stood at USD 63 billion.

"We (China) would also liketo negotiate a regional tradearrangement with India toexpand trade relations," headded. (PTI)

India, Pak, China trilateralcooperation mooted known journalist but above

that he was a great humanbeing and an excellent socialworker", he said.

"His hold on journalism cov-ered both the English and Urdufields. When he used to write forThe Hindu a national newspa-per, he made his name there andcontinued the same when hestarted his own English andUrdu newspapers", the Congressleader said.

Azad paid condolences to thefamily of Bukhari at Kreeri onthe fourth day. Besides Azad,large number of people visitedhis residence and offered condo-lences.

Those who attended the

fourth day function and paidtributes to the journalist includeGovernment of India's specialrepresentative, DineshwarSharma, Minister for HigherEducation Imran Ansari,Minister for Tourism TassaduqMufti, Minister for EducationChoudhary Zulfkar Ali, formerMinister Abdul Haq Khan,Secretary Sports CouncilWaheed Parra, former MinisterFarooq Andrabi, seniorCongress leader and formerUnion Minister Saif-ud-DinSoz, former Air Vice-MarshalKapil Kak and Minister forAgriculture Ghulam NabiHanjura.

Nobody is safe in Kashmir: Azad

concerned departments butthis has not been done so far,sources informed, adding "itseems that either any detailedexercise was not conductedbefore placing proposal beforethe State Cabinet or dilly-dal-lying approach is creatingimpediment in implementingthe decisions".

The Cabinet had also issueddirections for expediting man-power audit in all the depart-ments to work out norms foroptimal sanctioned strength ofemployees in all the offices anddepartments across the State."But no seriousness has beenshown towards this decisionalso", sources said while dis-closing that only few depart-ments have started this exercisewhile as others are still in deepslumber.

This was not for the firsttime that Government hadlaid thrust on manpower auditin the departments. Theannouncement in this regardwas initially made in theBudget speech by the thenFinance Minister Dr HaseebDrabu in January 2017 whenhe had stated that existingGovernment structure rightfrom bottom to the highestlevel reflects thinking behindthese structures of severaldecades back.

"The Government hasexpanded at all levels withincremental additions in anadhoc manner without even hav-ing taken once a comprehensivereview on the Governmentstructure. Accordingly, I proposeto set-up a Commission of reput-ed professionals to conductmanpower audit at all levels",the Finance Minister had men-tioned.

He had even gone to theextent of stating that recommen-dations of the Commission willbe given consideration by theGovernment in a time bound

manner for rationalization ofstructure and objective will notto be indiscriminately abolishposts or departments but toeffectively use manpower forservices of the people.

The issue was also deliber-ated upon in the State Cabinet,which vide DecisionNo.151/11/2017 dated October3, 2017 accorded sanction notonly for conduct of manpoweraudit but also for amendmentsin the relevant RecruitmentRules.

Accordingly, the GeneralAdministration Department videOrder No.1280 dated October 9,2017 asked all theAdministrative Secretaries totake immediate steps for con-ducting manpower/humanresource audit across the depart-ments under their administrativecontrol and even suggest neces-sary changes in their relevantRecruitment Rules.

However, not even onedepartment has submittedmanpower audit report to theGeneral AdministrationDepartment thereby sending amessage that even instructionsof the Cabinet don't carry anyimportance for bureaucrats,sources said, adding "eventhere is no satisfactory compli-ance to the instructionsregarding necessary changesin the Recruitment Rulesdespite the fact that in respectof majority of the departmentsthe Recruitment Rules areobsolete and employees havebeen pressing for their upda-tion".

When contacted, an officerof the General AdministrationDepartment, while confirminginaction on several administra-tive reforms approved by theCabinet, said, "a mechanism isbeing evolved for follow-upaction and the same will befinalized shortly".

Several administrative reforms approvedby Cabinet yet to become reality

CINEMAAPSARA AUDI-1: RACE 3 -9.45 AM, 12:45 P.M., 03:45 P.M., 6.45 PM APSARA AUDI-2: CARRY ON JATTA- 10:00 AM, 12:30 P.M., 3:30 P.M., 6:30 PM. HARI THEATRE: ACP SHIVA - DAILY 4 SHOWS INDIRA AUDI-I: RACE- 3 (3D) - 09:45 AM, 2. RACE - 3 (3D) - 01:00 PM, 3. JURASSIC WORLD (HIN)- 4:15 PM, 4. RACE - 3 (3D) - 07.15 PM, 5. CARRY ON JATTA-2 (PUN) - 10:20 PM. INDIRA AUDI-II: RACE 3 (2D) - 09:00 AM, 12:15 PM, 03:30 PM, 06:45 PM, 10:00 PM.INDIRA AUDI-III: 1. VEERE DI WEDDING - 10:15 AM, 2. CARRY ON JATTA-2 (PUN) - 01:00 PM,3. VEERE DI WEDDING - 4:00 PM, 4. CARRY ON JATTA - 2 (PUN) - 6.30 PM, 5. RACE - 3 (2D) -09:30 PM.

Jammu and KashmirGovernment, to eliminate mil-itancy from the State andavenge the martyrdom oftheir kin.

"My son has laid down hislife for the country. He was abrave soldier. I and my sonswill also sacrifice (ourselves)for the nation. We want goonsto be wiped out," MohammadHanief, Aurangzeb's father anda former Sepoy of the Jammuand Kashmir Light Infantry,had said.

"I give PM Modi 72 hours toavenge my son's death or elsewe are ready to take revenge onour own. Kashmir is ours. Wemust not let Kashmir burn.Instead, we must eliminate thegoons who are destroying theValley," Hanief had said.

In a video, widely seen onsocial media, an emotionalHanief can be seen asking whyPakistani flags were waved inKashmir.

Speaking to the father ofbrave-heart, Gen Bipin Rawatassured all possible assistanceto the family.

Gen Rawat also held high-level review of security situa-tion in Jammu and Kashmirand Line of Control (LoC)

with Pakistan with NorthernArmy Command chief Lt GenRanbir Singh and GeneralOfficer Commanding (GOC)White Knight Corps(Nagrota) Lt Gen SaranjeetSingh, who accompanied himto forward areas includingPoonch district.

The Army chief, during hisvisit to forward areas, alsointeracted with the soldiers andcomplimented them for theirprofessionalism, selfless com-mitment and loyalty. He exhort-ed the troops to continue towork with zeal and dedicationto overcome the challengesposed by weather, enemy andterrorism.

He commended the synergybetween all security agenciesand civil administration inJammu and Kashmir.

Only a day before, an Armysoldier was martyred inPakistan shelling and firing onthe LoC in Nowshera sector ofRajouri district. The incidentwas the first major ceasefireviolation on the LoC after May29 agreement between DirectorGenerals of Military Operations(DGMOs) of India and Pakistanin which both had committedthemselves to November 2003ceasefire agreement. However,Pakistan army violated theagreement.

The Army chief returned toNew Delhi in the afternoon.

Significantly, Gen Rawat'sfirst visit to Jammu andKashmir came just a day afterUnion Home Minister RajnathSingh withdrew conditionalceasefire in the State after themonth of Ramzan due to sud-den spurt in the level of vio-lence.

Will get killers, martyrdom won’t goin vain: Rawat to Aurangzeb’s family

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They said everyone in thecountry has sovereign right tofreedom of speech and expres-sion and “increasing intoler-ance” to such freedoms has thepotential of "undermining thecharacter and nature of democ-racy".

“We demand that theGovernment of Jammu andKashmir bring the perpetratorsof this dastardly crime to bookat the earliest. We demand thatthe Government institute a sep-arate inquiry into those whohad launched a malicious cam-paign against Shujaat,” theysaid.

The cyber cell of the UnionHome Ministry should look intoall those IP addresses and theirsources from where the mali-cious campaigns were conduct-ed, the statement said.

The organisations said suchkillings were often preceded byhate messages and malicious

campaigns on social media. “Various journalists and

other civilians have beenviciously trolled and targeted.All such instances ought to bemonitored by a vigilantGovernment if civilian safetyand security is a priority in gov-ernance,” they said.

Several journalists, at aremembrance-cum-solidaritymeeting held under the aegis ofthe journalist organisations, con-demned the killing of Bukhari,who was the editor-in-chief ofRising Kashmir.

Bukhari (50) along with histwo security guards was shotdead by three motorcycle-borneassailants outside his office atSrinagar on June 14.

The police have constituted aspecial investigation team (SIT)under the supervision of DeputyInspector General (DIG), centralKashmir, to probe the killing.(PTI)

Bring Bukhari’s killers tobook: Media bodies

Chief Minister Kavinder Guptabesides State party presidentRavinder Raina and four generalsecretaries left for New Delhitoday to attend the meeting.

On April 30, the BJP hadinducted new faces in theCouncil of Ministry by replacingDeputy Chief Minister DrNirmal Singh with KavinderGupta and bringing-in newfaces-Devender Manyal, RajivJasrotia and Shakti Pariharbesides elevating Sunil Sharmato the Cabinet rank. Bali Bhagatand Priya Sethi were droppedwhile Dr Nirmal Singh wasappointed as the LegislativeAssembly Speaker. Prior to this,Choudhary Lal Singh andChander Prakash Ganga hadalso resigned as the CabinetMinisters over Rassana incidentrow.

This is first high-level meet-ing of the BJP called by AmitShah after rejig of party'sMinisters in the StateGovernment.

Sources pointed out thatthe BJP wanted to gear up well

in advance for the Lok Sabhaelections and Amit Shah coulddiscuss the party's strategywith the Ministers and seniororganizational functionaries.

In 2014 Parliamentary polls,BJP had won Jammu-Poonch,Udhampur-Doda and LadakhLok Sabha seats i.e. three out oftotal six seats in the State. Restthree were won by the PDP.However, National Conferencepresident, Dr Farooq Abdullahhad wrested Srinagar Lok Sabhaseat from the PDP in last year'sby-poll while AnantnagParliamentary constituency wasvacant for the past more thantwo years now after the resigna-tion of Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti as by-pollcouldn't be held to that con-stituency.

Party sources asserted thatthe BJP leadership, both atnational and State level, waswell aware that it was in no posi-tion to win any of the three seatsof Kashmir valley and shouldfocus on three constituencieswhich it had won in 2014.

Shah calls all BJP Ministers,Sr. leaders to Delhi; meeting today

On getting reports of wash-ing away of the children in theflash flood, police teams frompolice Station Jhajjar Kotli andlocals rushed to the spot andstarted rescued operation.After hectic efforts of localsand police officials, three girlswere rescued alive with minorinjuries while two others werefound dead and one child wasstill missing and efforts wereon to locate her.

The girls who were rescuedalive were identified asVandana Devi (13) daughter ofBaldev Raj, resident ofSheranjal (Dansal), RadhikaDevi (4) daughter of RaviKumar of Sheranjal and BhartiBhagat (9) daughter of BrijMohan of Otta (Dansal).

Those who died in the flashflood were Nanita Bhagat (4)daughter of Brij Mohan of Otta(Dansal) and Niharika Devi (8)daughter of Ravi Kumar ofBatal (Nagrota) while onechild who was still missing

was identified as ChandanJyoti (6) daughter of BrijMohan, resident of Otta(Dansal).

The bodies of the deceasedgirls were handed over to theirlegal heirs while those whowere rescued were hospitalizedfor treatment of their injuries.

2 killed, one missing in flash flood

should be controlled, reason-able, responsible and shouldmeet demand. We will raise thisissue there," the Oil Ministertold reporters here at a CII con-ference.

Retail prices of petrol anddiesel are ruling at Rs 75 a litreand Rs 68 a litre amid the globalsurge in crude prices.

"There was a time when oilproducing countries were play-ing a lead role. We do not wantcrude at USD 25 per barrel. Butoil price should not be out ofreach. "Why should theprice go beyond USD 55 to 60per barrel. India is consistent onthat. Today's oil prices arepinching us and creating prob-lem for us. We will raise thisissue in OPEC conference," hesaid.

He said if the Oil and

Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) do not price the cruderesponsibly then we would pushhard for electric vehicles,renewables and bio fuels.

"We will not keep the pricesof petroleum out of the poorpeople's reach. We will do what-ever is required for that," hesaid.

About former FinanceMinister P Chidambaram's claimthat petrol prices can be cut byRs 25 per litre, Pradhan said:"IfChidambaram has some morali-ty then he should speak truth tothe nation.

"In their UPA tenure, theyhad put burden of debt in theform of oil bonds on our econo-my. We are paying principal andinterest both on that. That is anirresponsible comment." (PTI)

India for responsible crude pricing

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today launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Sambooravillage of South Kashmir'sPulwama district.

This is the first operationlaunched against militants fol-lowing the calling off of the sus-pension of operations againstmilitants in Kashmir.

Centre had announced uni-later suspension of operationsagainst militants duringRamadan.

Army's 50 RR and SOG cor-doned off Samboora area inPulwama district followinginputs about the presence of mil-itants.

Soon after the security forceslaid the cordon, a large numbersof youth took to streets and pelt-ed stones. Police and paramili-tary CRPF used tear smokeshells to disperse them.

A joint tea of Army's 42 RR,CRPF and SOG launched asearch operation at Bus StandTral today.

Security forces alsolaunched cordon and searchoperation in Waghama village ofBijbehara following inputsabout the presence of militants.However, the operation waslater called off.

Security forces launched amassive operation against mili-tants in North Kashmir'sKupwara district today. SOGKupwara, SOG Handwara and47 RR launched the operation inBubernag, Kupwara andDeedikote Vilgam area ofHandwara against a group ofmilitants.

2 militants killed inBandipora

Three persons were killed- Mukesh, a member of theTillu gang, a suspectedmember of the Gogi gang whois yet to be identified and awoman who happened to bepassing by.

The two gangs have killedeach other's members earlier togain supremacy, the officer said.(PTI)

3 killed ingang war

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