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Vol. 1 No: 171

IN BRIEFIN BRIEFIMC on media content

issues to meettomorrow: I&B Min

NEW DELHI: The Inter-

Ministerial Committee on

media content issues will

meet tomorrow. Information

and Broadcasting Minister

Manish Tiwari said in reply

to a supplementary in the Lok

Sabha today that the alleged

Jindal-Zee TVextortion mat-

ter will also figure in the

meeting. contd on page 2

Second arrest inSamjhauta Expressblast case by NIA in MPBHOPAL: Samajwadi Party

workers stop trains at

Varanasi Another accused in

the Samjhauta express blasts,

Ram Lakhan Maharaj alias

Dhan Singh alias Swami, has

been arrested by Satna police

in Madhya Pradesh. He was

handed over to the National

Investigation Agency, NIA.

This is contd on page 2

Health Min for PPP tofill gaps in healthcare

service deliveryNEW DELHI: The Centre

today stressed strengthening

of public health systems at all

levels focusing on primary

and secondary care.Addressing the 9th India

Health Summit in New

Delhi, Health Minister

Ghulam Nabi Azad called for

Public Private Partnership to

fill in contd on page 2

Lalu Prasad irksMeira Kumar

NEW DELHI: RJD leader

Lalu Prasad Tuesday irritated

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira

Kumar by intervening and

speaking out of turn in the

House. "Please don't play

politics in running down a

member. All members are

respectable to me," said the

speaker. The Rashtriya Janata

Dal (RJD) chief was upset as

the contd on page 2

RBI keeps key ratesunchaged

MUMBAI: Maintaining a

status quo, Reserve Bank of

India (RBI) today kept the

key rates unchanged with

Repo Rates and Reverse

Repo Rate at 8 and 7 per cent

respectively. Cash Reserve

ratio also remained unaltered

at 4.25 per cent in RBI's mid

quarter review for the third

quarter of the current fiscal.

Markets were expecting the

RBI to continue to tinker

with the Cash Reserve Ratio

by a contd on page 2

Five militants killed inencounter

SRINAGAR,DEC 18: Five

militants, belonging to

Lashkar-e-Taiba, were killed

in a gunbattle with security

forces in Sopore area in north

Kashmir's Baramulla district

today. The militants were

killed in a joint operation by

army and police at Sadhpora,

some 55-km from here, an

army official said. They

belonged to Pakistan-based

militant outfit LeT, he said

adding the gunfight lasted

over 13 hours. The security

forces raided the place fol-

lowing contd on page 2

KPs appeal J&Kgovt to enhance

monthly cashrelief

JAMMU,DEC 18: Kashmiri

Pandits (KPs) today appealed

the Jammu and Kashmir gov-

ernment to immediately

enhance the monthly cash

assistance to the community.

"We appeal to government

to enhance the monthly cash

assistance immediately,"

president of Jagti Tenement

Committee (JTC), Shadi Lal

Pandita said during a meeting

here. contd on page 2

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NEW DELHI: Cutting

across party lines, Rajya

Sabha members Tuesday

condemned the gang-rape of

a young woman on a moving

bus in Delhi, with several

demanding capital punish-

ment for rapists. Anger and

emotions filled the house as

anguished members of par-

liament told the government

to ensure that no such inci-dent takes place again.

The 23-year-old woman,

who was gang-raped by at

least seven men and thrown

off the bus along with a male

friend Sunday night, is criti-

cal and on ventilator support

at a hospital here.

Samajwadi Party's Jaya

Bachchan broke down in the

house saying she wondered

what would happen to the

girl's family, while Trinamool

Congerss's Derek O'Brien

said as the father of a

teenaged girl he was scared.

Bachchan, the BJP's Najma

Heptullah, Shiv Sena'sManohar Joshi and Rashtriya

Janata Dal's Ram Kripal

Yadav were among the mem-

bers who said death sentence

should be the punishment for

the rapists. Appalled at the

horrific gang-rape in a Delhi

bus, Leader of Opposition in

the Lok Sabha Sushma

Swaraj on Tuesday called for

capital contd on page 2

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Sushma demands capital punishmentJaya Bachchan gets emotional in RS

Shinde shares plansto protect women;Guilty to be tried in

fast-track court

NEW DELHI: Amidnational anger over the gang-

rape of a medical student in

Delhi in a moving bus,

Home Minister Sushil

Kumar Shinde outlined for

parliament how the govern-

ment plans to increase the

safety of women in the capi-

tal. Shinde informed the Lok

Sabha contd on page 2

Need to educatemen to respectwomen: Bedi

NEW DELHI: Former top

cop Kiran Bedi on Tuesday

stressed on the need to edu-

cate men to respect women.

The remark came in the

wake of horrifying incident

of gang-rape of a paramed-

ical student in Delhi. Thevictim is said to be very crit-

ical, as per doctors. Bedi

today tweeted, "Mothers of

India should ask their sons to

take an oath that they will

never disrespect women."

Bedi also stressed on the

need to improve policing in

the national capital, which

has contd on page 2

NEW DELHI: India is wit-

nessing a significant reduc-

tion in fresh cases of deadly

HIV, which have come down

by as much as 57 per cent,

Union Health Minister

Ghulam Nabi Azad said

Tuesday.

"There have been signifi-

cant falls in MMR (Measles,

Mumps and Rubella), IMR

(Infant Mortality rates) and

TFR as well as reduction in

new HIVcases by as much as

57 percent," he said, while

addressing the India Health

Summit organised by CII

here. Azad said this will be

the second successive year

which will see a polio-free

India, which is the longest

polio-free period ever since

eradication efforts were

launched. "We have stepped

up efforts to meet public

health challenges such as

Influenza A- H1N1 pandemic

and the credit goes to ICMR

and our Indian manufacturers

to have contd on page 2

Girls outshineboys in classXth exams in

KashmirSRINAGAR,DEC 18: Girls

continue to outshine boys

and dominate the merit list in

the class 10 examinations inKashmir, securing nine of the

top ten positions. The

results, which were

announced yesterday by the

Jammu and Kashmir Board

of School Education

(JKBOSE), recorded an over-

all pass percentage of 68.21

per cent. Two girls - Iqra

Bashir Makhdoomi of Model

Public High School, Sopore

in north Kashmir?s

contd on page 2

JAMMU,DEC 18: At least

10 people were killed and six

others injured Tuesday when a

minibus rolled down a moun-

tainous road while negotiating

a turn in Reasi district of

Jammu and Kashmir, police

said.The minibus carrying 16

people was on its way from

Mahore to Jammu. The vehi-

cle rolled down a 500 feet

deep gorge at Malai Nallah,

about 150 km from here.

Police said 10 people,

including the driver of the

bus, were killed in the acci-

dent and six others injured.

The injured have been

shifted to the Reasi govern-

ment hospital. Four of them

are in critical condition, hos-

pital sources said. "It appears

that the driver of the minibus

lost control over the steering

while negotiating a...curve," a

police official said. Eight

people were killed in an acci-

dent in mountainous Doda

district Sunday. The moun-

tainous roads of Jammu and

Kashmir are notorious for fre-

quent accidents.

NEW DELHI: Lack of leg-

islative or judicial guidelines

for trial courts to determine

punishment to be awarded to

the guilty is the "weakest"

part of criminal justice sys-

tem in India, the Supreme

Court has said. "Giving pun-

ishment to the wrongdoer is

at the heart of the criminal

justice delivery, but in our

country, it is the weakest part

of the administration of crim-

inal justice.

"There are no legislative

or judicially laid down guide-

lines to assist the trial court in

meting out just punishment

to the accused facing trial

before it after he is held

guilty of the charges," a

bench of justices Aftab Alam

and Ranjana Prakash Desai

said. The court's observation

came on an appeal by one of

the persons convicted and

sentenced to five years

imprisonment by the Kerala

High Court in a case of death

of 31 persons due to con-

sumption of spurious liquor

in October 2000.

Dismissing the appeal, the

court held that "punishment

should acknowledge the

sanctity of human life" and

laid down points to be con-

sidered by trial courts while

awarding sentence, promi-

nent among them being "pro-

portionality and deterrence"

of the imprisonment.

The other points included,

"consequences of criminal

action," "sentence being

commensurate with serious-

ness or gravity of the

offence" and "attribution of

unintended consequences to

offender if they are reason-

ably foreseeable."

In its 23-page judgement,

the bench, referring to the

decision of the Kerala High

Court in the case, answered

the question if the social con-

sequences of a culpable act

and its impact on other peo-

ple can be a relevant consid-

eration for giving a heavier

punishment.

The high court had taken

into account the death due to

consumption of the illicit

liquor sold by appellant,

Soman, to increase the sen-

tence of two years awarded to

him by the trial court to five

years.

The apex court while

upholding the decision of the

high court as "fully justified,"

however, reduced Soman's

sentence to three years on the

ground that punishment of

another convict, the supplier,

in the 2000 case was also

modified.

"It is noted above that a

number of appeals against

the judgement and order by

the high court came before

this court at the instance of a

number of accused.

"One of them happened to

be accused no. 25 who was

the supplier of the illicit

liquor contd on page 2

Punishment should acknowledge sanctity of human life: SCLok Sabha discussesmedia regulationNEW DELHI: "We need to give time to the

self-regulation mechanism to flourish and

take roots as it is linked to the basic democrat-

ic issues, but we are ready for a debate and

will go by the sense of the house,"

Information and Broadcasting Minister

Manish Tewari told the Lok Sabha during the

Question Hour. Janata Dal-United (JD-U)

leader Sharad Yadav said the media needs to

be accountable and the government should

strengthen the Press Council of India or par-

liament to do so.

"Media needs accountability. The govern-

ment should strengthen the Press Council of

India or parliament to do so," he said.

Congress MP Lal Singh wanted the gov-

ernment to cancel the license of Zee TV

Group which allegedly demanded a bribe

from party MP and industrialist Naveen

Jindal. Tewari responded by saying that a

criminal investigation was on in the case.

Replying to a query contd on page 2

Forging PPPs in healthcarethe way forward: Azad

NEWDELHI, DEC18: Forging partnerships

between the public and private sector is the

way forward for the healthcare sector in

India, said Union Minister for Health and

Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad on

Tuesday. "Though India has earned interna-

tional accolades for its collective efforts at

containing polio, significant reduction in

infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mor-

tality rate (MMR), the delivery and outcomes

of healthcare facilities need to be improved

further", said Azad contd on page 2

CM, Gov and otherMinisters expresse

grief over Reasi roadaccident

JAMMU,DEC 18: Jammu

and Kashmir Chief Minister

Omar Abdullah, Governor,N.N.Vohra, The Minister

for Transport and

Consumer Affairs, Mr

Qamar Ali Akhoon and

Minister for Higher

Education, Mr Abdul Gani

Malik have expressed grief

over the loss of lives in a

road accident near Mahore

area of in the Reasi district

Tuesday. In his condolence

message,

HIV cases down by 57%

in India: Health Min

10 people killed and 6 injured as minibus falls in gorge near Reasi

ill-fated minibus rolled down into a 500 feet deep gorge at MalaiNallah.

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Outrage in Parliament....punishment for those guilty of such crimes.

She was speaking during the Zero Hour in the

Lok Sabha.

"There are no words to condemn such inci-

dents. A victim of rape is neither dead nor alive.

Even if the wounds of the victim heal physically,

the mental trauma makes her a living dead," said

Swaraj.

Sushma Swaraj was followed by Girija Vyas

who decried the decline in law and order situation

in the city. She said, "There has been a laxity in

police patrolling. There is a huge security lapse.

When a woman gets murdered, she gets killed

once. But when she gets raped, she dies again and

again." Speaker Meira Kumar exhorted the gov-

ernment to take strict measures over the issue

without delay. "This is a serious issue. This is a

heinous act. I will allow you to raise the matter

during Zero Hour," she said.

Raising the issue in the upper house of parlia-

ment, BJP member Maya Singh proposed that

there should be no legal recourse for such crimi-

nals."There should be toughest punishment for

them and no one should argue their case," she

said.

Her party colleague Najma Heptullah demand-

ed capital punishment for rapists "so that people

are afraid". Backing her, Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut

said: "There should be fast track courts. They

should get life sentence."Bachchan also said rape

should be treated at par with attempt to murder.

"I am very worried about the parents of thisgirl. What is going to happen to them? All will

forget but she will remember for the rest of her

life. It'll be a scar," she s aid, her voice laden with

emotions.

While Janata Dal-United's Shivanand Tiwari

blamed growing commercialisation and projec-

tion of women as commodity in the media for

increasing rape incidents, O'Brien said he was not

only shaken by the incident but was also nervous

as father of a teenaged girl. "I stand here nervous

and scared as the father of a 17-year-old daugh-

ter," he said.

"Rape is not just a women's issue. It's about

men who stop behaving like human beings and

start behaving like animals," he said. BJP leader

M. Venkaiah Naidu said union Home Minister

Sushilkumar Shinde should take responsibility.

"Home minister should take moral responsibil-

ity and assure the house that such an incident will

not happen again," Naidu said. Bahujan Samaj

Party chief Mayawati advocated tough punish-

ment for the criminals and said the punishmentshould be publicised to discourage any more such

incidents.

"Delhi is the capital and in Delhi for a long

while I have been seeing every day there are cases

of exploitation, rape of innocent girls and

women," Mayawati said.

"When culprits are arrested, the case is forgot-

ten. If there is publicity of what happens to the

accused, their morale will be down," she said.

Opposition members were joined by those

from the ruling party in condemning the incident,

with Congress member Renuka Chowdhary sug-

gesting that all woman MPs should go and meet

the Delhi chief minister and the city police com-

missioner.

"I suggest women MPs should meet the com-

missioner of police and Delhi chief minister to

work out an action plan whereby such incidents

do not happen again," she said. Earlier, the house

was adjourned twice during the question hour

over the incident with opposition demanding a

statement from the home minister. The incident

occurred after the woman and her male friend

boarded a private bus after watching a movie to

go from Munirka to Dwarka.

Addressing a press conference, amid massive

outrage in the country, including inside the

Parliament, Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj

Kumar said the Delhi Police will request the court

to put the case through a fast-track court so as to

ensure that the guilty are punished at the earliest.

The four arrested for the crime are: Bus driver

Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay Sharma a

gym instructor, Pawan Gupta - a fruit seller. Two

others are absconding and will be nabbed soon,

the Commissioner said.

The girl, along with a male friend, had board-

ed a chartered bus with tinted glass windows from

Munirka in South Delhi around 9.45 PM to go to

Dwaraka after watching a movie. As soon as the

bus started to move, the group of men present

inside the bus assaulted them with an iron rod.

The woman was beaten up and raped by the

men inside the bus. There were seven men in the

bus. Both the woman and her male friend, who

was also beaten up when he resisted, were thrown

off the bus near Mahipalpur. The Delhi Police

chief said that the bus was washed after the crime

to eliminate evidence. Most of the accused are

residents of the slum in Sector three

Shinde shares ....

that the guilty will be punished at the earliest and

that he will personally follow the progress in the

case.

Shinde also said that efforts would be made to

ensure that the guilty are tried in a fast-track

court. Admitted to a city hospital, the victim is

"better than yesterday" but she is still "not out of

danger", doctors attending on her said on

Tuesday. The minister said a new committee,

headed by the Home Secretary, will evaluate what

needs to change, based partly on suggestions

made in parliament Tuesday by members of the

opposition.

He also said that routes used often by women

at night are being identified and will be patrolled

at night by police vans and cops on motorcycles.

Call centres have been ordered by the police to

ensure that women workers being dropped home

after late shifts are escorted to their door-step.

Mr Shinde also said that a proposal will be

made to fast-track the trial in Sunday night's case

with daily hearings to ensure that justice is deliv-

ered quickly.

Need to ....

registered a spurt in such cases of crime. "There

is a compelling need for a combined police and

community patrolling plan in Delhi," she added.

Meanwhile, students of the Jawaharlal Nehru

University in South Delhi protested outside the

Vasant Vihar Police Station in connection with the

case.

Girls outshine....

Baramulla district and Samma Malik of

Mallinson Girls Higher Secondary School

Sheikhbagh here ? topped the examination by

securing 498 marks out of 500 (99.60 per cent).

The first three positions were shared by seven

girls and as many as 255 students have shared the

top 20 positions, out of which five are from gov-

ernment-run schools.The JKBOSE officials said a total of 49,027

students - 26,697 boys and 22,330 girls -

appeared in the Class 10 examination this year,

out of which 15,483 failed to qualify.

Over 1370 students (612 boys and 766 girls)

secured A1 grade (90 per cent or above marks),

while 3727 students have secured A2 grade,

securing the pass percentage of 80-89 per cent

and 4834 got B1 grade securing 70-79 per cent,

the officials said.

The overall pass percentage of 68.21 is better

than last year's 66.13 per cent. However, the over-

all pass percentage of boys this year, 71 per cent,

is higher than that of girls, 64 per cent.

The result continues the recent trend of girls

outperforming boys in most board and competi-

tive examinations in Kashmir. Last year, 90 out of

the 150 students figuring in the merit list were

girls, with first three positions bagged by them.

Lok Sabha....

related to incidents of paid news, the minister

said the challenge was to decide what qualifies as

paid news. He said an inter-ministerial committee

would meet Wednesday to discuss the Zee TV vs

Jindal case.

Forging PPPs....

at the 9th India Health Summit organized by

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here.

He also released the report prepared by

McKinsey for CII, titled, "India Healthcare:

Inspiring possibilities, challenging journey",

which provides various stakeholders with an inte-

grated view of the healthcare sector in India by

2022.

Despite the laudable efforts made by the gov-

ernment in the field of healthcare, significant

challenges in the form of inadequate infrastruc-

ture, shortage of funds and efficient human

resource faculty continue to confront the policy-

makers, Azad added.

The Indian healthcare is envisaged to grow

from the USD 65 billion industry currently to

USD 100 billion by 2015. However, in order to

reach this ambitious target, collaboration between

public and the private sector in all areas of deliv-

ery is crucial, he stressed.

Azad applauded the CII's initiative to create

the Healthcare Sector Skill Council (HSSC) to

address the skill gap in the area of allied health-

care professionals.

P.K Pradhan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare, highlighted that there is an

urgent need to strengthen the public healthcare

system in such a way that there is a seamless tran-

sition

between primary and secondary healthcare

facilities in the country.

The government is working tirelessly towards

ensuring that accessible and affordable healthcare

services are available to all in the years to come.

However, in order to ensure this, it was necessary

for the public and private stakeholders to work in

tandem with each other, he added.

Rahul Khosla, Chairman, 9th India Health

Summit, in his welcome remarks said that the

healthcare summit in the last few years has

become the most definitive platform to discuss

and deliberate issues related to healthcare service

in India.

In his special address, Dr Naresh Trehan,

Chairman, CII National Committee on

Healthcare, remarked that the quality of medical

education needs to be improved in India with spe-

cial focus on the up hauling of both the quality

and quantum of doctors in the country. The skills

of the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist)

workers need to be enhanced, in order to improve

the delivery of service in the rural sector. The cre-

ation of the HSSC is step in this direction, he fur-

ther added.

Shivinder Mohan Singh, Executive Vice-

Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited, in his

address remarked that to ensure availability of

affordable healthcare services in the country,

forging public-private partnerships is the only

way forward. Additionally, there is also an urgent

need for improving the transparency and account-

ability on the cost of delivery of healthcare serv-

ices, he added.

Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo

Hospitals Group, added that time has come for the

healthcare sector to be accorded infrastructure

status in order to improve the sector's outcomes

and platform of delivery access across different

sections of the society.

In his concluding remarks, Mr Chandrajit

Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of

Indian Industry, highlighted the vast untapped

potential of the healthcare sector in India.

HIV cases down.....

domestically develop testing regents and vac-

cines to combat H1N1," Azad said.

He said ICMR is currently working on 75

leads of potential public health importance for

development and evaluation of affordable diag-

nostics, including indigenously developed test for

diabetes, TB and cancer. The minister said the

health ministry in the last three years have

focused on reforming policies related to medical

and paramedical education in order to meet the

acute shortage of human resources in health."For these several policy decisions the avail-

ability of MBBS seats and PG seats will increase

by 40 and 80 percent respectively. I am sure that

by next year the increase in MBBS and PG seats

will touch 50 percent and 100 percent respective-

ly," said Azad. To meet shortage of nursing staff,

Azad said his ministry has sanctioned 269 nursing

schools with an outlay of Rs 2,030 crores. These

institutions will produce an additional 20,000

nurses annually.

KPs appeal....

"We also appeal to the Chief Minister Omar

Abdullah to provide necessary funds for comple-

tion of the pending works at Jagti Township," he

said.

The committee also lauded the role of Relief

and Rehabilitation Commissioner R K Pandita in

this regard.

Pandita assured all possible help in this direc-tion and also directed the concerned department

to complete the work in order to facilitate the

migrants.

IMC on media....

Mr Tiwari said there is no consensus among the

stakeholders on setting up an independent

Regulatory Authority to monitor and control

media content including news. He said Paid News

continues to be the biggest challenge because it

defies any definition. Mr Tiwari assured the

House that his ministry will continue its efforts to

find a common ground on which the stakeholders

could agree on self-regulation of the broadcast

content.

Second arrest .....

the second arrest in Samjhauta Express blast case

in three days. Earlier, on Saturday, the NIA had

nabbed another accused, Rajender Chaudhary

alias Samundar from Nagda in Ujjain. - NIA

believes that the connection of Dhan Singh was

with right-wing Hindu outfits, involved the 2006

and 2008 Malegaon blasts, Samjhauta train blasts,

Ajmer and some other incidents.

Health Min....

the gaps in service delivery for optimal utilization

of resources. Mr Azad said there is a need to cre-

ate affordable health facilities in rural and remote

areas. The minister also pitched for using infor-

mation and technology to enhance efficiency of

health care delivery.

The Health minister said, 269 nursing schools

have been sanctioned to overcome the shortage of

nurses and auxiliary nurses and midwives in the

country. He said these institutions will provide 20

thousand nurses annually. Mr Azad also informed

that National Institute of Paramedical Sciences at

Delhi and 8 Regional Institutes have also been

sanctioned to increase the number of paramedical

professionals in the country. He said more than 10

thousand paramedics are expected to be trained

per year when these institutes of excellence are

fully functional.

Lalu Prasad irks ....

speaker had asked him not to stand up and speak

out of turn. The former Bihar chief minister first

shouted back but soon realised his mistake and sat

down smiling at the speaker's observation."I need

to say something to a member to run the House. I

will be sad if politics is played over the issue,"

said the speaker.

RBI keeps....

quater per cent and expected the rate cut to hap-

pen in the fourth quarter. However. RBI Governor

D Subbarao maintained a status quo in the policy,

stating that Liquidity conditions will be managed

with a view to supporting growth as stated in the

second quarter review, thereby preparing the

ground for further shifting the policy stance to

support growth.

RBI said GDP growth is evolving along the

baseline projection of 5.8 per cent for 2012-13 set

out in the second quarter review. The recent poli-

cy initiatives by the Government and further

reforms should help to boost business sentiment

and improve the investment climate.

Five militants .....specific information about the presence of mili-

tants in the area, the official said.

Three militants were killed in two operations

in Sopore area on Thursday.

CM, Gov ...

the Chief Minister conveyed his sympathy to the

bereaved families and prayed for early recovery

of the injured.

Omar directed the Divisional Administration

and Health Department to provide all necessary

medical treatment to the injured.

Expressing concern over the frequent road

accidents in Chenab valley region, Omar directed

the concerned authorities to review the scenario

and work out strategy to curb the mishaps.

In a message, the Governor conveyed

his sympathy to the bereaved families and prayed

for eternal peace to the departed souls. He also

prayed for the speedy recovery of all those

injured in this accident.Expressing sympathy with the bereaved fami-

lies, Mr. Malik prayed for the eternal peace of the

departed souls and speedy recovery of injured.

The Minister issued instructions to the

local authorities to shift injured to hospitals and

extend all possible medicare to them.

The Transport Minister announced a relief of

Rs 25,000 each to the next of the kin of the

deceased and Rs 10, 000 each to the seriously

injured and Rs 5000 with minor injuries out of

Passenger Welfare Scheme.

The Ministers asked the GMC authorities to

provide best medical care to the injured persons

with provision of free medicines.

The Ministers also conveyed heartfelt condo-

lence to the bereaved family and prayed for early

recovery of the injured.

The Chairman Legislative Council, Mr

Amrit Mahlotra, Minister of state for Power,

Shabir Ahmed Khan have also expressed grief

over the loss of human lives in the mishaps.

Punishment should ....

to the appellant and from him the appellant

had received the fatal supply that led to the death

and sickness of a number of others.

"Since this court has deemed fit to reduce the

sentence given to accused no 25 from a life term

to ten years rigorous imprisonment, we feel that it

will not be fair not to give the same concession to

the appellant who was the last and weakest link in

the chain," the bench said.

The court cancelled Soman's bail and directed

that he be taken into custody to serve his remain-

der sentence.

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Contd. from page 1...Subhash Joshi newBSF chief, Ajay

Chadha to head ITBP

NEWDELHI,DEC 18:Subhash Joshi was on

Tuesday appointed as the new chief of Border

Security Force (BSF) while Special Secretary

in Home Ministry Ajay Chadha would now

head the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

Joshi, who is at present Director General of

elite National Security Guard, will lead the

1.8 lakh strong border force BSF as the post

had fallen vacant on December 1 due to retire-

ment of U K Bansal.

A 1976 batch IPS officer from Uttrakhand

cadre, Joshi is due to retire in February 2014.

He has also served in CRPF as Special

Director General of Police.

In another appointment cleared by

Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed

by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chadha,

Special Secretary (Internal Security), has been

appointed as Director General of ITBP.

A 1977 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre,

Chadha will have a tenure till August next

year. The post had fallen vacant after Ranjit

Sinha was appointed as Director of CBI.

Special Director General of BSF Arvind

Ranjan has been appointed as Director

General, National Security Guard (NSG).

Ranjan is a 1977 batch IPS officer of

Kerala and has service till April 2015.

All the appointments will be effective from

the dates these officers assume charge of theirposts and till their superannuation or until fur-

ther orders, whichever event takes place earli-

er, an official order said.

Effective Deterrencemust to Protect Nation:

Pranab Mukherjee

CHENNAI, DEC 18: Achievement of India's

foreign policy goal of peace is based on the itsdefence policy of "effective deterrence"

which, in turn, necessitates maintenance of a

force to protect the country's sovereignty,

President Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday.

Mukherjee was speaking at a function at

the Indian Air Force's (IAF) station at Sulur

near Coimbatore to present the Presidential

Standard to the IAF's 25 Squadron and 33

Squadron. "India stands for peace and its for-

eign policy is focused on the achievement of

this objective. Therefore, effective deterrence

is the cornerstone of our defence policy,"

Mukherjee said.

"Effective deterrence requires the mainte-

nance of a force that can be called upon at any

time to secure the sovereignty of our nation.

Our armed forces, of which the men and

women who stand before us, symbolises, this

capability," Mukherjee added.

He said the 25 and 33 Squadrons have a

rich tradition of valour and courage and have

rendered distinguished service to the nation

since their inception.

Praising the IAF, which has been in exis-

tence for over 80 years, Mukherjee said it has

grown into "one of the most powerful and pro-

fessional forces in the world, capable of fac-

ing any threat to our national integrity".

He said the operational capability of the

IAF constitutes an important cutting edge of

the nation's military strength. Besides safe-

guarding the nation, the IAF has always been

available for humanitarian assistance during

disasters within and outside the country.

"I remember that the air force had flown

relief supplies in 2005 to as far as the US

when (hurricane) Katrina had struck New

Orleans. In 2008, the Indian Air Force flew

relief supplies to the earthquake hit south-

western province of Sichuan in China,"

Mukherjee said.

"Our air warriors have also been selected

to be a part of UN peacekeeping missions.

This is a testimony to your capabilities, disci-

pline and excellence," he added.

Lauding the 25 Squadron, Mukherjee said

"the Himalayan Eagles" have been the lifeline

of the armed forces, personnel and citizens in

the northern frontiers for over five decades, in

times of peace as well as war.

During the 1965 and 1971 wars and Kargil

operations, aircraft of the 25 Squadron airlift-

ed critical supplies for troops and performed

some very important operations, he said.

"The 33 Squadron is a premier transport

squadron of the Indian Air Force that partici-

pated in both the 1965 and 1971 wars and also

played a major role in the Indian Peace

Keeping Force operations in Sri Lanka in

1989," he said.

Authorities floating Statues, Universitydelays result by 180-200 days:NSF

JAMMU,DEC 18: In a press conference held

here under the chairmanship of Vikram

Madhyal Chairman National Secular Forum

(NSF) University Unit has take a strong note

against the mismanagement of Jammu

University for playing with the future of the

students. NSF flays the Controller of

Examination for none functioning of examina-

tion Wing and for not following the statues as it

has not come up with the result of various

exams on time.

He said that nothing is being done for the

welfare of the students and they have being

taken for granted.

He said that where 45 days have been fixed

by the university for coming out with the result

but more than 180 -200 days are being taken by

the university and university authorities are

least concerned for the same.

Vikram said that MA Hindi 4th Semester

exams where held on 5th June 2012 and where

232 days have passed the result is still await-

ed,MASociology 4th Semester which was held

on 30th June 2012 is delaying be 207 days,

MAHistory 4thSemester exam which was held

on 2nd June 2012 is delaying be 235 days

where as English 4th Semester exam held on

15thJune 2012 is delaying by 222 days, MA

Economics 4thSemester which was held on

26th June is delaying by 211 days,MA Maths

4th Semester which was held on 1st Aug 2012

is delaying by 139 days.

Whereas MAcommerce 4th Semester which

was held on 12thJune 2012 got its result after

182 days on 17th Dec 2012, MA Pol. Science

which was held on 15th June 2012 got its result

after 177 days on 7th Nov 2012, MA

Geography 4th Semester which was held on

25th May 2012 got its result after 200 days on

11th Dec 2012 and same is the case of other

courses.

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Disaster Preparedness TrainingProgramme held at IMPA

SRINAGAR, DEC 18: A Disaster Preparedness Training

Programme organized by Divisional Disaster Management

was held at Institute of Management and Public

Administration here today. In the training programme about

31 KAS probationers of batch 2011 participated and were

acquainted with various disaster management techniques on

the occasion. On the occasion, various precautionary and

safety measures regarding gas leakage, fire incidents and

other natural and manmade disasters were demonstrated

through PowerPoint presentation besides a live demonstra-

tion of rescue equipments used in Fire and Emergency

Services was also presented.

Among others, Officer on Special Duty to Divisional

Commissioner Kashmir, Mr. Aamir Ali, Course Coordinator

IMPA, Dr. Jehan Ara Jabeen, Dr. Samia Jabeen, Joint

Director Fire and Emergency Service s, Mr. R TDobay, Dr. I

P S Bali, Secretary Red Cross, Senior officer sales HPCL, Mr

Haroon Hameed, besides trainers Sartaj Ahmad, Abdul

Gaffar and Shakeel Ahmad were present on the occasion.

MAM PG College studentsstage a massive protest

JAMMU,DEC 18: Students of Government MAM PG

College today stage a massive protest under the banner of

Shoromani Akali Dal and alleged that some political parties

are playing with the future of students and harassing admin-

istration of RS Pura Degree College. Lucky Singh, college

president led the protest and addressed the gathering of stu-

dents. Speaking on the occasion, Lucky Singh said that somepolitical parties for their personal benefits are playing poli-

tics and are framing charges of misbehave on a professor.

Lucky alleged that political parties are also mounting

pressure on police, Principal of college to take action against

the professor but none of the parties have any evidence

against the professor. Lucky further added that every day

one or another party is disturbing the peaceful atmosphere of

the college over the issue owing to which studies of the stu-

dents is suffering. Others who were present on the occasion

included Sandeep Thakur, Ankur, Dilpreet Pritpal Singh

Ramneek, Jaswinder.

Symposium on plantpathology from today

JAMMU, DEC 18: Two days national symposium on

Emerging Trends in Plant Pathology and North Zone meet is

being organized by Sher-e-Kashmir University of

Agriculture Sciences & Technology of Jammu at its main

campus at Chatha in collaboration with Indian Society of

Mycology and Plant Pathology (Udaipur, Rajasthan) from

December 19. Dr. B. L. Jalali, eminent plant pathologist ofinternational repute shall be chief guest in the symposium.

Eminent scientists from different institutes of the country

shall converge in Jammu to deliberate on various aspects of

diseases of agricultural, crops, fruits, vegetables and flower

crops, eco-friendly management through bio-pesticides and

mushroom cultivation, besides deliberating on other impor-

tant issues in plant diseases such as trends in plant diseases

and scientific advances in their management, molecular

diagnostics and biotechnology, microbial diversity and its

utilization, epidemiology and crop losers.

Cash relief for accident victimsREASI, DEC 18: As per the directions of Divisional

Commissioner, Jammu, a cash relief amounting to Rs. 1,

20,000 is being disbursed to the next of kin of dead, injured

persons who met with a tragic accident at Malai More,

Mahore Sub Division in district Reasi today.

According to the Additional Deputy Commissioner,

Reasi, S. Rajinder Singh Tara , Chief Medical Officer Reasi,

who is also the Treasurer of District Red Cross Society, has

been instructed to release Rs. 1,20,000 from District Red

Cross Fund and keep the same amount at the disposal of Sub

Divisional Magistrate, Mahore for further disbursement.

The next of kin of dead would receive Rs.10, 000 each

and Rs. 5,000 has been kept for each injured person. In the

accident ten persons died and others suffered serious injuries.

Tarigami grieved over loss oflives in road accidents

JAMMU, DEC 18: The State Secretary CPI (M) and MLA

Kulgam Mr. M. Y. Tarigami has expressed his profound

shock and grief over the loss of precious human lives in the

road accidents that occurred in Mahore and Badherwah areas

for consecutive two day. In his condolence message, M.

Tarigami while expressing sympathies with the bereaved

families.

Sadhotra chairs HouseCommittee meeting

JAMMU DEC 18: The House Committee constituted to look

into the violation of Master Plan in the cities of Jammu and

Srinagar, including the use of residential property for commer-

cial purpose, was held under the Chairmanship of Member

Legislative Council Mr. Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, here today.

Legislators, Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, Mr. Mohammad Ashraf

Mir, Mr. B. R. Kundal and D. S. Oberoi, besides

Commissioner Secretary, Housing Urban Department Mr Jeet

Lal attended the meeting. The members reviewed the steps

taken by the enforcement agencies to contain the violations

and called for furnishing a detailed report on the violations of

the Master Plans. The members asked the concerned depart-

ments to produce the record in next meeting. The Members

also stressed upon the people to come forward and register

complaints and grievances with the Committee. Secretary

Legislative Council Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Deputy Secretary

Legislative Council Mr. A. Ahmad Wani, besides Officers and

Official of Council Secretariat also present on the occasion.

JAMMU, DEC 18: Minister

for Agriculture, Mr. Ghulam

Hassan Mir today stressed on

the need of close coordina-

tion between the field func-

tionaries of the Agriculture

department, farmers and

market agencies to facilitate

smooth implementation of

National Vegetable Initiative

in the State.

The Minister said this on

the occasion of power point

presentation on

Establishment of Farmer-

Producer-Organization in the

state. He said the main objec-

tive of outsourcing is to abol-

ish the middleman ship and

provide direct market linkage

to the vegetable growers for

strengthening their economy

and pricing their produce. He

suggested registering more

and more farmers under the

programme and organizing

Farmer Interest Groups

(FIG) for creation of Farmer

Producer Company (FPC)

which will assist the farmers

to produce quality produc-

tion and also provide them

market linkage.

The Minister was

informed that 5000 farmers

of urban clusters of Jammu

have been registered with

details of their land holdings,

soil composition and other

agriculture information.

Similarly 1000 farmers of

Srinagar urban cluster have

also been registered with the

same detail and 3000 farmers

would also be registered in

coming days.

Mr. Mir was further

informed that Actech

Information System Ltd

would also establish Kissan

Call Centres (KCC) in twin

urban centers for registered

farmers to provide them

technical guidance from agri-

culture experts. Besides they

would also establish weather

stations in the state also.

Commissioner Secretary,

Agriculture Production, Mr.

Shaleen Kabra, Director

Agriculture, Jammu, Mr.

Ajay Khajuria, Director

Command Area

Development, Mr. Tariq

Ahmed, Director

Agriculture, Kashmir, Dr.

Farooq Ahmed Lone,

Director Command Area

Development, Jammu, Mr.

Asgar Ali were present in

the meeting.

JAMMU, DEC 18: Minister

for Medical Education, Youth

Services & Sports Mr. R S

Chib on Tuesday said the

development of border areas

was the top priority of gov-

ernment and various initia-

tives have been initiated in

this regard.

The Minister was speak-

ing at a meeting convened to

review the pace of on-going

developmental projects being

executed in the border tehsil

R S Pura.

Mr. Chib reviewed status

of projects taken-up under

different schemes and sec-

tors and got first hand

appraisal of the same. He

directed the field functionar-

ies to accelerate the pace of

work and ensure timely com-

pletion of all under-execu-

tion projects so that people

get the desired benefits.

Issuing on-the-spot direc-

tions, he asked the concerned

authorities to prepare

Detailed Project Reports of

public importance projects in

consultation with Panchayat

representatives so that the

spirit of grass root level dem-

ocratic institutions could be

translated in reality.

The Minister asjked to

expedite the pace of work on

the the vital roads of Badyal

Qazian- Samadhi, Sai- Mula

Chak, Mehmoodpur-Kotli

Mian Fateh, being construct-

ed under NABARD. He said

after completion these roads

would help to improve com-

munication facilities and give

fillip to trade and commerce

in these areas.

Mr. Chib said that the

work on Sub-Divisional

Revenue Complex R S Pura

would be taken up soon as

funds for the same have

already been allocated.

The Minister said that var-

ious playfields are being

developed in the Tehsil to

provide added facilities to the

youth, adding that more play-

fields would also be devel-

oped under Panchayat Yuva

Khel Krida Abhiya (PYKKA)

in the area. He said a

wrestling pavilion is being

constructed at Bana Singh

Stadium, R S Pura, adding

that an indoor table tennis

court would also be created

there.

The meeting was informed

that against a total allocation

of Rs. 87 lakh, an amount of

Rs. 20 lakh has been dis-

bursed to the BPL beneficiar-

ies under Indira Awas Yojna

so far. As many as 25 hand

pumps and 20 High Mast

Lights would be installed in

various parts of the border

area, the meeting was

informed.

Among others, Deputy

Commissioner, Jammu Mr.

Sanjeev Verma, Sub-

Divisional Magistrate, R S

Pura, Suraj Parkash Rakhwal,

Chief Planning Officer Mr.

Harihar Dutt, Superintendent

Engineer PWD (R&B) Er. P

L Bhushan, besides senior

engineers of PDD, UEED,

RDD and PHE, Irrigation &

Flood Control were present in

the meeting.

Chib reviews pace of developmental projects in R S Pura'Development of border areas Govt's priority'

Mir stresses on close co ordination betweenAgri Dept, farmers, market agencies

Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir chairing a meetinig at Jammu.

Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services & Sports R S Chib reviewing status of projects taken-up under different schemes atJammu.

PDP accusesthe Centre

and State ofstep motherly

treatmentJAMMU, DEC 18: PDP

Migrant Cell has accused

the Centre and State Govts

of stepmotherly treatment

and discriminatory attitude

towards internally displaced

KP's. Addressing a meeting

of displaced Pandits at Jagti

Township today PDP

Migrant Wing Peresident

Ashok Bhat, said that both

NC collection and centre

Govt's have taken KPS for-granted thus ignoring them

on all fronts because being a

minuscule minority they are

not vote bank. He said that

KP's have played a vital role

in every elections in the

State. In coming elections

too this small margin of vote

can again play a significant

role, He also said that the

return polcy of displaced

pundits to Kashmir the NC

Collection and Center

Govt's are not interested for

their proposeful rehabilita-

tion and resettlement in the

valley, but for a token return

they have given lollypops to

some selected members of

the community. He said

NC-Congress collection are

never sincre and honest

towards KP's community,

which is evident from its

delay in passage of Shrine

Bill, rehabilitation of over

aged youth's and cold

response of enhancement of

relief,allotment of shops,

Quarters and other related

issues. Ashok Bhat said

instead of providing healing

touch to KP's community

the NC-Congress Govt poli-

cies are aimed at providing

heating touch to displaced

community from the valley.

Ashok Bhat said that it is

unfortunate that State Gove

has used police force on

peaceful migrant relief

holder's rally, who were

demanding enhancement of

cash relief on 17 Dec 2012.

at Jammu. Bhat also said the

KP's should thinkover atti-

tude towards Present NC-

Congress Govt. He stressed

on KP's to strengthen the

Janab Mufti Mohd hands

and his polices towards

KP's. The meeting was also

addressed by Mr RK

Paradsi, Mr Sunil Bhat, Mr

Veerji Raina, Mr Ramash

Koul, Mr Babloo Singh,Mr

Chandji Khar,Mr Ravi Ji,

Mr Chand Ji Bhat & Mr

Gagan Ji.

JAMMU, DEC 18: Minister for

Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation

Mr. Raman Bhalla today said that

the Government has prepared a

comprehensive plan to develop

every area of the State with

improved basic amenities like safe

drinking water, road connectivity,

health, education, besides better

lanes and drains.

This was stated by the Minister

while interacting with the residents

of Rampura W No. 23 after launch-

ing Rs 12 lakh development works,

here today. Mr. Bhalla said that the

Government was making all out

efforts to redress all the develop-

ment related problems of the peopleon priority basis adding that there

was no constraint of funds to meet

the improved basic amenities of the

people. He said instructions have

been issued to all the officers to

reach the people and assess their

development needs. The Minister

called upon the people to personally

monitor the ongoing development

works and its quality in their respec-

tive areas. He said the Government

has resolved to provide durable

assets to the people. He asked them

to protect public property in their

respective areas. Listing the meas-

ures taken by the Government to

improve the basic amenities in his

home constituency, Mr. Bhalla said

Government has spent Rs 250 crore

on commissioning of 25 deep drill

tube wells including laying of water

supply in periphery areas, besidesnewly developed colonies. He said

the Government has spent Rs. 5

crore for providing relief to the peo-

ple from uninterrupted power sup-

ply by installating 50 MVA trans-

former at Gladni in Narwal. The

Minister said Govt has earmarked

RS. 4.78 crore for construction of

133/11 KVA receiving station at

Shastri Nagar, adding that the proj-

ect would be completed by January

next year. He said after its comple-

tion the power supply scenario

would improve in Shastri Nagar,

Gandhi Nagar, Gangyal, Nai Basti

and some areas of Digiana and Rani

Talab areas. For facilitating the peo-

ple of Shastri Nagar, Mr. Bhalla

said, the Government has earmarked

Rs. 3.37 crore for construction of

parking slot on Landoi Choi nallah

near Cremation Ground. He saidpeople have faced lot of hardships

due to non-availability of such facil-

ity in the area particularly during

their visit to cremation ground.

SRINAGAR, DEC 18: An amount

of Rs. 847.22 crores have been

advanced by the various financial

institutions in district Srinagar dur-

ing the current financial year upto

ending September 2012 for which

26315 income generating units

have been established.

This information was revealed

in District Consultative Committee

(DCC) meeting held here today

under the Chairmanship of District

Development Commissioner,

Srinagar, Mr. Baseer Ahmad Khan.

The meeting was attended by

Joint Director Planning, Srinagar,

Mr. Basharat Ahmad Makhdoomi,

Lead Bank Officer, Mr. Manzoor

Ahmad Tantray, District Officers

and the representatives of Reserve

Bank of India, Mr. Dinesh Chandra

and NABARD, Mr. Desraj Jaryal.

While reviewing the achieve-

ments of financial institutions, the

meeting was told that under the

Agriculture sector Rs. 37.52 crore

were advanced during the same

period in the district, while as Rs.

107.73 crores were advance under

the Small Enterprises sector and Rs.

12.83 crore were also advanced

under the Micro Credit sector in the

district.

The meeting was also told that

Rs. 9.86 crore were sanctioned

under the Education sector in the

district while as Rs. 117.90 crore

were advanced under the Priority

sector. As many as Rs. 562.17 crore

were advanced under the Non-

Priority sector in the district

Srinagar during the same period.

The District Development

Commissioner, Srinagar on this

occasion impressed upon the

District Officers and representa-

tives of financial Institutions for

implementation of policies framed

by the Reserve Bank of India in toto

so that the dissemination of credit is

made expeditiously. He said this

will not benefit the weaker sections

of the society but will also ensure

overall growth of our economy.

Basic facilities for all govt's priority: BhallaABVP & YAC protestagainst FDI Scam

and corruptionJAMMU,DEC 18: ABVP & YAC (Youth

Against Corruption) J&K today jointly

lodged a strong protest demonstration against

FDI scam and corruption, under the leader-

ship of Kailash Goswami, State Jt. Sect.

ABVP demanding immediate revocation of

FDI bill and eradication of corruption from

India.

A large number of ABVP & YAC activists

led by Kailash Goswami gathered at Parade

chowk and shouted slogans against FDI and

UPA govt. who is hell bent to bring slavery

back in India.

While addressing the gathering Kailash

Goswami said that FDI in multi brand retailwill harm small shopkeepers, adversely affect

domestic manufacturing sector and create

joblessness in the country, as about 5crore

retailers and about 25 crore people will get

affected by this move of govt. He termed this

move of UPAgovt. as anti people, as the for-

eign retailers will not only destroy the domes-

tic traders, but take away the hard-earned

money of the people to their respective coun-

tries. He further said that ABVP and YAC will

fight tooth and nail against UPA govt.'s cor-

ruption scams chain i.e. 2G scam,

Commonwealth scam, Coal gate Scam and

recent FDI bill scam in which Govt. plays

with the future of India and its economy.

Kailash Goswami further disclosed that

ABVP & YAC is holding same protest

demonstration at Kathua, Samba, Ghagwal,

Vijaypur, R.S. Pura, Udhampur, Hiranagar,

Chadwal and other places across the state and

these protests will continue till the eradication

of corrupt congress from India.

Others who addressed on this occasion

include Rahul Singh, Shakti Uppal, Ankush

Rajput, Atul Sharma and others.

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CHANDIGARH: Punjab

assembly was adjourned till

Wednesday following the

protest by the opposition

Congress members on

Tuesday as they wanted the

discussion to be initiated on

the law and order situation in

the state, as had been agreed

upon, allowed by the Speaker

and listed in the scheduled

business for the day.

Although the government

had agreed to the debate on

law and order situation in the

state, it virtually backed out

by on the floor of the house

provoking protest by the

angry Congress members.

They alleged that it was a

well planned strategy by the

ruling party first to agree to

the debate but sabotage it in

the house and not allow it by

raising other issues.

The house gathered twice

but was adjourned both the

times as the Congress mem-

bers insisted on the debate on

law and order situation while

the government wanted to

discuss other issues first.

The Congress members

were protesting against the

delay in initiating the discus-

sion on the law and order sit-

uation in the state as allowed

by the Speaker on Monday.

The Congress Legislative

Party leader Sunil Jakhar

said, according to the min-

utes of the meeting of the

Business Advisory

Committee discussion was to

follow immediately after the

question hour.

However, after the ques-

tion hour, the Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal imme-

diately rose to speak on the

issue of alleged siphoning off

some fund in his home con-

stituency.

He said, it had already

been listed for the day's busi-

ness as he wanted to clarifythe government's position on

the issue.

To this Congress mem-

bers objected and protested.

They went towards the well

of the house demanding

immediate discussion on the

law and order situation in the

state. Meanwhile the Speaker

adjourned the house for

about an hour.

Former Chief Minister

and President Punjab Pradesh

Congress Committee Capt

Amarinder Singh alleged that

the Chief Minister had delib-

erately risen to make the

statement to ensure that thedebate on the law and order

was delayed and not initiated

on time.

He told reporters outside

the house that although the

government claimed to agree

to the debate on the law and

order situation, later it actual-

ly tried to run away.

He remarked, it was sur-

prising that the government

wanted to discuss other

issues while trying to sideline

the main issue that is the pre-

vailing law and order situa-

tion in the state.

PUNJAB

Assembly adjourned amidst Cong protest

AGARTALA: The Maoist

problem is the biggest secu-

rity threat for the CRPF cur-

rently, para-military forces

Chief Pranay Sahay said

here Tuesday.

"It (Maoist terrorism) is

definitely the largest threat

in terms of task given to the

CRPF (Central Reserve

Police Force)," Sahay told

reporters.

He said that the CRPF

troopers are also geared up

with all modern weapons

and gadgets to curb the

Maoist terrorism in India.

The CRPF director general

arrived here Monday on a

two-day state visit to review

the para-military forces'

preparedness ahead of the

Tripura assembly elections,

due in February next year.

According to Sahay, of

the total of 207 CRPF bat-

talions, around 37 to 38 per-

cent forces have been

deployed in the Maoist

affected areas of the country

alone, followed by 33 per-

cent in Jammu and

Kashmir, 28 percent in the

northeast region and

remaining in various parts

of the country. "Our thrust

area right now is in the

Maoist area only," said the

CRPF chief.

Quot ing

from the

union home

m i n i s t ry ' s

report, he

said Tripura

is the 'model

state' in the

country in

the context

of contain-

ment of four and a half

decades old terrorism.

"In all circles, including

the ministry of home

affairs, Tripura has been

referred to as the model

state in terms of taming vio-

lent activities of the sepa-

ratist outfits and there is no

doubt about it."

On Jammu and Kashmir,

Sahay said: "The situation

in Jammu and Kashmir is

well contained but we are

very much alert so that

there are no problems in the

future. Only two days back

in Kashmir, we along with

the Rashtriya Rifles and

state police have killed

three militants."

He asserted that the

para-military force is well-

equipped and have the latest

arms and technology to

counter Maoist and other

threat.

"In modernisation, we

have procured very high

degree of equipment espe-

cially with reference to the

threat to Maoist areas.

In fact, the CRPF uses

the best weapons. We are

much better than our adver-

saries," Sahay added. He

said: "We also used

unmanned aerial vehicles

and observe the movement

of unwanted people on the

ground." "Our cadres have

got expected skills. We

don't have problem."

Sahay, former director

general of Tripura Police,

during his stay here met

Governor D.Y. Patil, Chief

Minister Manik Sarkar,

Chief Secretary S.K. Panda

and senior security officials

and discussed the various

pre-poll strategies.

TRIPURA

'Maoist problem biggest

security threat for CRPF'

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:

Rice is considered the staple food in

the southern state but in the last four

years, prices of the grain have more

than doubled -- from Rs.19.70 to

Rs.48 per kg.

Prices of common rice varieties

have gone up by Rs.5 to Rs.10 per

kg in the last three weeks. The oppo-

sition Left Democratic Front, at a

meeting Tuesday, decided to hold a

sit-in in front of the state secretariat

December 31 against the rising rice

prices.

All top leaders of the Left,

including legislators and members

of parliament, would take part in the

sit-in against the government's

alleged inability to make mar-

ket interventions and check

the rising prices, a leader said.

Kerala buys rice from

neighbouring states since the

area under paddy cultivation

in the state fell from 3, 11,000

hectares in 2002-03 to

2,13,000 hectares in 2010-11.

As a result, production too

dropped from 689,000 tonnes to

522,000 tonnes during the same

period.

The Congress-led United

Democratic Front (UDF) held a

meeting Monday evening over the

issue as tempers ran high among the

allies. Chief Minister Oommen

Chandy then Tuesday morning held

a meeting with some cabinet minis-

ters, asking them to intensify raids

and take tough action against hoard-

ers and unscrupulous traders.

But traders attribute the rising

prices to a reduced supply of rice

from Karnataka and Andhra

Pradesh. "Raids appear to have

yielded results. But another problem

is shortage of railway wagons to

bring supplies from Karnataka and

Andhra Pradesh," state Food

Minister Anoop Jacob told reporters

in the Kerala assembly. Chandy has

asked the state police to ensure that

more raids are conducted so that rice

prices can be brought down bef ore

Christmas. The government has also

decided to open special trade fairs

for the Christmas rush.

KERALA

Kerala tackles rising rice prices amid opposition fire

BY: MUKHTAR AHMED MEHMOOD

In the words

by S.M

K r i s h n a ,

erstwhile India's

External Affairs

Minister, "this is

the century of

Asia and Africa".

The rapid growth

of the emerging

Indian economy alerted the African countries to

reorient their traditional economic links. India

on its part has taken unprecedented initiatives,

including holding two Africa-India Forum sum-

mits one in New Delhi and other at Addis

Ababa. India's strength in cooperation with the

developing countries lies in the sectors of

capacity building and human resources devel-

opment. Over the last six decades, thousands of

Africans have benefited from India's ITEC pro-

gramme and have acquired skills to build suc-

cessful careers. Besides, Indian universities

have been home to thousands of young students

from the continent seeking knowledge and

learning. India contributions in the areas of

agriculture and small and mediums industries

have also been successful in Arica.

It is also argued by Indian statesmen that

India has the potential to lead new industrializa-

tion and the new human resource development

in Africa.Indian aid and investments are not tied to

any political conditions; this helps the African

counties to frame their infrastructure and other

developmental programmes on their own

terms. India's non-interference in political

activities of African countries has been highly

appreciated by several African governments.

Indian investment also helps the African

economies to improve the price of their primary

commodities and their terms of trade. They also

help them to enhance sub regional economic

integration and to maximize the benefits there-

of. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the first

India-Africa forum summit in New Delhi in

2008 expressed the optimism of India' role in

Africa in the following words:

"The Twenty first century is often described

as the century of Asia and African, with the

people of the two continents working together

to promote inclusive globalization".

India's political commitment has been

amply underlined by the two India-AfricaForum Summits held in 2008 and 2011.

Financial resources, including lines of credit

(LoCs) have been committed in pursuant of

specific agreed objectives. The value of its

investment works out to well over's $10 billion.

The focus on proposed establishment of over a

hundred new training institutions, proposed

creation of new Africa Virtual University, grant

of 22,000 scholarships and expansion of Indian

Technical and Economic cooperation (ITEC)

programme are all admirable initiatives.

So is the identification of seven specific

sectors, mentioned in the Addis Ababa

Declaration dated 25 May, 21011 of socio-eco-

nomic and political activity, where enhanced

cooperation is being promoted with in a jointly

agreed framework.

INDIA'S STAKES IN AFRICA

It is obvious that the robust engagement

with Africa is vital for India. At the political

level, Africa represents 54 votes in the UN and

other multilateral forums. If India is to play a

global role, its visions and ideas will have to be

supported by a large section of the internation-

al community and that is where Africa could

become important. It is all the more significant

that Africa has traditionally supported India

more importantly on the question of UN

reforms and the expansion of the UNSC, which

is a high priority issue for India. Then there is

the question of resources and raw materials the

need for which is only going to rise in India.

With its expanding African market with a

healthy growth in consumer spending, India

cannot afford to ignore this huge market.

There is also the question of the Indian

Diasporas in the continent. They have been

doing a great job in projecting India's soft

power there and this could be further encour-

aged.

The Indian telecomm giant Bharti Airtel has

managed to introduce a new business model in

Africa to drastically bring down rates.Companies like Tata and Mahindra have been

expanding their traditional business. India phar-

maceuticals like Ranbaxy and Cipla have an

impressive foot print in the continent. ONGC,

IOC and Essar are investing in the hydrocarbon

sector. Total investments from India in Africa

are estimated to be over $ 50 billion out of

which roughly $15 billion are by private sector.

About 250 Indian firms have investment link-

ages with Africa.

Agriculture is a sector that many Indian cor-

porate are investing in. The hugely successful

Kirloskar rice project in Senegal is going to

make that country self sufficient. Karturia

Global has made significant investment in

Ethiopia and Kenya to promote horticulture and

grain farming. Seeing these success stories,

more entrepreneurs are venturing into new

areas in Africa. Along term strategy in agricul-

ture should include small and medium indus-

tries in agro based and food processing sectors.

The Pan African e-network, an idea ofPresident A.P.J Abdul Kalam, is a unique proj-

ect on a continental scale. It has started con-

tributing positively to e-education and e-medi-

cine. The project won the 2012 famous awards

for Innovation. India's economic assistance in

Africa is an example of south-south coopera-

tion.

In the India-Africa Forum Summit of 2008,

India Unilaterally offered preferential market

access to exports from their four least devel-

oped countries (LDCs) in Africa. Additional

lines of credit amounting to $5.4 billion were

announced for the period 2008-2013. The num-

ber of ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic

Cooperation) programme slots was increased

from 1000 to 1600 per year. There was also a

doubling in the number of scholarships for

graduates and post graduate students.

The second summit in May 2011 took the

initiative forward. Another $ 5 billion line by

credit (LOC) $ 700 million for new institutions

and training programmes and $ 300 million for

the Ethiopian-Djibouti railways line were

announced. Clusters in areas of food process-

ing, textile weathers forecasting and agricultur-

al and rural development are to be established.

The aim is to train Africans in these sectors in

their own countries. The total commitment in

scholarship for the next three years will be more

than 22,000.

India's involvement with Africa goes back to

a long way in the early days of the independ-

ence movements in that continent in the 1960's

and before. Its presence was notable in infra-

structure projects, with finance and building of

railroads in east African countries, besides its

assistance in setting up small scale industries in

Tanzania and Kenya, joint ventures in textiles

etc. In the next several decades India provided

technical expertise, doctors, educational schol-

arships and various other forms of aid under the

Indian Technical and Economic cooperation

(ITEC) programme. ITEC, a potent componentof cooperation with the developing world in

general and India's Partners of Africa in

Particular, is clearly set for a major expansion.

India's policy towards Africa is founded on

a mutually beneficial basis, mainly on the agen-

da of south cooperation.

Throughout its history of cooperation with

African nations, India has emphasized that it

has 'given what it could" in terms of financial

aid and technical support and it continues to do

so even as its ability (to promote relations

through economic incentives primarily trade,

tourism and investment) has grown. India has

actively pursued capacity building and a devel-

opment agenda in Africa. India as actively pur-

sued a capacity building and development

agenda in Africa Since the 1960's. It was first

Asian country to become a full member of the

African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

in 2005, and assured $1 million to its sustain-

able development and poverty alleviation

capacity building initiative.One of the most important initiatives that

India has taken is its Focus Africa Programme,

launched under Exim Policy 2002-07. Through

this programme, the Government of India pro-

vides financial assistance to various trade pro-

motion organizations, export promotion coun-

cils and apex chambers and Indian mission in

the form of market development assistance. In

2004 India pledged $500 million in the form of

concessional credit facilities to eight energy and

resource-rich West African countries. Burkina

Faso, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea

Bissau, Coted' Ivoire Mali and Senegal - to help

private Indian firms carry out development

projects in those counties. This imitative has

been named Team-9.

It is reported that under this scheme 4 280

million worth of projects have already been

approved against concessional lines of credit.

These include $970,000 for the construction of

a national post office in Burkina Faso, $30 mil-

lion for rural electrification in Ghana, $4 mil-

lion for a bicycle plant in Chad, $12 million for

a tractor assembly plant in Mali, $ 15 million

for drinking water projects in Equatorial

Guinea.

The Exim Bank of India has extended lines

of credit (LOCs) to several regional organiza-

tions in Africa such as the common Market for

Eastern and Southern African Countries

(COMESA), Economic cooperation of West

African States (ECOWAS) and southern

African Development community (SADC).

These LOCs supplement the Focus Africa pro-

gramme. At present sixty-six LOCs are in oper-

ation amounting to $ 2.25 billion and covering

forty-seven countries.

The "e-net work" project launched and

financed by Indian Government is aimed to

enhance internet connectivity in Africa, linking

five regional universities, five specialty hospi-

tals, and fifty three regular hospitals and fifty

three educational institutions across Africa toIndian Universities and hospitals via a satellite

and fiber optic network. For this brainchild of

former President of India, APJ Adbul Kalam,

India has offered $ 100 million already twenty

nine African countries have signed up for the

project. The first centre for Indian Studies (CIS)

started operations in the University of

Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Taking the lead in the infrastructure sector in

Africa are India's state owned engineering com-

panies like IRCON and RITES (Rail India

Technical and Economic Services). RITES has

bagged contracts to refurbish and ran railways

in Mozambique, Sudan and Tanzania. IRCON

has constructed railways in Algeria and is also

working in railway projects in Sudan Nigeria

and Zambia. There is also financial support of

$300 million for the development of a new

Ethiopia-Djibouti rail line.

In addition, India has contributed to UN

peace keeping operations in Africa. According

to the Ministry of External Affairs India is thelargest contributor of peace keepers to the con-

tinent. There are 3500 Indian troops as peace

keepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo;

the 1400 strong Indian Military Contingent

constitutes the largest contribution to the UN

mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. India has also

supplied UN peace keeping missions with heli-

copters and medical communication equip-

ment.

The author can be contacted at

[email protected]

INDIA'S ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO AFRICA

Pakistan's Interior

Minister Rehman

Malik's just conclud-

ed three-day visit to India

has been one of the most

disastrous diplomatic initia-

tives which that country has

taken in recent months to

supposedly boost bilateral

relations. After making a

slew of indiscreet comments

that only served to offend

and outrage this country -

and this sentiment has been

reflected in the manner in

which the Opposition took

the Government to task in

Parliament on Monday - Mr

Malik offered his equally

injudicious parting shot on

Sunday. He has claimed that

26/11 handler Abu Jundal,

who was deported from

Saudi Arabia early this year,

was in fact an operative of

an Indian intelligence

agency. Of course, he could-

n't be bothered to put forth a

shred of evidence support-

ing his outlandish state-

ment, which has since thenbeen both refuted by the

Union Home Secretary as

"ridiculous" and also dis-

missed by commentators as

the mindless musings of a

motormouth. But the dam-

age has already been done.

Yet, it didn't have to be this

way. Mr Malik was in India

to operationalise a new visa

agreement. But instead of

focussing on this one devel-

opment, which some aman-

ki-aasha types croon is a

revolutionary step towards

better ties, Mr Malik chose

to carpet-bomb Indian sen-

sibilities.

From claiming that it

was the inclement weather

that killed Kargil hero

Captain Saurabh Kalia toequating the demolition of

Babri Masjid with the 26/11

Mumbai carnage, he fired

his shots thick and fast,

finally blaming even the

media for misrepresenting

his statements.

Clearly, the Pakistani

Minister was determined to

put his foot firmly in his

mouth right from the

moment he landed on Indian

soil. But then again, he is a

known offender and has

often got into trouble even

in his home country for

making nonsensical off-the-

cuff remarks. However,

being an equal-opportunity

offender does not take away

from the fact that his state-

ments are in perfect conso-

nance with the official

Pakistani line of thought.

For instance, Islamabad has

routinely trashed every sin-

gle piece of evidence put

forth by India in the 26/11

case. And Mr Malik did

exactly the same in these

past three days: He sneered

at Indian forensic evidence

that points to official

Pakistani involvement in the

Mumbai carnage and once

again summarily dismissed

Ajmal Kasab's statement

pointing to Jamaat-ud-

Dawa'ah chief Hafiz Saeed's

role in the attack.

Of course, in the after-

math of Mr Malik's visit,Union Minister for Home

Affairs Sushil Kumar

Shinde has been whining

that, on the issue of Hafiz

Saeed's arrest, he was mis-

led by his Pakistani counter-

part whom he had so gra-

ciously hosted. Shockingly,

the Pakistani Minister was

allowed full freedom to

carry out his campaign of

disinformation - much like

General Pervez Musharraf,

the man who waged war

against India, was allowed

to cock a snook at us while

speaking at a venue here a

few months ago.

So, the blame for India's

humiliation this past week-

end lies as much with the

Indian establishment led bya hapless Prime Minister

and his spineless Home

Affairs Minister, as it does

with Mr Malik. Given the

development, is it any won-

der that the vast majority of

the people in this country

believe that confidence

building measures like play-

ing cricket with Pakistan are

meaningless endeavours.

Rehman Malik's visit

has been disastrous

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The king Tutankhamen's

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linked to his mummy too. At

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