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Vol. 2 No: 43

Sebi freezes assets of Subrata Roy

and two Sahara Group companies

Shinde likely to makestatement in Parl on

'Hindu' terror row

An all-weather friend of

great substanceIN BRIEFIN BRIEF

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7

Editorial

Centre can not inter-vene if states restrictmedia: Manish Tewari

NEWDELHI: With the four-

day gag on newspapers in

Kashmir Valley coming under

criticism, union Information

and Broadcasting Minister

Manish Tewari Thursday said

the centre could not intervene

when a state government

imposed curbs on media.

"Freedom of expression is

a contd on page 2

Education sector suf-fers from leadership

crisis: Survey

NEW DELHI: The dire

shortage of capable leaders is

precipitating a crisis in our

higher education sector, a sit-

uation not likely to be reme-

died until 2020, according to

a global survey conducted by

the Education Promotion

Society for India (EPSI).

The survey results were

unveiled on the first day of

the two-day education sum-

mit at the India International

Centre contd on page 2

Delhi to hostconference on Indiaand Muslim world

NEW DELHI: A two-dayconference on India and the

Muslim world begins here

Friday to discuss issues relat-

ed to cultural heritage, educa-

tional cooperation and diplo-

macy. The event will be

organised by the Institute of

Objective Studies at the

Constitution Club Annexe.

Key issues to be discussed at

the conference will include

the historical backdrop of

India's relationship with the

Muslim world and the attitu-

dinal proximity between the

two contd on page 2

RTI activists raise slo-gans in K'taka assem-

bly, five detained

BANGALORE: Unruly

scenes and protests erupted

in the Karnataka Assembly

on Thursday afternoon when

some RTI activists raised slo-

gans from the Assembly's

visitor gallery. Five persons

were detained.

The activists were protest-

ing against the appointment

of Justice Y Bhaskar Rao as

the Karnataka Lokayukta.

Activists have said the gov-

ernment was not in a hurry to

appoint a new Lokayukta

since Justice Hegde's

activism contd on page 2

Court reserves orderon Owasi's bail plea

NIZAMABAD: The II

Additional Judicial First

Class Magistrate Court today

reserved its order till tomor-

row on the bail petition filed

by Majilis-e-It tehadul

Muslimeen (MIM) Legislator

Akbaruddin Owaisi who was

currently under judicial

remand in the alleged hate

speech case. Magistrate N

Amaravathi has announced

this after hearing the argu-

ments from both sides. Mr

Owaisi had filed a bail peti-

tion in the court on February

12 after it was rejected by the

same court on February 5

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6

NEW DELHI, FEB

14:India and France today

concluded negotiations on

the Short Range Surface to

Air Missile nearly worth of

$6 billion during the talks

between French President

Francois Hollande and Prime

Minister Manmohan Singh,who also said talks on $10-

billion deal for Rafale fighter

aircraft are "progressing

well".

After a comprehensive

talks, the leaders said views

were exchanged on a number

of bilateral, regional and

multilateral issues of com-

mon interest including

defence ties, civil nuclear

cooperation, counter-terror-

ism and situation in Mali.

Observing that India is

Hollande's first Asian desti-

nation for a bilateral trip,

Singh said this demonstrates

the importance of this rela-

tionship between the two

countries.

"President Hollande and I

exchanged views on a num-

ber of bilateral, regional and

contd on page 2

AGARTALA: Tripura today

witnessed a massive turnout

of 91.6 per cent of 23,52,505

voters in peaceful polling

amidst tight security for the

60-member House.

The percentage of polling

could rise as poll process was

still continuing in some parts

of the state, sources in the

office of the Chief Electoral

Officer (CEO) said.In the last assembly elec-

tion in 2008, the percentage

of polling was 92.6 per cent.

The Left Front is hoping

to return for a record fifth

straight time with the main

contest between the LF and

the Congress.

The fates of chief minister

Manik Sarkar, finance minis-

ter Badal Chowdhury, Higher

Education minister Anil

Sarkar, TPCC president

Sudip Ray Barman, former

chief minister Samir Ranjan

Burman and Indigenous

Nationalist Party of Tripura

(INPT) president Bijay

Hrankhwal among 249 can-

didates of 16 political parties

were sealed in the EVMs.

Police said five crude

bombs hidden in a bush were

recovered fromBodhjungnagar area of

Khayerpur constituency by a

CRPF patrol team.

No untoward incident was

reported from any part of the

state, officials said.

The chief minister cast his

vote at a booth in Umakanta

School in Ramnagar con-

stituency.

TPCC president and INPT

chief contd on page 2

France's Hollande on his maiden visit to India

India, France sign $6 bn dealon Surface to Air Missile

French Prez visitsRajghat, pays homage

to Mahatma Gandhi

F

rench President

Francois Hollande

who is on a two-dayvisit to India was given a

ceremonial reception at

Rashtrapati Bhawan

Thursday. Later he visited

Rajghat in New Delhi and

paid floral tributes to

Mahatma Gandhi. Hollande

was received by President

Pranab Mukherjee and Prime

Minister Dr. Manmohan

Singh. contd on page 2

Ink four pacts, discuss Jaitapur, Rafale deal

92 percent voting inTripura Assembly Poll

Polling proceedsbriskly, peacefully

Voters queued up in

large numbers out-

side polling booths

in Tripura from early morn-

ing Thursday as the single-

phased assembly elections

proceeded peacefully and

briskly, officials said.

"Polling began at 7 a.m.with men and women queu-

ing up in large numbers to

cast their votes in 60 assem-

bly constituencies," said

Ashutosh Jindal, chief elec-

toral officer.

"I expect a huge turnout

by the time polling ends at 4

p.m. Tripura recorded 93

percent polling in the last

assembly contd on page 2

NEW DELHI: Senior

Bharatiya Janata Party leader

and former Defence Minister

Jaswant Singh has defendedthe NDA government's deci-

sion to change the chopper

deal norms in 2003, saying it

was taken for purely profes-

sional reasons. "That's true

that technical parameters

were changed during that

time. I don't see why there is

so much excitement as there

was a plausible and good rea-

son.

The original proposal

emerged in 2000 and the Air

Force had said that helicop-

ters for VVIP movements

ought to be able to go up to

18000 feet. When it came to

the Cabinet Committee of

Security, the National

Security Advisor very rightly

suggested that a single ven-

dor proposal would be

improper." When asked about

former Air Chief Marshal SP

Tyagi's claim about the then

NSA Brajesh Mishra having

suggested changes in techni-

cal parameters, Jaswant

Singh said, "He did no wrong

by doing that."

This came after former

Air contd on page 2

BJP defends NDA govt'sdecision on chopper deal

JAMMU, FEB 14: The

Departmental Related

Standing Committee onIndustries and Commerce of

Jammu and Kashmir

Legislative Council Thursday

called for launching silk mis-

sion on the pattern of

Horticulture Mission to tap

the huge potential of silk-

worm rearing in the state.

The Committee, which

met here today under the

Chairmanship of MLC Mr.

Ravinder Kumar Sharma,

said that to exploit the avail-

able potential to the full, need

of the hour was to constitute

Counselling Guide and

Consultancy Wing with the

involvement of experts from

different fields.

Legislators, Mr. Nizamu-

u-din Khatana, Syeed RafiqAhmad Shah, Mr. Bashir

Ahmad Magray and Mr. Ali

Mohammad Dars stressed for

identification of establish-

ment of small scale industrial

units in the State especially in

Rajouri, Poonch and other

hilly and remote areas to ben-

efit the unemployed youth of

these areas.

Threadbare discussion

was held on progress and

achievements of various

wings of Industries and

Commerce department

including Khadi and Village

Industry, SIDCO,

Handicrafts, Handloom and

SICOP.

The panel took serious

note of delay in submissionof questionnaire called by the

Committee and asked the

concerned to look into the

matter and fix responsibility

against the erring official.

The Committee directed

the Industries and Commerce

authorities to ensure quality

control of the products

through the experts for com-

peting in the market . It said

that the economic empower-

ment of artisans is purely

incidental to the quality of

the product.

The panel was informed

that 15 exhibitions were held

this contd on page 2

LC Panel for launchingSilk Mission in State

SRINAGAR, FEB 14: To

explore the adventure sportspotential of the Chinab

region, Jammu and Kashmir

Tourism Department is going

to organize 'Jammu and

Kashmir International

Rafting Cup 2013' on Chinab

River from 22nd of this

month.

In view of this forth com-

ing event District

Development Commissioner

Doda convened a meeting of

District and Sectoral Officers

and reviewed the necessary

arrangements for the smooth

conduct of the event.

Nodal Officer of event

AD Tourism Pahalgam

Srinagar Tariq Hussain

besides Executive OfficerMunicipality Doda, Thathri,

Army Officers and other

District and Sectoral Officers

attended the meeting.

During the meeting it was

revealed that the champi-

onship starts from Thathri

and culminate at Pul Doda

and 11 teams are scheduled to

take part during the

Championship.

Various arrangements

were discussed in the meet-

ing which include boarding

and lodging of teams and

their stay in District Doda,

Security arrangements, unin-

terrupted contd on page 2

Govt invites

suggestions fordraft J&K PoliceBill, 2013

JAMMU, FEB 14: The

Government has invited

suggestions/ comments

from general public, social

organizations, NGOs, aca-

demicians and other stake-

holders with regard to the

draft Jammu and Kashmir

Police Bill, 2013.

The draft plan has been

prepared in pursuance to

the judgement of the

contd on page 2

International RaftingCup 2013' on Chinab

River from 22 Feb

NEW DELHI: There is outrage in

Kerala after Union Minister Vayalar

Ravi was caught on video making a per-

sonal swipe at a female reporter who

wanted his reaction to Rajya Sabha

Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien's alleged

involvement in the Suryanelli gangrape

case.

Information and Broadcasting

Minister Manish Tewari Thursday said

that his colleague and Minister for

Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi

has apologised for his sexist comments,

and the matter should rest there.

Tewari said the remark was unbe-

coming for someone working in the pub

and withdrawn his remarks, the matter

should now be put to rest.

Women journalists in Kerala

expressed outrage and staged protests,

following which Vayalar Ravi apolo-

gised to the reporter. The Bharatiya

Janata Party demanded action against

unfortunate that the union minister

behaved this way, if this is his conduct in

front of the camera, what would he do in

the absence of camera?" "Personal apol-

ogy holds no good, he owes an apology

publicly. If you misuse your position

you set a very bad example. Congress

should rap Ravi for this kind of behav-

iour," she added.

Smriti Irani also said the Congress

was setting a bad example by not acting

against such acts. "I am sure the PMO is

aware of this incident. I feel that by

keeping quiet on this behaviour, it gives

an impression that the Congress high

command is okay with such behaviour "

Protests over Vayalar Ravi's remarks, BJP asks Cong to rap himNEW DELHI: The Congress-led UPA gov-

ernment wants to pass the National Food

Security Bill during parliament's

budget session beginning Feb 21

and will protect the interest of the

states, Food Minister K.V.

Thomas said Thursday.

"We hope to introduce the bill

in the last week of the first half of

the budget session and pass it in

the second half," Thomas told

reporters. He said many states

Wednesday expressed reservations on the pro-

visions of the proposed bill, especially on sub-

sidised grain allocation, with Tamil Nadu say-

ing it wanted to stay out of it

grain allocation of the stateswe hope Tamil

Nadu will also come around to our view," said

Thomas. The food ministry had

held detailed discussions with the

state ministers Wednesday.

The revised bill will be

finalised based on the agree-

ments reached with the states, he

said. The points of convergence

are overall 67 percent of the 1.2

billion population to be covered

with the beneficiaries entitled to

five kg grain per person per month at Rs.3 per

kg for rice, Rs.2 for wheat and Re.1 for coarse

grain.

Many states expressed differences on the

Food bill in budget session: K.V Thomas

Don't execute Veerappan

associates: AmnestyNEW DELHI, FEB 14: Amnesty

International Thursday urged India not to exe-

cute the four associates of the late forest brig-

and Veerappan whose mercy plea have been

rejected. "India must immediately halt the

impending executions of four prisoners

whose mercy petitions were rejected by

President Pranab Mukherjee," Amnesty said

in a statement. The presidential action marks

the final course of appeal in the country's jus-

tice system.

According to officials, the four are

Gnanprakasham, Simon, Meesekar Madaiah

and Bilavendran. They are lodged in a jail in

Karnataka. Amnesty said they were "now at

high risk of imminent execution".

The president's contd on page 2

CBI meets defence ministry

officials; seeks recordsNEW DELHI, FEB 14 :Finding some news-

paper clippings provided by the Defence

Ministry insufficient for probe in the VVIP

helicopter deal, the CBI today asked the min-

istry to furnish all documents, including its

internal investigation, for registering a formal

enquiry in the case.

A CBI team met a Joint Secretary level

officer in the Defence Ministry who is also

Acquisition Manager (Air) and sought all

records required to proceed with the probe in

connection with the alleged kickbacks paid to

clear the Rs 3,600 crore deal, agency sources

said.

During the meeting, the CBI team asked

the officials to provide it files related to any

sort of internal contd on page 2

NEWDELHI, FEB 14 : The Supreme Court

today asked the Centre, all states and union

territories to furnish details of expenses

incurred on providing security to various cat-

egories of persons including people with

criminal background and kith and kin of

VVIPs.

The court made clear that it did not want to

know the expenses incurred on the security of

constitutional functionaries such as President

and the Prime Minister and their state coun-

terparts.

"The Centre, all State governments and

Union Territories administrations shall fur-

nish the details of total expenses in providing

security to public persons and private persons

other than the Constitutional functionaries

such as President, Prime Minister, Vice

President, Lok Sabha Speaker... and their

counterparts in States and Union Territories,"

a bench of justices G S Singhvi and H L

Gokhale said.

The order was passed after two-hours of

hearing during which senior advocate Harish

Salve gave examples of how the provision of

providing security and use of beacon lights

were being misused and coming in way of

right to equality of citizens.

The senior advocate cited recent reports

that Minister of state for Railways Adhir

Ranjan Chowdhury, surrounded by his securi-

ty guards contd on page 2

SC asks Centre, states to give details

of expenses on security

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India, France...

multilateral issues of common interest. We reviewed progress on

the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project and reiterated our commitment to

its early implementation as soon as the commercial and technical

negotiations, which have made good progress, are completed,"

Singh said at a joint press event after the talks.

Expressing satisfaction with the progress in defence cooperation,

Singh said, "Discussions on the MMRCAcontract are progressing

well. We have also concluded negotiations on the Short Range

Surface to Air Missile, which, once approved by the Government, will

be co-developed and co-produced in India," while noting that the

defence ties were poised to reach a qualitatively new level.

The Rs 30,000 crore worth of SR-SAM project is a co- develop-

ment joint venture between India and France and would be devel-

oped by MBDA of France and DRDO from the Indian side. The sur-

face to air missile defence system would be deployed by the IAF and

the Navy.

Hollande, also accompanied by a large contingent of French

business leaders, including Dassault chief executive Eric Trappier,

whose company is hoping to seal the deal to sell 126 Rafale war-

planes to India in the world's biggest defence contract currently

under negotiation.

On his part, Hollande said he has come to take the Indo-French

strategic partnership to "yet another level" while noting that the

defence cooperation reflects India's trust for French technology and

France's trust for use of technology by India. "India is a country of

peace", the French President added.

The two sides also inked four pacts, including one in the field of

railways

French Prez visits ...

He inspected the guard of honour and also met members of the

Indian Cabinet. The visiting President said it was a great honourfor him to visit India and thanked his Indian counterpart for

extending a warm welcome to him. "It's a great honour for me to be

visiting India. I thank you (Pranab Mukherjee) President for this wel-

come. I am sure that this visit will lay our relationship at the best level

we can hope. And we must always improve the relationship between

our two countries. India is a great democracy," Hollande told media

here.

92 percent...

Bijoy Hrankhawl exercised their franchise at Agartala and Kulai in

Dhalai district respectively.

Polling stopped at Sonamura in West Tripura district and

Dharmanagar in South Tripura district following technical problems in

EVMs. However, the EVMs were replaced and the voting resumed

after 10 minutes, the officials said.

CPM, the dominant partner in the LF, contested 55 seats, RSP

two and CPI two and Forward Bloc one.

Congress contested 48 seats and its alliance partners INPT in 11

and National Conference of Tripura in one.

Altogether 250 companies of central paramilitary forces were

deployed to maintain law and order.

The BSF had sealed the 856 km-long border with Bangladeshand deployed additional forces to prevent infiltration.

Polling proceeds...

elections in 2008," Jindal said.

More than 30 percent votes had been cast by 10 a.m., he said.

The tempo was expected to increase as the day progressed.

New voters and women appeared the most enthusiastic.

Of the total population of 37 lakh, about 23.5 lakh are eligible to

exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 249 candidates, includ-

ing 15 women and many independents.

In a few polling stations, trouble with electronic voting machines

(EVM) led to voting being stopped for a while.

"In the wake of threats from separatists and possible violence, a

record 40,000 security personnel have been deployed while two air

surveillance teams led by senior police officials are also keeping

vigil," the election official said.

After casting his vote at a school here, Chief Minister Manik

Sarkar said: "The Left Front would get more votes and more seats

this time too."

"There is absolutely no impact of 'paribartan' (change) slogan,

raised by the Congress, here. The Left Front will won the elections

comfortably in most seats," Sarkar told reporters here before leavingfor his Dhanpur assembly constituency in western Tripura under

Sipahijala district.

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) spokesperson

Gautam Das said: "We are happy with the casting of votes. Polling

so far is peaceful."

The Congress has accused the CPI-M of illegally gathering party

supporters in two to three polling station areas.

"Some general voters were being marked to cast their votes

through postal ballots. We have informed the election officer about

this," said Ashok Sinha, Congress spokesperson.

"The Election Commission has deployed specially modified

EVMs in all the 3,041 polling stations across the state to check pos-

sible malpractice and other irregularities," he added.

About 18,000 poll officials have been deployed to conduct the

elections. Of the 3,041 polling stations, 32 have been categorised as

very vulnerable and 112 as vulnerable in view of militancy and other

security related problems.

The Election Commission has appointed over 2,000 micro

observers to assist 48 general, expenditure and police observers to

oversee electioneering. Thursday's vote will decide the fate of the

chief minister, his 11 cabinet colleagues, former chief minister and

veteran Congress leader Samir Ranjan Burman his son and state

Congress chief Sudip Roy Barman, opposition leader (Congress)

Ratan Lal Nath, Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) pres-

ident and former militant leader Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl and a host

of others. After a month-long high-voltage campaign, the ruling CPI-

M led Left Front is locked in a direct fight against the opposition com-

bine of the Congress and the INPT.

The Left Front, which has been in power since 1978 barring one

term (1988-1993), has been facing a challenge on numerous issues,

including higher salaries to the state government employees and ris-

ing unemployment.

International Rafting ..

power supply, Deployment of Chinab Rescue teams (Divers) at

the venue maintenance of normal water level during the event

maintenance of sanctity of town , road and venue area besides var-

ious other arrangements were discussed in the meeting.

DDC impressed upon the officers to put in place all the arrange-

ments well in time for the smooth and enthusiastic celebration of this

International event in the District and asked the officers to work in

coordinated manner to make the event successful.

He said that this event will go a long way in promoting tourism

potential of the District and also prove a milestone for development

of the District and future tourism seasons in the region. He said

efforts must be made to explore 100 percent tourism potential of the

region.

LC Panel for..

fiscal where in 900 artisans participated and displayed their

products. The Committee sought detailed report about the number of

carpet units and tribal schemes in vogue for the security of the

Committee members. Earlier, Commissioner/ Secretary, I & C Mr.

Shantmanu briefed the Committee about the activities of various

wings of the department. The meeting was attended by the Director,

Industries Jammu Mr. G. A. Quershi, Director Geology and Mining

Mr. Farooq Ahmad Khan, Director Carpet Industries Mr. Zubair

Ahmad, Director Handloom Development Department, Mr. D. R.

Sharma, Managing Director, SIDCO Mr. Mohammad Muazzam, MD

, JKHDL Mr. B. S. Dua, Deputy Secretary Legislative Council Mr.

Mohammad Maqbool Bhat and other offices of I & C department

besides officers from Council Secretariat.

BJP defends...

Chief Marshal SP Tyagi dragged in some crucial names includ-

ing Brajesh Mishra, the former National Security Advisor during the

NDA regime into the Italian chopper deal controversy. "When the

requirements were made out, the height decided was 18,000 feet,

subsequently we found that only one particular helicopter which met

this requirement, because there was only one, we could have still

bought, if there is only one of its kind.One problem was the government is always charry about han-

dling a single vendor situation. Mr Brajesh Mishra who was then the

NSAwrote to say that this helicopter doesn't meet the SPG's require-

ment and since there is no other helicopter available at this height,

we need to change the requirements and it was then suggested, the

height be changed," Tyagi said.

However, former Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy denied

receiving any letter from the Prime Minister's Office in 2003 on the

AgustaWestland chopper deal. "I don't think there was any request

for proposal or anything that started in my time. We have been work-

ing on VVIP helicopters since 1993," S Krishnaswamy said.

"I am saddened if it's true. The investigation has been ordered

and they will go to the depth of it. Time is right that truth must come

out and people must be punished whosoever has done wrong," he

added. When asked about the alleged involvement of former Air

Chief Marshal SP Tyagi's family members, Krishnaswamy said, "We

never met the Tyagi brothers."

Meanwhile, BJP leader Prakash Javadekar has demanded a

probe monitored by the Supreme Court. "This whole probe needs to

be monitored by the Supreme Court, otherwise this will also be a

cover-up operation. Let us understand that both the Bofors and this

have common elements in it.Both have Italian connection and middlemen and that i s why we

need to be more cautious," Javadekar said. While SP Tyagi named

the NSAduring Vajpayee's term, the Italian report alleged that 51 mil-

lion euro kickbacks were paid between 2005 and 2011, during the

UPAregime.

The kickbacks were paid in the form of monthly remittances dis-

guised as payments for engineering contracts. Italian officials say at

least 21 million euros was paid from 2007 to 2011, making the UPA

government accountable, as it was in power. The payments were

allegedly made through two companies - IDS India and IDS Tunisia

- and no taxes were paid on the same.

The report has a detailed list of payments which continued till as

late as December 2012. The Rs 3,600 crore deal has also come

under the scrutiny of the Enforcement Directorate. It is expected to

lodge a criminal case of money laundering to probe the allegations.

Don't execute ...

move came just days after the hanging of parliament attack con-

vict Afzal Guru, who was the second man to be hanged in India in

less than three months.

"This government has executed more people since November

2012 than in the previous 10 years. To continue such a regressivetrend would be truly shameful," said Amnesty India chief G.

Ananthapadmanabhan.

"Given the political climate and the two other recent executions,

there is a real concern that these four men will be put to death soon.

The Indian government must ensure that this does not happen."

The four were convicted in 1993 for their involvement in a land-

mine blast that killed 22 people and injured many including police-

men who were on their way to arrest sandalwood smuggler

Veerappan. Amnesty added: "This new practice of executing in

secret without prior notification to relatives is deeply worrying.

"We urge the Indian government to immediately establish a

moratorium on executions as a first step towards abolition."

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of

the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights and as the ultimate cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.

It opposes capital punishment in all cases without exception.

CBI meets...

enquiry undertaken by it in connection with alleged graft in

acquiring 12 AW-101 helicopters from Italian firm AgustaWestland for

IAF's elite Communication Squadron, which ferries the President,

PM and other VVIPs, they said.

The agency also asked the officials to provide prima facie conclu-

sions arrived in the probe.

The sources said the agency managed to get the 64-page report

filed by Italian prosecutors through informal channels but it cannot

proceed with the probe on this basis.

They said they had gone through the complaint given by the

Defence Ministry and found that they have not provided any materi-

al except some press clippings which are not enough to proceed with

a preliminary enquiry in the case.

According to the sources, Defence Ministry has deputed an IAF

officer as nodal officer to help the CBI in its probe.

They said the ministry has provided some documents and also

assured the agency to provide all the details as soon as possible so

that probe can be initiated by it

or information is available which may indicate serious misconduct on

the part of a public servant but is not adequate to justify registration

of a regular case.

On Monday, Italian agencies had arrested the then CEO of

Finmeccanica's subsidiary AgustaWestland, Giuseppe Orsi, for

alleged bribe given to Indian middlemen to clinch the deal.

Yesterday, the agency had received a complaint from the

Defence Ministry seeking a probe in the alleged kickbacks given in

the procurement of 12 helicopters from Finmeccanica's subsidiary

AgustaWestland.

In February 2010, India had inked the Rs 3,600 crore deal to

acquire the 12 three-engine AW-101 helicopters from the Italian

company for the services of VVIPs including the President and the

PM.

Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate is also monitoring the

developments and might register a case under the stringent clauses

of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in this deal once the CBI

files an FIR and also will take in account its ongoing investigation

under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.

SC asks Centre...

and supporters, entered and vandalised the official residence of

District Magistrate at Murshidabad in West Bengal.

Citing the affidavit of Tamil Nadu, Salve said the Prince of Arcot

is being provided the security because of his old status accorded by

the Britishers, who did it to us for "political" reasons.

"Let me point out that the problem has become an endemic and

a part of our political culture," he said.

The bench, hearing a PIL filed by a Uttar Pradesh resident on

misuse of red beacon, passed a slew of directions after going

through two notes provided to it by Salve, who had also moved the

court on the issue, and said, "if streets are unsafe then it has to be

unsafe for the Secretary of the State also."

Earlier, Salve had also filed a plea questioning the stoppage of

traffic and other security paraphernalia put in place for facilitating themovement of a high functionaries during the cremation of former

Prime Minister I K Gujral on December 3 here.

During the hearing, Justice Singhvi today said, "I K Gujral would

not have done it in his lifetime but his body did".

Salve said, "I just wanted to draw the attention of the court that i n

my colony, five vehicles of Haryana Police are stationed outside a

posh house" and on being enquired, it came to light to they were

guarding a relative of the Chief Minister.

"How the police of a state can enter into other state's territory with

arms... It has become a tradition. Earlier, a businessman was beat-

en up by Punjab police in connection with a case... luckily, he had the

boarding pass of Indian Airlines flight from Bangalore to Delhi. All are

not so lucky," he said.

Taking note of the submissions, the court said all citizens should

be treated at par and passed a slew of directions seeking respons-

es on several issues including the total number of persons who have

been provided security at state expense.

The bench, in its order, said, "Details of security provided to chil-

dren, family members and the relatives of the public functionaries

within and outside the state be also provided. Details of the persons,

who are facing criminal charges and to whom security has been pro-

vided at state expenses, be also provided."Considering Salve's pleas based on affidavits of various state

governments on security given to persons, including businessmen

like Vijay Mallya, the bench sought a response on such covers pro-

vided to private individuals.

It wanted to know whether the private individuals foot their secu-

rity bills or they are borne by the state.

The court also asked the state and Union Territories to "provide

details of reviews undertaken of the security provided to public and

private individuals.

"All the States and Union territories shall also file copies of the

Rules/orders which empowers police or functionaries to close the

roads for the movements/visits of persons."

After being pointed out that blowing of sirens, during the move-

ments of VVIPs, create nuisance, the bench also sought replies on

the issue. However, it made it clear that the ambulances and vehi-

cles of security forces would not fall under regulatory measures.

Salve, during the hearing, sought a direction to the Centre to

frame guidelines for review of security given to persons. He also said

besides diplomatic reasons and ceremonial state functions, the

roads should not be blocked.

The court asked Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra,

appearing for Delhi government, to respond as to on what basis thesecurity covers are being provided.

It asked the Centre to apprise it about the meaning of "high dig-

nitaries".

During the hearing, the bench said the red light has become a

status symbol. "We will start from ourselves. Remove the red light

from our vehicles... get a response from the MHA Ministry of Home

Affairs), it said.

Earlier, the court had said that police personnel, who are put on

duty for giving security cover to VIPs, should be deployed for better

purposes like making the roads safe for women.

Even judges of various courts would not have a problem if secu-

rity personnel given to them are withdrawn and deployed on streets,

it had said.

Govt invites ...

Supreme Court passed relating to the Police reforms.

The draft bill can be accessed by logging on to the website

www.jkhome.nic.in. All concerned can send their comments/ sugges-

tions to the Home Department either through post or through email(

[email protected]) within 15 days commencing from 15th February,

2013.

Food bill in...

of grain to be given at subsidised rates under the bill and on who

would be the beneficiaries. Thomas said the states would identify the

beneficiaries based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria agreed

between them and the centre. Welcoming states who run their own

subsidised food schemes, the minister said state laws will be

dependent on the central law as it gives subsidy on the grain.

"There will be no conflict with state laws," said Thomas. He said

the food security bill would be implemented in consultation with the

states, many of whom have asked for a one year window to prepare

for it.

Bihar, Orissa, Punjab and Gujarat want the government to mod-

ernise the public distribution system (PDS) before implementing the

proposed law

The proposed bill, part of the Congress manifesto in the 2009 gen-

eral elections, is expected to be the flagship legislation of the United

Progressive Alliance (UPA-II) in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

"It is a pro-poor bill it is a dream project of UPA chairperson

Sonia Gandhi," said Thomas. "It aims at protection of lifecycle of the

poor people." The bill will add Rs.20,000 crore more to the Rs.1 lakh

crore food subsidy at present.

Also, food grain requirement under the bill will go up from 55 mil-

lion tonnes to between 60-62 million tonnes. The bill was introduced

in the Lok Sabha in December 2011 and sent to a parliamentary

standing committee. The revised bill is being worked out on the basis

of the panel's recommendations, Thomas said.

While states like Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh

wanted universal PDS, Orissa, Kerala and Bihar said the quantity of

5 kg grain per person per month suggested by the parliamentary

panel was not sufficient.

Protests over Vayalar...

In the video, Ravi was seen asking the reporter if she has had a

personal problem with Kurien. Women journalists in Kerala have

expressed outrage over the incident and staged protests.

When the reporter asked Ravi for his comments, Ravi is seen say-

ing, "Do you have anything personal against Kurien? I am sure you

do. Has something happened between you and him in the past?"

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari

reacted to the furore over Ravi's remarks saying, "The minister has

retracted his remarks and this is anyway not expected out of anyone

and let's leave it at that."

Centre can not ...

constitutional right. It is the responsibility of the central and state

governments to protect this right. However, states have the exclusive

powers to maintain law and order. The question plays out within

these two remits, and it is difficult territory," Manish Tewari said, inter-

acting with women journalists at the Indian Women's Press Corps(IWPC) here.

"In states affected with insurgency, left wing extremism, or sepa-

ratist movements, there is a law and order problem. The state gov-

ernment has to decide on imposing restrictions, how far can the cen-

tre step in? The states have to handle the situation on the ground,"

he said. He, however, added that self-regulation by the media could

prove a way out. "Growing up i n Punjab when insurgency was at its

peak, I did not see any restrictions on newspapers. There were no

television channels then, but newspapers followed some self-

restraint," Tewari said.

Newspapers in Kashmir Valley remained shut for four days after

parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged in New Delhi Feb

9. Newspapers in the Valley resumed operations Wednesday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had asserted,

however, that the state government had not imposed any curbs on

newspapers.

He had tweeted that the authorities had imposed curbs on the

Internet to prevent rumours from spreading, but newspapers were

allowed to print news and circulate copies freely. Omar Abdullah

said that some newspapers, however, chose not to print copies for a

few days as curfew conditions had made it hard to deliver the

papers.

Education sector..

here Thursday, which is debating the role of transformational

leaders in the sector. The summit was organised by the EPSI, a rep-

resentative body of over 500 higher education institutions in India.

Nearly 81 percent of the respondents, who took part in the sur-

vey, pointed to a serious gap between the existing pool and the

requirement of academic leaders to meet targets of the 12th Five

Year Plan and India Vision 2020 for Higher Education sector.

Only 18 percent respondents said there is moderate gap

between the expected demand and the available pool, according to

an EPSI statement. The survey received responses from thought

leaders, chancellors, vice-chancellors, deans, principals and profes-

sors from the US, Britain, Germany, Australia, France, Hungary and

Dubai.

The survey was conducted in 22 Indian cities, including Delhi-

NCR, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Manipal.

When asked about 'the critically important traits' of a transformation-

al leader in Indian Higher Education, 80 percent of the respondents

cited innovative approach to development as the most important.

The respondents also felt that high professional integrity, ethical

standards, global exposure and ability to change were some of theother requisite qualities of a transformational leader. Arun Nigavekar,

former chairman of University Grants Commission, defined the traits

of transformational leaders, which includes making critical judg-

ments; differentiating between good, bad and indifferent; communi-

cating intelligently and being flexible, adaptable and tolerant of other

creeds and cultures.

Delhi to host ...

on philosophical, political, economic, cultural and security issues, a

statement said.

During the conference, the institute's lifetime achievement award

will be conferred upon Maulana Saeed Al Azami Al Nadwi, chancel-

lor, Integral University, and chief editor, Al Baas Al Islami, Lucknow.

The conference will also have a special session on India and Saudi

Arabia.

RTI activists ...

when he was the Lokayukta. Hegde's tenure saw many high pro-

file ministers of the state government being slapped with corruption

cases, which eventually led to their resignations. The marshals of the

Assembly evicted the protesting activists after a brief scuffle. They

are now in police detention.

Court reserves ...

Magistrate Amaravathi had extended his judicial remand till

February 26, two days ago. The court, on February 12, has record-

ed the voice of Mr Owaisi under the supervision of APFSL experts

when he read an urdu news paper before the magistrate and when

he was asked formal questions with regard to his personal details.

The exercise is to facilitate matching of his voice with that on

videotapes of the hate speech under which the legislator is an

accused.

The MIM MLA was under judicial remand in the Adilabad district

jail after the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court at Nirmal extended

judicial remand till February 15 on the same issue. Meanwhile, the

Adilabad District Court has admitted the bail petition filed by Mr

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Student crushed to death byIAF vehicle, trigger protestsJAMMU: Ateenaged student was crushed to death today by

an Indian Air Force (IAF) vehicle, triggering protests and

road blockade in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir,

police said. ATata Sumo vehicle of IAF hit the student, iden-

tified as Divnesh at Rond-Dumel area in the district after

which he was rushed to hospital where he was declared

brought dead by the doctors, they said.

The incident triggered protests among the locals, who

blocked the vehicular traffic on the highway. Later, they

were pacified by the authorities and dispersed from the high-

way resulting in normalising of the traffic, police added.

Security forces in J&K askedto exercise maximum restraintSRINAGAR: Security forces have been directed to exercise

maximum restraint while dealing with law and order situations

in Kashmir valley, a top police official said on Wednesday.

"Police force on ground has been directed to exercise maxi-

mum restraint while tackling any law and order situation, IGP

Kashmir, SM Sahai said. The relaxation in the curfew bound

areas will be taken at the local level by district authorities after

evaluating the situation from time to time, a police spokesman

quoted the IGP as saying. Sahai said the extension of relax-

ation period, in areas where it has been given, will be taken

after assessing the situation. He also added that availability of

essential commodities is being ensured by the civil authorities

at all district head quarters. The police is always ready to

assist in ensuring the essential commodities are made avail-

able to the public if asked to do so, he said. Curfew wasimposed on Saturday following hanging of Parliament attack

convict Mohammad Afzal Guru inside Tihar jail in Delhi.

Lecture on basic life support,first aid delivered

UDHAMPUR FEBRUARY 14, 2013: As a part of the six

days Training programme for Community Oriented Policing

Service (COPS) under Pilot Project Scheme being organized

by Civil Defence Organization, an expert lecture on Basic

Life Support and First Aid" was held in the premises of

Civil Defence Complex Udhampur.

Deputy Medical Superintendent District Hospital

Udhampur, DR. Deepak Kumar delivered lecture on the said

topic. In the power point presentati on, Dr. Deepak

imparted awareness among the volunteers about the different

facets of the basic life support and first aid to the victim at

the time of any incident. He said that human life is precious

and all efforts have to be made by the first responder at the

incident site to save the human life. Deputy Controller, Civil

Defence, Udhampur, Dy SP Bodh Raj presented vote of

thanks and appreciated the support and cooperation of theDy. Superintendent for the successful training programme.

Deputy Chief Warden Advocate Swatantra Dev Kotwal,

Civil Defence conducted the proceeding of the function.

Awareness camp on femalefoeticide organized

JAMMU, FEBRURAY 14- Child Development Project

Officer (CDPO), Department of Social Welfare Jammu today

organized an awareness camp on female foeticide and its

impact on society. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Gurmeet

Singh Sassan expressed his views regarding the declining

sex ration in the state and its future implication on the civil

society. During the camp, 100 adolescent girls were provid-

ed free medical check-up besides IFA tablets were distrib-

uted among them. Among others CDPO Jammu, Mrs.

Narinder Kour, MO ICDS, Dr. Sharda Kapoor and supervi-

sors of ICDS in large number attended the camp.

Stock and supply positionreviewed in Shopian

SHOPIAN, FEBRUARY 14: A meeting of officers was

held under the chairmanship of District Development

Commissioner, Shopian, Mr. Mohammad Javaid Khan, con-

vened to take stock of the essential commodities with the

CA&PD department of the district. The meeting was

informed that 11988 quintals of rice, 555 quintals of atta, 452

quintals of sugar and 4854 LPG cylinders were distributed

among the consumers of the district. The Deputy

Commissioner impressed upon the officers to work in coor-

dination to provide all possible facilities to the people of the

district. He also enjoined upon the authorities to ensure

punctuality in their offices.

Training organized on HealthEducation & Nutrition

JAMMU, FEB 14- Community Food Nutrition Extension

Unit Jammu organized two days Orientation Training course

in collaboration with Social Welfare Department and Health

Education Bureau Directorate of Health Services Jammu for

Anganwadi Workersat Ajit Colony Gole Gujral . Programme

was inaugurated by Dr. Dinesh Kumar HOD Community

Medicne Govt. Medical College Jammu. Others present were

Dr. R.P Gupta Ex- Dy. Director Health Services, Jyoti Raina

CDPO Migrant camp and supervisor of the project. Guest

lecture were delivered by Dr. R. P. Gupta Dr. Dinesh Kumar

and A.K Braroo Ex. Demonstrator of CFNEU, Jammu.

Jagdish Prashad Officer in charge of CFNEU, Jammu spoke

on low cost nutritious recipes made from locally available

food stuffs at home, Pankaj Gupta Calligrapher Health

Education Bureau Directorate of Health Services spoke on

the Health Schemes launched by the government. Various

low cost nutritious recipes were demonstrated and literature

on nutrition was distributed among the participants. Group

discussion and evaluation was also organized on the occa-

sion Vote of thanks was presented by Jyoti Raina CDPO

NOTIFICATION

In view of the prevailing situation, it is herby

notified for the information of all the stake holders

that the examination of E.T.T.C. First Year Session

2011-2013 which was scheduled to commence

w.e.f. 18th of February 2013 in the State is hereby

postponed. The fresh date sheet for the said exam-

ination shall be issued separately.

No: F(ETT Exam) Ist yr/Annual/2011-13

Rehari Colony, Jammu (V.R. Sharma)

THE JAMMU & KASHMIR STATE BOARD

OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, JAMMU

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 14:

Minister of State for Health,

Mr. Shabir Ahmad Khan

today said that the govern-

ment was keen to promote

Indian system of treatment

in the state and with this

objective in mind five ISM

hospitals, 30 dispensaries

involving Rs. 101 crore are

being established across the

state.

The Minister was speak-

ing at an officers meeting of

ISM Department, convened

to review the physical and

financial status of ongoing

projects taken up under the

flagship health scheme

NRHM and State plan for

up-gradation of ISM related

infrastructure in the State

here today.

The Health Minister

asked the department to

encourage the people to also

avail this choice of treat-

ment, as the government has

already setup ISM health

centers at all State and

District level hospitals,

besides Primary Health

Centers, where free medi-

cines as well as other related

facilities have been avail-

able free of cost for needy

patients.

Director ISM, Dr. Abdul

Kabir, Mission Director,

NRHM, Dr. Yashpaul

Sharma and other senior

officers of concerned

Departments attended the

meeting.

The Health Minister

emphasized upon the con-

cerned authorities to ensure

proper treatment facilities to

at the ISM hospitals adding

that it should be strictly

ensured that patients are get

free medicines and other

health care facilities kept

available by the government

for them in these hospitals.

The Minister directed for

time bound completion of

under execution hospital

buildings and asked the

Director ISM sort out the

issues with concerned

departments so that the work

do not hamper.

Director, ISM, Dr. Abdul

Kabir gave detailed resume

of physical and financial

achievements registered by

the department towards pro-

motion of ISM treatment in

the State. He said that about

40 lakh people have been

treated in ISM health centers

and hospitals during last 10

months of current fiscal. He

said 2 AYUSH unit have

been set up at 396 PHCs

providin g the choices of

treatment under one roof,

besides treatment facilities

like panchkarma, kasharsu-

tra and regimental therapies

have been made available for

the patients in 2 Community

Health Centers in Kupwara

and Sarwal, Jammu . He said

to provide Sowa Rigpa treat-

ment facility to the people of

ladakh, 20 AMCHI practi-

tioners have been engaged

under NRHM there.

Govt keen to promote Indiansystem of treatment: Shabir

5 ISM hospitals, 30 dispensaries worth Rs. 101 cr coming up in State

JAMMU, FEB 14: Minister of

State for Technical Education

(Independent charge)Social

Welfare, Information, Power,

Rural Development, Law and

Justice, Mr. Vikar Rasool, today

strongly advocated for Gender

Budgeting at all levels, including

Panchayat Level , saying that

partnership of women folk in the

development process was impera-

tive for achieving the desirable

economic growth.

Addressing panchs and

sarpanchs at one day Conference

on Gender Budgeting held for

Panchayat representatives of

Jammu district here today, Vikar

said that with this objective in

mind, the centre and state

Governments have kept special

provisions and allocations in the

development and welfare

schemes for the emancipation of

the women folk.

The Conference was organized

by the Jammu and KashmirRehabilitation Council (JKRC) as

part of its awareness programme

towards the emancipation of

weaker sections of the society.

He said there are many

schemes which have been special-

ly designed to extend moral,

financial and technical support to

women so that they were able to

live a respectful life and also lead

the society. He said the schemes

like National Rural Health

Mission in health sector, Sarva

Siksha Abhiayn (SSA) , RMSA in

education sector , have special

provisions for women health and

girl education.

Highlighting the necessity of

Gender budgeting, he said in

comparison to men, the women

today have a bigger role in the

society as they are managing the

home and also working outside.

He said that 48 per cent of total

population of the country are

women folk and these women and

girls not only a large part of the

valuable human resource, but they

are also individuals in their own

right and their socio-economic

development sets the foundation

for sustainable growth of the

Country and society as a whole.

He said Government has already

taken a number of steps for the

welfare of women but there wasstill much do be done as on the

ground level they still face dis-

parities in health, literacy, educa-

tional attainments, skill level and

occupational status .

Prof and Head, Economics

Deptt, University of Mumbai, Dr

Ritu Dewan, Member State

Planning Commission, Raipur,

CG, Mr. P.P. Soti, Sr. Research

Officer, Gender Budgeting and

Gender Mainstreaming, Ministry

of Women and Child Dev, GOI,

Dr Bansuri Nag, representatives

of Ministry of Women and Child

Dev. GOI, Director Rural

Development Jammu, Mr. Shafiq

Raina, Managing Director

Women's Development

Corporation, Ms. Nahida Soz

were present on the occasion.

Stressing for a separate budget

for the women at all levels, Mr.

Vikar asked the Panches and

Sarpanches and other concerned

agencies to keep a provision for a

separate budget for the women so

that they can be able to tackle the

problems confronting to them as a

routine matter

Mr Vikar said after independ-

ence India has produced a num-

ber of women who led the nation

towards development and eco-

nomic prosperity, while citing the

example of Former PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi, former

President Pratiba Patil, UPA

Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi,

Speaker, National Parliament,

Meera Kumar adding the Jammu

and Kashmir government also

have a leading woman minister

Ms Sakina Itoo .

The Minister said that

Government should formulate a

comprehensive policy for Gender

budgeting as it is very essential to

meet the challenges in the way of

socio-economic emancipation of

the women. Hailing JKRC for

organising such 19 programmes,

he stressed upon the authorities

for conducting more and more

such programmes in the future.

Mr Vikar emphasized for high-

lighting such issues in Legislative

Assemblies and National

Parliament by respective mem-

bers. He said the ruling parties

and opposition shall raise issues

relating to the upliftment of the

women with one voice as that

would have a great impact on the

society. He said the Gender budg-

eting can help improve economic

governess and financial manage-

ment and also provide feedback to

government, whether it is meeting

the needs of different age groups,

men woman and youth. He said

that the main thrust of GenderBudgeting shall be on the needs of

women and girls, because gener-

ally they are at a economical dis-

advantage. He said it can directly

promote women empowerment,

when funds are allocated for pro-

grammes that address the eco-

nomic condition of women popu-

lation.

Panches, Sarpanches Conferenceon Gender Budgeting held

Execution of Afzala blot on Indian

democracy: JKLFSRINAGAR, FEB 14:The spokesperson of

JKLF in a statement said, that the execu-

tion of the death sentence of Afzal Guru

has once again revealed the real and the

ugly face of Indian democracy. For keeping

the opposition and its vote bank alive, the

Congress has hanged an innocent Kashmiri

for second time in a row after Martyr

Mohammad Maqbool Bhat in 1984. But

this time the situation in J&K is altogether

different. The Kashmiri people will not be

let down by this tragic incident, instead it

has boosted their morale and infused a new

lease of life in their fight against the oppres-

sion and illegal occupation of J&K by the

Indian forces. The spokesperson further

said that the Indian Govt while satisfying

the conscience of opposition and other com-

munal forces have always ignored and hurt

the sentiments of Kashmiri people. It seems

that the policy of Congress and BJP are

somewhat similar as the congress has now

started adopting the communal policy of

BJP. The people of Kashmir will always

remember 9th and 11th Feb for the martyr-

dom of Shaheed Afzal Guru and Shaheed

Mohammad Maqbool Bhat respectively.

The Spokesperson hailed the peacefulactivity and hunger strike made by M.Yasin

Malik in Islamabad, Pakistan against the

Execution of Martyr Afzal Guru and

accused the BJP for unnecessarily exagger-

ating the issue and making a mountain out

of a mole hill. JKLF spokesperson wel-

comed the statement given by Jihad

Counsel and APHC leaders about unity

between all pro-freedom groups.

Spokesperson said that JKLF (H) is already

working in coordination with other pro-

freedom and leaders from since last two

years for joint activity on continuing free-

dom struggle. He also condemns the arrests

of all pro-freedom leaders by police and

Indian forces.

TrainingProg on Bee

keeping heldJAMMU FEBRUARY 14: An awarenesscum training programme on Bee-Keeping

was organised by the Department of

Agriculture Jammu for unemployed educat-

ed youth of Jammu district in collaboration

with Swabhiman NGO under the guidance

of Director Agriculture Jammu Mr Ajay

Khajuria. More than 40 youth participated

in the awareness-cum-training Programme.

Assistant Entomologist Jammu, Mrs

Parveen Kouser imparted awareness about

bee-keeping and said that it is one of the

best agro-based income generating activity.

Impressing upon the youth to adopt bee-

keeping as a profession to earn their liveli-

hood, she said that cost benefit ratio in

honey production is quite higher as com-

pared to cultivation of field crops due to its

high medicinal value. She gave the details

of various incentives being provided by the

Department under different state and cen-

trally sponsored schemes which include

strengthening of bee colonies, assistance to

bee breeders and exposure visit of the bee-

keepers to the other states to improve their

technical knowhow and acquaint them with

the latest developments in bee-keeping.

The technical session was conducted by

Sawarkar Anand and S MG Singh and

Bishan Choudhary Apiculture Development

Assistants. They demonstrated the tech-

niques of handling bee-colonies, use of

various tools and equipments in bee-keep-

ing and gave details about honey production

and its marketing.Chairman Swabhiman,

Vikram Malhotra thanked the Department

and stressed upon the participants to take up

beekeeping with the help of Agriculture

Department.

Government andDistrict administration

is all set to foil theEid-Gah Chalo callgiven by Hurriyat

SRINAGAR, FEB 14: Government and

District administration is all set to foil the

Eid-Gah Chalo call given by Hurriyat (G).

According to reports all the areas of down-town have been sealed and mobile bunkers

have been put in place to foil any attempt on

part of people on Friday. Meanwhile strict

curfew remained in place in Bandipora,

Sopore and Handwara areas in north

Kashmir, and old city areas in Srinagar for

the sixth consecutive day on Thursday.

Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday start-

ed limping back to normalcy, five days after

the hanging of Parliament attack convict

Mohammad Afzal Guru, even as curfew

remained in force in 10 towns of the

Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure.

A police spokesman said curfew has

been relaxed in many parts of the Valley

this morning."Curfew is in force in some

places as a precautionary measure which

includes six police station areas in the city

and some towns in rest of the Valley," the

spokesman said.

He said curfew was not relaxed in north

Kashmir towns of Sopore, Pattan,

Baramulla, Handwara and Bandipora while

in south Kashmir restrictions continued in

Shopian, Yaripora and Anantnag town.

Curfew also remained in force in old

Srinagar city.

Authorities relaxed curfew in phased

manner in Ram Munshi Bagh, Kothibagh,

Shergarhi, Saddar, Rajbagh, Shaheed Gunj,

Lal Bazar, Pantha chowk, Parimpora,

Bemina, Nowgam and Budgam areas.

Curfew was also relaxed from 10 to 12

pm in Ganderbal, Pulwama, Shopian except

Shopian maintown, Islamabad (Anantnag),

Awantipora, Kulgam and Yaripora.

Curfew was relaxed in entire Baramulla

district except the main town and Pattan.

A police officer told news sources that

protestors resorted to heavy stone pelting in

Ladoora Sopore and stray incidents of stone

pelting were also reported from Kangan,

Rainawari ,Noorbagh and Bandipora.

Overall the situation remained peaceful, a

police official said. Meanwhile all the

arrangements have been made to foil the

Eid-Gah Chalo call given by Geelani led

Hurriyat. Sources said an important meet-

ing was held in Srinagar on Thursday in

which top rank district and police officials

participated. The security arrangements

made for the Friday was discussed in the

meeting at a thread bare. Pertinently, curfew

was imposed across Kashmir Valley on

Saturday following hanging of Guru inside

Tihar Jail in Delhi. Three persons died and

over 50 others were injured in clashes

between protestors and security forces dur

Govt committed to economic emancipation of Women folk: ViKar

SRINAGAR, FEB 14: Hurriyat (M)

spokesperson in a press statement

issued from Srinagar has lashed out at

the Indian media and mainstream

political parties for deliberately

engaging in a political onslaught to

distract attention from the ground sit-

uation in Kashmir resulting from

Afzal Guru's hanging. Stating that

Afzal Guru's hanging has angered and

anguished Kashmiris, the spokesper-

son added that such diversion tactics

will not hide the fact that the senti-

ments of Kashmiris have yet again

The Hurriyat (M) spokesperson

stated that Kashmir was a raging con-

flict that has real dimensions that

affect the lives and rights of the

Kashmiri people. Why is the Indian

media so brazenly selective in its

moral outrage? There is an absolute

lack of expressed concern for the state

of collective siege in Kashmir by both

the Indian Media and mainstream

political parties. The Hurriyat (M)

spokesperson termed the media cam-

paign on Yasin Malik as a blatant

"media trial" and a ploy to shift atten

Indian Media distracting attention from the

ground situation of Kashmir: Hurriyat

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JAMMU 14 FEB 2013:

Ashwani Bhatia General

Manager, SBI NW-II of

Chandigarh Circle formally

dedicated 24x7 Self service

Kiosk & Cash Deposit

Machine to the people of

Jammu today through Video.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr.

Bhatia advised that our cus-

tomers who own any variant

of SBI ATM Cum Debit Card

& SME INSTA Deposit Card

can deposit loose bank notes

to their mapped A/C'S up to a

maximum of Rs. 49900any

time. The cash deposited

through this machine gets

credited to customers A/C

immediately. Customer will

get immediate response indi-

cating the credit to linked A/C

through SMS. In addition to

cash deposit transactions, the

customers can carry out other

functions like balance

enquiry, mini statement & pin

change. The other attraction in

the lounge is Self Service

Kiosk which is non cash self

service terminal through

which customers can make

every financial & non finan-

cial transactions using these

SBI ATM Cum Debit Cards.

The SSK provides the con-

venience of handling 20 dif-

ferent transactions like Pass

Book Printing, funds transfer,

bill payments, cheque book

request, balance enquiry.

Account summery, sbi life

insurance payment. Loan

statement etc.

Sh Ajit Kumar Jain Dy.

General Manager of the J&K

Module advised the gathering

that SBI has launched many

products for the benefit of its

esteemed customers that

includes Car loan & Home

Loan at lowest interest rates.

No minimum balance require-

ment & Nill service charges

besides Personal Accident

Insurance Scheme of Rs. 4.00

lac for just Rs.100 for all sav-

ing bank a/c holders.

With an aim to boost the

economy SBI is lending to eli-

gible SME borrowers under

CGTMSE upto Rs. 100 lac

without guarantee or collater-

al security. Unlike other banks

the upfront fee& the annual

service charges are being

borne by SBI. Another cus-

tomer friendly product for our

farmer brethren is agriculture

gold loan where the ROI after

subvention is just 4%.

Mr P K Abrol Regional

Manager RBO II Jammu &

Sh B M Sharma Chief

Manager SBI Gandhi Nagar

branch besides other func-

tionaries were present on the

occasion.

SBI launches 24x7 self service banking at Gandhi Nagar Jammu

Ashwani Bhatia General Manager, SBI NW-II of Chandigarh Circle during inaugurational gesture.

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SRINAGAR, FEB 14:

Lambasted the State of

Jammu and Kashmir for

muzzling the voice of people,

Chairperson of the National

commission on minorities

and the Ex Chief InformationCommissioner of the

Government of India,

Wajahat Habibullah

Thursday said that by gag-

ging internet and mass

media, Chief Minister Omar

Abdullah in a way is tarnish-

ing the democratic principles

of the country. "Free flow of

information is the essence of

democracy and once you gag

the internet and media on the

pretext of law and order, that

means you are filching the

liberty and freedom of people

which is not acceptable in a

democratic set up," Wajahat

Habibullah told reporters

and added that the situation

in Kashmir Valley is very

serious.

Refused to comment on

the execution of Afzal Guroo,

Wajahat Habibullah said that

he can't say under what cir-cumstances he was executed

and what will be its repercus-

sions. "I can't comment on

the execution of Afzal Guroo

but I can tell you the situation

in Kashmir Valley is very

serious where the freedom

and liberty of the people are

being crippled," He said.

The former Information

Commissioner of India said

that he is surprised the way

State Government has put a

blanket ban on mass media in

Valley. "You can't gag media

in a democracy. In this age of

information and technology

it is absurd to gag internet

and not allowing people and

youth in particular to make

use of the internet facility

when we know that internet

has become the nerve centre

and necessity of life," he said

and lamented that even news-papers were not allowed to

get published and hundreds

of published newspaper

copies were seized by the

police which tells a sorry

state of affairs.

Chairperson of the

National commission on

minorities, Wajahat

Habibullah asked Chief

Minister Omar Abdullah to

lift the ban on internet and

restore the freedom of peo-

ple. "I hope gag on media

will be lifted completely and

people will be allowed to

freely express their views and

opinions," he said

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 14-

SaMaPa (Sopori Academy of

Music and Performing Arts)

during the ongoing SaMaPa

Aalap Festival 2013 today

presented a special concert at

the District Jail Jammu,

Amphalla featuring Santoor

recital by the 'King ofStrings' and the Saint of

Santoor', the Great Music

Legend Pandit Bhajan

Sopori. The SaMaPa Aalap

2013 is being presented by

SaMaPa in collaboration

with the Shri Mata Vaishno

Devi Shrine Board, J&K

Police and Department of

Tourism, Jammu.

DGP Prisons Naveen

Agarwal was the chief guest

while DIG Dr. Mohd. Sultan

Lone was the guest of hon-

our on the occasion .

The chief guest said that

the concert is a major initia-

tive by SaMaPa, Pandit

Bhajan Sopori and Abhay

Rustum Sopori. He high-

lighted Sopori family's con-

tribution in keeping alive the

rich culture of state and con-

tributing to the society in a

grand manner.

He said that music is a

good medium to touch thesoul of a prisoner and the

concert provided mental

peace to the prisoners which

would reform them and

relieve them from various

environmental tensions they

have gone through. He said

that Pt. Sopori's music is an

opening to positive clarifica-

tions. He wished that

SaMaPa continues to have

such presentation in future

also.

Superintendent District

Jail Jammu, Amphalla

Dinesh Sharma in his wel-

come address said that music

is an art that helps to bring

harmony and expressions of

emotions while reducing ten-

sion and anxiety and pro-

vides healing touch. He

thanked Pt. Sopori for his

concern for the jail inmates

and helping the society for

its betterment.

Superintendent CentralJail Kotbhalwal Jammu

Rajni Sehgal presented the

vote of thanks.

Earlier, Pandit Bhajan

Sopori said that this concert

aimed to provide a musical

healing touch and create

vibrant activities for the

inmates. He said that the pro-

gramme was organized with

a motive to provide emotion-

al support to the prisoners

and in order to help them

psychologically with music

therapy in an attempt to

make them better human

beings so that they are able

to face the world with confi-

dence.

The concert also featured

the young Sufi Singer Ragini

Rainu who presented various

Sufi Qualams which were

uplifting. She was accompa-

nied by renowned Tabla

player of the country

Mithilesh Jha ,Abid Hussainon Sarangi, Ravi Sharma on

Harmonium, Kamal Sharma

on Dholak and Jagmeet

Singh on Guitar.

Santoor Maestro and

Music Composer, and

Secretary SaMaPa, Abhay

Rustum Sopori spoke on the

occasion. He said it's impor-

tant to create a positive

thought process with love for

the inmates and create music

oriented reform which would

help in building sensitivity in

each inmate. The pro-

gramme was attended by a

large number of prison

inmates and jail staff.

Blanket ban on media not acceptablein Democracy: Wajahat Habibullah

Train link toKatra likely toopen by JuneKATRA: Travelling by

train to Katra, the base camp

to the Vaishno Devi shrine,

is set to become a reality by

June when railways expects

to complete the work on this

stretch of the ambitious

Kashmir rail link project.

The opening of the 25-

km Udhampur-Katra sec-

tion could see a good num-

ber of trains running up to

the town, saving passengers

the bother of undertaking

journey by road from

Jammu to the shrine which

sees an annual flow of about

10 million people.

"We hope to complete

work on the section by May

following which there

would be inspection by

commissioner of railway

safety before it is commis-

sioned," said CAO of

Udhampur- Srinagar-

Baramulla Rail Link Project

BD Garg.

The route passes through

inhospitable terrain makingit an extremely challenging

engineering project.

Talking about one of the

tunnels on the section, a

portion of which gave in,

leading to delays, he said

the problem has been sorted

out as "we abandon that por-

tion and create a detour".

Ballast-free track is being

laid before winding up the

work.

The 292-km-Udhampur-

K a t r a - Q u a z i k u n d -

Baramulla rail link is vital

for the Kashmir Valley as it

aims at boosting the eco-

nomic prosperity of the

region by facilitating trans-

portation. Plans are afoot to

electrify the entire stretch

later on.At present, passenger

trains ply between Jammu

and Udhampur and between

Qazigund and Baramulla.

The commissioning of

the Udhampur-Katra section

is expected to bring in more

pilgrims to the Vaishno Devi

shrine from across the coun-

try. Keeping this in mind,

the vast expanse of Katra

station has been provided

with pilgrim guide tourist

assistance, cloak room,

waiting hall, VIP lounge,

escalators and lifts besides

parking space on the either

side of the station. Talks are

on with Vaishnodevi Shrine

Board to have a counter at

the station itself.

"While the facilities at

the station are one of the

best in the country, the three

platforms itself can accom-

modate 26 coach trains,"

Garg said.

The first floor has been

provided with plush accom-

modation facilities match-

ing star hotels with cafeteria

by IRCTC.

Garg noted the construc-

tion of the station has given

a spurt to the local economy

and hospitality sector as a

number of hotels have

sprung up in close vicinity

along with other commer-

cial establishments.

Pt. Bhajan Sopori's musical reform for prisoners

Workshop on Dogra wall

paintings begins at GDCUDHAMPUR FEBRUARY 14: A two-daysworkshop on theme Dogra Wall Paintings

was inaugurate here in the premises of Govt.

Degree College (Boys) Udhampur.

Organized by the Heritage Club of the

college in collaborati on with Centre for

History and Culture of Jammu and Ladakh

Regions, University of Jammu, the purpose of

the workshop is to sensitize youth about the

important socio-historical aspect of our her-

itage. The exhibition of wall painting replicas

painted by Ms. Antima Manhas is also a part

of the programme.

Director Sher-e-Kashmir Police Academy

Udhampur,Mr. Farooq Khan was the chief

guest who formally inaugurated the work-

shop.

While addressing, Mr. Khan emphasized

upon preservation and conservation of

Heritage sites especially fragile wall paint-

ings which speak of our glorious past studded

with aesthetic expression. Our wall paintings

have been a victim of negligence both from

the authorities and the public. But the kind of

awareness campaign started in this college by

the Heritage Club witnesses the involvement

of the youth which is a very positive sign.

This college must offer to start Archeology as

subject to its a s tudents," he added.

The Technical session chaired by Dr. S.K

Magotra, Head Dept. of Chemistry of the

College. Prof. Anita Billowria, Director,

Centre for History and Culture of Jammu and

Ladakh Regions, University of Jammu made

an explicit presentation on Dogra wall

Paintings , their history, influences, special

features, themes by showing various sites and

research carried on this socio-historical

aspect of heritage.

Curator Dogra Art Museum, Jammu, Mr.

Kirpal Singh in his presentation touched the

preservation and conservation aspect of the

theme. A numismatist from Dept. of Buddist

Studies , Dr. Sonia Jasrotia also made a pres-

entation in the workshop. Principal of the

College Dr. Nutan K. Resutra in his welcome

address said that there is a dire need to sensi-

tize the youth to grow love and affection for

tangible & intangible heritage of our country.

"We, as a responsible institution of higher

learning, are providing every opportunity to

our students to carve heritage lovers who are

equipped with sufficient knowledge and con-

cern for its preservation.

The workshop was attended by alumni,

and heritage lovers along with the Heritage

Volunteers of the host College, GCW Gandhi

Nagar GCW Parade GDC Akhnoor GCW

Cultural Academyannounces annual State

Photography Awards

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 14:The Jammu &

Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture &

Languages has announced the State

Photography Awards 2011. The awards insti-

tuted in 2008 are conferred in three categories

carrying a cash prize of Rs 15,000, 10,000, and

7,000 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd position respective-

ly. Apart from the three awards, four consola-

tion prizes of Rs 1000 each are also given

annually to the winners. While making the

announcement Secretary J&K Academy of Art,

Culture & Languages, Khalid Bashir Ahmad

said that as many as 89 entries were received

by the Academy for the competition. Of these,

he informed, the Adjudicating Committee

selected 67 entries for the competition.

Disclosing the winners Khalid said that the

first, second and third prize have been bagged

respectively by Ms Puja for her photo titled

Purity, Channi Anand for his picture In an

Animal Conflict and Abrar Ali Wani for his

image Devotion. The names of the consolation

prize winners were also disclosed. The winners

include Maqsood Bhat, Mir Sarwar, Mushtaq

Assad and Parveen Kumar. All the four would

get an equal amount of Rs 1000 as the prize

money. The Secretary Academy said that photo

entries for the 4th edition of the competition

were placed before an Adjudicating Committee

which selected the eligible photos for the com-

petition and on final evaluation the winners

were chosen He said that the Award winners

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 14:

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Dr.

Asgar Hassan Samoon conducted an

extensive tour of Bandipora and

Ganderbal districts today to take stock of

the availability of essentials and basic

amenities being provided to the people.

Divisional Commissioner was

apprised that adequate stocks of essential

commodities are available in the twin dis-

tricts and sale outlets are functioning

smoothly to distribute food grains to the

people.

The Health Services are also being

rendered to the people in all the health

institutions. Meanwhile, the Divisional

Commissioner took stock of the essentials

available in the valley during video con-

ference with the Deputy Commissioners.

Director Health Services informed that

249 surgeries were conducted in various

hospitals of the valley, 74 surgeries in

Government Medical College and

Associated Hospitals whileas 237 medical

shops remained open to provide necessary

medicines to the patients.

The meeting was informed that there

were no restrictions in Pulwama district

and life remained normal throughout the

district. In Anantnag district the restric-

tions were imposed in town only.

Similarly, there was no curfew in Budgam

and Kupwara but restrictions continued in

Langate. Relaxations were given from 4

pm onwards in Baramulla, Sopore and

Shopian. However, restrictions continued

in Ganderbal, Kulgam and Bandipora.

On the directions of Divisional

Commissioner Kashmir, Additional

Commissioner Kashmir, Srinagar inspect-

ed various offices of Srinagar district and

checked attendance of the employees. It

was found that 93 employees were absent

from duty unauthorizedly while as 73 %

attendance was recorded in the Srinagar

offices.

It was given out that 280 ATMs and

256 branches of J&K Bank were open and

functioned smoothly today besides trans-

actions worth Rs. 4.60 crore were made in

different districts. The meeting was

informed that Rs. 53 crore were disbursed

through various treasuries.

It was also informed that all district

treasuries functioned normally in the val-

ley today. The meeting was also informed

that truck loads of essentials commodities

which crossed today Zig Lower Munda

towards Srinagar include 733 of rice and

293 of wheat 71 sugar, 11 poultry, 15

sheep and goat truck loads, besides 116 k-

oil tankers, 86 diesel tankers, and 55 LPG

cylinder truck loads.

ANANTNAG, FEBRUARY 14:

Director CAPD Kashmir Mr. Mushtaq

Ahmed Mir today checked the avail-

ability of essential food items in

Anantnag Township and inspected all

the CAPD stores and physically took

stock of the food grains and other essen-

tial commodities available in the stores.

The team of officers including

Deputy Director CAPD Anantnag

Bazar. The Director was informed that

51560 quintals of Rice, 5910 quintals of

wheat and 725 quintals of Sugar are

available in the FCI godowns of the dis-

trict and distribution process is gather-

ing momentum day by day.

During his visit to food store at

Khannabal and various distribution cen-

tres in the town, Director expressed sat-

isfaction with the stock of essential

two LPG outlets at Nai Basti and

Cheeni Chowk Anantnag where they

directed the Gas distributors to make

gas distribution feasible at the doorsteps

of the consumers. He also directed them

to ensure gas availability round the

clock to every person especially during

curfew days. The gas distributors

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