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Vol. 12 No: 7 | JAMMU, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020 | Pages: 12 | Price: R 3.00 | Air surcharge 50 paisa for Leh

Ravinder Raina,Yudhvir launch

signature campaign on CAA

CISF to observe2020 as the

year of 'Mobility'

CEC flags offfirst batch of2020 ChadarTrek tourists

Be like a baby

JAMMUMAX : 14.0 °CMIN : 9.0 °CSUNSET : 5:33 pm TodaySUNRISE : 7:31 am TomorrowSRINAGARMAX : 3.0 °CMIN : -1.0 °CLEHMAX : -8.0 °CMIN : -14.0 °C

JNU VC 'completelyineffective': Dr SinghNEW DELHI: FormerJNU Chancellor and sen-ior Congress leaderKaran Singh on Mondayslammed the university'sVice Chancellor MJagadesh Kumar over theviolence on campus,alleging that he had been"absent" at this crucialjuncture and was "com-pletely ineffective".Expressing shock at theevents at the premier

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2 drug peddlers heldSRINAGAR: TheJammu and KashmirPolice arrested two drugpeddlers and recoveredtwo kg contraband fromthem at Awantiporatoday. Sources confirmedthat acting on a tip-offregarding transportationof drugs, a checkpointwas established atBeighpora in southKashmir. Police inter-cepted an auto-rickshawand recovered two kgcannabis powder during

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One Pvt SecytransferredJAMMU: The govern-ment has ordered transferand posting of onePrivate Secretary withimmediate effect.As per an Order issuedby General Administ-ration Department heretoday, Tarun Sharma,Private Secretary in theLadakh AffairsDepartment has beentransferred and posted asPrivate Secretary in thePower DevelopmentDepartment.

IN BRIEF

YEH HAI JAMMU

Women cops rushing to their destinations after finishing duties during rain in Jammu onMonday. Aman

RATTAN SHARMAJAMMU, JAN 6: As thegovernment has given a go-ahead to the civil adminis-tration to hold Panchayatelections, the process forover 12000 vacant seats hasbeen set in motion, in theUnion Territory of Jammuand Kashmir.

The first elec-tion in the newUT of J&K willbe held on thevacant seats ofPanches andSarpanches ind i f f e r e n tPanchayats. Theadministrationhas given thegreen signal forelections onvacant seats as the Apexand Divisional level com-mittees have been constitut-ed to prepare for electionsfor the vacant Panchayatseats.

If all goes well, electionscan be held in these seats inFebruary-March after thesnowfall ends. The work ofrevised voter list hasalready been completed.

There are 12,565 seatsvacant in Kashmir alone,sources said adding that theposts of 166 Panchs andSarpanches in Jammu divi-sion and 45 in Ladakh arealso lying vacant.

According to an orderissued by the General

A d m i n i s t r a t i o nDepartment, the eight-member Apex committee isheaded by PrincipalSecretary, Home depart-ment, with the DirectorGeneral of Police,Additional DirectorGeneral of Police (CID),Divisional Commissionersof Kashmir and Jammu andthe Secretary, Department

of Rural Development andPanchayati Raj as its mem-bers. Besides the Apexcommittee, separate four-member Committees eachfor Jammu and Kashmirdivisions, headed by theirrespective Commissioners,have also been constituted.

The ApexCommittee willdraw a roadmap and adetailed sched-ule for con-ducting theelections on thebasis of inputson the groundlevel situationfrom theD i v i s i o n a llevel commit-

tees. It will submit a reportto the government byJanuary 13.

The Committees will getassistance from the depart-ment of Rural Developmentand Panchayati Raj.

Meanwhile, DivisionalCommissioner Jammu,Sanjeev Verma todaychaired a meeting with

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Process for Panchayat polls for over12000 vacant seats set in motion

NEW DELHI, JAN 6:Newly appointed Advisorto the Union TerritoryGovernment of Jammu &Kashmir, Rajiv RaiBhatnagar today paid acourtesy call to UnionMinister of State (Indepe-ndent Charge) Develop-ment of North EasternRegion (DoNER), MoSPMO, Personnel, PublicGrievances, Pensions,Atomic Energy and Space,Dr Jitendra Singh, beforehe prepares to leave for the

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GJ REPORTSRINAGAR, JAN 6: Traffic wassuspended on Srinagar-Jammu nation-al highway, only road connectingKashmir valley with the rest of thecountry, due to slippery road condi-tions and shooting stone due to freshsnowfall.

Meanwhile, the 434-km-longSrinagar-Leh national highway, theonly road connecting Union Territory(UT) Ladakh with Kashmir valley,remained closed for the past 27 dayson Monday due to accumulation ofsnow and slippery condition. The his-

toric 86-km-long Mughal road, con-necting Shopian in south Kashmirwith Rajouri and Poonch in Jammuregion, also remained closed for thepast 27 days.

There was fresh snowfall since latelast night on Leh highway and Mughalroad, official sources said, addingthese roads will now remain closed forwinter months.

"Traffic was again suspended onKashmir highway due to slippery roadconditions following snowfall sinceearly morning and shooting stones atsome places," a Traffic Police official

said.The vehicles, including those car-

rying passengers and essential com-modities, have been stranded at vari-ous places on the other side ofJawahar Tunnel on the highway,where traffic was allowed to ply fromJammu to Srinagar on Monday.

Hundreds of oil and gas tankersbesides Heavy Motor Vehicles(HMVs), carrying essentials, particu-larly fresh vegetables were allowed toleave from Udhampur and other partsof Jammu for Kashmir valley late last

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Srinagar-Jammu highway closed due toshooting stones, slippery conditions

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: Advisor to LieutenantGovernor, Farooq Khan, today reiteratedthat the J&K administration is working tire-lessly at all levels for the collective welfareof the people of the region. The Advisorwas interacting with the deputations andindividuals during weekly public hearing

programme, here at Convention CenterCanal Road.

As many as 100 individuals and severaldeputations hailing from different parts ofJ&K put forth their demands and griev-ances before the Advisor and sought hisintervention for early redress of theirissues.

A deputation of Trikuta Nagar WelfareSociety demanded provision of a playfieldin its area. A deputation of Rehbar-e-KhelTeachers, under the banner of All J&KRehbar-e-Khel Teachers Association,demanded regularization of their services.

Similarly, a deputation of JK SportsCouncil coaches sought Advisor's inter-vention in release of their pendingsalaries. Another deputation fromRoughrah, Sidhra demanded installationof transformer in the area.

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Administration working tirelesslyfor people's welfare: Advisor Khan

Pak Chargéd'affaires

summonedNEW DELHI, JAN 6:Pakistan's Chargé d'af-faires, Syed Haider Shahwas on Monday summonedhere to lodge strong protestat the recent acts of 'van-dalism and desecration' ofthe holy Gurdwara SriJanam Asthan at NankanaSahib and and the 'targetedkilling' of a minority Sikhcommunity member inPeshawar.

Stating this in a release,the MEA said that theGovernment of India alsoshared "strong concernsraised by members of civilsociety, parliamentariansand others at the continuedpersecution of religiousand ethnic minorities inPakistan, including therecent despicable andheinous acts".

The Pakistan govern-ment was called upon toensure safety, security, and

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New decade belongsto entrepreneurs,

shun negativity: PMNEW DELHI, JAN 6: Prime Minister Narendra Moditoday said the coming decade will belong to Indian entre-preneurs and there they should not be bothered by theatmosphere of negativity.

"As we enter the new decade, I have no hesitation tostate that the coming decade will belong to Indian entrepre-neurs," the Prime Minister said addressing a function tocommemorate 100 years of launch of Kirloskar BrothersLimited.

Prime Minister's comments come when the governmentis working to prepare the Budget for the new fiscal 2020-21and there is general sense of economic slowdown, speciallydue to Gulf tension between Iran and the US.

Modi urged upon the industries not to be affected by theatmosphere of negativity.

The Prime Minister spoke highly about Insolvency andBankruptcy Code and said the IBC has saved many Indianindustrialists and encourages to them work with integrity.

He said action against a few corrupt entities should notbe seen as the Government crackdown on the corporate sec-tor, as he sought to allay doubts over his regime's intentions.The attempt was to allow the industry to create wealth fear-lessly in a transparent environment where there are noobstacles.

In this endeavour, the Government is attempting to ridthe industry of web of laws, the Prime Minister said, addingduring the past five years his Contd. on P-4 Col 2

Army lays CASOafter terroristsseen in Rajouri

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: Armytoday laid Cordon andSearch Operation (CASO)in Nowshera area after ter-rorists were seen in Rajouridistrict.

According to the officialsources, some locals onseeing a group of terroristsin a nallah, informed to theArmy following which areawas cordoned and searchesstarted.

The search operationshave been conducted tillnow in Khodi, Darath,Moghaldaye and Pothaareas of the district, sourcessaid.

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GJ REPORTSRINAGAR/JAMMU, JAN 6: The sum-mer capital, Srinagar, world famous skiresort of Gulmarg and other parts ofKashmir valley received fresh snowfallwhile Jammu received rains today, result-ing in dip in the mercury during the daythough night temperature improved.

Despite major improvement in the night

temperature, Drass was the coldest place inthe region at minus 12.9 degree followedby Leh, where the mercury settled at minus10.4 degree.

A Met department spokesperson saidheavy snow would occur at isolated placeswhile many places in the valley would wit-ness light to moderate snow during the next

Contd. on P-4 Col 2 NEW DELHI, JAN 6: Theelections to the 70-memberDelhi Assembly will takeplace on February 8 andresults will be declared onFebruary 11, the ElectionCommission announcedtoday.

Chief Election Comm-issioner Sunil Arora saidthe notification for the pollswill be issued on January14 while the last date ofwithdrawal of candidaturewill be January 24. With theissuance of the notification,the nomination process willcommence.

The announcement ofpoll schedule comes daysafter parts of the city wit-nessed incidents of violenceand protests against theamended citizenship lawand the proposed country-wide National Register ofCitizens.

Responding to a ques-tion on the law and ordersituation in the nationalcapital, the Chief ElectionCommissioner said, "Iwon't say we (theCommission) are very san-guine, but we are hopefulthat they (police) will beable to control the situation(and make it) conducive forpolls." "And in any case inthe polling process, if thereis some kind of an extra-ordinary situation, always(there) are provisions forkind of deferring the polls.All these provisions arethere. The Constitutionempowers ECI to take a callif needed," he said at apress conference.

Election CommissionerSushil Chandra was notpresent at the press confer-ence as he was not in town.Arora said the poll schedule

has been decided unani-mously by all the threeelection commissioners.

The election is likely towitness a three-corneredcontest involving the rulingAam Aadmi Party, theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and the Congress.

In the 2015 polls, ArvindKejriwal had led the AAPto an unprecedented victorywith his party bagging 67

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Jaishankardefends NDAGovt's decisionto allow ISI officials to visitPathankot airbase in 2016NEW DELHI, JAN 6:External Affairs Minister SJaishankar today defendedthe NDA Government'sdecision in 2016 to allow aPakistani probe teamincluding officials fromspy agency ISI to visit thePathankot air force base toprobe a terror attack.

Speaking at a bookrelease event, Jaishankaralso said that no countryhas been battered by ter-rorism the way India hasbeen and that efforts to"normalise" terror must bedefeated.

Jaishankar alsoappeared to take a dig atformer National SecurityAdviser ShivshankarMenon when he saidagreements with Pakistanlike at Sharm El Sheikhand Havana lacked "strate-gic clarity" and had done"harm" to India.

Last week, Menonslammed the Governmentover the CitizenshipAmendment Act, sayingIndia had "isolated" itselfat the global stage byenacting the law.

Jaishankar also saidIndia allowed issues likecitizenship, Article 370,Ayodhya and GST to festerfor a long time, addingChina was impressive in

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Delhi Assembly polls on February 8;results to be declared on Feb 11: EC

Srinagar, other parts of Kashmirreceive fresh snowfall, Jammu rains

Bhatnagar calls on Dr Jitendra

Vandalism atNankana Sahib

Newly-appointed Advisor to J&K Lt Governor, Rajiv RaiBhatnagar calling on Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh atNew Delhi on Monday.

District Vacant Resign- Deaths TotalPosts ations

Kupwara 707 54 03 764Baramulla 2216 65 05 2286Bandipora 648 52 00 700Ganderbal 694 26 01 724Srinagar 160 01 00 161Budgam 1993 85 00 2078Pulwama 1560 13 00 1573Shopian 749 58 00 807Kulgam 1346 17 01 1364Anantnag 1978 129 01 2108TOTAL 12054 500 11 12565

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Rahu Kaal

Samvat: 2076 (Shaka Samvat 1941)Paksha: ShuklaNakshtra: Kritika 15:23:01Tithi: Dwadashi 28:13:49*Moon Zodiac: Vrishabha*Time is after midnight but before sunrise of next day

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A mind game and apuzzle that you solvewith reasoning andlogic. Fill in the gridwith digits in such amanner that every row,every column andevery 3X3 boxaccommadates thedigits 1 to 9, withoutrepeating any. Thesolution to yesterdays’spuzzle is at right.

SU DO KU (847) SOLUTION

1610 - Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the fourGalilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, althoughhe is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.

1738 - A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao andJai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.

1782 - The first American commercial bank, the Bank of NorthAmerica, opens.

1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American JohnJeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gasballoon.

1894 - William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motionpicture film.

1904 - The distress signal "CQD" is established only to bereplaced two years later by "SOS".

1927 - The first transatlantic telephone service is establishedfrom New York City to London.

1931 - Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasmanflight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 min-utes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.

1954 - Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demon-stration of a machine translation system, is held in New Yorkat the head office of IBM.

1955 - Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person ofcolor to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi'sUn ballo in maschera.

1959 - The United States recognizes the new Cuban govern-ment of Fidel Castro.

1968 - Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft inthe Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, CapeCanaveral.

1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giv-ing $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.

" 1999 - The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. PresidentBill Clinton begins.

HISTORY TODAY

Sometimes people come to the spiritu-al path when they have some disap-pointment. This is not the case for all,

but usually it is such. However, the fact isthat every child is born with spiritual knowl-edge and as you grow up, you start losingthat. Yogi is becoming a baby again.Getting in touch with your pure essence. Itis as simple as that. You don't need a yogateacher. Just look at a baby from the time itis born, to the age of 3, and they will teachyou everything. But you have to observethem everyday for all the three years. Theway they breathe, the way they smile. Theyfeel so connected with everybody. It is wewho corrupt the children and spoil their nat-uralness. There are rare cases when themother was depressed or the mother'simpact or impression comes on the baby.Normally, 90% of the time children exhibitthese qualities of a yogi.

Everyone has child-like qualities inthem. Not childish but Child-like. When one

is a yogi, this happens automatically. Thereis naturalness in life. Everyone seems tobe one's own. Ego, any kind of self identitythat one has, gets dissolved. A babysmiles, cries and radiates love from everycell of the body. You can read a lot ofbooks, write volumes on love, but if, in yourvibrations, love does not show up, it is allno good. Your dog or baby at home, will tellyou what love is with one look, with all itsheart, and then you know what love is. Solove is in the presence. And there is noneed of words where presence carrieslove. This is indication of a yogi - He/Shespeaks through existence.

That is why a baby is superior than amonk. An ascetic has an ego, "I haverenounced the whole world." But a childhas not even grasped the world yet, letalone renounce. If you ask a baby, or asmall child of 3 years of age, what theywant. They will look at you and say "noth-ing". Desire is wanting joy, not joy itself.But when you are joyful there is no wantthere. As a child we were in that state ofjoyfulness. Our actions were expressionsof joy. And that is why yogi, never says orwishes a bad word to anybody at any time.As a baby you had only this tendency. Atthe most you become angry but never usedabusive words. You just shook your handand sometimes like to push the motheraway. That is all they do. Every word pro-duces some effect on the system. Once adevotee asked a swami, "What is the point

of saying divine names, singing, chanting?I can just as well say donkey or somethingelse." The swami didn't say anything. Thenext day, he scolded that devotee and said,"Your father is a donkey." And continuedscolding him. Immediately the devotee gotred and angry and said, "How dare you saysuch things." His blood pressure shot up.Then the Swami said, "When I called yourfather is a donkey, that one word has pro-duced such an effect on you then why doyou think that good words will not produceany effect?" So there is a value to the word.Suppose if some bad wishes come out ofyour mouth by mistake you just say "okaythat is cancelled." And say a prayer for thatperson. Be like a baby. They never holdany grudge against anybody. And yoga isbringing us back to that stage. And whenyour mind is united in yoga, united with theself, naturally you become positive. Yuktameans one who is united with the universalspirit. You don't need to try to connect, justfeel you are part of this.

Wisdom is cleansing our presence, notjust our words. It makes you happy fromwithin. A Yogi and a baby may not know toomuch intellectual knowledge yet they arebetter than an ascetic, better than a schol-ar, better than someone who does a lot ofwork, because they are united with theexistence, and with the divinity. And if youunderstand this, you are the greatest.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi ShankarFollow @SriSri on Twitter

BE LIKE A BABY

BRAHMACHARINI SHARANYA CHAITANYA

Adi Shankaracharya’s Moha Mudgara gives us manyreasons to think about the truth, either as a deitywithout us or the self within us. The many reasons

he gives for diverting the mind to this one goal point out thatthe knowledge we acquire in the world cannot help us in thisdirection, wealth cannot help; let the mind know that beautyand handsomeness is only modification of flesh.

The Acharya gives all these reasons to show that life isvery flimsy and should not be wasted in finite pursuits.Even that short life is full of diseases, petty resolvesand pride. The whole world is covered with sorrow.

Our entertainment through relationships lasts onlyas long as we have the capacity to earn wealth and share.More so, only as long as there is the soft breath flowingthrough the nostrils, people will enquire about our well-being. If that movement stops, even the spouse will be afraidto be with the partner’s body for a moment. Time flies awayin play as a child, in dreaming about the other gender as ayouth and in munching over thoughts in geezerhood. Nonehas the time to know the truth of one’s self.

All are now celebrating New Year and Sankranti. Whathas the master to say of time? He says that day comes andnight follows. Morning comes and evening is not far behind.

Winter comes and spring awaits to tow. Time just plays itsgame right in front of our eyes. As we get absorbed in thegame of time and constantly watch the ball shift from onecourt of time to another, our life constantly ebbs away.

What is the purpose of this life? There are some desireswith which we came into this world. The lifetime is spent tofocus on exhausting those desires and going through theresults of many a desire, experiencing them thoroughly to getdetached from further forming desires. Even though days and

seasons come and go, the wind of desire is never liberated.It remains ever strong demanding for more and morefrom this world.

The more there is a demand to fulfil from this world,the more the desires get stronger. So long as the desires

remain strong, the freedom to not be born again on this earthis not an option. We are born now in the present circum-stances with the parents and other members of the family wehave, the society, country and the particular condition of theworld with all its positive points and ailments.

When life ebbs and desires remain, we come again with afresh lease of life to fulfil them. In the process of completingthe need to fulfil ourselves with those desires, we only giveway to more desires with an altogether new set of parents,family, surroundings and country.

THE WIND OF INSATIABLE DESIRES

HONEY CAKEINGREDIENTS 1 and 1/4 cups (175g) all-pur-

pose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves ,

optional 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

or nutmeg , optional 2 large eggs 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar 1/2 cup (120 ml) honey 1/3 cup (80 ml) canola oil (or

vegetable, safflower) 1/2 cup warm coffee or tea (mix

1/2 cup hot water with 1 tea-spoon instant coffee or 1 tea bag)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup (25g) sliced almonds,

pecans or walnuts, optionalINSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 340°F/170°C.

Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, sift together

flour, baking soda, baking pow-der, salt, cinnamon, cloves, andcardamom/nutmeg. Set aside.

In a mixer bowl fitted with thewhisk attachment, whisk togeth-er eggs, granulated sugar, andhoney on medium-high speeduntil light and fluffy, 2-3 min-

utes. On low speed and with themixer running, slowly add theoil and vanilla extract and beatuntil combined. Turn off mixer.Beat in the flour mixture in 3additions, alternating with thecoffee/tea in 2 additions, start-ing and ending with the flour.Beat until smooth. Do not overmix.

Pour the batter into prepared loafpan. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake for35-45 minutes or until a tooth-pick inserted into the center ofthe cake comes out clean. If thetop is browning too fast whilebaking, cover pan loosely withaluminum foil. Allow cake tocool for 10 minutes, then removefrom pan and set on a wire rackto cool completely.

The cake tastes better a day afterit's made. It's best served atroom temperature. Cake willkeep for 5 days in an airtightcontainer in the refrigerator.

Scents, aromas, fragrances can be used to trigger spe-cific responses. For instance; to encourage relax-ation, aid sleep, promote concentration, stimu-

late creativity, increase motivation and heightendesire. In addition, there's also a whole raft of reli-gious, aesthetic and practical reasons. A further dimen-sion is that specific fragrances or ingredients can be usedfor specific purposes.We bring you some of the benefits oflightihg incense……

Relax and unwindLight some Incense, curl up on the sofa with a cup of

tea, a book and some chilled-out music. Alternatively, runa bath and replace candles with an Incense Stick or two.Soft fragrances will further enhance this time, allowingyou to give yourself time and space away from the hasslesof everyday living.

Reduce stress and anxietyA step up from relaxing - reduce body activities like

heart rate and breathing. Also, encourage your mind tostop worrying and racing from one thing to another. Go forthe purest and best quality Sandalwoods for this. Lavenderand Rosemary are other great choices here too.

MeditationIncense is used widely in many religious practices to

deepen attention, heighten senses and uplift one's ownspirit when practicing meditation. Traditionally, thepassing of time was also measured by the burning ofset length incense sticks.Sandalwoods and Lotus are

used most frequently for meditation - but you chose whatsuits you best. One that transports you to the place youneed to be, without taking over your thoughts.

(To be continued...)

LIGHT UP AN "INCENSE" FOR BETTER LIVING

Wellness

HAPPENING TODAY

Dhritiman wins Living Legend award forinvaluable contribution to Indian Cinema

Bengali cinema's most iconic actorDhritiman Chaterji won the LivingLegend award for invaluable contri-bution to Indian Cinema at 28thKalakar Awards ceremony held inScience City Auditorium here lastnight. Hrithik Roshan starrer super30 and Purbo Poschim Dokkhin UttorAshbei by Suchandra Vaaniya won

the best film award. Srijit Mukherjee won Best film maker award forhis film Gumnaami. Best film actor award won by Ankush Hazra forBibaho Obhijaan and best film actress award won by MrunalThakur for Super 30 and Rukmini Maitra for Password. Bengali filmactress and MP Nusrat Jahan won Youth Icon award for contribu-tion in Indian Cinema Yeh Teri Galiyan (Zee TV) won best serial andThe Kapil Sharma Show (SONY TV) won Best Comedy Showaward. Usha Uthup won 50 Years of Stardom for her Iconicachievement & contribution to Music for 5 Decades and BickramGhosh wan Best Music Director award for Basu Poribar.

A robotic trunk to aid wheelchairpatients with spinal cord injury

A Columbia Engineering team led by anIndian scientist has invented a roboticdevice that can be used to assist andtrain people with spinal cord injuries to sitmore stably by improving their trunk con-trol, gaining an expanded active sittingwork space without falling over or usingtheir hands to balance. Spinal cordinjuries (SCI) can cause devastatingdamage, including loss of mobility andsensation. "We designed TruST for peo-ple with SCIs who are typically wheelchair users. We found thatTruST not only prevents patients from falling, but also maximisestrunk movements beyond patients' postural control, or balancelimits," said Sunil Agrawal, professor of mechanical engineeringand of rehabilitation and regenerative medicine. The study, is thefirst to measure and define the sitting workspace of patients withspinal cord injuries based on their active trunk control with helpfrom the "Trunk-Support Trainer (TruST)" robotic device.

Indian scientist’s work on nano materialpaves way for clean energy vehicle

Building an ultimate clean energyvehicle – one that combines atmos-pheric carbon dioxide with sunlightand water to produce fuel while leav-ing no harmful emissions – is a chal-lenge that has boggled the minds ofscientists for long. The work of anIndian scientist based in Australia on

nano materials and his discovery of carbon nitrides with uniqueproperties – has now seemingly laid the ground for finding a solutionfor the world’s twin problems of pollution and fossil fuel depletion.The research work of professor Ajayan Vinu, global innovation chairand director at the University of Newcastle, on nano materials hasled to the development of technologies for conversion of carbondioxide into fuel using sunlight and water and clean tech like sodiumion batteries to power electric vehicles.

Golden Globe Awards-2020

The winners at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, presentedSunday in Beverly Hills, California Best motion picture, drama: "1917"Best motion picture, musical or comedy: "Once Upon a Time ... inHollywood"Best actor in a motion picture, drama: Joaquin Phoenix, "Joker"Best actress in a motion picture, drama: Renée Zellweger, "Judy"Best actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy: Taron Egerton,"Rocketman"Best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy: Awkwafina,"The Farewell"Best supporting actor in a motion picture: Brad Pitt, "Once Upona Time ... in Hollywood."Best supporting actress in a motion picture: Laura Dern,"Marriage Story"Best screenplay, motion picture: Quentin Tarantino, "Once Upona Time ... In Hollywood"Best foreign language film: "Parasite"

RECIPE TODAY“HAPPY NEW YEAR”

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PLATINUM CINEMAS I 1. GOOD NEWWZ (HIN) - 09.00 AM, 2. GOOD NEWWZ (HIN) - 11.30 AM, 3. GOOD NEWWZ (HIN) - 02.00 PM, 4. GOOD NEWWZ (HIN) -04.30 PM, 5. GOOD NEWWZ (HIN) - 07.00 PM, 6. GOOD NEWWZ (HIN) - 09.30 PM.

PLATINUM CINEMAS II 1. SAB KUSHAL MANGAL (HIN) - 09:35 AM, 2. BHANGRA PAA LE - 12:00 PM, 3. DABANGG 3 (HIN) - 02:20 PM, 4. DABANGG 3 (HIN) -05:00 PM, 5. SAB KUSHAL MANGAL (HIN) -07:40 PM, 6. BHANGRA PAA LE (HIN) - 10.05 P.M.

PLATINUM CINEMAS III GOOD NEWWZ (HIN) - 10.00 AM, 12.30 PM, 3.00 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.00 PM, 10.30 PM.

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Libra : WhiteScorpio : Rose Sagittarius : Blue Capricorn : Dull coloursAquarius : Blue Pisces : Dark violet

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Tension in the romancedepartment may arise for you. Youwant to get things started in a rela-tionship that's important to you, yetsomething always seems to stand inthe way of the plan. Instead of tryingto sidestep your way into the pic-ture, take a direct approach. If youdon't try, you're just as bad off as ifyou'd tried and failed. Go for it.

STARS TODAYSTARS TODAY

You may feel the urge toput your loved one on a pedestaltoday. You want to see him or her asthe perfect mate for you. You're will-ing to go to great lengths to bringthis person pleasure. You're wearingyour rose-colored glasses, so verylittle will convince you of anythingbut the fact that things are perfectand beautiful.

Issues regarding loveand romance are in your favor.There's a strong force spurringyou to take action. Heed thishelpful energy. Feel free to dis-play yourself openly in the socialarena. Talk among friends couldbe rewarding for you now. Allsorts of connections are favoredfor you today.

Matters of the heart arein your favor today. You shouldprepare for a day full of socialactivities and good conversation.Your creative spirit may also beheightened. You can't go wrongpicking the right item in a clothingstore or flea market. Your taste forthe elegant is impeccable, so feelfree to indulge.

Love will probably be onyour mind most of today, so giveyour heart your full attention.You're having trouble communicat-ing with a loved one now, so try tobe patient. He moves left and youmove right. You move left and shemoves right. Each time you bumpinto each other. Let the other per-son make the first move.

In matters involving love andromance, things might get a littlesticky today. You might want tocharge ahead with a plan, while aclose partner wants to sit, discuss,and work things out together.Tempers might flare. You'd do well tobe ready to compromise. A hothead-ed approach will do more harm thangood.

Issues regard ing romancecou ld be a b ig pa r t o f the p i c tu retoday. The sca les cou ld t i p e i the rway in te rms o f your success a tth i s game. The dec is ion i s up toy o u . Yo u ' r e p r o b a b l y b e t t e r o f fkeep ing th ings l i gh t and en te r ta in -ing . Revea l the scope o f your pas -s iona te and power fu l emot ions onano ther day.

The center of your powermight find it difficult to commit to any-thing today. Issues regarding love andromance could arise, and you mayfeel the need to start something mov-ing in this department. You may beindecisive about which way to go.Spruce up and get out in the socialarena. You can let someone else takethe lead from there.

When it comes to issuesregarding romance, don't hold backtoday. Things are working in your favor.You shouldn't hesitate to act forcefullyand confidently. Show others thatyou're serious. Don't back down asthings heat up even more. This is asign that things are progressing in yourfavor and you shouldn't mistake thisintensity for anything but true passion.

You might focus on romancetoday, but i t ' s poss ib le that you ' rehav ing prob lems f igur ing out a wayto express your fee l ings . There 'spower in f luenc ing the scene, andcer ta in ly no shor tage o f pass ion.You might f ind that there 's a b i t o fsuper f ic ia l i ty to the s i tuat ion thatmakes i t hard to commit wi th a l l o fyour energy.

Love and romance aremost certainly in the cards today.Play the hand you're dealt andyou should come away from thetable victorious. There's sometransformation that may takeplace regarding issues of theheart. Don't compromise yourselfin any way. Settle for nothing butthe best. This is a day to shine.

Romance isn't going perfect-ly for you. Things may be a bitunclear in this realm. Events maycrop up today that will make it hardfor you to ignore the issue anylonger. Communication is key tohelping you sort through the feelingsassociated with these issues. Don'tbe too judgmental in your approach.

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GJ REPORTSRINAGAR, JAN 6: Advisor toLieutenant Governor, KK Sharmahere on Monday urged officials ofvarious departments to launch aware-ness campaign to educate peopleabout various welfare schemes.

Speaking at Grievance camp here,the Advisor urged people to stay con-nected with the respective adminis-trative units and get themselves edu-cated about several centrally-spon-sored schemes to avail benefits.

"Administration should launch amass scale awareness regarding dif-ferent welfare schemes, so that peo-ple avail benefits," Advisor Sharmaurged officials during the camp.

"People need good governance andofficials must make a comprehensiveplan to launch awareness campaignto take development drive to thedoorsteps."

During the pubic grievancescamp, the Advisor listened to peo-ple's demands patiently and gave onspot directions in certain cases andalso urged officials to make closecoordination with people to addresstheir grievances.

Principal Government WomenCollege MA Road, Prof YasmeenAshai, Chief Engineer PDD, AijazAhmad Dar, Director SKICC, JavedBakshi, Joint Director, SchoolEducation, Aabid Hussain, Joint

Director Industries and Commerce,SS Qadri among other senior offi-cials were present during the camp.

It was informed that nearly least70 delegations and individuals metthe Advisor during the public griev-ance camp.

A delegation of seasonal Teachersof School Education apprised theAdvisor about their grievances anddemanded regularisation in thedepartment and delegation of collegeteachers on academic arrangementdemanded extension of their services.

A delegation of JKTDCEmployees Association demandedrelease of 6th and 7th PayCommission arrears and delegationof Adventure Tour OperatorsAssociation urged him to take stepsto launch Adventure tourism inSonamarg and Gulmarg.

A delegation of SIDCO employeesdemanded that incentives for Microand small enterprises should beenhanced since they have been work-ing on meagre salary and a delega-tion of Contractors Associationdemanded settlement of their longpending dues with the PDD.

The Advisor directed CE, PDD onthe spot to examine the case and set-tle it within a stipulated time and adelegation of FMPHWs andMMPHWs demanded regularisationand enhanced posts in the NHM.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: BJPJ&K President, RavinderRaina here on Mondaycriticized the Congressparty for acting as tout ofPakistan over theCitizenship AmendmentAct (CAA).

Thus fomenting may-hem across the countryjust to satisfy its pettypolitical ambition to getvotes of a particular sec-tion of the society, Rainasaid.

Raina stated this duringa signature campaign onCAA he had launched. Hewas accompanied by BJPJ&K General SecretaryYudhvir Sethi.

The signature cam-paign commenced formParade while it wasinformed that Raina heldseveral meetings includ-ing at East Mandal,Gandhi Nagar, Janipur,Talab Tillo and SatwariMandal.

Among others whoaccompanied the PartyPresident includedKavinder Gupta, SatSharma, Priya Sethi,Rajesh Gupta, Rajni Sethi

President Women Wing,Deputy Mayor PurnimaSharma, Munish Khajuriaand Vinay Gupta DistrictPresident and others.

Raina criticized theCongress for beingindulged in 'guerrilla' pol-itics over CAA andblamed them of mislead-ing people on the Act.

"They are spreadinglies on CAA and scaring

people. Congress has usedits full force to create anatmosphere of illusion andfalsehood and has insti-gated violence," he said.

Raina said that it isclear that CAA will haveno effect on citizens ofIndia including Hindus,Muslims, Sikh, Jain,Christian and Buddhistsbut only give citizenshipto persecuted minorities

of the neighboring coun-tries includingAfghanistan, Pakistan andBangladesh.

He expressed resent-ment over the wrong per-ception created over CAAby some political parties."Prime Minister NarendraModi brought in the newlegislation to give citizen-ship to minorities whohave sought refuge inIndia, but Congress ismisleading minorities inthe entire country," Rainaadded.

Yudhvir Sethi empha-sized that there is nothingin the legislation, whichtargets a particular sectionof society, as is beingspread by motivated polit-ical parties.

Sethi asserted thatmany protestors are notaware about the Act andthey have been givenwrong information delib-erately by the leaders ofopposition party.

Sethi appealed to peo-ple of Jammu andKashmir to stay awayfrom rumours and do notlet vested interests dividethe society.

Launch awareness drive to educate peopleabout welfare schemes: Advisor Sharma

Several delegations, individuals meet Advisor, apprise him of various issues

Advisor Sharma speaking to several delegations at a grievance camp inSrinagar on Monday.

Ravinder Raina, Yudhvir launchsignature campaign on CAA

BJP J&K President, Ravinder Raina signing a poster dur-ing a signature campaign on CAA in Jammu on Monday.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6:Financial CommissionerHealth and MedicalEducation Department, AtalDulloo chaired a meetinghere on Monday andreviewed the functioningand achievements of J&KAIDS Control Society(JKACS).

During the meeting, theFC passed on several direc-tions to the concerned offi-cers for effective imple-mentation of the initiativestaken under JKACS.

It was informed that sev-eral new initiatives havebeen launched by JKACS

for the welfare of peopleand a fully fledged AntiRetroviral Treatment(ART) centre has beenestablished at GMCKathua, while project pro-posals for Anantnag,Udhampur, Rajouri andDoda GMCs are in thepipeline.

It was informed thatJKACS is going to imple-ment HIV and Tuberculosis(TB) intervention in prisonswith the support of anNGO.

"A sensitization pro-grammes for jail inmateshas been conducted and 600inmates were sensitized

about HIV and drug addic-tion," the meeting was told.

It was also given thattraining of health workers isbeing conducted on regularbasis for disseminatingawareness about AIDS anddrug addiction control.

The FC was informedthat 36 IntegratedCounselling and TestingCentres are fully functionalin J&K.

The FC HealthDepartment directed forincrease in the antenatalcheck-ups of women duringpregnancy to monitor theprogress of foetal growthand to ascertain the well-being of the mother and thefoetus.

He said that a properantenatal check up providesnecessary care to the motherand helps identify any com-plications in pregnancy.

The meeting was attend-ed by Project DirectorJKACS Mushtaq AhmedRather; Joint DirectorPlanning H&ME, MadanLal and other officers.

JKACS to implement HIV andTB intervention in prisons

Atal Dullo reviews working of JKAIDS Control Society

FC Atal Dulloo reviewing the functioning and achievementsof J&K AIDS Control Society in Jammu on Monday.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: Alleging subversion of democracy in J&Kpost Article 370 abrogation, JKNPP Chairman, Harsh Dev Singhhere on Monday said that BJP led government appears to beaverse to the idea to hold Assembly elections in the new set up.Harsh said that while no initiative had been taken to restore pop-ular rule in J&K, the govt in the UT seemed to have been out-sourced to bureaucrats from outside including retired and in-service. In a presser, Harsh sated that the appointment of a thirdadvisor to Lt Governor from UP cadre amply revealed the inten-tions of the centre which seemed hell bent to continue its proxyrule in J&K through these outside bureaucrats.

Harsh said that with political process having been rendereddefunct in the UT, political parties have discredited and oppo-sition parties were suppressed since the democracy had beenreduced to a farce in J&K. Singh questioned the rationalebehind the repeated delay of Assembly Elections in J&K."Election Commission had issued a statement on June 4, 2019which stated that the EC after the conduct of Amarnath Yatrawill announce the election schedule for the conduct ofAssembly Elections in J&K ", Singh said. " It turned out to bea damp squib."

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: FormerMLA and General SecretaryPradesh CongressCommittee, Balwan Singhhere on Monday demandedspecial relief package for thefarmers. Particularly for thepaddy belt of JammuDivision who have sufferedextensive loss.

Blawan Singh during hisvisits to different parts ofMarh held series of interac-tions with farming communi-ty said that farmers are ingreat economic disaster dueto heavy loss to their paddycrops besides they face hard-ships to sow wheat crops."Farmers need to be ade-quately relief compensatedby way of special package."

He said that there is total

damage to the paddy cropsbesides the lowest ever mar-ket rate being offered to themin the absence of any MarketIntervention Scheme (MIS)

by the Government. "It hasleft the farming communityin economical and psycho-logical distress."

Blawan Singh blamed the

BJP Government at theCentre and J&K UT adminis-tration of totally neglectingand discriminating the farm-ing community of world

famous 'Basmati Rise' belt inJammu which is unaccept-able.

He said that the farmerswould hit the streets andexpose the BJP's double stan-dard and neglect of theirissues if they are not compen-sated with a specila reliefpackage.

Blawan Singh assured thefarmers that congress partyhas always remained in thefore front on the issue offarmers and would not lagbehind to extend any sorts ofsupport in their struggle.

President Block CongressCommittee Marh AshwaniSharma; Ashok Kumar Saini,Dr. Bansi Lal, RashpalChand, Suaj Prakash andMulak Raj also spoke at themeeting.

GJ REPORTKATRA, JAN 6: ChiefExecutive Officer, ShriMata Vaishno Devi ShrineBoard, Ramesh Kumarundertook a holistic reviewof the pilgrim-centric facili-ties at a meeting of the Areaand Unit Heads of theShrine Board here onMonday.

It was informed that thearrangements includedwater and power supply,sanitation, catering,medicare facilities, pre-paidsystem for hiring of ponies,pithoos and palkis, lockerfacilities, besides variousongoing developmentworks aimed to enlargeinfrastructural facilities andlogistics to meet require-ments of the pilgrimagewere reviewed.

The CEO while review-ing up to date status of var-ious upcoming projects ofthe Board, impressed uponall the concerned officersand engineers that high pri-ority needs to be laid toensure speedy implementa-tion of the infrastructurefacilities right from Katra toBhawan for facilitating thepilgrims.

During review of thefunctioning of the pre-paidsystem for hiring of ponies,pithoos and palkis, he

stressed that whereverrequired, the system shouldbe further streamlined toincreasingly facilitate thepilgrims.

The CEO said that theblanket stores should befurther replenished and pro-vision of more Sagris bemade on the track andasked all the officers, engi-neers and Area and UnitHeads of the Board to takestock of the arrangementsin their respective areas ondaily basis so that the yatrisare provided the best possi-ble arrangements.

The CEO said that hewill on spot monitor theyatra facilities and holdreview meetings with theconcerned Area and UnitHeads, engineers and other

staff at various locations onthe track and at the Bhawanarea on weekly basis.

He said, "We have tofurther intensify our effortsto improve the yatra facili-ties on daily basis to meetthe rising expectations ofthe pilgrims so that they goback with pleasant experi-ence and happy memoriesof their visit to the HolyShrine."

Among those whoattended the meetingincluded Vivek Verma,Additional CEO; Hem KantPrasher, Chief AccountsOfficer; Dr. ArvindKarwani, Deepak Dubeyand Dr. Jagdish Mehra, DyCEOs; other concerned offi-cers, Area and Unit Headsand engineers of the Board.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: Debutante author from Jammu,Payal Jain made J&K proud by winning Rising Star

Award and Laureate Finalist Award in Kolkata hereon Monday. She was honoured in Kolkata NationalBook Fair 2019-20 in Rising Star Book Awards byLiteroma for her first book, 'Mind, Life andReflections'.

Her book was conferred with the 'Best BookNon Fiction' and was also the Top 10 featuredbooks for the year 2019 in the self help category.

Jain has also received recognition for Laureateaward finalist place for her debut book released inJanuary 2019 at World Book Fair in Delhi byManish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of NewDelhi, alongwith the celebrated singer, Anup Jalota,eminent writer, Dr Usha Bande and other profoundpersonalities.

It was informed that the said book was a bookon self-discovery in an easy language, kindling thethought and lighting fire within. It continuouslyunleashes the dormant energy within to recognizeself-worth and take a step forward, unhindered and

untamed to rise to your full potential at every turnof events in your life.

Payal is no newcomer to word crafting as a childshe would create poems and other writing piecesleaving the readers in awe however, she has beenwriting and blogging for years.

Payal wear many role caps including of aWellness, Leadership and Executive Coach, PR andBranding Consultant, NLP Practitioner, SEO andContent Strategist, Counselor and KeynoteSpeaker.

Payal has managed to carve a niche for herselfon the abyss of moments that stand as inspirationand hold a sway in shifting perspectives whilereshaping lives in their wake.

The debutante Author from Jammu has wonover praises and accolades from renowned criticsand influential figures including Nandita Das,Swara Bhaskar and more as she continue to perse-vere with her writing while making the state proud.

CEO SMVD Shrine Board takesholistic review of yatra facilities

CEO SMVD Ramesh Kumar reviewing the pilgrim-centricfacilities in Katra on Monday.

Governance being outsourced in J&K: Harshon appointment of advisor to LG from outside

JKNPP Chairman, Harsh Dev Singh addressing a presserin Jammu on Monday. Aman

Balwan Singh blames BJP for neglecting Jammu Farmers, seeks special package

General Secretary Pradesh Congress Committee Balwan Singh addressing a gathering inJammu on Monday.

Local Author makes J&K Proud, wins Rising Star Award and Laureate Finalist Award

Debutante author Payal Jain receiving Rising StarAward and Laureate Finalist Award in Kolkata

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Process for Panchayat...

Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division to discussarrangements for conducting elections for vacantPanchayat seats.

The meeting was attended by IGP Jammu, MukeshSingh; Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Sushma Chauhan;Director Rural Development Department, SudarshanKumar; SSP Jammu, Tajinder Singh; ADC Jammu, DrTahir Firdous and other concerned officers while all otherDeputy Commissioners of Jammu Division along withconcerned officers attended the meeting through videoconferencing.

Threadbare discussion was held on various aspects andputting in place all necessary arrangements for smoothconduct of election. The DCs apprised the Div Com aboutthe number of vacant seats of Panches and Sarpanches intheir respective districts besides availability of BallotBoxes and its requirement.

The Divisional Commissioner asked the DCs for earlysubmission of details regarding number of vacant seats,number of polling stations, number of Ballot Boxesrequired and requirement of security forces for smoothconduct of elections to vacant Panchayat in the districts.

Srinagar-Jammu highway...night after remaining suspended for six days. But, as thehighway has again been suspended these trucks and LightMotor Vehicles (LMVs) have again been suspended."Traffic on the highway will be allowed only afterimprovement in the weather and getting a green signalfrom officials on the road," he added.

The highway was closed on Wednesday following land-slides at Digdol, where a portion of a hill had collapsed.The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), respon-sible for maintenance and widening of the highway,cleared the landslides on Friday and Saturday for fewhours before fresh landslides and snow.

Appealing people to cooperate, he said the movementof vehicles was being suspended as a precautionary meas-ure to avoid any accident. He requested them to contactTraffic Control Units (TCUs) at Srinagar, Jammu andRamban before starting journey.

Bhatnagar calls on...winter capital Jammu to take over his new assignment.

Bhatnagar conveyed his thanks to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the Modigovernment for having reposed confidence in him andentrusted him with a very important responsibility at a verycrucial time. He assured Dr Jitendra Singh that he wouldperform to the best of his ability and would always lookforward to guidance and advice from the Central leader-ship.

While wishing Bhatnagar a fruitful innings in thenewly-created Union Territory, Dr Jitendra Singh said, hehad seen Bhatnagar working from close quarters, both inNorth East as well as in Jammu & Kashmir. He said,Bhatnagar had been in regular touch during his tenure asDirector General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),and had been able to provide a successful and result-orient-ed leadership to the Security Force under his command.

With Bhatnagar's long experience of having dealt withJammu & Kashmir, Dr Jitendra Singh hoped that this expe-rience will come handy and yield dividends at a time whenJ&K is going through the most historic transition of thelast several decades. On the one hand, he said, it is a newUnion Territory evolving with each passing day and on theother hand, after the abrogation of Article 370, the entireterritory is going through a phase of implementation ofCentral Laws and Acts which had been deprived for thelast 72 years.

Pertinent to mention that Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, whoretired as Director General, CRPF, has been appointed asthe third Advisor to the UT government of J&K. Theorders of his appointment were issued by the Governmentof India yesterday and he is likely to join office within thenext two days.

Jaishankar defends NDA...looking for solutions to problems and it "is a big learningopportunity" for India.

In a clear reference to Pakistan, he said India shouldnever ever allow terrorism to be normalised.

"The perpetrators of terrorism will try to normalise ter-rorism, will try to pass it as another instrument and as ''onemore thing we do''.... They are playing a game, but weshould not ever play their game," Jaishankar said.

"So, sometimes, when we don''t have strategic clarity,and we have had occasions like Sharm-al-Sheikh andHavana, where we have allowed victim and perpetrator totry and come on the same plane. I think we have done our-selves harm," he said.

He said the NDA government did not put the victim ofterror and perpetrator of terrorism on the same plane byallowing the Pakistani team to visit the Pathankot air baseas part of the joint investigation into the Pathankot terrorattack case.

"I do not think Pathankot put the two (victim and theperpetrator) on the same plane. It was very clear. And thisgovernment is very clear on who is the victim and who isthe perpetrator. That has been a consistent narrative and itstays that way," said Jaishankar.

"The investigation that happened was to pressurise thePakistanis so that they did not have an excuse to say that''well, we made an offer and you did not accept it andtherefore, it trailed away''. The idea was: Look, you ask meanything reasonable, I will agree and now you go and act,"Jaishankar said.

The opposition Congress had attacked the Modi gov-ernment for allowing the visit by Pakistani probe team,alleging it had betrayed the country''s national interests andits security.

The External Affairs Minister appeared to be critical ofpast government for not making adequate attempts to findsolution to long-pending problems.

"We look at a problem, and we think a problem is aproblem, and I wish the problem would go away. Ourinstinct is not to hone in on the solution. Our instinct is tokick it down the road," Jaishankar said.

"To me, the big concern I have is, after years of doing it(kicking can down the road), today we have accumulated a

legacy of problems. And if you see what is happeningtoday in this country, these problems have caught up withus," Jaishankar said.

"The last two years have been very active years ofdebate, argumentation and decision-making. We tend tosee them as individual issues and with some reason. But Iwant to see them as a trend," he added.

He said a lot of complex issues being resolved by thecurrent government were accumulated over a period oftime.

"Look at the citizenship issue. Citizenship issue started40-50 years ago. Rajiv Gandhi did an agreement in Assamin 1980. You look at (Article) 370. I mean, 370 was a tem-porary article if you look through the ConstituentAssembly papers," said Jaishankar.

"The general sense then was that within a few years wewill resolve the issue of 370, but not for 70 years.

"Look at Ayodhya, show me where in the world wouldyou have an unresolved problem for 150 years. So, wehave let problems be there for 50 years, 70 years and 150years," he said.

Talking about GST, he said it was obvious that Indianeeded a single-tax system, but people kept kicking itdown the road.

"Even our social problems and economic problems, alot of it - we tended - to put it off. So, to my mind, the biglearning out of China is unless a society has a mindset todecisively address its current issues, you are not going towalk the world (confidently)," he said.

He said China''s systemic mindset has been to decisive-ly address its current issues.

The Indian instinct is to not look for a solution, but letit be someone else's problem, Jaishankar said addingChina''s instinct to look for a solution is a big learningopportunity for India.

"In order to articulate the rise of China and what itmeans for India and the world- we need to look at how theSoviet Union and United States became global powers," hesaid.

They accomplished it over a large time period whereasChina''s rise has been significantly faster, he added.

New decade belongs...Government has worked honestly.

The attempt has been to bring transparency, efficiencyand accountability in tax system, and reduce human inter-face with the tax department, he said.

Also, corporate tax has been reduced to their lowest soas to propel corporates to invest, he said.

The Prime Minister asked industry to shun pessimism,saying the government will stand shoulder to shoulderwith India Inc in its attempt to expand business in anynook and corner of the country.

He said the target to nearly double the size of the econ-omy to $5 trillion is just a phase and the targets are biggerand higher.

Administration working tirelessly...Several other individuals and deputations from Doda,Udhampur, Reasi, Poonch, Rajouri, Kathua, Srinagar,Kupwara, Pulwama, and other areas also met the Advisorand registered their issues and grievances.

Advisor Khan assured the visiting individuals and dep-utations that all their genuine issues would be examinedfor early redress. He also issued on the spot directions tothe concerned officers to take cognizance of the issues per-taining to their departments.

Army lays CASO...They further said that terrorists reportedly had escapedfrom the spot few days back after opening firing at searchparty in which two jawans attained martyrdom.

Srinagar, other parts...48 hours in Kashmir under the influence of a WesternDisturbance (WD), which is active in the region.

Rooftops, trees and open fields were covered under athin blanked of snow as people woke up to a chillyMonday morning in Srinagar, where the night temperaturesettled above normal. Against minus 1 degree recorded onSunday, the night temperature in Srinagar was minus 0.8degree. Light intermittent snowfall continued throughoutthe morning in the summer capital, where people werewearing warm clothes, including jackets, to evade chillyweather conditions. Drivers and mechanics were seenburning wood on roadsides to keep themselves warm.

Gulmarg, in north Kashmir, received over 4 inches offresh snow, resulting in further dip in the day temperature.Kongdori and Apharwat, the highest point of the cable carproject in Gulmarg, also received moderate to heavy snow-fall. The night temperature in the ski resort improved about2.5 degree from Sunday and settled at minus 8 degree."Despite snow since early this morning, the tourists are outon ski slopes, which are already covered under several feetof snow, enjoying different activities," a hotelier said.

World famous health resort of Pahalgam, about 100 kmfrom here in south Kashmir, received very light snowfall inthe wee hours on Monday, resulting in dip in the day tem-perature. But, the night temperature at the health resortimproved and settled above normal on Monday due toovercast conditions. Against minus 9.4 degree recorded onSunday, the night temperature in Pahalgam was minus 3degree.

The upper reaches in Pahalgam, includingChandanwari, received very light snowfall. Amarnath caveshine and its periphery, besides Sheshnag, Mahagung,Pisso top and Panjterni, also received light to moderatesnowfall.

Many other parts of north Kashmir also received freshsnowfall. Light snowfall was also received at some placeson Srinagar-Jammu national highway.

The night temperature at Qazigund, gateway to the val-ley, Kupwara in north Kashmir and tourist resort ofKokernag witnessed major improvement and settled atminus 1.8 degree, minus 1.1 degree and minus 2.2 degreerespectively.

Kashmir is currently under the grip of 'Chillai-Kalan',the 40-day harshest period of winter when the chances ofsnowfall are most frequent and maximum and the temper-ature drops considerably.

'Chillai-Kalan' began on December 21 and ends onJanuary 31, but the cold wave continues even after that inKashmir. The 40-day period is followed by a 20-day long'Chillai-Khurd' and a 10-day long 'Chillai-Bachha'.

Pak Chargé d'affaires...welfare of the members of the minority communities inPakistan, including their places of worship, and takeimmediate measures to "expeditiously" bring the perpetra-tors of such despicable and heinous acts to justice.

Earlier in the day, a delegation led by Shiromani AkaliDal led by its party president, Sukhbir Singh Badal metExternal Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar here and urgedthe Centre to take up the matter with Pakistan and at allinternational fora including the UN.

Badal also lamented that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran

Khan and the authorities there did not give any assuranceto Sikh community to maintain peace and harmony vis-a-vis the minority Sikhs there.

On Sunday, India had strongly condemned the "target-ed killing" of a minority Sikh community member inPakistan's Peshawar and urged Islamabad to "take immedi-ate action" to apprehend and give exemplary punishmentto the perpetrators of the heinous act.

Delhi Assembly polls...seats, leaving just three seats for the BJP.

Soon after the poll schedule was announced, ChiefMinister Kejriwal said the AAP would seek votes on thework done by its government in the last five years.

Both the BJP and the Congress will seek to oust theAAP from power in the national capital.

BJP president Amit Shah on Monday accused the AAPgovernment of misleading the people of Delhi for fiveyears and said after the February 8 assembly polls, a newdispensation under the leadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will take over and accelerate developmentin the national capital.

Over 1.46 crore voters can exercise their franchise inthe February 8 Assembly election, according to the finalelectoral roll published on Monday.

There are total 1,46,92,136 voters -- 80,55,686 males,66,35,635 females and 815 belonging to third gender -- inthe final voters list.

All voters will be provided QR code-enabled voters slipwhich will speed up voting through easy identification.

In a separate press conference earlier in the day, DelhiChief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh said there were noinstructions regarding registration of refugees coveredunder the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the elec-toral roll this time.

This time Delhi will have 13,659 polling stations ascompared to 11,763 in 2014, a jump of 16.89 per cent,according to an EC press note.

The Commission has decided to extend the facility ofpostal ballot for "absentee voters", people with disabilityand those above 80 years of age in all 70 assembly con-stituencies.

In October last year, the government had amended elec-tion rules to allow "absentee voters" to vote by postal ballot.

Electors on duty in polling station, electors who areabove 80 years of age and the electors marked as 'Personswith Disabilities' in the Electoral Roll will have the optionto seek postal ballot paper for casting their vote.

The facility of absentee voter status was provided forthe first time in the country in seven Assembly constituen-cies in Jharkhand which went to polls recently.

For Delhi elections, the Commission will deploy 33,600ballot units, 18,200 control units and 20,600 paper trailmachines.

At least one ballot unit and one control unit make up forone electronic voting machine.

JNU VC 'completely...university, Singh urged the Home Ministry to get thewhole matter impartially probed and apprehend the"masked miscreants who violently attacked university stu-dents, including women, and take necessary action againstthem regardless of their political affiliations".

Masked people brandishing hockey sticks and iron rodsunleashed mayhem, trawling through corridors and break-ing into hostels, including those occupied by women at theuniversity on Sunday.

The Delhi Police registered a case against unidentifiedpeople for rioting and damage to property. The case wastransferred to its Crime Branch.

"As a former Chancellor of the Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, I have been shocked beyond belief at the vio-lent and condemnable incidents that took place yesterday,"Singh said in a statement.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University is perhaps the finestuniversity in India and that such events should take placehere in the heart of the capital is tragic, the former Unionminister said.

"I would urge the Home Ministry to get the whole mat-ter thoroughly and impartially enquired into and appre-hend the masked miscreants who violently attacked uni-versity students, including women students, and take nec-essary action against them regardless of their politicalaffiliations," Singh said.

It is the responsibility of the Delhi Police to ensure thesecurity of the students and faculty of JNU, he said.

"The Vice Chancellor, regretfully, has been absent atthis crucial juncture. He seems to be completely ineffec-tive and surely needs to step out and deal with the crisis,"the senior Congress leader said.

2 drug peddlers...checking.

The accused were identified as Nazir Ahmad Dar andDilshad Akhter, both residents of Lassipora in Pulwama.

Both were taken into custody and a case was registeredagainst them. Police said investigations were undergoingto identify and nab their associates.

Police has appealed to the people to come forward withany information regarding the drug peddlers and warnedthat persons found indulging in drug peddling will bedealt, as per law.

Pak Rangers handover 20 releasedfishermen to BSF at Wagah BorderLAHORE, JAN 6: The 20 Indian fishermen, who were releasedfrom a Pakistani jail on Sunday in a goodwill gesture amidsttense bilateral ties, reached the Wagah Border on Monday.

The Indian fishermen, most of whom hail from AndhraPradesh, were handed over to the Border Security Force by thePakistan Rangers, officials said.

The fishermen left for Lahore on Sunday by train after theirrelease from the Malir District Prison in Karachi, Sindh province.

"Upon their arrival, the Edhi Foundation received them at theLahore railway station and took them to its centre where theywere provided food and new clothes," a foundation official said.

An official of the Rangers confirmed the handing over of thefishermen to the Indian authorities.

Earlier talking to reporters on his release, fisherman GirSomnath said, "We were arrested at sea by the Pakistan CoastGuard for crossing over to Pakistan waters in November 2018."

District Jail Malir Superintendent Aurangzaib Kango said thereleased Indians were sentenced to six months imprisonment buttheir release was delayed because of the process of the comple-tion of their documents and nationality confirmation.

He said some 200 Indian fishermen were still imprisoned inPakistan of whom 189 are fishermen.

Tension between India and Pakistan spiked following NewDelhi's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution onAugust 5, revoking the special status given to Jammu andKashmir.

Following this, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic relations withIndia and also expelled the Indian high commissioner.

From Page-1... President avoids high security: asks family to holdwedding in hotel where stay

is arranged for himKOCHI, JAN 6: President Ram Nath Kovind avoidedhigh security and helped a family to conduct a wedding ina hotel as per schedule which he will be staying here onMonday.

The family has earlier decided to shift the venue forconducting the wedding in view of President's Stay.

The President decision paves way for conducting thewedding at the hotel where his stay was arranged.

He took the decision after a foreign lady who arrived toattend the wedding requested his office to help them.

The wedding was scheduled on Tuesday at Taj VivantaHotel. In order to follow the security protocol of thePresident, the wedding had to be moved to some otherplace. The foreign lady, Ashley Hall, tweeted toRashtrapati Bhavan pointing out the Wedding.

As the President noticed the tweet, he asked them toconduct the wedding as per schedule.

The President after staying in the hotel will leave toLakshadweep on Tuesday morning.

877 essential commodityladen trucks reach valley

GJ REPORTSRINAGAR, JAN 6: On the directions of DivisionalCommissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan, priority hasbeen accorded for the clearance of trucks loaded withessential commodities on the National Highway whichwere stranded due to the inclement weather here onMonday. It was informed that 877 essential commodityladen trucks have reached valley out of which 245 werecarrying general supplies, 306 Oil tankers, 103 Poultry, 57Vegetables, 33 Sheep, 33 Fruits, 73 LPG Gas tankers and18 Heavy Motor Vehicles of Food Corporation of India(FCI). Additional chains of trucks are on way fromJammu.

This was revealed in a meeting chaired by DivisionalCommissioner Kashmir to review stock and supply posi-tion of ration, electricity and snow clearance preparedness.

The Divisional Commissioner directed the concernedofficers to ensure smooth and hassle free movement ofessential commodity trucks on the National Highway sothat consumers do not face any inconvenience during win-ter. The meeting was informed that Power department hasbeen supplying 1290 MW, out of 1300 MW grid capacity,electricity to the valley consumers.

The Div Com asked Chief Engineers of Power to pro-vide electricity to the consumers strictly as per revisedpower scheduled and avoid unscheduled power cuts.

It was informed that 156 snow clearance machines ofMechanical Engineering Department (MED), 450 snowclearance machines of R&B, National Highway Authorityof India (NHAI), Border Roads Organization (BRO) andRAMKY agencies have been already pre-positioned atidentified locations.

The Divisional Commissioner directed senior officersof essential services departments to monitor the function-ing of 24x7 winter joint control rooms which have beenestablished in their offices and send daily report to the DivCom office.

Adopt latest technologiesin farming: DC to farmers

GJ REPORTKULGAM, JAN 6: With a mission to boost Agro Sectorand double the income of farmers, DDC Showkat AijazBhat here on Modnay distributed Agro machinery amongseveral beneficiaries at a distribution cum awareness camporganized by District Agriculture office.

The DDC distributed farm-tractor, motorized vendingcarts, brush cutters and authorization letter of other farm-machinery tools and equipment among identified benefici-aries costing R 90 lakh.

The DDC urged the farmers to adopt latest technologiesand innovations to boost the agriculture production andasked them to come and avail benefits of various govern-ment schemes rolled out to boost the agriculture sector.

During the programme farmers were sensitized aboutlatest technological interventions and methodology toimprove crop productivity. Chief Agriculture officer,District Agriculture officer and farmers of the Districtwere also present on the occasion.

DDC inspects developmental works

GJ REPORTPULWAMA, JAN 6: District DevelopmentCommissioner, Dr Raghav Langer alongwith officers onMonday visited Gudoora, Pulwama town and Arihal hereand reviewed the status of various developmental projects.

During the visit, the DDC inspected the ongoing con-struction work of Gudoora bridge on Nallah Romshi ,Auditorium and Science Block at Government BoysDegree College coming up at R 8.72 crore, 6.20 crore and4.89 crore respectively.

The DDC directed the executing agency to expedite thepace of work on these projects to ensure timely completion

He also took stock of installation of flood lights atsports stadium and directed the concerned department toprovide electricity for the lights so that the youth of thedistrict could play during the late hours.

Later, DDC Visited Arihal and inspected the proposedsite for the construction of Vocational Training Centre anddirected revenue officials for the demarcation of the patchof land so that construction work could be started.

Executive Engineer R&B and other officials wereaccompanying the DDC.

Govt wanted Kashmir likerest of India: Sinha

NEW DELHI, JAN 6: The Government had claimed ofmaking Kashmir like the rest of India but has ended updoing otherwise, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinhasaid on Monday, as he slammed the Centre over what hecalled was its policy of "suppression".

Sinha, who had quit the BJP after being sidelined in theparty he served for more than two decades, made theremarks while addressing the anti-citizenship law protes-tors outside Jamia Milla Islamia here.

He also said the the attack on JNU students and teach-ers on Sunday had left no difference in "Governmentgoons and Government police", accusing police of "help-ing" the anti-social elements and not the innocent.(AGENCIES)

Divisional Commissioner Jammu Sanjeev Verma chairinga review meeting of Panchayat Polls.

KOLKATA, JAN 6:Apprehending "politicallyinfluenced disturbances",West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee onMonday directed adminis-trative officials and policepersonnel to stay alert andensure CCTV coverage ofthe entire Gangasagar Melaground, ahead of MakarSankranti.

Addressing an adminis-trative meeting at Kakdwipin South 24 Parganas,Banerjee, without takingnames of any party, said"some elements" might tryto create trouble during theweek-long mela.

She also stated that hergovernment had arranged aninsurance policy of R 5 lakhper person for all individualsvisiting the Gangasagar

Mela, set to begin onJanuary 11.

The CM, while reviewingthe preparations for themela, enquired about drink-ing water supply and accom-modation facilities for thepilgrims.

Thousands of pilgrimsgather at Sagar Island duringthis time of the year to take adip at the confluence of theHooghly river and the Bayof Bengal and offer prayersat the Kapil Muni Ashram.

Meanwhile, a govern-ment official said frequencyof ferry movement wouldincrease this year, now thatthe dredging work for twoferry channels has beencompleted.

The state government hadallocated s 120 crore for thedredging project.

Low tide in the Gangesdelta often made it difficultfor the vessels to operate,leaving the pilgrims waitingat the ghats for long, he said.(PTI)

AGARTALA, JAN 6: TheIndigenous Peoples Front ofTripura (IPFT), an ally of theruling BJP in the stateMonday launched an indefi-nite sit-in against theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA) near the headquartersof Tripura Tribal AreasAutonomous District Coun-cil, about 25 km from here.

The party also pressed fora separate Tipraland by carv-ing out of the tribal councilfrom the state which consti-tutes two third of the stateterritory.

IPFT spokespersonMangal Debbarma said, Thedemonstration will continuetill the Centre takes positivestep. We want either thescrapping of the act orexempting entire Tripurafrom its purview".

IPFT general secretaryMevar Kumar Jamatia saidThough our alliance partner,the BJP does not agree withour stand we will continueaour gitation unless an ami-cable solution is achieved.

"We feel achieving theseparate Tipraland is the ulti-

mate solution to end the trib-al angst in the state, Jamatia,who is also the Tripura tribalaffairs minister said.

The party's leaders saiddifferent tribal bodies hadmet Union Home MinisterAmit Shah in Delhi onDecember 12, 2019 soonafter the CitizenshipAmendment Bill was passedin Parliament and he hadassured them that he wouldmake sure that the tribals areprotected in the state. Butnothing was communicatedto them so far.

The Centre and manygovernment agencies haveconfirmed that there are ille-gal immigrants in Tripuraand if CAA is implementedhere, it would harm the inter-ests of the indigenous peo-ple," party president N CDebbarma told reporters.(PTI)

Mamata reviews Gangasagarmela preparations

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GREATER JAMMU SHARES YOUR CONCERNFor Obituaries and Remembrance Call us at Ph: 2435309, Mob: 9906198186 or email to: editorgreaterjammu@gmail.com

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of ourbeloved Sh. Shanker Dass Abrol S/o Late Dhani Ram Abrol(Basholi Wale) R/o Ward No.5, Lakhanpur Near Gurudwara, wholeft heavenly abode on 26-12-2019.KRIYA will be performed at our residence on 7- January 2020 at 12Noon (Tuesday). Rasam Pagri will be performed on 8th January2020, (Wednesday) 12 Noon at Rivaaz Inn Palace Lakhanpur.

GRIEF STRICKENABROL FAMILYSmt Kusum Lata Abrol - WifeSons and Daughter-in-lawsSh. Sandeep Abrol & Smt Sunita AbrolSh. Neel Kamal Abrol & Smt. Anjana AbrolSh. Rakesh Abrol & Smt. Shubh Lata AbrolSh. Naveen Abrol & Smt. Poonam AbrolBrothers and BhabhisLate Sh Durga Dass Abrol & Smt Sapna AbrolSh. Ram Saroop Abrol & Late Smt Kamlesh AbrolSh. Suraj Parkash Abrol & Smt Bimla AbrolSh. Vidya Parkash Abrol & Smt Krishna Abrol

SH. SHANKER DASSABROL

KRIYA/RASAM PAGRIWITH PROFOUND GRIEF & SORROW, WE INFORM THE SAD DEMISE OF SHRI MANOHAR NATH SHER S/O LATE SHRI DINA NATH SHER R/O H.NO. 309, NEWPLOTS PREM NAGAR, JAMMU WHO LEFT FOR HEAVENLY ABODE ON 31-12-2019.TENTH DAY KRIYA WILL BE PERFORMED AT AKHNOOR GHAT ON 8TH JANUARY2020 AND ASSEMBLY WILL BE HELD AT MUTHI GHAT AT 11.30 AM NEAR DSEJAMMU.GRIEF STRICKENSONS & DAUGHTERS-IN-LAWSMT JAYA & SHRI SHIBAN KRISHAN SHERSMT RAJ & SHRI CHOONI LAL SHERDAUGHTER & SON-IN-LAWSMT REETA & SHRI ASHOK BAZAZBROTHERS & BHABISSMT ASHA JI & LATE SH J L SHERLATE SMT SARLA JI & SH M K SHERSMT PHOOLA JI & SH A K SHERSMT JYOT JI & SH D K SHERSISTERS & BROTHERS-IN-LAWLATE SMT DULARI & LATE SH H N KAKROOSMT TEJA & SH B L RAINAGRAND SONS & DAUGHTERS-IN-LAWSMT NEETU & SH AJAY SHERSMT SUDHA & SH NAVIN SHERSMT SONIKA & SH ASHWANI SHERGRAND DAUGHTERS & SONS-IN-LAW

SHRI MANOHAR NATHSHER

TENTH DAY KRIYA

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise ofour beloved Shri Shamboo Nath Tickoo R/o Lal Chowk,Anantnag now at House No. 36, Sector 3, (Near Shiv Temple)Pandoka Colony, Paloura Jammu on 29-12-2019. Tenth DayKriya shall be performed on 7-1-2020 (Tuesday) at AkhnoorGhat and the Assembly shall be held at our residence at 12.00Noon.Grief StrickenSham Rani- WifeSons & Daughter-in-LawsChaman Lal Tickoo & DulariRattan Lal Tickoo & JeetaBhushan Lal Tickoo & SonyKrishni Hakhu- SisterSham Lal Tickoo & Shanta- Brother & BhabiBrij Mohan Tickoo- BrotherRaj Kumar & Chander RekhaMob. 9419183675

Shri Shamboo NathTickoo

OBITUARY/TENTH DAY KRIYA

With profound grief and sorrow we inform the untimely demise of our belovedSmt. Khema Shori W/o Arjan Nath Raina R/o Nanil Anantnag presently at H.No.49, Kailash Vihar Kothian Neter Lower Barnai, Jammu. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on Wednesday 8-1-2020 at Akhnoor Ghat &Assembly will be held at Muthi Ghat near Directorate Office. Time for Assembly:11.30 a.m.

GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Rani Raina- Badi BhabhiSh. A.N. Raina- HusbandSmt. & Sh. Shammi Raina - Daughter-in-Law & SonSmt. & Sh. Vijay Raina- Daughter-in-Law & SonSmt. & Sh. Simmi Pandit & Anil Pandit- Daughter & Son-in-LawSmt. & Sh. Romila Bhat & Sumeet Bhat- Daughter & Son-in-LawSmt. & Sh. O N Raina- Brother & DevraniSmt. Vijay Raina- DevraniSmt. Renu Raina- DevraniSmt. Tosha Pandit- Sister-in-LawSmt. & Sh. Tej Krishen Pandit- Sister-in-Law & Brother-in-LawSh. Pran Krishen Pandit- BrotherDeeply Missed by: Raina’s, Pandits, Bhats and KachroosMourning From Malun Side will be held at the same residence of A N Raina.Mob. No.: 9797568069, 9906396890, 9158245666, 9860835385 9650641717, 6005326760, 9782375918

TENTH DAY

WITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SORROW, WE INFORM THE SADDEMISE OF OUR BELOVED FATHER SH. FAQIR CHAND SHARMAH/O SMT. SHANTI DEVI (RITTI WALLE).KRIYA WILL BE PERFORMED ON TUESDAY 7TH OF JAN, 2020 ATDEVIKA GHAT.

GRIEF STRICKEN:-Smt. Shanti Devi - WifeSons & Daughters-in-lawSmt. Shanti Devi and Munshi RamSmt. Kusum Lata & Late Sh. Madan LalSmt. Anju & Sh. Ravi KumarSmt. Renu & Sh. Surinder Sharma.Daughters & Sons-in-lawSmt. Vijay Devi & Late Sh. Vasu Dev Sharma.Smt. Susheela & Sh. Ashok SharmaSmt. Sudershan & Sh. Kamal SharmaSmt. Ritu & Sh. Raj Kumar ShamraMob.94196-87087, 9419214060

SH. FAQIR CHANDSHARMA

KRIYA

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise ofour beloved father Sh. Kashi Nath Pandita S/o Late Sh.Darshan Lal Pandita originally resident of Bonegam KulgamKashmir presently at H.No. 69/1, Ganga Nagar Bantalab,Jammu on 02-01-2020 at Panvel Mumbai.Tenth Day Kriya will be performed at Muthi Ghat nearDirector School Education on 11-01-2020 (Saturday) at 9.30AM.Mourning is being held at Sharida Mandir K.B. Nagar, 1stFloor upstairs adjacent to Main Gate.

GRIEF STRICKENRahul Pandita - SonDaughter & Son-in-lawSmt. Esha & Sh. Puneet Ji DharAnd Samast Parivar ofPandita’s, Raina’s, Bhat’s, Karihaloo’s & DharsMob: 7710053823, 9419667833

SH. KASHI NATHPANDITA

TENTH DAY KRIYA

Smt. KhemaShori

IPFT launches indefinite stiragainst CAA, for Tipraland

NEW DELHI, JAN 6:Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal onMonday said the upcom-ing Assembly electionswill be fought on the basisof the AAP government'swork and noted that hisparty will run a "positive"campaign.

At a press conferenceon Monday evening,Kejriwal appealed to thepeople of Delhi to "votefor us (AAP) only if youthink we have done goodwork in the last fiveyears".

"We will run a positivecampaign, will not abuseanyone," he added.

Earlier, he said onTwitter that the electionwill be fought on the basisof the AAP government'swork.

The election to the 70-member Delhi Assemblywill take place onFebruary 8 and resultswill be declared onFebruary 11, the ElectionCommission announcedon Monday.

Chief Election Comm-issioner Sunil Arora saidthe notification for thepolls will be issued onJanuary 14 while the lastdate of withdrawal of can-didature will be January24. (PTI)

AAP will fight Delhi Assemblyelection on the basis

of its Govt's work: Kejriwal

Centre approves release of R 5,908 crore to 7 states as relief

for calamity damageNEW DELHI, JAN 6: The Centre on Monday approved therelease of R 5,908.56 crore to seven states, including UttarPradesh, Karnataka and Assam, as assistance for the damagecaused due to various calamities last year.

The home ministry, in a statement, said the decision wastaken at a meeting of a high-level committee (HLC), chairedby Union home minister Amit Shah.

The HLC approved additional central assistance of s5908.56 crore to seven states from the National DisasterResponse Fund (NDRF) of which s 616.63 crore will be givento Assam, s 284.93 crore to Himachal Pradesh, s 1869.85crore to Karnataka, s 1749.73 crore to Madhya Pradesh, s956.93 crore to Maharashtra, s 63.32 to Tripura and s 367.17crore to Uttar Pradesh for floods or landslides or cloudburstduring the 2019 southwest monsoon, the statement said.

Earlier, the central government has released an interimfinancial assistance of s 3,200 crore to four states s 1,200crore to Karnataka, s 1,000 crore to Madhya Pradesh, s 600crore to Maharashtra and s 400 crore to Bihar.

During 2019-20, the government has released s 8,068.33crore to 27 states as central share from the State DisasterResponse Fund (SDRF). (PTI)

In life we loved you Dearly, In death we will miss you immensely, Inour hearts you hold a place your memories made will never fade.With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to inform the sad demiseof Late Sh Ved Parkash Sharma S/o Late Sh Thakur Das.Tenth Day will be performed on Tuesday, 7th of Jan. 2020 at 11.00AM at our residence H.No 688, Opp. Krishna Building New Plot,Jammu. Karam/ Kriya on Wednesday 8th of Jan. 2020 at 12.00Noon and Uthala at 4.00 to 5.00 PM at our residence.

GRIEF STRICKENSon and Daughter-in-lawSh Gopal Sharma and Smt Meenakshi SharmaGrand ChildrenSharnam Sharma, Janvi SharmaSh Chander Mohan Sharma -NephewMob: 9419606630, 7006447616

Late Sh Ved ParkashProhit R.S. Pura

TENTH DAY/KRIYA/ UTHALA

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the saddemise of our beloved mother Smt. Nirmalla MattooW/o Sh. Chuni Lal Mattoo R/o New Housing Colony,Chanapora Srinagar at present Address Block No. 78,Flat No. 6, Lane No. 16 Jagti Township Nagrota Jammu.TENTH DAY KRIYA shall be performed on 09-01-2020at Muthi Ghat Jammu 9.30 A.M.

GRIEF STRICKENChuni Lal Mattoo-HusbandSon & Daughter-in-lawSusheel Kumar Mattoo & Reena MattooSons-in-law & DaughtersVeer Jee Nathu & Rajni NathuVinod Mantoo & Lali MantooSanjay Suri & Dimple SuriMob No: 9906103302, 9086713972

SMT. NIRMALLAMATTOO

TENTH DAY/KRIYA

SMT PRASHNI & SH TUSHAR SHAHSMT YOGINI & ABHINAV KOULMISS AISHWARYA BAZAZGREAT GRAND CHILDRENDEVANSHI, NITYA, BHAVIKA, MAHIRA,IDHIKA & MAYRAMOB: 6005343177, 9797492498

NEW DELHI, JAN 6: TheHRD Ministry met officialsfrom the JNU administrationon Monday and took stock ofthe situation on the campusfollowing Sunday's violence,even as Vice-Chancellor MJagadesh Kumar skipped themeeting.

Meanwhile, Union HRDMinister Ramesh Pokhriyal'Nishank,' who was inBhubhaneshwar, on Mondaysaid educational institutionscannot be allowed to become"political adda" and vowed"strong action" against theperpetrators of the violenceat JNU.

The meeting at the HRDMinistry which went on forover two hours was attendedby the JNU registrar, proctorand other admin officials

who briefed the ministryofficials on the sequence ofevents that unfolded on thecampus and the measurestaken to restore normalcy.

"HRD Secretary AmitKhare held a meeting with ateam of JNU authorities,including Pro-VCChintamani Mahapatra,Registrar Promod Kumar,Rector Rana Pratap Singhand Proctor DhananjaySingh, today. The secretaryheld a detailed discussionwith them and was alsobriefed about the current sit-uation in JNU," a seniorHRD Ministry official said.

The ministry had onSunday sought an immediatereport from JNU RegistrarPramod Kumar after the vio-lence broke out and students

and teachers were attacked.There was heavy deploy-

ment of police on Mondayoutside the Shashtri Bhawanhere which houses the HRDMinistry.

"A detailed report hasbeen sent to the HRDMinistry about the sequenceof events. The top adminis-tration officials are at theministry to provide all detailsleading to present situation,"JNU Vice-Chancellor MJagadesh Kumar told PTI.

Violence broke out at theJawaharlal Nehru Universityon Sunday night as a groupof masked people armedwith sticks attacked studentsand teachers and damagedproperty on the campus,prompting the administrationto call in the police. (PTI)

JNU violence: HRD Ministry meets univofficials, VC Jagadesh Kumar stays away

GJ REPORTNEW DELHI, JAN 6: DG CISFRajesh Ranjan addressed the forcepersonnel of 340 units and formations(Sector/ Zone/ Group HQrs/ RegionalTraining Centres/ Reserve Battalions)through Webcast here today. Theobjective of the DG's Webcast addresswas to reach out and connect with thelast force personnel deployed in far-flung areas of the country from Northto South (J&K to Kudankulam,

Kanyakumari (TN) and from North-Eastern States to West (NHPC,Subansiri (Assam) to Kandla Port(Gujarat).

In his address DG, CISF congratu-lated the force personnel for theirselfless and dedicated service insecuring the critical infrastructuresand sensitive establishments of ourcountry and highlighted the achieve-ments of the force during the year2019. Today CISF is securing 347units with two new inductions atNayra Energy, Jamnagar and IndianMuseum, Kolkata and total number ofFire Wing Units is 103 with two new

units in Fire Wing at NPGCL,Aurangabad (Bihar) & PVUNL,Patratu (Jharkhand). Today CISF is astrong force of more than 1,62,000personnel.

Through the Webcast address,Rajesh Ranjan emphasised that CISFwould observe the year 2020 as theyear of "Mobility" to accomplish itsobjective of serving the Nation withutmost dedication and professional-ism.

He also urged the force personnelto continue focussing on WITT i.e. Allmeasures for welfare of troops andtheir families; Emphasis to createinfrastructure and logistics i.e. hous-ing, land, equipment etc; Trainingwith focus on physical fitness andsports and Leveraging modern gad-getry and technology.

The DG, CISF urged all his forcepersonnel to strive hard with utmostdedication & devotion to serve thecountry and continue to adopt the bestpractices and newer technology.

CISF to observe 2020 as the year of 'Mobility'

The Tenth Day Kriya of our beloved Smt. Mohini Bakaya W/oShri B N Bakaya R/o H. No. 7, Sector 2, Rev. Complex Road,Gole Gujral T. Tillo Jammu will be performed at Akhnoor Ghat on9th Jan 2020. The Assembly thereafter will be held at MuthiGhat at 11.30 A.M.GRIEF STRICKENB N Bakaya-HusbandRoopa Ji Kaw-Sister-in-law (Nanand)Pyari Ji Khashoo-Sister-in-law (Nanand)Daughter & Son-in-lawSharika & Kakaji KothidarRaj Kumari & Sunil MattooIndu & Anoop KaulGirja & Kuldeep QanoongoG. Son & G. Daughter-in-lawAshish & Deeksha KothidarKaran & Apoorva KaulGrand ChildrenShailan, Arjun, Shriyan, Karishma & Rajat

SMT. MOHINI BAKAYA

TENTH DAY KRIYA

Dr. R.P. Abrol & Dr. Mrs Kaushal AbrolSh. Om Parkash Abrol & Smt Nallni AbrolSh. Inderjeet Abrol (Adv) & Smt Rajni AbrolSister & Brother-in-lawSmt. Kanta Sawhney & Sh. Ashok SawhneyMob: 9419152034, 9419107247

DG CISF Rajesh Ranjan addressingthe force personnel through Webcastin New Delhi on Monday.

DG Ranjanaddresses force

personnel across the nationthrough Webcast

Seven Maoistsarrested in

Jharkhand'sLatehar district

JHARKHAND, JAN 6: SevenMaoists, allegedly involved inthe killing of four security per-sonnel last November, werearrested here on Monday,police said.

The arrested Maoistsidentified as Baijnath Ganju,Kuwanr Ganju, Rajesh Ganju,Sunil Ganju, Faguna Ganju,Sanjay Ganju and NareshGanju - have confessed tohave carried out the attack onNovember 22, days ahead ofthe first phase of Jharkhandassembly elections, DeputyInspector General of Police A VHomkar said. Self-styled sub-zonal commander ofCPI(Maoist), Ravindra Ganju,was also present during theattack, he said. (PTI)

DEAR EDITOR,

Through the medium of youresteemed newspaper I would like toexpress that it is very unfortunate

that as many as 30 students and teacherswere injured during a clash which brokeout between members of the JawaharlalNehru University (JNU) Students' Unionand Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) on the university campus onSunday evening. Terror unleashed in JNUon Sunday evening when masked goonsentered the campus beat students andteachers and vandalized the campus.Female students, in a bid to save them-selves from the sledgehammer and rodwielding mob, locked inside hostel roomsand the rampage continued for three hours.Police had to enter the campus late night atthe request of the JNU administration totrack down the miscreants and also con-ducted flag march. It is worth noting thatthe first round of skirmishes and clasheshappened by noon on Sunday between stu-dents from the left and the right wing.However, the violence escalated and wentout of control after 5 pm when 'outsiders'

entered the campus and attacked studentsand faculty members inside the campus. Itmay be recalled that JNU students hadbeen agitating over the hike in hostel feesransacked the server room and intimidatedthe technical staff. The university has beenseeing a standoff between students andadministration over the hike in hostel feesfor over 70 days. When it is read betweenlines of the unpleasant incident, it can beunderstood that the masked goons withhammer and rods in their hands bargedinto the campus to deliberately attack allthose who had been protesting. Universitystudents are those who are in their primeof youth and they have the natural tenden-cy to protest all kinds of injustice comingon their way through peaceful means,which must be encouraged by us. It ishoped that the goons wearing masks whoentered the campus will be soon identifiedand brought to book. The people want tohave a violence-free JNU campus wheregood ambience for learning must beensured by one and all.

T K NANDANAN,THEVARA, KOCHI.

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Crisis in offing...?

Greater Jammu

Despite democracy considered as the best system ofgovernance in the world today providing scope formaximum freedom to every individual in the social

and political set up of the nations having adopted democra-cy, the democratic vibrance of the World's largest democra-cy India seems to be under serious threat today especiallyin view of the enemies being facilitated by none other thanour own people. As such the present scenario across thenation compels us to conduct a thorough introspection as towhere our democratic set up has failed that resulted in ourown people joining the enemy. The situation is all the moreserious in view of some disgruntled elements serving thedefence forces or other belt forces betraing the nation bybecoming part of the espionage at the behest of the ene-mies. Even the stance of the opposition political parties hasbeen dubious with no visible difference in the statementsissued by them and those emanating from Pakistan.Presently this is the greatest problem faced by the nation asit endangers the very existence of the nation. Since long wehave been easily putting the blame on Pakistan, its Army, ISIand the terror organizations but it is a stark reality that weare ourselves are to blame because the democratic philos-ophy and principles stand interpreted by the politicians tosuit their own vested interests. The prima facie analysis ofvarious developments and consequent failures has alwayspointed to lack of coordination amongst the various agen-cies that leads to suicidal delays. Institutions are the founda-tion of a democratic set up in every democratic country andthe same applies to the biggest democracy of the worldIndia. The basic strength of a democracy is the strength andvibrance of its institutions which not only include institutionsof state but those within political parties as well as at everylevel of the society. A perfect coordination between all themacro and micro institutions ensures success of a democ-racy. India is still struggling amidst challenges posed by bothinternal as well as external forces with circumstances beingcreated by the vested interests to destabilize the nation. Insuch a situation there is a dire need to correct aberrations ofgovernance having dangerous impact on the democraticsystem without any further delay. The decision of appoint-ment of CDS to ensure smooth coordination among thethree defence services especially during war time is indeeda historic decision for which full credit goes to the Modi ledgovernment at the centre. The first significant decision bythe nation's first CDS to establish a joint Air DefenceCommand was the dire need in current scenario. Moreovernow the Govt having created a new Department of MilitaryAffairs in the Defence Ministry headed by newly-appointedCDS is undoubtedly going to further multiply the efficacy ofthe defence services which has a direct bearing upon theexistence of the nation as well as for safeguarding its dem-ocratic vibrance. In view of the new challenges emergingwith the changing regional, national and international levelour democracy there is apprehension of its fragility to novelchallenges getting compounded by emerging manifesta-tions that threaten the stability of the nation. These newchallenges underline the dire need to analyse the experi-ences and approaches to date and then address the vitalissue of strengthening our basic institutions as has beendone in case of defence services. Today first and foremostthere is a need to formulate new code of conduct for thepolitical parties and politicians so that there is no scope forissuing statements that are true copy of the utterancesmade by the enemies of the nation especially those emanat-ing from the rogue state Pakistan. This alone would fullysafeguard the nation against those enemies workingagainst India from within.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020

ADDRESSING NEW CHALLENGES The dawn of New year

was bad news for aboutfifty families hailing

from Jammu region. An over-loaded Video Coach appar-ently rashly driven skiddedoff the road near villageLamberi in twin districts ofRajouri-Pooch on 2ndJanuary 2020 causing ten

deaths and injuries to aboutthirty eight passengers. Some critical patientsamongst the injured were air lifted to GMCHospital, Jammu.This "mishap" fallows on theheals of one that claimed the life a Dy. InspectorGeneral Police on National Highway 11.TheDistrict officers have visited the spot, Ex-gratisgrants have been sanctioned, usual noises of sym-pathy may be made by the ruling elite. And that isthat. The human life comes cheap in this terror-ist-ridden state. The level of senstivity is low andaccountability even lower.

The government of the day was undoubtedlyresponsible to ensure Safety on the roads, themost frequently used surface for transportationin this land locked territory. The level of respon-sibility was, for obvious reasons higher inrespect of the Highly Accident Prone zones in thehilly terrain. This could not be discharged bymerely putting up sign Boards and mandatingone-way-traffic. The authorities were account-able for proper alignment, designing, construc-tion and maintenance of the roads. Presently,roads in the state were classified as Plain, andHilly primarily for the purpose of issuing Drivinglicenses .Much of mischief emanates from thiscrucial point. There were comp- plaints of laxnessand irregularities ,reasons whereof were not far toseek.

For over a decade I ran a'one man crusade' towake up the state authorities as well the civil soci-ety to their responsibility for preventing thesesenseless and avoidable losses of precious lives.Grave concern over the unremitting hazards facedby the travelling public and mounting deaths onthe roads in Jammu & Kashmir was consistentlyand vigorously expressed through presentations,seminars, panel discussions on the Radio and tel-evision and of course the newspapers. Theauthorities appeared to be confused and callousand civil society the unimpresseed. The onlyworthwhile positive response came from ChiefMinister Omar Abdullah in a DistrictDevelopment Board meeting at Doda where in heannounced that the problem was being remandedto the Indian Institute of Road Research and thatnew Buses were being added to the fleet of theJ&K Road Transport Corporation. He also spokeof measures to improve medical cover on thehighways

The decision to involve the IIRR or for thatmatter ant professional outfit in devising waysand means to combat the menace must be wel-comed. As the Banihal-Kishtwar arch was serv-iced by he National High ways, it would obvious-ly be necessary to take the Government of India,Ministry of transport on board. It is also neces-sary to take some precautionary measures basedon past unfortunate experience in respect of thehigh profile national agencies in Road-traffic .Take the case of traffic Engineering in Jammu.City A highly reputed national agency charged afat fee and produced only more chaos on theroads. The Rortary in Rehari (Balwinder) Chowk,even after modifications stands testimony to the

inept, casual and unprofessional treatment of anot too complicated problem. The Rotary was amotorists /pedestrian's nightmare even after it wasneutralised and barricaded. Two lessons emergethere from. One The level of experience theInstitute has in tackling the specific problemsand in the terrain like ours must be ascertainedbefore entering into any arrangement. Second.What was the experience and quality of expertiseof those charged with the conception, planningand execution of the project? For this purpose aTask Force comprising of our own experts need-ed to be constituted by the Chef minister .to beresponsible for maintaining constant liaisons withthe IIRR from conception to execution throughplanning. They must constantly and intimatelymonitor the progress of the project and intervenein time where found necessary

The then C M Mehbooba Mufti had reacted toone of my open letters by holding a much publi-cized high powered discussion in Srinagar.Grandoise plans for "efficiene and ffective"ideal-traffic management in Srinagsr were made. Thematter reted there.

Governor N.N.Vohra was the only one whotook the matter seriously and directed some con-crete steps. But every time. he was on the verge ofimplementing the measures, the Governors' Rulewas terminated. The present dispensation couldperhaps take on from where he left. The onlycaveat being that the participation/representationof other stake holders the should be integral toany Mission, commission or committee devisedfor Road safety .Formation of Missions etc withadditional responsibilities to aready overworkedbuerocrates is a sham.

The Jammu hill roads were particularly vul-nerable to traffic mishaps. The topography andthe condition of roads dictated that only vehiclein top mechanical fit condition carrying no morethan the authorised number of passengers anddriven by responsible, experienced( in hill driv-ing) and proficient drivers plied such roads,These cardinal elements of common sense,provisions of law and care and caution, weremore often than not flouted with immunity.Failure to exercise effective supervisory controlby senior officers of the concerned departments ofthe government significantly contributed to theenactment of tragedies

It may surprise many but the harsh truth. wasthat "Road accidents" claimed more lives thanmilitancy in this state plagued by terrorism forover two decades. This was official. As perJammu & Kashmir government records, 1031person were killed in "road accidents". in year2009 . Against this, only 85 civilians were killedin militancy related incidents during this period.Even if the number of security personnel (75) andmilitants (238) killed in the same period wereadded , the total worked out to 398 , The hugegap between loss of life on roads and in militancyrelated incidents spoke for itself .That even thisdamning fact failed to shake up the powers thatbe and provoke public anger and indignationwas of which we all were guilty. The callousmindset had to change, The civil society mustmount sustained pressure on the government tobe secure safety of commuting public by roadtransport , demand punishment for thoseresponsible for these crimes and putting inplace the mechanism and establishment to pre-vent their commission.

Given the topography and the surface lay out,the hilly and hazardous stretches should be

further categorized as Accident prone andHighly Accident Prone. On the basis of such aclassification, the type and vintage of vehiclefit to ply could and should be determined.Only highly skilled and experienced drivers(Minimum driving experience of say 10 years)with clean record of driving should be awardedthe license to ply vehicles on such roads. TheLicensing authority should periodically testtheir proficiency and keep a close watch ontheir performance. A single incident involvingrash and or negligent driving should be causeenough for cancellation of the Hill DrivingLicense

1) Multi discipline Inquiry committees beconstituted to conduct in depth and comprehen-sive probes into a bunch of fatal say six trafficaccidents during last three years selected onthe basis of loss of life and circumstances atten-dant upon the occurrences' The object should beto apportion identify factors that contributed tothe tragedies and locate responsibility for thedereliction of duty, criminal negligence, substandard execution of works and criminal casu-alness in certification of road worthiness. Thecontractors, Engineers / officials and othersresponsible for repair, supervision and respon-sible for ensuring road worthyness must bebrought under the ambit of the inquiry ofcourse along with those responsible for fitnessapproval of the vehicles involved and thosecharged with the duty of traffic management.

2) An Task Force should draw up thebuilding design , and list out requirements ofequipment, man power and technological aidsfor a model Disaster Service Hospital It shouldalso review the existing locations and makesuitable recommendations. Their recommenda-tion should be vetted by a small compact highlevel Multi discipline Experts Committee whichincluded non-official experts and representa-tives of NGOS before government sanctionaccorded. sanction Thereafter the existing facil-ities should be re-modeled and upgradedaccordingly within a time frame

3) Setting up of a Road Safety Mission. TheMission should be responsible for not onlydirecting, monitoring and supervising theentire Road safety mechanism but also spread-ing the Road safety awareness amongst the pub-lic on a sustained long term basis.

4) Road Safety be included in the School cur-ricula from class one.

The neglect of road safety in our state is infact the extension of the national malaise.According to 2007 statistics revealed by thethen, secretary of the Department of road trans-port and highways in a Seminar "Nearly 1.05lakh people die in road accidents in India. It isthe highest in the world "Deaths on Indianroads" he disclosed "now exceed casualties onChinese roads." And added "We have this dubi-ous distinction". It may rewarding to note thatChina, brought down the body count on itsroads, down from 98,738 in 2005 to 89,455 in2006. By contrast, fatalities in road accidents inIndia are moving up at a compounded annualgrowth rate of four per cent. The government ofIndia appeared not to have taken road safetywith due seriousness and does not have a com-prehensive policy on road safety. May beJammu & Kashmir can learn some lessons fromthe Chinese experience and show the waytowards safety and security on roads I to the restof the country.

Who is responsible for Dead bodies piling up on the roads?

COL J P SINGH

When the state was reorganisedafter abrogation of its specialstatus, Chinese foreign ministry

spokesperson said, "China deplores andfirmly opposes Indian unilateral action ofchanging domestic laws and administra-tive divisions of J&K thereby challengingChinese sovereignty". This was a threat-ening statement. By terming reorganisa-tion as challenge to Chinese sovereign-ty meant territorial claim over J&K. Thisshows Chinese extra-territorial ambi-tions. China is already holding on toAksai Chin illegally. It considers Ladakhas part of Tibet and calls it 'Lower Tibet'and claims it as part of Tibet. Pakistan isits claimant as is known world over.Hence Kimbroglio is not indigenous buta binary internationalised conspiracy.China is using J&K as a testing groundfor challenging Indian sub-continentaldominance. Disturbed and highlyvolatile Northern region of India and thedisturbed Valley suits neighbors. It is apart of the great game to weaken Indiaand detach it from J&K to control thestrategic and economic ancient East-West trade routes. India is globallyblamed for human rights violations in thevalley. This is about the external chal-lenges. In addition there are equallyserious internal challenges. KashmirJihad is worst of them. Has 5th August2019 reorganisation addressed thesechallenges?

Internal problems are manifold someof which are self created. Jammu &Kashmir has never been a single politi-cal entity until Maharaja Gulab Singhconsolidated it in 1846. Dogras ruled itfor over a century and made a niche forthemselves as great soldiers and states-men. Hence J&K is a Dogras creation. Itcomprised of three distinct and diverseregions, Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.Having reached to the far off Northernfrontiers, Dogras secured them militarilyand secured British India from expan-sionist Russia and China. It controlledthe Silk Route. It acted as a strong bufferzone. It is because of these reason thatJ&K became an important princely state

for the British and continues to be strate-gically important in the subcontinent.British planned to detach it from Indiaand keep it under Pakistan control. Butthe Dogra Ruler demolished it.

At the time of partition J&K was pass-ing through a civil unrest. Maharaja HariSingh was confronting a 'Quit Kashmir'movement led by Sheikh Abdullah.Before the Ruler could decide the futureof his princely state, Pakistan attackedJ&K on 22 October 1947. Dogras foughtthe aggressor remarkably and enabledstate's accession to India. But after theaccession, Dogras were politically, mili-tarily, economically and culturally disem-powered. They were deprived of theirmilitary and statesmanship roles.Jammu became invisible from Northernfrontiers. Undue importance was givento Kashmir. Political power shifted overto Muslim majority Kashmir which bor-dered theocratic Pakistan and Muslimpredominant Kashgar region of China.Hence the religion became a predomi-nant factor in the politics of Jammu andKashmir. Article 370 favoured Kashmiridomination over other two regions.Jammu and Ladakh didn't reconcile tothe political structure and religious nar-rative that favoured Kashmir. Their con-tributions in making of the Indian nationwas overlooked. Efforts to changeJammu's demography continuedunabated. Bangladeshis & Rohingyaswere settled in Jammu in large numbers.Ladakh demanded Union Territory sta-tus at the hustings. Jammu too demand-ed Statehood. LUTF led the UT demand

in Ladakh, whereas Jan-Sang/BJP andJammu State Morcha led the statehoodmovement in Jammu. Instead of resolv-ing regional conflicts, Delhi supportedKashmir. Reorganisation has notaddressed any of the Jammu's con-cerns. Dogra certificate abolished byOmar Abdullah led govt in 2011 has notbeen restored despite protests. Jobstress on locals after Kashmiri Panditsinternal displacement hasn't beenaddressed. Both the universities inJammu are headed by KashmiriPandits. None in Kashmir is headed bya Dogra. JK Bank is virtually a KashmiriBank. There are no jobs in Jammu.Access to Internet is denied to themsupposedly because of large presenceof Kashmiris in Jammu. Jammu youth isdisillusioned. They are migrating insearch of jobs. Elderly are depressedand feeling insecure. Daily wagers ofJammu are paid much less than theircounterparts in the valley. Jammu's rep-resentation in civil secretariat is minimaland hence no say in decision making.There is government deficit in Jammu.Corruption is ruling the roost in theadministration. Jammu is suffering beinga docile partner in J&K UT.

In the last election Modi reaped therich harvest in Jammu because ofnationalistic fervor aroused by Pulwamaand Balakot. Otherwise there was antiBJP wave because of failed coalition,unfulfilled promises and corruption.Despite fulfilling a significant promise ofabolishing Article 370, still there is a trustdeficit in Jammu mainly because no

assurance to safeguard their identity isforthcoming. Tourist attraction initiativesof previous administration such asJambu Zoo, Tawi Lake, restoration ofheritage sites etc have been stalled.AIIMS seems to be forgotten. J&K is in apolitical vacuum. Jammu continues to bediscriminated and invisible in the reor-ganized UT. Jammu is waiting for delimi-tation and thinking of a change. Dograsthis time are in a hurry. Who would be awinner in the forthcoming UT elections isto be seen. Apart from China, Pakistanand Kashmir, Jammu is another existen-tial problem for Delhi.

It would have been politically prudentto reorganize J&K at the time of acces-sion. Kashmir should have been madeUnion Territory and given to SheikhAbdullah to rule. He had emerged as apopular Kashmiri leader. The rest of thestate should have been reorganised intoseparate Jammu and Ladakh states.Since not done then, the way forwardlies in taking the recent reorganisation toits logical ends. Ladakh has beenempowered. Part of the internal problemhas been resolved. There is an opportu-nity and scope to undo the past wrongsof Jammu. West Pakistan refugees livingin Jammu have been made citizens ofJ&K and empowered after abrogation of35A. Refugees of POJK, who wereDogras and suffered the holocaust ofPak invasion in 1947, must be deliveredjustice. 24 frozen Assembly Seats mustbe released to them. Their lands must bevacated of Pak occupation and restoredto them. To empower Jammu, J&Kshould be reorganized again. Valleyshould be made as 'Kashmir UnionTerritory', and the rest be made full-fledged Jammu state. It will consolidateIndian frontiers against China &Pakistan, and hold the flanks of KashmirUT for India. Next step in this process ofconsolidation of Indian nationhood inerstwhile J&K lies in return of KashmirPandits to the valley. Ultimate solution toKimbroglio lies in separate Jammu Stateand Union Territories to Kashmir andLadakh; till then separate RegionalCouncils of Jammu and Kashmir. This isthe best way to cope with Kashmir

RE-ORGANISED J&K HOW TO COPE WITH EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES

M.M.KHAJOORIA

BRUSSELS, JAN 6:NATO’s ruling committeewill meet Monday to dis-cuss the future of thealliance’s training missionin Iraq as Middle East ten-sions mount after US forceskilled a top Iranian general.

Ambassadors from the 29allies will gather at theirBrussels headquarters at3.00 pm (1400 GMT) withSecretary General JensStoltenberg expected tobrief journalists afterwards.

US officials are due togive an update on the situa-tion after Washington killedQasem Soleimani, head ofIran’s Middle East opera-tions as commander of theRevolutionary Guards’Quds Force, in a US dronestrike at Baghdad airport.

“The North AtlanticCouncil will address the sit-uation in the region,” aNATO official said.

“The secretary generaldecided to convene themeeting of NATO ambassa-dors following consulta-tions with allies.”

Stoltenberg had spokenby telephone with USSecretary of Defence MarkEsper since Friday’s strike,but the killing of Soleimanisurprised many ofWashington’s allies andtriggered calls for de-esca-lation.

The situation has alsodeteriorated in Iraq, wherelawmakers have called forthe 5,200 US soldiersdeployed there to leave.

NATO maintains a 500-

strong training mission inIraq, preparing localforces to take on IslamicState group extremists, butthis would be in doubt ifcoalition forces pull out.

“The big issue is thefuture of the NATO mis-sion in Iraq after thedemand of the Iraqi parlia-ment yesterday to removeUS-led coalition and for-eign forces. We have tosee what we will do now,”a NATO diplomat toldAFP.

On Saturday, a NATOspokesman said the mis-sion, which involves sev-eral hundred allied per-sonnel, was continuing“but training activities arecurrently suspended”.(Agencies)

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ISLAMABAD, JAN 6:Pakistan will not allow itssoil to be used for anyregional conflict and playits role to de-escalate ten-sions between the US andIran, Pakistan's foreign min-ister Shah MahmoodQureshi said on Monday.He urged Tehran to refrainfrom any escalatory meas-ures in response to thekilling of a top Iranian gen-eral by America.

Major General Suleimani,62, the head of Iran's eliteal-Quds force and architectof its regional securityapparatus, was killed in aUS drone attack while leav-ing Baghdad internationalairport early on Friday,sparking fears of a new warin Middle East. The strikealso killed deputy chief ofIraq's powerful Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forceAbu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Addressing the Senate,the upper house ofParliament, Qureshi high-

lighted the regional situa-tion in the wake ofSuleimani's killing andPakistan's policy on theissue.

"Pakistan's soil will not beused against any State, andPakistan will not be part ofthe regional conflicts,"Qureshi said.

He said Pakistan was alsoagainst unilateral action andwould play its role to de-escalate tensions in theregion.

"Pakistan does not sup-port any unilateral action. Ifthere is fire in the neigh-bourhood, its heat will befelt in Pakistan," he said.

Qureshi said Pakistan wasasking all parties to exercisemaximum restraint.

"I even urged Iran to exer-cise its traditional wisdomand refrain from any escala-tory measures in the largerinterest of the region," hesaid. He also called uponthe UN to play its role.

Qureshi said he held tele-

phonic conversations withhis counterparts from sever-al Muslim countries, includ-ing Iran, the UAE, Turkeyand Saudi Arabia.

He conceded that thekilling of the Iranian gener-al would have serious reper-cussions.

"The situation in theMiddle East is very sensi-tive, fluid and concerning,"he said.

Iran has vowed to avengethe general's killing, and USPresident Donald Trumphas threatened "major retal-iation" if any American tar-gets are hit.

Qureshi warned of high-profile killings of US per-sonnel in the region as wellas disruption in oil supplieswith a negative impact onthe regional and globaleconomy.

He said the situation inAfghanistan and Yemenwill also be impacted ifthere was a war in theregion.

Pakistan will not allow its soil to beused for any regional conflict: Qureshi

BEIJING, JAN 6: The Chinesearmy has begun major militaryexercises in the high-altitudeTibet bordering India, deployinglatest weapons including theType 15 light battle tank and thenew 155-MM vehicle-mountedhowitzer, a media report said.

The People’s Liberation Army(PLA) Tibet Military Commandstarted its New Year exercises inwhich it has deployed helicop-ters, armoured vehicles, heavyartillery and anti-aircraft missilesacross the region from Lhasa,capital of Tibet, to the borderdefence front lines with eleva-tions of more than 4,000 metres,state-run Global Times reported.

India-China Line of ActualControl (LAC) covered 3,488kilometres, including the borderalong Arunachal Pradesh andSikkim.

China claims ArunachalPradesh as part of South Tibet.

Both the tank and howitzer,which were revealed to the pub-lic on the National Day militaryparade on October 1 last year,are specifically designed withadvantages for plateau regions

and can play important roles insafeguarding border areas, thereport said.

Their deployment in the TibetMilitary Command will enhancePLA combat capability in theplateau regions, it quoted a mili-tary expert as saying.

Both were equipped with pow-erful engines, enabling them tomanoeuvre efficiently in Tibet’sterrains, a military expert wasquoted as saying in the report.

Heavier hostile weapons can-not reach the oxygen-depletedborder areas, and, if lighter, theydo not have enough firepower,he said.

The Type 15 tank is theworld’s only modern lightweighttank in service and it is equippedwith a 105-millimeter gun andadvanced sensors that can“devastate enemy lightarmoured vehicles in regions,”the report quoted the Chinesemilitary magazine Weapon asreporting.

The six-wheeled, 155-millime-ter vehicle-mounted howitzer isof high calibre, reacts fast andcan be easily deployed, it said.

China’s PLA begins majormilitary exercises in Tibet

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, openly weeps as he leads a prayerover the coffin of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike onFriday, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran.

On Camera, Iran Supreme Leader Weeps AtPrayer For General Killed By US

TEHRAN: Mourners packed the streets of Tehran on Monday forceremonies to pay homage to top Iranian military commanderQasem Soleimani, after he was killed in a US strike in Baghdad.

Clutching portraits of their hero, the crowd gathered at TehranUniversity before supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei presidedover prayers for the slain general, AFP correspondents reported.

Soleimani, who spearheaded Iran's Middle East operations ascommander of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, was killed ina US drone strike Friday near Baghdad airport. His assassinationratcheted up tensions between arch-enemies Tehran andWashington. Iran said late Sunday it was further rolling back itscommitments to a nuclear deal already in tatters since USPresident Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from it in May 2018.In freezing early morning temperatures, women in black walkedalongside men holding up flags bearing the names of Shiite imamsas they walked down Tehran's Enghelab (Revolution) Streettowards the university.

Trump doubts North Korean leader Kim JongUn will break promises on denuclearization

NEWYORK: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he didnot expect North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to break his promiseabout denuclearization, but conceded that he might.

Kim Jong Un said last week there were no longer grounds forPyongyang to be bound by a self-declared moratorium on intercon-tinental ballistic missile and nuclear bomb testing and that a “newstrategic weapon” would be introduced in the near future. “I don’tthink he’d break his word to me, but maybe he will,” Trump toldreporters aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington aftera two-week stay in Florida. Trump – who in 2018 became the firstsitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean leader – saidafter Kim’s comments that the North Korean leader had signed adenuclearization contract and Trump thought Kim was a “man of hisword.” Last month, Pyongyang warned Washington of a possible“Christmas gift” after Kim gave the United States until the end of theyear to propose new concessions in talks over his country’s nucleararsenal. Speaking with reporters last week, Chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said the alert status of Americanforces was at a sufficient level to respond to anything that happensand military defensive capabilities were adequate to defend theUnited States.

Indonesian student namedBritain’s worst rapist, jailed

LONDON: A student from Indonesia has been named asBritain’s worst ever rapist after being convicted of more than150 offences over more than two and a half years.

Reynhard Sinaga, 36, was found guilty of luring 48 men fromoutside bars and clubs in the city of Manchester back to his flat,where he drugged and assaulted them. In some instances hewould then film the attacks on his mobile phone. “The most pro-lific rapist ever tried in a British court has today been jailed forlife after drugging and assaulting 48 men, following the largestprosecution of its kind in the Crown Prosecution Service’s histo-ry,” the CPS said in a statement. A judge on Monday ruled thatfollowing four separate trials he must serve a minimum of 30years in jail. “His extreme sense of sexual entitlement almostdefies belief and he would no doubt still be adding to his stag-gering tally had he not been caught,” said Ian Rushton, a gov-ernment prosecutor. “Sinaga’s unthreatening demeanour dupedthese young men - many of whom thanked him for his kindnessin offering them a place to stay - into thinking this monster wasa Good Samaritan.”

Pakistan renews offer to mediate inMiddle East crisis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has renewed its offer for mediating inthe Middle East crisis and reaffirmed its resolve not to becomea part of any conflict in the region, it was reported.

The offer was formally conveyed by foreign minister ShahMehmood Qureshi during a telephonic conversation with hiscounterparts from Iran (Mohammad Javad Zarif), Saudi Arabia(Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud), the United Arab Emirates (SheikhAbdullah bin Zayed) and Turkey (Mevlut Cavusoglu), reports.This was the first time Qureshi contacted the leadership inTehran after the January 3 US airstrike that killed Iranian ArmyGeneral Qasem Soleimani. According to an official announce-ment by the ministry of foreign affairs, there was a wide-rangingexchange of views between Qureshi and the four foreign minis-ters on "the unfolding situation in the region".

Eggs from endangered seaturtle stolen from Thai beach

BANGKOK: A community in southern Thailand has offered areward for catching whoever stole dozens of unhatched eggs of anendangered turtle species. The Pacific Leatherback turtle eggswere stolen before dawn on Sunday from a beach in the south-ern province of Phang-nga, said Pratom Rassamee, head ofthe provincial Marine and Coastal Resources office. ``Thistheft is a grave incident for both marine biologists like me andlocal residents near the beach,'' said ThonThamrongnawasawat, one of Thailand's top marine biologists.``We believe around 50 or more precious eggs are gone.``Outraged local residents donated 50,000 baht ($1,660) for areward to catch the thieves, and the sum was matched byprovincial authorities, bringing the total to 100,000 baht($3,320). The eggs are protected by law, and stealing or pos-sessing them is punishable by a prison term of three to 15years and a fine of 300,000 to 1.5 million baht ($9,950-$49,760). ``Police are hunting those thieves down,'' Pratomsaid by phone. ``The animal is loved by people living aroundhere.``

He said footage from security cameras along the road mightoffer some clues to the thieves' identity.

IN BRIEFFive dead and 60 injured inPennsylvania Turnpike multi-

vehicle crash, officials sayLONDON, JAN 6: Fivepeople were killed and 60others injured in a crash insouthwest Pennsylvaniaearly Sunday, after a tourbus hit an embankment,starting a chain reactionthat involved three tractor-trailers and at least oneother vehicle, authoritiessaid.

The bus, which washeaded to Cincinnati on thePennsylvania Turnpike, hitthe embankment on adownhill curve in MountPleasant Township, about35 miles southeast ofPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaState Police said.

The bus owner said it hadleft from Canal Street inNew York City, thoughauthorities said it had start-ed its trip in Rockaway,New Jersey.

Two tractor-trailers hitthe bus, and another trac-tor-trailer then crashed intothe first two, TrooperStephen Limani said at anews conference Sundayafternoon.

“It was a kind of chain-reaction-type crash,”Limani said. “The vehiclesare so entangled, and it issuch a mess.” (Agencies)

BEIJING, JAN 6: Chinacriticised the United Statesfor aggravating tension inthe Middle East through itsuse of force in the standoffbetween Washington andTehran and urged all partiesto exercise restraint toensure peace and stability.

A US drone strike thatkilled Iranian military com-mander Qassem Soleimanihas further escalated theconflict between the twocountries already at oddsover Tehran’s nuclear activ-ities.

Tehran has publiclyvowed to avengeSoleimani’s death, and USPresident Donald Trumphas in turn threatened fur-ther retaliation to anyIranian attacks againstAmerican assets or citizens.

“Power politics are nei-ther popular nor sustain-able,” Chinese foreign min-

istry spokesman GengShuang said at a daily brief-ing. “The US’s risky mili-tary behaviour in recentdays goes against the basicnorms of international rela-tions.”

“We call on the US not toabuse its force, and appealto relevant parties to exer-cise restraint to avoid thesituation worsening,” hesaid, adding that China is“highly concerned” aboutthe standoff between Iranand the United States.

China also criticised theUnited States for threaten-

ing sanctions against Iraq inresponse to the Iraqi parlia-ment’s resolution callingfor US and other foreigntroops to leave the country.

“China has consistentlyopposed the wanton use orthreat of use of sanctions,”Geng told reporters. “Wewish that relevant coun-tries, particularly majorcountries outside theregion, can do more to pro-mote the Middle Eastregion’s peace and security,and avoid taking actionsthat escalate regional ten-sions.”

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, JAN 6:Australian officials used arespite on Monday fromfierce wildfires that havekilled 24 people across thecountry’s southeast to raceto reopen blocked roadsand evacuate people whohave been trapped for days.

A second day of light rainand cool winds broughtsome relief from heatwave-fuelled blazes that rippedthrough two states over theweekend, but officialswarned the hazardousweather conditions wereexpected to return later inthe week.

“There is no room forcomplacency,” New SouthWales state Premier GladysBerejiklian told reporterson Monday morning. Twopeople remained missing asaround 130 fires continuedto burn in the state, thoughnot at a high-alert level.

Authorities redoubled

their efforts on Monday toprovide supplies and repa-triate thousands of peoplewho have been trapped byfire lines in coastal townsfor several days.

“This morning it is allabout recovery, makingsure people who have beendisplaced have somewheresafe (to go) and it is makingsure we have resources tobuild up the presence on theground to clean up theroads, clean up where therubble exists,” Berejikliansaid.

Dean Linton, a resident ofJindabyne in the SnowyMountains, used the breakfrom an immediate threat tohis town to visit his wifeand four children who hadevacuated to Sydney. Healso used the 870 kilometreround trip to pick up a fire-fighting pump and genera-tor to help him protect thefamily home.

Australia races to evacuate strandedpeople as bushfires take a breather

Iran-US conflict: China says American useof force aggravating Middle East tension

DHAKA, JAN 6: More than1,000 students and activistson Monday linked theirhands, chanted slogans andmarched throughBangladesh's main publicuniversity after a second-year student was raped,police said.

The protesters gathered onthe campus in Dhaka, thecapital, after the victim wasrescued and taken to DhakaMedical College Hospitalaround midnight.

The victim was walking toa friend's place after gettingoff a university bus onSunday evening, but some-one grabbed her from behind,gagged her and took her to anempty place nearby, whereshe was attacked, police said.

The protesters chanted slo-gans demanding the arrest ofwhoever was responsible andsafety for women. Some car-

ried festoons reading, "Nomore rape, we want justice"and "We want the highestpunishment."

Kazi Sahan Haque, thepolice chief at KurmitolaPolice Station, said authori-ties recorded a case filed bythe victim's father and wereinvestigating.

Sohel Mahmud, the headof the forensic department atDhaka Medical CollegeHospital, said an examina-tion of the victim found evi-dence of rape and assault.

In Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority conservative nationof 160 million people,women regularly face vari-ous forms of harassmentincluding rape and tortures.Bangladesh Mahila Parishad,a network of women groups,said it recorded 697 rapecases in 2018 and 592 casesin the first half of 2019.

LAHORE, JAN 6: The main accused in the recent incident ofvandalism at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan has beenarrested and charged with anti-terrorism act, a top official saidon Monday.

Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as Gurdwara JanamAsthan, is a site near Lahore where the first Guru of Sikhs,

According to media reports, a violent mob had attacked theGurdwara and pelted it with stones on Friday. A team of policehad to intervene briskly to control the situation.

The accused, identified as Imran, was arrested on Sundayfor his role in the incident, Geo News reported.

Azhar Mashwani, the Focal Person (Digital Media) toPunjab Chief Minister, took to Twitter to announce the arrest.

"The main culprit in #NankanaSahib incident Imran hasbeen arrested. FIR # 6/2020 u/s 295A/290/291/341/506/148/149, 6 sound system /7ATA has been registered at NanakanPolice Station," he said in the tweet which also carries the pic-ture of the accused behind bars.

He further said that the "7 ATA is a non bailable sectionunder the Anti Terrorism Act.

Breaking his silence on the incident, Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan on Sunday condemned the recent inci-dent of vandalism at the Nankana Sahib, saying it goes againsthis "vision" and the government will show "zero tolerance"against those involved in it.

India has strongly condemned the incident of vandalism atthe revered Gurdwara and called upon the Pakistan govern-ment to take immediate steps to ensure the safety and securi-ty of the Sikh community there.

SHARJAH, JAN 6: A crim-inal court in United ArabEmirates has sentenced aman to 10 years in jail forstabbing an Indian womanand her seven-year-olddaughter multiple times in alift of a building and also forthe murder of another person.

According to the verdict onSunday, the 43-year-oldSudanese man will serveseven years in jail for themurder of the compatriot andthree years for the stabbings.He will be deported afterserving the entire prisonterm, reports the KhaleejTimes.

The incident dates back toJanuary 16, 2019. On receiv-ing information, a policeteam rushed to the crimescene where they found thewoman and her daughterbleeding and the Sudanese

man already dead.The police also found the

killer wielding a knife. Helater surrendered.

During interrogation, thedefendant confessed to mur-dering the Sudanese andstabbing the woman and herdaughter.

He claimed that he com-mitted the crimes as he hadbeen suffering from "psycho-logical pressure due to fami-ly problems".

During previous hearings,the Indian woman said thatshe was attacked by theaccused while she wasreturning to her house withher daughter.

While trying to save herdaughter from the perpetra-tor, she also got stabbed bythe man several times in theshoulder, back and hand, sheadded. (Agencies)

NATO to review training missionin Iraq after Iran general slain

Over 1,000 protest in Bangladeshafter student raped

ISTANBUL, JAN 6: President Tayyip Erdogan said onSunday that Turkish military units had started moving toLibya to support Fayez al-Serraj's internationally-recog-nised Government of National Accord (GNA), based inTripoli.

Turkey's parliament approved a bill on Thursday thatallows for the deployment of troops in Libya to protectAnkara's interests in North Africa and the Mediterraneanand to help achieve peace and stability in Libya.

"There will be an operation centre (in Libya), there willbe a Turkish lieutenant general leading and they will bemanaging the situation over there (Turkish soldiers) aregradually moving there right now," Erdogan said in aninterview with CNN Turk.

The GNA last month requested Turkish support as itfends off an offensive by General Khalifa Haftar's forces,which are backed by Russia, Egypt, the United ArabEmirates and Jordan. On Saturday, at least 30 people werekilled and 33 others wounded in an attack on a militaryacademy in the Libyan capital. Turkey condemned theattack and called for international steps to achieve a cease-fire. GNA officials and forces allied with the governmentdeclined to comment on the arrival of the Turkish troops.Senior Turkish military personnel will coordinate with thecombatant forces in Libya as well as provide training andexpertise on the ground, Erdogan said. (Agencies)

SAN JUAN, PUERTORICO: A 5.7-magnitudequake jolted Puerto Ricansout of their beds onMonday morning, thestrongest quake yet to hitthe US territory that hasbeen shaking for the pastweek. The quake struckjust south of the island at arelatively shallow depth of10 kilometer (over 6miles), according to the USgeological service. Therewas no tsunami threat, offi-cials said. Power outageswere reported in some partsof Puerto Rico followingthe quake, Angel Vazquez,the emergency manage-ment director for the south-ern coastal city of Ponce,told The Associated Press.

5.7-magnitude quakestrikes Puerto Rico,

damage reported

Main accused in Nankana Sahibvandalism held in Pakistan

UAE man gets 10 years jail for killingone, injuring Indian woman, child

Turkish military units movingto Libya, says Erdogan

GJ REPORTRAJOURI, JAN 6:District DevelopmentC o m m i s s i o n e r ,Mohammad Nazir Sheikhchaired a meeting here onMonday and constitutedthe District Societies forthe prevention of crueltyto animals and takingmeasures towards theirwelfare.

While briefing themembers, the DeputyCommissioner said themain aim to constitute theCommittees is at takingholistic measures to pre-vent cruelties of all kindsto animals and work outan efficient mechanism tocreate enabling environ-ment for balanced devel-opment of all species intheir natural habitats.

The DeputyCommissioner advisedthe committee membersto chalk out a practicableplan to sensitize the peo-

ple about the importanceof balanced growth anddevelopment of animalsand their interdependenceon one another.

Regarding creationand opening of specialinfirmaries, animal shel-ter, Animal clinics andambulances besides sev-eral other issues includ-ing animal's birth control,establishment of the ani-mals' shelters and tomake functional theslaughterhouse houses inthe district were also dis-cussed in detail.

It was decided that abuilding for the sheltershed for animals shall beconstructed for which theland will be identifiedsoon and the concernedofficer was asked to sub-mit the list of require-ments for the properfunctioning of the sheltershed of animals.

It was informed thatthe District PanchayatOfficer was directed toform a village level ani-mal committee in eachPanchayat that will beheaded by the concernedSarpanch of thatPanchayat.

This committee shallprevent activities leadingto cruelty with the ani-mals.

Among otherAdditional DeputyCommissioner, SherSingh, Additional DeputyC o m m i s s i o n e r ,Koteranka, SundershanSharma, Sub-divisionalMagistrate ThanamandiMohd Tanveer,

Additional SP LiyaqatAli, AssistantC o m m i s s i o n e rDevelopment SushilKhajuria, AssistantCommissioner RevenueMohammad Ashraf, ChiefAnimal HusbandryOfficer Mohd Younis,Executive Engineer PWDNowshera Parvez Ahmed,Tehsildar Rajouri, SherazChowan and other con-cerned officers werepresent on during themeeting.

GJ REPORTANANTNAG, JAN 6:

Deputy Commissioner,Khalid Jahangir here onMonday asked the concernedofficers to synergise effortsto celebrate republic Day in amanner so that the youngergeneration remembers theconstitutional sanctity ofdemocratic governance.

The DC also reviewedarrangements for Republic

Day celebrations at a meet-ing.

The meeting was informedthat the contingents of JKP,IRP, CRPF, Auxiliary Police,Fire and EmergencyServices, NCC cadets andschool children will partici-pate in the march past. Whilecultural programmes alsowill be presented.

The CEO informed themeeting that 10 contingents

from government schools aregoing to participate in themarch past parade and 14cultural programmes arebeing presented by schoolchildren on the occasion.

Regarding cleanliness andsanitation in and around thevenue, the DC directed theofficers of Municipality andR&B department to deploythe requisite manpower forrehearsal and main function.

The Chief Medical Officerwas directed to set up aMedical Aid Camp withambulance service, doctors,paramedics and life-savingdrugs available at the venue.

The meeting also reviewedseating arrangements, barri-cading of venue, drinkingwater and electricity facilitiesbesides heating arrange-ments.

The ARTO was directed toarrange transport facility forthe children for rehearsal andmain function.

It was also given that simi-lar functions will be held atSub Divisions ofPahalgam, Doru,Kokernag and Bijbeharabesides at Tehsil headquar-ters of the district.

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GJ REPORTSRINAGAR, JAN 6:Director HorticultureKashmir, Ajaz AhmadBhat participated in'International VAIGAExpo 2020-Kerala'Workshop on ValueAddition in Agricultureheld in Kerala.

The Director was

accompanied by ChiefHorticulture officer,Bandipora Mohd RamzanWar and HorticultureDevelopment officer,Pulwama, Hilal Ahmad.

During the inauguralsession of the workshop,the Governor of Kerala,Arif Mohammad Khanhailed the progress

achieved underHorticulture in Jammu andKashmir.

During the interaction,Director HorticultureKashmir highlighted theimportance of Horticulturesector in Jammu andKashmir. He said that thesector plays an importantrole in socio economicdevelopment besides con-tributing significantly toeconomy of the region.

He informed that thesector provides livelihoodto 35 lakh population andcontributes about 8 per-cent toward GSDP withannual turnover of 8500crores. He added that morethan 7 lakh farming fami-lies are directly or indi-rectly involved with thesector generating about 8.5crore mandays annually.

Scholars and studentsfrom various Universitiesvisited Kashmir fresh, dryfruit and processing prod-uct stalls set up by theHorticulture Department.

Kerala Governor hails progressof J&K's horticulture sector

Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammad Khan at a fruit stallduring International VAIGA Expo 2020 in Trivandrum

GJ REPORTUDHAMPUR, JAN 6: Onemonth long training pro-grammes in different cate-gories including women's tai-loring, Jute products mak-ing and EntrepreneurshipDevelopment Programme(EDP) for PMEGP benefici-aries conducted by StateBank of India Rural SelfEmployment TrainingInstitute (SBI-RSETI)Udhampur concluded heretoday. The DistrictDevelopment CommissionerDr. Piyush Singla was thechief guest on the occasion.He distributed certificates tothe trainees who completedthe 30 days training pro-gramme. SuperintendentDistrict Jail UdhampurHarish Kotwal and (RM-R-5) SBI J&K ModuleParvinder Bharti also attend-ed the programme.

While speaking on theoccasion, DDC congratulat-ed the organizers for con-ducting skill developmentprogramme for jail inmatesand said that such pro-grammes would go a long

way in generating selfemployment and self reliant.He said that there isimmense scope for employ-ment generation inTechnical, Fashion andhandicrafts sectors and gov-ernment has launched sever-al programmes to extend alllogistic and financial sup-port to youth enabling themto further develop theirskills and boost their busi-ness.

He called upon thetrainees to come forwardand take the benefits fromsuch skill development pro-

grammes for their socio-eco-nomic upliftment. The insti-tute trained 45 students inJute Products Udhyami and30 candidates in EDP forPMEGP beneficiaries.

Chief HorticultureOfficer, Udhampur BrijVallab Gupta, LDMUdhampur Bal Jee Naru,Chief Manager SBIUdhampur Sanjay Pandita,Director RSETI UdhampurAdarsh Saraf, FLCUdhampur Kaka Ram andfaculty member of RSETIUdhampur were present onthe occasion.

Avail maximum benefits of skill development programmes: DDC Singla

Skill Development trainees posing for a group photographwith dignitaries on completion of training in Udhampur

GJ REPORTJAMMU, Jan 6: To mournthe sad, sudden and untime-ly demise of its eminentexecutive member, ex NaibSarpanch Punnu RamKaith, Jammu and KashmirBatwal Welfare Associationcalled a condolence meet-ing here on Monday.

The condolence meet wasattended by a number ofpeople belonging to crosssections of the society.

The Association memberswhile speaking said,"Punnu Ram Kaith was abundle of affection andgreat inspirational person-ality who always thoughtpositively.

He did not get emotionaland remained calm in mostadverse of the circum-stances and never lost hope

and kept on motivating hisfollowers."

All present prayed toAlmighty God to grant eter-nal peace to the departedsoul and strength to thebereaved family to bear thisirreparable loss.

The meeing was attendedby retired Captain OmParkash Tugga, KamalChand Motan, Ram LalSargotra, Darbari LalSargotra, Romesh Sargotra,Gunni Ram Kaith, ThoruRam Mandi, Ghaseeta RamLakhotra, Baldev ChandSandhu, Narayan DassBassa, Des Raj Kaith, RLKaith, Madan Raj Kaith,Naresh Kumar Kaith, MelaRam Tugga, Bua DittaKaith, Om ParkashSargotra and Dev RajTugga.

Batwal Association grievesdemise of its eminent executive

member Punnu Ram Kaith

GJ REPORTSAMBA, JAN 6: J&KKhadi and VillageIndustries Board here onMonday organized twoawareness programme atvillage Khadergal BariBrahamana and NarsinghDayal Ghagwal to dissemi-nate the masses about theschemes implemented bythe Board and process toavail its benefits.

It was informed that theprogrammes were presidedover by the Vice-Chairperson KVIB Dr.Hina Shafi Bhat and attend-ed by the Deputy ChiefExecutive Officer KVIBDivisional Office, DistrictOfficer KVIB Sambabesides President and Vice-Chairman of BlockDevelopment CouncilGhagwal and a large num-ber of local and prominentcitizens.

While addressing thegathering, the ViceChairperson KVIB advisedthe women folk to start ajoint venture of their own tosupplement their house

income and directed theDeputy CEO JammuDivision to formulate acluster thrusting womenfold also.

The people of the arearequested the ViceChairperson to increase thelimit of finance underPMEGP from 2500000 toabove, whereupon sheagreed to take the matter onhigher level at centre.

Later in the day, sheinaugurated some unitsincluding one of AmanSharma under paper lami-nation scheme involvingproject cost of Rs. 10 lakhsat Khadergal and another atBari Brahamana under carwashing project with thecost of Rs. 10 lakhs.

The Vice Chairpersoninaugurated some moreunits of Ice Cream, Indiansweets, ReadymadeGarments and a dairy unitat Ghagwal.

BJP Poonch unit distrib-uting CAA pamphlets dur-ing a door to door 'JanSampras Abaiyain' onMonday.

KVIB organises awareness campsat Bari Brahamana, Ghagwal

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: Jammuand Kashmir BharatiyaJanata party has said thatrecent events taking place inPakistan where NankanaSaheb Gurudwara had beenattacked by religiously fanat-ic mob and silence ofPakistan Govt on the issuethereby giving tactical sup-port to such vandalism, fullyjustifies the philosophybehind Citizen AmendmentAct.

In a statement issued tomedia here today, BJP'sChief Spokesperson SunilSethi said that such like reli-gious persecution of minori-ties in Pakistan, Bangladeshand Afghanistan had madelives of minorities living inthese countries inhuman anddegrading and India has risento the occasion to offerchance and opportunity tooppressed minorities in thesecountries so that they too livelife of dignity and honour.

He said forcible abduc-tion and conversion of a

young Sikh girl demonstratesas how unsafe minorities arein Pakistan where there issystematic annihilation andethnic cleansing of theseminorities by the state spon-sored Religious Intolerance.This is the main reason forminorities almost becomingextinct in these countries.

Sunil Sethi further assert-ed that Govt of India hasdone great service to suffer-ing humanity in these coun-tries by trying to make provi-sions for their honourablesettlements in India.

He said that religious vio-lence in Pakistan which start-ed recently has already takenlife of innocent Sikh youth.He called upon the worldcommunity to take strongnote of events taking placein Pakistan and to appropri-ately condemn and criticizesuch inhuman treatment ofreligious minorities inPakistan. Situation ofminorities in Bangladeshand Afghanistan is also nobetter he asserted.

Recent events in Pakistan vindicatethe CAA philosophy: BJP

GJ REPORTJammu, JAN 6: Jammuwing of PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP)paid rich tributes to itsfounder Mufti MohdSayeed on his fourth deathanniversary here onMonday.

PDP General Secretaryand former MLC, SurinderChoudhary said that MuftiMohd Syed upheld probityin public life and distin-guished himself as a politi-cian of high ethical andmoral values.

He said that it was Mufti'svirtue to be consistent in hiscourse and be true to hisword and deed and he neverallowed himself to beswayed by power and sub-dued by adversities.

Choudhary said the PDPtakes pride in the fact thathis virtues as an honestman are acknowledged byhis adversaries. "Hiscareer in various capaci-ties remained unblem-ished and navigated sever-al difficult ventures withgrace and dignity.

He did not fumble inhis struggle to maintainhumanly possible standardsin public service,"Choudhary said.

He appealed to the peoplefrom all walks to take partin the commemoration cer-emony being held at thePDP head office in Jammuon January 7 and said thatPDP founder was statesmanand did not belonged toPDP alone.

"He was a leader of acommon man, concernedover the plight of sufferingsof the unrepresented class.The greatest tribute to sucha far sighted personalityshall be to remain steadfast

in our resolve to get J&Kout of the morass of uncer-tainty and chaos and ensurethat the people re accordedwith a dignified and pros-perous life," Choudharysaid.

Late Mufti upheld probity in public life, was person of high ethical, moral values: Surinder Choudhary

PDP's Jammu wing pays tributes to MuftiSayeed on his 4th death anniversary

EC Chandan takes stock of snowclearance preparations in Shargole GJ REPORTKARGIL JAN 6: Executive Councillor for Agriculture andHealth Muhammad Ali Chandan took stock of the prepared-ness for snow clearance from the link roads of Shargole blockin case of snowfall during a meeting of the public representa-tives here today.

President Municipal Committee (MC) Kargil ZaheerHussain, Chairman Block Development Council (BDC)Tsering Nurboo and Panches of Shargole block attended themeeting.

During the course of the meeting, the President MunicipalCommittee (MC) Kargil said that men and machinery will bekept in complete readiness to carry out clearance of snowfrom the link roads. Chairman Block Development Council(BDC) Tsering Nurboo also gave some valuable suggestionsduring the meeting.

10 Student contingents to participate inMarch past parade on R-Day in Anantnag DDC constitutes District Societies

for prevention of cruelty to Animals

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: The Jammuand Kashmir Industries Limitedtoday conducted a sale mela ofits products in the lawns of CivilSecretariat for the governmentemployees.

The employees thronged thestall and a good response wasreceived for its woollen productrange.

Chief Secretary B V R

Subramanyam visited the stalland while appreciating thedesign, quality and rates of theproducts directed the manage-ment to involve reputed design-ers so that the products manufac-tured are as per latest trends andfashions. The Chief Secretaryalso directed the JKI to explorethe possibility of establishing anew showroom at Katra andother potential places which pro-

vides for good marketing oppor-tunities.

Commissioner/ SecretaryIndustries and Commerce ManojK Dwivedi informed the ChiefSecretary that substantial mod-ernisation/up-gradation processof all the JKI units with theapproximate investment of Rs100 crore has been almost com-pleted. He said that all these bigindustrial establishments are now poised to work at the optimum

levels bringingabout viable eco-nomic cycle benefit-ing the local farmersengaged in cocoonfarming and sheeprearing besides cre-ating adequate

employment opportunities for thelocal youths.

In view of the acceptability oflocal silk globally and availabili-ty of raw wool, the JKI manage-ment was asked to upgrade itsproduct range to the higher stan-dards for export of silken andwoollen products.

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Mutual funds do not issueunit certificates in physicalform. Instead, they provide astatement of account as anevidence of the investment.Statement of account is not asecurity document and can-not be sold or traded. If lost,a duplicate can be obtainedfrom the fund without extracost. Statement of accountcontains information aboutfolio number, name andaddress of unit holder, open-ing balance, transactionsmade with date, type oftransaction, amount of trans-action, applicable NAV,number of units purchased/sold and closing balance of

units. The statement mayalso show the cost and cur-rent value of investments.The investor should checkthe statement for any dis-crepancies from actual trans-actions, and preserve thestatement for future use.Opening a Demat account isnot mandatory for investingin mutual funds. However,all fund houses provide anoption to investors for hold-ing their units in a Demataccount. Opening a Demataccount is necessary for thispurpose. If an investor hasalready a Demat account, thesame can also be linked witha mutual fund portfolio.Dividend And Bonus Issueof Units:

Unlike the dividends andbonus issues by a companyto its shareholders, dividendsand bonuses are not rewardsfor the unit holders of mutu-al funds. Dividends are paidunder a mutual fund schemeby liquidating the scheme'sassets which reduces itsNAV correspondingly. Thedecline in NAV may even behigher in those schemeswhich are subject toDividend Distribution Tax(DDT) as the fund will alsohave to pay DDT on the div-idend paid. On issue ofbonus units also, NAV of theunits gets automatically splitpro-rata. For example, if ascheme declares a bonus of1:1 and the NAV is R 46, it

would automatically adjustfrom s 46 to s 23. Systematic Plans:

A unique feature of mutu-al funds is the availability ofsystematic plans whichenable the investors to planthe investment of their funds.These plans are SystematicInvestment Plans (SIPs),Systematic Transfer Plans(STPs) and SystematicWithdrawal Plans (SWPs). Systematic InvestmentPlans (SIPs):

SIPs are the best way ofinvesting in mutual fundschemes. The fundamentalapproach of SIPs is just likethat of recurring depositswith banks. SIPs enable aninvestor to build a substan-tial corpus by investing asmall fixed amount in ascheme of their choice in aregular and disciplined man-ner. SIPs can be used for anytype of schemes but these arebest suited for investing inequity schemes.

SIPs can be made onweekly, monthly or quarterlybasis. SIPs are available forperiods ranging from 6months to 10 years. Oncestarted, the SIP will continuetill its expiry period. Evenperennial SIPs are availablewhich remain active until theinvestor stops them.Minimum investment is usu-ally s 100 p.m. which isquite easy for most of the

investors to save. SIPs inequity (shares) mutual fundsare however not advisable ifthe time horizon of aninvestor is less than one year.

The benefits of investingthrough SIPs are as below:i) A substantial corpus

can be built by invest-ing small sums at regu-lar intervals.

ii) A small beginning canbe made even withouthaving a big lump-sumto invest.

iii) SIPs facilitate regularsavings for long termgoals like marriage ofchildren or retirement.

iv) 0Auto debit facility isavailable throughElectronic ClearingSystem (ECS).

v) Investment gets auto-matically made on afixed date even if youforget about it.

vi) Rupee cost averaging isthe biggest benefit ofSIPs (will be explainedlater).

How To Start A SIP? Select a good scheme

from a reputed fund house. Ifyou already have an accountwith that fund, a SIP can bestarted just by filling up SIPApplication giving the folionumber, SIP amount, SIPdate, and total period. Thefirst-time investors need tocomplete KYC formalities,and give a cheque for the

first SIP amount. The mutualfund will also obtain an ECSmandate for auto-debiting ofSIP amount from bankaccount. Please choose SIPdates coinciding with date ofcash inflow in your bankaccount. You may time yourSIPs with receipt of salary,rent or any other income.This will help you to ensurethat funds are available inyour savings account on theSIP date.

A SIP gets discontinued ifSIP installments continue toremain unpaid for three peri-ods. Some mutual funds alsoprovide the "Pause Facility"whereby an investor can sus-pend a SIP for a maximum ofthree months, to meetextraordinary expenses dur-ing a certain period such asmarriages or other functions.In such cases, a SIP is nottreated as discontinued andis resumed after the pauseperiod is over.

(In the next part, weshall continue discussing

about more aspects ofMutual Funds)

DISCLAIMER: The ideas,views, and opinions expressedby the author in this article areentirely his own and, in nomanner, reflect or representthe views, opinion, or policiesof his employer organization.

All you want to know about investing: Part 59By RAVI GUPTAINVESTING IN

MUTUAL FUNDS - 3

(Ravi Gupta is the bestselling author of 'All You Want toKnow About Investing' and 'MBA Through Stories'. Hewas awarded 'Rajbhasha Gaurav' prize by President ofIndia for his article 'History of Indian currency Notes in2017. In this column, he is apprising the readers aboutvarious avenues of investments with their pros and cons.Shri Gupta is a CAIIB and Fellow of Insurance Institute ofIndia, Mumbai.)

JAMMU, JAN 6: RailwayMagistrate Jammu ParvaizIqbal has directed SHOPolice Station ChanniHimmat to register FIRagainst Reliance Jiothrough its ManagingDirector Pawan KumarSharma for fraudulentlyissuing Call Detail Record(CDR) of complainant'smobile phone.

This significant direc-tion has been passed in anapplication filed byBandhna Sharma, W/oPawan Kumar Sharma, R/oH.No.72, Sec. 2, AapShamboo Temple Road,JDA Housing Colony,Upper Roop Nagar, Jammuwho prayed for direction tothe Police under Section156 (3) CrPC for registra-tion of FIR on account ofbreach of privacy by theher husband in connivancewith Reliance JIO. Theapplicant is wife of theaccused but their relation-

ships are not cordial. Theyare engaged in multiple lit-igations before the court oflaw. It has been alleged bythe applicant that theaccused no. l in connivancewith Reliance Jio StaffManagement fraudulentlytook Call Detail Record(CDR) of her mobilephone in brazen violationof the provision of IndianTelegraph Act andInformation TechnologyAct, 2000. The accusedno.2 has breached privacyby disclosing her calldetails and locations etcwhich warrants penalaction against them. Shehas stated that the matterwas reported to SHO P/SChanni Himmat, Jammubut the officer till date hasnot taken cognizance, norany FIR has been regis-tered. The applicant report-ed inaction on the part ofSHO P/S Channi Himmat,Jammu to SSP Jammu but

till date concrete action hasnot been taken. The appli-cant has supported the alle-gations with an affidavitduly sworn before aMagistrate and has placedon record a copy of appli-cation made to the SHOand SSP, Jammu and also acopy of the leaked CallDetail Record (CDR).

The Special JudgeRailway MagistrateJammu after hearingAdvocate Tarun Sharmaappearing for the com-plainant, observed that theapplication discloses thecommission of cognizableoffence which needs to beprobed and directed SHOP/S Channi Himmat,Jammu to register FIR andlook into the allegations byconducting investigationunder law. The Court fur-ther directed that the SHOshall report compliancereport within one week.JNF

SRINAGAR, JAN 4:Special JudgeAnticorruption Kashmir, RNwattal decided 35 year oldcorruption case and acquit-ted Gh. Mohammad Sofi, thethen Manager DIC Srinagar,(Now retired) R/o Lal Bazar,Srinagar, MohammadMaqbool Hakeem, the thenIndustrial PromotionOfficer, DIC Srinagarpresently Manager DICBudgam, GhulamMohammad Beigh (Prop.S.S.I Unit M/S Best TrunkIndustries H.S.H.S Srinagar)S/o Ghulam Hassan R/oKanth Paristan Safa KadalSrinagar, Bashir AhmadBeigh (Prop. S.S.I Unit M/SIrshad Steel IndustryBatamaloo) S/o GhulamHassan R/o Kanth ParistanSafa Kadal Srinagar,Mohamad Sidiq Beigh (Pro.SSI Unit M/S New RoseTrunk Industry Srinagar) S/oGhulam Hassan R/o KanthParistan Safa Kadal Srinagar

and Irshad Ahmad Ahanger(Prop. Irshad EnterprisesChand Pora Bridge Srinagar)S/o Ghulam Nabi R/oChandpora presently atBagat Barzulla, Srinagar,who were booked by theVOJ in the year 1985.

While acquitting theaccused, Court observedthat prosecution has failedto prove the charge againstthe accused beyond any rea-sonable doubt and therefore,accused deserve to beacquitted by extending themthe benefit of doubt.Accordingly the chargesheet is dismissed, theaccused are acquitted of thecharge and their bail bondsstand discharged. The seizedmaterial if any shall bereleased to the concernedafter the period of appeal isover.

Before parting, Courtplaced on record anguishregarding the inadequacy,haphazard and unfair inves-

tigation in the case and fail-ure to fairly discharge theresponsibility on part of theInvestigating Officer whoconducted the investigationin the case. With theseobservations, case is dis-posed off and the file shallbe consigned to the recordsafter its due completion.

The charge sheet owes itsorigin to the complaintreceived by VigilanceOrganization that accusedclaimed R 15.00 lakh as CSTrefund for the year 1981 andsame was paid to them ille-gally on the basis of forgedand fictitious documents. Apreliminary verification wasconducted and it revealedthat s 44.00 lakh had beenpaid to Unit Holders as CSTrefund by DDC Srinagarand these claims werereported to have been sanc-tioned on the basis of dupli-cate records not being gen-uine. The findings in thepreliminary report led to the

registration of the FIRNo.29/85 at Police StationVOK for commission ofoffences u/s 5(2) P.C. Actr/w Section 465, 466, 420,468, 471, 477(A) and 120-Bof RPC and investigationdone. During investigation,it was revealed that in orderto encourage Small ScaleIndustrial EntrepreneursGovernment of Indiaannounced measures andconcessions which includedinter-alia full reimbursementof Central Sales Tax paid bySmall Scale Industrial Units.The accused GhulamMohammad Beigh, IrshadAhmad alongwith their nearrelatives formed five suchSmall Scale Units for fabri-cation of Steel Trunks andCorrugation of GGI sheetswho had to import rawmaterial outside the Stateand were supposed to paysales tax on such interstatetransactions and wererequired to maintain the

accounts. C-forms were tobe used for the purposeissued to registered dealersby Sales Tax authorities andthe accused fabricated ficti-tious documents to showinter-state transactions withthe help of other accusedand were able to make anillegal gain of s 4095054.05.

It is worthwhile to men-tion here that during thetrial, the alleged accusedMohammad MuzafferHamdani, the then GeneralManager DIC Srinagar(District Industrial Center)Srinagar Now retired R/oRawalpora Sanant NagarSrinagar, Ashok Koul,Chartered Accountant, HariSingh High Street Srinagar,S/o Bal Krishen R/oChandpora Haba KadalSrinagar, S. Bupinder SinghShatia S/o Inder Singh R/oB-44 Rajouri Garden Delhi/59 M.M. Road (Empire SafeCo) New Delhi have alreadydied. JNF

Court directs SHO P/S to registerFIR against Reliance JIO & other

35 yr old corruption case: Court acquits accused due to unfair investigation

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: PresidentChamber of Commerce &Industry (CCI) Rakesh Guptatoday sent series of communi-cations to the Lt. GovernorG.C. Murmu seeking urgentintervention to address vari-ous issues pertaining to tradeand industry sectors.. Thiswas disclosed by the ChamberPresident while addressing

media persons here today.The CCI highlighted the

difficulties faced by thePharmacists regarding renew-al of their Registration as theystand registered under theJ&K Pharmacy Act and nowthe Central Pharmacy Actstands extended to this UT31st October 2019.

Gupta said, more than20,000 registrations approxi-

mately on experience andskill basis were done underthe J&K State Pharmacy Actwhich were accepted andlegally passed by the StateAssembly and the Cabinetadding that any denial torenew the above mentionedregistrations would result inloss of livelihood being pro-vided by 20,000 MedicalOutlets which would meansnatching bread and butterfrom 5 lakh people.

The Chamber Presidentalso brought to the notice ofLt. Governor G.C. Murmudifficulties faced and stream-lining the system for the con-venience of trade and industrysector especially in case ofOne Time Road Tax on MotorVehicles; Incentives toMSME Sector; Addressingthe issue of running LossesPost August 05,2019; OneTime Amnesty in VAT Period/ Pre VAT Period and last butnot the least outsourcing ofSuper Speciality Hospital.

CCI seeks LG's interventionto address burning issues

President Chamber of Commerce & Industry, RakeshGupta addressing a press conference in Jammu onMonday. Aman

GJ REPORTNEW DELHI, JAN 6: A delega-tion of Bari Brahmana IndustriesAssociation (BBIA) led by itsPresident Lalit Mahajan present-ed a memorandum to Minister ofState, Prime Minister Office,Govt. of India Dr. Jitendra Singhin presence of Satish Kaul,President JK PharmaAssociation, S.K. Bansal, RahulBansal, Sheikh AshiquePresident Chamber ofCommerce & Industry, Kashmirand Shahid Kawali here today.

While endorsing the decisiontaken by Govt. of India under theable leadership of PM NarendraModi in the Interest of Nation

under "One Nation One Tax" slo-gan w.e.f 01-01-2020 with theremoval of Toll Posts across theState, Mahajan drew the atten-tion of the Minister towards theneed to provide additional FiscalIncentive to exiting industrieswhich includes Reimbursementof 5% as Financial Support toindustrial Sector on the SaleValue of Goods sold within ofUnion Territory of J&K to exitingIndustry, Reimbursement of100% Road Freight to IndustrialSector on RawMaterials/Finished Goods withinthe State/from outside the Stateby road, Issue of notification inrespect of duty draw back incen-

tive under export obligation withretrospective effect, ExistingState/Central Package ofIncentives should be continuedfor the Existing Industryenabling the existing Industrialsector to compete with stiff com-pletion from outside the statedue to abolish of Toll Tax acrossthe State as early as possible intime bound manner.

The submitted memorandumappeals to the Minister to con-sider their demands regardingCapital Investment Subsidy;Transport Subsidy; TurnoverIncentive vis-à-vis Income Taxand Power Tariff; InterestSubsidy; No Negative List; GemPortal and CGST/IGST Refunds

Dr. Jitendra Singh patientlylistened to the issues andassured the delegation thatGovt. of India will take effectivesteps for the safeguard of exist-ing Industrial Sector and also toresolve the issues related to it asearly as possible for speedyIndustrial Growth in J&K. whichwill provide Employment toLocal Youths of the State. Healso inform the Delegation.

BBIA delegation submits memorandumof demands to MOS PMO Dr Jitendra

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6:Confederation of IndianIndustry in collaborationwith Department of lifelonglearning today organised oneday workshop on"Prevention of SexualHarassment of women atworkplaces (POSH)" forMission Directors, JointDirectors, CDPO'S andDeputy Directors ofIntegrated ChildDevelopment Services

(ICDS) Department of SocialWelfare, Jammu.

Dr. Kavita Suri, Directorand Head, Department ofLifelong learning, Universityof Jammu was the Guestspeaker who has doneremarkable work on women'sissues, Gender, sex and sexu-al harassment at workplacesstated that workplace harass-ment, intimidation, bullyingor coercion including that ofa sexual nature is becomingcommon day by day as morewomen are coming out towork. Dr. Suri focussed onzero-tolerance, discrimina-tion and harassment-freework environment to allemployees with a well draft-

ed action plan for handlingharassment Claims. She also,presented several impressivevisuals and video clippingsreflecting the mind sets ofthe society on sexual harass-ment of women.

Dr Savita Nayar,Associate Professor fromDepartment of Law, deliber-ated on "Constitutionalequality and VishakhaJudgement: Supreme Courtguidelines". She addressedon Sociological and legal

aspects of POSH, POSH Act2013 and said it aims to pre-vent prohibit and redress sex-ual harassment at workplacesin India.

Ms. Shabnam Kamili,State Mission Director,ICDS, J&K while applaud-ing CII's efforts and thankingDLL, she said, we feel it isvery important to strengthenwomen's role and participa-tion in the economic andcommunity affairs, byenhancing the frequency ofsuch sensitization pro-grammes at regular intervals.It becomes our utmostresponsibility to keep sexualharassment at bay for a con-structive work culture.

CII and DLL organizeworkshop on POSH

Sale mela at Civil Secretariat Jammu

Chief Secretary B V R Subramanyam at a stall during a sale mela con-ducted at the Civil Secretariat in Jammu on Monday.

CS stresses on engaging reputed designers to upgrade product range

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GJ REPORTLEH, JAN 6: The firstbatch of tourists for ChadarTrek 2020 was flagged offtoday morning by theChairman/Chief ExecutiveCouncillor, LAHDC, LehGyal P. Wangyal from theTourist InformationCentre, Leh.

Interacting with themedia persons, CECWangyal said that this yearelaborate arrangementshave been made by theadministration of LAHDC,Leh to facilitate touristscoming for famous ChadarTrek in Leh. He said thatfacilities like mobile wire-less handsets for communi-cation, two rescueHelipads to tackle emer-gency cases, deploymentof SDRF teams along thetrekking route, role ofIndian Air Force in case ofemergency, regulating ofwaste by Wild LifeDepartment were alreadyput in place for 2020Cadar trek. CEC Wangyal

also interacted with thetourists and wished themsafe and joyful Chadartrek. Wangyal also inspect-ed ongoing registration andmandatory medical check-up of tourists going forChadar trek at TIC Leh.

Today on the first day ofChadar Trek around 90tourists left for this adven-turous trek. Today, till

afternoon about 205tourists have gone throughmandatory medical check-up out of which more than100 have registered them-selves for Chadar Trek atTIC Leh.

CMO, Leh Dr. MotupDorjey, President ALTOATsetan Wangchuk and largenumber of tourists andChadar Trekking guides

were present on the occa-sion.

Meanwhile The Advisorto Lt. Governor, Ladakh,Umang Narula instructedthat a SOP should beissued to ensure the safetyof the trekkers, whichshould cover all aspectssuch as Communication,First Aid, GPS, SmokeCandles and Orange Cloths

for all tour operatorsbesides other health andsafety measures. It wasalso decided that theHealth department shoulddevise a Advisory forHypothermia cases whichshould be followed by thetrekkers and their guides.

During a meeting he wasinformed that Wild LifeDepartment is already regu-lating the waste footprint ofthe trekkers by taking stepsto ensure that the trekkerscollect waste and bring itback on their return fromthe trek. The Advisor direct-ed the Wild Life warden tostrictly ensure the same.

Regarding the disposalof human waste, it wasinformed that pre-fab toiletswith deep dug pits areinstalled along the trek toensure safe disposal ofhuman waste. The Advisorsuggested that bacterialintervention should beattempted to ensure decom-position of the humanwaste.

CEC flags off first batch of 2020 Chadar Trek tourists

CEC LAHDC, Leh Gyal P. Wangyal flagging off the first batch of tourists for Chadar Trek2020 in Leh on Monday.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: NationalFederation of the Blindsfelicitated senior Judocoach of the J&K SportsCouncil, Suraj Bhan Singhfor promoting sports amongthe blinds and producingmedal winners from theUnion Territory at theNational level.

The Award was present-ed on World Brail Day cel-ebrations at Lodi Road,Satya Sain Auditorium,New Delhi by general sec-retary of the Federation, SK Rungta. He appreciatedSuraj Bhan for his dedicat-ed efforts to promote sportsamong the Blinds of J&K.

While reading citation,Suraj Bhan was creditedwith 22 medals (six gold,seven silver and ninebronze) won by his blindtrainees at the NationalChampionship held atGorakhpur in 2018 and atHyderabad in 2019.

Two of his trainees werealso selected for theCommonwealth Blind JudoChampionship. SurajBhan's trainees also includ-ed those girl students ofLBM School for Sightless,Roop Nagar in Jammu.

Professor KusumlataMalik (vice president) and

Mohinder K Badyal (con-vener) of NationalFederation of the Blindwere also present.

J&K Judo coach honoured forpromoting sports among blinds

Senior Judo coach of JKSC, Suraj Bhan Singh being felic-itated in New Delhi.

Pargwal blanksMera Mandrian8-0 in Football

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: BlockPargwal today inflicted ahumiliating 8-0 defeat onMera Mandrian in theongoing inter-Block dis-trict level football tourna-ment of district Jammu,organised jointly by theDepartment of YouthServices and Sports(DYSS) and J&K SportsCouncil (JKSC) in supportwith District FootballAssociation (DFA) at MiniStadium, Parade heretoday.

Since both the teamswere from Akhnoor Tehsil,the boys fought well butPargwal hardly missed anygoal chance came theirway.

However, the organis-ers had to pack up soonafter the first matchbecause of the hostileweather.

The ongoing competi-tion is supervised by dis-trict officer (DYSS)Jammu, Sukhdev RajSharma.

GUWAHATI, JAN 6:Former Chief Minister ofAssam, Tarun Gogoi todaysaid that the ruling adminis-tration of the Assam CricketAssociation (ACA) shouldbe removed immediatelyafter the T 20 cricket matchbetween India and SriLanka, scheduled to be heldat Guwahati's Barsaparastadium, had to be aban-doned due to wet patcheson the pitch.

Lashing out at the ACAfor its inability to hold thematch, Mr Gogoi said "Weconstructed the fields, theyhave not been able to hostthe match even. They couldnot even dry the pitch. Thepride of Assam has beenhurt on the national andinternational stage. Theyshould resign."

" BJP is showing usdreams of transformingGuwahati into a sports cap-

ital. They have not beenable to construct a singlestadium. They have Rijijunow at the Centre. But no,they have not been able to

build a single stadium", MrGogoi said, slamming theBJP party for its allegedinability to develop sportsinfrastructure in the region.

Delving into the presentsituation in the country, MrGogoi said Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, hasemerged as 'Hindu Jinnah'in the state.

"The BJP has showntheir true colours of fascism

and Hitlerism. They areimposing their will on thepeople. The people's trust iseroding fast - he is nowbeing defeated in one stateafter the other."

Notably, ACA has comeunder flak from all quartersfor its unpreparedness indrying out the ground andpitch after a spell of theshower before the start ofthe match yesterday.

It may be mentionedhere that the ruling BJP inthe state tried to counter theongoing Anti-CAA protestsby projecting the interna-tional cricket match.However, rain played thespoilsport.

Cricket fans on theground gave slogans decry-ing the Citizenship(Amendment) Act at duringthe washed-up T-20 crickettie between India and SriLanka. (UNI)

Assam Cricket Association membersshould be removed immediately

RANCHI, JAN 6: Left-arm medi-um-pacer Abid Mushtaq took fivewickets as Jammu and Kashmirthrashed Jharkhand by an inningsand 27 runs in a Ranji Trophy Group‘C’ match here on Monday.Resuming on overnight 103 for fouron the final day, Jharkhand lost sixwickets for 52 runs in 26.4 overs to

taste their first defeat in four match-es.

The experienced Ishank Jaggi (34,96 balls, 2 fours) defied the J&Kattack on the final day but the others,including the talented Ishan Kishan(8, 28 balls, 1 four) and Virat Singh(1), didn’t rise to the occasion.

Mohammed Mudhasir provided

the breakthrough by removing ViratSingh.

Kishan and Jaggi resisted foreight overs before the two were dis-missed in the space of three runs byUmar Nazir and Aquib Nabi respec-tively.

Nabi then removed Rahul Prasad(6), Shahbaz Nadeem (9) and VarunAaron (0) to finish things off forJammu and Kashmir.

J&K improved their tally to 20points from four matches whileJharkhand are on 16 points.

In another match, Haryana beatChhattisgarh by 89 runs in Raipur totake their points tally to 21.

Odisha conceded the first inningslead to Tripura in Agartala but are ontop of Group C with 22 points fromfor games.

Brief scores: Jharkhand 259 and155 all out in 54.4 overs (Md Nazim37, Ishank Jaggi 34; Aquib Nasbi5/38) lost to J&K 441 all out in 87.4overs (Abdul Samad 128, SuryanshRaina 76, Abid Mushtaq 50; VarunAaron 3/69, Ashish Kumar 3/102) byan innings and 27 runs. J&K: 7points, Jharkhand: 0.

Jammu and Kashmir thrash Jharkhand by innings and 27 runs

NEW DELHI, JAN 6:Ritwik Roy Chowdhurystruck an unbeaten fiftyunder pressure on his Ranjidebut while Akash Deepclaimed six wickets asBengal snatched threepoints against Gujarat intheir rain-affected group Afixture here on Monday.Making his debut in placeof the out-of-form SudipChatterjee, the 24-year-oldshowed both aggressionand composure on way tohis 53 not out from 67 balls(7x4, 1x6), as Bengal tookthe first innings lead in thefinal session of the con-cluding day.

It was rising Bengalpacer Akash Deep who hadset the tone with a six-wicket haul in his secondRanji appearance to bowlout Gujarat for 194 insidethe first-hour’s play on the

final day.Left with little time,

Bengal had a shaky begin-ning and skipperAbhimanyu Easwaran (42)could not convert his start,while the senior-mostManoj Tiwary (37) depart-ed at 137 for four.

Batting at number six,Ritwik stitched an impor-tant 48-run partnershipwith Shreevats Goswami(29), but it was numbereight Shahbaz Ahmed (27not out) who extended thehelping hand to ensure thelead.

“I was really in thezone, played with a lot ofintent, it’s about strikingthe right balance. I put in alot of thought on how Iwanted to bat. It paid off. Itwas very much expected.They threw at me and I wasready for it,” Ritwik said.

Akash Deep, Ritwik secure threepoints for Bengal against Gujarat

PERTH, JAN 6: Weeksafter leading Spain to aDavis Cup title, RafaelNadal is doing his best to doit again at the ATP Cup, thenewest of the men’s interna-tional team competitions.

The top-ranked Nadalbeat Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 6-1in Perth on Monday tosecure Spain’s win in thebest-of-three encounteragainst Uruguay ahead ofthe doubles.

Spain now has two winsfrom two starts in Group Band next faces unbeatenJapan to determine firstplace and automatic qualifi-cation for the playoffs inSydney.

Roberto Bautista Agutwas equally ruthless in get-ting Spain started when hebeat unranked 19-year-oldFranco Roncadelli 6-1, 6-2.

Nadal won his fourth

title in the Davis Cup, thetraditional men’s team com-petition, in November. Hesaid he thrives in the teamenvironment.

The six group winnersand the two best second-place teams qualify for thequarterfinals.

Second-ranked NovakDjokovic gave Serbia a shotat a second victory when heextended his tour-levelunbeaten streak againstGael Monfils to 16 winswith a 6-3, 6-2 victory inBrisbane.

Benoit Paire had givenFrance the lead with a 6-2,5-7 (6), 6-4 win in his sin-gles against Dusan Lajovic.The Group A match willnow be decided by doubles.

In Sydney, Austriaclinched victory overArgentina with wins in bothsingles matches. Fourth-

ranked Dominic Thiem beatDiego Schwartzman 6-3, 7-6 (3) after Dennis Novakrallied from a slow start tobeat Guido Pella 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. Both countries are 1-1 inthe Group E standings,which are led by unbeatenCroatia.

Novak, ranked No. 101,said a few pointers fromAustria captain ThomasMuster helped calm himdown after the first set.

“After the first set I wentto a break with Thomas, andI came out and changed alittle bit my game andfought back,” Novak said.“I think at the end I playedreally good tennis.”

Former U.S. Open cham-pion Marin Cilic had toomuch experience for No.448-ranked Kacper Zuk,setting up Croatia’s victoryover Poland with a 7-6 (8),6-4 win.

NEW DELHI, JAN 6:Debutants Japan don’t haveany high expectations fromthe upcoming ICC U-19World Cup and are onlylooking at the event as alearning experience, saidJapan Cricket’s Head ofOperations Alan Curr. Laterthis month, DhugalBedingfield’s side will rubshoulders against thebiggest forces in the gameat the ICC U-19 World Cup.Japan have been groupedalongside India, Sri Lankaand New Zealand.

And by his own admis-sion, Curr said they are notexpecting to upset a teamlike India, but only hopingto gain valuable knowledgefrom the experience.

“People might be sur-prised that Japan is playingcricket and there might notbe a historic culture in thecountry, but that is not tosay we can’t be good at it,”

Curr said in an ICC release.“We are not expecting to

knock over India but we arehoping to come away withour reputation as a cricket-ing nation enhanced.

“A lot of people havesaid how great it is but weare not there to make up thenumbers. We don’t expectto tear up any trees but if wecan bag a win or two thenthat would be great,” headded.

Japan may not be regard-ed as a cricket powerhousebut a summer camp inAugust 2017 convincedJapan Cricket that there wassufficient talent and enthu-siasm to build a U-19 team.

That came after fouryears of sweat, blood andtoil in promoting the gameafter a structure was firstput in place following anICC grant for a targetedpilot participation pro-gramme.

BENDIGO, JAN 6:Prajnesh Gunneswaranmade a winning start to the2020 season but RamkumarRamanathan exited from theApis Canberra Internationalfollowing a first rounddefeat, here on Monday.Prajnesh, India’s top-rankedsingles player at 122,downed the local wild cardJason Kubler 7-5 6-3 in the

first round of the USD162480 ATP Challengerevent.

The left-handed Indianneeded one hour and 28minutes to oust his rival,ranked 257 on the ATP sin-gles chart. Prajnesh brokehis rival four times anddropped his own servetwice in the contest.

“I served quite well but

was a bit rusty at the start.Then I got going. It was agood day. I created a lot ofchances and convertedenough break points to fin-ish comfortably,” Prajneshtold PTI.

“I should have won thesecond set 4-1 but he didwell and I also droppedintensity a bit. I still havesome wrist issues but I man-aged to play with it. I havenot fully recovered from thetendonitis that I had got inChina towards the end ofthe year,” he added.

Prajnesh will next face13th seed Japanese TaroDaniel, ranked 106.

Ramkumar, though, hadto endure a 6-3 2-6 3-6 firstround defeat againstFinland’s Emil Ruusuvuoriin a contest that lasted onehour and 27 minutes.

SYDNEY, JAN 6: Australiahave developed a ruthlessstreak in their home seriessweeps against Pakistan andNew Zealand and will pres-ent much stiffer oppositionwhen India tours next year,captain Tim Paine said onMonday.

Paine’s side wrapped upa 3-0 series triumph overthe Black Caps by rompingto 279-run victory at theSydney Cricket Ground tomake it five comprehensivewins out of five matches forthe home summer.

“I came into this sum-mer expecting to win allfive tests,” Paine toldreporters.

“I think now we’ve got ateam together that is reallyconsistent, we’ve got anumber of match-winners

with both bat and ball andour lesser players haveimproved a hell of a lotover the last 12 months.

“We’ve probablybecome more ruthlesswhich was something wewanted to be ... We’ve gotgreat quality throughoutour side and it’s a veryexciting team to be part of.”

Next up for Australia intest cricket is a tour ofBangladesh in June andJuly followed by whatPaine described as a“mouthwatering” series athome to Virat Kohli’s India.

India last visited in the2018-19 season and, withSteve Smith and DavidWarner suspended after theball-tampering scandal,earned their first series tri-umph on Australia soil.

“We’re certainly a dif-ferent side than what theyplayed against last year,”Paine added.

“There’s (also) testchampionship points atstake and I think both Indiaand Australia are eyeing offthat final so every point isgoing to be critical.

“If we can continue ourupward trend, you’re poten-tially talking about the toptwo teams in the world soit’s going to be an awesomeseries.”

The victory over NewZealand brought Australia(296) closer to India (360)at the top of the World TestChampionship table withthe two nations occupyingthe positions which willearn places in the final atLord’s in 2021.

DUBAI, JAN 6: Theupcoming limited oversseries between the WestIndies and Ireland will becontested trialling technol-ogy that will authorise thethird umpire to call frontfoot no balls, like duringWest Indies’ recent ODIand T20I tour of India.

During the trial, whichwill be carried out in allthree ODIs and three T20Is,the third umpire will moni-tor each ball for any frontfoot infringement and com-municate it to the on-fieldumpire to call a no ball.

The on-field umpireswill not call any front footno balls unless instructedby the third umpire, but willremain responsible for

other on-field decisions inthe usual way.

The benefit of the doubtwill lie with the bowler, andif a late no ball call is com-municated, then the on-field umpire will rescind adismissal (if applicable)and signal a no ball.

The outcomes of the trialwill be used to gaugewhether the system has abeneficial impact on theaccuracy of no ball deci-sions and whether it can beimplemented while mini-mizing disruption to theflow of the game.

The ICC trialled no balltechnology for the first timeduring a one-day seriesbetween England andPakistan in 2016.

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Ireland series

Australia captain Tim Paine has a warningfor World Test Championship leaders India

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GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: The Jammu andKashmir Youth Congress here onMonday staged a demonstration andcondemned the killing of Sikh youth inPeshawar and mob attack on GurdwaraNankana Sahib.

Led by J&K Youth Congress' VicePresident, Aijaz Choudhary the activistsassembled near exhibition ground andraised slogans against incidents of per-secution of Sikhs in Pakistan. Theactivists also burnt effigies of Pakistanileaders.

Choudhary strongly condemned theattack on Nankana Sahib Gurudwara inPakistan. And sought stern actionagainst miscreants who were indulgedin the desecration of the holyGurudwara and attacked members ofminority Sikh community.

While chanting anti-Pakistan slo-gans, they demanded protection ofminorities in Pakistan. "We are angryover what happened in Nankana sahib.One Sikh youth was killed in Pakistanand we condemn it," Choudhary said.

"The attack on the Nankana SahibGurudwara is a blot upon the principlesof humanity and those of religion," he

said. "Government of Pakistan isenjoined to take all measures to protectand preserve the sanctity of the holyNankana Sahib Gurudwara."

Choudhary said that Pakistan isplaying with their emotions and the

time has come when they need to teachPakistan a lesson.

He appealed to the Government ofIndia to put diplomatic pressure onPakistan so that the interests of theminorities are protected in there.

JKYC activists burning Pakistan’s effigy in Jammu during a protest against thekilling of Sikh youth on Monday. Aman

JKYC holds anti-Pak protest over killingof Sikh youth, attack on Gurudwara

GJ REPORTRAJOURI, JAN 6:District DevelopmentCommissioner, MohammadNazir Sheikh chaired ameeting of the concernedofficers here on Mondayand reviewed the progressregarding the constructionof bunkers under the execu-tion of RDD and PWD.0

The meeting was attendedby SuperintendingEngineer PWD PC Tanoch,Assistant CommissionerDevelopment SushilKhajuria, ExecutiveEngineer PWD Nowshera,Pervaiz Ahmed and con-cerned Block Developmentofficers.

Regarding the bunkerconstruction under RDD, itwas informed that out of1892 bunkers including

1745 individual and 147community bunkers, 306are at foundation level, 216at superstructure level, 220at slab level and 1066 standcompleted.

It was further informedthat there are 84 bunkers onwhich works could not bestarted due to forest clear-ance.

Regarding bunker con-struction by PWD inRajouri division the con-cerned officer informed thatout of 133 bunkers includ-ing 61 individual and 72community bunkers 86bunkers stand completedincluding 38 individual and48 community bunkers.

The DDC sought adetailed report regardingthe status of border bunkerconstruction from the

Block DevelopmentOfficers who in turn briefedhim about the progress ofwork being executed intheir respective blocks.

While taking review ofthe bunker construction byPWD at Nowshera division,the concerned officerinformed that out of 1116bunkers including 1000individual and 116 commu-nity bunkers 686 bunkersincluding 638 individualand 48 community bunkersstand completed.

The DDC asked the con-cerned officers to workwith devotion and addedzeal and complete theworks within already setdeadlines and also urgedthem to maintain qualitywhile executing work onthese bunkers.

GJ REPORTDODA, JAN 6: District DevelopmentCommissioner, Dr Sagar D Doifodechaired a meeting of the concernedofficers here on Monday and reviewedthe progress and implementation ofthe National Tuberculosis EliminationProgram (NTEP).

The meeting was attended by CMO,Member Secretary DTS, MS DH andBMO's besides by the other concernedofficials of the District TuberculosisSociety.

The DDC was appraised at themeeting about the achievements madeunder the aforementioned programacross the district during the previousyear besides the number of casesfound positive and treated under theprogram.

The DDC, who is also the Chairmanof the District Tuberculosis Societyshowed overall dissatisfaction in theimplementation of the program whichnow aims at total elimination of the

tuberculosis rather to control whichwas earlier target of the program.

He asked them to revise the targetsin tune with the national incidencerate of Tuberculosis.

He also exhorted upon the con-cerned officers to work in synergywith the BMO's and reframe the tar-

gets at block level so that actual posi-tion shall come to know and actionplan can be framed accordingly in thisregard.

The DDC also took stock of infra-structure requirements and reviewedthe DBT status under Nikshay PoshanYojana.

DDC reviews the progress and implementation ofNational Tuberculosis Elimination Programme

DDC Dr Sagar D Doifode reviewing the progress and implementation of theNational Tuberculosis Elimination Program in Doda on Monday.

Chairman DTS shows dissatisfaction in the implementation of the programme

DDC reviews progress regarding theconstruction of bunkers in Rajouri

1838 bunkers out of 3141 stand completed GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6:Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) UT GeneralSecretary (Org.) AshokKaul here on Mondayclaimed that theCitizenship AmendmentAct (CAA) is for the perse-cuted minorities, and theconstituent of thoseminorities are facing gravethreats and episodes.

Koul stated this while hechaired series of meetingsin connection with the JanaSampark Abhiyaan of BJPstarted at National level toeducate the masses andaware them about theCAA.

It was informed that Kaulchaired the meetings inUdhampur, Reasi, Kathuaand Samba alongwith partyUT Vice-President PawanKhajuria, Spokesperson

and former minister PriyaSethi, Ajay Nanda, DistrictPresidents and other seniorparty leaders.

Ashok Kaul said that theCAA is in the interest of allthose in minorities whoface persecution in thecountries includingAfghanistan, Pakistan andBangladesh and has noth-ing to do with the Muslimsof India.

"Modi government hasdone a great service to thesepersecuted people whohave suffered immensetragedies in those countries.The recent show of intoler-ance by Pakistan on reveredSikh Shrine with the mute-ness on the part of Pakistaniadministration is a testimo-nial to the fact and the needto implement the act,"Koul said.

He said that the CAA is

in the greater spirit ofBharat that has remainedthe core of "VasudevKutumbhakam".

Koul blamed various dis-ruptive forces for the pres-ent turmoil in various cities,who cannot withstand thepositive changes in the

Nation and asked the partyactivists to aggressivelycounter the negative agendaof said forces.

BJP State GeneralSecretary Dr. NarinderSingh addressed a pro-gramme conducted in con-nection with mass aware-

ness on CAA organized byKashmir Displaced District.He however addressedseries of programmes con-ducted in connection withCAA at Rajouri. It wasinformed that Sunil Sharmaaddressed series of pro-grammes conducted inRamban and Kishtwarwhile as Arvind Guptaaddressed a meeting inJammu.

It was informed that BJPUT Vice-President ParmodKapahi addressed a pro-gramme at RS Pura, FormerMLAs Rajiv Sharma andDr. Krishan addressed aprogramme at Akhnoor,Koshal Kotwal addressed aprogramme at Doda,Former MLC PardeepSharma, Sunil Gupta andothers addressed a pro-gramme conducted onCAA at Poonch.

CAA for persecuted minorities,in spirit of Bharat: Ashok Kaul

BJP UT General Secretary Ashok Kaul alongwith othersduring a Jana Sampark Abhiyaan meeting regarding CAAon Monday.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: J&KAcademy of Art Culture andLanguages organized aSeminar here on Monday atKL Saigal Hall to celebratethe Golden Jubilee of'Sheeraza' Punjabi magazine.

Senior writer fromKashmir, Ajit Singh Mastanawas the guest of honour,HoD Punjabi University ofJammu Dr. Baljeet Kaur wasthe Chief Guest on this occa-sion whereas the functionwas presided over by SKanwal Kashmiri, a wellknown Punjabi writer fromKashmir.

Munir- ul- Islam,Secretary, Dr. ArvinderSingh Amn, AdditionalSecretary and PopinderSingh Paras, Editor Punjabi,JKAACL shared the dais.

Munir- ul- Islam wel-comed the guests, writersand intellectuals and con-gratulated the Punjabi sec-tion of the Academy to covera long journey of publicationof Sheeraza Punjabi.

He said that the Academyupto make arrangements of

publications of Sheerazaonline and keep it in tunewith the technology and toreach worldwide.

It was informed thatSheeraza Guru Granth SahibVishesh Ank and Collectionof Articles were released onthis occasion.

Ajit Singh Mastana threwlight on the phases of devel-opments and completion offifty years of SheerazaPunjabi.

Kanwal Kashmiri said thatthe manuscripts of writerswhich are lying scatteredneed to be compiled and doc-umented and complimentedAcademy for the successfulpublication of SheerazaPunjabi and its specialissues. Dr. Baljeet Kaurstressed on the need of mak-ing online the publication ofSheeraza Punjabi.

Dr. Arvinder Singh Amnexpressed his views that theaudio- visual documentationof the views and knowledgeof the veteran writers andintellectuals need to be docu-mented for further referencesand research work on the rich

literary treasure of languagesof Jammu and Kashmir.

In the second sessionpapers were read out byAmandeep Kaur, Scholar atPunjabi Department ofJammu University, DevinderSingh Vishavnagrik andJoginder Singh Paandhi.

A Kavi Durbar was con-ducted in the third and finalsession of the seminar andDr. Vinod Nirmal presidedover the session.

The poets who recited theirpoetry included MS Kaamra,Harjit Singh Uppal, Joginder

Singh Shan, Mohan SinghMastana, Surinder Neer,Balwinder Singh Deep, AminBanihai, Suraj ParkashRattan, Suraj Singh,Balwinder Singh, RatanSingh Kanwal, Jang SVerman, Hazura SinghHazur, Swami Antarnirav,Gurcharan Singh Gulshan,Dr. Javed Rahi and DamodarSingh Hamdard.

The proceedings of the pro-gramme were conducted by SPopinder Singh Paras and Dr.Javed Rahi extended the voteof thanks.

JKAACL organizes One Day Seminar on Golden Jubilee of Sheeraza Punjabi

JKAACL releasing Sheeraza Guru Granth Sahib VisheshAnk during a one day seminar on Monday. Aman

GJ REPORTJammu, JAN 6: Former Minister andsenior Congress leader Raman Bhallahere on Monday said that Congressnever escaped from the democraticexercise and it is the responsibility ofthe ECI to restore democracy in J&Kby holding the elections.

"If general elections could be held,there is no justification of deferringassembly polls. The people of J&Kwant popular government in placewithout any further delay," hesaid.

He said restoration of democracy isin the interest of J&K and a populargovernment is the need of the hour inview of the emerging situation. TheLt. Governor with four advisors andchief secretary cannot be an alterna-tive to the popular government.

"The people are facing a lot of prob-lems and only their representativescan reach out to them to mitigate theirsufferings. We believe restoration ofthe popular government will help toimprove the security situation in J&Kand Congress demands early elec-tions," Bhalla said.

He said that further delay of assem-bly elections would be wrong andgrave injustice with the people.

He said, "Despite being in power atthe Centre and in erstwhile J&KState, BJP failed miserably on gover-nance front and let down Jammu onall fronts. The treachery and deceit ofthe BJP is haunting Jammu people

who reposed their unflinching faithand support to it with the hope thatJammu may perhaps get a betterdeal."

"I will keep pursuing and highlight-ing every issue, major and minor, tosee the Jammu progress and prosper,notwithstanding the odds," heclaimed.

Bhalla demands earlyassembly elections in J&K

GJ REPORTUDHAMPUR, JAN 6: Student of GovernmentHigh School Kawa, representing the UnionTerritory of Jammu and Kashmir, bagged thefirst prize in the Solo Vocal Music category per-formed at the National Level Kala UtsavCompetition here on Monday.

The competition was organized by theMinistry for Human Resource Development(MHRD) and National Council of EducationalResearch and Training (NCERT) at Bhopalwhich commenced on January 2, 2020 and con-cluded on January 5, 2020.

It was informed that the girl student namelyKhushi qualified for the National LevelCompetition after winning District level,Provincial level and UT level competitionsrespectively for final selection.

Her melodious voice and beautiful presenta-tion in the form of Dogri Folk song impressedthe jury and finally brought laurels and proudmoment for the UT of J&K by securing first

position in Solo Vocal Music category.The Chief Education Officer, Purshotam Dutt

Sharma congratulated the student for herremarkable achievement and blessed her suc-cess.

A number of guidance sessions were organized

by the District Cultural Cell and associatedteachers included Saguna Khajuria, KarunaGupta, Devinder Thakur, Ravi Sharma andSunita Shrama, due to which the art sense, hardwork and dedication of the student proved atNational Level Competition.

Khushi brings laurels in Solo Vocal Music competition held at Bhopal

Congress leader Raman Bhalla interacting with locals during his visit to GandhiNagar area on Monday.

Khushi receiving the National level first prize in Solo Vocal Music category in Bhopal on Monday.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, Jan 6: Refutingout-rightly the allegationsleveled against DharmarthTrust (DT), the Secretaryof the Trust, Dr Sat Palsaid that certain unscrupu-lous entities are trying tomalign the image of thisage old institution that hasa history of preserving andpromoting Dogra culture,just to satiate their vestedinterests.

In a statement issuedhere, Dr Sat Pal said that itis unfortunate that peoplehaving ill intentions haveaccused the Trust of dis-trustful acts. "Individuals

having dubious credibilityand ulterior motives aremisguiding people againstDharmarth Trust by mak-ing concocted stories andleveling baseless accusa-tions."

He said that such type ofallegations have beenmade by former employeeswho had been shunted outby the Trust for theirwrong doings.

Dr Sat Pal mentionedthat recently wife of LtGovernor GC Murmu hadvisited Raghunath Templeand appreciated thearrangements and effortsof Dharmarth Trust for

maintaining cleanlinessand hygiene in the premis-es and facilities to the pil-grims.

Dr Sat Pal said that lev-eling such allegations onthose who remained custo-dians of this heritage ofDogras for more than hun-dred years is quite ridicu-lous and highly con-demnable.

He said that peopleindulging in maliciouscampaign againstDharmarth Trust will neversucceed in their evilmotives as people are wellaware of the credibility andintegrity of this institution.

Allegations against Dharmarth Trustconcocted, baseless: Secretary DT

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GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: Memberof Parliament Ladakh,Jamyang Tsering Namgyal;Secretary, RamakrishnaMission Jammu, SwamiNirantarananda accompa-nied by former Member,J&K Public ServiceCommission, Suresh KumarSharma and President, STMorcha BJP Rajasthan,Ram Kishore Meena met theLieutenant Governor, Girish

Chandra Murmu at RajBhavan here today.

MP Jamyang TseringNamgyal discussed with theLt Governor a range ofissues related to the UnionTerritories of Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh includ-ing rationalization of staff inGovernment run depart-ments, division of assets andtransfer of staff hailing fromLadakh and currently deput-ed in Medical Department in

J&K.Namgyal requested the

Lt Governor for the continu-ation of the reservation ofstudents from ST Categorybelonging to Ladakh in edu-cational institutions acrossJ&K.

The Lt Governor andNamgyal also discussedabout the developmentalaspirations of people of theUnion Territories of Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh and

various other issues relatingto public welfare.

Swami Nirantarananda,Secretary, RamakrishnaMission Jammu accompa-nied by Suresh KumarSharma, former Member,J&K Public ServiceCommission during theirmeeting briefed the LtGovernor about variouscharitable activities beingcarried out by the Mission inthe field of spiritual, educa-

tional, medical, cultural andother philanthropic servicesfor the welfare of the people.

The Lt Governor afterinteracting with theSecretary, RamakrishnaMission Jammu and the for-mer Member, J&K PSC andurged them to continue theirsustained efforts towardspromoting public welfare.

President, ST MorchaBJP Rajasthan, RamKishore Meena discussedwith the Lt Governor vari-ous measures undertaken bythe Government towardspromoting and preservingthe welfare of ScheduledTribe Community in theUnion Territory of Jammuand Kashmir.

Meena also shared withthe Lt Governor his viewspertaining to the prevailingscenario in Jammu andKashmir.

MP Ladakh, Secretary Ramakrishna Mission, others meet LG

LG G.C. Murmu interacting with MP J.T. Namgyal; Secy Ramakrishna Mission, Swami Nirantarananda and ex-MemberJKPSC, S.K. Sharma and President ST Morcha BJP, R. K. Meena in Jammu on Monday.

GJ REPORTLEH, JAN 6: Advisor to LGLadakh, Umang Narulachaired the preparatory meet-ing for Republic Day paradehere today. Commissioner/Secretary Ladakh RigzinSamphel, DivisionalCommissioner/ SecretaryLadakh Saugat Biswas,Inspector General of PoliceLadakh S.S. Khandare,Deputy Commissioner LehSachin Kumar Vaishya, offi-cers of Army, ITBP, Air-Force, Police, heads of con-cerned departments werealso present in the meeting.I/C ADC Kargil SonamChosjor and concerned offi-cers of Kargil also attendedthe meeting through videoconferencing.

With the formation ofthe Union Territory ofLadakh this national func-

tion should be held at state-level standard in everymanner, instructed Narulaadding that every arrange-ment should be in placewell before the 26thJanuary rather before therehearsals.

The main function willbe held at Polo Ground inLeh and at Sultan ChowkStadium in Kargil.

In Leh, LieutenantGovernor Ladakh RKMathur would unfurl theNational Flag followed by amarch past by CRPF, ITBP,Police force, NCC cadetsand school children contin-gents followed by culturalprogrammes performed bydifferent schools and cultur-al groups of both Leh and

Kargil districts. Additional arrangements

including proper seating forVIPs, invitees and generalpublic; inclusion of armedartillery vehicles in themarch past; inclusion ofselected contingents formarch past and cultural pro-grammes from Kargil dis-trict; flag-past with shower-ing of flowers; securityarrangements; refreshmentand drinking water facilitiesand other important issueswere discussed during themeeting.

The heads of concerneddepartments of both the dis-tricts were given instruc-tions for proper executionof the directions in a wellco-ordinated manner.

LG's Advisor Narula takes stock ofpreparations for Republic Day

Advisor to LG Ladakh, Umang Narula addressing officersduring a meeting in Leh on Monday.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, JAN 6: ChiefSecretary, B V RSubrahmanyam has directedthe DCs to submit the list ofidentified GovernmentBuildings and Structures need-ing seismic retrofitting includ-ing Schools, Offices, etc. Thedirection was passed by the CSwhile chairing this video con-ference with DeputyCommissioner (DCs) toreview various issues of publicimportance.

Principal Secretary,Planning Development &Monitoring Department,Commissioner/ Secretary,Industries & Commerce,Divisional Commissioner,Jammu, Secretary Revenue,Secretary DisasterManagement, Relief,Rehabilitation &Reconstruction (DMRR&R),Director Industries &Commerce, Jammu and othersenior officers attended themeeting.

Divisional Commissioner,Kashmir, Director Industries &Commerce, Kashmir partici-pated in the meeting throughvideo conferencing.

At the outset, Chief

Secretary observed that themeeting of the ExecutiveCommittee to sanction relief infavour of affected farmers hasbeen scheduled for 9/01/2020.

The two DivisionalCommissioners submitted thedistrict-wise details of lossescaused to Agriculture/Horticulture crops. ChiefSecretary asked the twoDivisional Commissioners tofirm up the district-wise lossescaused toAgriculture/Horticulture cropsand submit fresh details if anyto DMRRR by 07/01/2020 sothat the affected farmers can besanctioned relief as per SDRFnorms speedily.

Chief Secretary directed

the DCs of border Districts vizBaramulla, Kupwara andBandipora in KashmirDivision and Poonch andReasi in Jammu Division toappoint Nodal Officers of thelevel of ADDC/ADC to ensurethat all villages along the bor-der are saturated with theongoing GovernmentProgrammes.

He directed PrincipalSecretary, PlanningDevelopment & MonitoringDepartment to share the list ofall ongoing programmes/schemes with the concernedDCs. He directed DCs toensure that the online upload-ing of feedback of the officersdeployed in B2V2 Programme

is completed immediately.DCs were asked to draw anabstract of the demands andneeds of the Panchayats andensure that these demands fitin the ongoing GovernmentProgrammes and implementedon ground.

The Chief Secretary askedDCs to finalize the location ofidentified chunks ofGovernment land in theirrespective districts in consulta-tion with the Industries &Commerce Department by10.1.2020 and submit the samethrough their respectiveDivisional Commissioners forfurther transfer to theIndustries and CommerceDepartment for setting up ofIndustrial Estates, which cancreate employment and otherbasic amenities for the public.

Chief Secretary asked DCsto submit the list of identifiedGovernment Buildings andStructures needing seismicretrofitting including Schools,Offices etc to the DMRR&RDepartment so that seismicretrofitting of deficient build-ings and structures is taken upunder the National SeismicRisk Mitigation Programme(NSRMP).

CEC Wangyal discusses powerscenario with NHPC engineers

GJ REPORTLEH, JAN 6: The Chairman/Chief Executive Councillor,LAHDC, Leh Gyal P. Wangyal convened a meeting ofNHPC Engineers headed by Executive Director/RegionalHead NHPC Jammu J.R Chaudhary at Council Secretariattoday morning and enquired about the power supply statusin UT Ladakh and current power generation from Alchiand Chutuk NHPC Hydel projects.

The engineers informed CEC that at present AlchiHydel Project is generating 24 to 26 MW while as ChutukHydel Project is generating 10 to 12 MW and receivingaround 10 MW from Northern Grid for UT Ladakh. Theyalso informed that due to weak cable lines betweenAlusteng and Zenacot of 220 KV Srinagar -Leh NorthernGrid, UT Ladakh is not getting required power backupfrom northern grid. The CEC directed NHPC engineers tocomplete the ongoing transmission lines of Rumbak valleyand Hamya, and feeders of Khaltsi being executed byNHPC Leh under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram JyotiYojana on priority so that this area could be electrified assoon as possible. GM NHPC Leh, P.P Singh and GMNHPC Kargil, Bedi Ram also attended the meeting.

Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam addressing officersduring a meeting in Jammu on Monday.

GJ REPORTKARGIL JAN 6: Chairmanand Chief ExecutiveCouncillor, LAHDC, KargilFeroz Ahmad Khan tookstock of the availability ofessential commodities andvegetables in Kargil marketduring a meeting of the con-cerned officers at CouncilSecretariat here today.

Executive Councillor forWorks Aga Syed AbbassRazvi, Additional DeputyCommissioner KargilSonam Chosjor, PresidentMerchant AssociationKargil, Tehsildar Kargil,officers of CooperativeDepartment Kargil, mem-bers of Fruit GrowersCooperative Society Kargilbesides other concernedofficers attended the meet-ing.

As regards to the avail-ability of essential com-modities like pulses, milk,ghee, salt and related fooditems the PresidentMerchant AssociationKargil informed the meetingthat such items are availablein adequate quantity in themarket which would beenough to cater to therequirements for next twomonths.

The CEC asked thePresident Merchant

Association Kargil as wellas the concerned officers toclosely monitor the avail-ability of essentials in themarket and apprise the HillCouncil accordingly so thatthese could be brought tothe district on priority bytaking up the matter with theUT Administration.

Regarding the availabili-ty of vegetables particularlyonion, the officers ofCooperative Departmentinformed the CEC that ade-quate quantity of onion andvegetables are reaching thedistrict within 2 to 3 daysthrough IL 76 flights subjectto fair weather conditions.Two sale centers would beestablished at Main Bazarand Baroo Kargil whereonion and vegetables wouldbe available in packed bagsof 5 kg each.

The CEC directed theCooperative DepartmentKargil to ensure the sale anddistribution of vegetables tothe public in a rational andhassle free manner.

He also directed the ADCKargil to ensure randomchecking of the vegetablesale process by the MarketChecking Squads so that thevegetables are made avail-able to the public in a fairmanner.

GJ REPORTREASI/GANDERBAL,JAN 6: J&K Bank commis-sioned two Automated TellerMachines (ATMs) in Reasi,one at Subsidiary TrainingCentre (STC) of J&K Policeat Talwara, Reasi and theother at District Police Lines(DPL) Reasi.

SSP Reasi Rashmi Wazirinaugurated the ATM at DPLReasi whereas the ATM atSubsidiary Training Centre(STC) of J&K Police atTalwara, Reasi was inaugu-rated by Principal STCTalwara Anil Kumar Katochin presence of Zonal HeadJammu North II (Udhampur)Sushil Kumar Gupta, ClusterHead Reasi Rajesh Dubey,Dy SP Mumtaz Ali Bhattiamid a good number of per-sonnel from DPL Reasi andSTC Talwara besides otherofficers of the bank. The net-

work of ATMs in districtReasi has gone up to 32while as the number in thezone has reached to 67.

SSP Reasi and PrincipalSTC Talwara, both, appreci-ated the efforts of the bankfor providing hassle freeservices to the society andalso thanked the manage-ment for providing round theclock ATM facility at DPLReasi and STC Talwara as it

would be beneficial to thepolice personnel stationed atthe complex and the locals ofthe area.

"We are committed toproviding hi-tech services toour customers at their near-est possible place across theUnion Territory", said theZonal Head on the occasion,adding, "expansion ofBranch and ATM networkfor the maximum conven-

ience of the people was inline with the vision ofChairman and ManagingDirector of the bank"

He also advised the con-cerned Branch Heads to edu-cate the police personnelabout do's and don'ts forproper handling of ATMCards to mitigate differentrisks. He urged those presenton the occasion to avail thebanking services meant for

their empowerment andfinancial support. The policepersonnel present on theoccasion expressed gratitudeand commended the bank forthe initiative.

Meanwhile, the bank'sRural Self-employmentTraining Institute Ganderbalconcluded a 10-day trainingprogramme, of the96thbatch, under PrimeMinister's EmploymentGeneration Programme(PMEGP), wherein 50unemployed youth from dif-ferent areas of the districtlike Beehama, Wangat,Chunt Waliwar, Nunner andDab Ganderbal participated.Pertinently, the RSETIGanderbal has trained 226candidates under PMEGPsince April 2019.

The bank's Zonal HeadKashmir Central-II SyedShujaat Hussain Andrabi,

who was chief guest on theoccasion, chaired the vale-dictory function that wasattended by the District Co-coordinator KVIC RiyazAhmad, LDM/DirectorRSETI Ganderbal MunshiIftikhar Gaazi and a goodnumber of officers from var-ious concerned departmentsof the Government.

Urging the trained entre-preneurs to take full advan-tage of the training sessionsconducted at the institute andsetting up their units with thefinancial and other supportforthcoming from the banksand the government, ZonalHead said, "RSETIs play asubstantial role in entrepre-neurship development in thestate as entrepreneurs musthave proper training to capi-talize on their strengths andtranslate their dreams intoreal success."

CEC LAHDC Leh, Gyal P. Wangyal discussing power sce-nario with NHPC engineers in Leh on Monday. CEC takes stock of availability

of essentials, vegetables

CEC LAHDC Kargil, Feroz Ahmad Khan addressing officersduring a meeting in Kargil on Monday.

CS asks DCs to submit list of Govt buildings needing seismic retrofitting Relief to farmers suffering Agriculture, Horticulture loss to be sanctioned on 9th Jan

J&K Bank commissions 2 ATMs in Reasi, concludes PMEGP training at RSETI Ganderbal

Glimpses of the events conducted by J&K Bank across the UT on Monday.