Centre cuts urban reforms grant by 10 pc, J&K to ... - Daily Excelsior

Mohinder Verma 

JAMMU, Feb 2: In an 

embarrassing situation for the 

State Government, the Union 

Ministry of Urban 

Development has projected 

the Jammu and Kashmir as 

extremely slothful in the completion 

of the projects sanctioned 

for the planned development 

of urban infrastructure 

and basic services in the 

identified cities and towns 

under the Jawaharlal Nehru 

Excelsior 

daily 

National Urban Renewal 

Mission (JNNURM). 

According to the report-card 

of the Union Urban 

Development Ministry's 

JNNURM Directorate, as 

against five projects sanctioned 

under Urban Infrastructure and 

Governance (UIG) sub-mission, 

not even one has been completed 

by the concerned authorities 

of Jammu and Kashmir 

Government despite lapse of 

several years and in view of the 

sluggish performance uncertainty 

still prevails over the completion 

of the same within the latest 

time-frame fixed for the same. 

Of these five projects---two 

are in Jammu city and three 

are in summer capital city. On 

Comprehensive Sewerage 

Scheme for Division-A of 

Greater Jammu project, 

which was approved by the 

Union Ministry in December 

2006, only 40 per cent work 

has been completed till ending 

2012. Similar is the fate of 

Comprehensive Sewerage 

Scheme for left our area, 

Phase-II of Division-A of 

Greater Jammu, which was 

approved in March 2012. On 

second project not even one 

per cent work has been carried 

out till date. 

As per the latest Quarterly 

Progress Report (QPR), March 

2014 is the date of completion 

for these projects but given the 

sluggish progress till date 

whether the concerned authorities 

would meet the deadline 

remains a million dollar question. 

As per the project implementation 

status of the Union 

Ministry, 71 per cent work has 

been completed on comprehensive 

sewerage scheme for Zone- 

III (Sector-I) of Greater 

Srinagar, which was approved in 

December 2006. As per the latest 

QPR, March 2014 is the new 

deadline for the completion of 

project. 

Only 42 per cent work has 

been completed on augmentation 

of water supply for Zone- 

IV of Greater Srinagar including 

Central Water Testing 

Facilities, which was approved 

in February 2009. On water 

supply scheme for Tangnar 

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GoI wants 4 major reforms implemented 

Centre cuts urban reforms grant 

by 10 pc, J&K to lose Rs 46 cr 

Sanjeev Pargal 

JAMMU, Feb 2: The 

Central Government has 

made it clear that 10 per cent 

cut imposed by it on urban 

reforms grant for the State 

Government would stay unless 

the State initiated four major 

reforms in the Urban sector, 

which have been pending for 

the past quite sometime. 

Official sources told the 

Excelsior that a 10 per cent cut 

in urban reforms grant would 

mean losing a massive amount 

of Rs 46 crores during the current 

financial year. With less 

than two months to go for completion 

of ongoing fiscal year of 

2012-13, there seemed no 

immediate possibility of implementation 

of four major reforms 

in the Urban Development sector 

in such a short period of time 

despite the steps being initiated 

by the Ministry. 

Four major reforms listed 

by the Central Government 

for implementation by the 

State included imposition of 

property tax by constituting a 

Property Tax Board, holding 

of elections to Urban Local 

Bodies (ULBs), appointment 

of Ombudsmen for the ULBs 

and implementation of 74th 

amendment of the 

Constitution of India for 

transferring functions of various 

Departments including 

PHE and PDD to 

Municipalities. 

``Though the Government 

has agreed in principle to implement 

all four major reforms yet 

the exercise was time consuming 

and couldn't be done within 

the current financial year'', 

sources said, adding that the 

State was taking all possible 

measures to implement the 

reforms for which the process 

has already been set into motion. 

As far as imposition of property 

tax was concerned, the 

Urban Development Ministry of 

the State Government had introduced 

a bill to this effect in the 

Legislative Assembly in budget 

session of 2011. The bill had 

lapsed in the Legislative 

Council. Again it was passed in 

the Lower House in budget session 

of 2012 but the Upper 

House sent it to the Joint Select 

Committee, headed by the then 

Housing and Urban 

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JAMMU 

Generally couldy sky. 

TEMPERATURE 

Max: 24.0 Degree C 

Min: 11.2 Degree C 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY 

Highest: 86.0 per cent 

Lowest: 50.0 per cent 

Sunset on Sunday: 06.07 p.m. 

Sunrise on Monday: 07.24 a.m. 

KASHMIR 

Generally cloudy sky. 

TEMPERATURE 

Max: 12.9 Degree C 

Min: 3.1 Degree C 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY 

Highest: 85.0 per cent 

Lowest: 52.0 per cent 

Excelsior Correspondent ance is far better than many 

States in the country", he said, 

Development Minister Tara 

Chand. 

However, the Select 

Committee didn't hold a single 

meeting. With the change of 

guard, Legislative Council 

Chairman, Amrit Malhotra has 

nominated Nawang Rigzin Jora 

as new chairman of the Select 

Committee. 

“If the Select Committee 

managed to finalise its recommendations 

within the next one 

and a half month, there is a possibility 

of the bill getting the 

Legislature nod or, otherwise, it 

would have to wait for next session 

of the Assembly in Srinagar 

in September-October'', sources 

said. 

They added that initially the 

JAMMU, Feb 2: State 

Government today complained 

about not getting due 

recognition from the Centre 

on the good work in rural 

development being done 

despite the threat of militancy 

and inhospitable terrain. 

The matter was raised by 

State Rural Development 

Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar 

at the MNREGA Sammelan 

which saw Prime Minister Dr 

Manmohan Singh and UPA 

Chairperson Sonia Gandhi giving 

away awards to districts and 

Gram Panchayats for commendable 

work in various categories 

of rural job scheme. 

Talking to EXCELSIOR on 

telephone from New Delhi after 

attending the function, Sagar 

adding "the members of the 

local bodies and officials of the 

State Government are working 

very hard in many villages in the 

State to implement rural development 

programmes despite 

threats emanating from gunwielding 

militants and rough terrain". 

Sagar further said, "per 

capita expenditure in Jammu 

and Kashmir is highest in the 

country but our efforts have 

failed to get any recognition 

from the Centre", adding "we 

have utilized 85 per cent of the 

funds and data in this regard 

is being regularly furnished to 

the Government of India. 

Even the same is available on 

the internet for the information 

of everybody". 

CM reviews 

restoration of 

Poonch line 

Excelsior Correspondent 

Congress leaders were opposed 

to the bill as they feared the 

imposition of property tax for 

the first time in the State would 

said that he told the Sammelan 

that many districts and Gram 

Panchayats in Jammu and 

Kashmir were performing very 

"As per the guidelines of the 

MNREGA, 50 % funds are to be 

utilized at Panchayat Halqa 

level, 30 % at Block and 20 % at 

JAMMU, Feb 2: Chief 

Minister Omar Abdullah today 

reviewed the status of restoration 

of Poonch power transmis- 

mar their political prospectus. well in rural development but district level but we are planning sion line at a high level meeting 

However, gradually they were the work was largely going 100 % expenditure at Panchayat of PDD officers here. The trans- 

coming to the conclusion that unnoticed. 

level", he said, adding "even mission line has been severely 

there was no option left now but "I told the participants and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi damaged by the recent heavy 

to implement the reform. the representatives of the Union is laying stress on utilization of snowfall in the area. Various 

On holding of elections to the Government that Jammu and maximum funds at the towers have got completely 

ULBs, sources said, the process Kashmir is doing well in the Panchayat Halqa level". uprooted whileas many have 

for this has been initiated and the rural development despite being Earlier, while addressing the been broken by the snow storm. 

(Contd on page 7 Col 1) hilly district and our perform- (Contd on page 7 Col 5) (Contd on page 7 Col 5) 

Family, others continue protest against child abduction 

8 staffers attached, police gets CCTV 

Ajay Raina 

JAMMU, Feb 2: Admitting 

that some staffers might be 

involved in the baby abductions 

from Shri Maharaja 

Gulab Singh (SMGS) 

Hospital, the administration in 

a quick action today attached 

eight staffers including three 

Nurses after the fresh baby 

theft case was reported recently 

even as City police claimed 

that it had spotted a woman 

lifting the child in CCTV 

footage but she had covered 

her face and body with a 

shawl. 

Official sources said that 

some staff members might be 

involved in providing informa- 

footage of child lifter 

tion to the baby abduction gang, 

which was active in SMGS 

Hospital for the past quite some 

time. 

They said that the hospital 

administration today attached 

eight staffers including three 

Nurses, three Nursing orderlies 

and two safai karamcharis, 

adding that the two security personnel 

namely Vinay and 

Kishore were dismissed from 

the job with immediate effect for 

de-reliction of duty. 

CCTV cameras installed in 

the premises captured footage of 

a woman walking out with the 

baby, but her face was fully covered, 

police sources said after 

examining the CCTV footage 

obtained from the hospital 

authorities. 

"We have seen the CCTV 

footage. The woman had been 

spotted lifting the child at 3.23 

am on the intervening night of 

January 31 and February 1 

when his mother and an attendant 

were asleep. However, the 

woman had covered her face 

and body with shawl. She 

couldn't be identified immediately 

but efforts were being 

made to identify her'', police 

said. 

The panel constituted by the 

Principal Government Medical 

College headed by Reva Gupta, 

Administrator, Associated 

Hospitals today held a meeting 

and carried out investigations 

into the case, sources said, 

Gopal Sharma 

JAMMU, Feb 2: Even after 

spending crores of rupees on 

Inter State Bus Terminal 

(ISBT) at Transport Nagar 

(Narwal) and Bus Stand for 

Banihal and Katra Vaishno 

Devi route buses at Khanpur 

near Nagrota By-Pass, the 

Administration has failed to 

shift the existing BC Road Bus 

Stand to the new identified 

locations despite the fact that 

all the desired infrastructure is 

in place there for the last several 

years. 

While these two bus stands 

are ready for the last nearly three 

years, the concerned agencies 

lacked will to shift the present 

Bus Stand at the new identified 

places. They just passed the buck 

to the other agencies washing 

their hands off the basic responsibility. 

General public in the 

‘J&K has highest per capita expenditure in country’ 

RDD works not getting 

due recognition: Sagar 

adding that the panel has to submit 

detailed report in three days. 

Meanwhile, the family members 

of the newly born baby 

along with some social organisations 

staged protests against 

Hospital Administration. They 

raised slogans against Hospital 

administration particularly 

against Principal Government 

Medical College, Dr Aniece 

Choudhary and demanded 

immediate recovery of the 

abducted baby. 

Talking to Excelsior, 

Medical Superintendent Dr AK 

Sharma admitted that some 

staffers might be involved in the 

baby thefts from the hospital. 

He said that some black- 

(Contd on page 7 Col 5) 

Union Ministry's report-card projects J&K as extremely slothful 

Only 13% work completed on UIG, 

UIDSSMT projects in over 4 yrs 


winter capital city is the worst 

sufferer and continued to face the 

growing 'traffic mess' 

on the busy BC Road, 

KC Crossing and Jewel 

Chowk area. The 

District Administration 

claimed that Jammu 

Development 

Authority caused delay 

in construction of Bus 

Stand at Khanpur and 

Narwal besides raising 

required infrastructure 

there while the top JDA 

officials claimed that 

all the required infrastructure 

has been 

raised there and it was 

now the job of State 

Transport and the 

Divisional and the 

District Administration to execute 

the orders and ensure operation 

of these two newly raised 

Bus Stands. 

Two AK bullets seized 

53 trucks exchange 

sides, Rs 2.74 cr worth trade 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Cross- 

LoC trade between two parts 

of the divided State that 

resumed this week after 

about three weeks halt on 

Poonch-Rawlakote route 

stood at Rs 2.74 crore with a 

total of 53 trucks exchanging 

sides at Chakan-Da- 

Bagh. 

The trade was suspended 

on January 10 with Pakistan 

authorities refusing to open 

gates after the killing of two 

Indian Army jawans by 

Pakistani troops on January 8 

at Mankote in Poonch sector. 

Cross-LoC bus and trade 

and Poonch-Rawlakote route 

were resumed this week after 

remaining suspended for two 

and three week respectively. 

Official sources said items 

worth Rs 2.22 crore were 

imported by the traders from 

this part of divided State from 

Pakistan occupied Kashmir 

(PoK) during four days of 

weekly trade (Tuesday to 

Friday). As against Rs 2.22 

crore worth imports, the 

traders exported items worth 

only Rs 52.56 lakh during four 

days. 

Imports on Tuesday were 

valued at Rs 31.93 lakh followed 

by Rs 33.95 lakh on 

Wednesday. They rose to Rs 

1.07 crore on Thursday and 

stood at Rs 49.55 crore on 

Friday. 

Exports from this side were 

zero on Tuesday, Rs 15.83 

lakh on Wednesday, Rs 14.24 

lakh on Thursday and Rs 22.49 

lakh on Friday. 

Massive ‘traffic mess’ on BC Road 

ISBT, Khanpur Stand ready; 

Govt lacks will to shift 

The idle parking of buses 

and other vehicles at General 

Bus Stand, B C Road and K C 

crossing area has become the 

worst ever traffic problem and it 

has been further aggravated 

Kashmiri artisans working on curtains in Srinagar on Saturday. (UNI) 

On Tuesday, no truck had 

crossed over to PoK from this 

side while five trucks went to 

other side of the LoC on 

Wednesday, seven on 

Thursday and 10 on Friday. 

From PoK, six trucks each 

came to Poonch on Tuesday 

and Wednesday while the 

number went up to eight on 

Thursday and 11 on Friday. 

Sources said one empty 

and one live bullet of AK-47 

were recovered from a truck 

that had come from Hajeera, 

Rawlakote in PoK. The bullet 

had been mixed in the 

almonds. However, the 

authorities on this side 

detected them during scanning. 

The truck was allowed 

to return to PoK. 

Identity of the trader, who 

had imported the almonds 

from PoK and the one who had 

to receive it on this side, has 

been ascertained. The trader 

would be quizzed. Before the 

trade was stopped, the authorities 

had seized few bullets 

mixed with almonds. 

PJ Singh, Trade 

Facilitation Officer (TFO), 

Poonch represented this side at 

Chakan-Da-Bagh during four 

days trade while Aslam 

Qayani, TFO represented PoK. 

Cross-LoC bus had also 

resumed this Monday after 

remaining suspended for two 

weeks on Poonch-Rawlakote 

route. 

The visitors of cross-LoC 

bus and the traders were confident 

that the Confidence 

Building Measures (CBMs) 

between India and Pakistan 

would carry on. 

with the unauthorized operation 

of Tata Sumos, Taxis, Tempo 

A view of fully packed General Bus Stand on BC Road in Jammu. 

-Excelsior/Rakesh 

Travelers and mini-buses from B 

C Road near Bus Stand. The 

administration did not bother to 


Threats to girl band: CM assures probe 


SRINAGAR, Feb 2: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today 

assured police probe into the on-line threats of the first all-girl rock 

band of Kashmir and hoped that the band will put a brave face and 

won't be silenced by such threats. 

Chief Minister wrote in Twitter that it was a matter of shame 

that those who demand freedom of speech on social media networks 

use it to threaten the girls, who are Class X students. 

Omar said: "Shame on those who claim freedom of speech via 

social media and then use that freedom to threaten girls who have 

the right to choose to sing." 

"I hope these talented young girls will not let a handful of 

morons silence them", said Omar. While assuring Police probe into 

the threats, he said: "The police will examine the threats issued and 

whether any provision of the law can be used to book those making 

the threats." 

The Pragash - the Light - rock band formed by the teenage girls 

of Kashmir last year came to limelight after their performance in 


Uncle kills nephew in Ramkote 


KATHUA, Feb 2: A man murdered his 4-year-old nephew 

after some quarrel with his own brother and Bhabi and threw 

away boy’s body in the fields in Ramkote area of tehsil Billawar 

today. 

A police spokesman giving details said that matter came to 

notice after a villager found the dead body of 4-year-old Nitin 

alias Bholu, son of Vijay Kumar, resident of Dhan, lying in the 

fields away from his home. The boy had multiple stab wounds on 

neck and stomach. He raised alarm and informed family members. 

The mother of the boy told that boy had left to the fields with 

his uncle Joginder Lal (28), who was also found missing. A neighbourers 

told that they saw Bholu going with his uncle towards 

fields in the morning. The people informed Ramkote police about 

the murder. 

A police party led by Incharge Police Post, Ramkote rushed to 

Dhan village. Later, SHO Billawar Bhushan Manhas and SDPO 


India should have halted CBMs: Rajnath 

NEW DELHI, Feb 2: 

India should have stopped all confidence building steps with 

Pakistan for the time being and called back its envoy there over 

beheading of an Indian soldier by Pakistani forces, BJP President 

Rajnath Singh said today. 

Addressing a seminar on the condition of minorities in 

Pakistan, Singh said the "will power and conviction" needed to 

deal with Pakistan was lacking in the UPA Government. 

He referred to the recent incident in the Poonch sector of 

Jammu where two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani army 

regulars and the head of one, Hemraj, was taken away by them. 

"I feel that the way India should have protested and opposed 

this- not only with Pakistan but also at the international forum- it 

did not do. For the time being, India should have said that it is stopping 

all the on-going confidence building process. I am not saying 

forever but for the time being," Singh said. 

He further maintained that India should have also "scaled down 

the diplomatic relations" with Pakistan. 


Kerry is new US Secretary of State 

WASHINGTON, Feb 2: 

Veteran Senator John Kerry, who favours strong ties with India, 

was today sworn in as the US Secretary of State, replacing Hillary 

Clinton as America’s top diplomat. 

Kerry, 69, was sworn in at a private ceremony, taking an oath 

administered by US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. 

“I was very honoured to be sworn in and very anxious to get to 

work,” Kerry told media, with his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry by his 

side. 

Besides his wife, he was joined by daughter Vanessa, brother 

Cameron, and his Senate staff. 

Kerry is a strong advocate of peace talks between India and 

Pakistan as he firmly believes that there are few relationships that 

will be vital in the 21st century for Washington’s ties with New 

Delhi. 

Kerry has an illustrious career spanning over three decades of 

public life. For the last four years he was Chairman of the powerful 

Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 

A close confidant of Obama, Kerry in the last four years several 

times came to the rescue of Obama Administration whenever US 


Court frames rape charges against 5 


A fast-track court here today framed charges against five 

accused in the December 16 gangrape case and put them on trial on 

various counts including conspiracy to abduct the 23-year-old girl 

and sexually assault and murder her. 

A fresh offence under Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code was 

added by the court against them for abducting the girl with the 

intention to compel and force her to "illicit intercourse". 

The court, which fixed February 5 for starting the trial, also 

charged them with murder of the paramedic girl under Section 302 

(murder) of the IPC which entails the maximum punishment of 

death penalty. 

Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna concluded that there 

were facts prima facie to suggest that the accused, along with 

another juvenile associate, conspired to deceitfully induce the girl 

and her male friend to board the vehicle believing it to be a chartered 

bus for raping the victim and committing other offences. 

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2013 (PAGE 2) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 

OBITUARIES 

CREMATION 

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the 

sad demise of our beloved Sh. Prem Kumar 

Sethi S/o Late Sh. Dev Raj Sethi R/o H.No 30, 

Karan Nagar Jammu on 2-02-2013. 

Cremation shall take place at Jogi Gate, 

Cremation Ground at 11 am on 3-02-2013. 

GRIEF STRICKEN 

Smt. Darshna Sethi -Wife 

Son & Daughter-in-law 

Mr. Anil Sethi & Suman Sethi 

Daughter & Son-in-law 

Mrs. Meenakshi & Dev Anand 

Bhabi & Brother 

Smt. Veena Sethi & Late Sh. Vipan Sethi 

Son & Daughter-in-law 

Sh. Prem Kumar Sethi 

Mr. Rajeev Sethi & Arpna Sethi 

Sisters & Brothers-in-law 

Smt. Neeru Chadha & Late Sh. Ranveer Chadha 

Smt. Kiran & Anil Sharma 

Smt. Pooja & Pawan Sanan 

Sonali, Smriti, Aryan -Grand Children 

Laxmi Art Printers, 30 Karan Nagar, Jammu 

Mob. No : 9419182553, 9469150070, 9596961791, 9419776049 

We often think of days when we were all 

together and shadow over live is cart, our 

loved one gone forever 

OBITUARY / TENTH DAY 

With profound grief and sorrow we inform the 

sad and untimely demise of our beloved Smt 

Pinky Fotedar W/o Sh Ravinder Fotedar of 

Paloura near Govt Dispensary and at present 

H No. 133A/1 Vinayak Nagar Muthi on 30-01- 

2013. 

Tenth Day will be performed on Friday, 8th 

Pinky Fotedar 

Feb 2013 at Akhnoor Ghat.The assembly will 

held at H No. 133A/1, Vinayak Nagar Muthi, Jammu at 12:30 p.m. 

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY :- 

Smt Shanta Fotedar 

Smt Mohini Fotedar - Mother - in - law 

Sh Ravinder Fotedar - Husband 

Raveena/Payal Fotedar - Daughter 

Sh & Smt Ashok Fotedar- Brother-in-law & Sister-in-law 

Sh & Smt Daleep Fotedar - -do- 

Sh & Smt Sanjeet Fotedar- -do- 

Fotedar’s, Pandita’s, Zalpuri’s, Waza’s, Khar’s, Kilam’s and Mattoo’s 

Contact Number - 

0191-2598700, 9906077774, 9419833553, 9419144033 

NAMAZ-E-JANAZA 

With profound grief and sorrow, we 

inform the sad demise of our 

beloved Mohd. Hussain (Retd. 

Driver State Motor Garage) R/o 

New Plot, Jammu. 

Namaz-e-Janaza shall be performed 

at Graveyard, Rehari at 2:00 

PM on 3 Feb 2013. 


All Family Members 

KRIYA/RASAM PAGRI/UTHALA 

10TH DAY KRIYA 

With profound grief and sorrow we inform 

the sad demise of Sh. Chuni Lal Dhar S/o 

Late Sh. Parmanand Dhar originally R/o 

Nunar Ganderbal Kashmir, at present house 

No.43, Lane-5 Vishwabharti Colony, 

Akalpora Morh, Jammu in a tragic road accident 

on 20-1-2013 at Muthi Jammu. 

Tenth Day Kriya shall be performed on 4-2- 

2013 (Monday) at Akhnoor Ghat and assembly 

shall be at our residence at 12 Noon. 

Grief Stricken 

Smt. Roopawati Dhar- Bhabi 

Sh. Girdhari Lal Dhar- Brother 

Smt. & Sh. Ashok Dhar- Nephew 

Sh. Deepak Dhar- Nephew 

Smt. & Sh. Kiran Dhar- Nephew 

Karamyogi Chuni Lal 

Dhar 

Phone No.: 9797346747, 9858692697, 09742358222 

KARAM/RASAM PAGRI 

With profound grief & sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved 

Sh. Kanwal Singh Jamwal S/o Lt. Acchar Singh Jamwal R/o Birpur, Mandi 

Dhalpur, Dist. Samba who expired on 22-1-2013. 

Karam 3rd Feb 2013 (Sunday) at 10:00 AM onwards at our residence. 

Rasam Pagri on 4th Feb 2013 (Monday) at 12:30 PM at our residence. 


Smt Rattno Devi - Mother 

Smt. Amarti Devi - Wife 

Rashmi & Anil Jamwal - Daughter-in-Law & Son 

Bhabi & Brother 

Smt. Kamlesh Devi & Sh. Sohan Singh Jamwal 

Smt. Shrishta Devi & Sh. Chhankar Singh Jamwal 

Smt. Neelam Devi & SH. Mahatam Singh Jamwal 

Daughter & Son-in-Laws 

Smt. Anju & Sh. Kuldeep Manhas 

Smt. Bandana & Sh. Surinder Singh 

Sister & Brother-in-Law 

Late . Momaya Devi & Sh Jagdev Singh 

Smt. Santosh Devi & Sh. Surinder Singh 

Mob: 9622207376 

TENTH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALA 

With profound grief & sorrow we inform the sad & untimely demise of our 

beloved Sh. Sita Ram Sharma S/o Lt. Sh Badri Nath R/o H. No: 213 Dogra 

Mohalla Canal Road Near RRL Jammu who expired on 25-1-13. 

Tenth Day 3rd of Feb 2013 (Sunday) at 11 AM at Hari Ghat Near CID 

Headquater office Canal Road Jammu. 

Kriya 4th of Feb (Monday) at our residence. 

Uthala 4th of Feb (Monday) at 5 PM at Govt Girls Higher Secondary School 

Mohd. Hussain 

(Retd. Driver State 

Motor Garage) 

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our 

beloved Smt Susheela Devi W/o Lt. Sh Mulkh Raj Gupta R/o 

H.No. 46, Kutcha Diwan Bishan Dass, Link Road, Jammu. 

Kriya will be performed at our residence on Sunday, 3rd of Feb, 

13 at 12 Noon. 

Rasam Pagri/Uthala will be performed on Monday, 4th of Feb, 13 

at 4PM at Kashyap Rajput Sabha, Moti Bazar, Jammu. 


Daughters-in-law & Sons 

Smt Vaishno Gupta & Sh Satish Kumar Gupta (Retd. Mgr J&K Bank) 

Smt Kamla Gupta W/o Lt. Sh Suman Kumar Gupta 

Smt Anjali Gupta & Sh Ashok Kumar Gupta 

Smt Sunita Gupta W/o Lt. Sh Raman Kumar Gupta 

Smt Harsh Gupta & Sh Rajinder Kumar Gupta 

Daughters & Sons-in-Law 

Smt Susheela Devi 

Smt Tarsem Seth & Sh Pinkal Seth 

Smt Manju Langer & Sh Keshav Langer 

Grand Sons & Daughters-in-law 

M/s Pratham Technologies 

Prashant & Radhika 

Bari Brahmana, Jammu 

M/s New Creations 

Nishant & Megha 

Kali Jani, Jammu 

Karun & Swati 

M/s Muskaan Selection Shoppee 

Grand Daughter & Grand Son-in-law- Pooja & Karun 

Grand Sons & Grand Daughters- Tarun, Nitin, Rajat, 

Rani Park, Jammu. 

Akshay, Amit, Ashna, Prerna 

Ph: 0191-2577842 (R), 

Great Grand Children- Muskaan, Pratham, Nityam +9194191-04114 (M) 

Sh. Kanwal Singh Jamwal 

Canal Road (Near Irrigation Office Jammu.) 


Sons & Daughter-in-Laws 

Sh. Subash Chander & Smt Sushma Sharma 

Sh. Sanjeev Sharma (NC Leader) & Smt Sumati Sharma (JE PDD) 

Daughters & Sons-in-law 

Sh. Sita Ram Sharma 

Smt Chander Lakha & Sh Yash Paul Sharma 

Smt Sunita & Sh. Sri Niwas Sharma 

Smt Suman & Sh. Naresh Sharma 

Grand Children: Akhlesh, Vasu, Bawa, Vicky, Nandan Janu, Ashu, Nandita, Jiya 

M/s Sita Ram & Sons Gen Store, 

Dogra Mohalla Near RRL Canal Road Jammu 

M/s Ess Vision Cable Network. 

213 Dogra Mohalla Near RRL Canal Road Jammu 

M/s Sanjeev Comminication Dogra Mohalla Near RRL Canal Road Jammu. 

9419162703, 9419105192 

TENTH DAY KRIYA 

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise 

of our beloved mother Smt. Khemo Devi W/o Late Ch. 

Ram Chand, R/o Rathana, R.S. Pura, Jammu who expired 

on 25th Jan 2013. 10th Day Kriya will be performed on 3- 

2-2013, Sunday at our residence (10.00 a.m.-12.00 Noon) 


Sons and Daughters-in-laws 

Sh. Darshan Chand & Smt. Sita Devi (J&K Police) 

Sh. Parkash Chand & Smt. Pushpa Devi (Ex. Hav.) 

Sh. Yash Pal & Smt. Shashi Devi (J&K Police) 

Sh. Mohan Singh & Smt. Champa Devi (Edu. Deptt) 

Sh. Sohan Singh & Smt. Asha Devi (Ex. JCO) 

Daughters and Son-in-laws 

Smt. Rani Devi & Sh, Darshan Chowdhary 

Smt. Darshana Devi & Ch. Krishan Lal 

Smt. Jassi Devi & Sh. Jagdish Kumar 

M/s New Dreamland Public School, 

Nanak Nagar 

Contact No: 9419192669, 9419312083 

SMT. KHEMO DEVI 

MASVAR/VAHARVAR/BARKHI 

4TH & 5TH FEB 2013 

In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still. 

In our hearts you hold a place, no one could ever fill. 

Although your separation will be beyond our tolerance but we will try our best to 

control it with your blessings. 

Masvar/Vaharvar/Barkhi of our beloved Lt. Sh. P.N. Raina (Retd. DySP) will be 

performed at our residence 93/2 Chhanni Himmat Jammu on 4th & 5th Feb-2013. 

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY 

Smt. Leelawati Raina - Mother 

Smt. Shanta Raina - Wife 

Smt. & Dr. Anil Raina - Son & Daughter-in-law 

Smt. & Sh. Kiran Raina - Son & Daughter-in-law 

Smt. & Sh. Arun Raina - Son & Daughter-in-law 

Smt. & Sh. A.K. Raina - Sister & Brother-in-law 

Smt. & Sh. G.S. Raina - Brother & Bhabhi 

Smt. & Sh. S.K. Raina - Brother & Bhabhi 

Grand Children : Guddu, Manu, Nonu, Rhidhima & Sidhima 

(M) 9419800500/2461579 


With profound grief and sorrow, we inform you the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt. Ram Pyari Anand W/o Late 

Sh. Sain Dass Anand R/o 155,Nagpal Street, Upper Bazar, Jammu who expired on 26th Jan. 2013. 

TENTH DAY will be performed on Monday, 4th Feb. 2013 at 11.00 a.m. at temple near Rani Park, Jammu. 

KRIYA will be performed on Thursday, 7th Feb. 2013 at 12.00 p.m. at our residence. 

UTHALA will be performed on Friday, 8th Feb. 2013 at 4.30 p.m. at Jain Hall, Rani 

Park, Jammu. 


Smt. Vijay & Sh. Bal K.Anand-Daughter-in-law & Son 

Smt. Sunita & Sh. J.G. Anand-Retd X.En I&FC Deptt. Jammu-Daughter-in-law & Son 

Smt. Shakuntla Abrol W/o Late Sh. J.K. Abrol-Daughter & Son-in-law 


Smt. Chanchal & Sh. Narinder Bhasin -Retired Dogri News Readers AIR Jammu 

Grand Sons & Daughters 

Smt. Tanu & Sh. Vikas Anand-A.E.E. PDD Smt. Priya & Sh. Vishal Anand-J.E. PDD 

Smt. Ritu & Dr. Kewal Samnotra-MD, Paed Smt. Seema & Sh. Rakesh Abrol-Forest Deptt. 

Smt. Richa & Sh. Chetan Verma-Sr. Manager, Freescale Semi-Conductors Pvt. Ltd. 

Smt. Soyal & Sh. Hemant Bhasin (Manager, jabong.com) 

Dr. Rinky & Dr. Abhishek Gupta (D.C. Central Customs & Excise) 

Mr Sumit Anand (Manager, Tech Mahindra) 

Great Grandsons & Daughters 

Sudipt, Ashutosh, Manan, Nupur, Nehmat, Manya, Radhika, Mishti and Shivika 

BAL ORNAMENTS, JAIN BAZAR, JAMMU 

Contact: 9419184170, 9419143114, 9419182326, 9419185576 


With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad 

demise of our beloved Smt. Sushila Sharma W/o 

Sh. Ram Lal Choudhary (Arnia Wale) presently R/o 

H. No. 34 Sect-2 Channi Himmat, Jammu, left for 

heavenly abode on 27th January 2013. 

TENTH DAY Monday 4th Feb. 2013 at Panch 

Mandir Channi Himmat at 11.00 a.m. 

KRIYA-Tuesday, 5th Feb. 2013 at our residence. 

UTHALA-Wednesday, 6th Feb. 2013 at Panch 

Mandir Channi Himmat at 4.30 p.m. 


Sh. Ram Lal Choudhary-Husband 

Sh. Gian Chand Choudhary-(Jeth) 


Dr. Rajinder Parshad Sajgotra 

SMT. SUSHILA SHARMA 

(Govt. Hospital Kanachak) 

Smt. Anju & Er. Sundresh Verm Kumar (AEE-PDD) 


Smt. Rajesh Rani & Er. Deep Kumar (AEE-ERA) 

Nanand and Nandoyi 

Smt. Krishna (Gian Dei) & Sh. Om Parkash Sharma (Deen Ji) 

Smt. Santosh W/o Late Sh. Madan Lal 

Smt. Kamla & Sh. Vijay Kumar Sharma 

Grand Children: Ridhima, Kanav, Rajat, Gungun 

Tel No. 0191-2461434 

TENTH DAY/UTHALA 

With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to inform 

about the sad demise of our beloved Sh. Durga 

Dass Sharma S/o Late Sh. Ram Krishan Sharma 

R/o 650-A Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. 

THE TENTH (10TH) DAY will be performed on 

Monday (4/02/2013) at Laxmi Narayan Temple 

Gandhi Nagar at 11.00 a.m. 

UTHALA: Uthala will be performed on Wednesday 

(6/2/2013) at 4.00 p.m. at Paanch Mandir, Green 

Belt Park, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. 


Smt. Anuradha Sharma-Wife 

Mr Amit Sharma-Son 

Mr Sumit Sharma-Son 

Mrs Sonia Khajuria-Daughter 

SH. DURGA DASS 

Mr Vishal Khajuria-Son-in-law 

SHARMA 

Sh. Lakshmi Dayal Sharma-Brother 

Smt. Santosh Sharma-Bhabhi 

Sh. Ganesh Dutt Sharma-Brother 

Nek Ram Sharma - Brother-in-law 

Sh. Chaman Lal Kerani - Brother-in-law 

Smt. Poli Kerani - Sister 

Smt. Sandhaya & Rakesh Sambyal -Daughter & Son-in-Law 

Dkshesh Khajuria-Grand Son 

Mob: 9419310455, 0191-2430195 

TENTH DAY 

With profound grief and sorrow we inform the sad 

demise of our beloved Sh Ram Krishan Dubey 

S/o Late Sh Isher Dass Dubey R/o Gurudwara 

Gali Udhampur who left for heavenly abode on 

31-01-2013. 

Tenth Day will be performed on 9-02-2013 Saturday 

at their residence Gurudwara Gali at 11 a.m. 


Smt Krishna Dubey --Wife 

Smt Shakuntla Devi & Sh Sant Kumar -Bhabi & Brother 

Smt Neeru Raina & Sh Ram Paul Raina -Daughter & Son-in-law 

Smt Vishali Dubey & Sh Sanju Dubey -Son & Daughter-in-law 

Smt Anu & Sh Rakesh Sharma -Niece & Son-in-law 

Sh Ram Krishan Dubey 

Smt Poonam Dogra & Sh Jugal Dogra -Daughter & Son-in-law 

Smt Sulekha Sharma & Sh Suresh Kumar -Daughter-in-law & Nephew 

Grand Children: Sarthak Dubey, Sayam Dubey, Anchita, Sanan 

DUBEY FOOTWAR, Ram Nagar Chowk, Udhampur -- 94191-61172 


With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sudden 

and untimely demise of Mrs Asha Koul W/o 

Sh Shuban Lal Kaul (Ex. Asstt. Controller Drugs J&K) 

R/o 169 Govindpura Old Satwari Chatha, Jammu 

Cantt. on 27th of January 2013. 

Tenth Day Kriya shall be performed at Akhnoor Ghat 

on 5th of February 2013 (Tuesday) and Mourning 

Assembly will be held at 11.30 AM at our residence on 

the same day. 


Shuban Lal Koul -Husband 

Anoop & Sunita -Son & Daughter-in-law 

Poonam & Amit -Daughter & Son-in-law 

Wallis - Mattoos - Bhats - Mozas 

& All Near’s & Dear’s 

R- 0191-2262311 - 9419145508 - 9419159335 

Mrs Asha Koul 

10TH DAY 

With profound grief & sorrow we regret to inform 

the sad demise of our beloved brother Sh. 

Jawahar Lal Sudan S/o Late Sh. Sat Pal Bakshi 

R/o Near I.O.C (Kartholi) Bari Brahmana. 

Tenth Day will be performed on 03-02-2013 at our 

residence at 11:00 a.m. 


Vandhana Sudan - Wife 

Aman Sudan - Son 

Ritika Sudan - Daughter 

Vijay Kumar & Kamla - Brother & Bhabhi 

Ashok K. Sudan & Ashu - Brother & Bhabhi Sh. Jawahar Lal Sudan 

Sham Lal Sudan & Raj Kumari - Brother & Bhabhi 

Ashwani Kumar & Shashi - Brother & Bhabhi 

Rakesh Bakshi (Cameraman Take 1 Channel) & Shawetta - Brother & Bhabhi 

Mob.: 9796201607, 9419123457, 9419913348 

Mourning From In-Laws Side 

With profound grief and sorrow we inform the sad & untimely 

demise of our beloved Sh. Kiran Kumar Raina S/o Late 

M.L. Raina Husband of Urimila Raina originally R/o Ali 

Kadal, Sgr on 31-1-2013. 

The Mourning from Malun Side is being performed at 

H.No. 38/2, Sec-A, Lane 4 Bhawani Nagar, Janipur. 


Veena & Bihari Lal Raina- Sister-in-Law & Brother-in-Law 

Archana & A.K. Raina-Sister-in-Law & Brother-in-Law 

Sunita & K.K. Razdan-Sister-in-Law & Brother-in-Law 

Sunita & K.K. Kak-Sister-in-Law & Brother-in-Law 

Samast Parivars, Razdans/ Rainas & Dhars 

Mob.: 9419287199, 01912533953 

Sh. Kiran Kumar 

Raina 

Smt. Ram Pyari Anand 

10TH DAY, RASAM PAGRI & UTHALA 

With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to inform 

the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt. 

Dewan Devi W/o Late Sh. Beli Ram Kohli R/o 148- 

A Gandhi Nagar Jammu on 26-01-2013. Tenth 

Day will be performed on 04/02/2013 at 10:00 AM 

at Shiv Mandir Gandhi Nagar Jammu. Rasam 

Pagri & Uthala will be performed on 06/02/2013 at 

4:30 PM at Shiv Mandir Gandhi Nagar Jammu. 


Sons & Daughter-in-laws 

Smt. Reva (LIC India) & Sh. Gulshan Kohli (Sr. Auditor) (PCDA-NC) 

Smt. Anita (Master Edu. Deptt.) & Sh. Vijay Kohli (FCI) 


Smt. Sudesh Bhasin (Retd. Master) W/o Late Sh. C.P Bhasin 

Smt. Kailash Kochhar (Retd. Master) & Sh. Ved Paul Kochhar 

(Retd. A.O (PCDA)) 

Smt. Dewan Devi 

Smt. Veena & Sh. Ashwani Sethi 

Grand Sons & Grand Daughters-in-law 

Mrs. Namrta & Dr. Sanjay Bhasin 

Mrs. Puja & Er. Sameer Kochhar 

Mrs Teena & Mr. Sumeet Kochhar 

Grand Daughter & Grand Son-in-law 

Mrs Monika & Er. Rakesh Gandotra 

Grand Sons & Grand Daughters 

Er. Peetamber Bhasin, Er. Sunny Sethi, Dr Divya Kohli, Neha Sethi, Er. Nirbhay Kohli, Abhay Kohli 

Great Grand Children:- Riya, Suvansha, Vasu, Priyansh, Saanvi. 

Mobile No: 9796201318, 9419119235 

BHOG AND ANTIM ARDAS 

With profound grief and sorrow we inform that our beloved 

S. Gurcharn Singh Sandlas S/o Late Capt. Bhagat Singh 

Sandlas (Retd. JWO) O.B.I left for his heavenly abode on 

27-1-2013. 

Bhog and Antim Ardas will be performed on 5-2-2013 at 

our residence Sarore Adda, Bari Brahmana Teh & Distt 

Samba at 12:00 Noon followed by Guru Ka Langer. 


Sons 

S. Gobinder Singh Retd Master 

S.Yadvinder Singh Advocate 

Daughters 

Balbinder Kaur 

Harminder Kaur 

Bhupinder Kaur 

Daughters-in-law 

Manjit Kaur 

Rajinder Kaur 

Sh. P. N. Raina 

(Retd. DySP) 

BHOG AND ANTIM ARDAS 

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform that our 

beloved Sardar Prem Singh S/o Late S Sovail Singh 

of Uplina Baramulla at present Model Town Digiana H 

No. 8, Sec 5, who left for heavenly abode on 27-01- 

2013. 

Arambh Sri Akhand Path Sahib on Sunday 03/2/2013 

at our residence at 9.00 AM. 

Bhog Sri Akhand Path Sahib on Tuesday 05/02/2013 

at our home at 9.00 AM. 

Antim Ardas will be performed at Gurudwara Singh 

Sabha Model Town Digiana at 12.00 Noon on 

05/02/2013. 

GRIEF STRICKEN : 

Smt Sheel Kour (Wife) 

Sardar Prem Singh 

Brothers and Bhabies 

S. Sant Singh & Smt Prakash Kour 

S Mohinder Singh & Smt Harbhajan Kour 

Sons and Daughter-in-laws 

S. Avtar Singh & Smt Ravinder Kour 

S. Ichpal Singh & Smt Summeet Kour 

S. Sarabjeet Singh & Smt Ranjeet Kour 

Daughter’s and Sons in laws 

Smt Charanjeet Kour & S. Jangbahadur Singh 

Smt Manjeet Kour & S Onkar Singh 

Smt Gurmeet Kour & S Rajinder Pal Singh 

Smt Sanjeet Kour & S. Amrik Singh 

All Grand Childrens 

9018855463, 9697582396, 9797026748, 9858819288 

Davinder Singh - S.E. ONGC 

Satinder Singh -G.M. USA 

Great Sons and Daughters 

Tujinder Kaur, Jasmine Kaur, Rajdeep Singh, 

Harmeet Singh, Sherry, Harry 

S. Gurcharn Singh Sandlas 

SHADMOS/MASVAR 

3-2-13/ 4-2-13 

Tearful Six Long months have passed since you 

left us. It is too difficult to put in wards the pain and 

agony that your departure has caused. 

An ideal and the best wife and mother of our angel. 

You are as pious kind and caring as anyone could 

ever be. Your pure and selfless love filled our lives 

with happiness. Though your generosity and 

patience you have comforted us all. 

We miss you a lot. Your presence in our hearts and 

memories in our minds provide us solace and ray 

of hope in our lives. 

May your noble soul rest in eternal peace. 

Shadmos/Masvar of Smt. Simi Bhat will be per- 

Smt. Simi Bhat 

formed at our residence 41/2 Vinayak Vihar 

Paloura, Jammu on 03 & 04 Feb 2013. 

DEEPLY MISSED AND REMEMBERED BY:- 

Sanjay Bhat - Husband 

Guddu (Pucchi) - Daughter 

Raj Nath and Nancy Bhat - Father-in-law & Mother-in-law 

Sanjay Pandita - Brother-in-law 

Anju Pandita - Sister-in-law 

Rishab (Nephew) 

And Samast, Bhat, Bhan, Koul, Wokhloo’s, Rainas Parivar. 

OBITUARY AND TENTH DAY KRIYA 

With profound grief and heartfelt sorrow we inform the sad and 

untimely demise of our beloved Sh Autar Krishan Chrungoo 

(Boba, Baipora, Daddy) S/o Late Sh Mahadev Ram 

Chrungoo originally R/o Malayar Srinagar Kashmir/ Gupt- 

Ganga Ishber presently B-40 Basant Nagar Janipur (Care-well 

Medicos Lane) Jammu on 30-1-2013. 

Tenth Day Kriya will be performed at Akhnoor Ghat on 

7-2-2013 (Thursday). Assembly will be held at residence 

(B-40 Basant Nagar) Janipur at 12 O’clock. 


Smt Ratni Chrungoo (Peer) --Wife 

Smt Shama & Rattan Lal Koul -Sister & Brother-in-law 

Rajesh Chrungoo & Kusumlata -Son & Daughter-in-law 

Rajni & P.L Labroo -Daughter & Son-in-law 

Geeta & Vikram Koul -Daughter & Son-in-law 

Smt Somawati W/o Late Sh Baljee Chrungoo -Aunt 

Samast Chrungoo Pariwar, Peers, Mattoo’s, Zaroo’s, Koul’s, Gurtoo’s, Labroo’s, Bhan’s 

AND ALL NEAR & DEAR FRIENDS. 

Puja, Ashu, Sakshi, Haren, Ayush -Grand Children 

Contact Nos: 9419187651, 9419133003, 9419213390, 9419187674 

Death is the ultimate truth no one can deny but the void left by your departure is 

immense your courage & forbearance will always be a guiding beacon. May God 

bless your soul with peace and place in eternal heaven. 

REMEMBRANCE 

One year have passed when u left 

us alone in deep sorrow and took 

easy path to heaven. Our eyes is 

felt of tears and miss u very much. 

Love You Papa 

From : Your Loving Family 

TENTH DAY/KRIYA 

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform 

the sad demise of our beloved Sh. Chuni 

Lal Baru S/o Late Sh. Krishan Chand Baru 

R/o Jhajjar Kotli on 27th Jan. Tenth Day 

will be performed on Tuesday 5th Feb at 

our residence Jhajjar Kotli at 11:00 AM. 

Kriya will be performed on Wednesday 6th 

Feb at our residence. 


Smt. Pushpa Baru - Wife 


Mrs. Madhu Romesh Chander Baru 

Mrs. Rajni & Naresh Baru 


Mrs. Anu & Mr. Narinder Sharma 

Mrs. Sandhya & Mr. Sham Lal Sharma 

Bhabhis & Brothers 

Mrs. Tripta & Mulkh Raj Baru 

Mrs. Babli & Ashok Kumar Baru 

Mrs. Neelam & Ravi Kumar Baru 

All Relatives & Friends 

Awadh Travels BC Road, Jammu 

(M): 94192-64337, 94191-65487, 99060-16016 


With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad 

demise of our beloved father Sh. Jagar Nath Dhar 

S/o Lt. Tota Ram R/o Adlach Magam Tehsil Pahalgam 

Distt Anantnag at present Block 143 Flat 20 Lane No. 

23 Jagti Township Jammu on 31-01-2013. 

Tenth Day Kriya shall be performed on Saturday 

Sh Autar Krishan Chrungoo 

(Boba, Baipora, Daddy) 

SALE LETTER LOST 

I Sham Singh S/o Late Sh. Sabaz Dev 

Singh R/o Akhnoor P/o Akhnoor Distt. 

Jammu lost my sale letter of my T.V.S 

Bike 110 CC bearing engine No. 

OF1L91066172 and chasis No. 

MD625NF1593N73892. Now, I am 

applying for duplicate Sale Letter from 

T.V.S company Jammu. Objection if any 

may be conveyed to the company with in 

seven days. 

PUP’S FOR SALE 

AT 

POWER HOUSE KENNEL’S 

REGD WITH KENNEL CLUB OF INDIA 

BREED AVIAL: ST. BERNARD, ROTT, 

LAB, MASTIFF, PUG AND GSD. 

ADDRESS: GREATER KAILASH 

LANE NO: 55, H.NO. 60. 

CONTACT: 9797508224 

Sh. Chuni Lal Baru 

OBITUARY/TENTH DAY 

WITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SORROW, WE 

INFORM THE SAD AND UNTIMELY DEMISE OF OUR 

BELOVED SH CHUNI LAL SHARMA (RETD.PRINCI- 

PAL, DIET) S/O LT SH. THAKUR DASS SHARMA 

(KHANDUI WALEY) R/O W.NO.5 JAWAHAR NAGAR, 

NEAR OLD MICROWAVE STATION, UDHAMPUR ON 

31-01-2013. 

TENTH DAY WILL BE PERFORMED ON 09-02-2013 


SMT. VIJAY BALA (WIFE) 

BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LAW 

SMT. KUSUM LATA AND SH. BANSI LAL SHARMA. 

SMT. KIRAN SHARMA W/O LT.SH BAL KRISHAN SHARMA 

SMT. KANCHAN AND SH. MUNSHI RAM SHARMA SH CHUNI LAL SHARMA 

SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN LAW 

(RETD.PRINCIPAL, DIET) 

SMT. VIDYA DEVI W/O LT.SH. NANAK CHAND 

SMT. KRISHNA DEVI W/O LT. SH. SHANKAR DASS 

SMT. SHANTI DEVI W/O LT. SH. BANSI LAL 

SMT.RANI DEVI AND CAPT. RAJESH SHARMA 

SMT. SHIVANI AND SH. AMIT SHARMA (SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW) 

SMT.GITANJALI AND SH. ARUN SHARMA (DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW) 

MS. DEEPANJALI SHARMA (DAUGHTER) 

LAYANYA AND VEDANG (GRAND CHILDREN ) 

PH. NO. 01992272287, 9697506850, 9797394227, 9419169769. 

UTHALA 

Th. Mangat Singh Manhas 

(BJP Leader) 

With profound grief and sorrow we regret to inform the 

sad demise of our respected and beloved Sh. Ram 

Lal Gupta S/o Late Sh. Amar Nath Gupta R/o 562-A 

Gandhi Nagar Jammu. 

Uthala ceremony will be performed on Monday the 

4th February 2013 between 3.00 PM to 4.00 PM at 

Laxmi Narayan Temple Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. 


Smt. Vidya Gupta - Wife 

Dr Hemla Aggarwal & Sh. Rakesh Gupta - Daughter-in-Law & Son 

(Principal GCW Parade Jammu) (FA/CAO Retd) 

Dr Veena Gupta (HOD Chest Diseases ASCOM Jammu) 

Sh. Ram Lal Gupta 

& Sh. Naresh Gandotra (Retd Ex.En)- Daughter & Son-in-Law 

Smt Sunita Gupta W/o Late Sh. Puran Gupta - Sister-in-Law 

Smt. Shankutala Gupta W/o Late Sh. Om Parkash Gupta - Niece-in-Law 

Smt Sushma Gupta & Sh Subash Gupta (SBI Retd) - Niece-in-Law & Nephew 

Grand Children :- Pankhuri, Tushar, Akshat, Chaitanya 

Mob No: 9419204757, 9419184174, 9419143282 & 9419186810 

Tenth Day/Kriya/Uthala 

With profound grief & sorrow we inform the sad & untimely 

demise of our beloved Smt. Tara Sharma W/o Sh. Krishan 

Dutt Jyotishi R/o F-138, Jullaka Mohalla, Circular Road, 

Jammu expired on 25-1-13. Tenth Day 3rd of Feb 2013 

(Sunday) at 11 am at our residence, Circular Road, Jammu. 

Kriya 4th of Feb (Monday) at our residence. 

Rasam Pagri/Uthala 4th of Feb (Monday) at 4.30 PM at 

S.D Kanya Vidyala, Jullaka Mohalla, Jammu. 


Daughter & Son-in-Law 

Madhu & Sudhir Bakshi 

Smt. Tara Sharma 

Neelam & Raman Gontra 

Anju & Ritesh Choudhary 

Rakesh Kumar & Sushma - Nephew & Daughter-in-Law 

Ishar Dass & Rama Sharma -Mama & Mami ji 

Mobs: 9419198591, 9419196059, 9419721969 

9.02.2013 at Tawi T.R.T Nagrota at 9 AM. 


Son and Daughter-in-law 

Amar Nath Dhar & Phoola Dhar 

Sh. Jagar Nath Dhar 


Bably Pandita & Vinod Kumar Pandita 

Grand Children: Sunita, Shashi, Amit, Rahul, Neha, Sunny. 

Mob: 9596674227 

See more Obituaries on page 4 

& more Classifieds on page 8

DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2013 (PAGE 3) 

Governor N N Vohra addressing Valedictory Session of international symposium at Jammu 

University on Saturday. 

International symposium at JU concludes 

Governor for undertaking collaborative research projects 


JAMMU, Feb 2 : Governor N. 

N. Vohra today emphasized the 

need for forging collaborative 

arrangements among the universities, 

leading laboratories and 

research institutions, DRDO and 

the industry for undertaking 

research in carefully identified 

areas for enabling the time-bound 

development of cells, modules and 

materials which will pave the way 

for large scale production of the 

required semi-conductor products. 

The Governor, as chief guest, 

was addressing the Valedictory 

Session of the 3-day 2nd 

International Symposium on 

"Semiconductor Materials and 

Devices (ISSMD-2)", organized 

by the Department of Physics and 

Electronics, University of Jammu, 

in collaboration with the Society 

for Semiconductor Devices, New 

Delhi, at General Zorawar Singh 

Auditorium here this evening. 

The Governor said that alongside 

undertaking high-end 

research projects there is urgent 

need for developing manufacturing 

skills and observed that such 

endeavours would materialize if 

the industry is involved right from 

the beginning of a project. He 

added that there is need for acquiring 

expertise in various arenas for 

securing rapid economic development 

of the country. 

In this context, he emphasized 

the need for the development of 

semiconductors and the materials 

from which these are to be manufactured 

and emphasised that this 

would require close collaboration 

between physicists, chemists and 

engineers in various fields, among 

others. 

In regard to harnessing nonconventional 

energy sources, particularly 

solar energy, the 

Governor observed that this can 

go a long way in meeting the 

colossal gap in the obtaining energy 

availability but this will require 

developing appropriate technology 

to make the required products 

cost effectives. 

Prof. M. P. S. Ishar, Vice 

Chancellor, Jammu University, 

speaking on the occasion said that 

the symposium provided a very 

good opportunity for the young 

scientists to present their research 

papers and interact with the 

renowned experts in the field. 

Prof. Mushahid Husain, 

Secretary, Society for 

Semiconductor Devices, New 

Delhi, dwelt on the establishment, 

Microscopes purchase scam in Education Deptt 

Anti-corruption court frames 

charges against CEOs, others 


JAMMU, Feb 2: In the much 

publicized microscopes purchase 

scam, which caused Rs 5.40 lakh 

loss to the State exchequer, Special 

Judge Anti-corruption Jammu 

Puneet Gupta has framed corruption 

charges against Jatinder 

Gupta, the then Accounts Officer, 

Directorate of School Education 

Jammu, Thakur Dass Sharma, the 

then CEO Poonch, Balbir Singh 

Jamwal, the then CEO Udhampur, 

Romeshwar Kumar, the then 

Lecturer Higher Secondary School 

Samba, Balwan Singh, the then 

Lecturer SIE, Jammu and J S 

Manocha, Supplier. 

According to the Vigilance 

case, during the year 2004-2005 

Education Department purchased 

substandard laboratory equipment 

including microscopes for examining 

properties of minerals on highly 

exorbitant rates. 

Accordingly, joint inspection 

was conducted and it came to fore 

that in response to the tender notice 

issued on August 25, 2004 by the 

Divisional Level Purchase 

Committee of Education 

Department, M/s Cosmo Politan 

Traders, Vir-Marg offered quotations 

for supply of microscopes at 

the rate of Rs 1800 per microscope 

as against print price/bills of Rs 

650 while as M/s United Sales 

Corporation, Jammu quoted Rs 

395 per miscroscope of Ambala 

make. 

However, the accused persons 

rejected the quotation of M/s 

United Sales Corporation without 

assigning any specific reason and 

purchased 300 microscopes from 

M/s Cosmo Politan Traders at 

highly exorbitant rates and caused 

loss to the State exchequer. 

According to the challan, M K 

Dwivedi, the then Director School 

Education Jammu (Convener) and 

other members of Divisional Level 

Purchase Committee--- Dr RR 

Dubey, the then Joint Director 

School Education, Sohan Lal 

Seghal, the then CEO Jammu 

(retired), Lalit Gupta, the then 

Principal SIE Jammu and Rakesh 

Kumar, Functional Manager 

Directorate of Industries and 

Commerce co-opted member were 

completely misled by the Expert 

Committee members. 

Since the matter was technical 

in nature, purchase committee 

members believed the report of 

expert committee regarding quality 

and specification of the microscope 

and Vigilance Organization 

recommended departmental 

enquiry against all the members of 

the Purchase Committee. 

evolution, growth and activities of 

the Society. He also gave a resume 

of the various conferences organized 

by this organization from 

time to time and its future plan of 

action. 

Dr. Sudarshan Kumar, 

Director CFEES, DRDO, Delhi, 

presented a global scenario of the 

research being conducted on 

semiconductors and in the arena 

of nanotechnology within and 

outside the country. 

Prof. Naresh Padha, 

Convener, ISSMD-2, presented 

the symposium report. 

In her welcome address, Prof. 

Anju Bhasin, Head, Department 

of Physics and Electronics, 

Jammu University, gave details 

about the aims and objects of 

organizing this International 

Symposium and the topics discussed 

during the working sessions. 

Er. Anik Gupta, Scientist, 

University of Jammu, presented a 

vote of thanks. 

‘Anushthan’ concludes with a 

beginning at Kathua Campus 


KATHUA, Feb 2: 

"Anushthan", the 2-day 

Business-cum-Tech fest by 

Kathua Campus, University of 

Jammu, concluded today with a 

glittering valedictory ceremony. 

Zahida Khan, DDC Kathua 

was the chief guest on the occasion, 

while Prof Desh Bandhu 

Gupta (Dean, Business Studies, 

JU), Prof Devanand (Dean, 

Mathematical Sciences, JU) and 

Prof B.C.Sharma (Dean, Student 

Placements, JU) shared the dais 

along with Prof Neelu 

Rohmetra, Rector Kathua 

Campus. 

Speaking on the occasion 

Prof Neelu Rohmetra threw light 

on objective of organizing 

"Anushthan", which is first of its 

kind by any Campus of the 

University. She said successful 

culmination of "Anushthan" has 

enthused new hope and added to 

the spirit of amity and companionship. 

She further informed 

that JU has already finalized the 

procedures involved in the con- 

Principal Secy Planning 

briefs Governor 


JAMMU, Feb 2: B. R. 

Sharma, Principal Secretary, 

Planning and Development, 

called on N. N. Vohra, Governor, 

at Raj Bhavan here today. 

During the meeting, the 

Principal Secretary, Planning 

and Development, briefed the 

Governor about the to-date status 

of implementation of major 

development projects and 

schemes. The Governor also discussed 

issues relating to monitoring 

the execution of various 

Centrally Sponsored Schemes in 

the State with Mr. Sharma. 

KP delegation 

calls on CM 


JAMMU, Feb 2: A deputation 

of Kashmiri Pandit migrants 

from various migrant camp and 

areas called on Chief Minister 

Omar Abdullah this morning 

and discussed with him various 

issues relating to the migrants. 

While expressing gratitude 

to Omar Abdullah for his efforts 

resulting in enhancement of 

migrant relief, the delegation 

emphasized the need for raising 

the per month relief of per family 

to Rs. 10,000. They requested 

the Chief Minister to raise this 

issue with the Central 

Government. 

The deputation also talked 

struction activity for hostels and 

the Academic block. 

Zahida Khan, DDC Kathua, 

appreciated the efforts of Kathua 

Campus for organizing this 

mega event under the leadership 

of Prof Neelu Rohmetra. Stating 

that she had served most of her 

service in Education Deptt, 

Zahida Khan said she was 

always ready for helping students. 

She promised all support 

to Kathua Campus and assured 

that the pending issues with her 

office regarding Kathua Campus 

would be resolved at an earliest. 

Prof Desh Bandhu Gupta and 

Prof Devanand appreciated the 

efforts of Kathua Campus in 

providing quality education at 

the door steps of the youth in 

this region. 

Prof. B.C. Sharma, Dean 

Student Placements while presenting 

his remarks assured the 

students of all support from his 

Office in proving placement and 

skill development opportunities. 

Dr. Vivek Sharma, Academic 

Coordinator Kathua Campus 

presented vote of thanks. 

Earlier during the day, various 

Technical competitions 

including Tech quiz, Tech 

Symposium and click and capture 

were organized in which 

MCA students from 8 institutions 

across the State participated. 

Pertinent to mention here 

that around 300 MBA and MCA 

students from 10 institutions / 

University Deptts were registered 

for the Fest. Placement 

Brochures of MBA-IB at ICccR 

& HRM, main campus 

University of Jammu and a combined 

Placement Brochure for 

MBA programme at Kathua and 

Bhadarwah Campuses were also 

released during the Fest. The 

events were independently 

about employment package for 

migrants and issues relating to 

return and rehabilitation package. 

The Chief Minister assured 

the delegation that he would 

take up the cash relief issue with 

the Central Government. He 

said State Government is well 

versed with the difficulties and 

status of migrants and is taking 

all measures to redress the genuine 

grievances besides accommodating 

the genuine demands. 

The delegation was led by H. 

L. Pandit, Apex Committee 

Member Anil Dhar, A. K. 

Hangloo, Jatin Bhat, S.L. Koul, 

Ravinder Koul, Bushan Lal, 

Sanjay Kumar and Babloo Ji. 

CEC writes to CM, seeks 

transmission divisions 


LEH, Feb 2: Taking up the 

subject of creating two full 

fledged transmission divisions 

with two sub divisions and two 

additional maintenance subdivisions 

each for Leh and 

Kargil districts in view of huge 

transmission network coming up 

for evacuation of power from 

the Nimo-Basgo, Leh and 

Chhutuk Kargil Hydro Projects, 

CEC LAHDC Rigzin Spalbar 

wrote a letter to the Chief 

Minister Omar Abdullah today 

requesting to examine the matter 

on priority for sanctioning. 

CEC told Omar that the 

Superintending Engineer, 

Electric M&RE has already sub- 

mitted a proposal to this effect to 

the Chief Engineer, EM&RE 

Wing, Srinagar for creation of 

two full fledged transmission 

divisions with two sub divisions 

and two additional maintenance 

sub-divisions each for Leh and 

Kargil districts in view of the 

enormous work expansion in the 

energy sector as a consequence 

of commissioning of the two 

mega Hydro Projects in the twin 

districts. 

Along with the sanctioning 

of the sub-divisions, Spalbar 

also made a request to sanction 

staff as proposed by the PDD to 

take over the sub-station and 

transmission lines of Nimo- 

Basgo. 

Winners of overall trophy & Tech Day posing with organisers on concluding day of 

‘Anushthan’ at Kathua Campus on Saturday. 

judged by the various corporate 

experts from the State. The overall 

trophy for the Business day 

was bagged by SMVDU, Katra 

while the Tech day was lifted by 

Mahant Bachhitar Singh 

College, Jammu. 

Manmohan Vaid inaugurating Yatri Niyas at Ved Mandir Jammu on Saturday. 


Manmohan Vaid inaugurates Trikuta Yatri Niyas 

Cease-fire violation, dialogue can’t go together: RSS 


JAMMU, Feb 2: RSS Akhil 

Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh 

Manmohan Vaid today said that 

Government of India should 

firmly tell Pakistan that dialogue 

and violation of cease fire can’t 

go together and it will have serious 

consequences. 

Mr Vaid, who was talking to 

reporters at the sidelines of inauguration 

of the newly constructed 

Trikuta Yatri Niyas Complex in 

the premises of Ved Mandir here 

today, said that dialogue and 

cross border terrorism can’t go 

together and India should tell this 

in unequivocal terms to Pakistan. 

Pakistan should be told that it 

should not consider the good gesture 

of India in promoting good 

neighborly relations with her as a 

weakness of our country, he said, 

adding in past Pakistan has 

always betrayed India and back 

stabbed it so the GoI should firmly 

tell the neighboring country to 

desist from such game plan as it 

will have serious consequences 

for promotion of peace in Sub- 

Continent. 

Expressing grave concern 

over the role of some political 

parties in the country who are 

misleading the people on the 

name of religion, Mr Vaid said 

Dharam is above all and pure but 

some political parties under the 

garb of secularism try to defame 

dharma which is not good. 

He said RSS is wedded to 

national cause and it will teach 

people about its policies and programmes. 

The organization is 

working for the unity among 

Hindus and strengthen the nation, 

he added. 

The function was attended by 

a large number of citizens and 

members of various organizations. 

Prominent among them 

included Rameshwar Dass, Brig 

(retd) Suchet Singh and Sat Pal 

Gupta. 

While congratulating the 

trustees of the Sansthan, Mr Vaid 

said that they have indeed taken a 

very noble project in their hands. 

He said as per the teachings of 

Hindu Dharma a person has to 

keep himself starve and serve the 

food to a guest who enters his 

house though he has nothing to 

cook for himself and his family 

later. 

He said that a building like 

dharamshala with basic facilities 

surely serves to the pilgrims 

coming from different parts of 

the country. The hospitality provided 

in dharamshala is also 

reflection of the social mindset of 

people of that area, he added. 

He said that although half 

built, this complex will prove to 

be a place of social, religious and 

cultural values. It may be recalled 

that only two stories of the dharmashala 

are yet complete and 

were opened for yatris while two 

stories are yet to be constructed. 

Manmohanji Vaid said that 

the people should also concentrate 

on the upliftment of the 

society and the concept of constructing 

Dharanshala is based on 

the social cause. A dharamshala 

can be beneficial for promoting 

the teachings of a religion and 

``while doing so we can give a 

new direction to the society’’. He 

appealed the people to come forward 

and become a part of the 

social cause being undertaken by 

any organization. 

Mata Vaishno Lok Kalyan 

Sanstha President Sat Pal Gupta, 

while giving details of this complex 

said that it has 13 rooms, 2 

halls, 1 canteen, 1 kitchen, 1 

block of bathrooms and toilets. 

He said that an amount of Rs. 80 

lakh has been spent so far on 

these two stories and it is estimated 

that the whole complex of four 

stories will cost Rs. two crore and 

will be completed within two 

years. 

Ved Mandir President Amar 

Chand Gupta, said construction 

of a dharamshala is indeed a 

noble cause and to donate for its 

construction each one of us 

should induce the habit of making 

donations in younger generation. 

The programme concluded 

with the singing of national 

anthem and distribution of 

Prashad. 

The proceedings of the programme 

were conducted by Mata 

Vaishno Lok Kalyan Sansthan 

secretary, Sat Sharma (CA). 

RSS Pracharak North Zone 

Rameshwar Dass and Prant Sang 

Chalak Brig. Suchet Singh also 

shared dais with Mr Vaid. 

Prant Pracharak Ramesh 

Pappa, Ramesh Sabarwal, 

Parshotam Sharma, Vinod Gupta, 

Satish Mittal, Sanjay Gupta, R.C. 

Gupta, Jugal Kishore Sharma, 

Dr. Nirmal Singh, Ashok 

Khajuria, Ashok Koul, Kavinder 

Gupta, Chander Mohan Gupta, 

Ramesh Arora, Subash Jandial, 

Pankajaji, Manta Singh, Priya 

Sethi, Anuradha Charak, 

Surinder Mohan Gupta and other 

prominent citizens grace the 

occasion. 

Boy given poison by friends, dies 


MENDHAR, Feb 2: A21-yearold 

youth died after he was given 

some poisonous stuff by mixing in 

some drink by his own friends at a 

local tea stall here today. 

Reports said one Basharat 

Hussain, son of Abdul Khaliq, 

resident of Bera village in tehsil 

Mendhar became serious after he 

was offered some poisonous pills 

cleverly by mixing with some 

drink by his three friends. The 

boy while moving on the road 

after some time, could not balance 

and fell down with the 

impact of drugs. He was rushed 

to hospital by locals. The police 

was informed and the boy in his 

statement told police that his 

three friends offered him some 

drink at a local tea stall. 

Thereafter, he started feeling 

giddy and fell down on the road. 

He also revealed the names of the 

boys who offered him this stuff. 

The local doctors provided 

him preliminary treatment and 

then referred to GMC hospital, 

Jammu. He died near 

Sunderbani late this evening. A 

case has been registered in this 

connection. The police has started 

search for the boys identified 

by the victim.


BJP Gandhi Nagar Mandal 

appoints office bearers 


JAMMU, Feb 2: BJP Gandhi 

Nagar Mandal president Tarsem 

Choudhary after consultation 

with State general secretary 

(Org.) Ashok Koul and Jammu 

District president Rajesh Gupta, 

has constituted his Mandal team 

with Sudershan Trilochan, Yash 

Pal Gupta, Sandeep Choudhary 

and Vivek Sharma as Vice-presidents,Vikas 

Sharma and 

Balwan Singh as general secretaries, 

Sham Lal as cashier, S. 

Jasbir Singh, Monika Khosla, 

Kulbir Singh Charak, Kirpal 

Singh Jasrotia and Abinandan 

Bhardwaj as secretaries, 

Balwinder Singh as publicity 

secretary and Abinash Chandan 

as press secretary. 

The Mandal Working 

Committee members include 

Amit Kumar Gupta, Sanjeev 

Terian, Ajay Gupta, Kamal 

Kishore, Anurudh Sharma, Atul 

Gupta, Razak Hamid, Rohit 

Khajuria, B.B. Sahni, Kewal 

Krishan, Savita Jain, Indu 

Gupta, Onkar Singh, Sher 

Singh, Bodh Raj, Vinod Kumar, 

Kuldeep Mishra, D.K. Verma, 

Jaswant Singh and Hem Lata. 

BJP flays MC Doda 


DODA, Feb 2: BJP Doda 

Mandal President Munshi Ram 

Parihar has condemned that a 

children grave yard (Shishu 

Smadhi ground) of minority in 

Doda town has been fenced by 

the Municipal Committee keeping 

many graves outside the 

fence just to cause harassment in 

the minds of minorities. They 

said graveyard with revenue 

people has been made to shrink 

as compared to grave yard of 

majority community. 

Parihar said that some 

bureaucrats and politicians are 

hell bent to malign the atmos- 

phere and thus depriving the 

public of their right. He said that 

no one has any right to change 

the old and popular names of the 

area. This type of arbitrary 

action is not acceptable in any 

corner of the civil society and no 

one is ready to keep mum on this 

particular point. 

Parihar said that it is known 

fact that some VDCs have been 

framed to counter the militancy 

in this state which proved successful 

in rural areas. These 

VDCs are achieving their target 

but the Government has never 

shown any honesty towards their 

welfare and betterment. 

Did riots not take place during 

Cong rule? Rajnath to Muslims 


With the BJP being constantly 

targeted over Gujarat riots, 

party president Rajnath Singh 

today alleged it was being 

defamed and maligned continuously 

under a "planned conspiracy". 

He said BJP did not believe in 

politics of divide and creating 

differences among people, and 

appealed the Muslim community 

to help removing the "widespread 

confusion". 

"BJP is defamed and 

maligned continuously under a 

planned conspiracy. You all have 

seen our government in the 

Centre when Atal Behari 

Vajpayee was the Prime Minister. 

Who can say that we did politics 

by creating differences between 

humans?," he told a group of 

Muslim leaders who met him at 

the party office here. 

"Our opposition parties allege 

that BJP is the party which creates 

enmity (nafrat) between 

Hindus and Muslims...I want to 

make an appeal to you people. If 

anyone can remove this widespread 

confusion, only you people 

can do this and this beginning 

should be made from Delhi," he 

said. 

Stressing that BJP's ideology 

did not believe in dividing people, 

he said, "Our ideology and 

our political thought wants to 

give only this message that we 

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don't want to create enmity 

between humans and we don't 

want to make our government by 

creating divide." 

"If we want to make a government, 

then we want to base it 

on the politics of humanity and 

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He also alleged that many 

more riots have taken place in the 

country during the Congress 

regimes. 

"Did riots not take place during 

Congress rule? I can say with 

confidence that during Congress 

rule, many more riots took 

place...We have our government 

in several of the states...If a riot 

takes place anywhere, then it 

should not be assumed that BJP 

instigated the riot," Singh said. 

"If we want to develop this, it 

will not be possible till people 

from all sections and society 

come together," the BJP 

President said. 

Rajnath also addressed a 

gathering of farmers at the party 

office, highlighting the issues 

regarding agriculture loan and 

reducing profit margin. 

"I am aware how farmers are 

being neglected. In last eight 

years, the central government 

has given Rs 22-24 lakh crore to 

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when it comes to giving a subsidy 

of Rs 50,000 crore or Rs one 

lakh crore to farmers, then this 

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this should happen?," he said. 

Rajnath said that the country 

will not be able to join the list of 

developed nations untill farmers 

are prosperous and empowered 

here. 

"The so-called intellectuals 

and progressive people claim 

that India is making rapid 

advances in becoming intellectual 

capital of the world. I welcome 

if India becomes intellectual 

capital of world. There cannot 

be any opposition to that. But 

attempts should be made so that 

India becomes the agricultural 

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MASWAR/ WAHARWAR 

3/02/2013 / 4/02/2013 

One year has passed since you left us suddenly 

in deep sorrow. We miss you everyday 

May God rest your noble soul in eternal peace 

Vaharvar of our beloved mother Smt. Shanta 

Raina/Saraf W/o Lt M L Raina/ Saraf will be performed 

at our residence 157/B, Lakker Mandi 

Janipur Jammu on Monday 4th Feb, 2013. 

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:- 

Daughters-in-Law & Sons 

Smt. & Sh Avtar Krishen Raina/ Saraf 

Smt. Shanta Raina/Saraf 

Smt. & Sh. Chand Ji Saraf/ Raina 

Smt. & Sh. Ramesh Ji Koul - Daughter & Son-in-Law 

Grand Childrens: Komal, Shivam, Surbhi, Sakshi, Sukriti. 

M: 94191-38901 

BARKHI 

One year have passed since you left us 

with tearful eyes and heavy heart but your 

memories are still fresh in our minds. 

Barkhi of our beloved Late Smt. Pushpa 

Devi W/o Late Sh. Biroo Ram Gupta R/o 

H.No. 20 New Mohinder Nagar, Canal 

Road, Jammu will be performed on 

3-2-2013 at our residence by 10:30 a.m. 


Sh. Behari Lal Gupta- Brother 

Sons & Daughters-in-Law 

Smt. Anju & Sh. Vijay Gupta 

Smt. Sudesh & Sh. Rakesh Gupta 

BARKHI 

One year has passed since you left us in deep 

sorrow, grief & tears, your presence in our life is 

missed with every passing moment. You are 

always in our heart & mind. We can never forget 

the moments spent with you. 

Barkhi of our beloved & dearest Sh Ramesh 

Chander Gupta S/o Late Sh Shanti Saroop 

Mahajan R/o I- B/D Gandhi Nagar Jammu will 

be performed at our residence on 4th of 

February 2013 at 12.00 Noon. 

Fondly Remembered & Missed by 

Smt Veena Gupta - Wife 


Smt Saloni & Sh Ripu Daman 

Smt Parul & Sh Sahil Mahajan 

Sisters-in-law & Brothers 

Smt Jyoti & Rajesh Kumar Gupta 

Smt Neeru & Jugal Kishore Gupta 

CHOUBARSI 

viuks dk nnZ ges’kk fny dks lrkrk gS ij ;g nnZ ogh 

tkurk gS ftldk dksbZ bl nqfu;k ls pyk tkrk gS A 

Four years have passed since you left us for your heavenly 

abode. We feel your presence everywhere and every 

moment. 

CHOUBARSI of our beloved Lt. Sh. Joginder Singh 

Pathania will be performed on 4th Feb. 2013 at our residence 

H. No. 146 Dena Nagar Colony Barnai Road, 

Jammu. 

DEEPLY MISSED AND REMEMBERED BY 

Smt. Suman Pathania-Wife 


Sh. Dalvir Singh Pathania & Anita Pathania 

Sh. Ajeet Singh Pathania & Suman Pathania 

Sh. Sanjeet Singh Pathania & Ranjana Pathania 


Bandana & Bupinder Singh Billaweria 

Vineet, Disha, Gugu, Munna, Sonu-Grand Childrens 

Mob: 9906907733 

CONDOLENCE 

God takes noble souls to his abode early but their sweet memories 

keep them alive in the hearts. We express our deep condolences 

on the sad and untimely demise of our beloved uncle 

Sh. Bushan Lal Bhat (Baijana) R/o 7/1 Sharda Vihar, Santara 

Morh. We miss you every moment and every time. May God 

grant your noble soul, the eternal peace. 

MISSING YOU DEEPLY 

Sundeep Pandita & Renu Kaul 

Sanjay Pandita & Sakula Bhat 

Satesh Bhat & Babita Bhat 

Vijay Bhat & Khushi Bhat 

Dinesh Bhat & Pooja Bhat 

Shreya, Deepti, Kartik, Tanish, Guddu, Ishan, Manav, Rehan, Ansh 

9419137162, 9419299551, 9419325897, 9419201664, 

9419239858 

CONDOLENCE 

All devotees of Kuldev Kaliveer Ji Maharaj and other 

committee members of Kaliveer Charitable Trust, condole 

the untimely sad demise of Smt Nirmala Raina 

W/o Sh Dwarka Nath Raina Ji (Sunjwan) R/o 

Doordarshan Lane, Talli Morh, Jammu. All devotional 

programms at Kaliveer Bhawan Sunjwan, shall 

remain suspended and temple shall also remain 

closed on 03-02-2013 (Sunday). 

Govind Raina 

For Kaliveer Charitable Trust, Sunjwan 

BARKHI 

One year has passed since you left us suddenly 

in deep sorrow, we miss you badly 

and feel your presence around us at every 

moments of life. May God rest your soul in 

eternal peace. 

Barkhi of our beloved Sh. Dwarka Nath 

Gupta (Advocate) will be performed on 3rd 

Feb. 2013 Sunday at 12:00 PM at our residence 

166-F Raghunath Pura, Jammu. 


Smt. Vero Devi- Wife 

Brij Mohan Gupta & Smt. Neelam Gupta 

Satish Gupta & Smt. Asha Gupta 

Subhash Gupta & Smt. Suman Gupta 

Rajinder Gupta & Smt. Veena Gupta 

Ashok Gupta & Smt. Jyoti Gupta 

Late Smt. Pushpa 

Devi 

Smt. Sunita Devi W/o Lt. Sh. Ramesh Gupta- Daughter-in-law 

Sh. Suresh Gupta (Neetu) Advocate- Son 

Smt. Vijay Lakshmi W/o Late Sh. Saroop Gupta- Daughter 

M/s Ess Kay Emporium, Below Gumat, Jammu 

M/s Balaji Mobitec, Below Gumat, Jammu 

M/s New Mahajan Travels, J.P. Chowk, Jammu 

Mob.: 9419127311, 9419153750, 9796012556 

REMEMBRANCE 

9th Death Anniversary 

The Fragrance of your love is 

still in our hearts, reminding 

of your presence around us. 

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY: 

Smt. Raj Rani Gupta-Wife 

Late Sh. Puran Chand 

& All Family Members 

Gupta (Bishnah Wale) 

Ramesh Chander 

Gupta 

LT. SH. JOGINDER SINGH 

PATHANIA 

SH. BUSHAN LAL BHAT 

(BAIJANA) 

Smt Nirmala Raina 

Sh. Dwarka Nath 

Gupta 

CHOUBARSI 

Four years have passed since you leave us alone in this world but 

not a moment had elaped when you are not remembered. Your 

presence is felt around each and every moment of life. 

Choubarsi of our beloved Late Sh. Banarsi Dass Hans will be 

performed on Sunday, 3rd of February, 2013 at Guru Ravi Dass Ji 

Temple, Krishna Nagar, Jammu. 

Satsang : 12:00 Noon 

Langer: 01:30 PM 

DEEPLY MISSED & REMEMBERED BY 

Smt. Kaushalya Devi- Wife 

Daughter-in-Law & Son 

Mrs. Ritu & Mr. Viney Hans 

Daughter & Son-in-Law 

Late Sh. Banarsi Dass Hans 

Mrs. Pooja & Mr. Deepak Kumar 

Mrs. Sonia & Mr. Ram Kumar 

Bhabhi: Smt. Nirmala Devi W/o Lt. Sh. Bansi Lal Hans 

Grand Son : Master Pratul Nos: 0191-2553618, 9858184356 

ADH-BARKHI 

on 4-02-2013 

Six month have passed since you left us 

with tearfull eyes and heavy heart but your 

memories are still fresh in our minds. 

Adh Barkhi of Late Sh. Ranjeet Singh 

Jamwal S/o Late Sh. (Major) Nishant Singh 

Jamwal R/o H. No. 118, Vikram Chowk 

Jammu will be performed on 4-02-2013 at 

home. 


Smt. Sheetal Jamwal-Wife 

Sh. Kamal Singh Jamwal-Brother 

Sh. Rajinder Singh Jamwal-Brother 

Son and Daughter-in-law 

Sh. Rakesh & Anu Jamwal 

Mr Lucky Jamwal-Son 

Deeply Missed by 

All Family Members 

Resi-0191-2458897 

(M): 09779522255, 9018315488 

REMEMBRANCE 

Gurmat Samagam at Dashmesh Darbar Chinderwara 

Dheradoon (Uttarakand) will be performed in the memory 

of Sant Gurcharan Singh Ji Basnare Wale on 10 of 

Feb (Sunday) 2013. 

Programme 

Aramb Shri Akhandpath Sahib 8th Feb.(Friday) 9 AM 

Bhog Shri Akhandpath Sahib 10th Feb. (Sunday) 9 AM 

Katha Kirtan, Gurmat Vichar and Ardass will be 

performed upto 2PM 

Guru Ka Langar will also be served 

From:- 

S. Malkit Singh President 

OBITUARY FROM MALUN SIDE 

With profound grief & sorrow we inform the 

sad demise of our beloved Sister Smt. Bita 

Pandita Pinky Fotadar W/o Sh. Raviji Fotadar 

and D/o Late Sh. Soom Nath Pandita originally 

R/o Khanda Batpora Distt Budgam. 

The Mourn from Malun side is being performed 

at House No :- 120 Baba Sidh Gourya Lane 

Paloura Jammu near Ayurvedic Dispensary. 

10th Day Kriya will be on 8th Feb 2013 at 

Akhnoor Ghat Jammu at 12.00 noon. 


Sh. Pintoo Jee Pandita 

Smt. Dolly & Sh. Pawan Jee Zalpuri Smt. Bita Pandita 

Smt. Meenawati Pandita (Aunty) 

Pinky Fotadar 

Smt. & Sh. Jawahar Lal Pandita 

Smt. & Sh. Moti Lal Pandita 

Smt. & Sh. Mahraj Krishan Pandita 

Smt. & Sh. Bansi Lal Pandita 

Smt. & Sh. Shiban Jee Pandita 

Smt. & Sh. Ramesh Kumar Pandita 

Samast Pandita Parivar 

Mob : 9796064946, 9419195002, 9086083963 

REMEMBRANCE 

Five years have passed since you left us in 

sorrow and tears. No single moment has 

passed without remembering you. You are 

always missed and gap you left is still same 

in our life. No matter how far you have gone 

but your memories are still alive with us. 

Krishan Lal Abrol 

H.No 80, Ward No 2, Adarsh Colony, Udhampur 

Abrol & Gandotra Family 

9419158677, 9469566677 

CONDOLENCE 

We express our deep condolence on the 

sad demise of our beloved Sh. Bharat 

Bhushan Gupta (Khanna) R/o Adarsh 

Colony, Udhampur. 

We pray for the peace of the departed soul 

and strength to all the members of family. 

From : 

Karyana Retailers Association 

Udhampur (J&K) 

Choubarsi 

SAHIB BANDGI 

With profound grief and sorrow I, Smt Kamla Devi want 

to inform you that the Choubarsi of my Late husband 

Sh Baisakhi Ram Thapa (Retd Deputy Director, Social 

Welfare Deptt) will be performed at my residence village 

Khiddian (Smailpur) on Sunday, Feb 03, 2013. 

Satsang 12 to 1 p.m. 

Preeti Bhoj 1 to 5 p.m. 


Deshmukh Thapa - Son 

Narinder Thapa - Son 

Suman Bala - Daughter-in-law 

All family members, relatives and friends 

Contact No. 9419199297, 9797299297, 

9419301755, 9906980440 

Late Sh. Ranjeet Singh 

Jamwal 

Sant Gurcharan Singh Ji 

Basnare Wale 

(Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Chinderwara Dheradoon (Uttarakhand) 

Secretary 

S. Satpal Kakkar (Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Chinderwara Dheradoon) (Uttarakhand) 

ALL SIKH SANGAT 

In Everlasting Memory of our Beloved 

& revered Father on his Vaharvar 

3rd Feb 2013 

One year has passed since you left for your heavenly 

abode, with every passing day your memory 

grows strong. 

A great Father, Teacher, Friend, Counselor and 

source of inspiration. 

Kaka Ji memories of your graceful smiling face, 

charm, simple living high thinking and deep sense 

of humor will always remain in our hearts. We all 

pay affectionate homage to your divine soul on this 

day of Vaharvar to be performed at our residence 

750 Subash Nagar, Jammu on 3rd Feb 2013. 

Sh. N.N. Jalali 

DEEPLY MISSED AND MOURNED BY:- 

M. K. Jalali and Saroj - Son & Daughter-in-Law 

Shiban Jalali & Nancy - Son & Daughter-in-Law 

Usha & Padam Zutshi - Daughter & Son -in-law 

Sarla & Upinder Raina - Daughter & Son-in-Law 

Dheeraj & Alka - Grandson & Daughter-in-law 

Sunaine & Deepak Kotru - Grand Daughter & Son-in-Law 

Grand Children’s : Sakshi Jalali, Rishad Zutshi, Nikhil Raina 

Great Grand Childrens: Devanshu, Saisha, Diya, Peehu 

Tel: 0191-2541234, Cell: 9419183405, 9419264163, and 09810094922 

Condolence of mother of 

Jenab M.A. Bukhari Sahab 

We the officers and staff of Sheep Husbandry Department Budgam deeply condole 

the sad demise of our beloved mother on 31-01-2013, of rare qualities of 

head and heart who by hard work coupled with sincerity of purpose maintained 

all through her life with smile and warmth of heart which are engraved in our 

hearts as guiding forces. May Almighty Allah rest her in Janat-ul-Firdos. We pray 

to God to provide strength to Jenab M.A. Bukhari Sahab, Secretary 

Animal/Sheep Husbandry and his family to bear this irreparable loss. 

(Dr. M.T. Krishan) 

District Sheep Husbandry Officer 

Budgam and fellow Staff members 

Late Shri Isher Dass 

Abrol (Banihal Wale) 

Sh. Bharat Bhushan 

Gupta (Khanna) 

CONDOLENCE 

We deeply condole the sad demise of Hazi Ghulam 

Mohd. Dansalia, a vetran Dogri Singer, resident of 

Village Dansal, Jammu. He was a man of his own identity 

and served the Dogri & Duggar by singing sweat folk 

and religious songs and keeps the flag high till last. He 

was a man of progressive thinking & proud of Dogras. 

We pray to God to bestow eternal peace to the departed 

soul and courage to the bereaved family, whole 

Duggar Pradesh. 

Uday Chand, President, Hazi Ghulam Mohd. 

DUGGAR PRADESH PARTY 

Dansalia 

Sh. Baisakhi Ram 

Thapa 

BARKHI 

“Memories never fade........ you will 

always remain alive in our hearts.” 

Barkhi of our beloved Late Kailash Devi 

will be performed on Monday 4th February, 

Monday 2013 at 12.00 Noon at our residence 

145 Shastri Nagar, Opposite 

Nirankari Bhawan, Jammu. 

DEEPLY MISSED AND REMEMBERED BY:- 

Sons & Daughters-in-Law 

Sh. Vijay Khajuria & Smt. Jeyesta Devi 

Sh. Sham Lal Khajuria 

Dr. Vinod Khajuria & Smt. Anjali Sharma 

Daughters & Sons-in-Law 

Smt. Shakuntla & Sh. Som Raj Sharma 

Smt. Shashi & Sh Omkar Sharma 

Dr. Kasturi Lal Khajuria - Devar 

Late Kailash Devi 

Sh. Bishambar Khajuria & Smt Puro Devi - Devar & Devarane 

Sh. Madan Khajuria & Smt. Darshna Devi - Devar & Devarane 

Smt. Kamla Devi - Devarane 

Sh. Jai Dev Khajuria & Smt. Bimla Devi - Devar & Devarane 

Grand Children:- Meera & Major Amit Dogra, Arjun, Neha, Ashutosh & Aakriti. 

Deeply Remembered by:- 

Samast Khajuria Parivar (R.S Pura) 

Mob No: 9419110485, 9419193597 

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE 

Time never stops and life goes on but without 

you we are incomplete. Your sweet 

memories fill our eyes with tears. We all 

pray to almighty God to give eternal peace 

to your noble soul. 

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:- 

Ved Parkash Sharma 

Surekha Sharma 

Anmol Sharma 

REMEMBRANCE 

YUN TO SADHEV DUNIYA MAIN 

REHNE AATA NAHI KOI JAISE 

AAP CHALE GAYE HO WAISE 

JAATA NAHI KOI 

DEEPLY MISSED BY: 

RAJAN ANAND 

SHADMOS 

We pray to almighty to bestow eternal 

peace to your noble soul. 

Maswar & Shadmos of our dearest father Lt. 

Sh. Omkar Nath Koul S/o Lt. Sh. Shiv Jee 

Koul (Gosh Bugh Pattan Kmr) will be performed 

at our residence Chandigarh on 3rd & 

4th of February 2013. 

DEEPLY MISSED & REMEMBERED BY 

Smt. Nancy Koul-Wife 

Daughter-in-laws & Sons 

LT. SH. OMKAR NATH 

Smt. Dimple & Sh. Kuldeep Koul 

KOUL 

Smt. Beenu & Sh. Rakesh Koul 

Smt. Dimpy & Sh. Ravinder Bhat-Daughter & Son-in-law 

Grand Children: Mehul, Doyel, Pheu, Saiansh 

REMEMBRANCE 

Noble Souls Never Die But leave the earthy Abode to Re-unite 

with eternal peace. 

An Ambodiment of love, tolerence and simplicity was our beloved 

Mamaji Karamyogi. 

Shivcharan/Chuni Lal Dhar S/o Late Parmanand Dhar R/o 

Nunar Ganderbal Srinagar seven days passed. Since you left us 

on 26th Jan 2013 with shattered hearts. 

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY: 

Mrs Vijay & Mr Ashok Ji Turki 

Mrs Poli Jalali 

Mrs Ruby & Mr V.K Jalali 

Mrs Rita & Mr J.K Bhat 

Kids: Priya, Vishal, Eshan, Akshay, Roma, 

Sakshi, Akarti, Gun Gun & Tushar 

9419118771 

Karamyogi Chuni Lal Dhar 

Ist Death Anniversary 

Remembrance 

Despite elapase on year we continue to 

miss you badly with silent tears and feel 

your presence around us at every moment 

of our life. Your memories are still fresh like 

fragrance of rose petals. 

May your noble soul rest in peace and continue 

to guide us from heaven Sardarni 

Surinder Kour Chowdhary W/o Sardar 

Charan Jeet Singh Chowdhary will be per- 

Sardarni Surinder Kour 

form at our residence H.No. 13 Near Dental 

Chowdhary 

Hospital B.C.Road Jammu. 

Aramb of Sri Akhand Path Sahib at 9.00 AM on 1.02.2013 

Bogh of Sri Akhand Path Sahib at 10:00 AM on 3.02.2013 Shabad 

Kirtan and Guru Ka Langar 

Sardar Charan Jeet Singh Chowdhary - Husband 

(C.S. Chowdhary) Mob: 9419132749 

Son -Tejinder Singh Chowdhary 

Choubarsi 

Choubarsi of our dear mother Smt. Romesh 

Kumari Bakhshi W/o Late Justice Bakhshi Ishwar 

Singh will be performed on Sunday, 3rd February, 

2013 at our residence H.No. 292, Sector 2, Channi 

Himmat Colony, Opp. United Public Higher 

Secondary School, Jammu. 

Shej - 12.30 pm, Lunch -1.00 pm. 

Deeply Remembered by: 

Sons & Daughter-in-Law 

Mr. Bharat Bhushan Bakhshi & Mrs. Aruna 

(Advocate) 

Dr. Satya Bhushan Bakhshi & Prof. Arti Bakhshi 

(SKUAST-J) (University of Jammu) 

Daughters & Son-in-Law 

Mrs. Brij Bala (Ex Director Finance) & Dr. Avninder Sharma (Medical Superintendent SMGS Hospital) 

Mrs Kiran Bakshi (Principal, GCW, Gandhinagar) & Mr. Raman Awasthi (Shrey Biotec) 

Grand Children : Parul, Sameer, Zubin, Ankur, Ankit, Varun, Vani 

MASVAR/VAHARVER 

Memories are treasures which nobody can steal. 

Separation is wound which nobody can heal. 

One tearful year has passed since you 

left us in every moment of life. 

The Masvar and Vaharvar of our beloved 

mother Karmyogi Late Sh Laxmi Shori 

Wali W/o Late Nand Lal Wali R/o H.No. 25 

Lane No.I Bharat Nagar Bantalab (erstwhile 

R/o Chinkera Mohalla Habba Kadal 

Srinagar) falls respectively on 3rd and 4th 

Feb 2013. First Anniversary. 

Karmyogi Late Sh Laxmi 

Shori Wali 

DEEPLY MISSED & REMEMBERED BY: 

Wali’s, Bhat’s, Raina’s, Dhar’s, Koul, Quangoo 

Grand Childrens: Monu, Sonu, Shiva, Sunny, Sheetu, Ankush 

CHOUBARSI 

Four year back you left us but your memories 

deepen our heart, we have no words to explain 

how much we miss you on every moment of life. 

May God rest your soul in eternal peace. 

Choubarsi of Late Sh Madan Mohan Lal 

Kapahi S/o Late Sh Ganga Ram Kapahi shall 

be performed on 4th of February 2013 

(Monday) at 12 PM at our residence H.No. 

516, Janipur Colony, Jammu. 

DEEPLY REMEMBERED AND MISSED BY: 

Smt Krishna Devi Kapahi --Wife 


Smt Poonam Kapahi and Vijay Kumar Kapahi 

C/o Vijay General Store (Gandhi Nagar Gole Market) 

Smt Rama Kapahi and Arun Kumar Kapahi 

Smt Nisha Kapahi and Romesh Kumar Kapahi 

Smt Lalita Kapahi and Anil Kumar Kapahi 

(Contractor) 


Smt Lalita Kocher and K.K Kocher (Delhi) 

Smt Sarla and Vishav Pal Bhatia 

Ajay Sharma 

BABLOO GUPTA 

Smt. Romesh 

Kumari Bakhshi 

Late Sh Madan Mohan 

Lal Kapahi 

And All Relatives 

and Friends 

Phone No. 2530019


Only people can bring 

change: Mehbooba 


SRINAGAR, Feb 2 : People's 

Democratic Party (PDP) president 

Mehbooba Mufti has said 

the people of the State alone can 

bring a change in the system of 

governance and their lives 

through the process of public 

accountability. 

Addressing a meeting of 

party workers in Pahalgam today 

she said change would start with 

the first vote cast in right direction 

that could make all political 

parties accountable to people for 

whatever good or bad they do. 

"PDP is an important instrument 

in this process as it has provided 

the people with a credible alternative 

first time in our history," 

she added. 

Mehbooba said the governance 

has been made hostage to 

vested interests of a single party 

in the State that corrupted both 

the system as well as those who 

ran it without challenge. She said 

democracy is meaningless without 

a competition and for the last 

sixty five years National 

Conference stifled all opposition 

to ensure a monopoly for itself. 

This resulted in a situation in 

which the people became mere 

pawns in power game that NC 

manipulated to its benefit 

through u turns, sell outs, bartering 

away of water and power and 

humiliating compromises at all 

crucial stages of history. 

She said the objective of 

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is only 

to change this environment of 

exploitation. She said the party 

showed during its brief tenure in 

power how relief could actually 

come to people and their lives 

could change. " It is the performance 

of State Governments that 

changes lives of people be it J&K 

under the PDP- congress coali- 

tion or the Bihar considered most 

backward that under its present 

Government has changed the 

face of the State". 

Mehbooba said people must 

believe in their power to change 

their destiny through democratic 

means which is the first requirement 

in bringing in the change. 

Unfortunately, we have been led 

the wrong way for too long 

which resulted in immense loss 

and turmoil in the past, due to 

wrong policies of NC. She said 

even now the ruling party is 

resorting to hollow slogans for 

seeking political relevance and 

the AFSPA is a stark example of 

this misleading approach. "The 

Chief Minister has the power to 

do what he wants others to do for 

him but he avoids it only to create 

a permanent issue for NC like 

plebiscite, autonomy and return 

to 1953 position so as to use them 

as election time weapons" she 

said and added if the Government 

was sincere in its claims it would 

release all detenues, withdraw 

false cases of stone pelting 

against five thousand youth and 

set free teenagers imprisoned 

under PSA. 

Referring to the dismal performance 

of Coalition 

Government Mehbooba said corruption 

has become the symbol 

of its Ministers and top leaders. 

This Government, she said has 

dismantled all institutions of vigilance 

and only promoted 

favourites for partisan purposes. 

She said hundreds of retired 

bureaucrats have been re 

employed while the number of 

unemployed youth was increasing. 

Hamid Qarra, MLA Rafi 

Ahmad Mir and MLA Mansoor 

Hussain also spoke on this occasion. 

Mega Winter Carnival at 

MA Stadium on Feb 10 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Jammu is 

bracing up for mega Winter 

Carnival at Maulana Azad 

Stadium on February 10. 

The Carnival is being 

organized by Karamsheel 

Charitable Trust for raising 

fund for educational needs of 

students of economically weaker 

section of society, families 

of martyrs of police, Army and 

counter insurgency forces. 

Main attractions of the 

event include musical show by 

renowned Bollywood singer 

Master Salim, comedy show by 

Sudesh Lehri, DJ and anchoring 

by Joe Baath of Master 

Chef fame. 

Local participants of Sa re 

ga ma pa of Zee TV, Dance 

India Dance, Indian Idol, 

Chotte Ustaad and Finalists of 

Chuna Hai Aasman will also 

display their talent during the 

mega event. 

Besides, raffle draw, salsa 

and Russian dancers, games 

corner for kids, mouth water 

food and soft drinks will be 

other attractions during the 

Carnival from 11 a.m to 5 p.m 

on Sunday. 

The organizers are offering 

a full entertainment pack for 

the families, students, kids, 

corporate, police and Army 

personnel’s families. 

As elaborate arrangements 

are being done for grand success 

of the Carnival, a number 

of hoardings are on display at 

different places in Jammu 

highlighting main attractions 

of the event. 

For sponsorship and corporate 

booking, the interested 

parties may contact on phone 

number 0191-2107341/42 

SSA teachers protest, 

demand release of wages 


SRINAGAR, Feb 2: 

Expressing concern over the 

non-disbursal of salaries for the 

last five months, Sarva Shiksha 

Abhiyan (SSA) teachers today 

appealed the State Government 

to release their salaries immediately. 

Sharing their views with 

Excelsior, a group of protesting 

teachers said that their 

salaries are pending for the 

last five months and they are 

facing worst financial crisis. 

They alleged that the concerned 

higher officials have 

not submitted the details of 

SSA teachers to the 

Government. 

"The SSA teachers have 

continuously presented their 

Youth electrocuted 


SRINAGAR, Feb 2: A youth 

was electrocuted in the Budgam 

district. 

A police spokesman said 

that one Mohammad Umar 

Sheikh, aged 17 years, son of 

Ghulam Ahmad resident of 

Kanir-Chadoora, Budgam got 

electrocuted when he touched a 

cable which was connected to 

H.T. Line, resulting in his on 

spot death.The body was handed 

over to his relatives for last 

rites after completing all legal 

formalities. 

work before the higher officials 

from time to time but 

they are being asked to present 

their work again and again. 

This depicts height of negligence 

and incompetence of the 

concerned authorities and 

Government should take a 

serious note of these glaring 

discrepancies," said Showkat 

Ahmad Bhat, Chairman 

Jammu and Kashmir Teachers 

Forum. 

Bhat said that the teachers 

don't want to make the students 

suffer by going on strike 

but the Government and the 

higher authorities are compelling 

them to protest. He 

demanded action against the 

officers who have failed to 

release the salaries of the SSA 

teachers. 

Lone pays surprise 

visits to various colleges 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Minister for 

Higher Education, Mohammad 

Akbar Lone today paid a surprise 

visit to various colleges of 

Jammu. These included 

Government Gandhi Memorial 

Science (GGMS) College, Canal 

Road, Government College for 

Women, Gandhi Nagar and 

Government Moulana Azad 

Memorial (MAM) College 

Jammu. He took stock of the 

functioning of these institutions 

and facilities available to the 

students. 

The Minister also went 

around classrooms of these colleges 

interacted with students 

and the teaching staff. He called 

for ensuring punctuality and full 

attendance of students in classrooms. 

At Gandhi Nagar College, 

the Minister inspected various 

blocks including arts block, 

administrative block, lecture 

rooms, moot court, career council 

cell, library and laboratories. 

He also inspected first aid center 

of the college. 

The College management 

briefed the Minister about the 

overall functioning and issues 

confronting them. The Minister 

directed the Principal of the college 

to submit the status report 

of land of the college earlier 

acquired by the Government for 

construction of new flyover 

bridge. 

During visit to Library, the 

Minister was informed that 

55000 books are available in the 

library. Mr. Lone directed for 

proper utilisation of library 

funds as per requirements. 

At GMAM College, the 

Minister inspected various sections 

included administrative 

block and Internal Quality 

Assurance Cell (IQAC). The 

concerned official briefed the 

Minister about the activities 

conducted by IQAC. 

While inspecting under execution 

auditorium hall, Mr. Lone 

directed the concerned to complete 

it within stipulated time 

frame. He was informed that the 

construction for chain link fencing 

at a cost of Rs. 3.62 lakh will 

be started soon. 

Interacting with the students 

of these colleges, the Minister 

impressed upon them to strive 

hard to achieve their desired 

goal and bring laurels for the 

State. He said Government was 

committed in making education 

within reach of all segments of 

society including youth in farflung 

areas. 

The Minister also inspected 

hostel at GGM Science College 

and took stock of the meals and 

other facilities being provided to 

the students. The students 

apprised the Minister about various 

issues for his intervention. 

Mr. Lone directed the 

Director Colleges who accompanied 

the Minister during his 

visit to submit a detailed report 

about the construction of new 

infrastructure in these colleges. 

He also asked the concerned 

principals to go ahead with 

minor works. 

GS Mall to open world class 

retail outlet in Jammu 


JAMMU, Feb 2: The city of 

temples is all set to emerge as 

the world class retail destination 

generating over 2000 direct and 

indirect employment opportunities 

besides over Rs 100 crore 

worth taxes through over 100 

retail outlets planned by G S 

Mall Pvt. Ltd which has invested 

around Rs 120 crore to build 

a world class mall in the city. 

GS Mall Pvt Ltd, one of the 

leading retail developers of the 

country through this massive 

investment intends to develop a 

world class retail destination in 

Jammu which would help 

Jammu to soon break away from 

its image of a small town and a 

pilgrimage destination to a global 

city of exceptional infrastructure 

and development. 

Most of the construction of 

the mall is on the final leg of the 

completion and this mutual and 

long term relation is likely to 

benefit the local people, corpo- 

Dr Samir Koul seeks audit of PM 

relief package for KP migrants 


JAMMU, Feb 2: People's 

Democratic Party (PDP) chief 

spokesperson and renowned 

Oncologist Dr Samir Koul has 

demanded audit of Prime 

Minister's Relief Package for 

Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and 

rate sector and the Government, 

says a handout issued by the 

company. 

Some of the key features listed 

by the company include; new 

direct employment opportunities 

for over 1000 locals with excellent 

working conditions & remuneration 

packages at par with the 

metros, new indirect employment 

for over 1000 locals with 

local businesses, more than 100 

retail showrooms, family entertainment 

at cinemas with 3 

screens & 1043 seats multiplex, 

business epicenter of sales of 

lifestyle products under one 

roof. 

Other features include 

lifestyle enhancement of the 

People, exposing them to the 

modern world, family entertainment 

centers for a healthy society, 

bringing the city on the map 

of India in terms of modernity 

and development and excellent 

platform for building strong and 

modern relationship with the 

people. 

access to safe drinking water, 

schools, hospitals etc while the 

State Government has adopted an 

insensitive attitude towards the 

same for the reasons best known 

to the persons at the helm of 

affairs," he said and alleged misuse 

of funds. 

Terming the current 

security situation 

in Jammu and 

Kashmir as eerie 

silence, the PDP chief 

spokesperson alleged 

that J&K has virtually 

been converted into a 

police State like 

Pakistan under Army 

rule. 

"I am not worried 

about the situation on 

border with Pakistan 

but about suppression 

of people who are not 

being allowed to raise 

their voice for basic 

needs such as water, 

electricity, roads etc," 

PDP Chief spokesperson Dr Samir 

Koul addressing a press conference at 

Jammu on Saturday. -Excelsior/Rakesh he said and accused the 

Kashmir alleging misuse of the 

same. 

He also demanded further 

enhancement of cash relief for the 

KP migrants and a permanent 

solution of Unique Identification 

number Card to the community 

members residing outside Jammu 

and Kashmir so that they may not 

lose voting right here. 

"There is visible non-judicious 

and half hearted approach of the 

State Government towards implementation 

of the PM relief package 

whether it is for temporary 

settlement of the migrants or 

employment to them," he said 

while talking to media persons, 

Government of creating 

a misconception that every 

Kashmiri Muslim was pro- 

Pakistan. "Suppressive attitude of 

the State Government towards 

commoners may trigger Egypt 

like situation in J&K," he feared. 

Toeing the party line for handing 

over Amarnath Yatra arrangements 

to Kashmir Pandits, Dr 

Samir Koul parried reply on duration 

of the pilgrimage and development 

of track to the holy cave 

shrine. "Since we (Kashmiri 

Pandits) have been kept out of the 

management affairs, how can I 

comment on these," he told the 

media persons. 

here today. 

The PDP leader also preferred 

While elaborating, Dr Samir to play safe on the forceful ban on 

alleged that the KP migrants have a rock group in Kashmir valley by 

been deprived of basic amenities some fundamentalists and said 

in the newly developed temporary 

settlement colonies while only 

1485 youth have been provided 

jobs against the target of 6000 

under the package. " People in the 

settlement colonies have no 

that code of conduct and code of 

dress need to be maintained. 

"Elders should stand needs of 

youngsters while the latter should 

also recognize that change does 

not come suddenly," he said. 

DGP reviews functioning of PP 

Schools, Parivar Fuel Stations 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Director 

General of Police (DGP), Ashok 

Prasad today had a detailed 

review of the functioning of 

Police Public Schools and Police 

Parivar Fuel Pumps. He stressed 

for making the schools exemplary 

institutions and the fuel 

pumps source generating outlets. 

A high level meeting of 

Police Parivar was held at Police 

Headquarters (PHQ) here today. 

The meeting was chaired by 

DGP, who is also patron of 

Police Parivar and was attended 

by Chairperson, JK Police 

Wives Welfare Association 

(PAWWA), Kiran Prasad and 

senior police officers, besides 

lady members of PAWWA. 

The meeting was briefed 

about the initiatives taken in 

recent years with regard to upgradation 

of Police Public 

Schools, Police Fuel Pumps 

and functioning of newly established 

schools at range level. 

An over all view of the 

achievements registered on this 

account was taken with directions 

to continue and further 

improve the progress with missionary 

zeal at all the levels. 

The meeting had threadbare 

discussion on improving the 

functioning and quality of education 

of Police Public 

Schools. It was told that effective 

steps have been taken to 

equip the institutions with 

modern facilities to achieve 

desired results. It was also 

decided that facilities in newly 

established schools at range 

level would be upgraded to run 

these schools efficiently. 

Referring to the suggestions 

posed by lady members and 

other senior officers with 

regard to improvements of 

police public school and Fuel 

pumps, the DGP said that need 

based vehicles for transportation 

of students would be procured 

for newly established 

schools. He also stressed to 

frame guidelines for running 

hostel messes making them 

more eco-friendly and hygienic. 

The meeting decided to constitute 

committees to look into 

other suggestions for bringing 

more improvements in the 

working of these institutions. 

While discussing the matters 

related to the fuel pumps, 

the DGP said that these stations 

needs to be made source generating 

which could help in providing 

assistance to the families 

of martyrs. 

Sublime Santoor by Abhay Sopori 

on day two of SaMaPa Aalap 


JAMMU, Feb 2: On day two 

of SaMaPa Aalap 

Festival, a Bhaitak 

concert was held at 

N a m d h a r i 

Dharamshala wherein 

Santoor maestro 

Abhay Rustam 

Sopori performed. 

He was accompanied 

on Tabla by Pt. 

Mithilesh Jha from 

Delhi. The concert 

was attended by eminent 

musicologist 

and senior music critics 

of the country like 

Pandit Vijay Shankar 

Mishra and Pandit 

Ravindra Misra, 

Musicians Ragini 

Rainu, Charan Singh, 

Ojesh Pratap Singh, 

Damodar Lal Ghose, 

Sachin Sharma, Abid 

marked high technical virtuosity 

demonstrating various stylistic 

nuances like Meend, Glides, 

Hussain and many Abhay Rustam Sopori playing santoor 

other music connois- on day two of SaMaPa Aalap on Saturday. 

seurs. 

Abhay selected Raga Nat 

Bhairav presenting detailed 

Aalap and Jod followed by various 

complex compositions in 

different Beat cycles like 10½ 

beats (Sade Dus), 9¼ beats 

(Sava Nao) and Rudra Taal of 11 

beats. He also sang few compositions 

in Ektaal (12 beats) and 

Teentaal (16 beats) before completing 

with superfast Jhalla patterns. 

He concluded the recital 

with his age old Sufiana 

Gharana and Sopori lineage Sufi 

Tarana in Pushto Taal. The audience 

was simply moved by his 

concert. Abhay’s presentation 

Gamak, Taan, Laya and Chandh 

patterns, etc. created by Pt. 

Bhajan Sopori. He was accompanied 

on Tabla by Sarit Das 

who displayed keen sense of 

rhythm and clarity of bols. Pt. 

Mithilesh Jha, a well known 

Tabla player of the country, provided 

beautiful accompaniment. 

SaMaPa Aalap Festival 2013 

on Sunday, the 3rd of February 

will feature vocal recital by 

Ojesh Pratap Singh at Ved 

Mandir Balika Niketan, 

Amphalla at 10:00 am and Flute 

recital by Ajay Prasanna at SOS 

Home, Channi at 5:00 pm. 

Hospital Bachao Front to 

intensify ongoing struggle 


BHADERWAH, Feb 2: 

Bhaderwah Hospital Bachao 

Front has announced to further 

intensify the ongoing struggle for 

restoration of Sub-District 

Hospital at the old complex. 

Decision in this regard was 

taken during a meeting of the 

Front on 142nd day of the ongoing 

dharna. The meeting was convened 

under the chairmanship of 

Ranbir Manhas and attended by 

the core committee members and 

a large number of socio- politicoreligious 

personalities. 

After threadbare discussion, it 

was unanimously decided to 

intensify the struggle by reaching 

out to people of villages across 

the Bhadarwah Medical Block. 

The meeting also decided to give 

a call for a complete bandh and 

chakka jam in the coming days. 

The Front also decided to sup- 

port the agitation at Doda where 

people are demanding adequate 

number of Doctors in the District 

Hospital claiming that the District 

Hospital at Doda is as important 

for people of Doda as it is for people 

of Bhadarwah. The Front also 

decided to depute some of its 

activists to Doda to participate in 

the proposed agitation to express 

solidarity with the agitating people 

in Doda. 

Those who attended the meeting 

include: Bhagat Singh 

Manhas, Ab. Haq Zargar, Shabir 

Khan, Master Krishan Lal, Raj 

Singh Kotwal, Satish Kumar 

Kotwal, Raj Singh Charak, Nazir 

Khan, Qayoom Kagazgar, Iqbal 

Malik, Suresh Pandit, Bashir 

Najar, Munish Kotwal, Ejaz 

Sheikh, Neeraj Manhas, Rishi 

Kotwal, Mohamad Yasin 

(Sarpanch), Des Raj Kotwal, 

Aslam Butt and others. 

Dowry victim battling for life 



Tasleema Akhtar, 28, resident of 

Ichgam village of central 

Kashmir's district Budgam was 

allegedly burnt by her husband 

Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Rather, 

his sister and mother, last week, 

for demand of dowry. 

Mother of two (aged 4 years 

and 18 months) is battling for 

her life at SMHS hospital 

Srinagar from last one week. 

The family and neighbors of the 

victim said that despite committing 

heinous crime Ghulam 

Mohammad was still roaming 

free and police have not arrested 

him so far. 

Fatima Jan, sister of the victim 

said that Tasleema Jan was 

married with Mohi-ud-Din son 

of Ali Mohammad of Ichgam, 

Budgam eight years back. 

She said that despite paying 

dowry her in -laws were still 

harassing her on one pretext or 

the other and were demanding 

extra dowry from her parents. 

"We couldn't fulfill their 

demands as our brother was 

severely ill and was shifted to 

Delhi for further treatment 

which drained our money," 

Fatima said. 

Sadhotra sets Mar 15 deadline 

for STP completion 



Planning, Development, Labour 

and Employment, Ajay Kumar 

Sadhotra today set a deadline of 

15th March this year for completion 

of Sewerage Treatment 

Plant (STP) which is part of the 

mega sewerage project currently 

under execution in Jammu city 

at an overall cost of Rs 108.31 

crore. 

During his extensive inspection 

of the project at various segments 

this afternoon at 

Bhagwati Nagar here, the 

Minister asked the executing 

agency to undertake extensive 

testing of the sewerage network 

and initiate house connections 

by March 31. The STP is being 

constructed at a cost of Rs 28.61 

crore with Asian Development 

Bank (ADB) assistance. 

The Minister was accompanied 

by the Chief Executive 

Officer of the Economic 

Reconstruction Agency Saurab 

Bhagat and other senior officers 

and engineers. 

The CEO apprised the 

Minister about the salient features 

of the mega project, having 

146 kilometer sewer network of 

which 106 kilometers have 

already been laid. He was told 

that house connection survey 

work is presently under progress 

and house connections will be 

provided to all households in 

phased manner within the project 

area free of cost. 

The Minister emphasized the 

need for expediting work on the 

entire project. The purpose of 

such schemes, he said, is to 

improve the hygiene in the city 

and to facilitate people in a big 

way. He said that public utility 

schemes assume greater significance 

particularly in a city like 

Jammu that is being thronged by 

over ten million Vaishno Devi 

pilgrims besides Kashmir bound 

tourists and Amarnath Yatris. 

The Minister laid stress on 

the quality of work and directed 

that quality standards of the 

project be maintained and monitored 

by the senior functionaries 

of the Agency. 

Director Tanche III Naresh 

K. Langeh, Director Safeguard 

Vinod Sharma, Project Manager 

J. G. Mengi, Dy. Project 

Managers, Dr Sanjeev Chadha, 

S K Sethi, Anil Pandoi and other 

officers of ERA also accompanied 

the Minister. 

'Malli Gujjari': First 

ever Gojri film screened 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Considered 

as a historic cultural event for 

nomadic tribe of Gujjars, the 

public screening of first ever 

Gojri film "Malli Gujjari" was 

held at the Gujjar Centre for 

Culture and Heritage, here today. 

Written by Dr Javaid Rahi and 

directed by Qayoom Raja, the 

film based on issues related to 

women empowerment in tribal 

and nomadic culture, was appreciated 

by audience which comprised 

mainly of Gujjar youth 

and community leaders. 

Other than an identification 

with the dialogues full of chaste 

Gojari idioms and proverbs, the 

main character of the film named 

after Malli Gujjari, who was 

bestowed with Kirti Chakra, 

highest civilian award for her 

exemplary courage and bravery 

in face of infiltrators across the 

border, and other characters with 

popular local nicknames, struck 

chord with the spectators who 

especially appreciated the impressive 

acting of local actors. 

The film, a presentation of 

Neeru Films J&K, has been produced 

by Neeru Raina daughter 

of renowned film/serial maker K 

K Raina and Kashmiri Poetess 

Bimla Raina. The lyrics by Gojri 

poet Showkat Naseem 

Chowdhary were composed in 

lilting songs by renowned singer 

Suraj Singh. 

Talking to Excelsior, Dr. 

Javaid Rahi, the writer of the film 

said that it is the story of a pover- 

ty-stricken village Tribal Gujjar 

woman named Malli Gujjari who 

amid many other trials and tribulations, 

struggles to raise herself 

and survive against social evils 

and anti women customs which 

still exist in remote tribal belts. 

Despite facing hardships, she sets 

excellent moral example with her 

grit and resolve as what it means 

to be a tribal woman. In the end 

she succeeds in destroying evil 

forces for the general good of her 

community, he said. 

Director of film Qayoom Raja 

said the shooting for the film 

which showcases unique and 

vibrant tribal culture of Gujjars, 

was done in tribal localities of 

Rajpora, Darhali Qilla and other 

areas of Rajouri. 

Giving details, Neeru Raina 

producer said the film is based on 

a Gojri serial which was commissioned 

by Doordarshan, Parsar 

Bharti Corporation of India, New 

Delhi, and already been telecast 

in shape of serial by Kashir 

Channel and Jammu 

Doordarshan. "We are screening 

this film in tribal Gujjar society to 

create awareness among community 

of Gujjars," she said. 

Masud Chowdhary, former 

Vice Chancellor of BGSB 

University and Patron of Gurjar 

Desh Charitable Trust was chief 

guest on the occasion while MLC 

Vijay Bakaya, Director Jammu 

Doordarshan, Shabir Mujahid, 

well-known Punjabi writer 

Khalid Husain were special invitees. 

Father gets life imprisonment 

for raping his minor daughter 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Principal 

Sessions Judge Udhampur, A 

K Koul today awarded rigorous 

life imprisonment to father 

for raping his minor daughter 

in village Dheeran of 

Ramnagar tehsil on July 25, 

2012. 

After hearing Public 

Prosecutor Navneet Gupta for 

the State, Principal Sessions 

Judge observed, "the trial in 

this case has been concluded 

within less than four and a half 

months because the case is to 

my understanding is rarest of 

rare. We need to understand 

that measurement of punishment 

in a case of this type, 

where the father has raped his 

own minor daughter in a very 

brutal manner, cannot depend 

upon the social status of the 

victim or accused". 

"It must dependent upon 

the conduct of the accused, the 

state and age of the sexually 

assaulted female and the gravity 

of the criminal act. The 

socio economic status, religion 

etc have no role to play in such 

situations. The crime of rape is 

crime against the society, a 

crime against human dignity. 

The accused in this case has 

demonstrated animal tendencies 

and has not even spared 

his own daughter. Showing 

any leniency towards him 

would mean leaving his family 

at his mercy", the Court said. 

"Justice demands that 

courts should impose punishment 

befitting the crime so 

that the courts reflect public 

abhorrence of the crime. At the 

risk of repetition it is worth 

mention that accused who was 

supposed to protect the life 

and limb of his daughter 

reduced himself to an animal 

and raped his minor daughter. 

The court does not find any 

mitigating circumstance in this 

case which could entitle the 

accused to some leniency", 

Principal Sessions Judge said. 

With these observations, 

Court awarded rigorous 

imprisonment for life to the 

accused Yog Raj, son of 

Krishan Lal of Dheeran, tehsil 

Ramnagar. 

Awareness Prog on 'Importance of Urdu' held 


JAMMU, Feb 2: BN College 

of Education organized an awareness 

programme on "Importance 

of Urdu in J&K and its present 

condition", in which BEd students 

participated actively and 

expressed their views. 

On the occasion, Farooq Shah 

Bukhari, Chairman, Tehreek 

Baga-e-Urdu was the chief guest, 

while Prof Quldus Javaid from 

Banaras University was the guest 

of honour. 

While speaking, Chairman of 

the College Abdul Gani Kohli 

highlighted the importance of the 

Urdu language. 

Rabia bagged first position, 

while the second and third positions 

were conferred to Mehnaz 

Raiz and Zubair Ahmed. 

Earlier, Dr Manju Dwivedi 

president the welcome address, 

while at the end Prof Gharo 

Choudhary presented vote of 

thanks. 

Among others present were 

Irfan Arif, president, TBU, Jawaid 

Anwar, senior vice president, 

Zakir Malik Balashi, general secretary 

and staff members.

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Source of health hazard 

Hospitals and medical institutions have to be the 

source of promotion of health. That is the universal 

concept. But how do we react when we find 

these institutions becoming a source of hazard to health. 

That is precisely what the six member panel appointed by 

the Government way back on October 12, 2012 has 

reported after inspecting and examining the system of 

disposal of bio-medical and other waste in hospital and 

dispensaries whether private or public. The report has 

recently been submitted and shockingly, it reveals in 

detail absolute carelessness and irresponsibility of concerned 

in hospitals and polyclinics where existing rules 

governing disposal of waste are thrown to wind. Although 

there is a wing in the hospitals entrusted with the task of 

proper and scientific disposal of hospital waste, yet 

strangely, as the report reveals, these mechanisms are 

either dysfunctional or do not function at all. The most 

disturbing situation is that the waste is not segregated at 

source though it should be in all circumstances and the 

items that need to be disabled and disposed of before 

these are sent to waste bin are dumped with the heap. 

The scrap collectors could misuse these and thus 

increase health hazard. 

The report says that the condition of waste disposal 

in Government medical college and hospitals in 

Jammu is in no way better than what it is in private hospitals. 

It is a sad situation. The Government colleges 

are provided with necessary paraphernalia to manage 

bio-medical waste and even trained staff is provided to 

them. Apart from this, we have the department of environment 

as well which could also bring hospital waste 

management system under its jurisdiction. Why have 

all these structures failed to update waste management 

system in hospitals is just because of irresponsibility 

on the part of those who are at the helm of affairs. 

We are all talking a lot about environment and pollution 

and ecological degradation. But we have seldom talked 

about the danger to health emanating from mishandling 

of bio-medical waste and its proper disposal. The 

report says that even the green and red bins provided 

for segregation of waste at source are not properly 

used which would control mixing up of waste. Likewise 

the report says that there are not even the special trolleys 

to carry the waste from the wards and patients' 

rooms to the waste storage spots. Even some of the 

waste dumped within the hospital premises is left 

uncovered and in open. This is monstrous negligence 

and apathy on the part of doctors and nurses and the 

management staff in hospitals. Now this being the state 

of affairs in Government and private hospitals in the 

city including the medical college, imagine what will be 

the condition in district hospitals and polyclinics. It 

could be worse and even unimaginable. Therefore the 

Health department needs a total review of its waste 

management policy throughout the state and not only 

in the hospitals in cities of Jammu and Srinagar. 

The panel has done excellent job in paying fullest 

possible attention to each and every item connected with 

the waste management in a hospital and has made several 

recommendations which seem to be very rational. It 

has recommended that for segregation of bio-medical 

waste the primary responsibility should be with the generator 

of these wastes viz. doctors, nurses and technicians 

and waste should be segregated as per categories 

applicable. No untreated bio-medical waste has to be 

kept beyond 48 hours and their removal should be time 

scheduled. One recommendation is that the Head of 

each hospital should form a waste management committee 

to meet regularly for reviewing the performance of 

waste disposal team in the institution. There are other 

recommendations including one suggesting that the staff 

deployed to handle the bio-medical waste should be 

properly trained and educated in the task they are asked 

to perform. 

The panel has done its job and now the report is with 

the Health Department. It remains to be seen how speedily 

the department will accept and implement these recommendations 

and remove the threat to health emanating 

from mismanagement of waste. It is very important 

that the rules and norms set forth in this behalf are made 

part of hospital culture and these should automatically be 

followed by all concerned. 

Stealing of infants 

How can we expect that the stolen male baby born 

to Sharifa Begum, wife of Muhammad Mushtaq of 

village Narryan in district Rajouri, will be recovered 

and re-united to its parents when another baby 

stolen earlier on November 14, 2012 from the same 

(SMGS ) hospital remains untraced so far. Sharifa's baby 

was stolen on the night of 31 Jan-1 February from the 

Eclampsia room situated within the labour room of the 

hospital. Yes, the Principal of Medical College has 

ordered inquiry into the theft, suspended two guards and 

also filed the FIR with the police. But the fact remains that 

authorities took no effective and preventive measures to 

prevent recurrence of such crimes in future. What is the 

job of the guards deployed in the hospital? They are supposed 

to keep an eye on doubtful movement of unwanted 

persons in and around such sensitive places in the 

hospital and medical college. Unfortunately they have 

miserably failed in their duty. It was also the duty of the 

hospital authorities to conduct surprise checks to ensure 

that security functions properly in the hospital. There is 

apprehension that baby-lifting mafia is behind such 

shocking crimes. Parents and kith and kin of affected 

families have protested. They will protest even louder 

and why not. What is important is prevention of such 

crimes and not finding escape route by stating the 

efforts that have been made to recover the stolen baby. 

Yes, according to reports 16 CCTVs have been fixed to 

monitor what is happening in the hospital, in wards and 

corridors and other places. But first of all are these 

CCTVs functional? We have doubts. And secondly, if 

the CCTV shows an outsider woman moving in suspicious 

manner, her whereabouts are not traceable. Is it 

not an instance of utter negligence and dereliction of 

duty on the part of security outfit? Accountability needs 

to be fixed and exemplary punishment given to stop 

recurrence of such crimes. 

Men are the weaker sex 

M. J. Akbar 

The one certain fact about this 

uncertain business called advertising 

is that you can’t do without 

it. Such compulsion does not mean 

this hit-and-run affair necessarily 

works. It is difficult to predict when a 

campaign will be a hit, and when the 

agency has merely run away to lubricate 

its salary sheet. 

The worst spiel in recent times was 

surely the advertising of a brief, and 

eminently forgettable, India-Pakistan 

cricket encounter last December. The 

agency was not promoting sport 

between traditional antagonists; it was 

announcing the consequences of an 

existentialist war with 

all the finesse of the 

massacre-friendly Nadir 

Shah on a Delhi weekend 

in 1739. Conversely, 

the best campaign I have 

seen in a long while has 

been the television 

advertisements which 

raised the curtain on the 

women’s cricket tournament: 

wry, tongue very 

much in cheek, and 

emasculating men with a 

pleasing insouciance. 

There is no mystery 

about why. Women’s 

cricket went well 

because the agency 

believed in it. It represents 

something far more than fund 

raising for an already bloated game. 

Women’s cricket has been around 

for a long while, scratching at the turnstiles, 

seeking attention and the legitimacy 

of public support. At long last, it 

is an idea whose time has come. It now 

represent the third great revolution in a 

sport that has long been a mirror of 

social mores. 

The first liberation came when 

“professionals” in Britain won equal 

terms with “amateurs”. Professional is 

a term that carries so much pride now 

that we quite forget that once it was 

synonymous with something as “grubby” 

as earning money for talent in 

sports. It took a world war, the second 

of the 20th century, to destroy the stupid 

pretentions of aristocrats who 

The inimitable Piloo Mody, 

known for his famous one-liners 

inside and outside the parliament, 

had once remarked that 

Indira Gandhi was a better mother 

than a Prime Minister. The obvious 

reference was to the blatant manner in 

which Indira Gandhi had thrown to 

winds all norms of propriety to 

impose son Sanjay on an unwilling 

nation during the early and mid 

1970s.Nearly four decades 

later, as a devout daughterin-law, 

Congress President 

Sonia Gandhi has stepped 

into her mother-in-law's 

shoes, or shall we say chappals, 

by seeking to impose son Rahul 

on an unwilling nation. And thus, the 

single loudest message emanating 

from Congress party's "Chintan 

Shivar'' at Jaipur last weekend is that 

Sonia Gandhi has kept up the Nehru- 

Gandhi tradition of supreme motherhood. 

Anyway, now it is official. Rahul 

Gandhi is the Vice President and by 

implication Number 2 after mother 

Sonia Gandhi in the Congress hierarchy. 

From the hot dry deserts of 

Rajasthan comes the decree to salvage 

Congress fortunes by hooking 

these to the apron strings of country's 

first political family. 

The spadework was going on for 

long ... quite unambiguously. The 

Dr Mandeep Azad and 

Dr Sumit Mahajan 

The global financial crisis drew 

international attention away 

from the food crisis, but this 

continues to fester and even grow. 

When the global food crisis first hit 

international headlines in 2008, 

international bureaucrats referred to 

the current problems in the world 

food situation as "a silent tsunami", 

but the truth is that it was not a sudden 

and unexpected crisis: the signs 

have been around for some time now 

and it could easily have been seen to 

be coming. Even so, its impact has 

been powerful and already quite devastating, 

as food shortages and high 

prices of food have adversely affected 

billions of people, especially the poor 

in the developing world 

The agriculture in India is still, as 

they say, 'gamble in monsoons' as the 

crops are highly dependent on the rain 

and a drought can put further adversaries 

on food security as the demandsupply 

imbalance further aggravates 

the food inflation. The volatility in 

food prices is cause of worry for 

everybody from an ordinary Indian to 

those in official circles with the devastating 

effect they can have on food 

security. Price volatility has a strong 

impact on food security because it 

affects household incomes and purchasing 

power. Not only the rise in 

foods prices can further increase the 

foods insecurity of already poor, but 

also can reduce the physical well 

being of those who just are above the 

forced their working class “professionals” 

to use a separate entrance to a 

cricket field. The nobles wore silk 

scarves and gloried in the vanity that 

they were, literally, a class apart 

because they did not have to actually 

do anything for a living. They were 

lords of the manor, and hence lords of 

the field. Today, mercifully, merit 

rules. Commerce bows only before 

success, and success is not a genetic 

entitlement. 

The second revolution matured in 

India and Pakistan, when merit took 

cricket away from the confines of the 

middle class, and into the small towns 

or city bylanes where a new India and 

Pakistan was being incubated. The 

Women’s cricket has been 

around for a long while, scratching 

at the turnstiles, seeking attention 

and the legitimacy of public 

support. At long last, it is an idea 

whose time has come. It now 

represent the third great 

revolution in a sport that has long 

been a mirror of social mores. 

urban middle class shares at least one 

trait with the white or brown aristocracy; 

it has many alternative routes to 

achievement. Cricket was a pleasure, 

even when exacting, but it was not 

quite a hunger. The gnawing desperation 

to beat the odds of life through 

excellence in a game whose financial 

value exploded beyond the dreams of 

avarice created a new base for triumphant 

upward mobility. If any 

astrologer had told 10-year-old M.S. 

Dhoni’s parents that he would one day 

become as wealthy as he is now, they 

would have given him a nice cup of 

tea and told him to go tease someone 

else. It is the same with many dozens 

of other achievers; and Dhoni was 

financially far better off at birth than 

Yusuf or Irfan Pathan. 

Congress corridors had been, for the 

last few years, monotonously echoing 

with a deafening clamour to bring in 

Rahul for a "bigger'' role...whatever 

that meant. And this clamour was 

invariably accompanied by an unending 

eulogy of the young Nehru- 

Gandhi scion, his assumed popularity 

among youth and his proclaimed love 

for youth which stood out rather quite 

"unremarkably'' when very recently 

he chose to maintain a convenient 

silence even as a few kilometers away 

from his residence, the entire youth 

community of Delhi was out on 

streets protesting against rape and 

murder of one of their peers. 

He pulls up the sleeves of his 

"Kurta'' every now and then when 

he is on public address system. He 

grows and shaves his beard in cyclic 

phases. He is trying every formula 

in the book to endear himself to the 

people of India while his party is 

dutifully trying every trick in the 

book to instal him as Prime 

Minister of India. Like an adolescent 

school pass-out making a bid 

for admission to a professional college 

through round-the-clock 

threshold of consuming just enough 

nutrition for sustenance. Price volatility 

also interacts with price levels to 

affect welfare and food security. The 

higher the price, the stronger the welfare 

consequences of volatility for 

consumers, while the opposite is true 

for producers. The volatility in food 

prices is not new for Indian economy. 

It is known fact that food prices are 

heavily dependent on rainfall/ monsoons 

as food inflation rose ferocious- 

ly during 2009-10 when only 30 per 

cent of districts received normal rain 

and the country was declared droughthit. 

But Indian policy makers have 

been to an extent successful in insulating 

the country from world food price 

shock (especially, wheat and rice) of 

2007-08 which hit food security of 

many other developing countries 

severely. India and China, have kept 

stabilization policies that isolate 

domestic prices for rice or wheat from 

international price fluctuations The 

policy stance was to attempt insulation 

Women’s cricket is one of the 

many reflections of the changing status 

of women. Women were once 

taunted by men as the weaker sex only 

because they could not compete with 

the brutal violence of males. In truth, 

you need a much tougher body and 

spirit for childbirth; men, by comparison, 

are sissies. They simply have 

more powerful muscles. Women have 

a far stronger mind. 

But this assertion is only a part of 

the emerging story. Men have punished 

women through the ages with 

segregation, and then attached a false 

morality to their subjugation. Sport is 

freedom from segregation. We might 

not notice this in India, where trousers 

and jeans have become the 

preferred wear of women. 

But the fact that Pakistan’s 

women wear trousers 

when they go to bat and 

field will be a huge spur to 

a society that is still controlled 

too often by men 

who have not left the 19th 

century. There was a time, 

during the regime of 

General Zia ul Huq, when 

some Pakistani fundamentalists 

wanted television 

coverage of cricket 

banned because women at 

home would be able to see 

the alluring Imran Khan 

rub a red cricket ball down the front of 

his trousers, and therefore near his 

crotch. It has been a long journey since 

then. We should celebrate this journey. 

Cricket will do a hundred times more 

for gender equality in Pakistan than a 

thousand speeches by well-meaning 

liberals. 

There are countries which do not 

send women to the Olympics for 

“moral” reasons; or, more accurately, 

because they believe that the sight of 

women will encourage immorality. I 

cannot imagine anything more stupid. 

To display one’s face and ability is not 

nudity, neither among men nor 

women. Why shouldn’t women be 

allowed to behave as normally as men? 

One thing is clear. It is men who 

are the weaker sex. 

Rahul arrives via Jaipur.... 

TALES OF TRAVESTY 

DR. JITENDRA SINGH 

coaching classes, Rahul "Baba'' too 

is working hard...really, very 

hard.... to live upto his mother's 

expectations and secure admission 

into the PM office which has been 

successively held earlier by his 

father, his grand mother and his 

great grand father but...he has a 

tall order to answer. One of the 

tragedies for a man, goes the adage 

is to be born to a great parentage ! 

“Chintan Shivar'' is 

over marking the arrival 

of Rahul Gandhi via 

Jaipur. It is now time for 

"Chinta''. Come 2014! 

And Rahul Gandhi will 

have to go through the "reality 

check'' in much the same way as his 

father Rajiv Gandhi was made to 

go through in 1991 when he almost 

lost the election for himself and his 

party before he got assassinated at 

Sriperumbadoor to secure a sympathy 

generated victory mandate for 

Congress through the remaining 

phases of general election. 

Finally, it is the common man 

whose verdict will make all the difference 

even as Umapathy, a La Sahir, 

yearns with a poetic wish to endear 

Rahul to India's two hundred crore 

populace through a desperate matronly 

imploration laced in mother Sonia's 

anxiety ‘‘.....Jise Tu Kabool Kar Le, 

Woh Sadaa Kahan Se Laon !....’’ 

of domestic prices from the high world 

prices by combining different measures 

including high subsidies, lower 

tariffs and export restrictions. The 

price volatility in different foodstuffs 

has also been very much different 

from each other. The prices of cereal 

and products which rose steadily and 

reached a peak in 2009-10 declined 

afterwards along with general food 

group inflation as well as general 

inflation, but the decline in rise of 

cereals and products' prices following 

2009-10 and showed no rise in 2011- 

12. The pulses and products who registered 

highest price increase (due to 

the drought) in 2009-10, registered an 

actual decline in their prices in the following 

year and then showed no 

increase in 2011-12. Not only the oils 

and fats registered no rise in prices in 

2008-09, they further faced a decline 

in their prices in 2009-10 and showed 

no rise in prices in 2011-12. The prices 

of milk and products have shown persistent 

increase year after year which 

Imagination in education 

M K Bhan 

100 billions brain cells of babies form about 1000 trillion connection in their 

bodies till they enter Pre-Primary age and stage and this connectivity is two 

times more than what you and me keep as adults. Then what happens to the 

children born with such capabilities and capacities during their schooling and at 

colleges! Why only 12% of the high school graduates go for higher education? 

Why educated youth of today fail to keep the connectivity between what they 

possess and what they aspire for? 

Question strikes, who is at fault and who will share the responsibility of 

preparing such educated human products which have no "market value"! Let me 

separate the term "market value" for education industry and give them liberty to 

choose any one of terms 'Market' or 'Value' for applying in their respective industries. 

With this choice we can either have right products for the 'Market' or at 

least good human beings with 'Values' in morally degraded society. 

Our education system is a training ground for people to go to higher education. 

The question one should ask at this point of time is about the expectations 

from the school education. Most of the curricula do not encourage the thinking 

process in children. They normally emphasize giving information, reproduction 

of that information into the examination system probably and most of the assessments 

are done on how he can mug up and how he can reproduce it for the examination. 

There is hardly any scope given to the children for any innovative thinking. 

Most of the time, even off the cuff ideas that comes form children, are not 

encouraged. We try to suppress and mould his thinking into what we think is the 

right way of thinking. If you really see the long-term capability of the child, this 

may not be a good approach all the time. Our rigid curriculum is imposed on 

every child without worrying about their inquisitive capabilities. 

We have a limited scope for accommodating people who do not fall in the 

straitjacketed sort of pattern. What we do, we normally concentrate only on the 

mean. We say 99% of our children are doing better. But remember, the 1% who 

does not fit straitjacketed into our system, they are the ones' who are capable of 

changing history, because they are the ones' who will challenge practically 

everything whatever you say. They are the ones' who can become Srinivasa 

Ramanujam, Newton, Einstein, Socrattes, Abraham Lincoln, Jesus Christ, 

Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Karna of Mahabharatha…… 

ICT (Integrated Computer Technology) is becoming more dominant and is 

the main concern for all of us because it uses only our two senses- Vision and 

Hearing, but primarily-Vision. The touch, the taste and the smell is missing, 

which are really important for the development of human beings. A touch on 

somebody's shoulder conveys what millions of words cannot convey. So called 

media-savvy young generation remain ignorant in understanding the relationship 

between 'Education, Imagination and Natural World', its unifying capacities and 

practical outcomes. The excitement which you get from many senses, if you 

focus everything in ICT, you will not. 

Seeing a rose-garden on computer and being in the rose-garden-makes a difference. 

ICT is killing the imagination and the capabilities of our children by not 

using it judiciously. Of course, ICT gives immediate solutions to the problems 

and we miscalculate that -'faster you learn, earlier you forget'. A problem you get 

solved in about two days, you will remember for whole life, as compared to getting 

a solution in two minutes which lasts for 2 hours in our MMC (mind memory 

card). The minds are to be challenged with the problems and seek solutions 

using our all sensory skills. Now, think of giving lap-tops, computers and distributing 

free tablets to the children- are they really going to touch the sky (Akash)! 

What kind of generation we are creating? Will they be good technologists or 

good citizens or good human beings? 

Adults who were imaginative children often proved themselves as problem 

solvers, innovators and creative thinkers. Unless the foundation at school education 

is very solid, the next generation, the higher generation cannot really come 

up to what really we are aspiring for. The thinking process, logical mind of child 

must be encouraged in the curriculum, so that they do very well in higher education. 

Right selection of books with exciting diagrams, languages and the presentations 

will do much better in nurturing the talents in a systematic way. 

One thing that bothers all of us is that our value system is slowly going down. 

The value system is to be created at Primary age and not after reaching the age 

of 20 or 40. We should rather emphasize more on value system in our education; 

other things will automatically fall in line. 

Finally; being a parent, be true to yourself first if you really want to understand 

the world of fantasy of your children. Be ready to understand his inquisitive 

feeling and answer his questions honestly. Give your children the wings of 

imagination. Let them watch and enjoy the beauty of nature, colourful dances 

of butterflies, humming bees in the corner side of garden, floating of paper-ships, 

flying of jet planes, falling of apple, leisure flying of seagulls, change of season, 

counting stars in the firmament, journey of the sun and the moon and what 

not…. practicing real-life skills, making a child in outer-form and inner-spirit. 

Don't show them apples in Nursery Rhyme Book…let them taste apples! 

Imagination like the potter's wheel has got slowed down with the arrival of 

sparkling steel and flashing speedy wheels on restless highways. A substitute for 

imagination at the very outset in childhood is an open threat to nuclear families 

and an invitation to calculated disaster for society. Let's stop the mushrooming 

of educational business shops and creating a tsunami of aimless educated youth. 

Let's rediscover the tender touch of education and magic of imagination for the 

betterment of humanity. 

The author is Director SGGJ Model Schools Sunderbani 

Food crisis knocking our doors 

is also growing with time though 

steadily. 

Food crisis is very much a manmade 

crisis, resulting not so much 

from ineluctable forces of global supply 

and demand as from the marketoriented 

and liberalising policies 

adopted by choice or compulsion in 

almost all countries. These policies 

have either neglected agriculture or 

allowed shifts in global prices to determine 

both cropping patterns and the 

The volatility in food prices is cause of worry for everybody 

from an ordinary Indian to those in official circles with the 

devastating effect they can have on food security. Price 

volatility has a strong impact on food security because it 

affects household incomes and purchasing power. 

viability of farming, and also generated 

greater possibilities of speculative 

activity in food items. This is not to 

deny the undoubted role of other real 

economy factors in affecting the global 

food situation. While demand-supply 

imbalances have been touted as 

reasons, this is largely unjustified 

given that there has been hardly any 

change in the world demand for food 

in the past three years. In particular, 

the claim that food grain prices have 

soared because of more demand from 

China and India as their GDP increas- 

es, is completely invalid, since both 

aggregate and per capita consumption 

of grain have actually fallen in both 

countries. Supply factors have been - 

and are likely to continue to be - more 

significant. These include the shortrun 

effects of diversion of both 

acreage and food crop output for biofuel 

production, as well as more medium 

term factors such as rising costs of 

inputs, falling productivity because of 

soil depletion, inadequate public 

investment in agricultural research 

and extension, and the impact of climate 

changes that have affected harvests 

in different ways 

There is no doubt that India is facing 

food crisis but is able to sustain 

itself from this crisis in a better way in 

comparison to other countries. Food 

crisis is more a man created phenomenon 

in terms of marketing network, 

storage and infrastructure. India must 

believe in a notion 'prevention is better 

than cure'. India has to meet its needs 

itself and the current market prices 

make imports unviable. Future looks 

uncertain if India and other countries 

continue to neglect agriculture as has 

been the case for decades. As due to 

uncertain weather during 2009 the crisis 

effected our country and there are 

chances that it may come up with 

more severe intensity. So improved 

and sustainable agriculture and livestock 

practices are the only ways out 

which can insulate India from on - 

going food crisis and prevent such a 

crisis which is knocking our doors 

from time to time.


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Marital rape will also attract 

stringent punishment under the 

ordinance proposed by the Centre. 

Sex by husband with his wife 

during separation without consent 

will lead upto seven years of 

imprisonment, according to the 

proposed ordinance on anti-rape 

law approved by the Union 

Cabinet yesterday. 

Justice J S Verma Committee 

recommended deletion of IPC’s 

Section 376A (Intercourse by a 

man with his wife during separa- 

tion) under which currently maxi- 

mum punishment is two years. 

Implied in that was the view that 

marital rape should also be 

brought under the definition of 

rape. 

However, the Government has 

decided to retain it but enhanced 

the punishment for the crime — 

from two years to maximum 

seven years of imprisonment. 

“We have increased the pun- 

ishment but decided to retain the 

clause to give an opportunity to a 

couple for reconciliation,” a 

Home Ministry official said.(PTI) 

sheeps could be working in 

alliance with the baby abduction 

gang by providing them full- 

fledged information and also 

helping them to take out the 

baby from the hospital. 

"It is a security lapse and we 

are seriously looking into the 

matter", he said, adding "we 

have attached eight staffers 

including three Nurses, three 

Nursing Orderlies and two safai 

karamcharis. 

"It is third such incident in 

the past three months out of 

which one abducted baby was 

recovered on November 13, 

2012", while despite lapse of 

three months City police is com- 

pletely clueless about the where- 

abouts of the second baby, who 

was abducted from the hospital 

on November 14, 2012. 

In the latest incident, the 

male baby of Sharifa Begum, 

wife of Mohd Mushtaq of vil- 

lage Narriyan, tehsil Nowshera, 

district Rajouri was stolen on the 

intervening night of January 31 

and February 1 from labour 

room of SMGS Hospital. 

The hospital administration 

had installed 16 CCTV cameras 

at different places including 

crowded places, main gate, Neo- 

natal Intensive Care Unit 

(NICU), Labour room but all the 

measures to check theft of 

babies have failed to yield fruit- 

ful results. 

Election Department was 

expected to start the mandatory 

voter revision for the ULBs. The 

Government was expecting to 

hold the elections to the ULBs in 

April-May if everything goes 

well. 

On appointment of 

Ombudsmen to the ULBs, 

sources said the Law 

Department had to send the 

names as per the Constitution. 

Regarding implementation 

of 74th amendment of the 

Constitution of India, sources 

said, some of its provisions 

could be incorporated in State 

Municipal Act for implementa- 

tion. The State had to transfer 

functions of Public Health 

Engineering (PHE) and Power 

Development Department 

(PDD) besides some other 

Departments to Municipalities 

under the reforms, which was 

not done when the 

Municipalities existed from 

March 2005 to March 2010. 

Sources said the implemen- 

tation of such major reforms was 

a very time consuming exercise 

in which various formalities 

including enactment of legisla- 

tion and several Government 

Departments were involved. 

`Ìn such a process, the 

Government was not expecting 

release of urban reforms grants, 

which have been blocked by the 

Union Government'', they said, 

adding for the current financial 

year, the Government could face 

a loss of Rs 46 crores unless the 

Centre agreed to release the 

amount on assurances of the 

State leadership that it was in the 

process of initiating the reforms 

and would implement them when 

the formalities were completed. 

Sources said the Planning 

Development Ministry, as a last 

ditch effort, would take up the 

issue with the Planning 

Commission of India to release 

the grants blocked under 10 per 

cent for the Urban Development 

Reforms to help the Department 

take up more development 

works. 

However, there was remote 

possibility that the Planning 

Commission would release the 

funds in the absence of long 

pending reforms. 

Centre cuts urban reforms grant 

by 10 pc, J&K to lose Rs 46 cr 

relationship with Pakistan 

reached low ebb. 

He has a personal relation- 

ship with top Pakistani leader- 

ship. 

Kerry’s top priority during 

his tenure is going to be the 

withdrawal of US troops from 

Afghanistan — in which 

Pakistan has a crucial role to 

play. He is also expected to 

make his first trip to India in the 

first six months of him occupy- 

ing the post of top American 

diplomat. 

While it is too early to zero in 

on the precise dates, Kerry 

would be leading a high-pow- 

ered US delegation to India 

sometime in the middle of this 

year for next round of India-US 

Strategic Dialogue; which was 

started by his predecessor 

Clinton and former External 

Affairs Minister S M Krishna in 

2010 in Washington. 

A Vietnam war veteran, 

Kerry played a key role in shap- 

ing the country’s foreign policy 

and national security and on a 

range of issues including 

Afghanistan and Pakistan, 

nuclear nonproliferation, and 

global climate change. 

As Chairman of the Foreign 

Relations Committee, in 2010, 

Kerry was instrumental in 

renewing the New START 

Treaty, a vital nuclear arms 

reduction treaty with Russia. 

During Kerry’s tenure, the 

State Department is unlikely to 

see any major change in the US 

policy towards India, in fact 

there would be efforts to take it 

to the next level, officials said, 

adding that the India-US ties 

have now reached an auto mode 

wherein change in personalities 

is unlikely to derail the relation- 

ship. 

During the confirmation 

hearing of US Ambassador to 

India Nancy Powell in February 

last year, Kerry had said, “There 

are few relationships that will be 

as vital in the 21st century as our 

growing ties with India and its 

people. On all of the most critical 

global challenges that we face, 

India has a central role to play.” 

“And that means that 

Washington is going to be look- 

ing to New Delhi not only for 

cooperation, but increasingly for 

innovation and regional leader- 

ship as well,” Kerry had said. 

“India’s growing significance 

has been clear to many of us for 

quite some time now. That’s why 

President Obama invited Prime 

Minister Singh to be his guest at 

the first state dinner, Secretary 

Clinton has visited India twice, 

and both countries inaugurated 

the US-India Strategic Dialogue 

two years ago. 

“Both Republicans and 

Democrats understand the need 

to capitalise on the democratic 

values and strategic interests that 

our two countries share. And 

that’s why it is important that we 

work together every day—as I 

think we are—to further culti- 

vate our relationship,” Kerry 

said on February 7, 2012. 

During Powell’s confirma- 

tion hearing, Kerry said that US 

and Indian interests and values 

are converging today as never 

before, and, consequently, 

America is an interested stake- 

holder in India’s rise. 

Those familiar with his for- 

eign policy views on South Asia 

argue that Kerry is an ardent 

advocate of Indo-Pak peace 

process. 

Even if there are terrorist 

strikes in India, the new 

Secretary of State would like the 

two countries to talk, as he firm- 

ly believes that dialogue can 

calm down the situation and 

bring in peaceful solutions to any 

tensed atmosphere. 

And this is what Kerry, as 

Chairman of the Senate Foreign 

Relations Committee, had con- 

veyed to India when he met 

Prime Minister Singh and other 

top Indian officials in February 

2010, in the immediate aftermath 

of the terrorist attack on German 

Bakery in the western Indian city 

of Pune, which killed nine and 

injured 38. (PTI) 

Kerry is new US Secretary of State 

Basohli Mohd Rafiq Manhas 

also reached there. The body of 

the boy was shifted to Billawar 

hospital for postmortem. Father 

of the deceased Nitin had gone 

to Jammu this morning. The 

family members told police that 

for the last few weeks, there was 

tiff with Joginder and he used to 

abuse his ‘Bhabhis’ and broth- 

ers on different pretexts. 

Joginder used to allege that no 

family member was interested 

for his marriage and he was 

turning over aged moreover, his 

share of property after father’s 

death was also grabbed by 

brothers. Yesterday also he had 

quarrel with other family mem- 

bers on the same issue. They 

alleged that Joginder had mur- 

dered Nitin. 

The police started manhunt 

and arrested Joginder Lal from a 

hideout in the same area this 

afternoon. He confessed his 

crime. On his disclosure the 

weapon of offence, a blood- 

soacked knife was also recov- 

ered from the nearby bushes. 

The police registered a case 

under Section 302 RPC against 

the accused and sent him to 

Billawar Police lock up. 

Sammelan, Sagar maintained 

that MG NREGA has acted as a 

tool for accelerating the devel- 

opment of rural and far flung 

areas besides providing employ- 

ment opportunities and stopping 

the distress migration. 

"The new initiative of con- 

vergence of the scheme with 

other activities would go a long 

way in ensuring its successful 

implementation and socio-eco- 

nomic transformation of the 

State", he said, adding "the 

scheme has become a household 

name in the country and the 

timely amendments in the Act 

on the operational guidelines 

based on the inputs from the 

field is a healthy step, which 

synchronizes the implementa- 

tion of this Act with the realities 

at the ground level". 

He said that the scheme has 

to a great extent acted as a tool 

to curb unemployment, dis- 

guised employment and provid- 

ed employment opportunity at 

the doorsteps besides removing 

the regional disparities in the 

socio-economic development. 

While calling for the 

increase in the wage rate to Rs 

150, the Minister urged the 

Union Government to come to 

the rescue of the State by 

enhancing the wage rate under 

MG NREGA in the State. He 

said that the issue of including 

snow clearance as a permissible 

activity under the scheme may 

also be extended to the State as it 

will be of a great help in provid- 

ing employment opportunities 

during the winter months. 

Sagar also asked for involv- 

ing the job holders in other pro- 

grammes and schemes of differ- 

ent departments maintaining that 

it would expand the opportunity 

of unskilled employment outside 

the domain of MG NREGA. 

Chairing the meeting, Rural 

Development Minister Jairam 

Ramesh acknowledged the diffi- 

culties involved in implementa- 

tion of rural development pro- 

gramme in Jammu and Kashmir 

and assured that the good work 

of the Gram Panchayats and dis- 

tricts will be duly recognised in 

the next meet. 

Asked why districts and 

Gram Panchayats in Jammu and 

Kashmir did not receive any 

award, a Rural Development 

Ministry official said that the 

Ministry had sent circular to all 

States including Jammu and 

Kashmir seeking proposals for 

awards but the State Government 

failed to respond to it. 

Awards were instituted in 

different categories including 

effective leadership and team 

work in IAP district, planning 

for water conservation, initiative 

in the challenging environment, 

effective mobilisation of labour, 

revival of traditional water man- 

agement and equity in participa- 

tion. 

"India should have also said 

that it is calling back its 

Ambassador to Pakistan imme- 

diately. Government of India 

could not register the strong 

protest that it should have," 

Singh said. 

The BJP leader alleged that 

the failures of the UPA 

Government and its policies 

were responsible for the minori- 

ties in Pakistan not being safe 

there. 

He said that it was high time 

that India developed a refugee 

rehabilitation policy for the 

minorities who are fleeing 

Pakistan and coming to India. 

"These people should be 

given citizenship of India. If our 

party comes to power, we will 

not take this issue lightly. We will 

do what we can and will not be 

concerned about its impact at the 

international fora," Singh said. 

The BJP president said what 

is happening in Pakistan poses a 

threat not just to peace in Asia 

but to the whole world and 

should be a global concern. 

"A peaceful and stable state 

cannot be established on the 

basis of religion," Singh said, 

while expressing concern for the 

persecution of minorities in 

Pakistan. 

The BJP Chief said to help 

the minorities in Pakistan, India 

should open more consulates 

there and regretted that the only 

consulate, which was based in 

Karachi, was closed down in 

1994 under ISI pressure. 

Singh also referred to reports 

that then Pakistan Army chief 

Pervez Musharraf had crossed 

11 Km into Indian territory dur- 

ing the Kargil conflict. 

During the Agra summit, 

Musharraf had behaved with 

Prime Minister Atal Bihari 

Vajpayee as if the Indian leader 

was responsible for the Kargil 

war, he said. 

He maintained that 

Pakistan's formation was on the 

wrong premise that Hindus and 

Muslims cannot live together 

and said "genesis of the prob- 

lem" faced by minorities is the 

high level of intolerance there. 

"At the time of 

Independence there were 23-24 

per cent minorities in Pakistan 

but have been reduced to only 1- 

2 per cent while there was 7-8 

per cent minorities in India at 

that time but are more than 14 

per cent today," he said. 

BJP also claimed that parti- 

tion was not just geographical 

but also cultural division of 

India. 

Singh emphasised that his 

party wants good relations with 

Pakistan.(PTI) 

India should have halted CBMs: Rajnath 

Receiving detailed brief on 

the restoration work, the Chief 

Minister asked the PDD to put in 

added efforts so that the trans- 

mission line is restored within 

the shortest possible time. 

The meeting was attended by 

the Principal Secretary Power 

Development Department, 

Development Commissioner 

Power, various Chief Engineers 

and other officers. 

CM reviews restoration of Poonch line 

Vasundhara to head BJP in Rajasthan 


Gearing up for assembly 

elections in Rajasthan slated for 

later this year, BJP brought back 

former Chief Minister 

Vasundhara Raje to head the 

party in the state. 

Announcing Raje’s appoint- 

ment in the presence of senior 

party leaders Sushma Swaraj 

and Arun Jaitley, BJP President 

Rajnath Singh said party leader 

Gulab Chand Kataria will be the 

Leader of Opposition in the state 

assembly. He will take over 

from Raje who quit the post. 

Singh earlier held a meeting 

with party leaders from the state 

in a bid to put up a united face of 

the faction-rideen party in 

Rajasthan ahead of the elections. 

Besides the two Leaders of 

the Opposition in Parliament, 

others present at the meeting 

with Rajnath included Raje, 

Kataria and outgoing party state 

president Arun Chaturvedi. 

“The party will work united- 

ly under the leadership of 

Vasundhara Raje,” Singh told 

reporters. 

Raje is also expected to be 

BJP’s chief ministerial face, 

though a final decision in this 

regard will be taken after the 

polls. 

Soon after assuming her new 

responsibility, Raje said “BJP is 

a family. In this, not just us but 

workers are also there. This is a 

big family and, as Gulab Chand 

Kataria said, we will take it for- 

ward with everybody. I want 

assure everybody that in this big 

family everybody has a place 

and for this we all, Gulabji will 

make the Rajasthan BJP strong 

and take it ahead. There are no 

two views on that.” 

The announcement comes as 

part of the party’s efforts to end 

dissidence in its state unit. The 

tenure of the 200-member cur- 

rent assembly in Rajasthan ends 

on December 31, 2013. (PTI) 


COIMBATORE, (TN) Feb 2: 

Speaking at the Annual National 

Conference of "Association of 

Physicians of India"(API), the 

largest organization of medical 

specialists comprising nearly 20 

thousand resident and non-resi- 

dent Indian physicians, Dr 

Jitendra Singh , National 

Professor of Diabetes and 

Chairman National Scientific 

Committee (RSSDI), made the 

startling disclosure here today 

that even by conservative esti- 

mates,the annual cost of diabetes 

care in India is over 1,80,000 

million rupees and cautioned that 

the cost is rising rapidly even 

after accounting for inflation. 

In a unique and thought pro- 

voking Guest faculty lecture sup- 

ported by statistics and evidence, 

Dr Jitendra Singh drew the atten- 

tion of the audience to the hither- 

to lesser discussed problem of 

what he described as the "eco- 

nomic burden" of diabetes 

caused to the individuals ,fami- 

lies, society and nation as a 

whole due to increasing cost 

incurred in managing the rapidly 

spreading epidemic of diabetes 

in the Country. 

Dr Jitendra Singh revealed 

that in India 85-95% of health 

care costs are borne by individu- 

als and their families from 

household income. This finan- 

cial liability is greater in impov- 

erished households and worsens 

with duration of diabetes, pres- 

ence of complications and hospi- 

talizations, he said adding that 

treatment for heart ailment and 

non-healing wounds has been 

found to cost the most for diabet- 

ic patients followed by repeated 

kidney dialysis. 

Dr Jitendra Singh stressed on 

effective primary prevention 

programmes to check diabetes 

and save the nation of this non- 

productive financial liability. 

Regular screening programmes, 

immediate restructuring of 

health policy and easy health 

insurance scheme is the need of 

the hour,he suggested . 

With the Indian diabetic pop- 

ulation predicted to rise to more 

that 80.9 million by the year 

2030 and life expectancy also on 

increase, not only the 

Government agencies need to 

gear up but a social awakening is 

also required about lifestyle and 

food habits in order to save the 

nation of impending economic 

crisis resulting from diabetes, 

warned Dr Jitendra Singh. 

(Srinagar) sanctioned in 

November 2007 only 45 per 

cent work has been completed 

till December 31, 2012. The 

completion of these projects 

by latest deadline of December 

2013 is a litmus test for the 

concerned authorities keeping 

in view the fact that during the 

past several years even 50 per 

cent work has not been com- 

pleted. 

According to the Union 

Ministry's report-card, against 

47 projects sanctioned under 

Urban Infrastructure 

Development for Small and 

Medium Towns (UIDSSMT), 

only seven have been completed 

till date. 

Not only on the completion 

of the projects, the performance 

of J&K Government in carrying 

out reforms mandatory under the 

JNNURM scheme has also 

remained sluggish till date. As 

against six Urban Local Body 

level reforms, only three have 

been carried out till date. The 

reforms, which the State 

Government failed to carry out 

till date, are relating to property 

tax, cost recovery of water sup- 

ply, solid waste and provision of 

basic services to urban poor. 

Similarly, against seven State 

level reforms only three have 

been carried out. Of the remain- 

ing one is non- applicable while 

as no headway has so far been 

made for carrying out three oth- 

ers. 

Only 13% work completed on UIG, 

UIDSSMT projects in over 4 yrs 

Battle of the Bands compe- 

tition last December. They 

came to limelight after they 

bagged best performance 

award. 

The girls received online 

threats and absurd comments, 

leaving their parents worried. 

Adnan Matoo, owner of the 

Band Inn, a musical academy 

where these girls are getting 

training said: "There has been 

a vicious campaign against the 

girls ever since they made 

their maiden appearance in 

public last year." He said that 

some people are not happy 

with their performance. 

"Whenever there is new thing 

in society like music and fash- 

ion such opposition takes 

place", he added. 

The girls - vocalist-gui- 

tarist Noma Nazir, drummer 

Farah Deeba and Guitarist 

Aneeka Khalid, all tenth stan- 

dard students - formed their 

rock band last year. 

Criticism like this is noth- 

ing new to Kashmiri women 

singers who entered the male 

bastion. Renowned Kashmiri 

singer, Raj Begum won the 

national award in the field of 

music. 

At one had there was 

online campaign against them, 

while on the other hand some 

activists and artistes supported 

their initiative. "It is complete- 

ly shameful. Why is police 

silent against these cyber 

criminals? Police chief should 

have initiated action against 

them and it should be done 

under the law of the land. 

Enough is enough," filmmaker 

and activist Shaykhh Mukhtar 

Threats to girl band: CM assures probe 

shift these ‘self-identified' 

stands by operators to some 

appropriate locations so as to 

ensure smooth flow of traffic. 

These agencies apparently 

have turned a blind eye 

towards this basic issue, which 

is needed to be addressed 

urgently to ensure better flow 

of traffic. 

Divisional Commissioner 

Jammu, Pardeep Gupta said 

JDA was busy in raising 

infrastructure like shops, 

workshops, night shelter/ 

hall for drivers and conduc- 

tors besides toilets at 

Khanpur. They are now in 

process of allotment of sites 

and shops there. Some of 

them have been allotted and 

others are in process. As this 

activity is completed, the 

process of removing idle 

parking from B C Road to 

Khanpur Bus Stand will be 

started. 

Responding to another 

question, the Divisional 

Commissioner said the 

Transport Department has 

already notified and the 

process of shifting will be 

started soon. He said ISBT at 

Transport Nagar will also be 

shifted as some additional 

infrastructure is needed to be 

raised there. Mr Gupta said 

Khanpur site will only be used 

for idle parking. Buses will 

operate and terminate at 

General Bus Stand. Moreover, 

a proposal was also there to 

raise multi-storey parking 

facility at existing General Bus 

Stand. He said the 

Administration was keen to 

remove congestion/ unwanted 

operation of vehicles to differ- 

ent routes on B C Road, K C 

Crossing and near Jewel 

Chowk. Now, the Transport 

and Traffic Police authorities 

will have to implement the 

orders to make the Bus Stands 

functional. 

Vice Chairperson of Jammu 

Development Authority (JDA), 

Sarita Chouhan when contact- 

ed said that Khanpur Bus Stand 

for idle parking of buses of 

Banihal, Doda and Katra-Reasi 

routes was constructed by JDA 

several years ago. The required 

facilities including night-shel- 

ter for drivers/ conductors, toi- 

let facilities, workshops and 

other shops were raised and 

they are ready for the last one 

year now. Even more than 25 

shops have been allotted to the 

people to run their business 

there but they too, have not 

started their activity. They 

must be waiting and watching 

for the operation of this Bus 

Stand. 

Replying to a question, the 

VC JDA said there is capacity 

of parking more than 300 buses 

there. Even lights were fixed at 

the poles and towers besides 

main hall for operators. Good 

number of toilets and bath- 

rooms were raised there. Three 

JDA guards have been 

deployed to look after the 

property as some of them were 

even stolen by the unknown 

people as this complex is not 

put to use till today. Many peo- 

ple have paid money for the 

hired/ allotted shops and many 

of them are in the process of 

making payments. The work- 

shops will also become opera- 

tional only when the stand is 

shifted there. Now, there is 

time to implement the orders 

as Transport Department has 

also issued notification in this 

regard. 

She further disclosed that 

ISBT at Transport Nagar has 

also been created by the JDA 

and there is huge space for the 

operation of inter-state buses. 

All the facilities are in place 

there but it was also not shifted 

from B C Road Bus Stand till 

today. The JDA should not be 

held responsible for it. In fact, 

it was collective responsibility 

of the allied agencies. If these 

Bus Stands are shifted from B 

C Road area, the traffic load 

will certainly be reduced 

around General Bus Stand area 

besides other adjoining busy 

crossings. She said the process 

of acquiring nearly 200 kanal 

land near Paloura on Akhnoor 

Road for Chhamb and Poonch 

route buses is also in process. 

`Ìt will again ease the traffic 

load on B C Road, Canal Road 

and Maheshpura Chowk,'' she 

added. 

Transport Commissioner, 

M A Kakroo disclosed that 

much needed notification 

regarding shifting of Bus Stand 

to Khanpur near Nagrota 

Bypass has been issued by his 

department. He said the JDA 

has almost completed it task 

and now this Bus Stand will be 

made functions shortly. 

Commissioner said the assis- 

tance of Traffic Police authori- 

ties is also needed and now the 

Banihal/ Doda and Katra- 

Reasi route buses are to be 

shifted there. He admitted that 

this step will help in reducing 

traffic load on BC Road and 

General Bus Stand area. 

Kakroo said drivers demanded 

that workshops and `Dhabas' 

be made functional there 

before shifting. They also 

pointed out that fuel consump- 

tion during up and down jour- 

ney to Khanpur from B C Road 

was additional burden on them. 

This issue is also being exam- 

ined. He however, assured that 

this Bus Stand is going to be 

made functional very soon. 

Mr Kakroo also expressed 

his desire to shift ISBT at 

Transport Nagar without any 

much delay now for ensuring 

better flow of traffic in B C 

Road area. Commenting on 

traffic mess on B C Road and 

K C Chowk, he said it was 

responsibility of Traffic Police 

to regulate traffic and remove 

congestion and idle parking. 

ISBT, Khanpur Stand ready; 

Govt lacks will to shift 

Uncle kills nephew in Ramkote 

RDD works not getting due recognition: Sagar 

Dr Jitendra Singh addressing API meet at Coimbatore on 

Saturday. 

API meet at Coimbatore 

Dr Jitendra cautions against 

‘economic’ burden of diabetes 

BJP discusses organizational matters 


JAMMU, Feb 2: In a meet- 

ing of BJP senior leaders, State 

Office bearers, MLAs, District 

and Morcha presidents held at 

Party Headquarters here today 

under the leadership of Party's 

state president Jugal Kishore 

Sharma, various issues concern- 

ing the Party were discussed. 

Various aspects of this day 

long meeting included the deci- 

sion to organize a State level 

"Karyakarta Sammelan" at 

Jammu on February 17. All the 

participants in the meeting were 

tasked with the responsibility of 

ensuring the presence and atten- 

dance of the workers of their 

respective areas in large num- 

bers. The discussions were also 

held about the just concluded 

membership drive in the State. 

Addressing the meeting, 

Jugal Kishore Sharma said that 

responsible party activists must 

remain sensitive to the impor- 

tance of proper and appropriate 

method of communication with 

every party worker. While 

impressing upon party workers 

to participate and attend the pro- 

posed " Karyakarta Sammelan" 

at Jammu, it was imperative that 

they were appropriately invited 

and asked to avail of this oppor- 

tunity of strengthening the Party 

whose agenda remains national- 

istic and developmental. There 

can be no two opinions about the 

importance of time to time inter- 

action between the party work- 

ers and exchange of ideas and 

suggestions. 

Former President Dr. Nirmal 

Singh appealed for full dedicat- 

ed and sincere efforts on the part 

of the senior activists of the 

party to conduct themselves in a 

way that becomes inspirational 

for common workers of the 

party. 

MLA Jammu East Ashok 

Khajuria and former president 

Shamsher Singh Manhas, gener- 

al secretary Ashok Kaul also 

addressed the meeting. 

The accused bus driver Ram 

Singh, his brother Mukesh, 

Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta 

and Akshay Singh pleaded not 

guilty and claimed trial. 

The sixth accused, which the 

police in the charge sheet 

claimed to be most brutal among 

them, has been declared "minor" 

by the Juvenile Justice Board, 

which will try him. 

However, the fast track court 

in the order described the juve- 

nile as an "associate" of the five 

accused, who committed gang 

rape in furtherance of the con- 

spiracy and "in furtherance of 

common intention". 

The girl had died in a hospi- 

tal in Singapore on December 29 

last year. 

The court has farmed charges 

under Section 302 (murder), 307 

(attempt to murder), 376 (2)(g) 

(gangrape), 377 (unnatural 

offences), 395 (dacoity), 396 

(murder in dacoity), 201 

(destruction of evidence), 120-B 

(conspiracy), 364 (kidnapping or 

abducting in order to murder), 

365 ( kidnapping or abducting 

with intent secretly and wrong- 

fully to confine person), 394 

(voluntarily causing hurt in com- 

mitting robbery), and 412 (dis- 

honestly receiving property 

stolen in the commission of a 

dacoity) of the IPC. (PTI) 

Court frames rape charges against 5 

8 staffers attached, police gets 

CCTV footage of child lifter 

Marital rape to attract upto 

7 years of jail: Ordinance 

Work on Chenani-Nashri tunnel 

remains suspended for 4th day 


RAMBAN, Feb 2: The con- 

struction work on Chenani- 

Nashri tunnel remained sus- 

pended for the fourth day today 

due to workers strike and in 

order to bring an end to the 

ongoing impasse the district 

administration has fixed a meet- 

ing between the agitators and 

management of the Leighton 

Wellspun Contractors Ltd on 

Monday. 

The workers went on strike 

four days back after management 

of the company deducted Rs 

2,000 from the salary of each 

worker to supplement the com- 

pensation to the family of Chuni 

Lal, who was electrocuted on 

January 29, 2013, and refused to 

hold a meeting with them to sort 

out the issue 

Besides release of deducted 

wages, the agitating workers 

have also been demanding parity 

in wages, recruitment as per their 

skill, reinstatement of retrenched 

workers and extra ambulance. 

In order to bring an end to the 

impasse and ensure re-start of 

work on the project, the Ramban 

district administration has 

arranged meeting between the 

agitating workers and manage- 

ment of the company on Monday 

at the office of District 


(DDC), sources said. 

They said that intervention of 

local political leaders has also 

contributed in the ongoing 

impasse and the district adminis- 

tration should take adequate 

steps to prevent them from caus- 

ing impediments in the work on 

the ambitious project. 


As mixed response greeted 

the Government’s decision to 

come out with an Ordinance on 

rape, Law Minister Ashwani 

Kumar today asserted that none 

could accuse the Government of 

being insensitive to the concerns 

of women and it would soon 

ensure that the country got a 

credible and effective laws to 

fight heinous crimes against 

women and others. 

Talking to news channels in 

separate interviews, Mr Kumar 

dismissed the accusations that 

the ruling Congress and the 

Ministers had not gone before 

the Justice J S Verma panel. The 

Prime Minister had written to 

Justice Verma applauding the 

work done by the Committee 

and UPA Chairman and 

Congress President Sonia 

Gandhi had called up the panel 

Chairman showing the utmost 

respect and commitment to the 

recommendations of the 

Committee. The Congress had 

sent its response to the panel. 

He said the minimum pun- 

ishment accepted by the 

Government was 20 years for a 

rape followed by killing was 20 

years and death sentence in 

rarest of rare case. The Supreme 

Court had awarded death sen- 

tence to such offences. “We will 

proceed with utmost stringency 

in the crimes against women,” 

he asserted.(PTI) 

Will ensure country gets credible, 

effective laws soon : Ashwani


Govt committed to 

eradicate illiteracy: Bhalla 



Housing, Horticulture and 

Culture Raman Bhalla has said 

that State Government endeavors 

to eradicate illiteracy from 

every nook and corner of the 

State by opening and upgrading 

scores of schools besides equipping 

the Government educational 

institutions with better infrastructure 

and qualified staff. 

This was stated by the 

Minister while addressing a 

large gathering after laying 

foundation stone for additional 

accommodation block in newly 

upgraded Government High 

School, Qasim Nagar under 

Rashtriya Madhyamic Shiksha 

Abhiyan (RAMSA), here today. 

Commissioner Jammu 

Municipal Corporation Mr. 

Kuldeep Lal Khajuria besides 

other senior officers of School 

Education, Public Health 

Engineering, Power 

Development Department, 

Roads and Buildings and Urban 

Environmental Engineering 

Department accompanied the 

Minister. 

Mr. Bhalla asked the executing 

agency to complete the project 

within three months by constructing 

additional rooms, 

office room, toilet block, computer 

and laboratory room so 

that the classes for next session 

students batches could be started 

there. He said Government is 

making all efforts to reach out to 

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new schools within one-kilometer 

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several educational programmes 

to cover all children. 

He said Central Government 

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facilities in High and Higher 

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schools would be upgraded 

under RAMSA across the State, 

adding that Rs. 49.90 lakh 

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to the inhabitants of Qasim 

Nagar like safe drinking water, 

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community hall besides 

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Responding to the demand of 

locals, the Minister announced 

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link road besides all internal 

lanes and drains. He asked the 

executing agency to complete 

the works within prescribed time 

frame. 

Regarding construction of 

slab over nallah near Rabi Dass 

Sabha at Kalika Colony, Mr. 

Bhalla asked Commissioner 

Jammu Municipal Corporation 

to immediately start the work. 

Policeman killed, 8 

injured in road accidents 


SRINAGAR, Feb 2: A 

policeman died while as eight 

others were injured in different 

road accidents across the 

Kashmir valley. 

Reports said that a Gypsy 

bearing registration number AB- 

IIX/2264 of 110 BN CRPF hit 

and injured a pedestrian 

Ravinder Singh, son of Charan 

Singh resident of Nanner, Tral 

working as a follower in JKAP 

12 BN near Gas Plant, Pampore. 

The injured was shifted to 

SKIMS-Soura, for treatment, 

where he succumbed to his 

injuries. 

A Tavera bearing registration 

number JK01Q/5874 and a load 

carrier bearing registration number 

JK05/1495 collided on 

National Highway near 

Kiran Prasad launches 

PWWA website 


JAMMU, Feb 2: The 

Chairperson Jammu and 

Kashmir Police Wives Welfare 

Association (JKPWWA), Kiran 

Prasad launched the website of 

the association 

www.jkpwwa.org at a simple 

function held at Police Officer 

Mess here today. 

While launching the website, 

Mrs. Prasad said that JKPWWA 

has been working for the welfare 

of the families of police martyrs 

and has been raising funds to 

rehabilitate these families. She 

said that various schemes are in 

force for the welfare of the families 

of martyrs including free 

education for their wards. 

Deliberating on the aims of 

the website, Mrs. Prasad said 

that the website would facilitate 

the next of kins of the martyrs 

(NOKs) to get ready information 

about the schemes being introduced 

for their welfare. She said 

that suggestions with regard to 

bring improvement in the working 

of the association could also 

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A Tata Sumo bearing registration 

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I lost my original Diploma certificate 

somewhere while in 

transit at Jammu. The 

Certificate bears name Satin 

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Raghunath Pura, Jammu have lost 

my driving licence bearing No. 

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PUBLIC NOTICE 

It is inform to general public through this notice that 

Sandeep Jain S/o Sh. Bimal Kumar Jain R/o 22-A 

Jain Nagar Talab Tillo Jammu, has approached The 

J&K Bank Ltd, BU Link Road Jammu for Credit 

Facilities in his favour and bank has sanctioned the 

said facility in his favour under ‘Mortgage Loan 

Scheme’ against the one of the security Mortgage of 

Shop No. 118 with roof right in Jain Bazar Jammu 

which is measuring and bounded as North : 16’-8” 

Shop of Vijay Chain House, South 16’-8” H/O 

Darshan Lal West : 10’-0” H/O Gurdial Khanna, East 

: 10’-0” Road standing in the name of Sandeep Jain 

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Tillo Jammu. 

If any person having any objection regarding the said 

PROPERTY he/she may file his/her objections in the 

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within 07 days from the date of publication of this 

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Ahmed R/o Bhadarwah have lost my 

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PNB and SBI, credit card JK Bank, 

Monalisa shopping card PAN card, 

Election ID Card, in Janipur Colony 

area of Jammu. If anyone found please 

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OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL DIET, JAMMU 

NOTIFICATION 

It is notified for the information of all the Heads of Evaluation 

Centre/Complex Heads of their respective Zone to depute a 

staff member along with authority letter to collecf the Exam 

Material (Roll No. Slips/Attendance Sheets/Result Sheet/Marks 

Cards etc. of MSE(8th Class T-2 Exam.) 2012-13 from the 

Office of the u/s as per dates given below:- 

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Name of the Zone Date of collection 

(Exam Material) 

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Akhnoor, Arnia, Chowki Choura 04-02-2013 

Dansal, Jourian, Khour 

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Marh, Miran Sahib, Purmandal 05-02-2013 

R.S.Pura, Satwari 

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Bishnah, Bhalwal, Gandhi Nagar 6-02-2013 

Jammu A, Jammu B, Jammu C 

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Note: All the concerned Head of Govt as well as Pvt. Institutions 

of District Jammu are hereby directed to collect their Roll No. 

slips of 8th Class (T2-Exam 2012-13) from their respective 

Evaluation Centers/Complex Heads by deputing a staff member 

alongwith authority letter duly signed. 

DIP/J-7924 Sd/- 

Dated: 31-1-2013 Principal 

DIET, Jammu 

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

STATE BOARD OF SCHOOL 

EDUCATION, JAMMU 

NOTIFICATION 

It is hereby notified for information of all concerned 

heads of non Government ETTC Institutions of 

Jammu province that they shall submit the computerised 

Admission cum permission forms after doing 

the needful along with enrolment of ETTC 1st year 

2011-13 batch (counselling & management) with the 

concerned Board Office up to 06-02-2013 if not 

already submitted. 

Further they shall collect the Admit cards of ETTC 1st 

year examination of 2011-13 batch from the concerned 

BOSE Office w.e.f 14-02-2013 to 16-02-2013 

during office hours. The examination of the said Class 

is commencing from 18-02-2013. 

By order 

Sd/- 

No:F(ETT-Exam 2011-13) B/JD/2013 Joint Secretary 

Dated: 02-02-2013 Examination, JD 

BEFORE THE HON’BLE SPECIALTRIBUNAL, 

JAMMU & KASHMIR, AT JAMMU. 

1. Mr. Vikas Sharma S/o Sh Dev Raj Sharma & Ano 

...Petitioners. 

Versus. 

1. The Citizens Cooperative Bank Ltd & Ors. 

...Respondents. 

IN THE MATTER OF:- Revision petition against order and Award dated 04-09-2010, passed by Ld. Additional 

Registrar Cooperative Societies, Jammu in Arbitration Petition titled. The Citizens Cooperative Bank Ltd Vs. Mrs. 

Sandya Verma & Ors. For setting aside of the same. 

NOTICE to Respondents. 

To, 

(Residential Address) 

1. Mrs. Sandya Verma W/o Late Pawan Kumar Verma, R/o:- H.No.214, B.C. Mohalla Jatkatian, Jammu. 

(Business Address) 

Mrs. Sandya Verma W/o Late Pawan Kumar Verma, 

Prop. Verma Handloom, Opposite Chajju Halwai, Mohalla Partapgarh, Jammu. 

1. Whereas the above titled revision petition is sub-judice before the Hon’ble Chairman of this Tribunal and is fixed 

for hearing on 05-02-2013. 

2. Whereas, a registered summon was sent to the respondent on her above mentioned business address. The 

said registered envelope has been returned by the postal authorities with the report that despite repeated visit the 

addressee has not been located, hence the registered envelope received in this Tribunal as undelivered. 

3. Whereas, the advocate for the petitioner filed an application for effecting service of summon upon above mentioned 

respondent through publication in the newspapers. 

4. Whereas this Tribunal is satisfied that the service of summon upon the above mentioned respondent cannot be 

effected in an ordinary manner. 

Now, therefore, through the proclamation of this notice, above named respondent is directed appear before the 

court of Hon’ble Chairman of this Tribunal at Jammu on 05-02-2013 during the court hours in person, through recognized 

agent or an advocate to defend her case. In case of her failure to appear on fixed date the court may pass 

appropriate order against her. In case the fixed date is declared as holiday the case shall be taken for hearing on 

next working day. 

Sd/- 

Registrar, 

J&K Special Tribunal, Jammu. 

No:- STJ/07/2013/I Dated: 23/1/2013 

Kendriya Vidyalaya No. II Udhampur 

Contractual Staff Required 

Principal K.V. No. 2 Dhar Road Udhampur invites 

Bio Data of eligible candidates before 20-2-2013 for the 

following posts of engage staff on Part Time Contractual 

basis for the session 2013-2014. 

PGT: English, Hindi, Math’s, Educational 

Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Qualification/ 

Computer Science Salary as per 

TGT: English, Hindi S.St. Science, KVS Norms 

Math, Sanskrit please refer 

PRTs KVS website 

Experts: Computer Instructor, Sports kvsangathan.nic.in 

German, French, Spanish, and notice board 

Chinese Language teacher of the Vidyalaya 

Doctor: Minimum MBBS and registered 

with MCI Required only for two 

hours on working days Rs 1000/per 

day for two hours only. 

Nurse: Diploma holder (Rs. 750/- per day 

for total 07 hours on working days) 

Interested candidates must submit their Bio-Data alongwith 

attested photocopies of Education qualification before 

20-2-2013 and attend interview on 25-2-2013 for PGT & 

TGTs and on 26-2-2013 for PRTs and others. 

Principal 

AIR FORCE SCHOOL JAMMU 

REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING STAFF 

Applications are invited for following posts for Air Force School, Satwari Jammu. 

Application forms are available at the School on payment of Rs. 150/- between 9.00 

am and 11.00 am on all working days. Candidate can also download the application 

from school website www.afsjammu.com and submit the same along with a demand 

draft of Rs. 150/- in favour of O i/c AF School payable at Jammu. The duly filled applications 

should reach the Executive Director, Air Force School, Satwari Jammu Cantt 

180003, latest by 05 Mar 2013. For further details contact AF School Jammu Phone 

: 0191-2431343. 

Post Minimum Educational Qualification 

PGT (PHE, Eng, Master Degree in the concerned Subject with BEd from a 

Math, Physics) recognized university. 

TGT (English, Social Graduate with the subject and with a recognized Degree/ 

Science, Math - 03, Diploma in Education. 

Science & Computer) 

PRT -03 Higher Secondary with JBT (02 years) or BEd 

PRT(Dance Teacher) (i) Matriculation or equivalent. (ii) Two years experience 

in a recognized Ballet Troupe as a performing artist. 

(iii) Two years experience in Dance work with children in a 

recognized dance school. 

Art Teacher Master Degree in fine arts with commercial art or applied 

art specialization or Higher Sec with 05 years full time/ 07 

years part time Diploma in Commercial Art. 

Quarter Master Preferably Ex-Defence personnel having an experience 

in School administration and school accounts. Preference 

will be given to person having computer knowledge 

below 50 years ago. 

Office Clerk (i) Degree from a recognized university with knowledge 

regarding maintenance of books of accounts. 

French Language Graduate with Advance Diploma in French Language 

Teacher 

Note : No TA/DA will be paid to candidates. Only shortlisted candidates will be called 

for written test which will be held on 09 Mar 12. 

Admissions are open for class LKG to IX from 15 Feb 13. Admission forms will be 

available from15 Feb 13 between 9.00 am to 11.00 am. 

REGISTRATION OF FIRMS/SUPPLIER 

Application are invited for registration of firms/suppliers for sup- 

ply of Stationery items. Examination related material, Printing of 

question paper/materials, prizes, medals, trophies, mementos, 

Sports Materials/Work, Musical instrument, Agriculture equip- 

ment, seeds, plants, flower pots from nursery, deals in Computer 

hardware, Software & Computer peripherals/ AMC, teaching 

aids, audio visual aids, library books, furniture items, Hiring of 

Tent article, Sound & Light Arrangement, Gardening, Electrical 

Materials, AC, water purifier, water coolers/AMC, electrician, 

plumber, White wash, Painting Materials, Labour Sanitary fitting 

materials, photography, Drawing and painting, Flex Board 

Printing Security Agency/Conservancy, Laboratory Equipment. 

For the session 2013-14. 

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO.1 AKHNOOR 

(Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India) 

NEAR CHENAB RIVER OLD BRIDGE AKHNOOR-181201 

Ph: (01924) 252810 Fax No. 253250 

Website: www.kvno1akhnoor.com E-mail: kvno1akhnoor@yahoo.co.in 

F.34/KV.1-Akh/2009-10/____/2.2.2013 Fax/Post/By Hand 

Last Date of receiving application by post or by hand for regis- 

tration along with PAN/TAN/TIN/ST/VAT No. etc is 1.3.2013. 

Protest against Sarpanch 



Residents of Raiyar village in 

Central Kashmir's Budgam district 

today protested against the 

Sarpanch of the area alleging that 

he has resorted to embezzlement 

in the developmental funds meant 

for the village. 

The protesters also accused the 

Sarpanch namely Mohammad 

Maqbool Mir of beating up his 

nephew and a RTI activist after 

they raised voice against embezzlement 

of the funds. The protesters 

alleged that the Sarpanch has 

embezzled the funds meant for the 

IAY and MGNREGA schemes. 

The residents alleged that the 

Sarpanch was having some illegal 

weapon in his possession due to 

which the villagers don't dare to 

raise voice against him. 

"We are requesting the Chief 

Minister, Omar Abdullah to help 

us in getting rid of him otherwise 

we won't have any other option 

than to leave the village," said 

Raja Begum, sister of the 

Sarpanch. 

PRESS NOTICE 

NOTICE INVITING TENDER 

E-NIT No: STP/DO/NIT/39 DT: 21-01-2013 

On behalf of Managing Director, Jammu & Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation Ltd., the Deputy General Manager, 

Mechanical Unit JKPCC Ltd, Jammu invites e-tenders from Principal Manufacturers or their authorized dealers. 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

S. No Name of work Estimated Cost Earnest Money 

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1. SITC of prefabricated (All in one) STP 55.00 lacs 1.10 lacs 

(150 KLD) based on MBBR technology using 

Poly Vinyl Alcohol (PVA) Gel as media with 

lamella clerifier/lamella settler and required 

civil works and electro mechanical equipments 

on turnkey basis. Operation and maintenance 

of above STP for one year at Distt. Hospital Doda. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Note:- 

1. The NIT consisting of qualifying information, eligiblity criteria, specifications. Bill of Quantities can be seen/downloaded from the 

departmental website www.jktenders.gov.in from Dt: 21-01-2013 from 06.00 p.m. to Dt: 14.02.2013 upto 2.00 p.m. 

2. Any other information regarding e-tendering process can be had from the office of Deputy General Manager JKPCC Ltd. 

Mechanical Unit, Jammu. 

DIP/J-1745-P Sd/- 

Dated: 29-1-2013 Deputy General Manager 

Mechanical Unit JKPCC Ltd. Jammu 

Sd/- 

Principal

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2013 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 

Players in action during 9th J&K State Wushu Championship 

at MA Stadium on Saturday. 


9th J&K State Wushu Championship 

Minal, Neha, Sonia, Tania emerge 

winners in sub junior girls category 

Excelsior Sports Correspondent 

JAMMU, Feb 2: Minal 

Sharma, Neha, Sonia and Tania 

Sharma emerged winners in the 

sub junior girls category on the 

second day of the ongoing 9th 

J&K State Wushu 

Championship organized by 

Wushu Association at 

Multipurpose hall, Indoor complex, 

MA Stadium here today. 

In 14 kg under 5 years girls 

category, Divya and Sanah 

Showkat claimed first and second 

positions, whereas the third 

position was shared by 

Ojwaswani and Sampadha. 


category, the first and second 

positions were claimed by 

Parjanya and Jeeya, while 

Bhumi and Prayanka Dogra 

shared third position. 


category, Palak Sharma and 

Vandhana claimed first and second 

positions respectively, 

whereas the third position was 

shared by Ruksar and Pragati. 

In sub junior 26 kg boys category, 

Arpit and Kunal claimed 

first and second positions 

respectively, while Urooj Nabi 

and Ajay Thakur shared third 

rank. 


the first and second positions 

were claimed by Angreh 

Wangoo and Nitin Singh, while 

the third position was bagged by 

Abhishek Gandhi and Mannat. 


Faizan Iqbal and Danish 

secured first and second positions 

respectively, while 

Kanveer and Badshah shared 

third position. 

In 18 kg under 5 years boys 

category, Jaswinder Singh, 

Raghav, Prayanshu and 

Himanshu emerged winners. 

On the second day of the 

ongoing competition, Owais 

Ahmad, IGP Technical was the 

chief guest, who distributed 

prizes among the winners. 

While speaking, Owais 

Ahmad appealed to the 

Government to encourage 

Wushu sports and other sports as 

well, which are bringing the laurels 

to the State at national and 

international level. 

At the end, HK Lohia presented 

vote of thanks. 

3rd Parmodh Memorial Cricket Tournament 

Atman Club thrashes 

Preet Club by 60 runs 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Atman 

Sports Cricket Club thrashed 

Preet Cricket Club by a huge 

margin of 60 runs in today's fixture 

and sailed into the next 

round of the ongoing 3rd 

Parmodh Memorial Cricket 

Tournament being organized by 

Mandal Cricket Club at 

Panchayat Ghar Cricket ground, 

Mandal. 

Batting first after winning 

the toss, Atman Club set a huge 

target of 185 runs infront of its 

opponent team for the loss of 9 

wickets in stipulated 20 overs. 

Sandy was the top scorer with 

44 runs, while Chetan also 

played well and chipped in 42 

runs. Hardeep Prince, Saleem 

and Monu Sharma also made 39, 

25 and 23 runs respectively. 

For Preet Club side, Aman 

clinched 3 wickets and Udesh 

scalped 2 wickets, while Sunil 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Hiking 

Club of St Stephen's College, 

New Delhi is going to organize 

8th St Stephen's Open Sport 

Climbing Competition from 

February 8 to 10. 

The 3-day competition will 

be conducted for both male and 

female climbers in the Junior 

(under 16 years) and Open category 

(all ages) at the 11 meter 

high and 5 meter wide fiber 

glass climbing wall in the college 

premises. 

Every climber in the junior 

Trials for National Musical 

Chair Competition tomorrow 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Jammu and 

Kashmir Musical Chair 

Association (JKMCA) is going 

to conduct trials for the 7th 

National Musical Chair 

Competition (Speed/ Skating 

events) for under 11, 14, 17 and 

above 17 years in boys and girls 

section to be held at Chatra, 

Jharkhand from February 8 to 

and pankaj claimed one wicket 

apiece. 

In the second inning, Preet 

Club failed to chase the target 

and bundled out at 125 runs for 

all out in 19.1 overs. Gulshan 

chipped in 29 runs, while Udesh 

made 20 runs. Sunil and Aman 

also contributed 15 runs each. 

For Atman Club side, 

Sidharth and Deepak Sharma 

were the pick of the bowlers 

with 3 wickets each, while 

Monu Sharma scalped 2 wickets. 

Hardeep Prince and KK also 

took one wicket apiece. 

Deepak Sharma was 

declared as man of the match for 

scalping 3 wickets. 

The match was officiated by 

Dhai and Arun, while Sunny 

Sharma maintained the scorecard. 

The tournament is being 

organized under the guidance of 

GS Micheal, Sports Secretary. 

8th St Stephen's Open Sport 

Climbing Competition from Feb 8 

10. 

Educational institution, 

Clubs and interested players, 

who are interested to take part in 

the competition are asked to 

appear for the selection trail at 

Government Middle School, 

Munshi Chak, Camp Gole 

Gujral at 4 pm on February 4. 

For any queries, the players 

can contact on Mobile number 

9419197957. 

'Induction Training Prog' concludes at IECS 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Five days 

"Induction Training Programme 

using ICT" organized by NITT- 

TR, Chandigarh concluded today 

at IECS Polytechnic College. 

During the programme, lecturers 

were delivered by the eminent 

educationists using 

Information Communication 

Technology. 

Dr ML Parwana, Principal, 

National College of Education 

and Annil Suri, President, Bari- 

Brahmana Industries Association 

also delivered useful lectures. 

Faculty members from different 

technical institutions also 

participated in the programme. 

Prof Rama Chhabra from 

NITTTR, Chandigarh delivered 

the concluding lecture. 

At the end, Prof KG Gupta, 

Principal, IECS presented vote 

of thanks. 

category has to compete both in 

Lead and Speed climbing in all 

the rounds of the competition 

and the winner is declared on the 

basis of overall performance of a 

climber in all the rounds of both 

types of competition. However, 

participants in the Open category 

will have the choice of competing 

either in Lead or Speed or 

both types of competition. 

The registration fee for the 

junior categories is Rs 100 

whereas for the Open category is 

Rs 200 for Lead or Speed climbing 

and Rs 300 for participation 

in both types of competition. 

Boarding and lodging for the 

outstation participants will be 

provided by the organizers in the 

college premises at the rate of 

Rs 300 per day. 

J&K Climbers desirous of 

competing in the competition 

may contact Shawetica Khajuria 

on Mobile No 9906216637 for 

further details. 

Students presenting cultural item during Annual Day celebration 

at Vidya Peeth Public Higher Secondary School, Mubarak 

Mandi on Saturday. 

Vidya Peeth School 

celebrates Annual Day 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Vidya Peeth 

Public Higher Secondary School, 

Mubarak Mandi celebrated 70th 

Annual Day with pomp and show. 

On the occasion, Ashwani 

Padha, Deputy Registrar, Jammu 

University was the chief guest, 

while Captain Dewan Singh, 

Manager of the school, Vipin 

Kumar Sharma, Principal, staff 

members and students were also 

present. 

The students presented various 

cultural programme and mesmerized 

the audience with their 

commendable performance. 

Ashwani Padha while speaking 

suggested that education 

should be as per need for the society 

and nation. 

Later, Ashwani Padha along 

with other dignitaries presented 

awards to the meritorious students 

of the institution. 

The students awarded were 

Rupali Jamwal, Nigibh Sharma, 

Ananya Anand, Ajay Sudan, 

Sachin Bagal, Varun Gupta, 

Akshit Kesar, Devyani Gupta, 

Tanisha Rajput, Aayushi Verma, 

Shikha Bhat, Kapish Mahajan, 

Rishab Gupta, Jatin Sharma, 

Vivek Manhas, a student of Nav Yug Higher Secondary School, 

Subash Nagar posing for photograph with Hardev Jamwal, 

Managing Director, Chander Kanta, Principal and Seema, 

Coordinator after securing first position in the Essay Writing 

Competition on the topic "Oil and Gas Conservation and its relevance 

in Daily Life" organized during "Oil and Gas Fortnight 2013" 

at Jammu recently. Transport and CAPD Minister Chowdhary Mohd 

Ramzan presented the prize. 

Sunandan Banathia, Bahnu 

Bakshi, Aryan Mahajan, Twinkle 

Verma, Abhimanyu, Anila 

Jamwal, Ashish Dogra, Sakshii 

Dhar, Madhav Mahajan, Tushar 

Mahajan,, Pooja Kapoor, Vishesh 

Sajgotra, Astha Sharma, Manav 

Arora, Manik Raina, Ayush 

Mahajan, Prachi Tiwari, Ridhima 

Sharma, Aryan Slathian, Priyanka 

Verma, Ayam Gupta, Swatika 

Gupta, Ishika Vaid, Sourav 

Kapoor, Vanshika Sajgotra, 

Mehul Raina, Lakshita Verma, 

Vishavjeet, Ayushi Puri, Dhruv 

Gupta Gupta, Harsh Magotra, 

Mannat Nanda, Piyush Gupta, 

Shagun Gupta, Sneha Rathore, 

Tejaswani Khajuria, Manik 

Sharma, Molishka Shonka, Krish 

Sharma, Bansh Dusgotra, Raghav 

Gupta, Vinty Gandral, Prabhat 

Tiwarim Neha Sharma, Saniya 

Dogra, Vanshika, Nandini 

Thakur, Krishna Shonka, Suhani 

Sharma, Danish Sharma, 

Shivalika , Satyam Sharma, 

Suhani Puri, Gourav, Sonia, 

Samarth, Shushavan, Aryan Dev, 

Keshav, Sukhnandan, Ruder 

Verma and Rahul Singh. 

JU team to participate in All India-Inter 

University Fencing C’ship 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Thirteen 

member Jammu University 

fencing team has been selected 

for their participation in the All 

India-Inter University Fencing 

Championship to be held at 

Punjab University, Patiala from 

February 4 to 7. 

Sahib Gupta of PG (MCA), 

Maheshwar Sharma of New 

Modern College, Monika 

Sharma of GWC Parade, Veer 

Sangram Singh of MAM 

College and Anupam of GDC 

Reasi will participate in the 

EPEE event, while Mohd Tariq 

of MAM College, Dushant 

Magotra of MIET College, 

Abhinav Pandotra of GDC Reasi 

and Satish Lani of MAM 

College will took part in Foil 

event. Sushant of GGM Science 

College, Rajay Kumar of PG 

Jammu University and Mohit 

Sharma of GGM Science 

College will participate in Sabre 

event. 

International Fencer Rashid 

Ahmed and Ajay Khatrol will 

accompany the team as coach 

and manager respectively. 

The team was selected under 

the guidance of Dhyan Singh 

Bhau, Director, Directorate of 

Sports and Physical Education, 

Jammu University. 

Winners of French Written Quiz Competition posing for photograph 

with dignitaries at Jammu on Saturday. 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Club de 

Francais, a French Language 

Club along with JBAI's iLearn, 

an Institute of Languages distributed 

prizes among winners 

of French Written Quiz 

Competition at KC Gurukul. 

In the competition, Amreena 

Imtiaz from KC Gurukul 

secured first position, while 

Akansha Sharma and Aditya 

Gupta from Jodhamal claimed 

2nd and 3rd positions respectively. 

The prizes were distributed 

by ON Khajuria, Retd, General 

Manager, J&K Bank and 

Director of iLearn in presence 

GHSS Dori Dager celebrates Annual Day 


JAMMU, Feb 2: 

Government Higher Secondary 

School, Dori Dager celebrated 

Annual Day with enthusiasm 

and zeal. 

On the occasion, Deputy 

Chief Minister Tara Chand was 

the chief guest, while Joint 

Director, State Institute of 

Education, SDM Akhnoor, CEO 

and other officers as well as staff 

and students were also present. 

Cultural items and march 

past was presented by the students, 

which was appreciated by 

the audience with thundering 

applauses. 

Calling upon teaching fraternity 

to devotedly attend to 

duties, Deputy Chief Minister 

Tara Chand said that teachers 

play a very special role in socie- 

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www.jkgad.nic.in 0191-2545702 (J) 

Government of Jammu and Kashmir 

General Administration Department 

(Administration Section) Civil Secretariat, Jammu 

Subject:- Validity of Degrees obtained through 

Distance Mode of Education 

Government Order No. 142-GAD of 2013 

Dated: 29-01-2013 

In partial modification of Government Order No. 252-HE of 

2012 dated 30-05-2012 issued by the Higher Education 

Department under endorsement No. HE/Gen/652/2011, dated 

30-05-2011, it is hereby ordered that the written test shall not be 

conducted for filling up of Class-IV posts by the Recruiting 

Agencies viz. ‘Departmental Recruitment Committees and the 

‘Police Recruitment Board.’ 

Amreena bags first position in French 

Written Quiz Competition 

ty and everybody looks up to 

them with admiration. 

“Our tradition culture and 

scriptures have also given special 

respect to teachers due the 

fact that they lead students from 

darkness to the light of knowledge 

and now it is duty of every 

teacher to come up to the expectation 

by serving with devotion 

and dedication”, he urged. 

Describing education as priority 

sector, Deputy Chief 

Minister today said that focused 

attention is being paid to 

upgrade infrastructure in the 

sector and to equip education 

institutes with most modern 

facilities, adding that the 

Government is aware of the fact 

that the department has dearth of 

staff and efforts at the highest 

level have been initiated to fill 

up the posts on priority. 

POLICE HEADQUARTERS, 

JAMMU AND KASHMIR, JAMMU 

NOTICE 

The last date for receiving applications for the post of 

Prosecuting Officer in J&K Police advertised vide PHQ Notice 

issued under endorsement No. Estt/Pros-12/2012/ 61457-610 

dated. 29-12-2012 is hereby extended upto 21-02-2013. The 

other terms/ conditions of the eligibility as notified in the earlier 

notice shall remain unchanged. 

DIP/J-7916 Sd/- 

Dt: 31-1-13 AIG (Pers) 

For Director General of Police, 

J&K-Jammu 

By order of the Government of Jammu & Kashmir. 

DIP/J-7939 Sd/- 

Dated: 31-1-2013 (Sheikh Mushtaq Ahmad)IAS 

Secretary to Government 

General Administration Department 

of Vijay Puri, Director 

Academics, KC Gurukul, Arun 

Sharma, Founder of Club de 

Francis, BL Dogra, Principal, 

Mamta Singh, Headmistress and 

Rama Bargotra, senior faculty 

iLearn. 

Buoyant India take on 

jittery England in 

second game 

MUMBAI, Feb 2: 

Buoyed by the comprehensive 

105-run victory in their 

Group A opener against the 

West Indies, hosts India go with 

their tails up against jittery 

defending champions England 

in a crucial league game of the 

ICC Women's World Cup at the 

Brabourne Stadium here tomorrow. 

Everything fell in place for 

the Mithali Raj-led home team 

as they totally outplayed their 

counterparts from the 

Caribbean islands two days ago 

to register a thumping victory at 

the same venue to log two 

points. 

A record opening wicket 

stand of 175 between India's 

first-ever World Cup centurion 

Murugesan Tirushkamini and 

Poonam Raut set up a huge total 

for the hosts to defend in style 

under lights, a day before Sri 

Lanka sent a shockwave by 

upsetting the apple cart of 

England with a last-ball, onewicket 

win. 

England, led by five-time 

Cupper Charlotte Edwards, are 

under tremendous pressure to 

save their stuttering campaign 

as a loss to India would almost 

certainly spell curtains for their 

hopes of winning back-to-back 

titles in the most important tournament 

for women. 

The three-time winners and 

India have fought close bilateral 

rubbers in recent times with the 

latter winning 3-2 at home in 

2009-10 and England winning 

the last rubber in their backyard 

by a similar margin after coming 

from 0-2 down.(PTI) 

Paes-Raja keep Indian 

hopes alive by winning 

doubles rubber 


Bringing in his wealth of 

experience, Leander Paes combined 

with debutant Purav Raja 

to keep India afloat by winning 

the do-or-die doubles rubber 

against Korea today but it would 

take a super heroic effort to save 

the hosts from a defeat in the 

Davis Cup tie. 

Playing for the first time 

together, Paes and Raja pipped 

Yong-Kyu Lim and debutant Ji 

Sung Nam 6-4 7-6 (5) 6-2 in a 

hard-fought contest that went on 

for two hours and 30 minutes. 

The way Koreans played on 

the first day, the Indians knew it 

was not going to be an easy task 

to tame their super-fit rivals. And 

it was evident from the very first 

game in which Paes and Purav 

faced four breakpoints but managed 

to escape unscathed. 

Given his limitations, Purav 

supported Paes well. More than 

the quality of his game, it was 

his gumption that caught everyone's 

attention as he came across 

as someone who wanted to contribute 

to the country's cause. 

Paes, who is now nearing 40, 

is not as sharp as he used to be 

but his experience of playing 48 

ties before bumping into this fit 

Korean team counted today. 

(PTI)


Additional Director DERS, Suresh Chugh flagging off rally 

at Surinsar on Saturday. 

Department of Environment & Remote 

Sensing celebrates ‘World Wetlands Day’ 


JAMMU, Feb 2: To commemorate 

“World Wetlands 

Day”, Department of Ecology, 

Environment and Remote 

Sensing organized symposium, 

paining and slogan writing 

competitions on the topic 

“Wetlands take care of Water” 

at Surinsar. 

On the occasion rally was 

also organized, which was 

flagged off by Suresh Chugh, 

Additional PCCF Director, 

Department of Environment 

and Remote Sensing, who was 

the chief guest in presence of 

LA Dar, Regional Director, 

DERS, Bashir Ahmad Bashir, 

Principals, Headmasters and 

Masters. 

Carrying banners and pla 

cards, hundreds of students 

from different schools participated 

in the rally and other 

competitions. 

In the symposium senior 

category, Rashi Kesar of class 

10th, Shafqat Hussain of class 

11th and Samriti Sharma of 

class 9th bagged first, second 

and third positions respectively. 

In junior category, Usha 

Devi Sonali and Poornima, all 

from class 8th emerged winners. 

In painting competition 

senior category, Gulshan 

Kumar, Aman Manhas and 

Mohd Younis, all from class 

10th claimed first, second and 

third positions respectively. In 

junior category, Suman Devi 

of class 7th, Sonia Devi of 

class 5th and Priyanka of class 

6th secured first, second and 

third positions respectively. 

In slogan writing competition 

senior category, Seema 

Devi of class 9th, Mansi 

Jamwal of class 9th and Arti 

Verma of class 10th emerged 

winners. In junior category, 

Abhay Jamwal of class 7th, 

Ankush Singh of class 6th and 

Pritasha Badyal of class 6th 

claimed first, second and third 

positions respectively. 

While speaking, Suresh 

Chugh stressed on the need to 

keep water bodies neat and 

clean and also take measures 

to conserve them for the future 

generations. 

Later prizes were distributed 

among the winners of the 

competitions. 

The programme was compared 

by Dhian Singh, 

Lecturer, Government Higher 

Secondary School, Surinsar 

and organized by Sushil 

Sharma, ESC, DERS. 

‘Veer Naris’ honoured 


NOWSHERA, Feb 2: 

Thirteen `Veer Naris' were 

felicitated by the Kalidhar 

brigade, under the aegis of 

Cross Swords Division in a 

function organized at 

Sunderbani. 

Chairperson, Family 

Welfare Organisation (FWO), 

Cross Swords Division 

Padamshree Patnaik presided 

over the function. She interacted 

with the `Veer Naris' of 

tehsil Sunderbani, attending 

the function and listened to 

their grievances. She distributed 

shawls and cash (token 

money) among the 13 `Veer 

Naris' on the occasion. 

The families of the soldiers 

from Kalidhar brigade also 

organized a cultural programme 

on the occasion. The 

Army has been working tirelessly 

towards welfare of 

`Veer Naris'. The wives of 

martyred soldiers expressed 

their gratitude to the Army for 

its noble gesture. 

Dr Harbans Lal 

given warm send 

off on retirement 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Dr 

Harbans Lal Sharma, 

Gynaecologist and Obstratician 

was accorded a 

warm send off 

on his superannuation 

on 

January 31. 

A farewell 

function in this 

regard was held at Government 

Hospital Sarwal wherein 

Superintendent Dr Arun 

Sharma, senior Consultants and 

other staff members wished Dr 

Harbans Lal a happy postretirement 

life. 

Applications invited from retired 

Lecturers/Professors for ENGLISH, MATHEMAT- 

ICS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY for 

engagement as teaching faculty in the relevant 

subjects, purely on contractual basis. 

Application with complete Bio-data & photocopies 

of testimonials may be deposited in the Principal’s 

office on or before 08 February 2013. However, the 

candidate must produce all the original documents 

at the time of interview. 

Salary: Negotiable 

Interview Scheduled on Monday, 11th February 

2013 at 11:30 am. 

No. 01/SMCS/Gen Sd/- 

Dated: 01-02-2013 PRINCIPAL 

Mechanical Engineers apprise 

Minister of demands 


JAMMU, Feb 2: A deputation 

of All J&K Mechanical 

Engineers Association called 

on Minister for PHE, Irrigation 

and Flood Control Sham Lal 

Sharma and apprised him of the 

problems being faced by them. 

President of the 

Association, Er R K Kohli, 

highlighted the issues and 

demands such as creation of 

two posts of Chief Engineers 

(Mechanical) Hydraulic in 

Jammu Kashmir, cadre management 

control of mechanical 

engineers, fixing of responsi- 


JAMMU, Feb 2: A religious 

congregation was held at Kumar Ji 

Geeta Satsang Ashram Muthi 

today in which a large number of 

devotees and KP leaders took part. 

On the occasion rich tributes 

were paid to Swami Atma Ram Ji 

at Geeta Satsang Ashram today 

where a Samadhi was also constructed 

on his name. 

Prominent among them 

included H L Chatta president 

ASKPC, Kundan Kashmiri, president 

KPC, Brij Lal Hali a prominent 

poet, P K Raina and Sheela 

Handoo. 

On the occasion Swami 

Som Nath, District President INTUC Udhampur addressing 

PHE employees rally at Udhampur on Saturday. 

PHE employees hold rally 


UDHAMPUR, Feb 2: Water 

Works (PHE) Employees 

Association held a massive rally at 

Udhampur in which the employees 

complimented the Minister of 

PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control 

Sham Lal Sharma for issuing the 

transfer orders. 

The rally was led by Som Nath 

district president INTUC and vice 

president Water Works and PHE 

Employees Association. 

A delegation of the 

Association also called on 

Minister later and submitted a 

charter of demands to him highlighting 

their various problems 

and seeking their immediate 

redressal. 

Those who accompanied the 

delegation included Vijay Kumar, 

Suraj Parkash, Jagdish Magotra 

and Desh Kesar. 

The memorandum demanded 

release of PHE employees wages 

which they have not been paid for 

last 13 months and as a result of 

which their miseries have 

increased many fold. It also 

demanded holding of DPC for 

ordering promotions of the 

employees, appointment of new 

employees under CSS to run the 

PHE schemes and projects, providing 

the benefit of SRO 64 and 

bilities of Mechanical/ Civil 

engineers for smooth functioning 

of water supply and shifting 

of mechanical PHE Sub- 

Division Kishtwar to PHE 

Mechanical Sub Division 

Kathua. 

The Minister assured to 

consider all the demands in due 

course of time. 

Prominent among those in 

the deputation, included Er N N 

Thussu, Er T R Sharma, Er 

Ajay Khajuria, Er A S 

Choudhary, Er Anoop Verma, 

Er Kuldip Sharma, Er Dalip 

Wali, Er R K Bhatti and Er 

Pankaj Sharma. 

Religious function held 

at Geeta Satsang Ashram 

Kumar Ji termed Swami Atma 

Ram Ji a great saint and spiritual 

personality who did a noble service 

to the Ashram and society. 

He urged the people to dedicate 

themselves to the service of 

the society and rid it from social 

evils. H L Chatta and Kundan 

Kashmiri also paid tributes to 

Swami Ji. 

Later the Ashram felicitated 

Kundan Kashmiri and Tej Pandita, 

senior vice president KPC. 

The foundation of Samadhi 

was laid by Zonal Officer Muthi 

Camp. 

The devotees were served 

prashad after the function. 

regularization of employees working 

as consolidated/ community 

participation since 15 years, 

engagement of impreset estimates’ 

workers and land donors in the 

department and enhancement of 

wages from Rs 125 to Rs 300 per 

day in view of sky rocketing prices 

of essential commodities. 

LMD realizes Rs 

17,000 from spare 

parts dealers 


SRINAGAR, Feb 2: Legal 

Metrology Department (LMD) 

penalized spare-parts dealers for 

smudging MRP accessories and 

recovered Rs 17,000 as penal sum 

from the defaulters. 

A spokesman of the department 

said that officers from 

Srinagar and Pulwama districts 

raided different establishments of 

spare-parts at Bye-pass and 

National Highway. He said it was 

found that some spare-part dealers 

are flouting the norms of 

Packaged Commodities rules by 

smudging MRP on car accessories 

parts. 

He added that the team collected 

a composition sum of Rs 

17000 from the five erring traders. 

MLA Surjit Singh Slathia inaugurating exhibition-cum-sale 

at Vijaypur on Saturday. 

Exhibition-cum-sale of Khadi & 

Village Industries products commences 


SAMBA, Feb 2: Three days 

district level exhibition-cum-sale 

of khadi and village industries 

products organized by J&K Khadi 

and Village Industries Board 

(KVIB) commenced today at 

Block Development Office, 

Vijaypur. 

The exhibition-cum-sale was 

inaugurated by MLA Vijaypur and 

Former Cabinet Minister Surjit 

Singh Slathia and District 


Mubarak Singh. 

Fifteen stalls were set up by 

the department to display the products 

manufactured by the KVIB 

unit holders. The main attractions 

were desert coolers, sewing 

machines, shoes, soft toys, sanitary 

fitting, masala items, etc. 

Experts from different fields 

were also available to disseminate 

the information and to guide the 

youth for setting up their own 

enterprises/ income generating 

units. 

Addressing the gathering, 

Slathia called for a change in the 

mind set of the unemployed youth 

towards entrepreneurship to 

become job provides instead of job 

seekers. 

He added that such exhibitions 

besides encouraging the youth for 

setting up their income generating 

units help in cordial relationship 

between the department and the 

local people. 

Slathia directed the concerned 

officers to create awareness about 

different State and Centrally sponsored 

schemes and stressed upon 

the Panchs and Sarpanchs to render 

their services with zeal and 

dedication. 

Mubarak Singh impressed 

upon the officers present to ensure 

that benefits of various development 

and welfare schemes reach to 

the real beneficiaries. 

Earlier, Secretary/ CEO, KVIB 

presented a resume of activities of 

the board and informed that such 

exhibitions are organized every 

year. 

Among others present were 

Dy CEO KVIB Jammu Division, 

District Officer, KVIC, officers 

from civil administration, 

Sarpanchs and Panchs. 

LMD recovers Rs 29,300 

from defaulters 


SAMBA, Feb 2: Legal 

Metrology Department (LMD) 

conducted inspection in various 

shops in tehsil Vijaypur. 

During the checking, nine 

challans were booked under 

Weights and Measures Act and 

a fine of Rs 29,300 was recovered 

from them. 

In one case, a fine of Rs 

20,000 was imposed on Bonny 

Baby Care Private Limited, 

Noida for not mentioning the 

month and year of manufacturing/packing. 

As per handout issued, 

complaint was received with 

LMD, Vijaypur regarding non 

declaration of month and year 

of manufacture/packing on the 

kids feeding Bottle with 

Nipple of Bonny Baby Care 

Private Limited, Noida. 

Accordingly, a team of 

LMD headed by Assistant 

Controller conducted an 

inspection and imposed a fine 

Post:- Principal 

Qualification/ Eligibility- 

(a) Graduate/ Post Graduate with NTT/B.Ed degree 

(b) Minimum three years teaching experience. Preferably at 

Army Public School/ Army Pre-Primary School. 

(c) Knowledge of computer. 

Minimum Age - 35 Years 

of Rs 20,000 on the company 

for not mentioning manufacturing/ 

packaging date. 

Office bearers elected 


JAMMU, Feb 2: A meeting 

of All J&K Sleeper Coach Buses' 

Owners' Union was held here 

today under the chairmanship of 

MLC Davinder Singh Rana 

wherein they elected new office 

bearers of the union. 

During the meeting , 

Sudershan Sharma was elected 

as chairman, Ravi Sharma as 

president, Chanchal Singh as 

senior vice-president, Narinder 

Gupta as vice-president, Mangat 

Ram as general secretary, 

Sukhdev Singh as joint secretary, 

Ashwani Bali as secretary and 

Ravinder Singh as cashier. 

While speaking on the occasion, 

Rana congratulated the 

newly elected members and 

expressed hope that they will 

provide the best service to 

tourists. 

HPCL commissions one more agency 


KATHUA, Feb 2: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation 

Limited (HPCL) has commissioned one more HP Gas agency 

namely Suvidha Gas Agency at Hiranagar. 

The agency will cater to the domestic as well as non-domestic 

needs of the consumers of the area. 

Ashwani Gupta, Regional Head, HPCL inaugurated the gas 

agency owned by Parshotam Kumar Salgotra. Senior Sales 

Officer Pardeep Khyalia, HPCL Finance Head, KL Kichloo and 

other distributors of HP Gas and citizens were also present. 

Gupta appraised the gathering that this distributor will cater 

to more than 600 domestic consumers of Hiranagar town and 

adjoining rural areas. 

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UNITS(KASHMIR DIVISION) 

HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS 

NRHM Programme Management Units (Kashmir Division) welcomes 

Hon'ble Minister of State for Health (Independent charge) J&K, Jenab Shabir 

Ahmad Khan Saheb. 

We hope that the National Rural Health Mission(NRHM) shall reach new 

heights under your leadership and we shall strive to make our programme 

successful with missionary zeal and zest and thereby providing accessible, 

affordable and accountable Health care services to the common masses in 

general and to the underprivileged sections of our society in particular. 

We hope that under your visionary approach, the Programme 

Management Units will be able to Sustain J&K on the No. 1 (One) position in 

primary Health Care which it has achieved for last two consecutive years. 

We thank our worthy Mission Director, NRHM J&K, Dr. Yashpal Sharma 

who not only provided us the professional identity but also hiked the salary 

during his tenure keeping in view our committed hard work and dedication. 

NRHM Programme Management Unit (Kashmir Division) welcomes the 

Hon'ble Minister of State for Health (Independent Charge) and thanks 

Mission Director, NRHM, J&K with the commitment that we will put our best 

to remain consistently working hard for the mission under your able professional 

persona. 

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Sarpanchs stage protest 

at BDO office 


KATHUA, Feb 2: The 

Panchs and Sarpanchs from 

Kathua and Barnoti blocks today 

held protest demonstration outside 

the office of Block 

Development Office here today. 

Over a score of Sarpanchs, 

assisted by some Panchs today 

assembled outside the office of 

BDO Kathua and held protest 

demonstration. They were raising 

slogans against the BDO and 

other officers alleging that 

Sarpanchs are not taken into 

confidence in any development 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Pradesh 

Youth Congress has condemned 

the incident of alleged attack 

and firing on the workers 

engaged at a tunnel near Nashri 

(Batote) by some hired goons of 

a private company on Friday. 

While condemning the incident, 

the PYC president Shah 

Nawaz Choudhary, vice president 

Parnav Shagotra and 

Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha 

president (PYC) Pankaj Basotra 

alleged that there was nexus 

between some officials of the 

Company working on the tunnel 

and some anti-social elements 

Representatives of Titan launching Trendz 2013 at Jammu on 

Saturday. -Excelsor/Rakesh 


JAMMU, Feb 2: Titan Eye 

Plus which claims to be India's 

biggest eyewear retail chain 

makes a splash in the New Year 

with the launch of Trends 2013 

Collection. It caters to value 

conscious consumers who seek 

affordable yet stylish eyewear 

products. 

While Introducing the 

Trendz 2013 Omraj Sharma, 

Area Manager Titan Eye said 

`Èyewear is fast becoming an 

indispensable fashion accessory. 

We have always been committed 

to bringing the latest global 

fashion trends to Indian consumer 

at affordable prices and 

launched the Trendz collection 

of frames in August 2012 which 

received a fabulous response. 

This has encouraged us to introduce 

new styles under Trendz 

2013 to offer even more choice 

for consumers to select from.'' 

He said the Eye Plus being a 

leader in the eyewear segment is 

focused on creating awareness 

related works or making plans 

by the Block officials. They 

alleged that on many occasions 

only MLA/ MLCs are consulted 

by the RDD officers while the 

Sarpanchs and other Panchs are 

ignored. 

After staging protest outside 

the office for sometime the agitating 

Sarpanchs then moved 

inside where the BDO assured 

them to look into their demands 

and assured that while finalizing 

plans for their respective 

Panchayat Halqas, they will also 

be consulted. 

PYC condemns firing on 

workers by hired goons 

from outside. With this support 

of these goons the local workers 

are being harassed and victimized 

by the Company officials. 

The local workers are not 

allowed to raise their genuine 

cause and demands and these 

hired people treat them as bonded 

labourers. 

According full support to the 

local work force of Leighton 

Company, the PYC leaders 

urged the Labour Commissioner 

J&K and Minister in-charge 

Labour & Employment Ajay 

Sadhotra to immediately intervene 

into the matter and protect 

the rights of the Labour force. 

Titan Eye Plus introduces 

Trendz 2013 

for the need of vision correction. 

To support this cause further 

they have launched a free online 

vision correction test which will 

help in tracking vision problems 

in your eyesight. To take the free 

online test, participants have to 

visit the Titan Eye Plus website 

at www.titaneyeplus.com. 

He said all Titan Eye plus 

frames and lenses go through 

stringent checks to ensure 

unparalleled standards of comfort 

and quality. In addition to 

striking form, the consumer gets 

perfect functionality as well. All 

products come with a minimum 

warranty of six months he 

added. 

He said the hall mark of the 

project is that it consists of 

frames of both the single vision 

as well as the older customer 

with a need for a bifocal/ progressive 

lens. Spread over more 

then 100 styles, one can choose 

from not only bold colors like 

red, blue, purple but also colors 

like gold, silver, black and brown 

for those with a subtle taste.


400 cases of crime against 

women disposed of 

last month: CJI 

PATIALA, Feb 2: 

Over 400 cases of crime 

against women, including rape 

cases, have been disposed of in 

trial courts across the country 

last month, Chief Justice of 

India Altamas Kabir said today. 

There is need to pay more 

attention to crimes against 

women, elderly and children, the 

Chief Justice told the first convocation 

of the Rajiv Gandhi 

National Law University here. 

Fast-track courts are being set 

up in consultations with Central 

and state governments for expeditious 

disposal of cases, he said. 

Voicing concern over increasing 

cases of crime against 

women, Justice Kabir said High 

Courts have been asked to coordinate 

with state governments for 

infrastructure needed for setting 

up these special courts. 

Expressing concern over 

pendency of cases in the apex 

court, Justice Kabir said two 

more courts will be set up in the 

Supreme Court. 

He stressed the need for separate 

hearing of civil and criminal 

cases in the Supreme Court. 

Justice Kabir asked women 

to adopt law as a profession. 

He said there has been an 

increase in recent times in the 

number of women opting for a 

career in law. 

The convocation took place at 

the new campus of the university 

in Sidhuwal village. 

Some 173 students of the 

university were given degrees 

of BA, LLB, LLM and PhD. 

Chief Justice of Punjab and 

Haryana High Court A K Sikri was 

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2013 INTERNET EDITION : www.dailyexcelsior.com/magazine 

Last Governor of Gilgit 

O P Sharma 

There are numerous shining stars on 

the horizon of Jammu and Kashmir who 

have made rich contribution to the society. 

While many are still living and making 

their mark in various spheres of human 

activities and some have passed into history, 

the EXCELSIOR, a leading newspaper 

has been putting focused light on 

them. Some illustrious sons of the soil by 

their daring deeds and selfless service are 

just like beacon-light for the youngsters. 

One of such proud figures of Jammu 

and Kashmir was Brigadier Ghansar 

Singh (1895-1991), who strolled on the 

scene during a crucial period of this sensitive 

and strategic State’s history. Being 

the first Graduate from the Rajput community, 

he had eventful career in the J&K 

State Force, as he was appointed on pivotal 

post of Governor of Gilgit during the 

critical period of August, 1947. 

Critical Assignment 

It may be noted that Gilgit area, having 

borders touching Russia, China and newly 

created Pakistan, was also part of Jammu 

and Kashmir State but was on lease to 

British India. And after lapse of British Paramouncy 

on August 1, 1947 the Gilgit area 

was reverted to the J&K State Brigadier 

Ghansar Singh was appointed by Maharaja 

Hari Singh as its Governor at a critical period 

of history. The Governor found Gilgit in 

deep turmoil and due to Pak sponsored and 

British officers-aided rebellion of a section 

from the State Force, Ghansar Singh was 

captured and sent to Pakistan. Brig. 

Ghansar Singh was later released and he 

came back to Jammu and Kashmir. 

A detailed account of the events has been 

vividly narrated in the chapter titled “How 

Pakistan Occupied Gilgit-A First Hand 

Account” in the book “Maharaja Hari Singh” 

published in 1995 by Har Anand Publications, 

New Delhi. He has authored the book: 

“Gilgit Before 1947” published in 1983. 

Shiv Kumar Padha 

Topographically, Jammu and Kashmir is crown of 

mother India studded with beautiful gems like Jammu, 

Kashmir and Ladakh. The entire state, being hilly, has 

been gifted with many scenic sites in all the three regions 

like high snow clad mountains, green pastures, roaring 

water falls, meadows, vast stretches of snow and water 

and rattling brooks. 

Owing to natural beauty the whole of Kashmir region 

is called the Switzerland of India. The well developed 

and maintained mughal gardens, beautiful lakes, 

stretches of snow and other tourist places attract a vast 

number of tourists across the globe every year, but at 

the same time there is no dearth of picturesque landscapes, 

enchanting valleys, forest grooves, springs of 

clear and sweet water, cascades, and flora and fauna 

in Ladakh and Jammu regions of the state. Till now the 

world has been shown only the brighter side of the beautiful 

moon, while other side of it remained invisible to the 

world. 

Rajouri, Poonch, Bhaderwah, Kathua and other districts 

of Jammu region have numerous places which 

have immense tourist potential. A slight attention of the 

government towards their development can help rejuvenate 

the tourist industry of the state and bring its economy 

again on the rails. Basohli and Bani tehsils of district 

Kathua are famous for the beauty bestowed by the 

bountiful nature. With the completion of cable stayed 

bridge over river Ravi by the beginning of 2014, Basohli, 

which is the confluence of three states, will not only 

become the gate way of Jammu and Kashmir but will be 

known as the first tourist place on the threshold of Jammu 

and Kashmir with a number of other beautiful and 

exciting tourists spots en route Basohli, Bani, Bhaderwah 

road which have remained un noticed. On crossing 

the Ravi Bridge, one will find himself in a quite different 

world like the one experiences after crossing 

Jawahar tunnel. The vast stretch of 88 sq. kms. Ranjeet 

sagar lake below, the picturesque Basohli town surrounded 

by the Shivaliks, the old world known palaces, 

the fort shrine of Mata Chanchlo Devi, Sunan Ghat, the 

cool spot at the lower altitude, Dhar Mahanpur, Jaurian 

Mata shrine and the endless chain of many more places 

have remained hidden to the tourists and have never 

been brought in the lime light till date. 

Ranjeet Sagar Lake 

The 88 sq. kms. fresh water lake came into existence 

as a result of ponding of the RS dam (Thein Dam). The 

back water of the lake surrounds Basohli from three sides 

which adds to the beauty of the town. There is a wide 

scope of developing back water tourism in the lake by 

making arrangements for aquatic games, floating restaurants, 

shikaras, and house boats. A safe and protected 

bird sanctuary for the migratory birds along the sides of 

the lake can help save the rare and the endangered 

species of the birds. There is wide scope for opening 

training institute for rescue operations during water disasters 

and NCC naval wing for providing actual training 

instead of simulated to the cadets. 

Administrative Skill 

In an exclusive interview to EXCELSIOR, 

Surinder Singh emotionally talked about his 

father, Brig. Ghansar Singh’s repatriation 

from Pakistan via Suchetgarh border on January 

1, 1949. He recalled the re-union of 

family as a matter of fate and rejoicing as 

Brig Ghansar Singh continued his innings for 

over 42 years occupying important positions 

and rendering service to the society. 

Ghansar Singh’s other two elder sons 

Arjun Singh retired as Naval Commander, 

while as Brig B S Jamwal after retirement 

settled down in Noida while Surinder Singh 

is residing in Jammu. 

He became president of Dharmarth Trust 

in 1950 and remained on this post for long 

26 years and contributed to looking after the 

temples and shrines as also promoting the 

religious sentiments among the people. He 

had a brief stint in politics as well. During 

Lok Sabha elections in 1967 he got elected 

from Kathua-Udhampur-Doda constituency 

but soon resigned in favour of Dr. Karan 

Singh who later bagged this Lok Sabha seat. 

It is noteworthy that he remained as Member 

of Legislative Council and also served 

for a brief period as acting Chairman of the 

Upper House of the State Legislature. Born 

on January 21, 1895 in the family of Thakur 

Suram Singh in the village Raipur, 10 km 

north-west of Jammu city, he had his early 

education in Jammu and graduated in 1971 

from Prince of Wales College (now GGM 

Science College, Jammu) by earning the 

distinction of being the first graduate from 

the Rajput community. He was selected as 

Wazir Wazarat (Deputy Commissioner) in 

1919 but on completion of training, he was 

transferred to J&K State Forces on January 

20, 1920. Through dedication, loyalty and 

competence, he climbed the Army ladder 

and rose to become Brigadier in September, 

1934. 

Career in State Forces 

After commanding Kashmir Brigade 

(1934-38) and Jammu Brigade (1939-42), 

he was promoted as Brigadier General Staff 

Monuments 

The remains of Basohli palaces which had square 

turrets, open parapets, projecting windows, Chinese 

roofed balconies have been mentioned as the finest 

buildings in the east by the French traveler Vigne. If 

these ruinous palaces are properly preserved and maintained 

by the Archeological Department, they can still 

unveil many historical facts regarding the Dugaar State. 

Grade-I. This post he held till mid-1947 when 

he was chosen by Maharaja Hari Singh on 

July 1, 1947 as Governor of Gilgit area. He 

took over new assignment on August 1. After 

the passage of the Indian Independence Act, 

1947 by the British Parliament came to the 

creation of India and Pakistan as separate 

countries. The J&K State later had joined 

India by signing of Instrument of Accession 

by Maharaja Hari Singh on October 27, 1947 

and this decision had the full support of the 

most popular leader Sheikh Mohammad 

Abdullah. 

Brig. Ghansar Singh was deeply moved by 

the neglect and sufferings of ex-Faujis of 

Jammu and Kashmir and formed the J&K Ex- 

Servicemen Association for looking after their 

welfare. Years later this organization was rechristened 

as the J&K Ex-Service League. 

Social Services 

It is worth mentioning that he played a significant 

role in the setting up of Sainik School 

at Nagrota in 1972. This educational institution 

has come of age now and is imparting 

quality education to the students in this part 

of the country. The BGS Higher Secondary 

School, Barnai has also been set up in his 

memory and is being looked after by Vijay 

Singh grand son of Brig. Ghansar Singh. 

Replying to a question, Mr Surinder Singh 

said that his father was a strict disciplinarian, 

punctual in his work, a man of integrity 

and full of patriotism. He would always command 

respect by his fair deals and invariably 

taught moral values and discipline in the family. 

He remained a member of Anti-Corruption 

Committee for a short while. 

He undertook several social reforms, 

especially related to the cause of widows 

and farmers. He was member of Backward 

Classes Committee set up following Gajendragadkar 

Commission’s recommendations. 

During 1976, age started telling on his 

health and he resigned from the presidentship 

of Dharmarth Trust. Thereafter, he 

led a retired life and breathed his last on January 

22, 1991. 

(Starline Syndicate Service) 

Starting light and sound program in the ruins based on 

the local themes can attract a good number of visitors 

from within an outside the state. 

Fort shrine of Mata Chanchlo Devi 

The fort which houses Mata Chanchlo Devi temple 

also was built by the Rajas of Pal dynasty of Basohli 

state on the peak of the hill which is highest among the 

surrounding hills in its vicinity. The fort shrine is encir- 

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The fort shrine is encircled by the lake water from 

three sides and is situated in the middle of the thick 

forest which echoes with the crowing of fowls and 

cawing of peacocks. While standing on the view point 

of the fort, one can have a panoramic view of the town 

Basohli and that of RSD Lake below. 

A view of Ranjit Sagar Lake 

cled by lake water from three sides and is situated in 

the middle of the thick forest which echoes with the crowing 

of fowls and cawing of peacocks. While standing on 

the view point of the fort one can have panoramic view 

of the town Basohli and that of RSD Lake below. The 

view of the lake and that of the town from the fort at night 

hours resembles the one seen from the Shankeracharya 

temple of Srinagar. Providing Gandola service 

from the town to the fort, developing beautiful public park 

like the one at Bahu fort temple and arranging Para gliding 

sport from the heights of the fort can go a along way 

in promoting tourism in this part of the State. 

Dhar Mahan Pur 

Dhar Mahan Pur though a small village is known for 

its beautiful ridges, grooves of cheel trees, lush green 

steep pastures, springs of sweet water throughout the 

state. It is situated at a height of 4000 ft. from the sea 

level at the top of one of the hills of Sivalik ranges. One 

can have the view of some of the froms of the Punjab at 

night time from this spot. Apart from the forest produces 

like resin, it is also known for milk and milk products like 

khoya and paneer. Pails of milk are supplied to the nearby 

towns from Dhar Mahanpur every day. If the scenic 

spots of the place are developed and tourists huts are 

constructed, then there will be addition of one more 

tourist spot in the vicinity of Basohli. Sunan Ghat presents 

a different soothing environment even during the 

scorching heat of summer. Though situated at a very low 

height Sunan Ghat is a small valley with a different pattern 

of seasons. 

Jourian Mata shrine 

Jourian Mata shrine is about 55 Kms. away from 

Basohli and is situated at a height of 6500 ft. from the 

sea level. The shrine gives an enchanting view with 

grooves of deodar and oak trees. The white sheep 

grazing on the steeps look like gems studded in the 

mountains. The sun and mist present a charming view 

when they play hide and seek during the day time. 

Lacs of devotees throng the shrine every year during 

the navratras every year. Constructing huts and developing 

a golf ground like the one at Naldheri in H.P. on 

the 10 Kms. long ridge will add one more feather in 

the cap of tourist department of Jammu And Kashmir 

State. 

Places like Bani, Panyalag, Dhagar, Dullangal, 

Lowang and Sarthal enroute Basohli, Bani, Bhaderwah 

road offer multi dimensional tourism which needs to be 

improved, developed, preserved and promoted. The 

state government will have to come out from the cocoon 

of Kashmir centric politics and work out new modalities 

to ensure balanced development of all the three regions 

of the state. Providing connectivity and developing new 

spots of tourism in Jammu and Ladakh regions, for 

which they have the capacity but remain un noticed, will 

rejuvenate the tourist industry of the state and forge better 

integrative atmosphere among the people. 

"Ghoongat ki aad mein dilber ka deedar adhoora 

rehta hai, jab tak na padey aashiq ki nazar shingar 

adhoora rehta hai'

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THIS WEEK FOR YOU 

FEB 03 — FEB 09, 2012 

1. ARIES 

Your financial condition will be strong this 

week, however same cannot be said of 

your health. Partnerships, both professional 

and personal, will flourish and 

you shall gain financially out of them. 

Travel is on the cards too. Trips to distant 

lands will be far more rewarding than 

domestic trips. Good progress on the business front is 

also foreseen. Despite all this, the overall picture of your 

life may not seem rosy to you. Health concerns may 

plague you; you are advised to stick to the medications 

you might have been taking. A complete health check up 

is also advised, if need be, says Ganesha. 

2. TAURUS 

There are mixed fortunes ahead for you 

this week, says Ganesha.. 

Professionally, you are doing quite well 

and functioning at the desired level. 

You may even win the accolades from 

your bosses. But, your focus should be 

more on your personal life, which needs 

delicate handling currently. You should avoid confrontations 

at any cost, and try your best to stay calm and 

composed. In addition to this, you need to brace up your 

tolerance levels, for there is not any other alternative 

present for you. Be patient and remaining silent should 

rather be your mantra for the week. This is definitely 

going to help your relationship, so the effort is worth the 

try. 

3. GEMINI 

This week, the luck will be in your favour, 

something which will let you go on unabated 

with all your activities with the least 

effort. There is a piece of advice from 

Ganesha, though - do not worry too much 

about things; go with the flow. You need to get 

rid of this annoying habit of cooking up negative fantasies. 

While finances may cause you some concern at the beginning 

of the week, they would be in a far better shape, by the 

end of the week. Planetary configurations, though, indicate 

that you need to take some initiatives on the professional 

front. You may remain tense due to your health, but 

Ganesha assures that it is nothing serious and certainly not 

something worrying about much. 

4. CANCER 

There is a lesson in store for you this 

week - in order to get things done your 

way, you need to be a lot firmer with 

people, without letting your emotions 

come in the way. You will imbibe this lesson, 

and there will be a palpable change in 

your dealings with the people. Some people may perceive 

you as cold and brutal, but you have Ganesha's 

blessings on your side. Remember that this is not akin to 

leaving your generosity behind - this is about practicality! 

Despite all this, emotions may run riot, leading to an 

inner turmoil. Take care, and try to focus on the job and 

goals at hand. If you happen to be married, the desire for 

physical intimacy will increase this week. In order to calm 

your emotions down, you may turn to spirituality or even 

occult sciences. 

5. LEO 

Since you have the habit of hogging in 

the limelight everywhere, you may feel 

insecure, when you observe that you are 

no longer getting the avid attention of others, 

this week. You may feel low on confidence, 

and wonder if your charm has evaporated. Don't 

worry, for all is not lost; it's a momentary phase. By the 

grace of Ganesha, you will be back in your beloved limelight 

by the weekend. Planetary configurations indicate 

that you will end up spending significant amount of money 

on entertaining people, but it will serve your purpose too. 

At the beginning of the week, you may also feel a bit confused, 

but the clarity shall be regained, as the week progresses. 

Your near and dear ones will provide you with the 

much needed moral support. 

6. VIRGO 

The week is good to participate in 

recreational activities, meant to rejuvenate 

your body and spirit. But, before 

you take this well-deserved break-time 

out, you better finish off the small, yet nagging chores 

at home and work. These may include fixing up that 

broken tube-light or getting the plumbing done in your 

bathroom. Mundane? Yes, but very important! Post 

that, you can take your sweet time to relax. Overall, the 

time is not opportune to make long term plans, and it 

would be better, if you restrict your planning span to 

not more than two weeks. On the social front, you will 

please everyone, given your charm. Just take care to 

not offend anyone, as you go about preaching some 

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7. LIBRA 

Your creativity will be in its full swing, making 

you rather relish all the opportunities 

that come your way, both on public and 

private stage. You yearn to showcase it 

all, and you charm will be splendid! There 

is a sincere advice from Ganesha, though - 

go slow and remain extra careful, especially while driving 

or at public places. Besides, on a different plane altogether, 

you may realise that getting peace of mind is of prime 

importance in life. Temptations are many, and you cannot 

fulfil all your desires; this feeling may momentarily disturb 

you. These temptations, however, are best avoided, 

reminds Ganesha. This will bring you the much-needed 

peace of mind. 

8. SCORPIO 

Emotions rule, as the week begins. Your 

intuition too shall be very keen, bringing 

you an ethereal feeling in all you attempt. 

All this will make you long for a special 

someone who will be compassionate 

and caring enough. Turn to your loved 

ones, says Ganesha! On the flip side, this 

heightened sensitivity will also sensitise you to the surrounding 

negativities, leaving you slightly flustered. Keep 

your faith intact, and strive to replace the negativity with 

the positivity. The transit of Saturn and North Node 

through your sign, this time around may make you feel 

lethargic. Also, with the entry of Mars in Pisces will make 

you slightly careless or, shall we say ruthless, in love. 

Take care, and avoid hasty commitments, at all costs. 

Ensure that the person you choose is worthy of your love. 

9. SAGITTARIUS 

Stars send some love and romance your way. Time is also 

favourable for forging long-term bonds, especially 

marriage, says Ganesha. Besides, an 

enhanced level of commitment in an existing 

love relationship is likely. If nothing of 

that sort happens, you may also embark 

on a long-term academic/ educational journey 

- research, activities related to reading/ 

writing all are likely. Amidst all this, your family affairs may 

take a back-seat. You will also be overtaken by wanderlust, 

and it is likely that you would not be able to resist the temptation 

of visiting new places and exploring their culture, even 

if it means an additional financial burden. Generally speaking, 

the time is meant to be full-on fun! Make most of this rare 

time. 

10. CAPRICORN 

You begin the week on a calm note, preferring 

to keep to yourself. This low-key approach 

may surprise some people, but their reaction 

is unlikely to bring a change in your 

mood. As you retreat to this shell of 

yours, do take time out for introspection 

and self-assessment, reminds Ganesha. 

And, as you regard the current situation in your 

life, remain objective and firm. Financial and family matters, 

by the way, may become bothersome, around this 

time. However, as the week progresses, you shall see 

your efficiency surging, something that will help you clear 

off all the pending tasks, and focus your energies on 

attaining new goals. Once your hands are free, you will 

start planning for your immediate future. Travel is on the 

cards! 

11. AQUARIUS 

This week you may vie for space, both in your office and 

at home. You will sense the negative vibes in 

the atmosphere, and will be unable to perform 

at the desired level. Ganesha advises 

you to keep your cool, and not to get 

involved in any kind of arguments with 

your bosses or seniors. Same goes for your 

home life; avoid clashes with the elderly. What 

shall be truly frustrating for you now - is the fact that 

despite your high confidence, you may be unable to move 

things forward. However, one of your juniors may take 

charge of the situation, and will rescue you from this mess. 

Another bit of advice from Ganesha is not to express bitter 

words for anyone, no matter what and how much the 

provocation. 

12. PISCES 

The week brings for you a mixed bag of fortunes. While things 

at the home will be happy, leaving you contended, 

they may not be the same at the work 

place. You may be loaded with work, and the 

pressure to meet the looming deadlines may 

leave you stressed. However, Ganesha 

advises you to not to vent your frustration on 

your near and dear ones. By the mid week, the 

work pressure may take a toll on you so much that 

you may contemplate taking a leave or a break. You may even 

become bitter about your luck not supporting you. Relax and 

count your blessings, instead of your troubles, reminds 

Ganesha. Shun negative thoughts, and things shall get better 

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The Internet, a revolutionary communications 

system used daily by billions 

of people the world over, turned 

30 .The computer network officially 

began functioning when it fully substituted 

previous networking systems 

Jan 1, 1983. 

On that day, it was for the first time 

that the American army switched to 

use of the Internet protocol suite 

(IPS) communications system, which 

paved the way for the arrival of the 

World Wide Web (www). 

Based on designs by Welsh scientist 

Donald Davies, the Arpanet net- 

work began as a military project in the 

late 1960s.It was developed at many 

American universities, including the 

University of California - Los Angeles 

(UCLA) and the Stanford Research 

Institute. 

Shri. Abhay Bhushan one of the 

first computer science graduates 

from the Indian Institute of Technology, 

(IIT) Kanpur, has done pioneering 

work in the development of the 

ARPAnet , He was recognized for his 

contributions in 1994 at the 25th 

anniversary celebration of the 

ARPAnet. 

In 1973, work on the IPS and 

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) 

technology began. The new systems 

made sure that the network was not 

exposed to a single point of failure. 

By Jan 1 1983, the substitution of the 

older system for the new Internet protocol 

had been completed and the 

Internet was born. 

British computer scientist Tim 

Berners-Lee later used it to host a 

system of interlinked hypertext documents 

in 1989, known as the World 

Wide G V Joshi writes on science 

issues Web. 

On October 4, 1957, the Russians 

launched Sputnik, man’s first foray 

into outer space, and the U.S. government 

got worried about the Russians’ 

ability to launch a satellite, as 

the same technology could be used 

to drop a nuclear weapon on America. 

The then President Eisenhower 

immediately created the Advanced 

Research Projects Agency (ARPA) 

an aggressive military campaign – 

cold war - to compete with and surpass 

the Soviet activities. ARPA was 

the U.S. government’s research 

agency for all space and strategic 

missile research for some years. 

NASA was formed in 1958, and the 

activities of ARPA moved away from 

aeronautics and focused mainly on 

computer science and information 

processing. 

One of ARPA’s goals was to connect 

mainframe computers at different 

universities around the country 

and the defence establishments, so 

that they would be able to communicate 

with each other quickly in case 

of a war, using a common language 

and a common protocol. Thus was 

born the ARPAnet - the world’s first 

multiple-site computer network in 

1969. The original ARPAnet eventually 

grew into the Internet. 

The Internet has a number of possible 

‘birthdays’. On September 2, 

1969, Len Kleinrock, a computer scientist 

and his team at the University 

of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) 

- the midwives for the Internet - connected 

two computers kept side by 

side with a short cable. The data 

these computers exchanged was tiny 

and meaningless - merely a test message 

- but it prepared the ground that 

eventually grew into the Internet. 

About a month later on October 

29, 1969, the UCLA computer was 

connected to one at Stanford 

Research Institute (SRI), Palo Alto, 

California and the first message ever 

to be sent on the Internet was sent 

successfully from UCLA to SRI. 

When it comes to the birth of the 

Internet, Jan. 1, 1983, also has its 

supporters. On that date, the American 

National Science Foundation’s 

SPORTS SPHERE 

Born on March 9, 1990 in India, Shami Ahmed is 

an International cricketer who plays for Bengal in 

domestic cricket. He is a right-arm medium-fast 

bowler. He is currently a part of Kolkata Knight 

Riders squad in the Indian Premier League. 

A medium-pacer from Amroha UP, Shami Ahmed 

made his first-class debut in 2010 against Assam, 

picking up three wickets. He has enjoyed more success 

in the domestic Twenty20 format, having 

played eight games, picking up 14 wickets with a 

best haul of 4 for 24. He was signed by Kolkata 

Knight Riders for the 2011 Indian Premier League 

In the aftermath of good performance in the domestic season, he was 

selected for the West Indies-bound India A squad in 2012. He shared a match 

winning partnership of 73 runs for the 10th wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara during 

India A's unofficial Test match against the West Indies A in June 2012. 

In Ranji Trophy 2012-13 match against Hyderabad in a green top at Eden 

Gardens, he took 4/36 and 6/71, and scored 15* from 6 balls in the 2nd innings 

to help his side win the match by 4 wickets, along with Wriddhiman Saha. He 

also took 7/79 and 4/72 against Madhya Pradesh at the Holkar Cricket 

Stadium in Indore in Ranji Trophy 2012-13, but in spite of that his side lost the 

match by 138 runs. It included a hat-trick in the 1st innings to wipe out the tail. 

International Career 

As a result of his good performances in the domestic matches, Shami 

Ahmed was selected for India's ODI series against Pakistan replacing his 

Bengal teammate Ashok Dinda and subsequently made his debut in the third 

ODI at Delhi on January 6, 2013. He returned tidy figures of 1/23 from 9 overs 

in a low-scoring game that India won by 10 runs. 

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QUESTIONS OF THIS WEEK: 

1. Who scored century for India in the opening match of the Women's World Cup recently? 

2. Name the skater from J&K who blossomed in the 58th National School Games held at Delhi 

recently? 

3. Which team Parvez Rasool will represent in the warm up game against Australia to be played 

on February 12-13, 2013? 

4. Who is Parupalli Kashyap? 

5. On which dates India A will play against Australia in the warm-up game? 

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university network, a precursor to the 

World Wide Web (WWW), became 

operational. 

A strange mixture of American 

Army’s money, developments in computer 

science and engineering as 

well as scientific expertise slowly 

brought on the ARPAnet or Internet, 

as we know today. 

Internet is the short form for International 

network and is considered 

as a proper noun. It is international 

because it is a global network connecting 

millions of computers. More 

than 130 countries including India are 

linked into exchanges of data, news 

and opinions. 

Use of the term “Internet” to 

describe a single global network of 

computers originated in December 

1974 with the publication of the first 

full specification of Transmission 

Control Protocol (TCP) that was written 

by Vincent Cerf, Carl Sunshine 

and Yogen Dalal, an Indian computer 

engineer from Indian Institute of 

Technology (IIT) Mumbai and Ph. D 

in computer science from Stanford 

University, California No one person 

invented the Internet. It was a collaborative 

effort. 

Leonard Kleinrock was the first to 

publish a paper about the idea of 

packet switching, which is essential 

to the Internet. He did so in 1961. 

J.C.R. Licklider was the first to 

describe an Internet-like worldwide 

network of computers, in 1962. He 

called it the “Galactic Network.” 

Larry G. Roberts created the first 

functioning long-distance computer 

networks in 1965 and designed the 

Advanced Research Projects Agency 

Network (ARPAnet), the seed from 

which the modern Internet grew, in 

1966. 

Bob Kahn and Vincent Cerf invented 

the TCP which moves data on the 

modern Internet, in 1972 and 1973. If 

any two people “invented the Internet,” 

it was Kahn and Cerf - but they 

celsior MAGAZINE 

MAGAZINE 

Internet is 30 years old 

On October 4, 1957, the Russians 

launched Sputnik, man’s first foray into 

outer space, and the U.S. government got 

worried about the Russians’ ability to 

launch a satellite, as the same technology 

could be used to drop a nuclear 

weapon on America. 

Rahul Jandial 

Keeping their commitment and tradition 

of giving Jammuites a continuous 

change, this time they have come 

up with a unique upscale casual dining 

restaurant "The Terrace" Sky Lounge 

.The restaurant opened on 26th January 

2013 and located at 06th floor with 

an idea to provide Jammuites an 

exceptional dining experience. To consistently 

exceed the ever increasing 

expectations, they have tried to present 

the people of Jammu out of the 

world experience, the unique ambience 

and contemporary style with the 

joy of new concept in fine dining. 

"The Terrace" Sky Lounge is the 

first of its kind in India with an unique 

concept "Roll A Roof", a system in 

which the restaurant can open or close 

to sky with just a press of a button. 

The Terrace will deliver an authentic 

yet innovative restaurant, with a 

mean that honors tradition while reinventing 

it, elegant and comfortable 

with a sumptuous décor awash in the 

hue's of Indian signature, hip but 

accessible, with a vibrant Terrace 

Restaurant where sophistication 

meshes seamlessly with style. 

They believe a restaurant should 

live up to its name, it is after all, a place 

to have an unforgettable experience 

have publicly stated that “no one person 

or group of people” invented the 

Internet. 

Sometimes referred to as a “network 

of networks,” the Internet 

became visible to the general public 

in the early 1990s. By the beginning 

of the 21st century approximately 360 

million people, or roughly 6 percent of 

the world’s population, were estimated 

to have access to the Internet. It is 

widely assumed that at least half of 

the world’s population will have some 

form of Internet access by 2015. 

All good things also have some 

holes and the Internet is not an excep- 

tion. 

The pornographic content is a 

sure hazard for children and adolescents. 

In case you have a personal 

computer or a laptop at home with the 

Internet facility, use some locking 

device like a ‘password’, so that no 

one can use the computer in your or 

your spouse’s absence. 

Keep a watch while your children 

are using the Internet for doing their 

homework. 

The problem is not yet serious in 

India because computers are still 

expensive and beyond the reach of 

the common man. However, it will 

assume the form of an epidemic with 

rising incomes. It is better to be forewarned 

and forearmed. 

The world has definitely changed 

due to the Internet’s ability to communicate 

with ease from practically any location. 

In a few short decades, the internet 

has grown from a network of a few 

dozen computers to practically connecting 

the entire world’s population. 

These last 20 years have seen 

tremendous growth, what the Internet 

has in store for the next 20 years 

is any body’s guess... Today, the 

Internet is a part of every sphere of 

life. Looking at the wide range of the 

positive effects of Internet, it is sure 

to reign in future too! 

Grill Restaurant with a 

"Roll A Roof" Concept 

and a place where there patrons 

should feel relax in tastefully done 

ambience after hectic day at work. 

The Terrace will be showcasing 

wide range of Vegetarian and Non vegetarian 

kebabs & curries. Unlimited 

kebabs straight from the griddle/tandoor 

will be served on table followed 

by lavish spread. 

The menu is steeped in Indian tradition 

& is presented in an approachable 

and informal setting. Initially 

Chef's "simple, yet elegant" Indian cui- 

sine will feature the natural beauty of 

local, sustainable and seasonal ingredients 

in an appropriate and sumptuous 

manner 

Show casting the best ingredients 

& the traditional techniques of making 

kebabs & curries is the overwhelming 

inspiration behind opening of "The Terrace". 

The Terrace is 110 seat dinning 

room and it gives the perfect feel of 

rich nature and environment and at the 

same time a sumptuous food with it. 

Initially they will operate only in 

evening hours. 

Creating a charismatic experience, 

"The Terrace" sky lounge is inviting 

everyone to a spellbinding rendezvous 

with kebab & curries. 

Edited by: Neeraj Rohmetra, E-mail: neerajr@dailyexcelsior.com

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The Bhagavad Gita clearly mentions in 

verse 29 of Chapter IV, the theory of Kriya 

Yoga, the technique of God -communion 

that Lahiri Mahasaya gave to the world in 

the nineteenth century. Kriya Yoga 

Pranayama or life control teaches man to 

untie the cord of breath that binds the soul 

to the body, thus scientifically empowering 

the soul to fly from the bodily cage into 

the skies of omnipresent Spirit, and come 

back, at will, into the little cage. Thus by 

Kriya Yoga Pranayama or life control the 

soul can be released from identification 

with the body and united to Spirit. 

Pranayama is derived from two Sanskrit 

words ---prana (Life) and ayama 

(control). Pranayama is therefore life control 

and not "breathe control". The broadest 

meaning of the word prana is force or 

energy. In this sense, the universe is filled 

with prana; all creation is a manifestation 

of force, a play of force. Everything that 

was, is, or shall be, is nothing but the different 

modes of expression of that universal 

force. The universal prana is thus the 

Para-Prakrati (pure nature), the immanent 

energy or force which is derived from the 

Infinite Spirit and which permeates and 

sustains the universe. 

This present Gita verse deals with two 

specific functions of life force in its differentiations 

as prana and apana . There are 

two main currents in the body. One, the 

apana current, flows from the point 

between the eyebrows to the coccyx. This 

downwardly flowing current distributes 

itself through the coccyx center to the sensory 

and motor nerves and keeps the consciousness 

of man delusively tied to the 

body. The apana current is restless and 

engrosses man in sensory experiences. 

The other main current is that of prana, 

which flows from the coccyx to the point 

between eyebrows .The nature of this current 

is calm; it withdraws inwardly the 

devotees attention during sleep or in the 

wakeful state, and in meditation unites the 

soul with Spirit in the Kutastha Center in 

the brain . There is thus an opposite pull 

exercised by the downwardly flowing current 

(apana)and the upwardly flowing current 

(apana). Human consciousness is 

pulled downward or upward by the tug-of 

-war between these two currents to bind 

or release the soul. 

From the opposite pulls of the prana 

and apana currents in the spine, the 

inhalations and exhalations of breath are 

born . When the prana current goes 

upward, it pulls the vital breath laden with 

oxygen into the lungs. There prana quickly 

distills a quantity of necessary life force 

from the electronic and lifetronic composition 

of the oxygen atoms. The refined 

energy is sent by the prana current to all 

bodily cells. Without such replenishment 

of pure life force, the cell would be powerless 

to carry on their physiological functions; 

they would die. The life energy distilled 

from the oxygen also helps to reinforce 

the life-force centers in the spine and 

at the point between the eyebrows, and 

the main reservoir of life energy in the 

cerebrum. The surplus oxygen from the 

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have passed 10+2 are eligible for a degree/diploma/certificate 

course in this field. Various colleges 

across India offer photographyasa subject. Are 

you creative and imaginative? Do you have an 

eye for aesthetic detail and composition? Do you 

enjoy presenting things visually and communicating 

ideas to others through photographs? Is photography 

more than a hobby to you and do you 

feel a ripple of excitement when you imagine displaying 

your art to others? If your answer to all 

these questions is yes, then this passion can offer 

you a lot as a profession.For photographyasacareer, 

one needs to have that extra quality, an interest 

in visuals; one must be creative and be able 

to communicate stories and ideas through photographs. 

Career Cursor: 

Photography involves both variety and assortment 

as far as forking pathways of career options 

are concerned. You may make a mark for yourself 

in the following fields: 

Photojournalism: 

As a photojournalist or a press photographer, 

SACRED SPACE 

KRIYA YOGA 

inhaled breath is carried by the blood 

throughout the body ,where it is utilized by 

the five vital pranas in various physiological 

processes. It is thus said that the 

human breath knots the soul to the body 

.It is the process of exhalation and inhalation 

resulting from the two opposite spinal 

currents that gives man perception of 

external world. The dual breath is the 

storm that creates form-waves (sensations) 

in the lake of the mind. These sensations 

also produce body consciousness 

and duality and thus obliterate the unified 

soul consciousness. Yogis therefore reasoned 

that if the body did not decay and 

toxins did not collect in the cells ,breathing 

would not be required; that scientific 

mastery of breath by preventing decay in 

the body would make the flow of breath 

unnecessary and provide control over life 

and death. From this intuitive perception 

of the ancient rishis came the science and 

art of pranayama, life -control. Pranayama 

is suggested by the Bhagavad Gita as 

a universally suitable method for man to 

use to release his soul from the bondage 

of breath. 

Kriya Yoga pranayama stops the bodily 

decay associated with apana , manifest 

in the exhaling breath ,by fresh oblations 

of life force or prana, distilled from the 

inhaling breath. This practice enables the 

devotee to dispel the illusion of growth and 

decay of the body as flesh; he then realizes 

it as made of lifetrons. The body of 

the Kriya Yogi is recharged with extra energy 

distilled from breath and reinforced by 

the tremendous dynamo of energy generated 

in the spine; the decay of bodily tissues 

decreases .This lessens and ultimately 

makes unnecessary the bloodcleansing 

function of the heart. When the 

pulsating life of the heart pump becomes 

quiet, owing to non pumping of venous 

blood, exhalation and inhalation are no 

longer needed. The life force, which was 

you will be required to supply pictures to national 

and local press. You need to have journalistic 

qualities and must know what makes a good news 

picture besides being able to write captions, have 

good communication skills and be able to work 

with reporters. This kind of photography is best 

done instinctively. Hence, you need to be spontaneous 

and know what kind of a picture would best 

illustrate your article. If you are adventurous and 

willing to work under difficult conditions when 

needed, you can be the best photo journalist. 

Nature and wildlife photography: 

Much doth my heart to think, what man hath 

made of Man. In this world, when everyone is 

lamenting about the depletion of Mother Nature, 

you can revive the love for Nature by being a 

Nature Photographer. You can capture the perfect 

sunsets and waterfalls in your camera then 

this is definitely an option that you could consider.As 

a Nature and wild life photographer, you will 

taking photographs of animals, birds, plants and 

landscapes. If you love adventure and enjoy taking 

pictures of trees, sunsets, lakes, etc., capture 

the animal kingdom and plant life in its most natural 

and habitual form. This kind of photography 

is a part of Nature photography which also covers 

landscapes and scenery 

Fashion photography: 

To be a part of this glitzy and glamorous world, 

you must have knowledge about latest fashion trends 

and you should be willing to be experimental and creative.It 

is the field where one works for fashion houses, 

designers or individual models. With the boom in 

the fashion industry the demand for fashion photographers 

is high 

Event Management and wedding photography: 

This includes taking pictures of people individually 

or in groups. You can either work for someone 

or work in a studio of your own.The subjects 

range from children to pets, functions to social 

events etc. You can also specialize as wedding 

photographers. 

Forensic Photography 

Forensic photography rings a bell about crime 

patrol. You would be required to click photographs 

at crime scenes from all possible angles with great 

emphasis on details in order to help the police or 

detective agencies. 

Freelancing 

To be working as a freelancer, you need to 

have great management skills and the ability to 

work independently. You might not know where 

the next job is coming from andthere will be the 

hassles of keeping accounts. But, you can beyour 

own boss and find, shoot and sell your own 

photographs. 

Scientific Photography 

As a scientific photographer, you need to be a 

part of scientific publications and research reports. 

dissipated in cellular, nervous, respiratory, 

and heart action, withdraws from 

the external senses and organs and 

unites with the current in the spine .The 

Kriya Yogi then learns how to commingle 

the upward flowing life current 

(prana) into the downwardly flowing 

current (apana) and commingle the 

downwardly flowing current (apana) 

into the upwardly flowing current 

(prana). He thus neutralizes the dual 

movement, and by will power withdraws 

both currents into one revealing 

sphere of spiritual light at the point 

between the eyebrows. This light of 

pure life energy scintillates from the 

cerebrospinal centers directly to all the 

bodily cells, magnetizing them, arresting 

decay and growth ,and making 

them vitally self-sustained, independent 

of breath or any external source of 

life. So long as this light is flowing up 

and down as the two battling currents 

of prana and apana ----the breaths of 

inhalation and exhalation ---they lend 

their life and light to the sensory perceptions 

,and to the mortal processes 

of growth and decay . But when the 

Yogi can neutralize the downward and 

upward pull of the spinal currents, and 

can withdraw all life force from the senses 

and sensory motor nerves, and can 

keep the life force still at the point between 

the eyebrows, the cerebral light gives the 

yogi life control or power over prana (Kriya 

Yoga pranayama). Life force withdrawn 

from the senses becomes concentrated 

into a steady inner light in which Spirit and 

Its Cosmic Light are revealed. 

When breath ceases in the Kriya Yogi, 

he is suffused with an incomparable bliss. 

He realizes then that it is the storm of 

human breath that is responsible for the 

creation of the dream wave of the human 

body and its sensations; it is breath that 

causes body consciousness. 

When with cessation of breath and the 

quieting of the heart the life force is 

switched off from the senses, the mind 

becomes detached and interiorized, able 

at last to perceive consciously the inner 

astral worlds and supernal spheres of 

divine consciousness. 

In the first stage of ecstasy by Kriya 

Yoga, the yogi perceives the soul blessedness. 

By higher ecstasies that come as a 

result of complete mastery of the breathless 

state, he realizes the physical body 

to be made of lifetrons that are surrounded 

by a halo of grosser electroatomic 

cells. The yogi perceives the illusion of the 

body dream dematerialized into the reality 

of god. By experiencing the reality of 

the body as prana or lifetrons, controlled 

by the thought of God, the yogi becomes 

one with Him. With that divine consciousness 

the yogi is able to create, preserve, 

or dematerialize the dream atoms of his 

body or of any other object in creation. 

Attaining this power, the yogi has the 

option of leaving his physical dream body 

on earth to gradually disintegrate into cosmic 

atoms; or he can keep his dream body 

on earth indefinitely like Babaji. 

CAREER COUNSELLING 

Photography as a Career Option 

Adarsh Ajit 

'Some things are beyond evaluation. Home is 

one among them'. 

Manoj Sheeri, a KPS officer, in his debut book 

of stories, Khushbo-e-Kashmir has tried to bring 

issues of diverse forms of love into a universal profile 

but under local covering. He has also exposed 

the rotting socio-cultural ethics in his stories. 

In 'Gold Medal', Ghulam Mohi-u-din, a peon of 

a district hospital toils hard to make his son, Ikhlaq, 

a doctor. He spends everything, at the cost of his 

financial security, on him, as he considers his son 

as a treasure of treasures. Ikhlaq completes the 

course and gets a gold medal. His father frames 

the medal and puts it on a front wall. Unfortunately 

he receives the first shock from his son when he 

comes to know about his intensions to leave the 

valley and work in Saudi Arab. Reluctantly, he 

allows Ikhlaq to take his everything to Arab except 

the gold medal. Mohi-u-din gets another shock on 

hearing the news of his son's marriage in Arab. 

Dejected and depressed Mohi-u-din expresses his 

dismay. 

'Had I not educated my son, he would have been 

here with me' 

Even on hearing the news of the ill health of his 

mother, Ikhlaq does not come to see them. Mother 

dies. Out of continued shocks, Mohi-u-din spits 

on the medal as if he was spitting on his son's face. 

The trauma, miseries, tortures, struggle for survival, 

dispersal, the unprecedented increase in 

inter-caste marriages and erosion of cultural values 

are depicted in the story October 2002 in which 

Heemal, a central character, and a displaced Kashmiri 

Pandit woman goes through the unusual experiences 

of her most sorrowful years of displacement. 

An interesting story has been built on a Hindu 

woman who is blind and is living lonely in a big 

house in Kashmir. Ali develops relations with her 

and becomes frequent visitor to her house. Ali is 

a militant and the blind woman is unaware about 

it. One day, police raids the house and finds arms 

and ammunition there. The two, Ali and the blind 

woman, are arrested. A new, mostly unpredicted 

reality comes out. Ali and the blind woman are 

ready to die for each other as they are bonded 

together in a son and mother relationship. Police 

does not buy this story and failing to unravel the 

truth, they treat them as mentally imbalanced and 

send them to a lunatic asylum. 

The story Doctor Sahab unveils the conditions 

that compel Dr. Avtar Krishen to prepare for leaving 

the valley. He cures the militant and the army 

men get suspicious and begin enquiry. He attends 

to injured army man and is suspected by the militant 

organizations. Despite all odds, he proves to 

be a true and dutiful doctor who treats all, irrespective 

of colour, creed, section and community. He is 

now thought as an indispensable asset for the people. 

Suspicions against him cease and he is loved 

by one and all. He abandons the idea of leaving 

Kashmir. 

Toofan is the story of a beautiful fisherwoman 

who dreams to become another Habba Khatoon, 

in wait of a king to marry her. She leaves selling 

The areas that it covers are biology, medicine, 

chemistry and engineering. You have to have 

domainknowledge and interest to be a part of this 

field. 

Pay Packet: 

If you are looking for a fat pay packet at the 

start, you are mistaken .Asa beginner, the financial 

benefits are low but as you improve, these 

benefits increase. It is acareer which requires 

patience and a never-say-die attitudeOne has to 

be very brave to start off as a freelancer. You would 

rather begin by working in a studio. One can start 

as an assistant to senior photographers in which 

you'd be paid Rs 3500 to Rs 6000. Once you are 

established, you would be paid as per the assignment. 

The range can be from Rs 10,000 to Rs 

30,000. Fields like commercial photography pay 

higher compared to the other fields. Beginnings 

can be made at Rs. 15,000 which may grow over 

a period of time. 

To be a successful photographer you need to 

be dedicated and hard-working. It is a fast-paced 

profession. One must be ready to meet the needs 

of the clients or audience. 

For queries contact gauri_nagpal @yahoo.com 

WHO IS SHE? 

Very smart and beautiful 

Very sweet and cheerful 

So hardworking and dutiful 

I respect her with heart full 

Whether morning or afternoon 

I see her, always on the boon 

Running from rain, hiding from 

sun 

Changing this corner or to that 

one 

So, keep and so, calm 

Away from any charm 

For her only work is the worship 

Dwell smiles always on her lips 

Lovely her life style, priding her 

work 

She is a nightingale, she is the 

skylark 

She is the source of pious inspiration 

She is my breathing and respiration 

Everyday like honeybees 

New life, to me she gives 

She is another school of knowledge 

Who is but this great living college? 

Look outside near our college 

gate 

An old woman selling chocolates 

Who cannot walk, on her legs? 

But yet she works and not begs 

fish as she 

hopes that 

Shaukat, the 

son of a shopkeeper 

loves 

her and will be 

informing her 

soon about it. 

But her dreams 

shatter when 

she receives 

the news of 

Shaukat marrying 

another girl. 

On that day, she 

does not come 

home. Searching 

every corner 

and every tide 

of the lake, her 

parents think of 

her committing 

suicide. But 

amazingly she 

appears again next morning only to sell the fish 

afresh. 

Apna Apna Karb is a story of Ghar Devta narrating 

different tales of vacant houses of a mohalla 

to a thief who takes shelter on verandah there. 

Ghar Devta pleads him to unlock the door and free 

him so that he searches the masters of the house 

who have left this mohalla due to rising atrocities. 

On hearing the incessant cries, sighs, robbery, 

rapes and negative trends in this mohalla during 

the night the thief comments: 

'This is not a mohalla but a hell'. 

Ghar Devta replies to him: 

'This was not a hell. The mohalla was no less 

than a heaven' 

In Ghar, Abdul Rahim, a carpenter, wants his 

aspirations to be fulfilled by constructing his own 

house. On the advice of a teacher called Master Ji 

he insures the new house which is extremely stunning, 

architecturally unparallel and technically perfect. 

The insurance surveyor estimates the policy to 

the sum of Rs 5 lakhs, the highest in the rural areas. 

Cross firing engulfs the vicinity. Rahim's house guts 

to rashes. After coming out of the shock he visits the 

insurance company along with Master Ji. The manager 

rejects the claim terming it too high to be sanctioned. 

Rahim revisits next morning. The manager 

hands over Rahim to the police. The police think him 

as a weird man, gone mad due to losing of a home. 

Mater Ji succeeds in releasing him on bail. Rahim 

collects the pieces of wood in the remains and 

makes a model of his house. He goes gain to the 

insurance office. Claim is settled. Manager appeals 

him to donate the model to the company and he 

allows it on a condition. He suggests them to write 

on the model: 

'Some things are beyond evaluation. Home is 

one among them'. 

On the whole the book, Khushbo-e-Kashmir, is 

a successful endeavour of the author. There are a 

few plots that have procedural errors. The craft of 

stories gives obvious perfume of Kashmiri soil. 

Sheeri has not missed any beautiful gesture of scenic 

Kashmir. Sheeri's stories straightway pursue 

the social feature. Mohamad Zaman Azarda in his 

foreword comments: 

'The stories are the mirror of socio-political and 

economical lives'. 

Dr. M. Ashaq Raza 

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU 

The sparkle in your eye, 

The warm of your skin, 

The touch of your hand, 

The naughtiness in your smile. 

That body near mine, 

The beating of your heart, 

And the magic of your touch. 

It is for all these reasons and 

more, 

Why I Love You Sooo Much........ 

MEHAK SHARMA 

JAMMU 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2013 (PAGE-3) 

BOOK REVIEW 

Slices of Socio-political Life 

Name of the book: Khushbo-e-Kashmir 

Name of the author: Manoj Sheeri 

Pages: 110 

Price: Rs 200 

Institute Scape: 

A number of institutes and universities 

offer certificate and diploma courses in photography. 

Some also offer it as three year integrated 

courses and subsidiary subjects. 

Below is a list of these institutes. 

Degree courses in Photography (B.A. 3 year 

integrated) 

* Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa 

* Pune University, Poona 

* Fergusson college, Pune( B.A. Degree 

Course in photography) 

Diploma Courses (one year) 

* Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi 

* Ravishankar University , Raipur 

* Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati 

* Southern Film Institute, Thiruvallam, Thiruvananthapuram 

(1 year certificate course) 

Other institutions are: 

* International school of photography, New 

Delhi 

* Academy of Photography, Kolkata 

Photography as a subsidiary subject: 

* Film and Television Institute of India, Pune 

* Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, 

* India International Photographic Council, 

New Delhi 

* MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamnagar, 

* National Institute of Design, Allahabad, UP 

* St. Xavier's Institute of Communication, St. 

Xavier's college, Mumbai 

* The Film and TV Institute of Tamil Nadu, 

Chennai. 

INNER VOICE 

SUNDAY 

A Sunday is so typical 

When dad is around 

The morning starts 

With a loud TV sound 

One groan from my sister 

And another from me 

Doesn't melt his heart 

To let us sleep for a 

Minute or three 

Mom tries to catch up 

On her wee bit of sleep 

For she knows dad is there 

To make a cup of tea 

But once we are all up 

It all seems so bright 

For that's the only day 

When dad has all the 

Time!!!!!!! 

Dhanak Bansal 

Akhnoor 

TRICOLOUR 

Displaying the tricolour 

I wanted to say 

How independent 

How self-dependent 

We are here today 

And I wanted to say 

How we feel important 

How we look with enthusiasm 

Displaying the tricolour 

I wanted to know 

Why people in large number 

Are gathering under 

This tricolour that is with me. 

e-mail: innervoice@dailyexcelsior.com 

-Sumair Sharma 

Christ School Poonch

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2013 (PAGE-4) daily 


BOLLYWOOD-BUZZ 

'Award ceremonies have become TV events' 

Ranbir Kapoor is sweeping Best Actor Awards at 

all major award functions for the last two years 

- If last year it was Rockstar, this year it's Barfi. 

Sreya Basu in conversation with the actor 

The award season has started and you have 

already bagged two Best Actor awards. But with so 

many shows around, do you think awards are losing 

their flavour? 

When I was growing up, I was always thinking of the 

award I will get as a debut actor and how the feeling would 

be. Bu today, award ceremonies have become television 

events and that kind of takes away the joy of winning. There 

are more than 12 award shows every year and the number 

is growing! It feels great to be awarded, get a pat on 

my back; but the joy has gone. To be honest, when I win 

a Best Actor Award, of course it feels great, my parents feel 

proud of me, I get a chance to thank the people I have 

worked with. But I do hope award ceremonies find some 

dignity and become more reciprocating towards good work 

and maintain a more honest outlook towards it. 

Do you think the scenario will change? 

I am quite optimistic about it. I am sure it will change 

because otherwise awards shows will die; nobody will be 

interested in attending these award ceremonies. 

Do you remember your first shot? 

Yes. My first shot was actually as a duplicate of Mr 

(Amitabh) Bachchan in Black (2005). If you saw the first 

shot of the film, the man who was sitting by the fountain 

with Alzheimer's (disease) was me with lots of padding 

and Rani Mukherji comes and jumps on me. 

How was the experience? 

I was just too excited that Rani Mukherji was coming 

and jumping on me! 

Can you pick one film where you could identify 

yourself with the character you played? 

Out of all the films I have done so far, I think I was 

decent enough in Rockstar (2011) and Wake Up Sid 

(2009). Rest of the films, I didn't like me on screen, be it 

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009) or Rajneeti 

(2010). For example, in Rajneeti, I had no idea what was 

happening. I was working on a world of politics with actors 

like Manoj Bajpai, Ajay Devgn and Nana Patekar. It was 

when I was dubbing the film, I was like: "Oh, so it means 

this!" I was lucky that I was backed with a good character, 

great supporting cast and the drama was very strong. 

In Rocket Singh, I remember Shimit Amin (director) told 

me that he doesn't want me to play and authentic Sardar, 

who becomes the talking point of the film, but he wanted 

me to bring out the goodness of the character. I didn't know 

what homework to do. Superficially, I researched on what 

salesmen do. But what really helped me was going to the 

Golden Temple where I stayed for two nights. 

You are the only younger generation star who has 

probably worked with the maximum number of newcomers. 

I have worked with more than five newcomers so far 

and honestly, I have no problem working with newcomers. 

My father (actor Rishi Kapoor) worked all his life with 

newcomers as he always had a baby face and all the 

actors at that time were older than him. It is actually great 

as newcomers come with no pre-conceived notion; but 

with a lot of passion and ambition about doing well, and 

seeing new faces on the film sets, charges you up as well 

because it shows you another aspect of acting. 

But isn't there a kind of pressure on you when you 

are working with a newcomer given that not many 

can match up to your acting skills? 

It's not a pressure on me, but it's the director's job. My 

responsibility is to do my work. I try to be as helpful as I 

can towards my co-actors. But somewhere I want to do 

so well for myself that I only want to concentrate in my 

work and also want to my co-actor to do well so that I can 

Shahnaz Husain 

Good grooming is a total effect 

and the smallest details count. 

Believe me, chipped nail varnish or 

untidy hair can mar the total effect. 

Afew "pick me ups" and tips can help 

to make you look good. 

Give yourself a manicure and 

pedicure the day before the big 

night. Soak your hands and feet in 

warm water and massage with a rich 

cream, so that the skin is smooth 

and soft. 

Keep a bowl of rose water in the 

fridge, with cotton wool pads soaking 

in them. 

A "pick-me-up" face mask can 

leave your skin clean and glowing. 

Mix half a teaspoon honey, one teaspoon 

rose water and one teaspoon 

dried milk powder. Mix into a paste 

and apply on the face. Wash off after 

20 minutes. After washing off the 

pack, give the skin a compress with 

the rose water soaked cotton wool 

pads. 

After applying the face mask, 

take two of the cotton wool pads 

soaked in rose water and use them 

as eye pads. Squeeze out the rose 

water and then apply on closed lids. 

If your hair is looking dull give it 

a quick conditioning treatment 

before your shampoo. Mix one teaspoon 

each of vinegar and honey 

with one egg. Beat them together 

well. Massage the mixture into the 

hair. Then wrap the hair in a hot towel 

for twenty minutes, before washing 

the hair. Your hair will have more 

body and look shiny and manageable. 

If you suddenly find your hair has 

too much static - or a "fly away" hair 

problem. All you need to do is to wet 

your hands with water and smooth 

your palms over the hair. And, avoid 

too much brushing. 

To soften rough, bushy or frizzy 

hair, mix some water with creamy 

hair conditioner and put it in a spray 

bottle. Spray the mixture on the hair. 

Then comb the hair, so that it 

spreads through the hair. 

Colour Magic 

A special occasion or party night 

means those special touches that 

give my performance the way I want to. Today's directors 

are intelligent enough and there is so much talent and 

competition around that they select the right people. It's 

not that a very beautiful lady has come from somewhere 

and a director thinks let's cast her and make her a star. 

It's talent that matters and today talented people are getting 

opportunities in the industry. 

Of the younger generation actors, whose work do 

you like? 

I like Ranveer Singh's work. Arjun Kapoor did a great 

work in Ishaqzaade (2012). Ayushman (Khurana) did very 

well in Vicky Donor (2012). I like Imran's (Khan) work in 

certain films like Delhi Belly (2011). 

What would you have done had you not been an 

actor? 

If I would not have been an actor, the clichéd answer 

would be, a struggling actor. On a serious note, I would 

have been a karate instructor or may be a football coach, 

I am really very passionate about the game. 

Being one of the busiest actors of today, how much 

'me' time do you get for yourself? 

It's a misconception. I don't work too much. I worked 

on Barfi over a period of one year, while we shot the film 

for only 110 days. So rest of the time, I was sitting at home 

only. Also, at the moment, we have only four-five big 

actresses and they do three-four films a year. And when 

they are offered a film by any Khan or Akshay Kumar, 

people like me don't get dates and I keep waiting. So I 

get a lot of time to do things I like in my personal life, like 

playing football and video games; I also read a lot. Reading 

is a good exercise for your mind and helps you think 

of certain characters and nuances when you work in 

movies. (TWF) 

BEAUTY TIPS 

help you stand out in a 

crowd….whether it is a new hairstyle, 

great accessorizing or highlights 

in make-up. 

Think about what you will wear 

and the ideal accessories that will 

add the right touches to your attire. 

If you do it in good time, you have 

the chance to try out different accessories, 

or get some new ones. It 

gives enough time to co-ordinate 

your look. 

A new look is truly renewing and 

has a positive impact in terms of 

boosting confidence. You can try a 

change of hairstyle, like putting up 

your hair with fancy hair accessories 

or ribbons. Wearing flowers in the 

hair can be quite alluring. Or, leave 

it loose, but be sure to wash and 

condition - adding lustre to the hair. 

You can also add a touch of glamour 

with colour streaks. Try herbal 

hair mascara. The effect lasts till the 

next shampoo and really helps to 

limit damage to the hair. Adding 

streaks of colour is an easy way of 

highlighting the hair and adding 

glamour. Even a single streak will be 

good. 

Try nail art with the temporary 

stickers, or make a style statement 

Ranbir kapoor is presently shooting in Pahalgam (Kmr) 

Party Night Tips 

with French Manicure. 

Fake eye lashes, eye lash extensions 

and even individual lashes are 

being used, to add glamour and 

make the lashes look longer and 

thicker. They really help to add that 

extra touch. Try using an eyelash 

curler for an attractive effect. Then 

apply mascara. 

To help lipstick last longer, powder 

the lips first. Then outline with lip 

pencil. Obviously outlined lips no 

longer "in", so the lip pencil colour 

should close to lipstick colour. Apply 

lipstick with a brush and fill in with 

colour evenly. Add a touch of lip 

gloss on the centre of the lips. 

Choose from colours that are warm 

and bright, like copper, bronze, plum 

or coral. Red is very much in. Abrickred 

colour would also suit. Try dark 

red, but avoid very dark colours, like 

dark maroon or brown. Artificial 

lights drain colour. Golden foundation, 

with gold tinted powder would 

be great for party night. Our Pot of 

Gold Foundation lends a golden 

glow. Also, to add that extra touch of 

gold, you can use gold dust for glitter! 

Dr Jitendra Singh 

An epidemic of obesity is currently 

sweeping the globe. India too is a witness 

to this worldwide upsurge. Protagonists 

of economic growth may cite 

this phenomenon as an indicator of 

India's giant strides on the course to 

prosperity because obesity is also 

known to be an outcome of economic 

development and globalization. For 

the scholars of medicine, however, 

this could be a matter of grave concern 

because obesity is now recognised 

as a disease in itself closely 

linked to a host of other disorders 

including Diabetes. 

Statistics reveal that the risk of 

developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 

is 2-folds in presence of mild obesity, 

5-folds with moderate obesity and 10folds 

with morbid obesity. 

DANGEROUS NEXUS 

Obesity and Diabetes together 

form a dangerous nexus. The situation 

turns even more ominous if it is in 

addition also accompanied by other 

related disorders like high blood pressure, 

lipid disturbance, etc. 

Obesity, in most simple terms, 

results from an imbalance between 

energy expenditure and energy 

intake. Diet, nutrition and changing 

lifestyle are foremost among the 

principal drives of obesity. There is 

an intimate relationship between 

obesity and diabets mellitus. Even 

though the mechanisms through 

which obesity can precipitate or 

trigger or initiate diabetes remain 

still not fully defined, International 

Diabetes Federation has declared 

obesity as the most preventable 

and important risk for type 2 Diabetes 

Mellitus. 

Insulin Resistance or decreased 

effectiveness of Insulin or decreased 

sensibility of body's various biologic 

processes to insulin is perhaps the 

earliest detectable abnormality in 

obese persons with type 2 Diabetes. 

ABDOMINAL OBESITY POSES 

HIGHER RISK 

Even though the relative proportion 

of body fat in the upper body versus 

lower body has been considered a crucial 

factor for several decades but in 

the last few years more attention has 

celsior MAGAZINE 

MAGAZINE 

HEALTHLINE 

Obesity and Diabetes interlinked 

Dr. Akshi Jasrotia 

There are certain myths relating to oral 

health prevailing in our socirty that need 

to the talked about and clarified 

* Myth: When we brush, bleeding is normal. 

* Fact: Bleeding gums are one of the signs 

of gum disease. 

* Myth: We brush teeth to remove food 

particles. 

* Fact: Daily brushing and flossing keep 

the formation of plaque to a minimum, 

preventing periodontal disease and also 

remove food particles. 

* Myth: Bad breath is caused by lack of 

oral hygiene. 

* Fact: There are some bacteria on the 

tongue and throat that produce volatile 

sulphur compounds. Excessive sulphur 

compounds result in the bad breath. 

* Myth: Pregnant women do not need den- 

TREND 

No wall-flowers these 

With the growing demand of brands in almost 

all aspects of our lives, the eagerly looked-forward 

annual calendar has also undergone a 

huge transformation. Priyanka Roy looks at 

the new avatar 

This is that time of the year when the new calendar, to 

adorn a wall or a table, is eagerly looked for. As they arrive, 

courtesy a client, as a corporate goodwill gift, or even bought 

from the roadside shop, hot discussions begin on the merits 

and demerits of 'this year's calendar.' 

The calendar as a concept is not a modern innovation, 

though. With the progress of human civilization the system 

of tracking dates and auspicious days for festivities also 

developed. Different cultures had different calendar systems 

for calculation. For example, the Mayan calendar (which was 

in the news recently for apparently predicting the 'end of the 

world' on December 12, 2012), Sumerian, Greek and Islamic 

calendar, etc. 

Today, however, from this basic function, the calendar 

has moved on to a new avatar. People are more discerning 

these days and regard the calendar as a style statement 

rather than a device for viewing dates and months. A Debu 

Ratnani calendar, for example, with its snazzy, innovative 

photographs fits the bill. 

Partha Samaddar, an IT professional, acknowledges the 

new trend but stresses that subject is the chief factor of this 

business. "Irrespective of brand or popular publishing houses, 

it's more important what a calendar chooses as its subject. 

If it is stimulating and invigorating, then only it merits 

popularity." 

In the West the Pirelli calendar is famous for its glamour 

quotient and restricted availability and is much coveted. Back 

home, the Kingfisher calendar is somewhat in the same category 

theme-wise with highly publicised model-hunt kind of 

'do'. 

One good thing about all this change is that the calendar 

has acquired a depth in presentation with an eye to creativity 

though the 'usual' calendar with flowers, scenery or even 

religious idols is still very popular. 

Then there are also those who take to designing individual 

calendars with a desire to reach out through images. 

Kolkata's Bijoy Chowdhury, a well-known photographer, has 

been doing it for seven years now, putting together his own 

calendar to be gifted to a select group of his friends. His 

2013 calendar explores the Chinese community of Kolkata 

through a gamut of images. 

"I started designing calendars of my own with the aspiration 

to showcase my photography; but now my calendar 

is earning a name for its content," Chowdhury says. 

He feels that a calendar has to depict a pertinent subject 

and have a classy look so that it catches attention and evokes 

appreciation. 

One reason why Chowdhury embarked on this labour of 

love even while holding his busy job in an ad agency is 

because he found exhibitions a tedious process for airing 

his works. Besides, "these artistic creations scarcely get 

acknowledged". So he thought of this innovative idea of 

putting his art form in calendars and is much appreciated 

today. 

Statistics reveal that the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes 

Mellitus is 2-folds in presence of mild obesity, 5-folds with 

moderate obesity and 10-folds with morbid obesity. 

tal checkups. 

* Fact: Periodontal health can affect the 

health of unborn baby. The periodontal 

disease during pregnancy may increase 

the risk of delivering a premature underweight 

baby. 

* Myth: Our overall health does not 

depend on our oral health. 

* Fact: When the gums are infected, periodontal 

bacterial by-products can enter 

Generally, the upper-end calendars try to highlight a 

theme. Span calendar, published by the Public Affairs Section 

of the US embassy highlights different aspects of the 

country with beautiful photographs. Its 2013 calendar 

focuses on young achievers. Each cityscape or countryside 

highlighted in the particular month is where he or she 

belongs to. For instance, the beginning of the year, January, 

carries the image of Boston city by night which is 

accompanied by photograph of Indian origin Shree Bose, 

a Harvard student researching on cancer and winner of the 

first Google Science Fair. 

The ITC company is another bigwig which shows a 

keen interest in classics. Piyali Mitra of Kolkata is a fan of 

ITC calendars. "Every year it comes with some distinct collection 

of ethnic images and paintings. They are classy and 

valuable," she says. Last year it chose miniature paintings 

of the 17th and 18th centuries as its theme. This year too 

the calendar is a tribute to the rich heritage of India's miniature 

art. 

However, producing a good, classy calendar is certainly 

not an easy job as it involves a lot of production cost 

and technical knowledge. Apart from this, the selection of 

a unique subject also plays a major role to augment the 

significance of a calendar. 

On the other hand, it becomes challenging for local publishers 

to compete with the big houses. Often, to meet the 

demand, they have to incorporate new techniques which 

become too expensive for them to bear. 

But Chowdhury feels that publishers with the regular 

kind of calendars n the kitty are doing well despite the 

competition because the number of discerning customers 

is limited. "It's too early to claim that old calendars 

are on the wane. Most people still go by the usual 

kind of calendar for the usual purpose- keeping track 

of dates and months," he argues. (TWF) 

been focussed on abdominal obesity 

rather than obesity as such. Furthermore, 

Asian Indians have been found 

to be particularly susceptible of developing 

abdominal obesity and insulin 

resistance which might account for 

excessive morbidity and mortality from 

diabetes in this population. 

There are clear indications that 

not only does the abdominal obesity 

predispose to Type 2 Diabetes 

Mellitus but the presence of 

abdominal obesity in a person who 

is already a known diabetic might 

predispose to a host of diabetic 

complications. Obesity is associated 

with insulin resistance which is 

in turn closely linked to diabetes. In 

addition, it has also been suggested 

that obesity might cause diabetes 

by overstimulating the pancreas 

thereby leading to pancreative 

exhaustion. A link has also 

been postulated between obesity 

and insulin receptors. 

In a nutshell, the metabolic consequences 

of obesity could be varied 

depending on the cause, distribution 

and character of the excess fat and 

adipose tissue. In other words, obesity 

and adiposity carry a penality in that 

these lead to worsening of different 

elements of metabolic syndrome 

including insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, 

disturbed lipid/cholestrol 

levels, hypertension or high blood 

pressure etc. 

Myths About Oral Health 

the blood stream and may result in heart 

disease, stroke and under-weight baby 

birth. 

* Myth: If we eat more sugar, teeth will 

decay more. 

Fact: It is the amount of time that the sugar 

has contact with the teeth is important. 

Foods like sodas and candies remain in 

the mouth for longer periods of time, 

increasing longer exposure time of the 

teeth to the acids formed by oral bacteria 

from the sugars. 

* Myth: Dental decay is the problem of 

only young persons. 

* Fact: In elders, root decay occurs due to 

reduced saliva production as a result of 

some drugs such as antihistamines, antidepressants, 

diuretics and sedatives. 

The author is a House Surgeon in Indira 

Gandhi Government Dental College 

and Hospital, Jammu

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