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The death of a person in thecustody of RamnagarPolice Station raises sever-al questions. The Police isresponsible for maintaininglaw and order. They oftengo beyond their brief whenit comes to enforcing lawand order. Everybodyknows that if police doesits duty well, then the crimewill vanish to a largeextent. Unfortunatelypolice has many timesfailed to enforce law andorder. In the instant case,the high handedness ofpolice again has resultedinto the death of a personwho should have not died

in police custody.Sometimes police for somereasons comes under influ-ence and indulges in brutal-ities. The police have to actvery cautiously and espe-cially with persons whohave no criminal recordagainst them. They can betough with criminals thenonly will they elicit vitalclues but with law abidingcivilians they have to workwith all courtesy andhumane approach.Unfortunately, the policedespite so much talks andseminars has failed to learnthis basic premise.

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Kill five Indian soldiers and denythey were killed by Pakistanis. Thenthe only option left is that the Indiansoldier, who survived, killed five ofhis colleges and injured himself toescape suspicion! This is the bestPakistan can elicit from India. Theneighbouring country has its ownsinister logic. Who killed the Indiansoldiers? On the other side theIndian Defence Minister A K

Antony gave an escape point toPakistan by claiming that some peo-ple dressed in Pakistani soldiers’uniforms ambushed and killed oursoldiers. The External AffairsMinister Salman Khurshid defendedAntony in a brazen manner.The matter is clear, our soldiers

were killed by Pakistanis and thereshould have been no ambiguitydevised on it. But the Congressleaders, with some hidden agendawith Pakistani establishment havemade a mockery of the sacrifice offive soldiers. Manish Tiwari, in hisusual brusque manner criticized the

Opposition for playing politics.Little does he appreciate that the jobof Opposition is to point out theflaws in the policy of the govern-ment and here they were withintheir Constitutional rights andduties. What is intriguingly painfulis the reason why India is soft onPakistan. They behead our soldiersand we remain silent. They kill ourfive soldiers and we give an escaperoute to Pakistan for reasons notclearly known.The reports are that as soon as theIndian Deputy High Commissionerwas summoned by the Minister of

Foreign Affairs there was an under-standing that Pakistanis should begiven some space to adjust.Forgetting that Nawaz Sharif hasbeen told by General Kayani to goslow in normalizing relations withIndia we still show peace pipe toPakistan. On the other hand, NawazGovernment has warmed up toTalibanis and Jihadis by allocatingfunds to Jama-tul-Dawa headed byknown Pakistani terrorist HafizSayeed. The Indian diplomacy ismisplaced and repeatedly falls inthe trap of normalizing relationswith Pakistan.

Today the whole nation is angeredand full of remorse. The answer tothis ghastky murder is to hitPakistanis hard. We are capable ofdoing this and we should do that atthe opportune time. When Indiansoldiers were beheaded the sameleaders and the army chief said thatwe will hit back but nothing hap-pened. If Pakistan can kill our sol-diers and still tell the world that wewant talks with India we can do thesame and still keep the option oftalks open. How long shall Indiasuffer and our puny politicians willcrib and shun retribution.

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Father attempts rape on 9-year old daughterSRINAGAR, AUG 07 : In a shameful incident of its kind, a9-year-old girl (name with held) has allegedly been raped byhis father in Palpora area of Qamarwari on Wednesday here inthe outskirts of Srinagar. According to Srinagar based news gathering Said. the bizarreincident took place in the Pamposh Colony area of Qamarwariaround 9 am Wednesday morning. The report said that victim's father Feroz Ahmad Bhat, Son ofAbdul Ahad Bhat resident of Pamposh Colony, Qamarwariarea allegedly raped his 9-year-old daughter while her motherwas outside the house washing utensils. The accused, howev-er, is absconding. While talking to this reported, the 9-year-old victim said theaccused sent her to buy cigarettes from market and on herreturn she went father's room to hand over cigarettes to him, heimmediately locked the door and pounced on me, while mymother was busy in washing utensils outside home." The girl was later on taken to hospital for medical checkupwhere doctors declared it was an "attempt to rape" and med-ical reports has not suggest any kind of rape committed. Mohammad Abdullah Beg, Mohalla President of the areawhile talking to GNS said the accused was a drug addict and avery irresponsible person. "He should be arrested immediatelyand stern action should be taken against him so that it shouldserve as a warning for others before thinking of committingsuch heinous crimes." Meanwhile, a case FIR No. 98/2013under section 376/511 has been registered in police stationSafa Kadal. "We have started investigation in this regard and the accusedwill be arrested soon," a police official on anonymity

Fresh firing by Pakistan across LoC

SRINAGAR: Pakistani troops opened unprovoked firing atIndian positions on the Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu andKashmir's Baramulla district, a defence spokesman said onWednesday. Naresh Vij, spokesman of army's Srinagar-based 15 corps, toldthat the Baz battalion of Pakistan Army opened unprovokedfiring at Indian pickets in Uri sector of the LoC on Tuesday. "Our troops responded with controlled retaliation to unpro-voked Pakistan fire from their Baz battalion in Uri sector ofthe LoC yesterday. The exchange of fire continued from12.30pm to 2 pm yesterday (Tuesday)," the spokesman said. Army chief General Bikram Singh is visiting the LoC inPoonch district on Wednesday to take stock of the situation.

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JAMMU AUG 07 : The last jour-ney of the five jawans martyred inthe attack by Pakistan soldiersbegan in the evening from Poonchtown with Army officers layingwreaths on their caskets. The bodies were draped in theTricolour at the military hospital inPoonch after a post-mortem, Armyofficials said. Four jawans hailing from Bihar,

Naik Prem Nath (35, Chappra),Lance Naik Shambhu Saran (29,Bhojpur), Sepoy Vijay Kumar Rai(27, Patna), Sepoy Ragunandan(23, Chhapra) and the 36-year-oldNaik Pundalik Mane fromKolhapur in Maharastra, lost theirlives in the attack today in Poonchdistrict. Army chief General Bikram Singhwas on Wednesday briefed about

the security situation in the wakeof the killing of five Indian jawansalong the Line of Control inPoonch in Jammu and Kashmir. Along with senior commanders ofvarious formations, General Singhleft for the Nagrota-based 16 Corpsheadquarters, where he was briefedby senior army officers led byGeneral Officer Commanding -In-Charge Lieutenant General

Sanjeev Chachra and GOC, 16Corps, Lieutenant General D SHooda. He was also briefed about theattacks, incidents of firing andceasefire violations which hadoccurred before Tuesday's attack,soon after his arrival from NewDelhi on Wednesday morning. General Singh laid wreaths on thecoffins draped in tri-colour at theTechnical Airport in Jammu.According to the Army, a group of20 heavily-armed men led byPakistani troops entered 450minside Indian territory in the weehours today and ambushed thepatrol, killing the five soldiers. Led by Brigade Commander, 93Brigade, SK Acharya, Army offi-cers laid wreaths on the bodies ofthe soldiers on behalf of GeneralOfficer Commanding (GoC) of theJammu-based 16 Corps, Lt Gen DSHooda and others. The Commanding Officer of themartyred soldiers' unit, Col PDSBal, and Col Vishal Sharma alsolaid wreaths. "A patrol... Wasambushed by a Pakistan BorderAction Team close to the Line ofControl in Poonch Sector of J-K,"defence spokesman SN Acharyasaid in an official statement.

LAST JOURNEY OF MARTYREDJAWANS BEGINS FROM POONCH SRINAGAR AUG 07: Chief

Minister, Omar AbdullahWednesday appreciatedJammu and Kashmir Bankfor its performance despiteadverse business environ-ment and expressed the hopethat the Bank would achievenew highs in the years toome. "Your performance hasbeen commendable despiteadverse business environ-ment and we expect morefrom you. We would like youto continue your improve-ment. You are peoples' Bankand your Corporate SocialResponsibility (CSR) is stu-pendous", he told theChairman Jammu andKashmir Bank and its toplevel officers at the presenta-tion of handing over of divi-dend cheques to the ChiefMinister for the StateGovernment by the Bank. Minister for Finance, AbdulRahim Rather, ChiefSecretary, Mohammad IqbalKhandey, Chairman J&KBank, Mushtaq Ahmad,Economic Advisor to theGovernment, Jalil AhmadKhan, Principal SecretaryFinance, B. B. Vyas andPresident J&K Bank, AbdulRauf Bhat were present on

the occasion among others. The Chief Minister said thatJammu and Kashmir Bankhas a great role in socio-eco-nomic development andentrepreneurship develop-ment in the State andimpressed upon the Bank tomove extra-mile in this direc-tion as also in the direction offulfilling its CSRs. Chairman J&K Bank,Mushtaq Ahmad presentedtwo cheques for Rs. 128.88crores to the Chief Ministeron account of PlatinumJubilee Dividend to the StateGovernment for the financialyear 2012-13. The StateGovernment owns over 53%of Bank's shares and is themajority shareholder. In itsPlatinum Jubilee year theBank approved special divi-dend of 500% to its share-holders. In his initial remarks,Chairman J&K Bankrevealed that the State

Government has received Rs.584.31 crores as dividendsince the inception of Bankso far adding that out of thisamount, over Rs. 282 croreshas been received by theGovernment during last threeyears. Mushtaq Ahmad said that thebusiness of the Bank hasincreased from Rs. 63564crores as on 30thSeptember2010 to Rs. 104143 crore ason March 31, 2013 therebyregistering a growth of 64%.He said the annual profitshave more than doubled toRs. 1055 crore as against Rs.512 crore in March 2010. The Chairman J&K Banksaid the Bank has added 165business units since October2010 raising the number ofbranches to 6694. He saidbusiness branches have beenopened in the far-flung,remote and un-bankableareas. He said ATM networkhas also been Contd p2

Omar appreciates J&K Bank's performance

SRINAGAR, AUG 7:APHC Chairman MirwaizUmar Farooq Wednesdaysaid the recent flare -up onthe LOC between India andPakistan has the potential toharm the improving relationsbetween the two countries.Addressing a gathering at theHistorical Bazaar Masjid atBohri Kadal Masjid, Mirwaizstressed that both countriesshould demilitarize the bor-ders and ensure the safety of

Kashmiris living along theLOC on both sides of thedivided Kashmir. He saidthat killing of Indian orPakistani soldiers during bor-der tension has alwaysremained a cause of concern.Hence, Mirwaiz, said kash-miris have repeatedlystressed upon both the nationto solve Kashmir to stop thewastage of lives on both sidesof LOC. APHC Chairmansaid a con ucive atmospherewas needed to solve theKashmir issue. He said thattill basic issue of Kashmir isnot solved, all other steps tostabilize the relations wouldprove to be a futile exercise.Mirwaiz said that improvingtrade relations, water, SirCreek, and Siachen issuescan't be solved till creation ofa favourable atmosphere. Hesaid lasting solution ofKashmir issue would create a

conducive atmosphere foraddressing other problemsexisting between the bothcountries. He said theKashmiris are the worst vic-tims of tense relationsbetween India and Pakistan.Mirwaiz expressed desirethat both countries wouldshow political prudence andwould take appropriate meas-ures to normalize their rela-tions. APHC Chairman hasexpressed serious concernover the reports that the armyalong LOC in Machil sectorkilled four herb collectors,labeled as militants, during afake encounter. He demandedan immediate impartialinquiry into the incident. Mirwaiz appealed people toobserve eid with modesty asKashmir including manycountries in the Islamic phasewere going through a criticalphase in history.

Flare-up on LoC could harm Ido-Pak relations: MirwaizSRINAGAR, AUG 7:Strongly condemning theattack on soldiers on theLoC, Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP) patron MuftiMohammad Sayeed todaycalled for restrain and a care-ful handling of the situation.He said the attack on soldiersis an act of provocation butgreat nations having stakes inregional stability and pros-perity of their people couldavoid falling in trap laidobviously by those elementswho are uncomfortable withgrowing prospect of amitybetween our country andPakistan. Mufti said war mongering isan easier course but ourobjective is to create a sus-tainable peace we will haveto rise above provocationsand stay our course that has

resulted in immense relief tothe people living in borderareas since 2002. He said itdoes not bear repetition thatno problems can be solvedthrough war and the way ourcountry has shown signs ofmaturity by extending handof friendship to Pakistan inthe wake of attack on the par-liament and the Mumbaiatrocities in 2008 it has been

established that peace is theonly way forward. He saidthere is fortunately a strongpeace constituency inPakistan also which has got astrong voice and the successof our national leadership liesin harnessing the peacepotential in that country sothat the hoax in either sideare marginalized. Mufti said while the loss oflife of our jawans is unfortu-nate it should not derail theprocess that alone can ensurepeace and security in future. Jingoism, he said would leadus nowhere and it wouldserve our national as well asstrategic interests to under-stand how ultimately everywar has to be ended throughdialogue and peace initiative.The US even after the decadeof using human Contd p2

Mufti condemns LoC incident, calls forrestrain 'Jingoism will lead nowhere'

JAMMU, AUG 07: Chief ofArmy staff General BikramSingh's day-long visit to theline of control (LoC) inPoonch, following the killingof the five Army jawans onTuesday, has been cancelleddue to bad weather, defencesources said. "General Singh arrived herethis morning at technical air-port and flew to Poonch, butdue to bad weather his chop-per could not land despiteseveral attempts," officialsources said. Major General VP Singh, incharge Poonch-Rajouri sec-tors, was asked to reachAkhnoor where the Armychief had halted after makingtwo to three futile attempts toreach Poonch. "Major General VP Singhwill apprise the Army chiefabout the current situationalong LoC in Rajouri andPoonch," the sources added. Five Indian soldiers were

killed in an attack on anambush party by the PakistanArmy on LoC on Tuesday inPoonch. Earlier on his arrival atJammu on Wednesday morn-ing, Army chief Gen BikramSingh laid wreaths on thebodies of the five martyrswho laid down their lives atChaka de Bagh in Poonch. Senior Army officers of

northern Army theatre GOC-in-C Lt Gen SanjeevChachra, GOC, 16 Coprs LtGen DS Hooda, GOC, tigerdivision, Maj Gen AshwaniKumar and air officer com-manding Air Commodore PEPatagia also saluted the mar-tyrs. "Four bodies would be flownto Patna and one to Pune inAir Force Contd p2

NEW DELHI, AUG 17: Apall of gloom descended onthe native villages of fourBihar soldiers, who werekilled in an ambush byPakistani troops along theLine of Control in Jammuand Kashmir, with their iratekin demanding strict actionagainst that country. The bodies of the four jawansbelonging to 21 BiharRegiment will arrive here lateevening with senior armypersonnel of the Danapurbased regiment, besides top

officials will receive them atJai Prakash Narayan airport. District Magistrate andSuperintendent of Police ofrespective districts wouldattend their funeral whichwould be carried out with fullstate honour, PrincipalSecretary CabinetCoordination BrajeshMehrotra Said. Gloomdescends on villages of mar-tyr soldiers killed by Pak inPoonch Gloom descends on villagesof martyr soldiers killed by

Pak in Poonch Of the four, Vijay Kumar Raibelongs to Bihta in ruralPatna, Shambhu SharanSingh hails from Bhojpur dis-trict and Premnath Singh andRaghunandan Prasad arenatives of Saran district ofthe state. The locals are seething withanger and want retaliatoryaction against Pakistan forthe audacious attack and asthe news of Vijay KumarRai's death came to Danapur,10 km from Patna town, hismother, wife and neighbourswere inconsolable. Amid sounds of loud cry, theminor children of the jawanVivek (6) and Neha (4),unable to understand the situ-ation maintained a stonysilence in contrast. Rai's wife Pushpa, who wasliving with the children in arented house in Danapur leftfor native village AnandpurTehkaha in Bihta block ofrural Patna Contd p2

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Omar appreciates ..extended by adding 373 teller machines taking their totalnumber to 682 from 309 in October 2010. He said that with its focus on the overall development of theState, the Bank addresses the issue of finance and employmentin a big way and is the sole financer for the StateGovernment's flagship schemes of Sher-i-KashmirEmployment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY).He said J&K Bank has so far financed 1784 units under initia-tive which involves an amount of Rs. 120.12 crore. He saidthat 410 Kissan Credit Cards have been issued by the Bank tillJune 30, 2013 across the State involving Credit disbursementof Rs. 2146 crore. He said Bank has also distributed 24000Artisan Cards and disbursed Rs. 141 crore among various cat-egories of artisans.

Mufti condemns ..histories in most formidable war machines in Afganistan isfinally withdrawing without resolving any issues but not with-out entering into dialogue with its adversaries there. He saidJammu & Kashmir has borne the brunt of hostilities betweenthe two countries and we hope that efforts at building up a sus-tainable peace are stepped up to defeat the designs of thosewho want to subvert it through in human acts like the one wit-nessed this week in Poonch. He said efforts should be made to not to let the seize fire onthe borders to collapse as it would entail another period ofinstability in the region without achieving anything for eitherside accept miseries to those who become its victims.

Gloom descends ..last night itself with the soldier's elder brother and otherrelatives. The soldier's mother Adhlagi Devi kept crying thewhole night and fainted many times. Devi lamented that her son had got her eyes treated onJuly 25 last when he had visited his native place, butnow ironically she will not be able to see him this timearound. Vijay Kumar Rai was recruited in Bihar Regiment in2002. His Late father Netlal Yadav also served in army just ashis younger brother Ajay Rai. The soldier's elder brother Rajkishore Rai was furiousand voiced strong military action against Pakistan forthe incident.

Inclement weather ..aircraft, defence spokesman SN Acharya said. The five jawans killed in Tuesday's attack included Naik PremNath of Chappra (Bihar), Sepoy Ragunandan of Chhapra(Bihar), Lance Naik Shambhu Saran of Bhojpur (Bihar),Sepoy Vijay Kumar Rai of Patna (Bihar), and Naik PundalikMane of Kolhapur (Maharashtra).

Ensure better medicareto people: Shabir

JAMMU, AUG 08: Minister of State for Health, ShabirAhmed Khan today said that state government is endeavour-ing hard to strengthen health sector in the state especially faroff parts with active moral and financial support from theCentre.The Minister said this while addressing people during anextensive tour of Jammu city conducted to inspect the work-ing of health institutions, here today.The Minister was accompanied by Director Health Services,Dr. B.S. Pathania, Controller Drugs and Food ControlOrganization, Mr. Satish Gupta, Director NRHM, Dr. Yash PalSharma besides other senior officers of Health Department.The Minister said that healthcare sector is receiving focusedattention of the government and several reforms are beinglaunched to further improve health scenario in the state. Hesaid that it is the endeavour of the state government to providebetter healthcare in the state especially in inaccessible areasadding that liberal funding is being provided through variouscentrally sponsored schemes.Mr. Shabir further stated that emphasis is being laid to facili-tate the ailing people by strengthening urban as well as ruralhealth care units with adequate health infrastructure.Earlier, the Minister paid a surprise visit to Primary HealthCentre, Kot Bhalwal and Urban Health Unit, Roop Nagar anddirected the doctors and para-medical staff to refrain fromabsenteeism to deliver hassle free services to the public. Hedirected the officers not to leave their respective institutionwithout prior permission of the concerned authority.Later, the Minister visited office of Controller Drugs and FoodControl, Jammu to assess the functioning of the organization.He was briefed about the work done on FSSA pertainingPublic Analyst, Public Health Laboratory (Food Laboratory)and number of samples received and tested by the Drug andFood Control Organization.The Minister was told that 638 samples were received and 770samples were tested during last five months.The Minister asked the officers to redouble their efforts to fur-ther enhance the scale of sample testing of life saving drugs.Controller Drugs and Food Control apprised the Minister thatsub-standard drugs worth Rs. 27 lakh have been seized by theDrug and Food Control organization during this year.

I-Day arrangementsfinalized at UdhampurUDHAMPUR, AUG 08: Various arrangements pertaining tocelebration of Independence Day in Udhampur were finalizedat a meeting of district officers of various departments heldunder the Chairmanship of Additional District DevelopmentCommissioner, Mr. Ajay Singh Jamwal here on Thursday.Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Vikas Sharma, JointDirector Planning, Mr. Rakesh Jamwal, Principal, Govt.College Women, Dr. Yudhvir Singh, Assistant CommissionerDevelopment, Mr. Pawan Parihar, District youth Services &Sports Officer, Mr. Sukhdev Singh, Executive EngineersPWD, PDD, PHE, District Heads of various departments andEducational Institutions were present in the meeting.It was decided in the meeting that the main function would beheld at Govt. PG Degree College for Boys, Udhampur groundwhere the VIP would hoist the National flag at 8.55 A.M. Thecontingents drawn from Police, NCC and schools would par-ticipate in the march past. It was also decided in the meetingthat District Information Centre, Udhampur shall playShehnai Vadan from 5.30 AM to 6.30 A.M. in DeputyCommissioner’s Office Complex and Town Hall, Udhampur.Other arrangements including seating, barricading, drinkingwater, barricading uninterrupted power supply, sanitation,Medicare, transportation, security were also discussed andfinalized to make the event a grand success.

CONTINUATION I-Day arrangementsfinalized at Udhampur

UDHAMPUR, AUG 08: Various arrangementspertaining to celebration of Independence Day inUdhampur were finalized at a meeting of districtofficers of various departments held under theChairmanship of Additional District DevelopmentCommissioner, Mr. Ajay Singh Jamwal here onThursday.Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr. VikasSharma, Joint Director Planning, Mr. RakeshJamwal, Principal, Govt. College Women, Dr.Yudhvir Singh, Assistant CommissionerDevelopment, Mr. Pawan Parihar, District youthServices & Sports Officer, Mr. Sukhdev Singh,Executive Engineers PWD, PDD, PHE, DistrictHeads of various departments and EducationalInstitutions were present in the meeting.It was decided in the meeting that the main func-tion would be held at Govt. PG Degree College forBoys, Udhampur ground where the VIP wouldhoist the National flag at 8.55 A.M. The contin-gents drawn from Police, NCC and schools wouldparticipate in the march past. It was also decided in the meeting that DistrictInformation Centre, Udhampur shall play ShehnaiVadan from 5.30 AM to 6.30 A.M. in DeputyCommissioner's Office Complex and Town Hall,Udhampur.Other arrangements including seating, barricad-ing, drinking water, barricading uninterruptedpower supply, sanitation, Medicare, transporta-tion, security were also discussed and finalized tomake the event a grand success.Important Government buildings would be illumi-nated in the evening, the meeting decided. TheAdministration would also host "At Home"on theoccasion.

Naaz extends greetingson Eid-ul-Fitr

JAMMU, AUG 08 : Vice Chairman, State AdvisoryBoard for Development of Gujjar Bakerwal,Choudhary Bashir Naaz today greeted the peopleon the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In his greetings, he extended warm wishes to thepeople and hoped that the day will further add tothe social fabric of the state.

Wani condemnsKishtwar happeningUrges for maintaining peace, calm

SRINAGAR AUG 10: Minister for Roads andBuildings Mr. Abdul Majid Wani termed theKIshtwar incident ill-fated, saying that such inci-dents put threat to the entire peaceful atmosphereof the state. Condemning the yesterday's Kishtwar incident,Mr. Wani condoled the deaths of persons whoselives were lost, praying that may Almighty offercourage to the bereaved families to bear thisirreparable loss. Appealing the people for maintaining communalharmony and calm, the Minister urged them not tobe carried away by emotions as it is not favourablefor the composite ethos of the State.

Gul terms Kishtwarincident unfortunateCalls for upholding amity,

communal harmonySRINAGAR AUG 08: Speaker, J&K LegislativeAssembly Mr. Mubarak Gul extended heartfeltcondolences to the families of the persons whowere killed in Kishtwar incident yesterday.Terming the incident unfortunate, the Speakersaid that such incident should be condemned byone and all as these happenings create wedgeamong the people of different faiths. He alsoappealed the people for maintaining communalharmony and brotherhood. In his condolence message, Mr. Gul expressed hissympathies with the bereaved families and prayedfor eternal peace to the departed souls. He alsowished for early recovery to the injured.

Malhotra shocks over Kishtwar incidentAppeals for maintaining communal harmony

SRINAGAR AUG 08: Chairman, J&K LegislativeCouncil Mr. Amrit Malhotra expressed grief andshock over the incident occurred in KishtwarDistrict yesterday which claimed two precioushuman lives and left several injured. The Chairman condemned the incident, sayingthat such incidents put blow and weaken the cen-turies old composite tradition which is hallmark ofthe State. He appealed the people for maintainingamity, peace and communal harmony.In his condolence message, Mr. Malhotraexpressed his sympathies with the bereaved fami-lies and prayed for eternal peace to the departedsouls. He also directed the administration for pro-viding best medicare to the injured and wished fortheir early recovery.

JAMMU, AUG 08: Minister forPHE, Irrigation and FloodControl, Sham Lal Sharma todayinaugurated a slit lamp machinein Sub District Hospital,Akhnoor which was providedby the Rotary Club of Akhnoor. Later, the Minister also chairedthe Rogi Kalyan Samiti meetingand reviewed healthcare servic-es being extended to the patientsof Akhnoor and Chowki Chourablocks. He asked for maintainingcleanliness in the hospital. The works approved in themeeting included PoL for emer-gency patients/RTA, Pol forgenerator, Pol for monitoring,tendering for newly constructedshops, replacement of trans-former from 100 KV to 250 KV,cemented platform above theunderground water tank, emer-gency drugs, repair of chairs inwaiting area, cemented platformfor municipality garbage dump,tendering for newly constructedpublic facility (Toilet), contin-gent material for sanitation pur-pose, X-ray films/chemicals, lab-oratory reagents, medicines/IOL

for free cataract surgeries, anti-rabies injections for BPLpatients, plant/whitewash workof emergency ward, section andDOTS section and fiber shed foradministration section.Mr. Sham appealed all the sec-tions of the society to help curbthe menace of female foeticide.He asked the people particularlyPRIs as well as ASHA workersto create massive awarenessamong the masses against thefemale foeticide and genderinequality. He said that with thelaunch of several innovativemeasures to curb the menace ofillegal sex determination in vari-ous Ultrasound Centres, the sexratio in Akhnoor and ChowkiChoura block has improved alot. It was informed in the meetingthat CHCs of Akhnoor blockhave recorded 1150 deliveries, ofwhich 587 were male and 563female while 1485 total deliver-ies have been registered in theblock, of which 750 were maleand 735 female during the year2013 from January 2013 to July

2013 thus registering a sex ratioof 960 females for 1000 males. Similarly, in Chowki Chourablock the sex ratio has beenrecorded as 1105 females for1000 males during the said peri-od.The Minister visited SDHAkhnoor and enquired aboutthe facilities being provided tothe patients. He also interactedwith the patients and visitedvarious wards in the hospital.Later, the Minister visited theconstruction site of Jio PotoMaharaja Gulab Singh memoriallibrary. He instructed the execut-ed agencies to speed up the workand complete this prestigiousproject in time. Later, the Minister visited thegovernment boys and girls high-er secondary schools Akhnoorand interacted with the staff andstudents. He instructed the PWDdepartment for leveling of thepremises of government girlshigher secondary school, instal-lation of basketball court andconstruction of the boundarywall at the earliest.

Sham inaugurates slit lampmachine in SDH, Akhnoor

'Calls for massive awareness against female foeticide'

JAMMU, AUG 08: Minister forPHE, Irrigation and FloodControl, Mr. Sham Lal Sharmatoday said that government iscommitted to create betterbasic infrastructure in everynook and corner of the stateparticularly in rural and far-offareas. The Minister was addressingthe monthly public meeting atAkhnoor which was attendedby large number of people,local sarpanchs and Panchsbesides senior officers of vari-ous departments. Addressing the gathering onthe occasion, Mr. Sham saidthat government was keen toreach out to people in everyarea to address their griev-ances and accommodate thedemands in a phased manner.He said that during past morethan four years, unprecedent-ed development has been wit-nessed in the state. He saidthat during the period severalprojects pertaining to PHE,Irrigation, education, health

and power have been taken inhand in Akhnoor constituency.He asked the executive agen-cies to make optimum use offunds and complete the proj-ects in a time bound manner. He urged the people particu-larly local representatives topersonally monitor the devel-opment works being executedin their respective areas. Hesaid that faster development ofunattended areas was on thetop priority on the governmentagenda. The Minister said during thisperiod several projects havebeen taken in hand in Akhnoortown including 100 beded hos-pital, mini secretariat, heritagesite complex, community halls,dogra library, vegetable mar-ket, ayurvedic directorate,nursing college, degree col-lege, Navodaya Vidyalaya etc.The Minister asked the forest,social forestry and horticulturedepartment to ensure cultiva-tion of various types of treesand herbal trees in barren

land. He also stressed onlaunching mass awarenessabout the forest preservationand water bodies in the state.He said in view of massivedemand of various types ofplants in the market it is essen-tial to develop this sector in abig way to meet the require-ments as also to generateemployment opportunities forthe unemployed people in thestate, he maintained. Meanwhile, Sham expressedheartfelt sympathy with thebereaved family members ofArmy Jawans killed recentlyand prayed for eternal peace tothe departed souls. Among others Chief Engineer,PHE, Mr. K. K. Gupta, ChiefEngineer I&FC Mr. VarinderBadyal, SE Hydraulic, Mr.Rajeev Malhotra, SDMAkhnoor, Ex. Engineers ofPHE, Irrigation and Flood con-trol, all sectoral officers, BlockCongress Working Presidentand Youth President were alsopresent on the occasion.

Govt committed to create betterbasic infrastructure: Sham

JAMMU, AUG 08: Minister ofState for Finance & Planning,Cooperatives, Dr. Manohar LalSharma, today convened anofficers meeting to take stockof damage caused in Jammuregion due to recent rains andfloods besides reviewingrestorations works being doneby different departments.Asking the officers to ensureaccurate assessment of floodlosses related to their respec-tive departments, the Ministerexhorted upon them to gear uptheir men and machinery forspeedy execution of all neces-sary repair and renovationworks in the rain and flood

affected areas. The Minister asked the R&Bdepartment to make sure thatall the damaged roads arerepaired at the earliest in viewof importance of this vitalfacility for the people. He alsoasked the education depart-ment to ensure that the stu-dents' education is not suf-fered due to any damagecaused to the infrastructure orallied facilities. During the meeting, theMinister also reviewed thearrangements put in place forEid-ul-Fitr. Manohar Lal directed PHE andPDD to ensure adequate sup-

ply of water and electricity onthe occasion so that the peoplehave not to suffer on thisaccount. The Minister also reviewed thenecessary arrangements madeby CAPD, Security, Health andallied departments. Among others, DivisionalCommissioner JammuShantmanu, DeputyCommissioner Jammu AjeetKumar Sahu, DirectorEducation Jammu P. K. Pole,DIG Jammu Shakeel AhmadBeig, Chief Engineer M & REJammu Shehnaz Goni, SE R&BS. P. Manhas, SE PHE SunilGupta, SE JDA P. L. Bhushan,Joint Director Agriculture S. S.Jamwal, RTO, Arvind Kotwal,SSP Traffic Manmohan Singh,Administrator Auqaf RajMohammad, XEN PHE AshokGandotra and other seniorofficers of concerned depart-ments.

Manohar reviews flood damagesAsks officers toensure speedy

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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 07 -Chief Minister, OmarAbdullah Wednesday high-lighted the handholding ofyouth in their pursuit to gen-erate self-employment and bepart in the prestigious entre-preneurship developmentprogramme in the State asone of the most stupendoustasks adding that entrepre-neurship development is theright answer to unemploy-ment crisis.Omar Abdullah describedgeneration of some 2 lakh jobopportunities for youth undervarious initiatives of theSher-i-Kashmir Employmentand Welfare Programme forYouth (SKEWPY) andimpressed upon the con-cerned departments to redou-ble their efforts in realisingthe goal of generatingemployment for five lakhyouth in five years.The Chief Minister was tak-ing stock of the SKEWPYand its various initiativesunder implementation in theState to help comprehensive

employment generation andwelfare of the youth besidesenhancing their skill andcapacity building to getabsorbed in the modern jobmarket within and outside theState, at a high level meetinghe chaired here today.Minister for Finance, AbdulRahim Rather, Minister forPlanning and Development,Ajay Sadhotra, ChiefSecretary, Mohammad IqbalKhandey, Economic Advisorto Government, Jalil AhmadKhan, Principal Secretary

Planning and Development,Principal Secretary Finance,B. B. Vyas, CommissionerSecretaries, Surav Bhagat, B.A. Runiyal and other seniorofficers were present in themeeting.The Chief Minister expressedsatisfaction over the fillipreceived by Seed Capitalscheme by the strict monitor-ing by Jammu and KashmirBank top brass in getting EDIsponsored cases cleared onfast track and disbursing theloan component for estab-

lishment of industrial unitsby the youth in a time boundmanner. He asked theE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pDevelopment Institute (EDI)to enhance its target from1,500 units to 3,000 units thisfinancial year for which gov-ernment would providerequired seed capital to theentrepreneurs. EDI hadexpressed its capacity toachieve additional 1,500units for the current year forwhich more seed capital wererequired.

The Chief Minister wasapprised that under the SeedCapital Fund scheme asagainst 302 units establishedin 2009-10, the figure lastyear touched to 1,307 ascompared to the target of1,000 units fixed for the fis-cal. It was stated that EDI hasfixed the target of achieving1,554 units this year and hasthe capacity to go upto 3,000units.The Chief Minister told EDI

to move forward in this direc-tion and necessary financesrequired for this would bemade available.The Chief Minister onenquiring about the status ofunemployment allowancebeing paid to youth underVoluntary Service AllowanceScheme (VSA), wasinformed that about 15,000youth have been coveredunder the scheme and morethan Rs. 50 crore have beenpaid to them under the VSAinitiative of SKEWPY duringthe last year. It was statedthat in the year 2010-11 over

Rs. 24.72 crore and in theyear 2011-12 Rs. 36.17 crorehave been provided to theyouth under VSAThe Chief Minister was toldthat the new scheme namelyYouth Start-up Loan Schemelaunched under his directionsduring 2012-13, more than100 entrepreneurs have beenprovided Rs. 5.40 crore aseasy loan last year and thisyear the target of assisting250 entrepreneurs has beenfixed. These entrepreneurswill be provided loans worthRs. 20 crores.The Chief Minister was toldthat 10 District EmploymentCounselling Centres (DECC)have been completed atBaramulla, Shopian, Reasi,Doda, Ramban, Kulgam,Budgam, Bandipora, Leh andKargil and two Centres oneeach in Samba and Ganderbalhave been already inaugurat-ed. The Chief Minister askedthe Employment Departmentto make these centres func-tional within one month'speriod.

SKEWPY gaining momentum

Employment generation under it touches 2 lakh figures: OmarOmar describes entrepreneurship development answer to unemployment

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 07:The Minister for ConsumerAffairs and PublicDistribution (CA&PD)Choudhary MuhammadRamzan today said that ade-quate buffer stock of foodgrains and essential com-modities including cookinggas and Kerosene Oil isavailable in the State addingthat efforts have been madeto provide hassle-free rationto the people during the Holymonth of Ramadan includingthe eve of Eid-ul-Fitr.However, the Minister saidthat the complaints receivedfrom various Districts inrespect of supply and distri-bution of LPG would beredressed before Eid on pri-ority.The Minister said this whilechairing a high level jointmeeting of officers ofCA&PD Department and

LPG Dealers convened totake stock of the supply anddistribution position ofessential commodities, LPGand K. Oil here today.The Minister said that theLPG is being provided in thecity and major towns of theValley through HomeDelivery System which hasremained a successful exer-cise. However, he directedthe authorities to ensurehome delivery of gas in therural areas without furtherdelay as the last date fixed forstarting the same has alreadyexpired. He issued instruc-tion to the authorities toensure that there should be nocomplaint in this regard infuture.It was informed in the meet-ing that regular dealership fornew gas agencies should beset up on merit basis. It wasalso given out in the meeting

that setting up of new gasagencies under RGGVYdealership scheme is inprocess for which 47 Blockof the State have alreadybeen identified for which 176application have beenreceived. The draw of lots forsetting of these agencieswould be held in October thisyear, the meeting wasinformed.The Minister stressed forintensifying the marketchecking in view of Eid-ul-Fitr and tighten noose aroundblack marketers and profi-teers to prevent the con-sumers from being cheatedon Eid day. He said thatMobile Checking squadscomprising one senior offi-cers of CA&PD Department,Crime Branch and LegalMetrology Department willkeep close vigil on the mar-kets round the clock.

Hassle-free ration provided to the peopleduring the Holy month: Ramzan

Directs to intensify market checking, tighten noose around black marketers and profiteers

JAMMU, AUGUST 07-Minister for MedicalEducation, TechnicalEducation, Youth Servicesand Sports, Taj Mohi-ud-Din,today handed over threeambulances and one criticalcare ambulance toGovernment MedicalCollege, Jammu.Commissioner Secretary,Health and MedicalEducation, Shalen Kabra,Principal, GMC, Jammu,Medical Superintendent,Ravinder Rattan Pal besidesHODs of various depart-ments were present on theoccasion.Speaking on the occasion, theMinister said that the govern-ment is committed to upgradehealth infrastructure in theState so that all advancedhealthcare facilities are pro-vided to the people within thestate. He said that work on shiftingof various departments toSuper Speciality Hospital isin progress and units likeCardiology, Urology,Neurology, Neuro Surgery,

Endocrinology and others areexpected to be made fullyfunctional.The Minister expressed grati-tude to the Center for increas-ing the number of seats forMBBS in the GMC, Jammu.He said that the MCI willsoon visit the State forinspection of infrastructureand related facilities to bemade available to the stu-dents in the GMC.Later, the Minister conveneda meeting withCommissioner SecretaryHealth and MedicalEducation, Principal MedicalCollege, Administration offi-cer, HODs of various depart-ments and discussed variousissues regarding up gradationof infrastructural facilities atGovernment MedicalCollege Jammu in view ofincreased MBBSseats from100 to 150. He also inspectedthe condition of variousdepartments including lec-ture halls and laboratoriesand issued necessary direc-tions for upgradation of thesame at the earliest.

Taj hands over three ambulances,one critical care ambulance to GMC

JAMMU, AUGUST 07:-Minister of State for Health,Shabir Ahmed Khan, todayvisited District Hospital,Samba and took stock ofongoing construction workon new Indoor Block heretoday. District DevelopmentCommissioner, Samba, R KVarma, Director HealthServices, CMOs, BMOsbesides senior functionariesof health department accom-panied the Minster during thevisit. During the visit, theMinister went around theHospital and enquired aboutfacilities being provided inthe hospital. The Ministerwas informed that the workon the block is near comple-tion and is expected to becompleted soon. He said thaton completion the block willhave OPD, X-Ray, UltraSound, Operation Theatres,residential quarters and allother essential facilities.The Minster said that District

Hospital Samba is one of theimportant health institutionslocated near NationalHighway and the focus isbeing laid on equip it withlatest machinery and suffi-cient number of doctors andpara-medical staff.The Minister asked the con-cerned executing agencies tokeep their activities at maxi-mum to ensure time boundcompletion of this mega proj-ect. He asked the District

Development CommissionerSamba to direct PDD andPHE authorities to provideadditional water and powersupply connection to the hos-pital at the earliest.On the occasion, the Ministerfined doctors and paramed-ical staff for not followingthe dress code. He said thatany laxity in this regardwould not be tolerated andstrict action would be initiat-ed against the erring officials.

Shabir inspects construction workon Indoor Block at DH Samba

Pays surprise visit to Emergency Hospital, Vijaypur

JAMMU, JULY 7:Chairman, LegislativeCouncil, Mr. Amrit Malhotra,who is on Jammu tour,hasinstructed district administra-tion Jammu to ensure avail-ability of essentials includingcooking gas, mutton andpoultry products in connec-tion with Eid festival, partic-ularly in Muslim dominatedareas.Malhotra asked the authori-ties of CA&PD department tomobilize and intensify themarket checking squads inorder to keep check on profi-

teers and black marketers. Hedirected Jammu MunicipalCorporation to launch a mas-sive cleanliness drive in andaround the areas where Eidcongregations are expected totake place.The Chairman asked theauthorities of PowerDevelopment and PublicHealth EngineeringDepartments to take preemp-tive measures for makinground the clock availabilityof power and water supply tothe people during festivaldays.

18 callers register their grievances in KathuaKATHUA: As many as, 18 callers registered their grievancesduring the weekly 'PARYAS' sitting, an initiative by the districtadministration to listen to the grievances of the public tele-phonically here at DC office complex in Kathua today.District Development Commissioner Kathua, Jitendra K.Singh , in the presence of heads of various line and worksdepartments received the calls during hour long session andissued on spot instructions to the concerned departments toattend to the grievances and problems registered by the callers.The problems projected by the callers from different parts ofthe district were mostly related to basic amenities.

District Jail Kishtwar organizes Iftiyar PartyKISHTWAR, AUGUST 07- On the directions of DirectorGeneral of Prisons K Rajendra, District Jail Kishtwar organizedan Iftiyar party for the Jail inmates which was attended by DDCKishtwar Saleem Mohammad, SP Sunil Gupta, ASP KulbirSingh, DySP hqrs Farooq Quaiser, Commandant 48 Bn SSB,BMO Kishtwar and other distinguished dignitaries. All theinmates were served special meals and sweets on this occasion.The jail inmates highly appreciated this move on part of theadministration and vowed to live a dignified life in future.

Deputation calls on Manohar LalJAMMU, AUGUST 07: A deputation of Jammu East con-stituency headed by Ex-MLA, Yogesh Sawhney, called onMinister of State for Cooperative, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma atcivil secretariat and apprised him of problems being faced byQasim Nagar residents. The major issues highlighted by thedeputationists were regularization of colonies and poor sanita-tion. Sawhney apprised the Minister of poor condition of mostof the basic amenities like roads, lanes and drains at mohallaFattu Chogan, Gali Hanuman Pacca Danga opposite TouristReception Centre and urged him to visit the areas to assess theproblems being faced by the people there. The deputationcomprised of Raman Suri, Lalita Sharma, pawan Dev Singh,Rajinder, Pt Srikant Sharma, Vijay Singh, Vijay Chopra andMunish.

JAMMU, AUGUST 7:Underlining commitment ofthe government for socio-economic development ofrural pockets, Deputy ChiefMinister Tara Chand todaysaid remote and border beltsare getting focused attentionand work on the roadmap toupgrade infrastructure inthese belts is going on at fastpace. He said exemplarydevelopment initiatives havebeen taken and focused atten-tion is being paid to equipthese areas with all requiredbasic infrastructure."Encouraging support fromthe central government infunding different projects inthe state has resulted in

lauching of mega infrastruc-ture development projects inall regions and sub-regions ofthe state, thus ensuring equi-table development," headded.He was addressing the large-

ly attended monthly publicmeeting at Khour.The monthly meeting attend-ed by scores of people andpanchayati raj functionarieshas assumed significance ason spot instructions are given

for speedy redressal of griev-ances projected by the peo-ple.Sub-Divisional Magistrate,Akhnoor Mr. N.S.Jamwaland various officers fromrevenue, rural development,

civil administration and engi-neers of different line depart-ments attended the meeting.Giving detail of various proj-ects launched for develop-ment of the area on modernlines, Tara Chand said theKhour block is among top inthe country with regard toconnectivity by road links asevery village has been inter-linked with more than oneroad and three mega ruraldevelopment projects havealready started in the area.Special cluster model villageprojects at Pargwal,Pallanwala and Sainth havebeen undertaken for over alldevelopment of the villagesfalling under them, he added.

Govt committed to socio-economic development of rural pockets: Tara Chand

SRINAGAR, AUGUST, 07-Minister for RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj, Mr. Ali MohammadSagar today conducted anextensive tour of Srinagarcity and reviewed thearrangements being made forensuring the smooth conductof Eid-ul-Fitr festivities.The Minister was accompa-nied by CommissionerSrinagar MunicipalCorporation, Dr. G. N. Qasbaand senior officers of variousdepartments like PDD, PHE,

R&B, Police, Health andDistrict Administration.While inspecting the arrange-ments being made for offer-ing of Eid prayers at PoloGround, the Minister directedthe SMC Commissioner tomake elaborate arrangementsfor ensuring cleanliness andother related things for thegeneral convenience of thedevotees. He also directedthe police authorities to put inplace a fool proof securitymechanism so that the nimazis conducted smoothly.

Mr. Sagar also visitedHazratbal Shrine and tookstock of measures beingtaken for the smooth conductof Eid nimaz at the historicalplace. He directed the offi-cers of different departmentsto work in a coordinatedmanner to ensure that thedevotees do not face anyinconvenience. He also askedthe traffic police authoritiesto ensure smooth plying ofpublic and private transportand ensure that the traffic isregulated in a proper manner.

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 07:Speaker, Jammu andKashmir LegislativeAssembly Mr. Mubarak GulWednesday reiterated thatGovernment is commitmentfor the prosperity and devel-opment of the State besides,providing basic amenities tothe people.He said number of welfareand developmental schemeshave already been completedand various schemes andprojects in this regard arebeing implemented.This was stated by theSpeaker while interactingwith the various deputationsfrom Noorbagh and otherareas who called him heretoday at his official resi-dence.The deputationists put forththeir individual and collec-tive problems which includeconstruction of culverts, ren-ovation of lanes and drains,

augmentation of water sup-ply schemes, distribution ofration, Sugar, k. oil, LPGGas and issuance of timberon concessional rates. While responding to variousissues put forth by the peo-ple, Mr. Gul directed theofficers of concerned depart-ment for their redressal onthe spot and assured the peo-ple that their other issueswill also be looked into

gradually. Regarding injuredMr. Jan MohammadKhandey of Noorbagh whois undergoing treatment inSKIMS, Soura, Speakerassured the deputation thatevery possible help will beprovided to the injured per-son. He directed the con-cerned hospital managementto provide medicare facili-ties to the patient for hisearly recovery.

Govt committed to providing basicamenities to people on priority: Gul

Ensure availability of essentials:Malhotra to district administration

Sagar tours city, reviews Eid arrangementsSRINAGAR, AUGUST 7 -A joint delegation of theCampaign for Tobacco FreeKids (CTFK), India Chapter;Voluntary Health Associationof India (VHAI), New Delhi;and J&K Voluntary Healthand DevelopmentAssociation (JKVHDA),Srinagar, called on Mr. N. N.Vohra, Governor, at RajBhavan here today.Mr. A. M. Mir, ExecutiveDirector, J&K VoluntaryHealth and DevelopmentAssociation, and other mem-bers of the delegation,briefed the Governor aboutthe activities of their organi-zations, particularly thoseaimed at spreading awarenessabout the highly injuriouseffects of smoking and con-sumption of other tobaccoproducts. Mr. Mir gavedetails of the various initia-tives taken by theseAssociations in the past andthose planned in the comingmonths.The delegation presented a

Memorandum to theGovernor urging the need forstrict enforcement of all relat-ed laws to discourage smok-ing and consumption of othertobacco products, with aview to progressively secur-ing the goal of making J&K a"Tobacco Free State". Theyfelicitated the Governor onhis continuing associationwith the future growth of theState and thanked him fortaking keen interest in thepublic health issues. The Governor complimentedCTFK, Voluntary Health

Association of India and theJ&K Voluntary Health andDevelopment Association fortheir commendable endeav-ours and assured the delega-tion that all the concernedauthorities would beaddressed in regard to theissues raised in theMemorandum.The delegation, led by Mr.Mir, comprised Ms. VandanaShah Aggarwal, Ms. JaspreetKaur and Mr. Sanjay Sethfrom CTFK, and Ms. BhavnaMukhophadhyay and Ms.Seema Gupta from VHAI.

Joint delegation of CTFK, VHAI, JKVHDA meets Governor

JAMMU, AUGUST 07 - Minister for PHE,Irrigation and Flood Control, Mr. Sham LalSharma on Wednesday visited villages alongthe river Chenab to assess the damage causedto land and inner roads along the right bank ofthe river due to heavy rain in upper areasbesides taking stock of restoration and pre-vention measures being taken up by the con-cerned departments.The Minister visited village Maira,Sangrampur, Muthi Maira, Chanjaewan, ChakSkinder etc located on right bank of the riverChenab and rook stock of restoration worksbeing done there by the Flood ControlDepartment. He instructed the concernedengineers to upgrade the crate up to roadslevel to save the land from floods. He direct-ed the Superintending Engineer Jammu tocomplete all the works on war footing.

Mr. Sham informed that a comprehensive planfor channalization of river Chenab is underactive consideration of the government andthe work on these prestigious projects wouldbe started as soon as all formalities are com-pleted. He also said that government is keento address the problems of flood hit areas onpriority. The Minister appealed the locals aswell as Sarpanches and Panches of the area toextend cooperation to the executing agenciesfor better and effective implementation ofdevelopment works. The Minister said thatvarious development works are being imple-mented under various central and state spon-sored schemes like MGNREGA. He alsocalled upon the concerned officers to workwith zeal and dedication to ensure that theschemes will be completed in a time boundmanner.

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INTRODUCTIONJournalism is a broad field with variousspecializations like sports, film and tel-evision, photo, print etc. Of these, oneof the leading streams today is photo-journalism. It is an integral part of jour-nalism as photographs play a vital rolein depicting events. Initially, the term'photojournalism' was restricted to stillphotography, but its scope has nowwidened and photo journalists evenshoot videos to come up with a goodnews item/ feature.Photojournalism involves application ofphotography skills and aesthetics to thearea of news reporting and journalism.In other words, it is the practice of cre-ating images in order to tell a newsstory. It includes collecting, editing andpresenting of news material (pictures)for publication or broadcast to the newsmedia like newspapers, magazines, tel-evision channels, websites and otherjournals. At times, a single photographcan convey a news story of thousandwords. It is the skill of the photojour-nalist to take photos with such impact.Photojournalists are visual reporterswho click photographs at events thatmake news. He/She is a photographerwho is able to tell a story with pictures,or contribute pictures to compliment anews story. Photo journalists may workside by side with a reporter to decidewhich photographs will accompany anarticle.A journalist can write about an event ornews, as elaborately or in a highly emo-tional manner as possible, but if it isaccompanied by a photograph the sub-ject matter is much communicable tothe readers or viewers than news with-

out images. That explains the worth ofphotographs in news reporting.ELIGIBILITY & COURSE AREASEducationalPhotojournalism is taught in most insti-tutes as part of curriculum of aBachelor's degree or Post-Graduatedegree in journalism/mass communica-tion. Hence those interested in this fieldneed to pursue a course with specialisa-tion in photojournalism. There are sep-arate courses for photo journalismoffered at certificate and diploma level.Minimum eligibility for Bachelordegree in Journalism or mass media is10+2, and for Post graduate degreecourses is a Bachelor degree in journal-ism. Some institutes also provide oneyear certificate courses in photojournal-ism for which eligibility is 10+2.

Course in photojournalism coversreporting and drawing, camera opera-tion and lighting, digital imaging, videocapture, computer based image process-ing etc.Personal attributesMain attribute required for a candidateinterested in this field is photographyand editorial skills. Aspirants in thisfield also need a keen eye for aestheticdetail, and a thorough knowledge ofcameras and the technicalities involvedin taking pictures, of light, distance andperspective. One must have extra quali-ties like an interest in visuals, attentive-ness to colour, shape and shadow. Apartfrom these, candidates require creativi-ty, good power of observation and acurious and perceptive mind. They mustalso have the ability to work quickly

under pressure, in dif-ficult conditions andirregular hours.He/She should beupdated on how to usemodern gadgets likedigital camera andother software inorder to develop qual-ity photographs.JOB PROSPECTS& CAREEROPTIONSThere are severalopportunities avail-able for a photojour-nalist. Opportunitiesare open in both printand digital media asboth need news wor-thy photos.Photojournalism is

quite lucrative field provided one isdetermined to make it to the top.Photo journalists could specialise as acriminal photo journalist, naturalcalamity photo journalist, politicalphoto journalist, sports photojournalist,fashion/ film photo journalist etc.depending on their nature of work. Themain job of a photojournalist is to pro-vide pictures for stories or news articlesthat provide clear and truthful imagescorresponding with the topic. They willoffer services including photo shoots,photo editing and graphic design servic-es, and writing small editorial pieces togo along with photos. The success of a photo journalistdepends on the ability to get the rightpictures which are rare and worthy ofpreserving. Main drawback of this field

is the timing. Photojournalists areexpected to work long or odd hours.They must be on call to capture a break-ing news story.Employment options: Photojournalistare hired mainly by newspapers, maga-zines or any other media houses. Manynewspapers and magazines have builttheir reputation with the help of excel-lent photographs taken by these photo-journalists. Photojournalists are alsohired by businesses or individuals totake photos for an event or advertise-ment. They also get chances to work fortelevision stations or websites in staffor freelance positions.They have another option to work asfreelance photojournalists and do workfor several companies at a time. Yetanother group start their own photogra-phy and photo editing/graphic designbusiness on the web to gain potentialclients and display their skills. Somephotojournalists after advancement intheir career, start their own print oronline publication.REMUNERATIONSalary of photojournalist depends onthe employer and position held byhim/her. Generally, at the beginning ofthe career a photojournalist can earnaround Rs.12,000 - 15,000 per month.Experienced ones can easily earnbetween Rs.25,000 and Rs.30,000 permonth. Newspapers and news agenciespay according to the assignment offeredto the photojournalists. Salary increaseswith experience, hard work and skills. A freelancers income could be unlimit-ed. Those who have acquired perfectionin the field are offered high pays byreputed organizations

CAREER IN PHOTOJOURNALISMCAREER IN PHOTOJOURNALISM 3rd round of BEdcounselling atGorakhpur universityfrom August 16KANPUR: GorakhpurUniversity would hold thethird round of BEdcounsellingin the state from August 16. Itwould be held to fill 48,000seats in the BEd colleges.The online registration forparticipating in counsellingbegan from Monday. The process of registrationcontinued on Tuesday. In city,only one counselling centre isthere at Chhatrapati ShahujiMaharaj University. Nodal co-ordinator CSJMUniversity Sandeep Singhsaid that from August 5 toAugust 14, the students willget chance for online registra-tion to participate in coun-selling. They would have tolog in www.upbed.nic.in.The students would berequired to reach the coun-selling centre mentioned inthe counselling letter to gettheir original documents likemarksheets verified."This work would be carriedout from August 16 to August20," Singh said.The students who had passedthe BEd entrance examinationbut appeared in the first tworounds of counselling cannottake part in the third round.Those who have not taken partin counselling earlier, wouldbe eligible to participate in thethird counselling.

MUMBAI: The poor per-formance of MumbaiMetropolitan Region (MMR)in filling up seats under theRTE quota for underprivi-leged students once againhighlights the miscommuni-cation between schools andthe state's education depart-ment. While schools haveblamed the dismal figures onlack of awareness amongparents of eligible students,the education department haspointed a finger at schoolsfor lacking the initiative in

welcoming these candidates."Most parents get easilyintimidated by elite schoolsand refrain from enrollingtheir children. There is lackof a proper support systemfor such candidates," said FrFrances Swamy, principal ofHoly Family High School inAndheri (East). He addedthat several parents are stillunaware about the RTE Act.Most schools were alsounhappy with the govern-ment's "attitude" towardsreimbursement of funds to

cover the cost of studentsunder the reservation quota."The government expects usto admit students in primarysections, though our schoolgets government aid only forsecondary. We are bearingthe expenses as of now,though we haven't seen a sin-gle penny from the educationdepartment," said the princi-pal of another school.The education departmenthas also made it clear in theirlatest circular that schoolswhich cannot fill reservation

category seats will have toleave these seats empty; inother words, these cannot beconverted into general cate-gory seats. "This leavesschools in a spot. The gov-ernment needs to understandthat schools cannot force par-ents to send their children toour schools," said RamakantPandey, principal ofBansidhar Agarwal HighSchool, Wadala.Senior education officials, onthe other hand, blamed theattitude of school manage-

ments. "Schools must bemore welcoming and accom-modating. They need to makesure that these students donot feel marginalized. Onlythen will parents not thinktwice before sending theirchildren to all the schools."A senior education officialadded that another reason forthe crunch was that parentswere not interested in vernac-ular medium schools. "Someschools that are not easilyaccessible also face difficultyin finding takers."

Mumbai Schools, govt play blame gameover unfilled seats under RTE quota NEW DELHI: The AICTE

has set up a committee torevise the scheme for settingup polytechnics in the publicprivate partnership (PPP)mode, Minister of State forHuman ResourceDevelopment Shashi Tharoorsaid Wednesday. In a writtenreply in the Lok Sabha,Tharoor said the governmenthad approved a scheme to pro-vide financial assistance to setup 300 polytechnics in the

PPP mode during the 11thFive Year Plan period (2012-17). "However, the responseof the private partners to thescheme is poor," Tharoor said."The AICTE (The All IndiaCouncil for TechnicalEducation) estimated the totalcost to be Rs.15 crore perpolytechnic, excluding land. The scheme provides for Rs.3crore central government fundtowards capital assets, Rs.2crore by the state government

and a minimum of Rs.10 croreby the private partner," hesaid. "The land is to be provid-ed by the private partner; alter-natively, the state governmentwill provide land. The admissions are to be madeunder the aegis of state gov-ernment based on the proce-dures being followed in thestate. Appointments will bemade by the InstituteManagement Committee," hesaid.

AICTE revising scheme for PPP polytechnics

BHOPAL: Director of famous IIT free coach-ing 'Super 30', Anand Kumar says that IndianInstitute of Technologies (IIT) are losing brandvalue after the government continued toincrease number of seats and institutes.Kumar, who was in the city to interact with thestudents and give them tips on cracking IITentrance exam during a talk show organised byIES Engineering College, said he has no plansto start a branch in Madhya Pradesh. CMShivraj Singh Chouhan had earlier requestedhim to start a Super 30 in MP to benefit studentsfrom the state. He said situation is so grave thatabout 700 seats in the premier institutes of thecountry remained vacant this year. 'Super 30'selects 30 poor students every year and preparethem for IIT entrance test without chargingmoney from them. The success story of Super30 could be gauged from the fact that its 30 outof 30 students got selected in IIT consecutivelyfrom 2008-11. This year 28 students wereselected in different IITs.About the present trend in IIT, Kumar, said:"instead of increasing the number of seats, they

should open colleges with proper infrastructureand teaching faculty with other names likeNational Institute of Technology (NIT). IITshould remain IIT only." Citing his own exam-ple, he claimed that 3 students of Super 30 didnot take admission after clearing the exam. Hesaid this year also around 238 more seats wereincreased which has put the total number of Winner of various prestigious awards in Indiaand abroad, renowned mathematician Kumarsaid, "Students should focus on Class XI andXII first before appearing in the IIT entrance.IIT turns easy if the students have commandover their basics." When a student asked aboutmathematics a tough discipline, Kumar said,"Maths is easier than physics and chemistry.The need is to understand subject thoroughlyinstead of just half-baked knowledge."About the offer by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhanfor starting a branch of Super 30 in MadhyaPradesh, Kumar said, "I am thankful to him butat the moment it is not in my mind." Super 30 isbased in Patna only and they have no otherbranch anywhere in the country.

IITs losing brand value, Super 30 coach says

Himachal tohave IT instituteSHIMLA: The central govern-ment has approved the settingup of the Indian Institute ofInformation Technology (IIIT)in Himachal Pradesh, a minis-ter said here Wednesday.The Indian Institute ofInformation Technology centrewould be set up in Haroli tehsilin Una district, an officialstatement quoting IndustriesMinister Mukesh Agnihotrisaid.He said the site selection com-mittee constituted by the uniongovernment had approved 60acres of land in Saloh villagefor the institution, whichwould be established in public-private partnership mode.

NEW DELHI: The University GrantsCommission (UGC) has asked all uni-versities and institutions to encourageresearch on ecology.This was one of the recommendationsof the National Forest Commission(NFC), headed by Justice B.N. Kripal,former Chief Justice of India which hadsubmitted its report to the PrimeMinister. The report contained 360 rec-ommendations, including promotingresearch on ecology. "Forest depart-ments and the Government of Indiashould encourage universities andorganisations to take up research proac-tively particularly applied research: thetopics/areas for required baseline datacollections and research should beidentified, researchers are supported,and the findings of applied research inthe working/management plans be

incorporated,'' the Justice Kirpal reportsaid.One of the subjects to be research, assuggested in Chapter 13 of the report isthe documentation of ecological rela-tions of species with their environ-ments. Under this, ecological keystonespecies in major forest types should beidentified, optional and truly obligatephysiological or behavioural relation-ship among species should be identi-fied and studies and key agents in bio-geochemical cycles and energy flowchains, it said.The report also said that genetic mark-ers for identification of strains ofimportant tree species for forestry andutilitarian purposes should be devel-oped and soil process in forest ecosys-tems, particularly above-ground andbelow-ground interactions should be

studies and indicators of soil qualityidentified."Carbon sequestration of degradedforests using forestry practices shouldbe improved, and carbon sequestrationby major forest types be evaluated,''Justice Kirpal had said in his reportwhile calling for considering studies ontree species for urban forest, biodiver-sity database for major forest types andeffect of changes in ecosystem struc-tures and linkage of ecosystem servicesto human well-being.Suggesting that the Indian Council ofForest Research and Education shouldassess the local research needs ofStates, the report had recommendeddeveloping a robust analytical frame-work and methodological foundationsfor valuation of ecosystem services andtheir delivery across social groups.

UGC asks universities to take up research in forestry

WASHINGTON: A $5 million gift tothe India studies centre at a New YorkUniversity is set to make it one of thepre-eminent resource centres for thestudy of Indian culture and civilisationin the US. The donations make theCentre for India Studies in the Collegeof Arts and Sciences at Stony BrookUniversity as the recipient of thelargest gift ever made to a US publicuniversity for India Studies.The gift comprises a donation of $1.25million from Nirmal K. Mattoo, a lead-ing nephrologist and chairman ofStony Brook's Centre for India Studiesexecutive committee, and a $1.25 mil-lion permanent endowment from mem-bers of the Indian American communi-ty Coupled with matching funds of

$2.5 million from the SimonsFoundation Challenge Grant, the gifthas a total impact of $5 million,according to a media release from theuniversity.Mattoo's gift will be used to establishthe Nirmal and Augustina MattooChair in Classical Indic Humanities.The Chair will encompass a broadrange of areas, including art, esthetics,ethics, linguistics, literature, literarytheory, philosophy, religion, spirituali-ty, psychology, sociopolitical theory,and allied disciplines, to which Indiahas made seminal and influential con-tributions.In recognition of Mattoo's leadershiprole in developing India Studies atStony Brook, the Centre for India

Studies will be renamed theBishembarnath Mattoo and SheelaMattoo Centre for India Studies, inmemory of his parents, the release said."These generous gifts from Dr. Mattooand the Indian American communityare building a solid foundation forgrowth of India Studies at StonyBrook," said Stony Brook UniversityPresident Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD."They will help Stony Brook attractoutstanding scholars and talented stu-dents who recognize the significantrole that India has played from ancienttimes in developing knowledge sys-tems in a wide range of disciplines andits contemporary role as a major playerin an increasingly interdependent glob-al economy and world."

"The Centre is the perfect example of asuccessful partnership between a pub-lic university and the Indian Americancommunity," said Mattoo. "Lookingahead, the endowment comprisingthese gifts will put the Centre on a solidfinancial footing and enable us to con-tinue to offer our rich programmes inperpetuity."The study of India, one of the greatclassical civilizations of the world, is awonderful complement to one's educa-tion and is a positive influence on theworld," he said."And we are delighted to dedicate thisendowment as the Indian Americancommunity's birthday gift to India onthe occasion of her 66th IndependenceDay, August 15."

A $5mn boost for India studies in USHYDERABAD: Medical students are nolonger squirming during their anatomy class ascolleges in the state are increasingly movingtowards 'cyber anatomy' classes.Armed with computer-based teaching tools likethe virtual cadaver dissection softwarethat dis-plays a layer by layer dissection, medical col-leges are forced to give real cadaver dissectionsa go by, mainly due to non-availability of bod-ies. Synthetic models of bone, heart and diges-tive system among many others, closely resem-bling human organs are available today, whichsome doctors said are convenient for medicalstudents to review. The transition has been trig-gered by dearth of cadaver donations coupledwith increasing number of medical collegesand seats. While until recently, dissection of a cadaverwas the sole source of providing first-hand

information of the human body to medical stu-dents, e-tools are now slowly emerging as cost-effective substitutes. "Unlike a cadaver, the e-tools and artificialmodels are free from stench, do not carry therisk of infection and are cost-effective in addi-tion to providing colourful and reversible digi-tal information," says M Narayan Reddy, for-mer head, forensic medicine, Osmania MedicalCollege. One can now learn a lot with the helpof technological advancements that were notavailable until recently, he said. "In the US and UK, dissections are not per-formed on dead bodies as videos are availablefor demonstration," he said. A dissection soft-ware, doctors said costs around Rs 25,000,while a single body can be procured from agovernment medical college for Rs 15,000, ifavailable.

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One cannot expect Indianpoliticians to really under-stand the subtleties of the Artof War and Peace, but if theylearn a bit from China, itwould help New Delhi to notalways be the loserAugust 15, 1947, is the birth-day of free India. It marks forher the end of an old era, thebeginning of a new age. Butwe can also make it by ourlife and acts as a free nation“an important date in a newage opening for the wholeworld, for the political,social, cultural and spiritualfuture of humanity”, wroteSri Aurobindo in a messagefor All India Radio; it wasalso his 75th birthday.Where are we at today?While Sri Aurobindo andmany others envisaged aleading role for India, it

appears that India is today inreverse gear in manydomains such as public pro-bity, sustainable develop-ment, gender equality, poli-tics, etc.A Minister of Uttar Pradeshrecently suggested that Indiadoes not need IAS ‘babus’,but it could also be arguedthat India would be betterwithout the politicians whoonly serve their caste, theircreed, their political con-stituency and their pockets.Not only this, but when fiveIndians jawans were recentlykilled on the Line of Control,several Ministers seemed tocondole Pakistan, speakingabout ‘peace’, ‘talks’ or‘forthcoming visit’.Senior analyst MD Nalapatwrote in The Guardian:“Senior commanders in theIndia-Pakistan battlefield saythat the rules of engagementenforced by the PrimeMinister’s Office are the

cause of the multiplyingnumber of deaths of Indiansoldiers at the hands of thePakistan Army.” He quotesan Army officer as saying:“…unless the Army is giventhe freedom to act againstprovocations, more of oursoldiers will pay the ultimateprice”.Not only are the bureaucratsin the Ministry of Defenceand the Ministry of ExternalAffairs directing the opera-tions (we have seen the out-come of this policy inOctober/November 1962),but also politicians arepreaching peace.Union Minister of State forHuman ResourceDevelopment ShashiTharoor, while visiting southIndia, said that “keepingpeace with Pakistan is inIndia’s national interest”; heaffirmed: “The country willnot be able to achieve itsgoals if it is distracted byhostility on its borders.”It may be a distraction, butfive jawans died. For MrTharoor, as for many of hiscolleagues, “We should becareful not to take any stepsthat would play into thehands of those aiming toderail peace.”This is an old disease: MostIndian politicians believethat by chanting “Shanti,shanti, shanti”, peace willprevail and the bullies on theother side of the LoC (or theLine of Actual Control) willbe pacified. Jawharlal Nehruthought so but he onlyencouraged Mao and his col-leagues to descend towardsthe plains of Assam.For the Chinese, it was easyto bully a weak India, who

just wanted to talk peace andwas unprepared for war. Thecountry has never recoveredfrom the 1962 debacle, butpoliticians continue to speakof ‘peace’.It must be said here that theGujral Doctrine of peacewith our neighbours hasnever brought any positiveresults for the country. Inthis context is interesting tolook at the how Chinese dealwith such issues, and winwars without having to fight.Beijing has a few well-trained ‘Generals’, whomake China’s opponentsaware of the relativity ofpeace and war. The mostfamous is Major GeneralLuo Yuan. He plays animportant role when theChinese Government needs“to kill the chickens tofrighten the monkeys”.During the South China Seadispute, a Chinese websiteexplained: “At the top ofboth the military and theParty, there is a consensusthat it is beneficial to have ahardline attack dog remind-ing the world not to messwith the PRC.” The logicwas: Official-ish voices,those of like Gen Luo andother hawkish paramilitaryfigures (one of them is anAir Force officer and anoth-er a Rear Admiral), add alayer of unpredictability toChina’s foreign policy.When Defence Minister AKAntony landed in Beijing inJuly, Gen Luo warned Delhithat it should be careful withits words and deeds; hethreatened: “India is the onlycountry in the world enhanc-ing its military prowesswhile citing China as a threat

perception.” He also thun-dered: “India should not pro-voke new problems, increasemilitary deployment at theborder areas and stir up newproblems.”Gen Luo, who serves in thePLA’s Academy of MilitarySciences, reminded theIndian people: “90,000square kilometres ofChinese territory are stilloccupied by the Indianside.”He added that as a militaryperson, it was his “sacredmission” to protect China’sterritorial sovereignty. Getthe message?It was enough to frightensome monkeys; Luo Yuan’sutterances were a greatmedia success in India, withtelevision channels report-ing ‘China’s threat’. GenLuo had destabilised India’smild Defence Minister andmade sure that Mr Antonydid not ask too many ques-tions about what happenedin the Depsang plain inLadakh in April, and whythe PLA had suddenlydecided to set up some tentson Indian territory.Obviously Beijing had beendeeply embarrassed.Now that the ‘joker’ hadplayed his role on the stage,the main characters couldcontinue on their peace-footing (Mr Antony said thathe would only speak to‘officials’).In February, Gen Luo hadmade his debut on SinaWeibo, China’s Twitter; hewrote that if a conflict erupt-ed, China “will bomb Tokyoand take the 130 thousandJapanese citizens in China

as hostages”. During the fol-lowing days, General Luocontinued his tirade to enter-tain his Chinese audienceand frighten the monkeysabroad.Andrew Chubb in the lastissue of the China Brief ofthe Jamestown Foundationhas studied the PLA‘hawks’: “The hawkish gen-erals are able to ‘stimulate’nationalism and patriotisminside China which is animportant factor to pressur-ize the ‘enemy’ or evenscare the enemy that it isbetter to find a negotiatedsettlement”, concluding,“The hawks’ activities mayhave contributed to thePhilippines and Japan’sacceptance of the new statusquo in a number of ways…The PLA’s ‘hawkish fac-tion’ appear integral to thiscombined civil-militaryapproach to internationalconflict.”The PLA hawks are part ofthe state’s propagandamachinery and in that par-ticular case, they helpedBeijing’s civilian leadershipto convince the JapaneseGovernment not to opposetheir frequent entries intothe territorial waters sur-rounding the Islands. Greattactic. Beijing’s policyremains, of course, the‘peaceful rise of China’.One cannot expect Indianpoliticians to understand thesubtleties of the Art of Warand Peace, but if they learn abit from China, it would helpIndia not to always be theloser. It is perhaps time forIndia to change gear if itwants to play its destinedrole amongst nations.

Dull as the weatherThe contrast could not have been starker. While PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh dished out yet another lack-lustre address from the ramparts of Red Fort thisIndependence Day, Gujarat Chief Minister and BharatiyaJanata Party's Election Campaign Committee chairmanNarendra Modi delivered a rousing speech in Bhuj on theoccasion. If Mr Modi went beyond extending good wish-es to the people of his State and the country and took onthe Prime Minister with gloves off, it was expected. Afterall, Mr Modi's speech was billed as a counter to MrSingh's address to the nation and came in less than anhour of the Red Fort function. It must be said that thePrime Minister provided every reason to Mr Modi to tearinto the text of his speech. Mr Singh reduced the signifi-cance of an occasion of national pride by singing paeansto the Congress's first family. Right in the beginning, hegushingly recalled the services of Jawaharlal Nehru,Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, but did not mention thestellar contribution that another Prime Minister, LalBahadur Shastri, made to the country. He also did notmention the unparalleled role of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patelin shaping the India that we know today. Mr Modi's jibethat while he understands the compulsions of the PrimeMinister in not recalling Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's contri-bution, he is flummoxed by the exclusion of Sardar Pateland Shastri, will have a hit a raw nerve in the Congress.The Prime Minister offered the Gujarat Chief Minister yetanother chance to attack when he rendered platitudes atthe Red Fort about relations with Pakistan. Since Pakistanhas repeatedly breached the ceasefire agreement along theLine of Control in recent weeks and killed our jawans,people had expected Mr Singh to forcefully respond. Buthe did not in his address, and it is clear that he does notwant to vitiate his forthcoming meeting with Pakistan'sPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New York on the side-lines of a United Nations event. Mr Modi deftly referredto President Pranab Mukherjee's address on the eve ofIndependence Day in which the latter warned Pakistanthat there is a limit to India's patience. The Gujarat ChiefMinister wondered whether the Manmohan Singh regimehad decided what that limit would be. The country toowants to know. Mr Modi completely discredited the tallclaims the Prime Minister proudly listed with regard tothe various social welfare schemes the UnionGovernment had undertaken. The Gujarat Chief Minister,expectedly, took special interest in panning the food secu-rity Ordinance, and laid bare, not through rhetoric butcoherent logic, the lacunae in the proposed legislation.The Centre cannot brush aside the points he raised,because they are far too relevant to be given short shrift.Nor can it explain away, as the Prime Minister sought todo on August 15, its dismal record in managing the econ-omy. Blaming global trends and saying all developingcountries have slowed down, is a poor defence, becausethe Manmohan Singh regime has pulled down growthfrom a high of more than nine per cent to a pathetic fiveper cent by its policy paralysis. While the Prime Ministerdutifully read out what he considers are ‘achievements',he failed to even once mention the menace of corruptionthat has engulfed his Government. Here again Mr Modigot an opportunity to refer to Mr Mukherjee's address inwhich the President had spoken about rising graft and theneed to combat it. The Gujarat Chief Minister ridiculedthe Prime Minister for glossing over this important bit inthe Red Fort speech. Given that this was perhaps MrSingh's last speech from the Red Fort as Prime Minister,he could have shown some spine as a parting shot. Sadly,Mr Singh did not.

Iran’s action againstIndian vessel is shockingTehran is mistaken if it believes that the best way toexpress its displeasure over New Delhi's decision toreduce Iranian oil imports is to detain an Indian state-owned ship carrying Iraqi oil, on specious grounds. Sucha misstep will only jeopardise its relations with India. Itmay be a show of strength for Tehran which is losing itsoil markets — in India, it has been displaced by Iraq asthe second biggest oil supplier after Saudi Arabia — butaround the globe, the incident is being red-flagged as Iranmaking good on earlier threats to disrupt the crucial Straitof Hormuz through which much of the world's oil isshipped. On Wednesday night, the Iranian RevolutionaryGuard Corps detained MT Desh Shanti while in interna-tional waters, on the ground that it was polluting Iranianwaters. The ship has been accused of deliberately dump-ing oil, but that does not justify Tehran’s harsh responseto the incident. This has expectedly flabbergasted NewDelhi, which has consistently sought to accommodateIranian concerns. India has resisted enormous pressurefrom the US and the EU in recent years to cut down onIranian oil imports, and in the process, been threatenedwith sanctions itself. Even after new sanctions have madeit near impossible to buy Iranian oil using US dollars,New Delhi has continued with its purchases by paying inIndian rupees. Iran now uses these rupees to buy Indiangoods. Sure, this deal is beneficial to India too as itreduces the burden on our international balance of pay-ments while creating an additional market for Indianproducts, but it also supports the Iranian economy. Infact, only earlier this week, New Delhi announced itsplans to buy more Iranian crude, while keeping within thesanctions regime, to boost the beleaguered Iranian econo-my.Against this backdrop, Iran's attempt to bully India in thePersian Gulf is shocking — even if it is driven byTehran's growing anxiousness about the forever tighten-ing sanctions regime. Most recently, the US House ofRepresentatives passed a Bill limiting President BarackObama's ability to issue waivers to countries, such asIndia, that continue to purchase Iranian oil, even if atreduced quantities. If endorsed by the Senate, it willeffectively eliminate all Iranian oil exports. But it is pre-cisely in situations such as these that the Iranian regimeneeds to work with its partners instead of seeking toantagonise them. Iran often refers to India as a ‘friend’.This is no way for Tehran to treat a friend.

India must wake up to the individual andjoint efforts its immediate neighbours aremaking to destabilise the security envi-ronment in the country. Unfortunately,the Centre remains passiveWith its economy in the doldrums, NewDelhi is now confronted with a situationwhere two of its neighbours — China andPakistan — are jointly and separatelyundermining its security and influenceworldwide. Emboldened by Chineseassistance leading to the strengthening ofits Navy (four new frigates), Air Force(JF 17 fighters) and nuclear armoury(plutonium-based tactical nuclearweapons), Pakistan now believes that itcan effectively deter India from respond-ing firmly to terrorist strikes emanatingfrom its soil. India’s mandarins, resortingto clichés like, “Pakistan is also a victimof terrorism”, and “Action on terrorism(by Pakistan) should not be linked (byIndia) to the Composite DialogueProcess”, now referred to as the ‘Sharmel-Sheikh Syndrome’, would like us tobelieve that Pakistan is having a changeof heart.It is this approach to diplomacy that hasled Mr Nawaz Sharif to insist that theComposite Dialogue Process with Indiashould commence at where it was, whenhe was ousted in 1999. He wants us toforget that the Red Fort was attacked bythe Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (now generouslyfinanced by his brother, the ChiefMinister of Punjab) in 2001, and ignorethe attack on our Parliament in 2001 andthe 2008 26/11 carnage in Mumbai, exe-cuted by jihadis from Pakistan. Despitethe outrage over the recent killings of oursoldiers, we should have no doubt thatour ‘dialogue at all costs’ security estab-lishment in South Block will stealthilyreturn to the recipes of the Sharm el-Sheikh surrender. Mr Sharif has returnedfrom China, fully assured that theChinese will build a highway linkingtheir Xingjian Province to Gwadar Port,which they now manage, throughPakistan-occupied Kashmir. The strate-gic implications of this project, whichwill be largely executed by ChineseArmy engineers, together with theirdevelopment of hydro-electric projectsand infrastructure in Gilgit-Baltistan,give the Chinese the ability to establish asecurity presence adjacent to the Line ofControl, astride our lines of communica-tion to Ladakh and Siachen.If Pakistan had succeeded in pushingNew Delhi to delink the Composite

Dialogue Process from its support for ter-rorism, China has successfully scuttledall possibility of an early border settle-ment, by upping its border claims in bothArunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, even asit waxes eloquent on the dialogue on theborder issue between the designatedSpecial Representatives. SuccessiveIndian National Security Advisers havestrutted around pretending that they havedevised brilliant new ideas to resolve thevexed border issue. The reality is some-what different. Prime Minister WenJiabao agreed in 2005 that the “boundaryshould be along well defined and easilyidentifiable natural geographical fea-tures” and that in “reaching a border set-tlement, the two sides shall safeguard theinterests of their settled populations inthe border areas”. Yet, just a year later,the Chinese Ambassador in New Delhiproclaimed that the whole ofArunachal Pradesh, re-designated as‘South Tibet’, is part of China.It should have been evident to NewDelhi that China had no intention ofresolving the border issue, when itrefused to exchange maps delineatingthe Line of Control in the crucial west-ern (Ladakh) and eastern (ArunachalPradesh) sectors. India claims the Lineof Actual Control in the Ladakh sectorlies along the Karakoram mountains

up to the Indus river watershed. Thisconforms to the 2005 GuidingPrinciples that the border would bealong “well defined and easily identi-fiable natural geographical features”.Chinese intrusions in Debsang,Chumar, Chushul, Pangong Lake,Daulat Beg Oldi and Demchok areclearly in areas where they have nobusiness intruding, going by the termsof the Guiding Principles of 2005.Moreover, India’s claims are also vali-dated by agreements on the Ladakh-Tibet border, starting with the 1683Ladakh Tibet Agreement defining theborder as lying along “the Lharistream at Demchok”, to the September1842 Treaty with Tibet/China conclud-ed by Ladakh’s Sikh rulers, and theMacartney-Macdonald Line presentedby the British to China in 1899.Instead of directly confrontingChinese assertiveness on the borderissue, New Delhi has been a merespectator while China made inroads,undermining Indian influence inBhutan, Maldives and Nepal, whilebuilding bridges to a possible KhaledaZia-led dispensation in Bangladesh.China has even undermined India’sdefence ties with the US and Japan byforcing a dithering security establish-ment in South Block to cancel partici-

pation in proposed joint naval exercis-es in the Pacific. While Premier LiKeqiang’s visit to New Delhi waslinked to his trip to Pakistan, wouldPrime Minister Manmohan Singhreciprocate by visiting Vietnam, Japanand the Philippines after his forthcom-ing visit to China? Should we notengage Japan, Vietnam, thePhilippines and others for devising a‘string of pearls’ in the South ChinaSea? The economic downturn anddelays in defence acquisitions haveonly added to errant and assertiveChinese and Pakistani behaviour.After dithering for over two years, theCabinet has finally sanctioned theraising of Strike Corps for deploymentalong the Siliguri Corridor. But whatuse will such a Strike Corps be, with-out mountain artillery whose acquisi-tion has been hanging on fire foryears, the deployment of mechanisedand tank formations, and the establish-ment of air dominance over our bor-ders? Economically, the Chinese areobtaining a stranglehold on the power,communications and electronics sectorsin India, thereby, getting the potential todisrupt power and communications inthe country. After much procrastination,the Government has slapped a 22 percent duty on import of Chinese powerequipment. Hopefully, Indian publicand private companies will be givenincentives to face state-supported andstate-subsidised Chinese companies.The picture is unfortunately bleak in theelectronics and communications sectorswhere our imports, substantially fromChina, could well exceed our petroleumimports by 2020. This issue was soughtto be addressed by the establishment ofmanufacturing parks for chips and ITequipment. Such manufacturing facili-ties would naturally require preferentialaccess in purchases by Governmentorganisations and private companies.The Government is, however, nowshowing signs of buckling to Americanpressures, demanding substantive andnon-discriminatory market access forAmerican products in these areas. TheAmericans have obviously concludedthat there is no reason to hesitate inapplying pressures on an IndianGovernment, which bends backwards topressures from Pakistan and China.Given our recent track record, theAmericans would not be wrong in suchan assessment, though they are them-selves given to imposing exorbitantcountervailing duties, with many oftheir State Governments giving prefer-ences to domestic products.

SCUPPERING NATIONAL GOOD UNDER PRESSURE

KILL CHICKENS TO SCARE AWAY THE MONKEYSCLAUDE ARPI

G Parthasarathy

Is India a soft stateDear Editor,The unprovoked killing of five Indian soldiers on the LoCby Pakistan's Special Forces last week has shocked thenation. It is no surprise that India is being accused ofbeing a soft state. But this is incorrect. India may not be anaggressive state. It is a flexible state with a survivalinstinct.The present situation requires a nuanced approach, not asimplistic one. We need to make the world communityrecognise and acknowledge that Pakistan is a terroriststate.

Yours Etc,Rajesh Verma

Hiranagar

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THURSDAY, AUGUST, 08, 2013 5EDITORIAL

With its economy in the doldrums, New Delhiis now confronted with a situation where twoof its neighbours — China and Pakistan —are jointly and separately undermining itssecurity and influence worldwide.Emboldened by Chinese assistance leading tothe strengthening of its Navy (four newfrigates), Air Force (JF 17 fighters) andnuclear armoury (plutonium-based tacticalnuclear weapons), Pakistan now believes thatit can effectively deter India from respondingfirmly to terrorist strikes emanating from itssoil. India’s mandarins, resorting to clichéslike, “Pakistan is also a victim of terrorism”,and “Action on terrorism (by Pakistan)should not be linked (by India) to theComposite Dialogue Process”, now referredto as the ‘Sharm el-Sheikh Syndrome’, wouldlike us to believe that Pakistan is having achange of heart.

NEW DELHI, AUG 07: I&Bminister Manish Tewari onWednesday hit out at theNarendra Modi government afterJustice(retd) R A Mehta refusedto join as Gujarat Lokayukta,saying the incident had shownwhat respect the state govern-ment had for democratic institu-tions. "If the Lokayukta, who issupposed to act as a watchdog onthe affairs of the state, is so con-vinced that the entire intent ofthe government would be tocompletely to subvert and under-mine his existence, it tells thecountry as to what is the tem-

perament, and what is the respectfor democracy and the institu-tions of democracy which theGujarat government has," Tewarisaid. Tewari was commenting onthe decision of retired HighCourt judge Mehta who todaydeclined to assume office, citingstate government's long andexpensive legal battle against hisappointment as one of the rea-sons. In a letter to GovernorKamla Beniwal and Chief Justiceof the High Court, Mehta blastedthe Modi government for callinghim "biased" and "anti-govern-ment" while opposing his

appointment. "The present controversy hasdenigrated the office of theLokayukta and adversely affect-ed its credibility. The appoint-ment has lost all the grace anddignity," he said. The GujaratGovernor had appointed Mehtaas Lokayukta on August 25,2011. However this was fol-lowed by a legal battle whichlasted almost two years as stategovernment sought to overturnhis appointment and contested ittill the last remedy of a curativepetition in the Supreme Courtwas rejected.

DIPHU/KOKRAJHAR,AUG 07: With no freshincident reported, curfewwas relaxed in strife-hitKarbi Anglong district,while the three bandhs inlower Assam ended onWednesday after affectingnormal life for two days. As Karbi Anglong wasslowly limping back to nor-malcy with no fresh vio-lence reported over thedemand for a separate Karbistate on the lines ofTelangana, the districtadministration relaxed cur-few in the headquarterstown of Diphu from 6 AMto 6 PM, official sourcessaid. In the Hamreng police dis-trict, the curfew wasrelaxed for six hours from

10 AM, the sources said. Meanwhile, the threebandhs called in LowerAssam districts ofKokrajhar, Bongaigaon,Chirang, Baksa, Dhubri andGoalpara for separate statesof Bodoland and Kamtapursince August 5 ended at 6AM this morning, thesources said. The All Bodo Students'Union curtailed its 60-hourstatewide bandh to 48 hoursand the All KochRajbongshi Students' Unionshortened its 36-hour shutdown to 31 hours in view ofEid. The United Peoples'Democratic Forum sus-pended its 1500-hour bandhfrom this morning in viewof NDFB leaders havingtalks with the union govern-

ment on their demands. The bandhs had brought lifeto a standstill in the lowerAssam districts with bandhsupporters blockingNational Highyway 31 atseveral places affectingmovement of traffic, thesources said. All educational institutions,markets, offices and busi-ness establishmentsremained closed during thebandh while vehicles wereoff the roads. Karbi Anglong saw erup-tion of violence on July 31over the statehood issuewith government propertyand offices set ablaze acrossthe hill district and policeresorting to firing in severalplaces with two peoplebeing killed.

Mumbai: The BombayHigh Court today refused todirect CBI to probe intoalleged malpractice due towhich IPS officer K LBishnoi cleared his LLBexam without appearing forpracticals and also againstother policemen who hadconducted an inquiry andgave a clean chit to him. A division bench of JusticesS C Dharmadhikari and S BShukre was hearing a peti-tion filed by ChitraSalunkhe, former vice prin-cipal of Siddarth LawCollege, seeking a CBIprobe against Bishnoi andother IPS officers forallegedly shielding him. The DGP gave a clean chitto all the officers but rec-ommended advisory note tobe issued to two of them fornon-application of mindand casual approach while

dealing with complaintsfiled by Salunkhe againstBishnoi. However, soon after thereport was submitted,Salunkhe sought CBIinquiry alleging that theDGP inquiry was just an"eyewash". The court today,however, observed that theinquiry conducted by theformer DGP was not dissatisfactory. "We do notfind any substance in theallegations of the petitioner.We found nothing in thereport which would warrantus to direct for CBI investi-gation," JusticeDharmadhikari said. Thecourt further held that itdoes not find the DGPinquiry report "perverse orerroneous in law" andhence to falsify it at thisstage was unwarranted. According to Salunkhe,

Bishnoi had cleared hisfinal year LLB examinationwith the help of then actingprincipal I A Inamdar, with-out appearing for the practi-cal examination held onMarch 12, 2005. OnSalunkhe's complaint,seven IPS officers had con-ducted an inquiry into thematter. After Bishnoi wasgiven a clean chit, Salunkheapproached the high courtseeking action against thesenior cops for submitting"false" reports. BesidesMaria, the other officerswho faced inquiry wereAdditional DirectorGenerals of Police PankajGupta and Mohan Rathod,Additional Commissionerof Police Sanjay Saxenaand three DeputyCommissioners of Police -Naval Bajaj, Brijesh Singhand Vishwas Nangre-Patil.

AHMEDABAD, AUG 07: AccusingGujarat government of creating the situa-tion that forced state Lokayukta Justice(retired) RA Mehta to refuse the office,Congress here demanded that ChiefMinister Narendra Modi should apologiseto Governor and request Mehta to changehis decision. After Mehta's letter withdrawing his con-sent for appointment as Lokayukta becamepublic, state Congress said in a statementthis afternoon that Modi government was"suffocating" Constitutional institutionsand "murdering" the democratic traditions. "This government is determined to preventneutral people from working, and brandsthem as anti-government. Chief MinisterNarendra Modi should apologise to theGovernor and should invite Justice Mehtato assume the Lokayukta office," GujaratCongress chief Arjun Modhwadia said. Claiming that there was a "Constitutionalbreak-down" in the state, Modhwadia saidin the statement that Parliament should dis-cuss this issue and pass necessary guide-lines. Terming Justice Mehta's letter as "a slap"for Modi government, Leader ofOpposition in the Assembly and seniorCongressman Shankarsinh Vaghela said,"To save itself from large-scale corruptionscandals, BJP government has adopted allkinds of tactics and created such a situation

in which Constitutional institution wouldsuffocate and stop functioning.” "State government has tried its best to pres-surise and applied mental torture on JusticeMehta so that he could not hold theoffice....If the government has any shameleft, it should complete the remaining

process of Lokayukta appointment andapologise to the Governor." While former Leader of OppositionShaktisinh Gohil said, "It is very difficultto expect morality from the governmentwhich had spent more then Rs 45 crore toprevent Lokayukta from assuming office.

AHMEDABAD, AUG 07: TheGujarat High Court on Wednesdayrejected ADGP P P Pandey's applica-tion challenging the order of specialCBI court, which had rejected hisanticipatory bail plea and declined tooffer further protection from arrest bythe CBI in the Ishrat Jahan allegedfake encounter case. A single judge bench comprisingJustice AJ Desai rejected Pandey'sapplication challenging the order ofspecial CBI court, which had yester-day rejected his anticipatory bailapplication on the ground that inves-tigation in the case is pending and ata crucial juncture. Justice Desai also declined to offerfurther protection from arrest by CBI.Earlier, Pandey's counsel NirupamNanavati argued that the senior IPSofficer cannot be declared a pro-claimed offender as he has compliedwith the orders of the Supreme Court. "The stigma attached to conduct ofmy client, may not disappear, butstands diluted as I've complied withthe orders of the Supreme Court,"Nanavati argued. Nanavati further said that the roleassigned to Pandey in the FIR filed bythe CBI and the subsequent chargesheet does not in any way suggest hewas present at the time of theencounter at the place of theencounter, nor does he know anythingabout the encounter. Nanavati asked "Why does CBI wantto arrest Pandey? Why do you require

Pandey's custodial interrogationwhen charge sheet has been filed, evi-dences collected and statements ofwitnesses recorded?" "CBI is anxious to arrest my client, itis chasing him, to elicit a desired, tai-lored statement," Nanavati argued,challenging the order of the specialCBI judge. The Gujarat High Court had earlierrestrained the CBI from arresting thesenior IPS officer till August 06. The 1982-batch IPS officer was JointCommissioner of Police (Crime),Ahmedabad, when Ishrat Jahan andher three associates were eliminatedin stage shootout. The Mumbai college girl and herthree associates - Javed PraneshGopinath Pilai, Amjad Ali and JishanJohar - were killed by the GujaratPolice on June 15, 2004. Initially, the investigation into thekilling was carried out by the GujaratPolice which had filed a closurereport, claiming Ishrat Jahan and theothers were terrorists who came fromJammu and Kashmir to assassinateChief Minister Narendra Modi. On the plea by Ishrat Jahaan's motherShamima Kausar, the Gujarat HighCourt entrusted investigation to aSpecial Investigation Team.However, on another plea by Pillai'sfather, Gopinath Pillai, the high courtasked the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) to take over theinvestigation. According to the CBIchargesheet, the encounter was fake.

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RAIPUR, AUG 07: Anaccused in a multi-crore coop-erative bank scam on Tuesdaydid a U-turn on his statementthat he had paid bribe toChhattisgarh Chief MinisterRaman Singh and some minis-ters of his Cabinet, promptingCongress to allege that theretraction is made under duress. Umesh Sinha, the then managerof Indira Priyadarshini MahilaNagrik Sahkari Bank that wentbust in 2006, said, "I have notmade money transactions withanyone. I am not at all underpressure or being threatened byanyone". Sinha is currently out on bail. Opposition Congress had lastmonth released a CD and tran-scripts of Sinha's narco-analy-sis test in which he purportedlynamed Raman Singh and fourministers as beneficiaries in the

scam. The BJP had already denied theallegations. "I was in sub-conscious stateduring narco analysis and Idon't know anything I had spo-ken at that time," he said. When asked about his where-abouts after revelation of tran-scripts of the test by Congress,he said he was visiting places ofpilgrimage. Unfazed by Sinha's retraction,Congress said it was apparentthat he is under pressure to doU-turn on the confession. "Sinha was missing for last twoweeks. Now, he has surfacedsuddenly and is denying allcharges which he had himselfmade in narco test. It seems heis under pressure," said seniorparty leader SatyanarayanSharma. Sharma also dared ruling BJP

government to come up withthe CD of Sinha's narco analy-sis and file a defamation suit ifit feels that Congress levelledbaseless allegations. The CD and transcripts of thenarco-analysis showed Sinha assaying that he paid Rs 1 croreeach to Raman Singh and min-isters Brijmohan Agrawal,Amar Agrawal, RamvicharNetam and Rajesh Munat afterthe bank went bust. Sinha had also admitted that hepaid money to the ruling partypoliticians at the behest of thethen chairperson of the bankRita Tiwari. Tiwari had, however, deniedthe charge. Congress has been demandingresignation of the ChiefMinister and his Cabinet col-leagues named by Sinha overthe issue.

Chhattisgarh bank scam accused deniesbribing Raman Singh, BJP ministers

Ishrat Jahan case: Gujarat HC rejectsPP Pandey's advanced bail plea

Lokayukta issue: Congress demandsapology from Narendra Modi

HC says no to CBI probe sought over clean chit to Bishnoi Curfew relaxed in Karbi Anglong,bandhs end in lower Assam

Manish Tewari slams Gujarat govt afterMehta declines Lokayukta post

Tarun Gogoi meets Bodo leadersGUWAHATI, AUG 07: Assam Chief Minister TarunGogoi on Wednesday night held separate meetings withleaders of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and BodoNational Conference (BNC) and discussed their issuesand demands. To their request for arranging a meetingwith the Centre, Gogoi assured them that he would makeall efforts towards to that end, said official sources. Gogoi told ABSU and BNC that he would be meetingPrime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on August 11and would request him to meet them. ABSU was repre-sented by its vice-president Jibon Basumatary and gener-al secretary Romeo P Narzary while BNC delegationincluded its chief convener Kampha Borgiary, convenorsAnjali Daimary and Biseswar Basumatary. Member ofParliament S K Bwismuthiary, leaders of 26 organisa-tions under the BNC, Assam minister Chandan Brahma,Chief Secretary P P Verma and other ministers werepresent in the meeting, the sources added. ABSU andseveral other Bodo organisations are agitating for a sepa-rate Bodoland state on the lines of Telengana.

Bodo leaders meet PM Manmohan SinghNEW DELHI, AUG 07: A delegation of Bodo leaderson Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singhhere, demanding creation of a separate Bodoland stateand claimed the prime minister assured it of starting adiscussion on the issue at the highest political level. "He gave us a patient hearing and told us at the highestpolitical level discussion will start very soon. He willentrust Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for this," LokSaba MP Sansuma Khungur Bwiswmuthiary, who waspart of the Bodoland People's Front delegation, toldreporters outside Parliament. The leaders submitted amemorandum to Singh and hoped the UPA leadershipwill take a "positive" political decision for creation ofBodoland on the lines of Telengana. Bwiswmuthiary alsosaid they would be meeting Assam Chief Minister TarunGogoi. The demand for Bodoland gained ground follow-ing the decision of the UPA government for creation ofTelengana.

Jundal files bail application in Mumbai courtMUMBAI, AUG 07: Alleged Laskkar-e-Toaiba opera-tive and key plotter of 26/11 terror strikes, SayedZabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, on Wednesday filed abail application here saying that though he has been injail for one year, the trial is yet to start. "The respondent(state) is deliberately delaying the court proceeding andhence prolonging the trial with mala-fide intentions,"said the bail application, filed by his lawyer advocateEjaz Naqvi in the Sessions Court here. It further says that he is innocent and has been framedup. The application will come up for hearing next week. Jundal, a native of Beed district of Maharashtra, wasdeported from Saudi Arabia in June 2012.According to Mumbai police's Crime Branch, he was oneof the key conspirators of Mumbai terror attacks ofNovember 2008 which left 166 dead and many moreinjured. As per the Crime Branch's chargesheet, afterfleeing Maharashtra in May 2006, Jundal enteredBangladesh and went to Pakistan. In Maharashtra, he is also accused of involvement in2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, 2010 German Bakeryblast in Pune, and Nashik police academy attack conspir-acy.

Bombay HC confirms life sentence to four in dowryMUMBAI, AUG 07: Relying on circumstantial evi-dence, the Bombay High Court has confirmed life sen-tence awarded to a man and three members of his familyfor killing the former's wife and dumping her body into awell. Disposing of their appeals, Justices P D Kode andVijaya Tahilramani also found the appellants -- AnilNulle, his parents Appasaheb and Indubai and marriedsister Geeta Patil -- guilty of subjecting the victim to cru-elty. The judges upheld their two-year sentence on thiscount. The judges, in a recent order, further found theappellants guilty of hiding evidence and sentenced themto three years' imprisonment on this count. All the sen-tences would run concurrently. According to prosecution, Anil married Laxmi in 2001 atHupari in Ganganagar area of Kolhapur district.However, after one year of marriage, Laxmi washarassed for dowry. She was asked to bring from her par-ents gold ornaments and Rs 25,000 spent on her delivery.Laxmi's sister-in-law allegedly instigated other familymembers to demand dowry.

JORHAT, AUG 07: An 11-year-old girl was raped alleged-ly by a teenager on the pretextof showing her a movie on hismobile phone at Nagabat inAssam's Jorhat district. Ajoy Tamuli (19) fromChenijan area of Nagabat toldthe Class V student that hewould show her a film on his

mobile phone when she was onher way for tuition yesterdayand took her behind the schoolbuilding and allegedly rapedher, police sources said. The victim narrated her plightto her parents after reachinghome, the sources said. The father of the victim allegedthat the police did not take

prompt action enabling thealleged rapist to flee. Local people caught Tamuli thisevening and handed him over tothe police, the sources said. The in-charge of Nagabat out-post was later suspended byJorhat Superintendent of PoliceSunjukta Parasor for negligenceof duty, they said.

Minor girl raped in Assam

MUMBAI, AUG 07: Twodays after Supreme Courtruled that extradition ofAbu Salem to India is stillvalid, a special TADA courthere on Wednesday askedprosecution and defenceadvocates to proceed withthe trial against the gangsterin the 1993 serial blastscase. Special court judge G ASanap yesterday issuedsummons to Salem andaccordingly he was pro-

duced before the courttoday. The judge told the prosecu-tion and defence advocatesto go ahead with the trialsince the stay on it is vacat-ed following the apex courtorder. The case is nowadjourned till next weekwhen the court woulddecide on further course ofaction. Salem, an accusedin the 1993 Mumbai serialblasts, was extradited fromPortugal on November 11,

2005, after a prolongedlegal battle. The Supreme Court ofPortugal had last year dis-missed an appeal of CBIchallenging termination ofextradition of the under-world don. In its recentorder, the apex court saidSalem's extradition was stillvalid despite its terminationby Portugal's ConstitutionalCourt apparently for viola-tion of the agreement con-ditions. Salem was shot at

and injured allegedly aftergangster Devendra Jagtapalias JD, an accused in themurder of advocate ShahidAzmi, fired at him in TalojaCentral Jail in NaviMumbai on June 27. Earlier, Salem's lawyershad said they would movethe European Union seek-ing execution of the ordercancelling his extradition toIndia issued by thePortuguese ConstitutionalCourt

TADA court to resume trial against Salem in 1993 blasts caseYAVATMAL, AUG 07:Stray dogs were foundgnawing at the body of anabandoned newborn girl onthe government medicalcollege premises here, asenior official said here onWednesday. "On Sundayevening, some peoplenoticed that some straydogs were eating the bodyof the newborn girl on thecollege premises. The muti-lated body was recoveredfrom the spot and immedi-

ately sent for post-mortem,"Medical Superintendent DrKishor Ingole said. He said that they were clue-less about who dumped thebody of the infant on thecollege premises. "Somebody from outsidemust have dumped thedeceased girl on the hospi-tal premises. The campus isspread over 120 hectaresand hence it is difficult tokeep a tab on the visitors,"Ingole said.

Stray dogs found eating abandoned newborn girl's body

GUWAHATI/AGARTALA,AUG 07: Over 5,000 DYFImembers, demanding early com-pletion of delayed railway proj-ects in the northeastern region,staged a demonstration at theNFR headquarters at MaligaonWednesday. Earlier, they tookout a rally through different areasof Guwahati city. CommunistParty of India-Marxist (CPI-M)Rajya Sabha member Jharna DasBaidya and party leader UddhabBarman led the rally and demon-stration. The agitators submitted

a memorandum to the NortheastFrontier Railway (NFR) GeneralManager R.S. Virdi. "We shall intensify our stir toforce the NFR authorities tocomplete the railway projects atthe earliest," DYFI Tripura unitpresident Tapas Datta said. He said over 500 DYFI(Democratic Youth Federation ofIndia) and TYF (Tribal YouthFederation) activists, accompa-nied by artists and singers,arrived in Guwahati Tuesdaynight by bus after travelling 600

km from Agartala. The activists had earlier plannedto take a train but changed theirplan in view of the violent situa-tion in different parts of Assamover statehood-related protests. Both DYFI and TYF are theyouth wings of CPI-M. DYFI Secretary AmalChakraborty said: "Paucity offunds has held up many railwayprojects, including thosedeclared national projects byPrime Minister ManmohanSingh.

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TOKYO, AUG 07: Japan's prime minister onWednesday said Tokyo would get more involvedin cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclearplant, as he described as "urgent" a battle to stopradioactive water from leaking into the ocean. The government's more prominent role comes ascritics slam plant operator Tokyo Electric Powerand its handling of the more than two-year-oldatomic crisis, the worst nuclear accident in a gen-eration. The embattled utility -- kept afloat by a govern-ment bail out -- last month admitted for the firsttime that radioactive groundwater had been leak-ing outside the plant, confirming long-held suspi-cions of ocean contamination from its shatteredreactors. It has since said tainted water has been escapinginto the Pacific for more than two years. Today, an official at Japan's industry ministry saidTokyo estimates a whopping 300 tonnes of con-taminated water from a newly discovered leak sitemay be seeping into the ocean. "But we're not certain if the water is highly con-taminated," he added. The damage from toxic water leaks at Fukushima

remains a key question mark. However, they have triggered fresh worries overthe plant's precarious state and TEPCO's ability todeal with a growing list of problems after its reac-tors were swamped by a tsunami in March 2011,sending them into meltdown. The company has also faced widespread criticismover its lack of transparency in making criticalinformation public since the disaster. Today, premier Shinzo Abe said his governmentwould beef up efforts to help with the expecteddecades-long clean up, which has largely been leftto TEPCO to handle. "Stabilising the Fukushima plant is our chal-lenge," Abe said at a meeting of the government'sdisaster task force. "In particular, the contaminated water is an urgentissue which has generated a great deal of publicattention." Abe -- whose Liberal Democratic Party wants torestart the country's switched-off reactors if theirsafety can be assured -- said the clean-up wouldno longer be left to TEPCO alone. He also calledfor "swift and steady measures" on the toxic waterissue.

Tokyo would now help foot the bill, Abe said, thefirst time that it has committed extra funds to dealwith the growing problem. The vast utility is already facing billions of dollarsin clean-up and compensation costs over the acci-dent. TEPCO had previously reported rising levels ofcancer-causing materials in groundwater samplesat Fukushima. But until last month, the companyhad insisted it had halted toxic water from leakingbeyond its borders. In May, Tokyo ordered the company to build newbarriers to contain the massive amounts of waterwhich are used to keep the reactors cool, a meas-ure that could cost up to 40 billion yen (USD 410million). There are growing fears that existing safeguardswould soon be overwhelmed, as TEPCO scram-bles to find ways to store the water. "The worsening leaks of contaminated water atthe Fukushima nuclear plant prove TEPCO isincapable of dealing with the disaster,"Greenpeace said in a statement yesterday. "Japan's authorities must now step in and ensureaction is finally taken to stop the leaks," it added.

JAPAN SAYS BATTLE TO STOPNUCLEAR PLANT LEAKS 'URGENT' BEIJING, AUG 07: An

island shared by China andRussia may get submerged inthe next 10 days due to con-tinuous downpours and waterdischarges from a reservoiralong their border, officialssaid. The water level aroundHeixiazi Island is expected tosubmerge the whole landmass of 335-square-km,which has an average altitudeof 37 meters above sea level,an official from the floodcontrol and drought reliefheadquarters in northeastChina's HeilongjiangProvince said. China and Russia ended acentury-long dispute over the

island in 2008, known asBolshoi Ussuriysky Island inRussia, and held a borderredrawing ceremony declar-ing each side owned half ofthe landmass, which is locat-ed at the confluence of theHeilongjiang River, known asthe Amur River in Russia,and the Ussuri River. Heavy rain has hit the areasince July, leaving floodwaterfrom tributaries to flow intothe Heilongjiang River, state-run Xinhua news agencyreported. A reservoir along the ZeyaRiver in Russian territory, amajor tributary of theHeilongjiang River, has dis-

charged floodwater, said theofficial. Meanwhile, thanks to theunusually high water levels,Jiamusi Port along theSonghuajiang River, also atributary of the HeilongjiangRiver, has become accessibleto ships carrying much biggerloads than ever before. A Russian ship loaded with3,000 tonnes of timber wasable to reach the port todaymorning, said Xu Yanchun,of Jiamusi City's marineaffairs bureau. Previously,such timber loads had to bedistributed among smallerships of 600 tonnes capacitydue to the lower water levels.

Island shared by China andRussia may be submerged

BEIJING, AUG 07: Thelaunch of Japan's largest war-ship since World War II hasevoked a strong reaction fromChina, which on Wednesdayexpressed concern over Tokyo's"constant expansion" of its mil-itary capabilities. Analysts quoted by the Chinesestate-run media described theJapanese vessel as a "defactoaircraft carrier" with a potentialto target Beijing's newly builtaircraft carrier Liaoning. China called on Japan to abideby its policy of peaceful devel-opment and warned against itsmilitary expansion hours afterTokyo put the helicopter carrierfor sea-trials on the 68thanniversary of the atomicbombing of Hiroshima, officialmedia here reported. "We are concerned over Japan'sconstant expansion of its mili-tary equipment," state-runGlobal Times quoted theChinese defence ministry assaying. "Japan's Asian neighbours and

the international communityneed to be highly vigilant aboutthis trend. "Japan should learnfrom history, adhere to its poli-cy of self-defence and abide byits promise to take the road ofpeaceful development," it said. "The launch of the new war-ship, a de facto aircraft carrier,without the approval of theJapanese Diet is an effort byPrime Minister Shinzo Abe'sgovernment to break the limitsof its peaceful constitution," LiuJiangyong, deputy head of theInstitute of ModernInternational Relations atTsinghua University, toldGlobal Times. Japan launchedthe country's new-generation22DDH-class helicopter carrierin Yokohama yesterday. With alength of 248 meters, the USD1.14 billion carrier, namedIzumo, has a displacement of27,000 tons, with its flight deckbeing able to carry up to 14 anti-submarine helicopters. The Izumo, scheduled to enterservice in March 2015, is the

third helicopter carrier to beused by the Japan MaritimeSelf-Defense Force. The new warship marks amajor improvement in size andcapability as it is almost 50 percent larger than the currentHyuga-class carriers, theGlobal Times said in its report. Japanese Defence Ministry saidthe Japan built carrier couldplay a major role in disaster andrescue missions, as well asdefending sea lanes and sover-eignty claims. The launch coincided withintensification of China-Japanspat over the disputed islandscalled Daioyu islands by Chinaand Senkakus by Japan in theEast China Sea. Ships from both sides currentlyare aggressively patrolling theislets waters to ascertain theirclaims . "Tokyo wanted to use such anestablished fact to tell theJapanese public that Japan'sconstitution has in reality beenrevised," he said.

Japan launches biggest warship, China annoyedWASHINGTON, AUG 07:An Indian-origin former pro-gramming manager atMicrosoft's corporate head-quarters here has beencharged with raping a femalejanitor at his office. VineetKumar Srivastava, 36,allegedly called the womaninto his Redmond,Washington, office late atnight on the sprawlinggrounds of the softwarecompany on July 22. He then shoved off herblouse, according to courtdocuments.

The senior manager thenshowed the woman porno-graphic images on his cell-phone, blocked her fromleaving and grabbed her,New York Daily reported cit-ing the documents. Srivastava pushed thescreaming woman to theground and raped her forseveral minutes, authoritiessaid. He was arrested on July26 at his office, RedmondPolice spokesman Jim Bovesaid yesterday. The suspect told officers thecleaning woman had forced

him to have sex. He also saidhe was afraid of her, but hadgone to his car for a condom. He was freed July 27 onUSD 75,000 bail. Hisarraignment is expected tobe scheduled later thismonth, the paper said. A Microsoft spokespersonsaid Srivastava had beenfired by the company. According to the court docu-ments, the woman toldpolice she had reported thealleged assault to a malesupervisor, who discountedher claim

INDIAN-ORIGIN EX-MICROSOFT MANAGER CHARGED WITH RAPE IN US

BEIRUT, AUG 07: Sixty-two rebel fighters werekilled in a Syrian armyambush at dawn onWednesday near the townof Adra, east ofDamascus, the SyrianObservatory for HumanRights, a monitoringgroup opposed toPresident Bashar al-Assad, said. The statenews agency SANA didnot give a death toll forthe ambush but said therebels were from the alQaeda-linked al-NusraFront. It said all the rebelswere killed and machine-guns and rocket-propelledgrenades confiscated.SANA said the "terrorists"included non-Syrians andthe Observatory said thateight rebels were stillunaccounted for after theattack, which happened

west of an industrial areaeast of Adra. Assad's forces have beenon the offensive aroundDamascus after rebelspushed into towns andsuburbs on the outskirts ofthe capital last year. Adrais in the Eastern Ghoutaregion, which has beenbesieged by the army formonths. More than100,000 people have diedin Syria's civil war andmillions have been dis-placed.Protesters took tothe streets in March 2011to call for democraticreforms but were fired onby security forces, leadingto an armed uprising. The army has made effortsto secure the capital andits links to the westerncoast while the rebelshave overrun much of thenorth and east.

62 Syrian rebels killed in Armyambush near Damascus

NEW DELHI, AUG 07:Gross direct tax collectionsrose 13.27 percent to Rs1.57 lakh crore in theApril-July period.The collections hadtotalled Rs 1.38 lakh crorein the corresponding periodof the previous fiscal year.Gross collection of corpo-rate taxes increased 9.75percent to Rs 92,115 crorein April-July from Rs83,932 crore a year earlier,the Finance Ministry said

in a statement Wednesday.Gross collection of person-al income tax was up 19.32percent to Rs 63,583 crorein the first four months ofthe fiscal compared withRs 53,289 crore in the peri-od a year ago.Net direct tax collectionsrose 10.37 percent to Rs1,16,645 crore duringApril-July as against Rs1,05,684 crore year-on-year, according to the state-ment.

Securities Transaction Taxor STT mop-up stands atRs 1,267 crore.Wealth tax collection post-ed a growth of 38.62 per-cent to Rs 201 crore fromRs 145 crore.The government has fixeda direct tax collection tar-get of over Rs 6.68 lakhcrore for the current fiscal,a growth of 19 percentfrom Rs 5.65 lakh crore inthe previous fiscal.

DIRECT TAX MOP-UP UP 13.27% INAPR-JUL TO RS 1.57 LAKH CRORE

KOLKATA, AUG 07: UnionCoal minister Sriprakash Jaiswalon Wednesday said the coalblock auction is likely to be heldin the next two months."Auction will happen in twomonths," Jaiswal said on thesidelines of an interactive sessionat the MCC Chamber ofCommerce and Industry.Ministry officials said the num-ber of blocks to be put on auctionwere yet to be finalised.According to reports, at leastfour blocks were expected to beput on auction in the first phase.

The Coal ministry has startedgroundwork to auction coalblocks after receiving provision-al clearance from the Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests.It was learnt that theEnvironment ministry issued a'comfort letter', which gave pro-visional green clearance for thecoal blocks, but without guaran-tee for them.The Coal ministry hadapproached the Environment andForests ministry for preliminaryclearances to secure fair price forthe blocks at the auction.

Jaiswal said along with coalblocks some lignite blocks wouldalso be auctioned.The blocks would be offered tocompanies belonging to the samestates in which they were situat-ed.Meanwhile, the undergroundcoal gasification policy wasexpected soon.Underground coal gasification isa method of converting coal, stillin the ground, into a combustiblegas that can be used for varioususes, including power genera-tion.

COAL BLOCK AUCTION IN TWO MONTHS: JAISWAL

NEW DELHI, AUG 07:Pinning hopes on higher farmgrowth in view of good mon-soon spell, PlanningCommission Deputy ChairmanMontek Singh Ahluwalia onWednesday said the economy islikely to grow at 5.5 percent thisfinancial year."It will be a good year for agri-culture but there is no evidenceyet of significant turnaround inindustry. I guess that some-where better, good outcome forIndia will be that India will bet-ter than last year, better than 5percent, may be 5.5 percent(this fiscal)," Ahluwalia toldreporters.The government has initiallyprojected a growth rate of 6.5percent for the current fiscal,but has lowered it in view ofglobal and domestic factors.RBI recently in its quarterlyreview has scaled down thegrowth projection for the cur-rent fiscal to 5.5 percent fromits earlier estimate of 5.7 per-

cent and asked the governmentto undertake policy measures toimprove investment climate.The RBI in its annual policy inMay had projected the economywould grow at 5.7 percent.The country's economic growthhit a decade low of 5 percent inthe last fiscal on account of poorperformance in the farm, manu-facturing and mining sectors.

Last month, the AsianDevelopment Bank lowered itsgrowth projection for India to5.8 percent in calendar 2013from 6 percent estimated earlier,citing the slow progress of eco-nomic reforms.International Monetary Fundoutlook projects India's eco-nomic growth at 5.6 percent thisyear

Montek sees 5.5% growth this fiscal

NEW DELHI, AUG 07:The government onWednesday said it hasraised the textiles exporttarget to USD 43 billion forthe current fiscal, fromUSD 36 billion set earlier."In July 2013, the govern-ment has raised the annualexport target of textilesfrom USD 36 billion toUSD 43 billion followingdiscussions with textilesexport promotion councilsagainst the backdrop ofrupee depreciation andstrong industry perform-ance," Minister of State forTextiles PanabaakaLakshmi said in a writtenreply to the Rajya Sabha.

The US and Europeaccount for over 65 percentof India's total textilesexports.Last fiscal, textilesexports stood at USD 34billion. Asked if govern-ment has proposed to allowwomen to work in nightshifts in apparel units,Lakshmi said: "TheTextiles Ministry hasmooted a proposal foramendments in FactoriesAct 1948, seeking amend-ments in Section 59 - ExtraWages for Overtime andSection 64 - Power toMake Exempting Rules toprovide for Over TimeWages at the rate of one-one quarter times of the

regular rate and that thecap for 50 hours a quartershould be removed for tex-tiles sector."In 2007, theHigh-Level Committee onM a n u f a c t u r i n gCompetitiveness consid-ered amendments in labourlaws for enhancing com-petitiveness of textilesindustry, she said.In 2005, the Factories(Amendment) Bill, 2005seeking amendments underSection 66 of the FactoriesAct was introduced inParliament on August 16,2005. "However, amend-ments under the FactoriesAct of 1948 were not beundertaken," Lakshmi said.

Govt raises textiles exporttarget to $43 bn for FY'14

BEIJING, AUG 07: China has issuedrecord fines of 670 million yuan ($108 mil-lion) to six baby formula companies fol-lowing an anti-trust probe, the country'stop economic planner announcedWednesday. The six companies are Biostime, MeadJohnson, Dumex, Abbott, Friesland andFonterra, said the National Developmentand Reform Commission (NDRC), report-ed Xinhua. Biostime was fined 163 million yuan, orsix percent of its sales revenue in 2012, asit "seriously violated the anti-monopoly

law and failed to actively take correctiveaction", said Xu Kunlin, chief of the pricedepartment of the NDRC. Mead Johnson was fined 204 million yuan,or four percent of its revenue last year,because it "did not actively cooperate withthe investigation but did take active self-rectification measures". Dumex, Abbott, Friesland and Fonterraeach received a fine equal to three percentof their 2012 revenue. They were fined 172 million yuan, 77 mil-lion yuan, 48 million yuan and 4 millionyuan, respectively.

China issues record anti-trust fines to baby formula firms

NEW DELHI, AUG 07: Indiahas raised its "strong" concernsover the US' proposedImmigration Reforms Bill say-ing that it would adverselyimpact domestic IT industry,Parliament was informed onWednesday.The issues came up for discus-sion during the recent visit ofCommerce and IndustryMinister Anand Sharma to theUS.In meetings with US Trade

Representative, US CommerceSecretary and other representa-tives of industry and business,Sharma has "expressed India'sstrong concerns over the pro-posed US Immigration ReformsBill and its adverse impact on theIndian IT industry".In a written reply to the RajyaSabha, Sharma said that he hasconveyed that the temporarymovement of skilled profession-als should not be equated withimmigration.

He said that no agreement wasproposed by the Indian govern-ment as the bill is pending beforethe US Congress.The bill, which was passed bythe US Senate, and is before theHouse of Representatives, pro-poses several changes includinghigher visa costs and increase inwages for H-1B visa holders.If passed by the House ofRepresentatives, the Bill will besent to President Barack Obamafor signing it into law.

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New Delhi: Star batsmanVirat Kohli on Wednesdaysaid the tips he picked upfrom skipper MahendraSingh Dhoni in the WestIndies proved beneficial forhim while leading a youngIndian team in Zimbabwe,where they inflicted a 5-0series whitewash on thehosts.He had captained the Indianside in three One-dayers inthe West Indies when Dhoniwas sidelined after hurtinghis hamstring in the firstmatch of the tri-nation series."He (Dhoni) is a guy whodoesn't say much. But I keeptalking to him about differentsituations and what I coulddo and how should I keepmyself calm in pressure situ-ations while captaining theside. It helped me chatting tohim in the West Indies whenhe wasn't playing and I wascaptaining the side. All thetips he gave me really helpedme," Kohli said when askedabout Dhoni's influence onhim as a leader.India recorded their first-everODI series whitewash on theforeign soil when theytrounced Zimbabwe 5-0.Kohli said he has not beenable to speak to Dhoni afterZimbabwe win since Dhoniis presently enjoying a break.

"When he goes away for aholiday it is very hard to con-tact him. I tried to messagehim on the phone but I could-n't reach. I guess I'll be seeinghim soon and speak to himabout it (Zimbabwe win),"Kohli told reporters on thesidelines of a promotionalevent here. Kohli also lauded left-armspinner Ravindra Jadeja, whorecently topped the ODIbowlers' chart in the ICCrankings, saying the consis-tency is paying off for theSaurashtra lad ."I am very very happy that hegot the number one ODIbowling ranking. He hasworked hard over the pastfew years. It is really good tosee him come up the ranks as

I have played U-19 cricketwith him."I was the captain when heplayed with me in the U-19World Cup. It's really good tosee him grow in internationalcricket with all of us. I hopehe keeps up the good in thefuture," Kohli said.Kohli feels that India A tourto South Africa will groomthe players to take on biggerchallenges."Emerging Players' tourna-ment is good for cricketers. Iremember I made a come-back because of that tourna-ment (2009 in Australia). It'sa very competitive tourna-ment. I am sure every playerwill give his 100 percent inthe field and come out bet-ter," the Delhi cricketer said.

MS Dhoni hard to contact when on a holiday, says Virat BEN HORNE: Australiancaptain Michael Clarke hasstrongly denied his playershave been using silicone-based tape on their bats toavoid detection by HotSpottechnology.The ICC has dismissed areport on the Nine Networkclaiming the cricketing bodywas investigating a sugges-tion that England andAustralian players may havebeen using tape on the edgesof their bats to "cheat" theeffectiveness of the DRStechnology.The ICC have sent director ofcricket operations, GeoffAllardice to Durham to meetwith the coaches and cap-tains on Thursday, ahead ofthe fourth Test in Durham totry to iron out some points ofcontention with DRS after anumber of controversialmoments during the Ashes."These media reports aretotally incorrect," said ICCchief executive DavidRichardson."Geoff Allardice is meetingwith both teams and umpiresto see how we can best usethe DRS and the availabletechnology going forward inthe next two Test matches. It

has nothing to do with anyplayers."Clarke says it's normal forplayers to protect their batswith things like fibreglassfacing, but that it's nothingnew and he's been doing itsince he was 12 years old.There is nothing in the ICCrules that says players can'tuse tape to protect andstrengthen their bats.Clarke says there is nochance any Australian playerhas been trying to cheat thetechnology."I find the accusation quitefunny. I can't talk for every-body but if it is the case, weare talking about cheating. Ican tell you there is not oneperson in the Australian

change rooms who is acheat," he said."That's not the way we playcricket."I know no one is going tothe extreme of saying `putthis on your bat because itwill help you beat HotSpot.'"England star Kevin Pietersenhas reacted angrily at beinglinked to the story after hiscontroversial dismissal atOld Trafford.Pietersen was given outdespite nothing showing upon HotSpot.Pietersen tweeted: "Horriblejournalism yet again! Myname brought up in hotspotcrisis suggesting I use siliconto prevent nicks showing!Such hurtful lies."

Clarke also said he hasn'twitnessed anything untowardgoing on with England play-ers.The Ashes series has beenmarred by a number of con-troversial DRS decisions,mostly involving HotSpotand its failure to show upedges.The inventor of HotSpot,Warren Brennan from BBGSports, has admitted the tech-nology can struggle to pickup edges from fast bowling.If batsmen are trying to coverup edges, the theory appearsflawed, given it could just aseasily contribute to incorrectlbw dismissals where the ballhas been hit first.Pietersen said he would be

foolish to try such a thing."How stupid would I be totry and hide a nick when itcould save me on an LBWappeal - like in 1st inningswhere hotspot showed Inicked it," he tweeted."I am never afraid of gettingout! If I nick it, I'll walk. Tosuggest I cheat by coveringmy bat with silicon infuriatesme."Clarke said he could guaran-tee that his bat manufacturerdoesn't alter bats.The 32-year-old said all bats-men used coverings on theirbats but he's never heard ofanything to suggest there's away of lessening the impactof HotSpot."I've used fibreglass facingon my bats since I got myfirst bat from Slazengerwhen I was 12," he said."Because modern bats arepressed and are soft, you puta cover on it to protect thebat and make it last longer."A lot of players use that."I didn't know there was sucha thing you could do to hidenicking the ball on HotSpot.I wouldn't think it wouldmake any difference. I'venever heard of anyone doingit."

Clarke denies claims of HotSpot dodging

NEW DELHI: India willaccept the Decision ReviewSystem only when itbecomes "foolproof," theBoard of Control for Cricketin India's interim presidentsaid in an interview pub-lished on Wednesday.India was part of the first-ever Test series featuring theDRS in Sri Lanka five yearsago but has opposed the sys-tem of referrals to the televi-sion umpire, maintainingthat it's not convinced aboutits accuracy."We will accept DRS whentechnology is foolproof,"Jagmohan Dalmiya told TheIndian Express newspaper."There's nothing inbetween."Dalmiya said he was not surewhen the system wouldbecome perfect."Let them come up with asystem which is 100 per centcorrect. They couldn't fix theDuckworth-Lewis problemin 15 years, what guaranteedo we have about an error-free DRS? The Duckworth-Lewis method is beyondmost of the players and

administrators, let alone thecommon fans," he said aboutthe prevalent system ofrevising targets in case ofrain interruptions during lim-ited-overs games."I'm still trying to figure outhow a team total is increasedon the basis of projection.The whole process is verycomplicated and confusing.And rather than solving theriddle, DRS creates moreconfusion in its presentform," said Dalmiya, a for-mer chairman of theInternational CricketCouncil.

Dalmiya said India was notisolated on DRS at the ICCannual conference this year."Before going to the ICCmeeting I was a bit 'iffy' as Iwas told by some quartersthat India would be com-pletely isolated on the DRSissue. But after I was donewith my presentation on thatday, there was not a singlevoice of protest," he added.The DRS has been underscrutiny with some con-tentious decisions during thepast few seasons, includingin the ongoing Ashes Testseries in England.

Jagmohan Dalmiya: India will acceptDRS when it's 100 per cent correct

NEW DELHI: Former Indiacricketer Rahul Dravid saysmatch and spot-fixing shouldbe made criminal offencesand is sure that this would bea major deterrent for crick-eters contemplating making aquick buck.The former Indian captain,who has been made a prose-cution witness in allegationsof spot-fixing against three ofhis Rajasthan Royals' team-mates, feels that educatingyoungsters can help themkeep off unscrupulous activi-ties but adds that it may notserve the complete purpose.(Also read:Dravid says play-ers guilty of spot-fixing havecheated selectors)"My personal belief is thateducation and counseling at ajunior level is really impor-tant. (However) I don't thinkonly education can work,policing it and having theright laws and ensuring thatpeople when they indulge inthis kind of activities areactually punished," Dravidtold ESPNCricinfo. "Peoplemust see that there are conse-quences to your actions. Thatwill create fear for people."

Referring to recent actionagainst cyclists who wereaccused of doping, Dravidsaid that effective results inthe sport was achievedbecause of police action."The only people thosecyclists were scared of wasnot the testers, not the author-ity, they were scared of thepolice. You read all the arti-cles, the only guys they werescared of was the police andgoing to jail. It's got to be acriminal offence," he said.While three of Dravid's col-leagues -- S Sreesanth, AjitChandila and Ankeet Chavan-- are in the eye of a storm forallegedly spot-fixing in thisyear's Indian PremierLeague, the 40-year-old withan immaculate career howev-er does not wish to pass anyjudgment on them.

Rahul Dravid: Make spot-fixing acrime, players must fear police

TORONTO: India's SaniaMirza and her Chinese part-ner Zheng Jie advanced to thesecond round in a grippingtie-breaker at the Rogers Cuptennis tournament here.Zheng and Mirza defeatedNatalie Grandin of SouthAfrica and Croatia's DarijaJurak 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-2,Tuesday, reports Xinhua.After a tense one hour and 38minutes, Zheng and Mirzaedged out Grandin-Jurak 2-1in the tiebreaker to win thematch, and end the see-sawencounter."I think we have good start,we have three-love, then wetry to keep play like for firstthree games, but you knowwe had too many mistakesbecause we tried to makemore winners, but it's verydangerous... it gave oppo-nents chance for comeback,"said Zheng.The pair started off the firstset strong and quickly tookthe lead. But Grandin, withswift and strong ground-strokes, overtook Zheng andMirza to make a comeback --first tying the game at 4-4,and then ultimately winningthe set playing aggressively.Zheng and Mirza have hadrelatively little experience

working together. They part-nered up for the first time thisMay at the Brussels Openwhere they went up to thesemifinals. "She's a verygood doubles partner andshe's an unbelievable fore-hand, so fast and in the base-line she's so strong, so makeme chance for crash on thenet, so I think we can playpretty good," Zheng said.She said they walked into thematch not knowing what toexpect of their opponents,who also partnered up fortheir first time."Our opponents play prettygood, one girl is left hand,she's making some spin, andanother one is play so fast,"she said. "So for me, I feel

timing is different, so some-times have too many mis-takes."But Zheng's quick reflexesshone through as she brokeup two consecutive long ral-lies between Mirza andGrandin with swift shortstrokes, taking their oppo-nents by surprise early on inthe second set.Mirza and Zheng, who wasousted by Germany's MonaBarthel in a singles matchMonday morning 7-6 (7-3),3-6, 6-7, will be facing thewinner of the match betweenCanada's Eugenie Bouchardand Belgium's KirstenFlipkens, and Georgia'sOksana Kalashnikova andPoland's Alicja Rosolska.

Sania-Zheng in second round of Rogers Cup

TORONTO: Wimbledonsemi-finalist KirstenFlipkens shook off a slowstart to beat Venus Williams0-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday atthe Rogers Cup, spoiling theseven-time Grand Slamchampion's return frominjury.Williams, sidelined by alower back injury since herfirst-round French Open exitin May, was quick out of theblocks, pocketing the first setin half an hour.Flipkens leveled the matchwith a break in the 10th gameof the second frame, andonce the 13th-seeded Belgianhad forced the third set it wasWilliams who couldn't keeppace. Flipkens, who has beennursing a right knee injuryherself and hadn't played

since falling in theWimbledon semi-finals toeventual champion MarionBartoli of France, raced to a5-0 lead in the third beforeWilliams managed to holdserve. Flipkens then surren-dered a break, but brokeWilliams to seal the win and

book a second-round matchin Toronto with Dutch quali-fier Kiki Bertens.Williams said the ease withwhich she won the first setmay actually have hurt her."I wasn't expecting to playthat well in the first set, so Ithink in the second I just did-

n't handle it well," Williamssaid. "Then I got down in thethird... I didn't make the bestchoices out there all thetime."Williams said she had onlystarted practicing her servemore in the last week, andshe expects it to improvebefore the US Open beginslater this month."Definitely today my servicegames I didn't feel likemyself, because usually Istep up to the line, I go for ita lot. I didn't really feel like Icould do that today," saidWilliams, who also praisedFlipkens for hanging in."She definitely showed a lotof resilience by fightingback," Williams said. "It'snever easy to lose a 6-0 setand come back.", he said.

Flipkens ousts Venus Williams in first round at Toronto

C R A N S - M O N T A N A ,SWITZERLAND: A 'mis-management of apparel'spoilt his campaign last yearand India's Anirban Lahiri isnot prepared to risk anotherwardrobe change as he takesanother shot at glory atOmega European Mastersscheduled to held fromSeptember 5-8.The talented Indian, who hasthree Asian Tour wins underhis belt, got off to a flyingstart by grabbing a share ofthe first round clubhouse leadlast year but a 'mismanage-ment of apparel' saw himmiss the cut when he fol-lowed up his brilliant 66 witha 81. "On the second day, Istarted out when it was coldand then the sun came outand I got sweaty and warmaround the fourth or fifthhole," recalled Lahiri.Since his last visit to the pic-turesque Crans-sur-SierreGolf Club in Switzerland,Lahiri ended his season on ahigh with a 10th place finishon the Asian Tour Order ofMerit and has also gone on toclinch another Asian Tourtitle on home soil in March

this year.The 26-year-old narrowlymissed out on his fourth Tourwin by one shot in Malaysiain June but stormed backwith a vengeance by winningtwice on his domestic Tour inthe subsequent months wherehe used the conventionalshort putter.The 26-year-old will nowmake his return to the SwissAlps with a more comprehen-sive game plan."I guess I've learnt it's betterto stay warm and sweatyeven if it means keeping afew layers on. My apparelmanagement has alsoimproved since. I have bettergear to deal with that weathernow and I'm glad I've learnedfrom last year," said Lahiri.With the second half of theAsian Tour season gettingunderway with the OmegaEuropean Masters, which hasbeen co-sanctioned by theAsian Tour and EuropeanTour since 2009, fromSeptember 5-8, Lahiri is alsosetting his sights on gettinghis first win abroad and ele-vating his status in the worldof golf.

Anirban Lahiri keeping it coolat Omega European Masters

MONTREAL: Novak Djokovicreturned to competition after a post-Wimbledon pause on Tuesday andcoasted into the third round at theATP Montreal Masters.The Serb world number one easilydefeated Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-1, thenproceeded to dance with a tennis ballmascot with choreography he saidand friends worked out last month onholiday in Croatia.Mayer double-faulted to lose the 29-minute opening set and never madean impression on the top seed."After a month off I didn't know whatto expect," said Djokovic, who lostthe Wimbledon final to Andy Murray."I was extra careful against a toughopponent. I'm keeping my mind-setof step-by-step, one match at a time.

"I needed extra commitment from thestart and everything went well oncourt. I'm looking forward going intothe US Open even if I'm defending a

lot of points -- it's not the first timefor that."Djokovic, champion in 2007, 2011and 2012, won his 11th straight match

in Canada and stretched is career leadover Mayer to 5-0.He now stands 40-6 on the season ashe seeks his 15th career Masters 1000trophy.It was an historic days for locals, withfour first-round victories insuring arecord-equalling five Canadians inthe second round. The last time thathappened was 1972, when some hadbyes.Vasek Pospisil produced the mostdramatic victory as he powered to a5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4) win over JohnIsner to send the big American backacross the border.Isner's defeat means the US will haveno man in the top 20 for the first timesince the ATP rankings began 40years ago.

Novak Djokovic opens Montral Masters campaign with a win

LONDON: British policesaid today they had arrested a32-year-old man in connec-tion with threats made onTwitter against a woman

lawmaker and a feministcampaigner. Stella Creasy,from the opposition Labourparty, has received threatsculminating in a tweet of apicture showing a maskedman brandishing a knife, andwhile Caroline Criado-Perezreceived rape threats. They are among a number ofhigh-profile women recentlytargeted by so-called trolls. The man being questioned bypolice, from Bristol in south-west England, is the third to

be arrested since the allega-tions came to light twoweeks ago. The man wasarrested under anti-harass-ment legislation, police said.

Female journalists and ahigh-profile historian, MaryBeard, have all been targetsof abusive and often sexuallyexplicit Twitter messages. Some users boycottedTwitter last weekend to raiseawareness of the intimidationof other users in what hasbecome known as "trolling". Criado-Perez became a targetafter she successfully cam-paigned to have novelist JaneAusten featured on a ban-knote.

British police hold man overTwitter abuse of women

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