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After being convicted in theFodder scam the maverick Bihar  politician is poised for some-thing interesting things even inthe jail. As they say either God is blind or smiles only on the powerful. In jail too, he will g ethis share of jail lime light.Sentenced to five years of rigor-ous imprisonment, he will haveto do some work and earn.Intriguingly, the JailSuperintendent thinks that dueto his status, he will not be givenheavy work. It is baffling on the part of the jail head to think hehas a status higher than other jailinmates. Ok, he may not begiven tough job but to treat hima celebrity in jail is not good.

However, who cares for he brings in his Lalu magic withhim in the jail too. He will be

given the job of teaching jailinmates political science. Funnyyet true, he has addressed Harvard Business School and Indian Institute of ManagementAhmadabad. For what is yet ariddle? Political science and hemay be a good combination buthis social theories stand alreadyrejected by the Bihar people.What he will teach the Jailinmates is a matter of curiosity but it could be otherwise too.When his students come outhow they will behave, a research project on them is for asking.Lalu teacher and Jailed students.The picture is complete with poor animals watching inamazement but happy that the

man who ate their fodder is for along time in jail.

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LALU TO TURN TEACHER,GOD BLESS STUDENTS!

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With a ban like situation imposed by thearmy on its operations in Shala Batuarea Keran sector it is not clear whatactually happened at this sensitive areaeleven days back. It is intriguing whythe army held back the information of the heavy infiltration and occupation of a ghost village when the Prime Minister was in New York readying to meet Nawaz Sharif. Perhaps he could have been given a lever to tell Pakistan more bluntly about its misadventure. Did army knew about the incursion is anoth-er r matter. But on a whole the picturethat is unfolding is not to the best inter-ests of the nation.It will be unfair to directly implicate thearmy and hold it responsible. But if 

truth is not told and analysed thread  bare, it will have even graver implica-tion for the security of the country.

Having said so, the questions remainunanswered. Responsibility has to befixed on some one. If as per r eports, oneunit of army was withdrawing and other was taking its place during the processwhy the bunkers were not manned tillthe deployment of the other unit wasmade complete is not clear. Army is notsupposed to work like a governmentoffice, where employees come at their sweet will have a laid back attitude and work at a leisurely pace. Especially in asuch a sensitive and terror prone border area, where from across the LoC hun-dreds of die hard terrorists are waitingto be launched in a war against India,such a laid back attitude is last thatcould be tolerated. Seems Kargil les-sons are yet to be learnt. Obviously if the national leadership had learnt thelessons of 1962 Chinese treachery, itwould have faced today the Chinese

from a position of strength. They would not have developed the audacity tointrude at their sweet will that too at the

moment of their own choosing.The question is why the army notreport the heavy infiltration when itwas reported on 24th September. By29th September the full blown infiltra-tion was already evident. Why thearmy chief did not share this informa-tion with his defence minister or whythe Prime Minister was not informed of the intrusion, when he was in NewYork. It raises doubts that either thearmy was not willing to share itsresponsibility or it was hiding thefacts. On both counts it has to do somesoul searching. We regard our armed forces in highest esteem but there aretimes when it has to share its blameand responsibility. Hiding behind a banor not revealing the truth will have adetrimental effect of our forces. It isalso in uncertain whether the PrimeMinister would have taken up the issue

with Nawaz Sharif. The Indian foreignoffice was too busy to get the two peo- ple meet. The result for us was Keran

and Dehati Aurat. Remember Kargil,the same sinister settings are repeated.Vajpayee goes in Bus to Lahore. Nawaz Sharif is Prime Minister.Behind Vajpayee, in the Kashmir Himalayas, Kargil operations are givenfinal touches by Gen. Musharraf.Slowly Pak army takes over positionsvacated by Indian army. Fourteen yearsdown the line Pak Special Forces cap-ture Indian bunkers and occupy a ghostvillage. As this goes on Nawaz Sharif is yet again the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The bus diplomacy now turnsto New York. The two Prime Ministersmeet. Nothing happens. Sharif returnshome with shoulders held high and Manmohan gets Keran in gift. Thisway the story is complete a full repeattakes place. May be Shala Batu is notanother kargil but it is not less signifi-cant. It has exposed that we have not

learnt from Kargil and how long willwe continue to behave in the same wayis distressing for the nation to think.

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SRINAGAR, OC 04: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah onFriday told LegislativeCouncil that Crime Branchhas been asked to look intothe complaints against the

 NGOs reportedly fiddling inthe Prime Minister's SpecialScholarship Scheme (SSS)for the meritorious studentsof the State adding that the

reports of cheating by some NGOs has besmear ed thereputation of the scheme and marred the future of variousstudents admitted by these

 NGOs in some educationalinstitutions without havingany authority or any role inthis regard.The Chief Minister was inter-vening during the reply of 

questions by Sheikh GhulamRasool, Ravinder Kumar Sharma and supplementariesof other Members during theQuestion Hour in the Upper House:"There is even no role of theState Government in themonitoring or placing of stu-dents in educational institu-tions outside the State. Thescheme is completely run bythe Union Government.However, the StateGovernment cannot absolveitself of its responsibilitytowards the people as suchthe matter of reported cheat-ing by some NGOs has beenvehemently taken up with theCentral Government. I havewritten to Prime Minister inthis regard urging upon himto grant one time exceptionto the students who havesought admission in variousinstitutions through NGOsand do not qualify for thescholarship so that their edu-cational career is not marred.I have also emphasized theneed of involving the State

Government in the imple-mentation of the scheme sothat it is run hassle-freeensuring transparency and nochance for fraudulent ele-ments to sneak in and takeadvantage of any lacuna inthis centrally sponsored scheme", he said adding thatthe scheme provides for get-ting admission in the educa-tional institutions by the stu-dents on their own and if theyobtain first five positions inthe Entrance Tests held bythese institutions, they areonly then entitled for scholar-ship under the SSS.Omar Abdullah said thatsome NGOs and the educa-tional institutions haveadmitted students in bulk despite the fact that there is acap placed in the scheme for grant of scholarship to onlyfirst five position holders. "Itis as such required for stu-dents to ascertain whether they are falling in the firstfive positions or not beforemoving ahead to seek admis-sion under  8Contd p2

NEW DELHI, OCT 04: TheElection Commission of India on Fridayannouncedassembly polls infive states between

 November 11 a nd December 4, setting the ball rolling for what promises to be thesemi-final between Congressand BJP before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.While Delhi, MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan and Mizoram will have a single-day poll on December 4,

 November 25, December 1and December 4 respectively,Chhattisgarh will have two-

 phased polling on November 11 and November 19.As many as 18 Naxal-infest-ed constituencies in Bastar region of south Chhattisgarhand Kanker and Ranjnandgaon in northChhattisgarh will go to pollsin the first phase, facilitatingmaximum deployment of thenearly 50,000 troops provid-ed to the EC for poll security.The remaining 72 constituen-

cies of Chhattisgarh willelect their representatives on

 November 19.Counting for all the stateswill be held on December 8,and the poll process complet-ed by December 11.Incidentally, the term of theMadhya Pradesh assem-

 bly is expiring a day later onDecember 12. "The model

code of conduct comes intoforce from this very moment,with the polls having beendeclared," Chief ElectionCommissioner V S Sampath,who was flanked by electioncommissioners H S Brahmaand S N A Zaidi, told newspersons while announc-ing the poll schedule. Theoutcome of  8Contd p2

SRINAGAR, OCT 04:Minister for Law, Justice &Parliamentary Affairs, Mir Saifullah on Friday informed the House that theGovernment has appointed Justice (Retd) M.L.Koul asInquiry Commission to look into the recent Shopian inci-dents. He was reacting to an

issue raised by Leader of theOpposition, Ms. MehboobaMufti during the Zero Hour in the House on Friday.The Minister said that the

 process of shif ting the CRPFcamp from Gagran Shopianhas already begun and it will

 be totally removed by 10thOctober.On another point raised byDr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamalregarding burning of OasisSchool and Ahmed Nagar incident, the Law Minister said that Government willmake a statement on both theissues in the House after obtaining details.Reacting to another issuerelated to man-animal con-flict in Bandipora area,which resulted into death of 5

children, the Law Minister said the matter is of seriousnature and he will take up theissue with the ForestMinister, who after obtainingthe reports will make a state-ment in the House.The issue was raised by Syed Basharat Bukhari.Mr. Aijaz Jan raised the issueof border firing in Poonchwhich has caused loss to thestanding crops of people. Hesought free ration for theaffected families.Mr. Ashok Kumar and Mr.Durga Dass demanded upgradation of high schoolsin their constituencies. Theysaid that for the past over twodecades the schools have not

 been upgraded in their areas,with the results 8Contd p2

NEW DELHI, OCT 04: Asthe ongoing Army operationagainst infiltrators fromPakistan in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir'sKupwara district entered eleventh day on Friday, theArmy Chief denied that therewas Kargil-like situation onthe Line of Control."There is nothing like that. Itwas an infiltration attempt byabout 30 to 40 terrorists; theyattempted this infiltration atfour or five places. We had information about it. Theyhave been stopped, prevent-ed, neutralized some of themand operations are on to flushthem out," said GeneralBikram Singh, when asked that there are media specula-tions about the present situa-tion in Keran Sector beinganother Kargil. "No village

has been occupied. It's anarea where they have comein, we are dominating fromall sides and the terrorists areholed up. It's a brokenground, it's very difficult ter-rain; they are stuck in thatand we will take them on," headded. Highly-placed sources today said that thecounter-offensive was in thefinal stages. The latest infil-tration 8Contd p2

Infiltration bidfoiled in Keran,

two militants killed

SRINAGAR, OCT 04:Two militants were killed 

 by the Indian Army inKupwara district of Kashmir on Friday wherethe Army foiled an infiltra-tion bid.Two intruding guerrillaswere killed in the Keransector of the Line of Control (LoC) where alerttroops of the Army spotted a group of infiltrating guer-rillas and challenged them,a defence spokesman said.

The Army's operationagainst the 30-40 infiltra-tors in Keran sector hasentered the 8Contd p2

NEW DELHI, OCT 04:Railways has decided toincrease passenger fare and freight tariff by about 2 per cent from next week to offsetthe financial burden arisingout of increased input cost.Railways is expected to mopup about Rs 1250 crore fromthe hike in the last six monthsof the current fiscal, sourcesin the ministry said. The sub-urban and non-surban fareswould, however, remainuntouched. The decision onthe fresh round of hike has

 been taken under the systemof fuel adjustment component(FAC) about which anannouncement was made inthe 2011-12 rail budget.Railways has taken into

account the additional burden

of 7.3 per cent increase indiesel price and about 15 per cent in electricity hike. Whilethe fare of AC and sleeper class will be increased byabout 2 per cent, the freightrate will go up by 1.7 per cent, as per the decision.Railways has imposed 15 per cent levy as the busy seasoncharge on all commoditiesfrom October 1 and the FAC-linked revision is likely totake effect from October 10.According to the budget pro-

 posal, the fuel component issegregated from tariff as FACand the railways is expected to revise the passenger and freight tariff after every sixmonths taking into accountthe input cost and the prevail-

ing market condition.

NEW DELHI, OCT 04: As part of efforts to build up mil-itary infrastructure along the

 border with China, the IAFon Friday said it plans todevelop a fighter aircraft

 base at Nyoma in Ladakh and is upgrading seven airfieldsfor carrying out 24X7 opera-tions in the northeast.The service is also consider-ing extending the runwaylength and upgrading theKargil airfield close to theLine of Control withPakistan, its chief NAK Browne."Nyoma is an important loca-tion for both the Army and the IAF in the south east of Ladakh where we have good weather all round the year...

The cost of developing the

air base would be around Rs2,173 crore and it will take 4-5 years to develop it," hesaid, addressing the 81st Air Force Day press conference.Browne said the proposal for developing the Nyoma air field was mooted in 2010with the landing of an An-32transport aircraft there. It isright now with the finance

ministry and is expected to

 be taken up by the Cabinetnext month, he said."All types of aircraft includ-ing fighters, helicopters and transport aircraft would beable capable of beingdeployed and operated fromthere," he said.Browne said the airbase,located at an altitude of around 13,000 feet, is lower 

in height than 8Contd p2

NEWS IN BRIEF

GUV GREETS PEOPLE

ON NAVRATRAS

JAMMU, OCT 04: Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, hasgreeted the people on thecommencement of holy

 Navratr as and prayed for communal harmony, brother-hood, peace, progress and 

 prosperity in the State.In a message of greetings,the Governor said that the

 Navratras have an added sig-nificance in Jammu and Kashmir as, during this peri-od, the Holy Shrine of ShriMata Vaishno Deviji attractsa very large number of pil-grims from all parts of thecountry. 8Contd p2

RUPEE GAINS,

DOLLAR WEAKENS

MUMBAI, OCT 04: Therupee rose to a near two-month high on Friday, end-ing the week with 1.8 per 

cent gains, as the dollar struggled against global cur-rencies due to the continued 

 politi cal impasse that hasshut down the US govern-ment. The rupee hasremained broadly supported 

 by inflows and the absenceof dollar demand from thestate-run oil refiners, whilecompanies and foreign fundshave sold  8Contd p2

Einstein's brainwas very

different: studyNEW DELHI, OCT 04:Why was Einstein such a

 brilliant scientis t? This ques-tion has fascinated the world ever since he published four scientific papers in one 'mir-acle year' - 1905 - and forev-er changed the way humanslooked at space, time, energyand mass. Several scientificstudies of Einstein's brainstructure have been done,

noting some differencesfrom brains 8Contd p2

13 people sentenced tol i fe for recruit ing youngmen for terror ist campsKOCHI, OCT 04: An NIAspecial court on Friday sen-tenced 13 people to lifeimprisonment on charges of recruiting young men fromKerala for terrorist camps inJammu and Kashmir.

 National Investi gationAgency (NIA) special judgeS. Vijayakumar had onTuesday held the 13 guilty of waging war against thenation but let off five othersfor lack of evidence.Of the 13, four were handed out a double life term. Theyincluded T. Nazeer, the self-styled south India chief of the terrorist group, Lashkar-

e-Taiba. The 8Contd p2

Telanganarepercussions

echo inSeemandhara

HYDERABAD, COT 04:The Centre's approval for creation of Telangana set off intensified protests inSeemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh on Fridayeven as a state minister resigned, bringing to the foredisquiet in the Congress.The 13 districts in coastalAndhra and Rayalaseemaregions of the state, alreadywitnessing protests for over two months, descended intochaos with supporters of united Andhra Pradesh tak-

ing to streets against theCentre's 8Contd p2

NGOS FIDDLING IN SSS TO BE INVESTIGATEDBY CRIME BRANCH: OMAR ABDULLAH

EVMs to have NOTA button

India on election mode, poll datesout in five states announced

Justice (Retd) Koul to head Shopian inquiry c ommission,Gagran camp to be shifted by Oct 10: Saifullah

No Kargil-like situation in Keran says Army Chief 

Railways to hike passenger,freight rates by 2 percent

Air base being mooted at Nyoma in Ladakh

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NGOs fiddling ...SSS", he elaborated.The Chief Minister said that SSS could provehighly beneficial for the students of the Stateto seek higher trainings and education in thereputed educational institutions in theCountry. However, he underlined the impor-tance of involving the State Government inthe implementation of the scheme throughHigher Education Department so that stu-dents do not get led astray by unscrupulouselements and are properly guided for seeking

admission and obtaining scholarships provid-ed under the scheme. He said matter hasalready been taken up with the UnionGovernment. He expressed the hope that pos-itive results will be coming soon in this direc-tion.

Intervening during the reply of another ques-tion by G. N. Moonga, the Chief Minister said that while the Government will take neces-sary measures to check the violation of trafficrules, the inculcation of awareness in people

 particularly the youth about the safety aspectswhile driving the vehicles and two wheelers,is of paramount importance. He said youthshould be made well-versed about this impor-tance so that they do not risk their lives whiledriving scooters and motorcycles. He said bynot taking care of safety measures includingwearing of helmets they put their lives to risk."They consider fast driving and not using hel-mets as an element of bravery but this, in fact,is opposite to be the brave and the wise", hesaid and reminded the parents of their respon-sibility and role to make youngsters aware of 

the importance of adopting safety measureswhile driving vehicles.

India on election ...the year-end match up is expected to have a

 bearing on the outcome of the Lok Sabha bat-tles, by providing tail wind to whoever comesup trumps in the first round.

For the first time, the EC will provide "noneof the above" (NOTA) button on electronicvoting machines (EVMs). "On the ballotingunit, below the name of the last candidate,

there will now be a button for NOTA optionso that electors who do not want to vote for 

any of the candidates can exercise this option by pressing the button against NOTA.The CEC Sampath said the Commission

would be spreading awareness among thevoters about this new option, through field-level officials to be especially trained for the

 purpose.It may be recalled that a September 27 judg-

ment of the Supreme Court had directed theEC to provide NOTA option on the ballot

 papers and EVMs.

Another recent Supreme Court judgment thatwill be implemented in the upcoming polls isthe requirement of having all columns filled 

in affidavits to be filed by the candidate. ASeptember 13 order of the apex court had made it obligatory for the returning officer "to

check whether the information required isfully furnished at the time of filing of affi-

davit with nomination paper". If a candidateleaves any column blank, the returning offi-cer will issue a notice to him to file the affi-

davit with all columns filled. If the candidatestill fails to fall the columns, the nomination

 paper will be liable to be rejected.

Another first in these state polls is the deploy-ment of central awareness observers, over and above the general observers, expenditureobservers, police observers and micro-observers. They will oversee the efficient and 

effective management of the electoral process...mainly in the field of voter aware-ness and facilitation. "Awareness observerswill be deployed in two phases of seven dayseach and shall observe the interventionsundertaken by the election machinery to

 bridge the gap in people's participation in theelectoral process, particularly in voters'turnout," said a press note issued by the EC.

Justice (Retd) Koul ..the students are facing difficulty.Ch. Zulfikar demanded more ambulances inDarhal area.Mr. Abdul Haq Khan demanded adequatefunds for maintenance of power infrastruc-

ture in his constituency.Mr. Abdul Rehman Veeri drew the attentionof Government towards employees' strike and urged for steps to defuse the situation. Mr.Abdul Gaffar Sofi demanded immediaterepair of burnt electric transformers in hisconstituency.Mr. Radhey Sham Sharma sought relief pack-age for the border people of Nowshera on the

 pattern of Khour border migrants.Er. Rashid wanted to know the identity of militants who were killed in Keran Sector bythe Army in the on-going operation.

Mohammad Sharief Niaz called for strength-ening communal harmony in the areas wherecommunal violence erupted. He said promot-ing mutual brother-hood is essential to main-tain the peaceful environment in the State.Mr. G.M. Saroori sought implementation of decisions taken in various DDB meetings,with special mention of establishment of newhealth centres in his area.Ms. Indu Pawar sought strengthening of tourism infrastructure in Marh constituencyin view of existence of several ancient tem-

 ples and shrines in the area.Mr. Krishan Chander Bhagat demanded newadministrative units in Chenani constituencyin view of huge catchment area.Hakim Mohammad Yasin drew the attentionof Government towards loss of crops due toheavy rain and hailstorm in Khan Sahib

Constituency and demanded appropriatecompensation and free ration after proper sur-vey.Mr. M.Y. Tarigami condemned the brutalkilling of former Director SKIMS, D r. Jalal,adding that with his demise the State has lostan eminent doctor. He expressed doubt thathis death was due to security lapse. He soughta statement from the Government on theissue.Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta alleged that ration is

not distributed to the consumers as per thefixed scale. The sugar is not distributed for the past over three months. He urged theGovernment to look into the issue and ensureadequate supply of ration to the consumers.Mr. Jagdish Sepolia demanded immediaterestoration of Dhar-Mahanpur road, addingthat road suffered huge damage due to heavyrains.Mr. Nizam-ud-Din Bhat called for expedi-tious disbursement of compensation to thoseaffected due to Kishen Ganga Power Project.He sought involvement of local MLA in thedisbursement process.Mr. Javed Mustafa Mir wanted to know thestatus of Trans-World Muslim University Billwhich stand passed by the Lower House.Peerzada Mansoor Hussain raised the issue of 

damage of crops due to hailstorm in his con-stituency and sought compensation to the

affected families.Prof.Gharu Ram Bhagat, Master Lal Chand,Mr. Jugal Kishore, Mr. Sham Lal Choudharyand Mr. Charanjeet Singh raised the issue of heavy damage to private property and 

Government infrastructure due to persistentrains in their areas and demanded adequatecompensation to the affected people and restoration of essential infrastructure.Mr. Ashwani Sharma expressed concern over the frequent incidents of border infiltrationwhich has caused security concern among the

 people. He sought concrete steps to check the border infiltration.Mr. T. Namgyal demanded immediate filling

up of vacant posts of teachers and adequatesupply of essentials in Nobra.Mr. Yashpal Kundal demanded holiday on theoccasion of birth anniversary of ex-MaharajaGulab Singh.Dr. Shafi Ahmed Wani demanded additional

accommodation for Beerwah College and filling up of all vacant posts of teachers in hisconstituency.Mr. Balwant Singh Mankotia demanded improvement of roads in and around theCourt Complex in Udhampur.Syed Bashir Ahmed urged for immediate

 posting of doctors against the vacant posts inhis constituency.Mr. Harshdev Singh sought thorough probe inthe purchase of RGGVY transformers inUdhampur district. He said 200 transformers

were installed in Udhampur district under RGGVY, out of which 106 stands damaged which are un-repairable and people are suf-fering badly in the absence of damaged trans-formers. He alleged that some private firmsupplied inferior transformers and Government should hold an inquiry and pun-ish the defaulters.Mr. Ashok Khajuria demanded early holdingof Municipal Corporation/Local Bodies elec-tions in the state.Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed Shah demanded earlyfilling of posts of teachers/principals in Tralareas.Ch. Sukhnandan Kumar, Peer Afaq, Mr.Mohammad Ashraf Ganai, Ms. Bimla Luthraand Mr. Rafi Ahmed Mir also raised issues of 

 public importance relating to their constituen-

cies.

No Kargil-like ...attempt reportedly involves between 30 and 

40 militants and Pak Special Forces troops,

who entered the Indian Territory on

September 24 and occupied an abandoned 

village along the Line of Control. The inci-

dent is being labeled by many as Pakistan's

attempt to do a second Kargil in the state.Army sources said intermittent firing contin-

ued in Shala Batu village between infiltrators

and 1300 Gurkha Rifles jawans. The fighting

has been going on in a one square kilometre

area.

The Army has been cautiously carrying outthe operation since there are fears the infiltra-

tors may have mined the area.

Till now, five Army soldiers have been

injured in the operation in which 12 infiltra-

tors are reported have been killed. However,

no bodies have been recovered from the area

so far and the Army believes infiltrators could 

have taken them back across the LoC.

The Pakistani Army has refuted the claims

that its special troops were involved in the

infiltration. The Indian Army suspects

Pakistan's Border Action Team could be

involved in the incident.Ironically, the infiltration took place justahead of the crucial meeting between thePrime Ministers of India and Pakistan in New

York on September 29, on the sidelines of theUN General Assembly.Meanwhile, the Army on Friday foiled anoth-

er infiltration bid in Keran sector, killing twomilitants, a defence spokesman said.

Infiltration bid ...11th day on Friday.The Army has claimed to kill 15 of these sur-rounded militants but so far no bodies have

 been recovered.Defence sources also said that for the last 24hrs, the probing fire by the Army has not beenreturned by the militants in the area where the

Army is proceeding very cautiously to clear the cordoned area.

Telanganarepercussions ...move, blocking highways and railway tracksand forcing closure of shops, business estab-lishments as well as educational institutions.The 48-hour shutdown called by AndhraPradesh Non-Gazetted Officers Associationand other pro-united Andhra outfits to protestthe Centre's decision saw sporadic incidentsof violence, including attacks on Congress

 party offices, as normal life was thrown out of gear.YSR Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddyhas given a separate call for a 72-hour shut-down.Amid the mounting protests, Andhra Pradesh

law minister Erasu Pratap Reddy resigned from his post and relinquished primary mem-

 bership of Congress.Hours before a meeting of ministers, MPs and legislators of Seemandhra region called bychief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to dis-cuss the situation in the aftermath of theCentre's decision, Erasu called on governor ESL Narasimhan this afternoon and put in his

 papers.Erasu was among a dozen ministers who had submitted their resignations to the chief min-ister following July 30 decision of Congressworking committee giving the go ahead for splitting the state. His resignation had not

 been accepted."The Congress' decision to bifurcate AP isagainst democracy. The Congress will be

totally wiped out in Seemandhra," Erasu told reporters after meeting the governor.

Last week, animal husbandry minister PViswarupu had quit his post as well as theCongress party over the proposed bifurcationof the state. His resignation was accepted bythe governor on the advice of the chief minis-ter.Meanwhile, YSR Congress chief Y S

Jaganmohan Reddy, whose release from jail a

few days ago is expected to provide added  political muscle to the anti-Telangana move-

ment, has announced he would undertake an

indefinite fast from tomorrow against the

Centre's decision to divide Andhra Pradesh.A delegation of YSR Congress party would 

call on the President and others to highlight"injustice" being meted out to Seemandhraregion, Jaganmohan, whose movement had 

 been restricted by the order of a court whichgranted him bail in a disproportionate assets

case, said.

He criticised the Centre for doing away withthe practice of bringing a resolution for cre-

ation of Telangana in the state assembly for 

 passage before deciding to bifurcate the state.

Protests fuelled by the Centre's decision onTelangana have engulfed large parts of 

Seemandhra region with thousands of state-run buses off the roads.The vital Chennai-Kolkata National Highwaywas blocked by protesters at Elamanchili inVisakhapatnam district where vehicles were

stranded in a stretch of four kilometres.The agitators, who attacked Congress officesin some places, directed their anger at state

 party chief Botsa Satyanarayana atVizinagaram near Visakhapatnam when they

tried to storm his residence.Police burst teargas shells and used batons tochase away the protesters who mostly com-

 prised students and state government employ-ees. The crowd clashed with the police and damaged their vehicles.

Guv greets ...The Governor said that the commencement of the Navratras is also marked by the beginningof a grand Festival at Katra, the base town for 

the commencement of the trek to the ShriMata Vaishno Deviji Shrine. This Festival,interalia, showcases the glorious traditions of the composite cultural ethos of the State.On this auspicious occasion, the Governor 

 prayed for the well-being of the people of theState.

Rupee gains , ....the weakening greenback.Reduced concerns about the domestic econo-my have also helped. Reserve Bank of India(RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said on

Friday there was no reason to dispute the gov-ernment's estimate of 5-5.5 per cent econom-ic growth for the current fiscal year.Global currency market sentiment is likely to

 be driven by the US deficit and debt ceilingnegotiations, with markets likely to turn morerisk averse closer to October 17, the date bywhich the US Congress must approve raisingthe country's borrowing limit."The market should not be very complacentseeing the rupee stability. The economy fun-damentally is worse off from a year earlier asthe fiscal deficit is higher and growth islower," said Samir Lodha, managing director at QuantArt Market Solutions."The rupee will remain vulnerable to any dol-lar strength," he said.The partially convertible rupee closed at

61.43/44 per dollar compared with61.735/745 on Thursday, a third day of riseand a fourth week of gains out of five. It roseto 61.25 in the session, its best level sinceAugust 13.Earlier in the session, stop-losses were trig-

gered after the rupee hit 61.64, which marked the highest since the Federal Reserve's sur-

 prise decision to continue its bond stimuluslast month.The currency's gains have come as the dollar continued to struggle near an eight-monthlow as the US government shutdown dragged on. Meanwhile, the euro held firm, boosted 

 by positive euro zone data.In the offshore non-deliverable forwards, theone-month contract was at 61.91, while thethree-month was at 62.94.

In the currency futures market, the most-trad-ed near-month dollar/rupee contracts on the

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Einstein's brain ...of 'normal' human beings.

 Now the Chinese have also joined the search.

In a new study published this week in the sci-

entific journal Brain, a group of scientistsfrom East China Normal University,

Shanghai, analysed Einstein's brain images

which were provided by their colleagues

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study, which is the first to detail Einstein'scorpus callosum, the brain's largest bundle of fibers that connects the two cerebral hemi-spheres and facilitates interhemispheric com-munication."This study, more than any other to date, real-ly gets at the 'inside' of Einstein's brain," said Dean Falk, evolutionary anthropologist atFlorida State University and a co-author. "It

 provides new information that helps make

sense of what is known about the surface of Einstein's brain.""This technique should be of interest to other researchers who study the brain's all-impor-tant internal connectivity," he added.Einstein's brain was removed by Doctor 

Thomas Harvey at Princeton University a fewhours after his death in 1955. It was largely

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graphs were also given to the museum.Current research holds the right hemisphereas involved in processing form, structure, and 

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ing stimuli, in which discerning the specificsequential order is critical to perception. The

left hemisphere of the brain contains regionsresponsible for grammar, vocabulary and lit-eral meanings of words. It also contains areas

that do exact mathematical computation. Theright hemisphere processes intonation of lan-

guage and general quantities.Men's technique measures and color-codesthe varying thicknesses of subdivisions of the

corpus callosum along its length, wherenerves cross from one side of the brain to the

other. These thicknesses indicate the number of nerves that cross and therefore how "con-nected" the two sides of the brain are in par-

ticular regions, which facilitate differentfunctions depending on where the fibers cross

along the length. For example, movement of the hands is represented toward the f ront and mental arithmetic along the back.

In particular, this new technique permitted registration and comparison of Einstein'smeasurements with those of two samples -

one of 15 elderly men and one of 52 menEinstein's age in 1905, the 'miracle year'.The research team's findings show that

Einstein had more extensive connections between certain parts of his cerebral hemi-

spheres compared to both younger and older 

control groups. The research of Einstein's

corpus callosum was initiated by Men, whorequested the high-resolution photographs

that Falk and other researchers published in

2012 of the inside surfaces of the two halvesof Einstein's brain.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2013 3Interview

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: Dr. Sahib youhave fought Parliamentary elections threetimes. Tell us how you could do it especial-ly about your past?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: I amfrom a poor family. My father was in the army who after retirement took to agriculture. Since my form-ative years I have been associated with agri-culture and there is not a single work rightfromsowing to harvesting or even milkingcows that escaped my hands. My brothers too

 joined me in various aspects of farming.I joined MAM College in 1972. At the sametime I joined RSS where I was a Pracharak,the whole timer. During emergency I wasinterned and booked under Defence of India Rule. Then I joined Akhil BharitiyaVidhathi Parishad (ABVP). In the mean timeI went to Ludhiana and joined a job as lec-turer. I was there till 1989. In that year I was joined Jammu Universi ty. In 1990 I wasgiven the job of coordinating rehabilitationand relief effort of RSS forKashmiri dis-placed people who had come out of Kashmir as a result of terrorism? I wasmade ABVP President and after the deathof Pandit Vaid Vishnu Dutt jee I fought theelections from Jammu Poonch constituency.I was at number two after the results of thepolling. I lost with A narrowmargin attributed towhole scale rigging. After wards I was madestate president BJP and then again I foughtanother MPelecti on in 2004. This time I gotthree lakh two thousand votes, the highestpolled by any BJPcandidate in the state. Withno anti incumbency factor to help me still I lostby a narrowmargin of 17000 votes to the con-gress candidate.Soon after the Sri Amarnath agitation of 2008 Iwas in the thick of things with plunging myself headlong in the agitation which was a water shedmovement for all nationalist and rightminded people of the entire state. When theunfortunate episode of lifting the dead body of martyr Kuldeep Vermaf romParade groundtook place I was present at the scene and

vehemently opposing the police atrocity. In notime I was arrested and sent to aremote bor-der police post cut off f rommy party and peo-ple, for two days nobody knewwhere I actuallywas. Thence after my party asked me to con-test for the Assembly elections. This time itwas a neck to neck contest and again I lost bya very narrowmargin of 2000 votes.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: Education andpolitics are two different things. How youmaintain a balance and do you think youare doing justice to both?

4DR. NIRMAL SINGH: Emphatically poli-tics and education are two different things.Being a university teacher, it becomes more asacred duty because you are in the portals of higher learning. Interestingly UGCgave aguide line in 1987 that university professorscan join politics in order to bring in academicprecision and learning into the humdrumandrumble tumble of politics. My party and RSS,my nursery of political and social grooming,gaveme a go ahead and thus I joined politics.It was not a spontaneous decision but a cali-brated one that prompted my entry into poli-tics. Besides, I think I amfortunate to haveinherited tough genes which enable me to clickin both fields. In University I forget the NirmalSingh as a politician. I make it a point that Itake classes regularly and ask any of my stu-dents they will echo the same sentiments.Presently eight students are doing research

under me. Interestingly one among themisdoing PhDon Article 370 whether it hasbrought any good to the peopleof the state or not. My students are my real investment andthey are sacred trust with me.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: It is a fact thatyou lost every election. Were you unable tocapitalize on the political situation or thekind of milage that BJP as a party gives

you?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: Constant shift-ing took a toll. First I was giv en JammuPoonch Parliamentry constituency, fol-lowed by Gandhi Nagar Assembly seat.Then I was shifted to Doda- Udhampur parlia-mentary constituency. Still if you impartiallyanalyse all these elections which I lost I wasnewto the voters. I got scant time to touch achord with them. Yet I amhighly thankful to theoverwhelming support I received from every

place, I contested. The very narrowmargin, bywhich I lost tells that all. Yet in a democracyvictory is a victory and a defeat is a defeat.This time I see the opportune moment toreverse the tide, if I amasked to join the elec-tion fray. Nowpeople knowme well. Theyhave understood my brand of constructive poli-tics. Hence if given a chance it will be a differ-ent story this time.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: In Doda-Udhampur there are two factors workingagainst you, one is Panthers Party becauseProf. Bhim Singh has said he will contestfrom Doda- Udhampur, the other is Prof.Chaman Lal Gupta factor . How will younuetralise rather tackle them both

4DR. NIRMAL SINGH: Both these fac-tors will not matter. People see the credibilityand past contributions of the people.Importantly persons do not matter much, whatmatters is ideology and a clean image.Voters are intelligent. They have seen throughthe games of some persons, hence they aretoday at the margins despite their bravado.Today the whole country is watching with avidinterst and hopes the rise of Modi phenomena.Doda -Udhampur is not insular to this happen-ing. Many issues drive voters to vote. Theissue of terrorism, under development, crimi-nalization of politics, and communalization of politics are pressing matters. The matter of refugees, displaced people, Kashmiri Panditsand decline of lawand order are other matterswhich our party has taken up and raised voic-es for the depressed citizens of the state. Our party has raised these issues aggressively andwe are in touch with the people. Since earlymorning to late evening, people ring me, askme to do this or that or come to meet me or Igo to listen to their problems. We in deferenceof their wishes and hopes have always tried tobe with them, whether it is in the remote ham-lets or hilly vill ages. In addition the work andcontact with the people that we are presentlyfocusing on, will result into a thumping victoryfor BJP.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: During my talkswith people of Kishtwar there is a resent-ment that it was BJP especially Prof. NirmalSingh and Ashok K hajuria who acepetedthe paltry compensation package of Rs 5lakh when the loss on the ground was run-ning into crores.

4DR. NIRMAL SINGH: This is far fromthe truth. We were heading an all party dele-gation to Kishtwar and we managed tobring the minority community on the table todiscuss the matter. One day earlier the Chief Minister on his visit failed to do that. Our efforts were lauded by Taj Mohuddin and thisis on record. Yes when it comes to the dis-cussion in the compensation then KhajuriaJi and other BJP members of the Kishtwar dirstict had stuck to one and only demand of providing the comple loss to thore who were

effected in riots. Yes when it comes to thediscussion of Rs.2 lack or Rs.5 lack this wasa demand of immediate reflief which the gov-ernment said will be provided within twodays. Rs.2 lack for minor loss and Rs.5 lackfor those who had a major loss that too tillthe the time government agencies calculatethe actual loss of the property lost.Previously no government had accepted thecompensation of Rs 5 lakh for the damaged

properties per owner. We were only mediat-ing. The compensation package was notaccepted by BJP.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: Why did BJPcall off the Jammu Bandh when nothingwas paid to victims?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: The reality is thatBJPgave a one day call for Jammu Bandh.We were members of all party delegation.Then news appeared in a local daily in whichDIG Doda Kishtwar was referred to have said

that they had arrested the mastermind of theKishtwar riots. We immediately criticized hisstatement and pressed for his suspension or removal because his statement was far from thetruth. BJP had demanded that the HomeMinister should resignwhich he did. Wealsodemanded theinvestigation of the riots by a judi-cial commission, whichwas accepted. Thecom-pensation demand was partially accepted. Insucha situation BJPhad no reason but to calloff thecall for extendedJammuBandh.BJPpressed that at least Rs 2 lakh should begiven within two days but despite promisesby Taj Mohuddin nothing happened. Now thegovernment is back tracking on all matters.The findings of theJudicial Commissionwere to be submitted in a timebound man-ner and that too is not happening.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: The judicialInquiry is headed by Jus tice RC Gandhiwho was given appointment letter 20 daysafter announcement. Do you think he willdeliver as people of Kishtwar have doubtsabout the commission itself?

4DR. NIRMAL SINGH: The statementsof Chief Minister, and Taj Mohuddin that theKishtwar riots were an international con-spiracy and BJP too believes that it was alarge game plan to target minorities inKishtwar . But the government has failed todeliver on the matter. The judicial commissionis alright but people are not happy with the

investigation which ought to be undertaken byCBI. In fact Taj Mohuddin said that if the judi-cial commission thinks it prudent to get thematter investigated by some other agency itwill be done. Sadly all these promises havenot been made. BJPhence doubts the sinceri-ty of the government.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: You say it wasan international conspiracy then by thiscan it be construed that Ex-Home Minister Sajjad Kitchloo was also a part of interna-tional conspiracy.

4DR. NIRMAL SINGH: Of-course hisrole has to be inv estigated in these param-eters. It is important to know why such atop government functionary sat still anddid nothing when minorities were hounded,killed and their properties and housedrazed to ground by a JCB machine. Insteadour party funct ionaries are being targetedas the master minds. It is complete non-sense and a cruel joke played on theminorities. A gun shop was looted and 43guns were distributed. These guns wereused to target minorities. In such an atmos-phere of fear and government apathy wedemand the dubious role of NationalConference politician like Sajjad Kitchloowho was sitting just meters away from theplace of incidents. There are credible reportsthat the riots were planned months earlier andpeople sawmasked men entering the entireChenab valley with nefarious designs to create

another Kashmir like situation in Kishtwar. Itwas only BJPwhich first raised the Kishtwar issuein the Parliament and will continue toagitate for the victims of the riots and press for their complete rehabilitation.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: What is your message to the people of Kishtwar?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: First of all me andmy party has apprehensions about the credibil-ity of DIG. He is a dubious official who isharassing the minorities and young people for no reason. He must be shifted at once.Secondly, the one man judicial commission willdo nothing because the person who is headingthe commission has no credibility among thepeople. BJP wants a CBI inquiry in t he mat-ter.My message to the people of Kishtwar is to beunited and fight the evil forces with full vigour.Entire nation is rock solid behind them.India will not be cowed down by a bunch of scoundrels, looters and terrorists. Peopleof Kishtw ar are brave. The role of the peo-ple of Kishtwar, Doda & Bhaderwah tofight militancy is historical. We salute their patriotism. BJPwill not allowharassment of any nationalist person whether Hindu or Muslim in any part of the state.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: How you envis-age yourself as a prospective candidate for the parliamentary elections 2014? In factthere are reports that you are the party can-

didate for Doda -Udhampur parliamentaryconstituency. How will you like to react onit?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: It is in fact theprerogative of the party high command. I amafoot soldier of the party. But if given the oppor-tunity, this time it will be different and we shallwin taking into view the work that we havedone at the grass root level.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: There is animpression that you are ignoring Jammuand focusing much on K ashmir. Secondly,is it true that t he lack of leadership hascost you dearly?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: We are a nation-alist party. But Jammu will never be ignored.Previously BJP was touted as a Hindu partywith only a support base in Jammu. Being anationalist party we have look for Ladakh andKashmir as well but i t does not mean Jammuwill be ignored. For the state unit of BJP,Jammu is like Karam Bhoomi.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: There is animpression that your party has ignoredDoda, Bhaderwah and Kishtwar. How youfeel about it and what about your presencein other regions?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: It is a figment of imagination. We have a strong presence inthese important regions, and in the last oneand a half years we are working to strengthenour party base at the grass root level. Tobeprecise, during last two years I havebeen mostof the time intheDoda, Kishtwar , Bhaderwahregions than I have beenin Jammu. So it is anallegation which has no basis at all. Leadershipis slowly coming up in these regions and asyou well know, it is not in days that a credibleleadership is developed. It takes time and thistime the party is optimistic that things areimproving. Our presencein the state hasincreased. In Kargil local body elections our candidates, all Muslims came thirdahead of PDP. I was in chargeof the poll committee inKargil. InLadakh we are first factor inthe politi-cal stakes. Similarly we are having a presencein Kashmir and every day weare increasingand improving our acceptability.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: Translated intoseats, how many seats will BJP win in thecoming elections? Will not the breakawayBJP group turn spoiler in the electoral cal-culations?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: As said earlier BJPhas improved its baseandacceptability quo-tient. This is very important. We have come outof the past happenings andwe intend tolook tothe futurewith enthusiasmand vigour. BJPhasenergized 60%of booths. The Modi factor isworking wonders and people are looking toBJP eagerly. In seat terms I amsure that thistime we shall win 2 Lok Sabha seats fromJammu and one from Ladakh. In the valleyour voteshare will improve significantly. Thiswill result into consolidation of votes for 

 Assembly elections scheduled late 2014.In the Assem bly elect ions w e shall w in 15 to 20seats. This way we shall become political driv-ers of the State. To reach this level we areworking hard. All our party men are full of hopebut not leaving anything to chance.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: What aboutDelimitation and Article 370. If BJP getsmajority will it do away with the article?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: Delimitation wasa cunning ploy and a trick played on the peo-ple of Jammu and Kashmir. At that time thediscussion was on the ban on the number of seats but it turned out to be otherwise. The NCpassed delimitation instead, which unfortunate-ly will continue till 2026. The Kashmir centricparties spearheaded by NChad a brute major-ity. So the Delimitation Bill was passed withbrute majority in utter disregard to democraticconsensus. So Far as Article 370 is con-

cerned, BJPis opposed to it in letter and spirit.But we have to understand that it is a constitu-tional provision and will go through an act of parliament amending the Constitution. It is notas easy as saying. We have to bepractical. Toachieve we have to educate the masses aswell as the members of Parliament that this

 Article runs counter to the very spirit of IndianConstitution. This Article will have to go someday but the opposition to it and education on

its immense evil effects will go side by side.Even eminent jurists feel that it has not helpedthe people of Jammu and Kashmir. On thecontrary if Article 370 is something of a rev-olutionary Article then it ought to beextended to other states as well. Here theneed is to educate the people of Jammu andKashmir that it is a big stumbling block in their way to progress and development.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: What will bethe agenda of BJP for the people of Jammuand Kashmir?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: The people of the state have seen Congress -PDP allianceand now they have tasted the bitter fruits of Congress- NC alliance. Corruption, nondeliverance and opacity in the governanceare now order of the day. Lawand order is inshambles, so are the developmental schemes.Separatismand terrorismhas again taken cen-tre stage. The people are fed up with theseparties. They have an urge to see change. Inthis dismal scenario, it is only the BJPthat is abetter alternative. Development, fair play, nocommunal politics, rather a clean inclusive pol-itics, corruption free systemwill be our agendafor the Assembly elections.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: Recruitmentpolicy is in sh ambles, despite promises for a central recruitment package nothing hascome. What is your take on it?

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: The governmentis sitting still of the promise of providingone lakh jobs as promised during GhulamNabi Azad's tenure. Nothing has happened.Udaan and other schemes are only on thepapers. The jobs promised for KashmiriPandits, displaced from the valley are onlyon finger tips. Youth are feeling demoral-ized. Jammu this time is in sociological cri-sis. The young people have been forced toseek employment elsewhere. It is a heartbreaking scenario. The refugees of 1947and PoKrefugees are living as second classcitizens. We promise to reverse this trend.Providing jobs will be the top most concern of BJPif it comes to power. Still we have foughtfor youth and shall continue to do so everyminute.

4ROHIT SINGH RANA: Your Politicalmessage to youth

4DR NIRMAL SINGH: I have a mes-sage to the youth. They should join the BJP. Itis a party of nationalism, a party that isagainst any appeasement and strives hard for the rise of youth who are the base if India andits very fabric. Narendra Modi has attractedyouth with his total focus on them. We want tomake a newIndia which is possible only if youth in large numbers join us. We have acomprehensive programme for youth basedpolicies. We have chalked out a st rategywhere by larger number of youth will begiven tickets to fight elections . We intend tobring in fresh ideas and blood in the politics.To me BJPis the best address for youth of this great nation.

BJP IS BEST ADDRESS

FOR YOUTH OF THE

COUNTRY: DR. NIRMAL

Meet Dr Nirmal Singh and you will find a man of impeccable manners and chiseled demeanor. Every inch an academic and first impression one gets, the man ismisfit in the politics. But as one talks with him and conversation unfolds, you gradually get an impression that a cold calculating politician with fine political

acumen is getting better of you. It is a learning process to be with him and talking. Dr Nirmal Singh represents the return of good honest and intellectual politi-cians who are willing to leave for a considerable period , the hallowed walls of academia and work for the people.What makes him more special is his humble

back ground where from he rose gradually up by sheer hard work. That makes a substantial difference because here is a learned man teaching History inJammu University and at the same time bringing flavor of Mother India to the politics.

RSR: Thanks for being

candid and frank Dr 

Singh. It was a great

pleasure talking toyou. May God bring to

fruition, all your wish-

es for a strong and

resilient India.

Student

Age Editor -in- Chief

Rohit Singh Rana had a

talk with him on variousissues. Here we present the full

conversation so as to share

his thoughts with our

esteemed

readers.

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SHALL WIN 15TO 20 SEATS.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2013 4STATE

SRINAGAR, OCT 04 : The Minister for Planning, Mr. Ajay Sadhotrainformed the House that an amount of Rs. 754.88 crore was provided by theState Planning Department for theimplementation of the CentrallySponsored Schemes in the State duringlast financial year and against which Rs.688.82 crore have been spent by the endof March 2013.Replying to a question by Mr. M. Y.Tarigami in Legislative Assembly hereon Friday, the Minister said that thefunds under Centrally SponsoredSchemes (CSS) do not lapse adding thatun spent balances at the end of the finan-cial year are revalidated by the con-cerned departments in the followingyears for their utilization.The Minister informed that at the end of 2012-13 out of the total availability of Central share of Rs. 4703.31 crore, anamount of Rs. 1150.55 crore hasremained un-utilized under differentCentrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS).He said the same are now being utilized

 by the departments in the curre nt year after its revalidation.Mr. Sadhotra said that the decisionstaken in the District Development Boardmeetings are implemented promptly as

far as possible. He however, said thedecisions involving policy matters andhaving huge financial implications arecritically examined by the concernedadministrative departments and if foundtechnically feasible are implemented ina phased manner subject to availabilityof resources.

The Planning Minister said that thedevelopmental works in the State partic-ularly in respect of CSS have not beenhampered for want of matching stateshare. He said while conveying authori-zation of the annual plans, the depart-ments are advised to earmark the Stateshare out of their allocations for the projects to be taken up under NABARDas per the norms / guidelines of theschemes adding that similarly, matchingstate share as per the funding pattern is being released in respect of various flag-ship programmes / CSS.Supplementaries were also raised by Mr.Harshdev Singh, Ms. Mehbooba MuftiMr. G. M. Saroori, Ch. Zulafkar Ali, andPeer Mansoor.

Govt released Rs. 754.88 cr for imple-

mentation of CSS last fiscal: SadhotraSRINAGAR, OCT 4: J&K Academy of Art, Culture &Languages Friday gaveaway the 2nd Best FilmCompetition Award recog-nizing quality work in fictionand non-fiction categories by local film makers andartists. The entries for com- petition, invited earlier, were judged by a committee of experts.In all, nine awards weregiven including the BestFilm, the 2nd Best Film andthe 3rd Best Film in both fic-tion and non-fiction cate-gories, the Best Director, theBest Actor (male) and theBest Actor (female).The awards were given away by Minister for Housing ,Horticulture & Culture,Raman Bhalla, at a functionheld at the Institute of HotelManagement auditoriumhere. Prominent artists, writ-ers, students and people inlarge numbers were present.The Best Film Award in non-fiction category went to'Quality of Life' produced byBig Fun Productions. The2nd and 3rd awards in thecategory were bagged,respectively, by 'Five ChirusFlat' produced by PublicService Broadcasting Trustand 'Caliemondy Revisited' produced by Tricorn Odeon.In the fiction category the1st, 2nd and 3rd awards wererespectively bagged by films'Auqat' produced by KrishnaProductions, 'Purana Ghar' produced by Debonair Filmand Video Communicationsand ' Hatchu Ichdar' pro-duced by Nanak VideoCommunications.Rahul Sharma bagged theBest Director Award for thefilm Auqat. The Best Actor 

(Male) was won by PankajKhajuria for his role inAuqat while Neelam baggedthe Best Actor (female)Awaed for her performancein Hatchu Ichdar.Alongside the award cere-mony, a 2-day festival of theawarded films was also inau-gurated at the venue. On theinaugural day, the Best Filmsin both fiction and non-fic-tion category were screened.The remaining four filmswould be screened onSaturday, the concluding dayof the event. The festival waskick-start by the Minister.The award in both fictionand non-fiction categoriescarries cash prize of Rs.25,000 for the Best film, Rs.20,000 for the 2nd Best Filmand Rs. 15, 000 for the 3rdBest Film. The award for theBest Director and Best Actor (male and female) carriescash prize of Rs. 20,000each. Besides, a memento,certificate and a shawl isgiven to each awardee.In his address, Minister for Housing, Horticulture &Culture, Raman Bhalla, said

that Jammu & Kashmir hasno dearth of talent in visualarts and the State govern-ment was committed to pro-mote this talent. He saidavenues would be exploredto harness the talent of our artists so that they can com- pete with the best in thecountry and elsewhere.The Minister said that theBest Film Competition start-ed by the Academy was animportant step aimed at pro-motion of visual art in theState.He said artists and other per-sons related with the produc-tion of films had workedhard and genuinely earnedawards for their work. Hecongratulated them for their achievement and hoped theywould do better in the com-ing years.Earlier in his welcomeaddress, Secretary Academy,Khalid Bashir Ahmad, saidthat the award was aimed atrecognizing and honouringcreativity in the visualmedia. He said the Academy provides platform to artists both in v isual and perform-

ing arts to showcase their tal-ent and also awards bestworks in art and literature.The Best Film CompetitionAward, he said, could beseen as an effort to encour-age and groom local talent infilm making.Khalid said that 16 filmswere received for the compe-tition including 9 in fictionand 7 in non-fiction catego-ry. He hoped that the compe-tition would encourage localfilm makers to participate inlarge numbers in future andmake it more competitive.He thanked the participating produ ctions houses andartists for making the com- petition a success.The entries were evaluatedand recommended for awards by a committee com- prisin g, among others,Kuldeep Sinha, former Director General, FilmsDivision, Government of India and S L Balmike prominent film expert.The Best Film in non-fictioncategory, Quality of Life,directed by Aakash Shakeel,deals with people sufferingfrom mental ailment andhighlights factors responsi- ble for increase in the num- ber of mentally ill peopleand the mental healthcareinfrastructure available inKashmir.Auqat, the Best Film in fic-tion category made in Dogrilanguage, revolves round thestruggle and aspirations of an unemployed graduatefrom a poor family and thedreams of his father aboutthe future of his son whoultimately lands up accept-ing a job of a peon in placeof his father on the latter'sretirement.

2nd Best Film Competition Award given away Artists are architects of societies: Bhalla

21 water filtration schemes to becompleted in Wachi : Sham

SRINAGAR, OCT 04 : As many as 21 new water filtrationschemes will be completed in Wachi Constituency in Shopiandistrict during the current financial year.The information was given by the Minister for PHE, Irrigation

and Flood Control, Mr. Sham Lal Sharma while replying to a

question by Mr. Showkat Hussain Ganie.

The Minister further said that in Wachi Constituency 36 water 

supply schemes and 13 filtration plants are presently opera-

tional.

 Rs. 21.50 lakh spends for promoting Siyar 

 Baba waterfall as tourism destinationSRINAGAR, OCT 04 :Minister for Tourism, Mr. GhulamAhmad Mir replying to a question by Vijay Bakaya said that

the government has earmarked an amount of Rs. 71 lakhunder Tourism sector for development and promotion of Siyar Baba waterfall near Reasi as a tourist destination.The Minister said that out of total allocated funds an amount

of Rs. 21.50 lakh has been spend so far for developing tourism

related infrastructure and parking facilities for the tourists vis-

iting the spot. Mr. Jugal Kishore also raised the supplemen-

tary to the question.

SRINAGAR, OCT 04 :

Minister for Tourism Mr.Ghulam Ahmad Mir replyingto a question by Dr. ShahnazGanai said that restoration of Poonch Fort was taken up inhand in the year 2006-07under Central FinancialAssistance at a cost of Rs.40.55 lakh. The amount wasutilized for conservation andre-use of Darbar Hall build-ing of the Fort.The Minister said that duringthe year 2011-12, another  projec t namely"Conservation andRestoration Plan for PoonchFort" was sanctioned at a

cost of Rs 379.14 lakh.The components mainlycomprise dismantling works,repair/reconstruction worksof the fort Rs 194.99 lakh,re-construction of damagedrampart wall Rs 64.23 lakh, providin g plinth protectionwithin and outside along thefort wall Rs 20.45 lakh and prov iding storm water drainage Rs 23.65 lakh.The shifting of Revenue

record room from the base-

ment of the Fort is under 

consideration for which land

is being identified, he said.

Mr. Mir said that there are 10

encroachments around the

Fort in Khasra No. 1553.

The encroachments/con-

structions have been

raised/made illegally prior to

the issuance of preliminary

notification SRO 17 dated

9.1.2012 under Ancient

Monuments and

Archaeological Sites and

Remains Act 1958 without

seeking permission from any

authority.

The Minister said that theconcerned executive agency

(District Administration)

shall take the necessary steps

to remove the encroachment

under Ancient Monuments

and Archaeological Sites and

Remains Act 1958 amended

from time to time. Necessary

 polic e assistan ce and

Magisterial services if 

required shall also be sought.

SRINAGAR, OCT 04: TheMinister for RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar on Friday said that there has been increase in incidents andcease fire violation during theyear 2013 along the Line of Control during the year 2013up to September 25, addingthat 105 cases of cease fireviolations have been reportedalong the Line of Control(LOC) in Jammu Provincewhich includes the areas of Poonch and Rajouri.Replying to a CallingAttention Notice of Dr.Shahnaz Ganai in LegislativeCouncil about the situationthat has arisen due to theunprovoked firing alongActual Line of Control inentire Poonch and Rajouri dis-tricts from across the border 

and steps taken by theGovernment for shifting andrehabilitating and providecompensation to the people of these areas.The Minister said that peopleliving in border areas areaffected by cross-border shelling on the area near theLOC particularly in Poonchand Rajouri districts. He said6 civilians living near LOC of Poonch got injured due tothese cease fire violations. Hesaid ex-gratia relief has been paid to the injured persons,adding that no incident of either loss of life or injury has been reported in DistrictRajouri and Jammu. At pres-ent there is no proposal for shifting rehabilitation of the people of border areas under the consideration of Government.

Increase in cease fire violationduring current year: Sagar 

KULGAM, OCT 04:Reiterating its commitmentto develop better health infra-structure in the district, theDeputy Commissioner Kulgam exhorted upon theexecuting agencies to expe-dite the work on projectsunder execution to attain thetargets with stipulated time-frame. Chairing a reviewmeeting of officers of healthand engineering departments,the Deputy Commissioner said that heath sector is ontop priorities of the govern-ment and every possibleeffort shall be put in place torealize the goals set by the NRHM. "We need to work ina scientific and coordinatedmanner to upgrade the healthfacilities of the district so thatthe common masses can be benefitted from the scheme",

officers were impressedupon. It was given out in themeeting that the work onthree Sub district Hospitalsviz Yaripora, Quimoh andD.H Pora is going on in fullswing at an estimated cost of Rs. 2.7 crore. DC directed theSuperintendent of DistrictHospital Kulgam and Block Medical Officers to desistfrom making any unneces-sary referrals to the territoryhospitals and try to provideevery possible medical careat the Primary Health Centresin the District. The meetingwas informed that during cur-rent financial year as many as615798 patients were attend-ed in OPD and 1110 major surgeries were done in theDistrict Hospital besides gen-erating revenue of Rs. 1.3crore.

Healthcare facilities cum infra-structure reviewed at Kulgam

JAMMU, OCT 04-

Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Shantmanu, onFriday reviewed arrange-ments for this year's darbar move to winter capital, at ahigh level meeting of senior officers of various depart-ments here on Friday.The Meeting was attended byDIG Jammu Shakeel Beig,Chief Engineer PHE K. K.Gupta, Commissioner JMCKiran Wattal, Director HealthServices Dr. B. S. Pathania,Joint Director InformationJammu Smita Sethi, ADCJammu K. S. Parihar, SPSecurity Mahmood Ahmed,ARTO Kuldeep Singh, SEPWD, SE PDD and other senior officers of concerneddepartments. Shantmanuenjoined upon the officers tocomplete the entire repair,renovation and other mainte-nance works being done inJammu Secretariat beforeopening of the offices so thatall the departments couldfunction in a hassle free man-ner. He also called for com- pletion of repair and renova-tion works of residentialquarters for move employeesat various locations.Divisional Commissioner directed the concerned offi-

cers to ensure availability of the essentials like adequatewater supply, Medicare facil-ities and LPG supply besidesun-interrupted power supply.Director Health Services wasasked to make available ade-quate medicare with provi-sion of ambulances to themove employee's enroutefrom Banihal to Jammu. ThePolice Department was askedto provide security to themove employees besides theSSP Traffic was asked toensure minimum traffic jamsduring darbar move.The PWD authorities weredirected to ensure all neces-sary repairs of roads well before the move for smoothflow of traffic. TheMunicipal authorities wereasked to ensure cleanliness inand around Civil Secretariat.The Deputy Director Estatesinformed about the progressof various works being exe-cuted in the Secretariat andother residential quarters.Shantmanu directed the exe-cuting agencies to keep their activities at maximum tocomplete the works in a stip-ulated time frame. He alsodirected JKSRTC authoritiesto make proper arrangementsof transport facility.

Div Com reviews darbar move,Navratra Festival, Eid arrangements

 Asks for adequate facilities for move employees JAMMU, OCT 04- Theancient temple of reveredMata Mahalakshmi situatedat Pacca Danga locality of theold Jammu city would remainopen for the devotees

throughout day and nightduring Navratas.The temple of MataMahalakshmi is thronged byhuge rush of devotees espe-cially during the Navratas,who pay obeisance there toseek divine blessings of revered Mata Chandi Ji.Informing about the other rit-uals that would be performedduring Navratas, Chairman

of the Executive Committeeof the Sarv Shakti Sewak Sanstha Dr. D.S. Jamwal saidthat Akhand Jyoti of MataChandi would be lit in thetemple premises on 1st

 Navratra at 8. A.M., whichwould be followed by bha- jans and kirtans.Dr Jamwal made a ferventappeal to all the devotees to participate in large number during the Akhand Jyoti cere-mony of Mata Chandi Ji. Hesaid that regular bhandras(community lunch) have also been arranged for the devo-tees by the Committee.

Navratras: Mata Mahalakshmi templeto remain open throughout night

UDHAMPUR, OCT 04:- To

finalize arrangements for cel-ebration of Navratra andDussehra festivals inUdhampur town, DeputyCommissioner, Udhampur,Yasha Mudgal, convened ameeting with district officersand prominent citizens of thetown, here on Friday.Additional DeputyCommissioner, VikasSharma, Executive Engineer,PDD, PHE, ASP, SukhdevSingh, Chief Medical Officer,Udhampur, Dy. Controller,Civil Defence, Bodh Raj,officer of Municipality,Traffic, Assistant Director,Fire Services, President andmembers of DussehraCelebration Committeeattended the meeting.It was decided in the meetingthat the main function would be held at Sports Stadium,

Udhampur on OCT 13, 2013

where the effigies of Ravna,Kumbkarna and Meghnathawould be installed and con-signed to flames.Regarding other arrange-ments like drinking water and power sup ply, security, sani-tation, Medicare, seating and barricading, the DDC direct-ed the officers of PHE tomake arrangements of barri-cading and drinking water supply, uninterrupted power supply and flood lights byPDD, First-Aid by HealthDepartment, Fire tenders byAssistant Director FireServices, sanitation byExecutive Officer,Municipality and DistrictPolice to deploy adequate police personnel at vintage points of the town besidesensuring traffic regulation bythe Traffic police.

Rs. 3.79 cr sanctions for conservation,restoration of Poonch Fort: G A Mir 

SRINAGAR, OCT 04- TheMinister for Social Welfare,Ms Sakina Itoo on Fridayinformed the House thatagainst 7350 pendening casesin Srinagar district under ISSS, 2500 cases have beensanctioned reducing the fig-ure to 4850 adding that the50% funds for this purposehave already been released.Replying to a question byPeer Afaq Ahmad inLegislative Assembly, SocialWelfare Minister informedthat there are 9300 cases pending as on date under IGNOAPS, ISSS and NFBSin Srinagar district out of which 3200 cases are under IGNOAPS, 4850 cases under ISSS and 1250 cases under  NFBS.The Minister said that regard-ing clearance of pendingcases under IGNOAPS and NFBS the matter has been

taken up with the Centre.In reply to the supplemen-taries by Mrs. Bimla Luthra,Mr. Irfan Ahmad Shah, Mr. Nizam-ud-D in Bhat, Mr.Jugal Kishore and Mr.Yashpal Kundal, the SocialWelfare Minister said thatdue to concerted efforts of the government out of onelakh pendening pension casesunder different schemes 50%cases have been cleared dur-ing last over 4 years in theState and matter for clearanceof remaining cases has beentaken up with the Centre for release of funds. She saidthere is no discrimination inthe clearance of pendencycases under NFBS or other schemes to any constituencyadding that the cases are being cleared as per thedemand. She clarified that pendency is increasing due todeaths.s

2500 pension cases inSrinagar cleared: Sakina

SRINAGAR, OCT 04:

Minister for Law andParliamentary Affairs, Mir Saifullah on behalf of R&BMinister informed the Housethat 26 roads were damageddue to heavy rains in JammuWest for which an amount of Rs. 14.65 lakhs has been pro- posed under State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) and outof which Rs. 7.33 lakhs has been released. The restora-tion work is in progress andthe roads shall be restoredfully by way of black topping

in the current year, he said.The Minister was replying toa Calling Attention Notice byProf. Chaman Lal Gupta inthe Legislative Assemblytoday. He said rainfall thisyear has been excessive andincessant, which has resultedin road damages. The roadsare being restored / main-tained continuously and aretrafficable, he said. The rid-ing surface at some places isdamaged and is beingrepaired / premixed, headded.

SRINAGAR, OCT 04:

Minister of State for 

Revenue, Relief andRehabilitation, Mr. AjazAhmad Khan on Fridayinformed the House that twotehsils have been affecteddue to hailstorm in Kulgamand D.H. Pora and as per thereports 4288 families have been affected involv ing atotal area of 1614 hectares.He said the total lossassessed is to the tune of Rs.86.70 lakhs and the reportsfrom other districts areawaited.

The matter, he said, shall be placed before the State

Executive Committee for sanctioning of the claims sothat the farmers are paidcompensation as per theSDRF norms, he added.The Minister was replying toa Calling Attention Notice byMr. M. Y. Tarigami in theLegislative Assembly. Hesaid it was reported that dueto the hail storm on15.09.2013 there were somedamages to the crops inDistrict of Kupwara andKulgam.

SRINAGAR, OCT 04: TheGovernment on Friday laidtwo Audit and AccountsReports of Jammu andKashmir State RoadCorporation (J&KSRTC),Jammu and Kashmir StateCable Car Corporation(J&KCCC) andJammu andKashmir State Water 

Resources RegulatoryAuthority Regulations(SWRRAR), 2013 in theHouse.In this regard the Minister for Consumer Affairs andPublic Destitution andTransport ChoudharyMohammad Ramzan laid onthe Table of the House acopy of the Audit Report onAccounts of the J&K StateRoad Transport Corporationfor the years 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, as required

under Sub-Section 4 of Section 33 of the State RoadTransport Corporation Act,1950.The Minister for TourismMr. G. A. Mir laid on theTable of the House a copy of the Annual Reports on theAccounts of J&K StateCable Car Corporation

Limited (J&KSCCC) for thefinancial years 2001-02,2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05,2005-06, and 2006-07, asrequired under Section 619Aof the Companies Act, 1956.While as the Minister for PHE, Irrigation and FloodControl Mr. Sham LalSharma also laid on theTable of the House a copy of the Jammu and Kashmir State Water ResourcesRegulatory AuthorityRegulations, 2013.

Rs 14.65 lac proposed for road repairsin Jammu under SDRF: Saifullah

Ch Ramzan, Mir, Sham lay

Audit Reports on J&K SRTC,

CCC & SWRRAR

4288 families, 1614 hectaresaffected in Kulgam hailstorm: Ajaz

Navratra, Dussehraarrangements finalized

SRINAGAR, OCT 04: GovernmentVide SRO-375 dated 23rd August has setup a commission of enquiry headed by aretired Judge of Hon'ble High Court toenquire into the circumstances which ledto the violence and arson and the conse-quent loss of life and p roperty in DistrictKhistwar and to enquire into the admin-istrative lapses, if any, while handling thesituation. The commission will also to fixthe responsibility of the persons,involved in acts of violence, arson andthe loss of life and property.

This was stated by the Minister for RuralDevelopment and Panchayati Raj, Mr.Ali Mohammad Sagar in reply to a call-ing attention notice of Syed NaeemAkhtar Andrabi about the activities of some Villages Defense Committee(VDC) members in Padder Tehsil of Kishtwar district following communalclashes in Kishtwar township on August9th who allegedly opened fire on theunarmed villagers of Kejai in Padder tehsil leaving around 4 persons criticallyinjured and abducted a villager LassaKhanday, whose body was later found in

the nearby forest area. The Minister saidthat on 10th August, 2013, communaltrouble erupted at Paddar Gulabgarh.During the Skirmishes between the twocommunities, 04 persons sustainedinjuries. He said Members of one com-munity again attacked the members of other community when they were evacu-ating injured persons near the helipad butwere rescued by the Police. He said OneLassa Khanday, attendant of one of theinjured persons, went missing during thenight and his dead body was found in the

area on 11-08-2013 which flared up thesituation in the area and stray incidentstook place throughout the day. He saidthe State Administration took all meas-ures to contain the situation, includingimposition of curfew and deployment of Army to assist the Civil Administration,so as to control law and order situationand ensure that no further loss of life anddamage to property is caused. One coy of CRPF was mobilized from Khistwar toPadder area to deal with the rioters whileanother coy of CRPF was air dropped inthe area area to deal with the situation.

One column of Army was also mobi-lized. He said with the timely efforts of the State Administration and the activecooperation of the people, normalcy wasrestored in the area.Mr. Sagar said cases Fir No. 16/2013 u/s307, 336, 147, 148, 427, 34 RPC and FIR  No. 17/2013 u/s302/307/364/336/427/34/147/148 RPCwere registered at Police Station, Atholiand investigation taken up to investigatethe role of the accused persons includingsome VDC members. After competing

all the necessary formalities, chargesheet in case FIR No.16/2013 u/s 307,336, 147. 148, 427, 34 RPC P/S Atholihas been produced in the Court o f law on25-09-2013 against 08 accused persons,out of whom 04 accused persons (includ-ing VDC members) have been arrestedso far and the remaining 04 accused p er-sons are absconding, against whom pro-ceedings u/s 512 CrPC have been initiat-ed. He said the investigation of the caseis in progress and the case will be chal-laned after the arrest of the accused per-sons.

Commission of inquiry set up to enquire violence arson in Kishtwar: Sagar

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RJD supremo Lalu Prasad is currentlylanguishing in cell no 3312 in BirsaMunda Jail in Ranchi, battling for hisfuture. On Monday, the court found himguilty of corruption and criminal conspir-acy in the Rs 37 crore fodder scam case,which surfaced in 1996. He not only hasto serve a jail sentence but also has toforego his membership of Parliamentafter the recent Supreme Court verdict. Ata time when the RJD was recovering thelost ground in the state, the conviction hascome as a great setback to both the RJDand its leader. Mr Lalu Prasad would havegot away from losing his membership had Mr Rahul Gandhi not put a spoke on theordinance brought by the Government tohelp him.Many wonder whether this is the end of the road for Mr Lalu Prasad who has seenmany ups and downs. The truth is that theRJD’s future hangs on how his core vote-

 bank reacts to the c onviction and whatkind of new political equations emerge inBihar before the 2014 polls.Mr Lalu Prasad’s career graph is very

interesting. He came to power by exploit-ing the anti-Congress sentiments. Heruled Bihar twice — from 1990 to 1995,and returned for a second time from 1995to 1997. When the fodder scam surfaced he had to step down, but he put his wifeRabri Devi as his puppet for eight yearsand virtually ruled the State from jail. He

had also been a Union Minister from2004 to 2009 as a partner in UPA1. He isthe longest serving president of a political

 party today.The immediate problem for the showmanis: Who takes charge of the RJD in hisabsence. Mr Lalu Prasad may get bailafter a month or two while his appeal isheard in the High Court. One option isthat he can continue to be president and 

rule by proxy. If the party is h anded over completely to his family, senior leadersmay rebel while some may opt for theJD(U). On the other hand, if he goes for ‘collective leadership’, with people likeMr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, therecould be a way out. The RJD chief would still call the shots as far as ticket distribu-

tion, campaign strategy and alliances areconcerned.Secondly his sustenance power alsodepends on the period of his jail sentence.If this is not too long, he can manage tokeep the party afloat. Not contesting the

 polls is not a big problem, as other lead-ers like Bal Thackeray had controlled 

 parties without being an MP or an MLA.After the conviction, it is not clear whichway the Congress would go. While party

 president Sonia Gandhi wants an alliancewith the loyal RJD chief, vice presidentRahul Gandhi would prefer to go with theJD(U). The Congress is not in a hurry todisclose its strategy and will play a wait-and-watch game.Bihar was dominated by the upper castesfor long and all the disadvantaged casteslike the OBC, Muslims and Dalits had feltoppressed from this domination . It wasMr Lalu Prasad who broke the grip of theupper castes by getting power to the

 backward classes. Interestingly, while hedid some good things for social empow-erment, his contribution to governanceand development was minimal. With theaspirations of the people moving towardsdevelopment and good governance, Mr Lalu Prasad will have to work hard towoo voters by things beyond caste.

Mr Lalu Prasad has used his communica-tion skills to remain durable. Going bythe reactions coming from Bihar, whilethe people are happy that justice has atlast caught up with Mr Lalu Prasad, theyare also questioning why only he and notothers. The showman might make use of these sentiments to his advantage to keep

the RJD alive.Finally, it is strange that politicians inIndia do not fade away easily; jail termsand convictions or corruption charges donot shock the cynical public. Look at thereception Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy of YSR Congress received recently when hegot bail after months of suffering in jail.Also, the people who brought Ms JJayalalithaa back to power in 2011, haveignored the allegations of corruptionagainst the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.This is because either the gullible masses

 believe that their leaders have beenframed or they forgive them.Since Mr Lalu Prasad has a huge task of keeping his vote-bank intact, he mayhave to struggle hard to keep himself and his party afloat. He can do it sitting in jail,

 provided he chalks out his strategy well.The track record so far is that no politi-cian is out until he dies.

Whether we like it or not, we need eachother. Indeed, Homo sapiens, it is agreed,cannot survive in solitude. Yet, dealingwith each other is often a pain unmitigat-ed. That however, has not prevented any-one from experimenting.Sometimes one can wonder as to whyman is taken to be a thinking animal.One wonders what kind of thoughtsmakes one travel over the same path of error over and over again.Consider the act of being in love. Almosteveryone has tried his hand at this emo-tion and almost everyone has gonethrough the same let-downs and the sameheartaches. That has not prevented any-one from going through the next round of experimentation. Love and emotion isonly the more visible and demonstrableset of human sentiments. There are larg-er numbers of other emotions includinganger, envy, jealousy, gluttony — and the list can be endless. The model of action, response and learning remains

remarkably similar in all emotions.This model can be extended beyond thelife span of individuals, societies and generations. Across the millennia people

have said the same things in love, anger,

hate and more. Sometimes, one wonderswhether there is any cumulative humanlearning, and if so, what it totals up to.

One can understand that learning and thevalue-addition procedure is the domainof science and technology and even inmathematics, where the upgradation and the application of principles get increas-ingly enriched and progressively moredependable. Behaviour is another domain al together. Hence the basicquestion remains: Where do we go fromhere?

Each individual is a separate script, eachindividual has his own symbols of expression, each individual has his ownvalues of right and wrong. Each individ-

ual considers himself to be the smartest

of all. There are very few exceptions tothe generalisation.In confirmation of this cliques and fac-

tion are formed and personal strategieslaid down. Some of us are more gifted inreading such behaviour and adapting toit. Some of us are not as adept. The lau-rels are often collected by people whoare able to successfully conceal their realemotions and are able to strike the chord the situation demands.If all individual or group behaviour could be so easily programmed, the path

to behavioural success would be simple.There would be coaching, training and operational universities in this domain.There are such institutions but without

certification of predictive validity. They

are fiddling with wires in the dark.People handle conflict and emotions bytechniques ranging from withdrawal toviolence. Napoleon Bonaparte, thestrategist, is reported to have stated thatsurprise is one of the biggest ingredientsof conflict resolution. When this is laced up with treachery, concealment and rig-orous planning, the ‘goddess’ of successcould smile.Smarter and more ruthless personalitiesare born, and they undo the successful

 people of yesteryears by applying tech-niques and methodology of the preced-ing victors. The chain goes on.The smarter leader of the currently dom-inating generation is more often than not

 betrayed by his own cohorts who want to be leaders. Other fatal e rrors are made.In an emotionally weak movement or outof smugness, the leader lets his defencesdown and is demolished.Most of all, it is soulful to realise thatvictory in the overall scheme of things isof righteousness and of an order which ismoral in character. If this was not so, thehistory of the globe and humanity would have been different.

The will of the larger cosmic order e xistsand that will ultimately decide — notover a year, not for a decade, but in itsown time.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 05, 2013 5

Lalu Prasad may be down, but not out

End of ordinance Dear Editor,

The UPA government has decided to with-

draw the ordinance on convicted 

MPs/MLAs thanks to Rahul Gandhi’s “non-

sense” speech. One wonders whether the

outcome would have been the same had any

other Congress MP done what Rahul did.

Rahul is only one of the many Congress

MPs. Is the government run by the Council

of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister or 

an MP who happens to be the vice-president

and son of the Congress president?

Yours Etc.Satish Jha

 Bhaderwah

Credibility deficit Dear Editor,That the hurriedly brought in ordinance tosave convicted legislators was withdrawn

equally hurriedly points to the UPA govern-ment’s credibility deficit in fighting crimi-

nalisation of politics. The questions for 

which there are no convincing answers are:why did Rahul Gandhi keep silent till the

ordinance was cleared by the Cabinet, and 

spoke up only after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left India; what caused hissudden awakening; and why did he not show

the same zeal in passing the Lokpal Bill asdemanded by people? Is not the withdrawalof the ordinance an admission of guilt by the

UPA government?Yours Etc.Venkatesh

via email 

Optimistic Dear Editor,Manys ways have been suggested ways to

 break through the vicious cycle that hampers

the India-Pakistan peace process. New Delhi

must keep the engagement uninterrupted.Only that can ensure that Islamabad deliverson its assurances, especially its commitmentto a ceasefire on the Line of Control. The

 best hope for better relations lies in strength-ening Pakistan’s democracy.

Yours Etc. Pankaj Mahajan,

 Jammu

READER’ SPACE

PEOPLE POWER PREVA I L S 

The Government's decision to withdraw a controversialordinance and a Bill, both of which offered protection toconvicted lawmakers, is a resounding victory for the people of the country who were outraged by the

Congress-led UPA Government's brazen attempt toshield the corrupt. It was the people's powerful voice,heard through the regular and social media, which com- pelled the Government to retract. The Congress is busygiving credit to its vice president Rahul Gandhi for thereversal by the Central regime. While it's true that the party and the Union Government swung into damagecontrol mode after Mr Gandhi made his famous remark about the ordinance being a piece of “nonsense” and deserving to be “torn up and thrown away”, theCongress must remember that Mr Gandhi's grandstand-ing came after he realised that the public mood had turned not just against the ordinance but also against the party which had initially cleared the law in its core com-mittee meeting, and which had no problem when theordinance went to the President for his approval. Not just that, the Congress had even piloted a Bill whichwould have replaced the ordinance in due course of time, with provisions similar to that in the ordinance. Mr Gandhi had silently watched these developments. It’sonly when it became clear that even the President had strong reservations about the ordinance and was notinclined to sign it, t hat Mr Gandhi erupted. The partyvice president may have upstaged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and established, if ever there was anydoubt, that he is the real boss even when it comes tomatters of Government policy. But, while his efforts toderive personal political mileage may have succeeded to

an extent, it has come at the expense of the PrimeMinister's prestige. Mr Singh is now looking more vul-nerable than before. Those who had believed that thePrime Minister would take a tough stand and say‘enough is enough' to the Congress's first family, seemed to have forgotten his past submissive conduct. Mr Singhhas admitted that he does not get upset easily as he hasdeveloped a thick skin. That quality does not deservemerit in the situation at hand.The UPA regime had been completely isolated over theordinance, with the Bharatiya Janata Party and severalnon-UPA parties taking it to task. The BJP even peti-tioned the President against the ordinance, with its sen-ior leaders calling the law “morally, politically and con-stitutionally wrong”. Pushed to the wall, the Congresshas tried in vain to implicate the BJP by claiming thatthe principal Opposition had initially supported the theBill on providing shelter to convicted lawmakers. ButCongress leaders forget that the Bill was referred to a parliamentary panel because the BJP had stronglyobjected to it.Since all is well that ends well, we must hope that our lawmakers will not take any more foolish steps to pro-tect the convicted among them. The Supreme Court had on July 10 struck down as “unconstitutional” Section8(4) of the Representation of the People Act, which pro-vided relief to convicted MPs and MLAs. It had alsodismissed a review plea by the Government seeking thecourt's reconsideration of the earlier verdict. This iswhere matters must now rest.

VERY EMB ARRASSIN G 

The US Government shutdown, even if for a brief peri-od, is a failure as much of the conciliatory efforts of theObama Administration as it is of the Republicans whodecided not to rise above politics. President Barack Obama has on several occasions reached out to theRepublican Party, including Speaker John Boehner, butGOP leaders believe that he and his Democrat col-leagues have not done enough to forge bipartisan con-sensus. At the crux of this showdown is the question of how to fund the federal Government.The Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, are determined not to pass any spend-ing measures unless President Obama agrees to defund his flagship healthcare programme, The Affordable CareAct. Better known as Obamacare, the scheme whichgives health insurance to uninsured, low-incomeAmericans, has been a bone of contention between theDemocrats and the Republicans, with the latter consider-ing it to be an unacceptable expansion of state power.Either way, the tussle over Obamacare is nothing new. Nor is the partisan confrontation over AppropriationBills that has become routine in recent years. Finally,members of Congress were well aware of the September 30 deadline — when the previous funding bill, passed earlier in May, expired. In other words, everybody onCapitol Hill knew that this was coming but their inabili-ty to prevent it points to collective irresponsibility.As of now, there seems to be no resolution in sight. Mr Obama has made it clear that he will not cower before acabal of far-Right legislators who refuse to pass astraightforward spending bill that pays for expenditure both Democrats and Republicans have already agreed upon. And so, on Tuesday, even as the federalGovernment went into shutdown mode, Senate Majorityleader Harry Reid rejected a proposal from the House toappoint negotiators. Previously, the Senate had rebuffed Republican plans for continued funding to services suchas maintaining national parks, veterans’ needs and theDistrict of Columbia. Now, the Republican Party hasclearly put its full weight behind a small, radical groupof Conservatives who are leading the fight againstObamacare, even though a majority of moderates withinthe party does not endorse such a hardline approach and agrees that the stance is deeply damaging the party's prospects. Caught between a rock and a hard place, theRepublicans have allowed the uproarious Tea Party to“hold hostage” the entire United States Government, asPresident Obama said on Tuesday — ironically, the firstday of enrolment in the regime’s pet Obamacare project.The situation is eerily similar to 1996 — the last timethe US Government shut down in this manner — whenMr Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House took a simi-lar stand against President Bill Clinton. Seventeen yearslater, it is Mr Ted Cruz, a Senator from Texas and thedarling of the Tea Party, who has brought upon theavoidable crisis.The issue might worsen if Congressfails to pass the Bill that will increase the nation's bor-rowing limit. If that happens, the US will default on its payments for the first time ever. Needless to add, thefailure will send shock waves across the world market.

Consider the act of being in love. Almost everyone has tried his hand at this emotion and almost everyone has

gone through the same let-downs and the same heartaches. That has not prevented anyone from going

through the next round of experimentation. Love and emotion is only the more visible and demonstrable set of 

human sentiments. There are larger numbers of other emotions including anger, envy, jealousy, gluttony -

and the list can be endless. The model of action, response and learning remains remarkably similar in all emo-

tions. This model can be extended beyond the life span of individuals, societies and generations. Across the mil-

lennia people have said the same things in love, anger, hate and more. Sometimes, one wonders whether there

is any cumulative human learning, and if so, what it totals up to.

EDIT-OPED

ED I TOR I A L

Mr Lalu Prasad's career 

graph is very interesting.

He came to power by exploiting the anti- 

Congress sentiments. He 

ruled Bihar twice - from 

1990 to 1995, and 

returned for a second 

time from 1995 to 1997.

When the fodder scam 

surfaced he had to step 

down, but he put his wife 

Rabri Devi as his puppet 

for eight years and virtu- 

ally ruled the State from 

 jail. He had also been a 

Union Minister from 2004 

to 2009 as a partner in 

UPA1. He is the longest 

serving president of a 

political party today.

Victory in the overall scheme of things is of 

righteousness and of an order which is moral in char-

acter. If it wasn’t, the history of the globe and human-

ity would have been different. We can manipulate to

the fullest and be accountable to the least; the will of 

the larger cosmic order will prevail 

 Many people in Bihar arehappy that the former Chief 

 Minister has finally been nailed in the fodder scam. But they

may pardon him

EVEN THE LESSONS OF HURT

AND GUILT ARE FORGOTTEN

Vinayshil Gautam

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NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 4:Scrutiny of the tapped conversations of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radiawith influential people has revealed that they were not restricted to 2G spec-trum alone and “throw light on differ-ent” spheres including, recruitment of members in Railway Board, theSupreme Court said on Friday.The apex court, which perused the con-fidential reports of the 10-member committee, said the scrutiny of call

details of Ms. Radia with politicians,corporates and others reflect the issuesconcerning national security and appointments of members in RailwayBoard.Observing that “the recent issue con-cerning the Railway Board Member”also comes to light on scrutiny of theintercepted conversations of Ms. Radia,

a bench of justices G.S. Singhvi and V.Gopal Gowda said, “actually money is

 paid.”However, it cautioned that “thereshould not be one-sided view” and there should be a thorough probe sup-

 ported by material as the issues are“extremely serious.”“On the aspect of the security of thenation, the report is hazy but extremelyserious and needs thorough scrutiny of the call details. We would not like to

have it unless some substantial materi-al is found. They are throwing light ondifferent aspects. Our perception wasthat everything was related to spectrumetc but it is far more wide and differentaltogether. There is serious cloud onsome of the issues,” the benchobserved.“On national security, you (CBI) have

to be very cautious which we pointed out. Till something is found, it should not become a matter of speculation

 because it harms the national interest.The agencies involved must be givenenough time to completely look into

the matter,” the bench said.“We will give enough time to scrutinisethe entire tape either by same team or whatever team you choose or by theinitial team of the income tax depart-ment which intercepted Ms. Radia’sconversation,” the bench said.It decided to hear the matter again onTuesday to pass some orders on the ini-tial probe done by a specially constitut-ed team of investigators which wentthrough the call details and transcripts.Additional Solicitor General ParasKuhad said in some of the items whichcame under the investigation, the con-versations “reflect certain degree of criminality” and cases can be registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act.The bench asked Mr. Kuhad to sharethe report with another AdditionalSolicitor General L. Nageshwar Raowho was appearing for the Income TaxDepartment.Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearingfor the NGO, Centre for Public InterestLitigation, which has sought making allthe recorded conversations public,alleged that CBI was on the verge of closing a case which has found a men-tion in the tapped talks.He said despite the fact that there is suf-

ficient evidence that the education of the daughter of a former Director General of Hydrocarbons was funded 

 by a corporate house, the probe agencywas trying to close the case.Mr. Bhushan said the investigation intothe case should be monitored by theapex court and the entire tapped con-versation, barring personal in nature,

should be put in public domain so that public spirited persons from civil soci-ety can see as to what could be done.The bench said it would also hear onOctober 22, the petition filed by former Tata Chief Ratan Tata seeking action

against those allegedly responsible for the leakage of the tape and his plea for right to privacy.The apex court on August 29 had con-ducted two-hour-long in-camera pro-ceedings in the case for knowing theCentre’s stand and perusing “topsecret” documents which formed the

 basis for interception of her calls.The apex court had decided on in-cam-era hearing after it found that manycontroversial and sensitive informationand names of people figure in the vari-ous reports disclosure of which in pub-lic domain could harm national interestand could tarnish the image of peopletill they were established.The conversations were recorded as

 part of surveillance of Radia’s phoneon a complaint to the Finance Minister on November 16, 2007 alleging thatwithin a span of nine years she had 

 built up a business empire worth Rs300 crore.The government had recorded 180 daysof Ms. Radia’s conversations — firstfrom August 20, 2008 onwards for 60days and then from October 19 for another 60 days. Later, on May 11,2009, her phone was again put on sur-veillance for another 60 days following

a fresh order given on May 8.The apex court had ordered setting upof a team of investigators to examinethe contents of the conversations.The court had perused the report and transcripts prepared by the special teamof investigators and said that “some of the items highlighted will become thesubject matter of investigation”.

KOCHI, OCTOBER 4: TheKerala High Court onThursday stayed further pro-ceedings against Transport

Commissioner Rishi RajSingh on the basis of recom-mendations of the StatePolice Complaint Authority(SPCA) to initiate discipli-nary action against him for not appearing before it inconnection with the hearingof a complaint.Justice P.R. RamachandraMenon stayed the proceed-ings for two months. The stayorder came on a petition filed 

 by the TransportCommissioner challengingthe recommendations made

 by the SPCA . The auth orityhad made the recommenda-tions against Mr. Singh to theChief Secretary for his failureto appear before it though he

had been issued many sum-mons. The complaint wasfiled by Welgate Video relat-ing to raids conducted for 

seizing pirated CDs in 2006.In his petition, Mr. Singh said the authority had never served any summons on him.It was unheard in civil

 jurisp rudence that penalaction was recommended in acivil matter for not respond-ing to the summons.In fact, the recommendationwas made by the Chairman.It was not a full quorum deci-sion or even a majority deci-sion, he said.He also contended that hewas protected by Section 113of the Kerala Police Act.As per the section, there wastotal prohibition against pros-ecution of a police officer for action taken in good faith.

Besides, the authority had made the recommendationswithout hearing him.The Transport Commissioner 

 pointed out that he had toencounter many difficult situ-ations when he started crack-ing down on sellers of pirated CDs through raids in 2006.

He had been removed fromthe post of nodal officer of the anti-piracy cell followinga raid on Riyan Optical Discowned by Anitha T.Thachankery in Kochi. Hewas restrained by the thenDGP from conducting further raids on the studio.

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NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 4: Asthe blame game continued over thecontroversial draft ordinance that theCabinet withdrew on WednesdayLeader of the Opposition in the RajyaSabha Arun Jaitley vehementlydenied Union Parliamentary Affairs

Minister Kamal Nath’s claim that theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had agreed to help pass the bill on dis-qualification of convicted legislators.In a detailed note, Mr. Jaitley assert-ed that on more than one occasion heand Leader of the Opposition in the

Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj had madeit abundantly clear that a bill of suchnature would be unconstitutionalwithout a simultaneous amendmentof the Constitution.He said that he was opposed to a con-stitutional amendment as it would have conveyed to the people that law-makers could go to the extent of amending the Constitution to shield 

themselves. Accusing the govern-ment of indulging in a disinformationcampaign, Mr. Jaitley maintained the

 bill was never brought up during theall-party meeting.

 National spokesperson of the BJP,Prakash Javadekar, also questioned the so-called minutes of the meeting,which were flaunted by theParliamentary Affairs Minister, and challenged him to produce proof of when and where they were prepared.Mr. Jaitley suggested that the govern-ment’s managers were trying to cre-ate confusion by citing the agreementreached at the meeting, on passing a

 bill to nullify the Supreme Court judgment on barring candidates in police custody.The apex court, he said, had deliv-ered two separate judgments in quick succession — one on debarring can-didates in police custody and the

other on disqualification of convicted legislators.All the political parties, including theBJP, felt that debarring candidates in

 police custody would be prone tomisuse, thereby destroying democrat-ic process, Mr. Jaitley said.Following up on the all-party agree-ment, the law amending Section62(5) of The Representation of the

People Act was passed at the recentlyconcluded monsoon session of Parliament.On the apex court’s judgment on dis-qualification of convicted lawmak-ers, Mr. Jaitley said that the “impres-sion” conveyed was that the govern-ment would finalise a proposal and refer the matter to a StandingCommittee for formulation of opin-ion.Against this backdrop, the BJP, Mr.Jaitley said, had opposed the billwhen it was introduced in the RajyaSabha, and compelled the govern-ment to refer it a Parliamentarystanding committee.“We were shocked when theOrdinance was issued even though aBill was pending consideration

 before the Standing Committee. Weopposed the issuance of theOrdinance on several grounds.”

BJP never supported bill: Jaitley 

21-year-old bookedfor raping teenager HOSHIARPUR

(PUNJAB): Police onFriday booked a 21-year-old man for allegedly raping ateenager at Rehali village inthe district.The 19-year-old girl's mother today filed acomplaint that Surjit Singhcommitted the crime around three months ago, a policeofficer said. Surjit, who used to visit the girl's house, gother engaged with his broth-er-in-law. But around threemonths ago Surjit came totheir house in the eveningand raped the girl after spik-ing her drink, according tothe complaint.After a month of the inci-dent, the girl's mother gother abortion done, policesaid.A case of rape was reg-istered against Surjit, theofficer said, adding theaccused has been abscond-ing.

Woman killed for dowry,husband on the runHAZARIBAG: A 20-year-old woman was allegedlykilled by her husband and in-laws for dowry in BoriaGanpachho village under Barkatha police station,according to police sources.According to the FIR lodged 

 by the victim's brother Pankaj Kumar, Pramila Deviwas married to MahendraPrasad Mahto, two years

 back and handsome cash and gifts were given to thegroom's family as per their demands. However, Mahto'sgreed knew no bounds and Pramila Devi's father had atough time meeting them.Only few days back,Mahendra asked for a newmotor cycle and a gold chain, alleged Pankaj.However, her family could not fulfill their demands, thistime and Pramila had to bear the brunt of it. It is alleged her in-laws shoved her into awell thus killing her. After she went missing, her family

along with other villagerslooked for her in and around the village. On Wednesday,they found Pramila's bodyfloating inside the well and informed police. Her bodyhas been recovered and sentto Hazaribag Sadar Hospitalfor postmortem.

 Protesters burning tyres to create a road block as part of the Seemandhra bandh in

Visakhapatnam

AGARTALA, OCTOBER4: The Tripura High Courthas constituted two fast track courts to deal with cases of crime against women follow-ing a request from the Stategovernment, an official said in Agartala on Friday.A notification issued by theTripura High Court’sRegistrar General, Manik Chakraborty, said all pendingcases of crimes againstwomen will be transferred tothese two courts.“The Tripura High Court has

declared the West TripuraAdditional District and Session Judge Court and thefirst class judicial magistratecourt in Agartala as two sep-arate fast track courts,” Mr.

Chakraborty said.Tripura Law and SchoolEducation Minister TapanChakraborty said that after the December 16, 2012 rapeincident in New Delhi, theUnion Law Minister had requested Chief Ministers of all states to take steps to setup fast track courts for speedy trial of cases of crimes against women.Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said thestrength of women police

 personnel would be increased to 20 percent from the current

eight percent of the total police personnel to deal withcrimes against women.“The Tripura governmentwould set up all-women

 police station s in each of the

eight districts in the state, and subsequently, in each of the23 sub-divisions. Currently,three all-women police sta-tions are working, another one would start soon in thestate,” Mr. Sarkar said at ameeting on Thursday.Mr. Sarkar, who also holdsthe Home portfolio, said there are special womendesks in all the 67 police sta-tions across Tripura to dealwith cases of crimes againstwomen.Following an increase in inci-dents of crimes against

women, the Tripura govern-ment had held an all-partymeeting here June last and finalised multi-pronged strategies to check the men-ace.

Tripura gets special courts for crimes against women

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER4: Protesting against the

 bifurca tion of AndhraPradesh, Congress MP fromRayalseema region RayapatiSambasiva Rao on Fridayresigned from the primarymembership of the partywhile heaping praise on BJP

 prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.Mr. Rao, who had earlier senthis resignation from the U.S.to Lok Sabha Speaker after the Congress WorkingCommittee decision to carveout a separate state, on Fridaysent a letter to party presidentSonia Gandhi asking her toaccept his resignation fromthe primary membership of Congress party.His resignation from the Lok Sabha is yet to be accepted.Mr. Rao also accused theCongress of doing injusticeto Telugus and warned that a

slew of resignations would follow, against the backdropof the Union Cabinet approv-ing the creation of Telangana.The MP also heaped praiseon Mr. Modi. “Modi isattracting students and youth.With Modi on their side, BJP

may come out in flyingcolours in Seemandhraregion,” he told reportershere.The four time MP fromGuntur asserted that BJPwould improve its vote sharein his constituency, where the

(BJP) party polled 75,000votes during the last Lok Sabha elections.However, he refused to com-ment whether he would jointhe BJP.“Four Union Ministers,

 besides MPs of Congresshave offered to resign. I hopethat State Ministers inAndhra Pradesh would fol-low suit,” he said.Mr. Rao held that the deci-sion to carve out the newState was taken by Congresswith a hope that it could win10 to 12 seats in Telanganawith the support of TRS.He claimed that 30 per centof Seemandhra people settled in Telangana region wereagainst the creation of newstate.The Congress leader claimed the party will face a rout inthe state due to the decisionon Telangana.

Minor gang-rapedin Dhule, six heldDHULE: Six men have been

arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old girl near Tekhi village, about 6kmfrom here, recently and ahunt has been launched for two other suspects. Two of the suspects were produced in a local court onWednesday and the other four on Thursday and all of themhave been remanded in policecustody till October 8.Tension gripped Dhule onThursday as news of thegang-rape of the minor fromMohadi village on the out-skirts of the city spread.Angry protesters first gath-ered near the Ambedkar stat-ue and later at the collec-torate, demanding immediatearrest of the remaining twoculprits, trial in a fast track court and death for the cul-

 prits.

The Centre on Friday moved the SupremeCourt seeking modification of an earlier order, which said Aadhaar card is not manda-tory and no person should be deprived of anygovernment schemes for want it.A bench headed by Chief Justice P.Sathasivam said that the plea of the Centrewould be taken up for hearing on October 8.“We seek modification of the order, whichsaid that Aadhaar card is not mandatory,”Solicitor-General Mohan Parasaran, appear-ing for the Centre, said, adding that the order may come in the way of various welfareschemes. Earlier, the Supreme Court had said 

that the Aadhaar card, being issued by UniqueIdentification Authority of India (UIDAI),was not mandatory for availing any govern-ment services and nobody should be deprived of any such facilities for the want of the card.The Centre had also told the court that theAadhaar card was optional and that it has notmade it mandatory for the citizens.The apex court had passed the earlier order while hearing a batch of pleas against deci-sions of some States to make Aadhaar cardscompulsory for a range of activities includingsalary, PF disbursals and marriage and proper-ty registrations.

 Andhra Pradesh bifurcation: Another Congress MP quits

Supreme Court to hear govt plea on Aadhaar

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER4: Ignoring the PrimeMinister’s counsel, UnionHRD Minister Pallam Rajuon Friday decided to goahead with his resignationwhile two other women min-isters from Andhra Pradeshare believed to have offered to quit their posts in protestagainst division of the state.The two women ministers areD. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Commerce and KilliKruparani, Minister of Statefor Communications, whoarea said to have taken thedecision in protest against theCentre’s decision to createTelangana.Mr. Raju told reporters that“Yesterday, I met the PrimeMinister and offered toresign. He told me not to take

a hasty decision. I havethought over it last night. Ihave decided that I should resign from the UnionCouncil of Ministers."He said he has sought anappointment with PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh.Mr. Raju, elected fromKakinada in Seemandhraregion, has been stronglyopposed to the division of Andhra Pradesh and has beencritical of the way the gov-ernment was going about onthe issue. The aides of thetwo women ministers said that they have sent their res-ignation to the PrimeMinister’s Office.Senior Congress MP R SRao, Lok Sabha member from Guntur, said he hasfaxed his resignation to Lok 

Sabha Speaker. He said he iscontemplating meeting AICC

 president Sonia Gandhi and resigning from the primarymembership of the party.Four other Lok Sabha mem-

 bers from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema — AnantVenkatrami Reddy(Anantapur), VundavalliArun Kumar (Rajahmundry),Sabbam Hari (Anakapalle)and A Saipratap (Rajampet)

 — have also resigned. Threeof them have said they arealso resigning from the party.Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde described the protestsin Seemandhra region against

 bifurc ation of AndhraPradesh as quite natural, say-ing wherever a new state iscarved out, such feelings are

 bound to come.

Kerala High Court stay on action against Rishi Raj Singh

Radia tapes not restricted to 2G spectrum alone: SC

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 4: The Supreme Court

on Friday agreed to hear a PIL of SubramanianSwamy seeking quashing of the Centre’s approval to

Jet-Etihad Airways deal. A bench comprising Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi said that it

would hear the petition on October 8.Mentioning the matter, Mr. Swamy said it required 

urgent hearing in view of the approval accorded tothe deal by the central government.

Mr. Swamy had in his PIL sought “a direction to setaside and revoke any action or decision or grant of 

any further approvals/permissions/ permits, etc. by

the respondent (govt) authorities, based upon, relying

upon or in furtherance of the impugned bilateraldated April 24.” “The petitioner challenges such arbi-

trary, irrational and mala fide act of grant of largessein the form of bilateral/MoU dated April 24 and by

way of the present petition seeks an investigationunder the supervision of this court into the matters of 

national and public interest,” he has said in his peti-tion. He has also sought a CBI probe against the gov-

ernment officials who had cleared the deal.He questioned the Centre’s decision to execute the

agreement in favour of Abu Dhabi under the existingAir Service Agreement between the governments of 

India and the UAE. “The actions of the authorities

from the execution of the bilateral to the unprece-

dented haste in order to assist the realisation of wrongful gains by the facilitator are writ large with

acts of collusion and abuse of position,” the petitioncontended. Meanwhile, Jet Airways scrip closed with

losses of over 1 per cent, surrendering its early gains,on the National Stock Exchange due to profit book-

ing in an overall flat market on Friday.Jet Airways shares closed down by 1.19 per cent at

Rs 382. On the BSE, the stock had surged by 7.26 per cent to Rs 414.70 in earl y trade, but finally ended 

the day at Rs 384.50, down 0.54 per cent.On the volume front, 16.16 lakh shares of the compa-

ny changed hands on the BSE, while more than 69lakh shares were traded on the NSE during the day.

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NEW YORK, OCTOBER 4,: Twitter revealed plans on Thursday to raise 1

 billion dolla rs in an initial public offer-ing, setting the stage for the most eager-ly-awaited tech offering sinceFacebook’s over-hyped public launch in

May 2012.In financial documents filed with the USSecurities and Exchange Commission,the popular social networking siterevealed that it had tripled its income in2012 to 316.9 million dollars, but stilllost 79.4 million dollars.It lost even more money — 69 milliondollars — in the first six months of 

2013. But its ad revenues grew evenmore, reaching 254 million dollars com-

 pared to 122 mill ion dollars in the year-earlier period.Twitter said in September that it had filed IPO documents with the SEC. But

under a new law for companies with lessthan 1 billion dollars of revenue, it wasallowed to keep details of the offer under wraps until now.The timing of the filing indicates that theshares could go on sale by November.The company said it would list its stocksunder the TWTR ticker symbol, but did not say whether it would trade on the

 New York Stock Exchange of the Nasdaq stock market.Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley areleading the IPO.

BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 4:President Pranab Mukherjeehas sought to counter criti-cism against the economicstimulus provided when hewas the Finance Minister in2009 and maintained thateconomy under him regis-tered high growth rates.Seeking to debunk criticismthat the stimulus was respon-sible for high fiscal deficit and depreciation of rupee, he told Euronews “...like most other countries we provided stimu-lus package to ensure thatfastest sliding down of theGDP growth leading to unem-

 ployment could be arrested...In India we got temporaryrelief because in the year,from 9 per cent GDP growthwe had registered a 6.7 per cent (2007-08).”But, Mr. Mukherjee said, in

the remaining two years, Indiaregistered high growth of 8.7

 per cent ( 2009-2010) and 9.3 per cent (2010-11). But againfrom the third year it started sliding down.India’s economic growth rateslipped to 6.2 per cent in2011-12 and to a decade’s lowof 5 per cent a year after. Inthe first quarter of the currentfinancial year it was 4.4 per cent. According to AsianDevelopment Bank’s latest

 projectio n the growth ratecould fall to 4.7 per cent in2013-14.Mr. Mukherjee said that when he took over asFinance Minister in January2009 the impact of the globalfinancial crisis was being felton India.Observing that hisimmediate task was to dealwith the ensuing economic

 problems, he said, “IndianGDP was growing at a fastrate of around 9 per cent plus.

But when I took over I found out that there was on a fort-

nightly basis sliding down of the GDP growth.”In order todeal with the global crisis of 2008, he said, the then U.S.President George Bush called the first G20 summit and therewas broad consensus that

countries should providestimulus to address the eco-

nomic woes.From the hind-sight, Mr. Mukherjee said, the

 people did not understand thedepth of the crisis at that pointof time.“Frankly speaking, wecould not recover from thatshock. I am not talking of 

India but also the wholeworld.”

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WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 4:Terming the current debt crisis inAmerica as “mission-critical”, theInternational Monetary Fund has warned the US that its impending debt crisiscould damage not only its domestic econ-omy, but the entire global economy.“The ongoing political uncertainty over the budget and the debt ceiling does nothelp. The government shutdown is bad enough, but failure to raise the debt ceil-ing would be far worse, and could veryseriously damage not only the US econo-my, but the entire global economy,” IMFManaging Director Christine Lagarde,said.“So it is “mission-critical” that this beresolved as soon as possible,’ Ms.Lagarde said in her address to the GeorgeWashington University. The United States, she said, needs to “slow down and hurry up,” she added.“That means replacing the sequester withmore back-loaded measures that do nothurt the recovery. At the same time, theUS needs to do more to make debt sus-tainable by containing the growth of enti-tlement spending and raising revenues,”Ms. Lagarde said.Japan, she said, also needs a credible

 plan to bring down its debt, which isapproaching 250 percent of GDP and amounts to about USD90,000 for everyman, woman, and child in Japan.“The initial consumption tax increase is awelcome first step. Entitlement reform isthe next one. Without these policy funda-mentals, any gains made so far could eas-

ily melt away,” she said.“The fiscal and financial efforts must becomplemented by structural reforms - tomake sure that policies to boost demand are supported by policies to boost supply.We know this can pay off where it mat-ters most - in terms of growth and jobs,”Ms. Lagarde said.“For the Euro Area, the IMF estimatesthat comprehensive and coordinated reforms of product and labour marketscould boost GDP by 3 per cent after fi veyears. For Japan, increasing female par-ticipation in the labour force to match theG7 average would boost per capita GDP

 by 4 percent by 2030,” she said.“We should remember that this group of economies accounts for about 40 per centof world GDP. So, what happens in theseregions has profound implications for therest of the world. This makes engage-ment with the international communityall the more important. National policiesalone cannot do it,” Ms. Lagarde said.

QUITO, OCTOBER 4: Ecuador’s National Assembly on Thursday gave thego-ahead to drill in the Yasuni NationalPark, after failing to secure international

compensation for leaving it untouched.President Rafael Correa asked the assem- bly in mid-August to allow the move,after a call went unanswered for devel-oped countries to pay Ecuador for notdrilling in the nature reserve.The Yasuni park in the east of the countryhas been declared a UNESCO biospherereserve for its exceptional biodiversity,and is home to several indigenous tribes.But in the six years since Ecuador launched the ITT-Initiative, named after the three oilfields of Ishpingo, Tiputiniand Tambococha under the park, pledgeshave only reached 13.3 million dollars, or 0.37 per cent of the target, promptingCorrea to abandon the project.The deposits are expected to yield profitsof 18.3 billion dollars, with extraction tostart in five years.Thursday’s legislation, passed by 108votes to 25, would allow drilling in 0.1

 per cent of the park’s surface, and excludes a large section in the middle of the area which is to be left untouched.The operation was in the national inter-

est, and would be carried out by a stateoil company, the assembly said.Proceeds should go to the developmentof communities in the area, and to sup-

 port the government’s proposed changesto the country’s production and energyinfrastructure, lawmakers said.If oil workers see any members of theregion’s uncontacted tribes, activity inthat area should cease immediately, oneof the resolutions said.Two of the tribes in the park, the Tagaeriand Taromenane, have had no knowncontact with industrialized society, and 

have asked — through other tribes — to be left in isolation.Their request is enshrined in the coun-try’s constitution, which qualifies as eth-nocide any violation of t hose tribes’ wayof life, including interference with their territories.The bill now only needs the approval of the president to be signed into law.Environmentalists, youth activists and indigenous rights’ groups have threat-ened to gather a petition of 500,000 sig-natures against the move, which would trigger a referendum.

ROME, OCTOBER 4:

Italian rescuers were battlingwith rough seas on Friday as

they continued searching for hundreds of missing personsfrom one of the worst migrant

 boat disasters in recent years,while the provisional deathtoll stood at 111.

Waves made it difficult for scuba divers to reach the

wreck of the ship which sank early on Thursday near the

Southern Italian island of 

Lampedusa, ANSA newsagency said. It was thought to

 be carrying around 500 peo- ple from Somalia and Eritrea.“It is like a horror movie,there is a mass of bodies

trapped down there,” said Rocco Canell, the first diver who managed to get close tothe vessel, lying at a depth of 47 meters.

The dead included a pregnant

woman and several children,while there were 155 sur-vivors. Bodies were beingamassed in an airport hangar,while coffins were being

hauled in from mainland 

Sicily.A national day of mourningwas being observed in Italy,with flags flying at half mastfrom official buildings and a

minute of silence beingobserved in schools. InLampedusa, where mostshops were closed, a ceremo-ny was due to take place at 6

 pm.“Today is a day of weeping,”Pope Francis said during avisit to Assisi, the hometownof his namesake saint.

BERLIN, OCTOBER 4: GermanChancellor Angela Merkel will onFriday hold exploratory talks with themain opposition Social Democrats(SPD) on building a coalition govern-ment. Ms. Merkel’s conservativeChristian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian-based sister party, the

Christian Social Union (CSU) won ageneral election this month but fell justshort of securing an absolute majority in

 parliament. Ms. Merkel’s coalition alliesfor the last four years, the FreeDemocrats, failed to win any parliamen-tary seats in the election.The negotiations could last months.Ms. Merkel also plans to hold similar talks with Green Party leaders.A so-called grand coalition with theSPD is more likely than an alliance with

the environmentalist Greens.The SPD would need to hold a special party conference before launching for-

mal coalition talks with Ms. Merkel.German President Joachim Gauck alsoheld confidential talks this week withthe leaders of the parliamentary parties.The SDP wants a minimum wage aswell increasing the tax on the rich,which Merkel rejected during the elec-tion campaign as bad for business.The SPD is also committed to ending

 benefits for stay-at-home mothers,which the CSU wants to uphold.

HANOI, OCTOBER 4: General Vo Nguyen Giap, a key fi gure i n securing

Vietnam’s independence and winning theVietnam War, died on Friday at 102, sen-

ior military officials and a relative said.The general died at the 108 MilitaryHospital in Hanoi, a senior military offi-cial at the facility said.

“He died of old age, not because of any

illness,” said the official, who requested 

anonymity. “The news about his death

will only be made public after the

Secretariat of the Communist Party of 

Vietnam approves,” one of his close rela-

tives said.The general had been in hospital for sev-

eral years because of ill health.Gen. Giap achieved his crowningmoment as a commander in the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, which marked the end of the First Indochina War and France’s colonisation of Vietnam. Thevictory over the French led to the parti-tion of the country and the beginning of afresh outbreak of hostilities, this time

 between the communist North and U.S.- backed South.Gen. Giap was also known as the initiator of the final offensive against SouthVietnam in 1975.

Gen. Giap, Vietnam war hero, dies at 102 Italy migrant boat mishap toll rises to 111

Merkel to launch coalition

talks with Social Democrats

Ecuador allows drilling in UNESCO reserve

MUMBAI, OCTOBER 4:Rising for the third day, theBSE benchmark Sensex onFriday inched up by 14 pointsto end at a nearly two-week high of 19,915.95 in a volatilesession ahead of theSeptember quarter earningsseason. Stocks took supportfrom a stronger rupee whichwas last trading at 61.45 lev-els versus the dollar compared to 61.73 on Thursday.After touching the day’s highof 20,052, the Sensex fell to alow of 19,833.17 before end-ing moderately higher by13.88 points, or 0.07 per cent,at 19,915.95.The gauge had gained 522

 points in the last two tradingsessions. For the entire week,Sensex gained 188.68 pointsor 0.96 per cent.“Intraday volatility was highas investors were seen cau-tious ahead of Q2 FY’14results starting in coming

week. Meanwhile the servicesPMI in September continued to be lower for third consecu-tive month, which also led toselling pressure on rallies.European markets were weak 

too,” said Nidhi Saraswat,Senior Research Analyst,Bonanza Portfolio.The broad-based NationalStock Exchange index Niftyalso failed to hold initial gains

and fell by 2.40 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,907.30.Also, SX40 index, the flag-ship index of MCX-SX,ended at 11,852.38, down0.89 points or 0.01 per cent.Brokers said while govern-ment’s plan to inject funds inPSU banks to provide cheaper loans sparked off interest ininterest-sensitive stocks but amixed trend in global marketscapped gains.In 30-shareSensex, 15 stocks gained while other 15 ended withlosses. Major gainers wereReliance Industries, BhartiAirtel, Cipla, Coal India,HDFC Bank, HeroMotoCorp, Hindalco, ITC,Mahindra and Mahindra,Maruti Suzuki and TataMotors.Sectorally, the BSERealty index gained the most

 by rising 1.65 per cent, fol-lowed by BSE Auto index(0.94 per cent) and BSE Metalindex (0.63 per cent).

Sensex ends 14 points up at nearly two-week high Pranab denies stimulus was rootof present economic problems

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER4: Gold prices fell by Rs 290

to Rs 30,310 per ten grams inthe national capital on Friday

owing to slackened demand amid strengthening of therupee against the US dollar.Silver also tumbled by Rs1,030 to Rs 48,220 per kg,continuing losses of Rs 430 inlast three sessions, on reduced offtake by industrial units.Traders said slackened demand at current levels amid strengthening rupee againstthe dollar, which makes theimport of gold cheaper, main-ly pulled down gold prices.Reduced offtake by industrialofftake kept pressure on silver 

 prices, they said.On the domestic front, gold of 

99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity plunged by Rs 290 each to Rs30,310 and Rs 30,110 per tengrams, respectively. It had gained Rs 220 yesterday.Sovereign followed suit and declined by Rs 100 to Rs25,000 per piece of eightgram.In line with a generalweak trend, silver ready tum-

 bled by Rs 1,030 to Rs 48,220 per kg and weekly-based delivery by Rs 560 to Rs48,440 per kg.However, silver coins continued at the previ-ous level of Rs 85,000 for 

 buying and Rs 86,000 for sell-ing of 100 pieces.

Gold falls on subdued demand, rupee appreciation

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 4: OilMinister M. Veerappa Moily on Fridayhinted that the government may appointan international expert to ascertain thereasons for sharp fall in natural gas pro-duction at Reliance Industries’ KG-D6fields.“There are world renowned experts whodefinitely can go into these things and can come out with the truth. We don’twant to prevent any truth from comingout,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a conference organised by IndianChamber of Commerce.Oil regulator DGH has blamed RIL’s fail-ure to drill committed wells for the gasoutput falling by 80 per cent to 10 millionstandard cubic metres per day from themain D1 & D3 fields in KG-D6 block,instead of rising to the planned 80mmscmd.On the other hand, RIL and its partner BP

 plc of UK feel that the reserves havedropped one-third to under 3 trillioncubic feet due to previously unknown

geological factors and the undrilled quotaof 11 wells would not increase produc-tion.Mr. Moily’s ministry has been mullingappointing an international reservoir expert to ascertain facts.“Truth is truth, nobody can prevent it,nobody can manoeuvre it,” he said adding his ministry was “consciously”

working towards unravelling the truth.DGH wants USD 1.786 billion penalty to

 be levied on RIL for its “failure” to pro-

duce projected quantity of gas as OilMinistry in a parallel move wants thecompany to be denied the benefit of gas

 price revision upon expiry of currentUSD 4.2 per million British thermal unitrate in April 2014.“The question is that if gas is available,yes gas is available. There experts whocan find out,” Mr. Moily said.

Speaking at the conference, he said thathis ministry will go “strictly according tothe rules.”“The government is not willing to deviatean inch from the Production SharingContract (PSC),” he said adding if onefield was sick it did not mean the entirecountry was sick.A KG-D6 block oversight panel headed 

 by DGH had earlier this week refused totake a view on appointing renowned reservoir consultants Ryder Scott,DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M),Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA) or 

 Netherland, Sewell & Associates to vali-date reasons for the fall in gas output.Oil Ministry officials — AramaneGiridhar, Joint Secretary (Exploration);S.C. Khuntia, Additional Secretary &Financial Advisor and VLVSS SubbaRao, Advisor (Finance) — attending theone-hour long MC meeting did not con-vey any decision.RIL-BP feel drilling of the remaining 11wells would require over USD 1.65 bil-

lion investment while the currently avail-able reserves can be produced by spend-ing around USD 0.5 billion in repairs and compression of existing wells.The appointment of an independent inter-national expert, which RIL-BP have been

 pressing for several months n ow, would establish who is right and who is wrong,sources said.

Govt may appoint global experts on sharp fall in KG-D6 gas output

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JAMMU, OCT 4 - Mr. N. N.Vohra, Governor, conferredDogra Ratan Awards-2012 tofive prominent personalitiesfor their exceptional contri-

 butions in varied fields at afunction held at Jammu Club,here on Friday.The recipients of the DograRatan Awards include Hony.Capt. S. Bana Singh, PVC;Prof. Zahur-ud-Din Zahur,eminent Urdu writer; Mr.

Ravinder Jamwal, reputedsculptor; Mr. Amit Dutta,noted film maker; and Mr.Vijay Kumar Chopra, Editor-in-Chief, Punjab KesariGroup of Newspapers,Jalandhar. The Award to Mr.Chopra was received by Mr.Balram Saini, Bureau Chief,Punjab Kesari, J&K.The Awards instituted by theCouncil for Promotion of Dogri Language, Culture andHistory comprised a plaque,a framed citation and ashawl.Speaking on the occasion,

the Governor observed thatthe Jammu region has pro-duced many prominent per-sonalities who have madeoutstanding contributions inthe field of art, culture, liter-ature, law, journalism andvaried other fields. He saidthat this region and theadjoining areas of HimachalPradesh and Punjab haveremained an important catch-ment area for the Army and

other two Defence Servicesand, besides, for the CentralPara-Military Forces and theState Police. He observedthat this extended region has

 produced a very large num- ber of Army officers and menwhose valourous deeds have

 brought laurels to the Stateand the country. In this con-text, he referred, amongtoday's awardees, to Hony.Capt. Bana Singh, the r ecipi-ent of Param Vir Chakra, andto the scores of other highlydecorated gallant officers andmen who had made com-

mendable contributions inmaintaining the territorialintegrity of the country. Henoted that Dogras have along history and saga of 

 bravery and valour.The Governor emphasizedthe need to protect and pro-mote our languages and liter-ature, which portray historyand carry forward our invalu-able heritage. In this context,he referred to the initiatives

 being taken by the Shri MataVaishno Devi Shrine Boardfor the promotion of Dogrilanguage and literature for which a committee has beenset up under the chairman-ship of Dr. S. S. Bloeria, ViceChancellor, CentralUniversity of Jammu, and theother initiative for the revivaland showcasing of the tradi-tional performing art formsof the areas around TrikutaHills and other adjoining dis-tricts which was being done

 by Mr. Balwant Thakur,Director Natrang.

Referring to the proposal for setting up a Cultural Centreat Jammu, as stated by Prof.Bhim Singh, Convenor,Council for Promotion of Dogri Language, Culture andHistory, the Governor observed that it should be

 planned in such a manner that it provides support to thecoming generations to show-case our composite culturalheritage.

The Governor interactedwith the recipients of theDogra Ratan Awards andcongratulated them for their contributions in the variousfields.The Governor was honouredon this occasion by theCouncil for Promotion of Dogri Language, Culture andHistory by presenting to hima memento.Prof. Bhim Singh, Convenor of the Council for Promotionof Dogri Language, Cultureand History, dwelt on thecontributions of today's

Awardees in the varied are-nas. He thanked theGovernor for being the Chief Guest at the Awards presen-tation function.Mr. Justice (Retd) K. K.Gupta, Vice Chairman,Dogra Ratan AwardsCommittee, in his welcomeaddress, spoke about theaims and objectives of insti-tuting the Dogra RatanAwards.

Prof. Champa Sharma, aknown Dogri writer, present-ed a Vote of Thanks.Prof. M. P. S. Ishar, ViceChancellor, JammuUniversity; Mr. Navin K.Choudhary, PrincipalSecretary to the Governor;members of the Dogra RatanAwards Committee, a galaxyof former Army officers,intellectuals, writers, repre-sentatives of trade and indus-try and prominent personsfrom various walks of lifewere present on this occa-sion.

Governor presents Dogra Ratan AwardsCalls for promotion of languages and literature; effectively showcasing heritage

SRINAGAR, OCT 04:Minister for Higher Education Mr. MohammadAkbar Lone on Friday saidthat Union Ministry of Human Resources hasannounced a SpecialScholarship Scheme (SSS)for the 12th class or equiva-lent passing-out students

 belonging to J&K State.The information was given

 by the Minister during thequestion hour while replyingto a clubbed question raised

 by Sheikh Ghulam Rasooland Ravinder Kumar Sharma.The question was initiallyreplied by Minister for RuralDevelopment, Ali

Mohammad Sagar.Mr. Lone said that thescheme launched in 2011-12

 provides 5000 fresh scholar-ships per annum (4500 for General Degree Courses,250 for Medical and 250 for Engineering) to the students

of J&K.He said an amount of Rs. 3lakh tuition fee and Rs. Ilakh hostel charges for Medical, Rs. 1.25 lakhtuition fee and Rs. 1 lakh ashostel charges for Engineering and Rs. 30,000tuition fee and Rs. 1 lakhhostel charges were been

 paid to the students gotadmission under the scheme,adding that as per the latestinformation provided by theUnion Government anamount of Rs. 31.9 crore has

 been released for grant of 2858 scholarships.The Minister stated that theJ&K State has no role in theimplementation of the

scheme and acts only as thefacilitator. He said thescheme has been started byMHRD and is being imple-mented through AICTE.The Minister said that theEducation department hastime and again notified that

no NGO or any other organ-ization has been authorizedfor sponsoring the scheme.The matter of certain NGOsmisleading the students has

 been viewed seriously andtaken up with the CID for investigation to inquire intothe role of NGOs who pre-sented themselves as thesponsors of the schemes tomislead the students.The Minister further informed the House thatafter receiving representa-tion made by various stu-dents stating that they havegot admission outside theState with the hope that theywill get benefit of scholar-ship but have not yet receive

scholarships so far, he took the matter with the UnionMinister of HRD to redressthe grievances of such stu-dents. Moreover, the Chief Minister has already takenup the matter with the PrimeMinister, he added.

Rs.31.9 cr releases for 2858scholarships under SSS: Lone

 NGOs have no role in implementation of Scheme

NEW DELHI, OCT 04: The Jammu andKashmir State on Friday received the Award

of Excellence for the most expeditious imple-mentation of Results-Framework Document(RFD) at State level from the UnionGovernment. The Excellence Award wasgiven on Friday at a symposium on "NewPublic Management" held at Indian Instituteof Foreign Trade (IIFT) New Delhi.Mr. Asif Hamid Khan, Additional ResidentCommissioner, J&K Government, New Delhireceived the "Excellence Award" on behalf of Chief Secretary Mr. Mohammad IqbalKhanday, from Dr. Prajapati Trivedi,Secretary (Performance Management), GOIand Chairman, National Authority ChemicalWeapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat,

 New Delhi.Jammu and Kashmir State has already com-

 pleted the implementation of the first round of RFD in a record time and has the distinctionof achieving excellence in implementing var-ious specific and critical aspects of RFD poli-cy.The Cabinet Secretariat having recognized theexcellent performance of the State expresseddeep appreciation for the effective leadershipof the State Government particularly Chief Secretary Mr. Mohammad Iqbal Khanday inimplementing the RFD. The UnionGovernment presented a trophy to the StateGovernment in recognition of its contribution.At present, 80 departments of Government of 

India and 800 Responsibility Centers under these departments are covered by the RFD. In

addition, 17 States are at various stages of implementing the RFD. To recognize theachievements in this regard, the CabinetSecretariat decided to give the States an"Award for Excellence in Implementing RFDPolicy". Jammu and Kashmir was identifiedas one of the frontrunner States for this Awardof Excellence for the "most expeditiousimplementation of RFD at State level".Union Secretaries, senior officers of 80departments of the Government of India,members of Ad-hoc Task Force (ATF) and

senior officers from the State participated inthe symposium.

J&K State bags Excellence Award on RFD

implementation from Union Government

October 04, 2013New Delhi

JAMMU, OCT 04-Animpressive programme wasorganized by the WildlifeProtection departmentJammu in Nandni WildlifeSanctuary at Sidha NaturePoint in connection with

Wildlife Week Celebration.The programme included vil-lage meet, debate and paint-ing competition in which stu-dents from various schools,local residents, Sarpanchsand Panchs of various blocks,school teachers and WildlifeOfficials participated.The students of Govt. MiddleSchool Domail, Govt. GirlsMiddle School Jajhar Kotli,Holy Drmity Convent SchoolDhansal and Hally TindiHigh School Dhansal partici-

 pated.Wildlife Warden Jammu,Sayed Ahmed while interact-ing with the villagers andschool children emphasizedupon them to help in mainte-nance of ecological balanceand sustainable use of naturalresources. He further advisedthe people to take all precau-tionary measures to minimizethe man-animal conflict.Wildlife Warden Zoo Jammu,Shazad Choudhary empha-sized the need of making

 judicious use of natural her-

itage for posterity.Range Officer WildlifeRange Nandni, Noor Mohd

 presented vote of thankswhile Wildlife Warden Zoo

Jammu, Range Officer ZooJammu and VeterinaryAssistant Surgeon WildlifeDepartment Jammu were the

 judges for the debate and painting competitions.Prominent among the localswho participated in the vil-lage meet included Mohd.Sadiq Sarpanch Nandni,Saraj Din Sarpanch Tarha,Rajinder Kumar Panch,Jamal Din Numberdar and

 Noor Jahan of Nandni.The wildlife officials includ-ing Shazad ChoudharyWildlife Warden Zoo Jammuand field staff of Nandni

Wildlife Sanctuary interactedwith the participants duringthe village meet.In debate, Riya Sharma of Govt. Girls Middle School

Jajjhar Kotli got the 1st prize, Suksham of HolyDrmity Convent SchoolDhansal 2nd prize and Yunisof Govt. Middle SchoolDomail won the 3rd prizewhile Mannkaran andUmesh both from ShiningStar High School Jajjhar Kotli bagged the consolation

 prize.In Painting competition,Divyanshi, Tanib Sharmaand Manavi Sharma fromHoly Drmity Convent SchoolDhansal got the first, secondand 3rd prize respectivelywhile Mannkaran of Shining

Star High School Jajjhar Kotli and Madhurya Sharmaof Holy Drmity ConventSchool Dhansal won theconsolation prizes.

Nandni Wildlife Sanctuarycelebrates Wildlife Week

JAMMU, OCT 04- A seriesof programmes are beingorganized by the Wild LifeDepartment in Chenab

Division to celebrate theongoing Wild Life Week w.e.f 2nd of OCT to 8th of OCT 2013. According toWild Life Warden, ChenabDivision Kishtwar, Altaf Hussain Shah, on 5th of OCTa drawing and painting com-

 petition for school children besides a symposium compe-tition will be organized bythe Department at Govt. HSS

Banihal.Similarly, symposiums anddrawing competition for thestudents of various Govt. and

Private Schools will be heldin Forest Complex Kishtwar on 7th of October. Besides, a

 painting competition andsymposium on Wild LifeProtection would be organ-ized at Govt. HSS Dachhanon 8th of OCT which will befollowed by a cultural pro-gramme and public aware-ness session for people resid-ing in Dachhan.

'Wild Life Week' observed in Chenab Region

JAMMU, OCT 04:Kendriya VidyalayaSangathan on Friday organ-ized two days sub-regionalSocial Science Exhibitioncum Social IntegrationCamps at the venues- KV

 No.1, Srinagar; KVSunjuwan and KV No.1,Pathankot to promote Socio- cultural Spirit of CommonBrotherhood and unleash theknowledge amongst all the

 pupils of India transcendingreligious, linguistics andregional barriers. The SubRegional Social ScienceExhibition at KV No.1,

Srinagar was inaugurated byMr. AVLJ Rao, DeputyCommissioner, KendriyaVidyalaya Sangathan(KVS), Jammu Region.A function was organized atKV Sunjuwan where Col.Anupam Shrimali DeputyCommander 36 Inf. BrigadeSunjuwan was the Chief Guest and Mr A.S GillAssistant Commissioner,

Kendriya VidyalayaSangathan, Jammu Regionwas the Guest of Honour.The guests were welcomed

 by the venue Principal Mr. TR Choudhary. Mr.Choudhary highlighted theimportance of the Exhibitionas it would provide valuable

 platform for transmitti ngknowledge and displayingtalent. A CulturalProgramme was presented

 by the students of KVSunjuwan. While speakingon this occasion Mr. A S Gill

expressed his views aboutthe performance of KVSduring the last fifty years of its evolution. He said that

the students of KVs haveshined in all walks and fieldsof life at National andInternational levels and theSangathan has progressed alot during this period.He informed that the number of the students on roll isabout eleven and half lacsand the Sangathan is cater-ing quality education notonly in the country but at

abroad as well. He addedthat there is no competitor of KVS in performance in thefield of Academics, Serviceand Co-curricular areas,

 pace setter institutions whohave made a land mark inthe History of education andhave earned internationalfame. He further added thatKVs have proved to be the

 pace setter institution swhich have made a landmark in the History of edu-cation and earned interna-tional fame. He appreciatedthe efforts made by thevenue staff to bring out a

successful event and theStudents for projecting thedifferent aspects of thethemes assigned for their 

 performance.The Chief Guest addressedthe gathering, blessed thestudents and lauded their efforts to achieve the desiredgoal at Regional and

 National level Exhibition.The activities in these two

days will include Englishand Hindi Debate on thetopic 'The effect of Peer Pressure is alwaysBeneficial', Quiz on 'TheLife and Works of SwamiVivekananda', Projects onAndhra Pradesh and Brazil,Skit on the theme related tosocial issues, group danceand group song representingfolk lore of the state of Andhra Pradesh and coun-try- Brazil.About one thousand eighthundred students (about sixhundred students each atthree places are participating

in the three Exhibitions)from KVs of Jammu Regionspread over all J&K State,

 parts of Punjab andHimachal Pradesh.The Vote of thanks was pre-sented by Mrs. Sushma Jainvice Principal of the School.The proceeding of the pro-gramme was conducted byMrs. Renu Dhar PGTEnglish.

HYDERABAD, OCT 04:Months before the first batchof 6000 engineers graduatefrom the Rajiv GandhiUniversity of KnowledgeTechnologies (RGUKT),dozens of public and privatesector companies are alreadyqueuing up for r ecruitment.The university will be thefirst technological institutein the state to have such alarge batch of engineeringgraduates from six streamssuch as electronics and com-

munication, computer sci-ence, civil, mechanical, met-allurgical and chemical engi-neering pass out in May2014.A total of 34 public and pri-vate sector companies havesigned up for the placementdrive, including TCS,Infosys, Mahindra Satyamand HCL.From the public sector, the

Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO) have expressedinterest to recruit engineers,varsity officials said.The varsity was establishedin 2008 with three separateinstitutions functioningunder it at Nuzvid (Krishnadistrict), Idupulapaya(Kadapa) and Basar (Adilabad), to provideworld-class technical educa-tion to rural students.Although it had started out

with a total of 6,000 seats inall the three institutions, thenumber of seats were later reduced to 3,000 in 2010,due to lack of proper infra-structure facilities.While a majority of the stu-dents of the institute comefrom rural areas, RGUKThas been imparting specialEnglish training to bridge thelanguage gap.

English courses will contin-ue in the form of technicalwriting classes and similar modules, an official said."Students can match the softskills of those graduatingfrom premier institutions inthe country. Recruiters arelooking forward to hiringsuch talent," the vice-chan-cellor said. The varsityoffers a six-year course thatincludes a two-year pre-uni-versity schooling equivalentto Intermediate education.

Students from governmentschools, who topped SSCexams from each mandal inthe state, are eligible for admissions.Over 50 per cent of the stu-dents studying in the varsityare girls. The new recruit-ment drive will be a shot inthe arm to the institute whichhas not been getting govern-ment funding in recent years.

JAMMU, OCT 4 - Mr. N. N.Vohra, Governor, visited ShriSanatan Dharam SabhaHigher Secondary School atRehari here on Friday andwas briefed by its manage-ment about the urgent needfor undertaking repairs andrenovation work of the exist-ing building and other requirements of this institu-tion.The Governor went aroundthe various classrooms andinteracted with the manage-ment, teachers and studentsof this school. He also dis-

cussed the technical appraisalwhich had been undertakenfor effecting renovations tothe existing structures whichare in an extremely dilapidat-ed condition. He also viewedthe list of additional facilitiesrequired to be created for facilitating the education of children on a satisfactory

 basis.Referring to the requirements

of the school mentioned inthe Memorandum presented

 by Mr. Jagdish Dogra,President, Shri SanatanDharam Sabha, Jammu, theGovernor, who is Chairmanof the Shri Mata VaishnoDevi Shrine Board,announced that theEngineering Wing of theShrine Board would under-

take the more urgentlyrequired repairs and renova-tions of the school building,which are estimated to costover Rs. 16 lakh. He askedMr. Navin K. Choudhary, hisPrincipal Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the ShriMata Vaishno Devi ShrineBoard, who was present onthis occasion.

PUNE, OCT 02: Areas hav-ing a minimum of 200 Urdu-speaking population can nowhave Urdu-medium schools,

 provided at least 30 studentsfrom such pockets are willingto study in each school, astatement issued by the state

education department said.The government has recentlygiven a go-ahead to local self-government bodies like zilla

 parishads, municipal corpora-tions, municipal councils andcantonment boards in the stateto open Urdu-medium schools

as per the requirement. As per figures supplied by the stategovernment, Maharashtra has1.03 lakh primary and second-ary schools. It includes around4,785 Urdu-medium, 9,130English-medium and 87,120Marathi-medium schools. The

government's decision toallow local self-government

 bodies to open Urdu-mediumschools has come in the wakeof last month's move to clear aRs 10-crore package for 200of the 1,889 madarsas in thestate.

Governor visits Sanatan Dharam SabhaSchool; announces support for its

rejuvenation and smooth functioning

KVS organizes two days sub-regional Social Science Exhibition

First batch of IIITians up for grabs

 Areas w ith 200 Urdu speaking popu-lation can have urdu medium school