Jammu, Mar 1: Terming youth as the vehicle of change and main source of success, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Meh-booba Mufti Saturday called upon the young population to use their energies, poten-tial in shaping a new politi-cal order in Jammu & Kash-mir which shall be based on truth and honesty.According to a statement issued to KNS, addressing a one day youth convention of PDP youth wing at the par-ty headquarters, organized by Vice President Rajender Manhas , Mehbooba said historically it has been the youth which were responsi-ble for bringing social and political revolutions in dif-ferent societies across the world. She said our youth have all the talent, potential to change the entire outlook of the state which shall guar-antee a system where every section of the society will feel empowered enough, but they need to be given chance in the system to find their worth. She said, unfortu-nately, the youth have be-

come the main victim of post independence political vic-timization and state repres-sion, with the result they couldn’t realize their real talent, and it is the PDP’s vi-sion to involve them in gov-ernance system to establish an honest and accountable structure in J&K.

Mehbooba said the ruling dispensation has miserably failed to address the genuine grievances of the youth with the result they are feeling disillusioned with the sys-tem. She said there was an immediate need to under-stand the anger, frustration of youth and instead of doing that the

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The coming elections to the Lok Sabha are described as mother of all elections held in the country so far. This is because the country is passing through a critical phase as far as the emergence of politi-cal alliances and thoughts are concerned. On one side there are forces led by BJP which have been dubbed as communal in nature and are suspected to create an atmosphere of ill will and hate between different religious groups and communi-ties. Called NDA this political alliance has Shiv Sena, RSS and Bajrang Dal as its ears and eyes and does not have a good patronage in other communities par-

12 killed in three bomb blasts targeting Pakistan polio team

Islamabad, Mar 1: At least 12 people were killed and 11 injured when three roadside bombs targeting a polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan exploded on Satur-day. The blasts near the Afghan border were the latest attack on efforts to stamp out the crippling disease in Pakistan, which is one of only three countries where polio remains endemic.Eleven paramilitary troops and one child died when the bombs detonated in the

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Jammu, March 1: After Gulmarg land scam where senior IAS officers are facing prosecution under prevention of Corruption Act for illegally conferring own-ership rights to the land mafia at world famous ski resort Gulmarg, a similar Rosh-ni land scam has been unearthed by the State Vigi-lance Organization by registering FIR vide number 6/2014 against the senior functionaries of Revenue Depart-ment and the beneficiary- a high-ly influential businessman and liquor baron of Jammu namely Bansi Lal Gupta son of Ishar Dar Gupta resident of Gandhi Nagar Jammu.Reliable sources told Srinagar based news gathering agency CNS that a complaint was lodged by prominent social activist

Professor S.K.Bhalla against the l i q u o r baron and senior IAS offi- cer then posted in

Jammu for confer-ring ownership

rights in respect of land measuring 5 kanal and 2 marlas comprised in khasra number 781 situated at village Deeli (Marble Market) Jammu.On receipt of the complaint, State Vigilance Organization (SVO) initiated verification and found that the beneficiary was not having any khasra gridwari (Revenue extraction) with re-

gard to the said land and as per Roshni Act, this was sufficient for the Revenue officers to reject the case of Bansi Lal Gupta.

During verification it was also found that the government of

Jammu and Kash-mir had transferred land measuring 154 kanals and 5 marlas in khasra number 781 way back in 2004 and there was

an entry in the name of Jammu

Development Author-ity (JDA) in ownership column, but the Patwari concerned did not mention that the girdawari for the land in question has not been made in the name of the ap-plicant (beneficiary). It was also found during verification that land in question was belonging to JDA and was exempted from the preview

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3 IAS and Revenue officials in Vigilance netFIR lodged against liquor baron

Srinagar March 01: The Jammu and Kashmir police Saturday said that the seven “foreign militants” killed in north Kashmir’s Lolab valley were involved in various militant ac-tivities including killing of a police head con-stable.Addressing a press conference in Baramul-la, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) North Kashmir today JP Singh said: “The procedure of investigation is quite labori-ous. It has been going on from last 2-3 days,” adding: “During the investigation which we have conducted after the 24 February opera-tion, we have ascertained from our sources and from the people who have been victims of the atrocities of the group, that the group has been involved in various number of mili-tant activities including the killing of a Head Constable, Sanaullah.”The head constable’s throat was slit at Dar-wan Handwara in Kupwara district.The DIG said: After conflicting reports re-garding the February 24 operation, it was im-portant to bring out the real picture. “Locals have rectified and they give their signatures on the identification memos that we pre-pared.”Singh said that the group was active since June 2013 and they gave slip to police and army twice. “Yes, we had missed them earli-er including at Marbal Sopore,” he said. The DIG said that militants were active in the Lo-lab area.

He said the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) and even Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) have been operat-ing in the area. “They have at times operated together as well as separately,” adding: “LeT has strong presence in the forests of Zachal-dara, Lolab and Rajwar in Kupwara district,” Singh said.He identified the slain as Sufian of PaK, Rehman, Qari, Kashif,

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Militants killed in Lolab encounter behind

many attacks Bodies of 6 militants identified: Police

Kupwara, March 1: Army Saturday claimed that a group of militants fired upon a patrolling party near Dardpora forests in Frontier District Kupwara after which army and Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel cordoned off Ahangar Mohalla to flush the militants. Commander 8 Sector, Brigadier Satbir Singh told CNS that a group of militants fired upon a joint column of Government Forces comprised of jawans of 18 RR and SOG Kupwara when the troopers were conducting search operations in Dardpora forest. “The Army retaliated and there was a brief exchange of fire after

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Army cordons off area after militant attack

New Delhi, March 01: PM Manmohan Singh on Saturday asked industry chambers and associations to come up with innovative solutions to address problems of the MSME sector and pro-vide inputs for policy formulation.Singh also emphasised the need to promote exports from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The MSME sector is of vital impor-

tance to the national economy, he said, adding the government's initia-tives can be successful only with the participation of the private sector and civil society. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, presented the Na-tional Awards to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and also to the Banks for here excellence

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PM seeks innovative solutions from industry groups for MSMEs

Srinagar, Mar 1 : While clearing its stand on and about the statements of Aam Admi party (AAP) and on the opening of its of-fice in Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference (G) on Saturday said AAP can be a new or special and revolutionary par-ty for the Indian and Indian people, but for Kashmiris this party is not anything different from Congress or BJP.“We consider both Arvind Kajriwal and Narinder Modi as the two sides of a same coin, because both of them favour the il-legal and unjust occupation of India in Kashmir,” a statement issued to KNS by Hurriyat (G) reads. The spokesman of Hurriyat (G) said that ‘like the roles of Farooq Abdullah and Mufti Sayeed are dangerous and harmful for the Kashmir cause, so in the same way every person who will vote or support AAP or any oth-er pro-Indian party, will commit an act of treason.’Hurriyat (G) spokesman Ayaz Akbar said that the Kashmir is not the issue of good or bad governance, but with the interna-tionally recognized as a political issue, it is also a human issue, where large-scale loss of human lives is continue and this is-sue has snatched the peace, comfort, tran-quility and dignity of the common people.He also said that the state of Jammu and Kashmir is suffering from political uncer-tainty and instability. Hurriyat said that

the AAP is welcomed in Delhi and other parts of India, because the people there are fed up with the corrupt and dishonest policies of other traditional political par-ties and they want change of the system, but with respect to Kashmir, this slogan of change is unjustified and a cunning act to deceive the common people of Kash-mir.Hurriyat (G) said that although all the pro-Indian parties of Kashmir are ex-treme corrupt and dishonest, but the change of government is meaningless here and the issue of good or bad gover-nance is considered as secondary.“To end the illegal forced occupation of India' and 'to solve the dispute' according to the wishes and aspirations of the peo-ple are considered as primary issues in Kashmir,” Hurriyat (G) said adding that the issues of electricity, water and cor-ruption are meaningless, where the life, property and dignity of common people is unsafe and where everyday innocent people are killed.“To expect anything favourable from Ka-jriwal or AAP, who justifies the illegal occupation of India in the state and who deny the just demand of Kashmiri people like other Indian rulers, is an unrealistic approach were Indian forces has been giv-en license to kill anybody

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AAP may be clean but for Kashmiris it is like Congress, BJP: Hurriyat (G)

‘Kejriwal, Modi tow faces of same coin’New Delhi, March 01: Saurabh Chandra assumed charge as Secre-tary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natu-ral Gas, Government of India here today. He succeeds Vivek Rae, who demitted office on superannuation yesterday. An officer of the Indian Adminis-trative Service, belonging to the 1978 Batch (UP), Chandra was earlier Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India since 17th April, 2012. Prior to that, Saurabh Chandra was Additional Secretary in Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. He has a rich experience of working in financial administration in both his cadre and with the Government of India. This include his stint with the Min-istry of Finance, Govt of India as Joint Secretary from 2002 to 2007. In a career spanning over 35 years, he has held several posts at different levels in the cadre and with the Government of India. Chandra while working as Director with the Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertil-izers, Government of India, he was associated with the setting up of Oman – India Fertilizer Project, perhaps one of the most successful Joint Venture Projects

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Chandra is now Petroleum Secretary

New Delhi, March 01: Acting on a complaint by Congress on alleged manipulation of opinion polls by some organisations, the Election Commission has asked the Centre to take appropriate action in the matter.In a communication to the minis-tries of Corporate Affairs and In-formation and Broadcasting, the EC has said the matter involves al-legations of conspiracy to prepare false reports/polls for publishing misleading information on consid-eration of illegal payment of mon-ey in return. "Therefore, it is requested that this complaint may be looked into urgently for appropriate action at your end," K Ajaya Kumar, the Principal Secretary of Election Commission of India wrote to the secretaries of the two ministries. The EC said that it has received a complaint from Congress on a sting operation conducted by some of the organisations engaged in conducting opinion polls in con-nection with the elections. "The allegation is that the organ-isations have agreed to manipu-late the results of opinion polls by tweaking figures for publishing to the general public," the poll panel noted.

Taking exception to alleged ma-nipulation of opinion poll results by leading agencies, Congress had on Wednesday knocked at the EC's doors seeking its intervention to register an FIR, invoke criminal charges and debar those involved. Expressing happiness over the EC's decision, the Secretary of AICC Legal and Human Depart-ment cell K C Mittal said, "The ac-tion taken would expose the nexus, manipulations and the vulnerabili-ty of opinion polls and the manner in which the fake projections are being used to mislead the people of India to project certain individuals and parties." In its missive to the EC, the Con-gress had also demanded that the Commission invoke its powers un-der Article 324 of the Constitution to ensure free and fair polls by issu-ing instructions banning opinion polls until expiry of 48 hours from the close of polling for Lok Sabha elections. In a letter to Chief Election Com-missioner V S Sampath and other ECs, Mittal had sought the Com-mission's immediate intervention and issuance of appropriate in-structions to restrict publication of such opinion polls.

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Manipulation of opinion polls: EC asks Centre to take action

Srinagar, Mar 1: Stating that the feud between Huriyat Con-ference (G) Chairman Syed Ai Geelani and Jamat-e-Islami (JeI) over the Hyderpora prop-erty is expected to get resolved in March’s 1st week, Ameer-i-Jamaat Mohammad Abdullah Wani Saturday reiterated his claim that the property belongs to Jamaat saying that Geelani is its lifelong custodian.JeI chief Mohammad Abdullah Wani told KNS over phone that the recent meet held between the senior JeI members and Huriyat (G) deliberated in de-tail over the issue and that fur-ther discussion over the matter is expected in the coming days. “Geelani Sahib has written a letter to JeI, asking that the issue must be resolved in the meet after his return from New Delhi.”Wani stated further that it is the official stand of the JeI that the Hyderpora property that presently is in the possession of Geelani belongs to JeI and that the Huriyat chief is its lifelong custodian. “After that it is the shoora of JeI that will decide

about the future course for this property.”JeI chief maintained further that during the expected meet to be held between senior JeI members and Geelani in the near future , JeI will try to re-solve the issue at the earliest. “The document that is in the court of law wherein Syed Ali Geelani has donated the Hyder-pora property to a trust must stand null and void and that it is only Geelani sahib who is the guardian of the property that belongs to JeI.”Pertinently Jamat-e-Islami (JeI) in the past took strong exception to Geelani’s move of handing over ‘his’ property to a charitable trust, stating that the senior separatist was just the custodian of the property that legally belongs to Jamaat.The statement issued to KNS by Jamat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir had maintained the important meet of its Shoora under its Ammer Mohammad Abdullah Wani was called at the party headquarters where-in it was

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Jamaat reiterates its claim on ‘Geelani’s property’

Only JeI can decide about the property: Wani

Youth is main source of success: Mehbooba

Srinagar March 01: The cavalcade of Jammu and Kashmir’s Agricul-ture Minister was stoned by youth in Srinagar city outskirts on Satur-day, witnesses said.Witnesses told GNS that the caval-cade of Ghulam Hassan Mir, who is Agriculture Minister of the State, was on its way to Tangmarg when it was attacked by youths near Narbal with stones.“The cavalcade of the Mir com-prised of nearly fifty vehicles. But once it reached Narbal, youth appeared and pelted stones on the vehicles of the cavalcade,” official sources told GNS. They, however, added that there was no loss of life or injuries.While addressing people at Tang-marg, Mir said the bold decision of the coalition government for creation of new

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Srinagar, Mar 1: A female baby was found here on Friday evening and was later admitted by Srinagar Police in Hospital.According to a police statement issued to KNS, the Police found a female baby near Zeyarat Makh-doom Sahib, in the jurisdiction of Police station Nowhatta last eve-ning. The infant was later admitted by Nowhatta Police in G.P Panth Hospital, Sonwar. She is under treatment and having good health. (KNS)

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of the Roshni scheme.The then District Collector for Jammu vide order number DCJ/HQA/Roshni/08/676-77 dated 9/6/2008 conferred own-ership rights for this land in favour of the beneficiary. This order of ownership was passed after the price determination committee headed by then Divisional Commissioner Jam-mu determined the market value of the said land.Although, SVO has only indicated that the FIR has been first registered against officers and officials of Revenue depart-ment Jammu and officers of JDA but the reliable sources told CNS that the then Divisional Commissioner Jammu Sudhanshu Pandey, the then Deputy Commissioner Jammu Hirdesh Kumar Singh, the then vice chairperson JDA Sari-ta Chouhan and other Revenue officers are in the net of the vigilance.The investigation of the case has been started and the FIR has been formally registered under section 5 (1) (d) read with section 5 (2) prevention of corruption act 2006 and section 120 B RPC and section 17 of J&K state land (vesting of ownership to the occupants) act 2001 and the investigation has been en-trusted to Rajesh Sharma Inspector Jammu wing of Police Station Vigilance Organization Jammu. (CNS)

Dawood, Arkam, and one is yet to be identified.Meanwhile, SP Kupwara Mohammad Jabar told GNS that the attack at Drugmulla on November 16 last year was car-ried out by the same group.On 24 February, army and police claimed to have killed sev-en unidentified ‘militants’ Dardpora area of Lolab valley in Kupwara district of North Kashmir. However, people and pro-freedom leaders of Kashmir alleged that the slain were locals.The people at Lolab held strong protests against the killings on 25 January and demanded that bodies of the slain should be handed over to them for identification. The area wit-nessed violent clashes and authorities had to impose curfew in Lolab valley and in Kupwara town. (GNS)

which militants managed to fled towards Ahangar Mohal-la. We have cordoned off the village and its adjoining areas to flush out the militants which are believed to be three to four in number,” he said adding that search operation is going on in the area. (CNS)

in Micro & Small Enterprises Lending at a function here today.Congratulating all the distinguished entrepreneurs who re-ceived awards today the Prime Minister expressed the hope that their example will motivate entrepreneurs all over the country to strive for higher standards of performance.The Prime Minister said “The MSME sector is of vital im-portance to our national economy. It accounts for 8 per cent of the country’s GDP, 45 per cent of its manufactured output and 43 per cent of our exports. It provides employment to over 10 crore people. Our Government has always believed that strong performance of this sector is necessary for us to achieve the objective of rapid and inclusive growth. It is a matter of considerable satisfaction for all of us that the MSME sector has grown at a healthy rate of 10 per cent in recent years.”To promote the growth of the MSME sector the Prime Min-ister said that additional measures were announced in the Budget for the Financial Year 2013-14. These included con-tinuation of non-tax benefits available for MSMEs for three years even after an enterprise graduated to a higher cate-gory. Fifteen additional tool rooms are being set up in the country with World Bank assistance to facilitate skill devel-opment and promotion of new technologies in the MSME sector. Regeneration of traditional industries is being giv-en focused attention and this is expected to benefit 4 lakh artisans engaged in these activities. Another recent initia-tive to assist the MSME sector is the setting up of the ‘India Inclusive Innovation Fund’ (IIIF) for promoting grass-root level innovation.The Prime Minister laid emphasis on the need for promot-ing exports from the MSME sector and said “only a small fraction of enterprises today has the skills, risk appetite and resources to avail of the opportunities offered by processes of globalization. We need to change this state of affairs. I am happy that the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enter-prises has been taking steps to promote bilateral coopera-tion with other countries in the MSME sector and giving our enterprises exposure to international markets and foreign technologies.The Government’s initiatives can be successful only with the participation of the private sector and civil society. I would urge Industry Associations and Chambers of Com-merce in India to come forward with innovative solutions to address constraints that still hamper the development of the MSME sector and also provide constructive inputs for policy formulation and implementation in years to come”.Welcoming the Prime Minister, the Minister of State (Inde-pendent Charge), Shri K. H. Muniyappa said this year’s to-tal number of National Awardees are 110, including 37 from MSME Sector, 47 from Khadi & Village Industries and 20 from Coir Industries and 6 from Public Sector Banks. The MSME sector has been accorded high priority to with core emphasis on skill development, employability and entrepre-neurship development. Accordingly the 12th Plan allocation has been substantially enhanced to Rs 24,124 crore in 12th Plan as compared to Rs 11,500 crore during 11th plan.Underlining the role and importance of Khadi and Village industries and its reforms in the Indian economy, Shri K. H. Muniyappa said the MSME Ministry is implementing a comprehensive reform package for the khadi sector, through ADB funding namely, the Khadi Reform and De-velopment Programme (KRDP), which includes up grada-tion and capacity building of 300 khadi institutions and improved marketing with the financial assistance of Rs. 950 crore. Steps are also being taken to distribute 1 lakh modern Chrakhas under KRDP for ensuring higher productivity for the artisans.While highlighting the major flagship programme of the Ministry, Shri K H Muniyappa said that the Prime Min-ister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) of the Ministry operated through KVIC, has proved to be a remarkable avenue for generation of both self employment and wage employment in a sustainable manner. Since the inception of PMEGP in 2008-09, more than 2.34 lakh new entrepreneurs have been assisted so far and created about 21.26 lakh employment opportunities across the country with Margin Money Subsidy released to the tune of Rs. 5167.00 crores. This year onwards the Ministry has target-ed over 100 new enterprises per district every year under PMEGP in all the districts in the country. During 12th Plan period, the Ministry intends to create around 5 lakh such enterprises under PMEGP creating employment opportuni-ties for around 40 lakh persons in the country with an outlay of Rs. 8060 crore.The Minister congratulated all the winners of National Awards and expressed that these awards would imbibe a sense of achievement among the MSME entrepreneurs and encourage them and more such entrepreneurs to reach new-er heights in product quality, innovation and global compet-itiveness.

in the name of AFSPA and other black laws and where peo-ple are denied justice in the incidents like Pathribal, Gool, Machil, Markandal etc.”Hurriyat (G) spokesman said that the AAP will try to select the honest people from the state but for the Kashmir and common people, they are enemies like Farooq Abdullah, Mufti Sayed or Saif-ud-Din Soz.He also said that it is a proven fact that Kashmir is not Delhi in anyway, here whoever is brought to power is only the loy-al employee of New Delhi. “He does not have his own power or position,” Akbar said while adding that the state of Jam-mu and Kashmir is directly ruled by the Home Ministry of India through its huge army and intelligence agencies and nothing can happen here without the consent of New Delhi.He said that it is the compulsion of Indian rulers to thrust the civil government in Kashmir, because by doing this they want to shift all the human rights violations and blames upon the local administration in front of world communi-ties. Hurriyat said that the people who are making hue and cry about the AAP and are expecting miracles thereof are actually deceiving the common and simple people of Kash-mir. (KNS)

set up by a Central Public Sector Enterprise/Multi-State Cooperative. He is a Graduate in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and holds a Diploma in Management.

Besides, the party had also sought the EC's intervention in registering an FIR and debarring those involved. The Congress complaint came after a TV news channel claimed that a sting operation conducted by it had shown that some of the agencies which conduct opinion polls be-fore elections are willing to tweak their findings for money. The channel claimed that its sting operation had exposed 11 agencies which conducted opinion polls.

unanimously agreed by all shora members that the proper-ty of Jamat-e-Islami at Rahmat Abad Hyderpora will remain in custody of Syed Ali Gelaani till he is alive. “After that Ja-mat is authorized to take final decision over the property.” (KNS)

NC-led government created a system which is fully loaded against them. Referring to the BOPEE scam, she said the tainted person; Mustaq Peer was given extensions after ex-tension, by the government, besides serious charges of cor-ruption and other malpractices pending against him both at the Kashmir University, where he (Peer) has served earlier and at the BOPEE. She said not only this the government has re-employed more than 400 corrupt bureaucrats with a monthly salary of millions of rupees, and the educated youth is asked to work for 3000 Rs/per, which is quite humiliating and insulting. She said youth need meaningful, respectable job avenues and the PDP, with the help of renowned subject experts, has formulated a comprehensive youth empower-ment plan which shall take care of their every need. She said keeping in view the intellect and level of education, the youth of the state deserved much better, but the gov-ernment has badly failed to do anything concrete for their future advancements. She said the so-called employment policy of the government has failed to yield the desired re-sults with the result the unemployment ratio has consider-ably increased in the state. “The ‘employment and welfare policy’ is cruel joke with the educated unemployed youth of the state,” she said.Castigating the government for betraying unemployed ed-ucated youth, Mehbooba regretted that during the last five years the government has brazenly auctioned government jobs to deprive meritorious and deserving candidates and to adjust only undeserving candidates in lieu of money. “Only noticeable achievement of NC-led government is auctioning government jobs in open market and re-employment of the retired officers”, she saidMehbooba said during PD-led government recruitment process was institutionalized to ensure accountability and transparency. She mentioned that more than 80,000 Reh-bar-e-Talim (ReT) teachers were appointed. Similarly more than 40000 Anganwari workers were also appointed but not even a single case of favouritism and nepotism was high-lighted during the selection processes. “We institutional-ized the recruitment process to ensure that only deserving and meritorious candidate should be recruited”, she said.She said that all promises made by the NC during the last assembly elections remained only on papers. “Instead of fulfilling the commitments made to the people during 2008 assembly elections, this government has been deceiving the people by making false statements”, she said.Speaking on the occasion Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, in charge of the party’s youth wing said that youth have been the main target of the present regime and time has now come to change the present system which can ensure a level playing field for all particularly the youth. He said during last five years, the government has been on a mission to demoralize the human resource by way of suppression and corruption in the system with the result the youth have been pushed to the wall and were not able to seek better lives for themselves.Waheed said PDP is the only party in the state, having a complete youth policy which, besides other things, calls for end to the systematic exploitation of young population and guarantees respectable opportunities for them where they can realise their creative potential and play their role in making the structure accountable, transparent and people friendly. He said youth have an important role to change the political, governance narrative and this year gives them an opportunity to rewrite a new history for the state, where they can live without anyone suspecting them.Calling for a decisive mandate for PDP, he said it is the party’s vision to get respectable settlement of the political problems and bring the state back on rails. Vice President Rajinder Singh Manhas said that the educated youth are the worst victims of wrong policies being propagated Omar Abdullah. Flaying the government for the ‘new recruitment policy’ he said the government has put enormous dent on the future of youth by bringing such a rotten and ruthless policy. Gurdeep Singh Pandey, Abhijeet Singh Jasrotia, Varinder Singh Sonu and others also addressed the youth. (KNS)

Administrative Units across the state aims to provide gov-ernance to the people of J&K at their doorstep for which they had to traverse a long distances for getting their prob-lems resolved in various utility services offices. “The new administrative units will give new impetus to development and ease the administrative problems of people living in far-flung areas and will change development landscape of Jam-mu and Kashmir,” he said.Asking the people particularly the youth to involve them-selves in the development of the state, he said that “it is due to overwhelming support of the people, the government was able to take such initiatives during last five years to make J&K at par with other states of the country”. (GNS)

Srinagar, Mar 1 : Reacting to ‘India 2013 Human Rights Report” published by US state department, wherein the human rights abuse and alleged denial to hold protest rallies in Jammu and Kashmir has been mentioned in detail the pro-freedom leadership on Satur-day appreciated the findings while as the mainstream parties passed the buck to each other.Asking US and the international com-munity not to confine their role to is-suance of statements over Kashmir’s Human Rights abuses, Chairman Hur-riyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani maintained that the international com-munity must play its role on the diplo-matic front for the Kashmir resolution. “The report is a welcome sign but at the same time we have to accept that India has never taken these reports seriously and it is hell-bent upon inflicting gross human rights abuses.”The senior separatist leader told KNS over phone that the world community raised concerns in the past as well over the increasing human rights volitions but the statements have done no good to the people of the ‘troubled’ land. The Hurriyat chief while castigating the authorities over ‘imposing’ curbs over the movement of the pro-freedom leaders accused that the just leader-ship here is continuously being pushed to the wall. “My appeal to the world community is that they must act on the diplomatic front for the resolution of Kashmir in accordance with the wish-es and aspirations of the people of the state.”Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq while terming the report a ‘welcome’ sign stated that the concerns of the world community

towards the sufferings of the people of Kashmir must be appreciated. “The report that was recently released by the US secretary of state vindicates that the world is maintaining a close vigil over the situation of the state and it is hoped that it will take the serious note of the situation here in which the democratic institutions are being undermined and the just voice of peo-ple is being crushed with the military might.” Mirwaiz added that it is hoped that the contents of the report shall be looked into with the serious approach and that other international organiza-tions would peruse the matter.Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Lib-eration Front Mohammad Yasin Ma-lik while appreciating the concerns of US over gross HR abuses told KNS that the report is a welcome step and that United States must not remain a mute spectator over the curbs be-ing imposed on the peaceful protest demonstrations. “It is US that played the vital role for the emergence of non-violent struggle in Kashmir and it must take a serious note of the situ-ation in which peaceful voice of lead-ers and people here is being crushed every day.”The JKLF chief maintained further that US must pursue the contents of the report so that peaceful demo-cratic struggle of the people for their birth right in Kashmir could sustain. Among the mainstream parties, senior Congress leader and a cabinet minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din told KNS that he has not read the report and hence cannot comment on its content pertaining to the state.National Conference while holding Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AF-

SAP) responsible for the Human rights violations in the state, maintained that the law confers powers to the armed forces without accountability. ”Un-til AFSPA is not revoked- we cannot stop the HR abuses in Kashmir,” said senior NC leader and Parliament mem-ber Mehboob Beg. He added that he continuously has been raising voice in the parliament about the AFSPA revocation and that the chief minister Omar Abdullah has been continuous-ly perusing the case while using the democratic forums. “As far as the curbs on the movement of separatist leaders are concerned, it is done on the bases of the maintenance of the law and order in the state.”Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) while reacting to the report stated that it is undeniable that there are Human rights crises in the state and that if others have said it is natural. “It is painful that there is no accountability for the government forces and even the cas-es like Pathribal have been closed in the interest of the so called national interest,” said PDP chief spokesman Naeem Akhtar, adding that there is no violation of any kind that is not com-mitted in the state.Akhtar maintained that the free space is being denied to the people of the state which is one major reason of alien-ation and separatism. “We believe that putting curbs on those who carry on a campaigning for independence or its other variants have right to profess what they do in peaceful means. Ideas have to be addressed with better and more creative ideas- that is what our party believes in and is trying to pro-mote.” (KNS)

Separatists welcome; Mainstream parties pass buck to each other

Srinagar, March 1: Irked at alleged government failure to dewater the area, the res-idents of New Colony Pal-apora, falling in Eidgah con-stituency of Srinagar city staged a massive protest against concerned MLA and alleged that time and again residents and representa-tive delegations have been knocking the doors of the MLA Eidgah but of no avail. Men, women and children carrying black flags, plac-ards and banners assem-bled at Press Enclave Sri-nagar and held a massive protest. Police swung into action and detained more than two dozen protestors. Amid anit-MLA Eidgah slogans, the protestors said that water logging has made their lives miserable and there was every threat to life and property of the peo-ple. “Water has seeped into the first floor of many resi-dential houses and there is water logging everywhere. Not speaking of little chil-dren, even elders and young are finding it hard to cross the road in our area,” one of the protesters Ghulam Qa-dir Ganaie told CNS. The protestors said that the government has miser-ably failed to come to their rescue. Accusing the rul-ing National Conference of sleeping over the hardships faced by the people, the res-

idents said: “It seems that the government is busy enjoying warm comforts in Jammu whereas the people of Kashmir have been left to die in tragic situation like ours.” The residents appealed the Divisional Commissioner, Shailendra Kumar and the District Development Com-missioner Srinagar Farooq Ahmed Shah to personally look into the matter. “All our previous appeals have gone down the drain. Now our hope is pinned at these two officers,” the res-idents said while appealing them to visit the area for an on-the-spot assessment of the problem on priority basis. A police official told CNS that all the protestors were released soon after the cul-mination of the protest. Meanwhile, residents of Hamdania colony Bemina also staged a protest against MLA concerned about the ‘persistent and ever deteri-orating problem of water logging that has crept into their colony endangering the dwellings of people. The protests The protestors said that a large number of house-holds have abandoned their ground floors and some have even migrated from the Col-ony. They appealed to the district administration to look into the matter. (CNS)

Water logging mess:

Protests against MLA Eidgah and Batamaloo

Kupwara villages protest Govt apathy

Srinagar, March 01: Dozens of residents of Ringwala and Harli staged a protest outside the office of Deputy Commissioner Kupwara against the government apa-thy towards their areas.Reports reaching GNS said that the residents of the Ringwala and Harli appeared outside the office of DC Kupwara and shouted anti-government slogans. The residents of these two remote areas of Machil in Kup-wara district said that their areas are still cut from the rest of the world as government has not cleared snow from the roads.“We are facing intense difficulties. Government claims that they have cleared snow form all the areas but our area which is 21 kilometers from Machil is still under snow,” said Ghulam Nabi Bhat, while talking to GNS. He said that due non-clearance of snow, two ladies of the village including a pregnant lady died as their fami-lies could not take them to hospital due to snow.The pregnant lady has been identified as Sara Begum, 32, wife of Abdul Jabbar Tantray while another lady, Jana Begum, wife of Muhammad Rafiq Lone, whose appendix was to be removed also didn’t managed to reach hospital.Bhat said that due to government negligence, 350 people have lost their lives since last 30 years in Machil and its adjoining areas. “We demand that we should be rehabilitated and government should take steps to safe-guard us because we live in avalanche prone areas,” he said. (GNS)

12 killed in three bomb blasts targeting

Pakistan polio teamIslamabad, Mar 1: At least 12 people were killed and 11 injured when three roadside bombs targeting a polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan exploded on Saturday. The blasts near the Afghan border were the latest attack on efforts to stamp out the crippling dis-ease in Pakistan, which is one of only three countries where polio remains endemic.Eleven paramilitary troops and one child died when the bombs detonated in the Lashora area in Khyber Agency, 30 kilometres southwest of Peshawar. The troops were protecting a convoy of anti-polio cam-paigners.Polio persists in Pakistan with militant groups seeing vaccination campaigns as a cover for espionage. There are also long-running rumours about polio drops causing infertility.WHO has warned that Peshawar is the world's largest reservoir of polio. Afghanistan and Nigeria are the other countries where the disease remains.

Srinagar, Mar 1 (KNS): The Passport office Srinagar today held a passport mela wherein 300 passports were finalized.According to Firdous Iqbal, Passport Officer Srinagar in order facilitate more applicants to have their Passport ap-plications processed particularly in view of some reports of non-availability of on-line appointment in recent past, the Srinagar passport office held the passport mela at Passport Office Srinagar on Saturday.Pertinently, Saturday is an official holiday observed for any passport office in the country. During the day around 300 Passport cases were finalized for Passports. “It has been our endeavour to help our people in facilitating issuance of passport without any hassles. And with this commitment in mind, we thought to hold this passport mela so that some people who feel online appointments are not available could avail the benefit,” Iqbal told KNS. (KNS)

Passport office holds mela on holiday, finalizes

300 passports

Srinagar, March 01: A youth died and three others including two women re-ceived burn injuries after a high tension wire snapped in Verinag of South Kash-mir’s Anantnag district on Saturday.Official sources told GNS that Sabzar Ahmad Mochi, 22, son of Ghulam Nabi Mo-chi resident of Imooh Veri-nag received electric shock at his home while repairing an electric wire when, the hight tension line fell on the

local transmission wire.Three pedestrians including two women also sustained burn injuries into the inci-dent and a local Mosque was also partially damaged, they said.The injured persons has been identified as Sumaira Jan, daughter of Ghulam Hassan Khanday of Bani-hal, Rafiqa Akhter son of Abdul Majeed and Sirajdin Khatariya son of Shahwali Khatariya both hailing from Imooh.

Youth dies, 3 injured as high tension wire snaps

OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT OFFICER KASHMIR

NOTICE Whereas an appli-cation for transfer of ownership has been received from Mr. Raja Mudasir S/O Nisar-ul Gani Shah R/O Qayoom Colony Rawalpora

Srinagar (transferor) of Tata Safari bearing regd. No JK01R 8171 Chassis no 01360 Engine No 02262 Model 2012 in favour of Mr. Mohd Lateef Sheikh S/O Khalil Mohd Sheikh R/O Krangsoo Mattan (Transferee) and cancel-lation of hire purchase agreement with J&K Bank Rani-pora Anantnag.Now therefore it is notified for the information of the general public that representation / objection if any in this connection with proposed transfer will be received within 12 days from the date of publication of this notice in the office of the undersigned.No any representation/objection shall be entertained after stipulated period.

Sd/-Regional Transport Officer Kashmir

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SUNDAY, MARCH | 02 | 2014Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWS

Your internal fire may be feeling a bit smothered by a fierce reality check today, Libra. Give people the benefit of the doubt. They are more perceptive than you may think. In fact, it may behoove you to get some honest feedback today from some people you trust. It could be difficult for you to sort out the truth in your present situation, since you’re the one caught in the middle of the maelstrom.

Careful planning on your part is starting to pay off, Scorpio, but be careful that you don’t alienate others in your quest to be the best. You may not realize how your harsh words affect the people around you. Be more sensitive to the feelings of others. Focus and be brave in your actions. Hesitation may cause you to lose control of the situation. Know your boundaries, but push beyond them.

A little foreign culture could be the thing you need right now to spice things up a bit. It could be that you aren’t feeling a very strong connection with the environment around you. You could be anxious to spread your wings and explore your freedom. Start small but think big. Get out of your rut and do more exploring on your own. There’s a sobering, disciplined feeling to the day that could help you think realistically about your situation .

Some days it may be hard for you to get motivated, Capri-corn, but if ever there were a day in which it was easier than others, this would be the day. You’ll find that your mind is quite attuned to the situation around you and that your sense of grounding is helping you manifest that which you wish to bring to life. There’s a sense of time restriction and limitation to the day that is prodding you to act now.

You may feel a bit of restriction working to hold you back from your current plans today, Aquarius. It could be that your mind is feeling restless and that you’re anxious to go, but there’s a feel-ing of discipline and caution nagging you and urging you to slow down. This might not be a bad idea. Discipline and willpower may be exactly the things you need in order to get where you’re going.

You’ll find that a sensitive mind that’s open to every-thing and every possibility is exactly the thing you need at this time in order to be successful in reaching all the goals you’re working toward, Pisces. You’ll find that your sense of duty and need for plans and solid goals are key el-ements for getting to where you need to be. Gather infor-mation and create a plan of attack that is well thought out.

Things that require restriction and discipline on your part may be causing tension and opposition in your world today, Virgo. The good news is that your mind is clear and you should feel in tune with the people around you. Know your allies and take care of them. Remind others of how much they mean to you. The most important aspects of your life are your friends and family, so treat them with uncondi-tional love.

Today is a good day to be receptive to other people’s ener-gies, Aries. You’ll find that a sensitive attitude toward the people around you, combined with a bit of hard work and willingness to fulfill your responsibilities, will make for an unstoppable winning combination. Use this day to collect data and plan your goals. Take responsibility for your actions and don’t be afraid to admit your mistakes.

You’ll find that your mind is sharp and penetrating today, Taurus. Make sure you stay focused and organized. You have the power of discipline behind you that will help you mani-fest quite a bit on a day like today. Keep in mind that your openness to others and your incredible sensitivity are some of your greatest gifts. Use your power to create prosperity for yourself, but do it without hurting or manipulating others.

There is a rough stubbornness to the day that you may find hinders your progress, Gemini. There may be undercurrents of op-position that are slowly wearing away at your psyche. Make sure that you don’t fall into the trap of feeling guilt or regret. These are useless emotions that you simply can do without. If people are be-ing negative or unreasonable, simply walk away from the situation and find a better one.

There are forces working in your favor that you should be sure to latch onto and take advantage of, Cancer. You’ll find that your sense of duty and ability to plan are paying off in a very pos-itive way. You’ll find that you’re able to check quite a few things off your list today. Think before you act and take a time-out to rest and regroup if you need to.

Missed connections and unfortunate misunderstandings will happen less frequently if you slow down and focus. Re-member that you can do things yourself, Leo. Don’t feel like you absolutely need approval from others before tackling the projects that you wish to complete. Your mind is urging you to take the initiative today, so feel free to do so. Just make sure you aren’t too hasty in your actions.

Historic decision

to change development landscape of

J&K: MirTANGMARG, MARCH 01- Thou-

sands of People from Tangmarg, Pat-tan and Beerwa today gave a rousing reception to the Minister for Agricul-ture, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir for ful-filling the aspirations of the people of these areas by strongly advocat-ing their demands for creation of new Administrative Units (AU’s) in the Cabinet Sub Committee and the Cabinet, Which resulted in creation of several new AU’s in these respec-tive areas.

People from all walks of life from Tangmarg, Pattan and Beerwa as-

sembled at Narbal from morning braving cold, snow and rainy weath-er and took Mr. Mir in a procession to Tangmarg where he addressed a huge public meeting. The enthu-siastic crowds were seen chanting slogans and were also dancing to celebrate the creation of new ad-ministrative units in their respective areas en-route the procession.

Addressing the huge gathering at Tangmarg, the Minister said the bold decision of the coalition government for creation of new Administrative Units across the state aims to pro-vide governance to the people of J&K at their doorstep for which they had to traverse a long distances for get-ting their problems resolved in vari-ous utility services offices. He said that new administrative units will give new impetus to development and ease the administrative prob-lems of people living in far-flung areas and will change development landscape of J&K.

Mr.Mir said that time is not far away when Tangmarg Tehsil will get District status to fulfill the cherished dream of the people of Tangmarg

and its adjoining areas.Mr Mir said that carving out

of Tehsils, Naibats, Patwar Halqas and new community development blocks, in particular, will give further boost to rural economy with increas-ing fund flow. He said that every area will receive uniform fund flow under various centrally and state schemes to upgrade the rural infrastructure, besides to facilitate the people to redress their grievances in a time bound manner. He said, almost ev-ery area has been covered under this historic decision. He said that cre-ation of Tehsils,Addressing the huge gathering at Tangmarg, the Minister said the bold decision of the coali-tion government for creation of new Administrative Units across the state aims to provide governance to the people of J&K at their doorstep for which they had to traverse a long distances for getting their problems resolved in various utility services offices. He said that new administra-tive units will give new impetus to development and ease the adminis-trative problems of people living in far-flung areas and will change de-

velopment landscape of J&K.Mr.Mir said that time is not far

away when Tangmarg Tehsil will get District status to fulfill the cherished dream of the people of Tangmarg and its adjoining areas.

Mr Mir said that carving out of Tehsils, Naibats, Patwar Halqas and new community development blocks, in particular, will give further boost to rural economy with increas-ing fund flow. He said that every area will receive uniform fund flow under various centrally and state schemes to upgrade the rural infrastructure, besides to facilitate the people to redress their grievances in a time bound manner. He said, almost ev-ery area has been covered under this historic decision. He said that cre-ation of Tehsils,Blocks, Naibats, and Sub-Divisions will go a long way in mitigating the difficulties of the people in various areas, particularly the far off pockets of the State.

The Minister said that for the welfare of the people, numerous people friendly initiatives have been taken by the government and this is a major initiative in the past six and

half decades, which is aimed at giv-ing much needed respite to people living in ‘not so advantageous areas’. He spelled out the broad contours of the initiative and said placement of Patwari in each Panchayat Halqa will immensely benefit the rural popula-tion.

Asking the people particularly the youth to involve themselves in the development of the state, The Minister said that “it is due to over-whelming support of the people, the government was able to take such initiatives during last five years to make J&K at par with other states of the country”. He said that UPA gov-ernment has provided liberal fund-ing for the development of the state, as a result all the three regions are witnessing development and cre-ation of infrastructure in different spheres of life.

Referring to various local issues, the Minister said that during last five years road communication network, health, education , PHE, Power in-frastructure of these areas has been upgraded, besides number of vital bridges have also been completed.

Minister of State for PHE, Irriga-tion and Flood Control, Mr. Nazir Ahmad Gurezi today informed the House that 118850.66 quintals of seeds, 1831241.35 MTs of fertilizer and 1722.62 MTs of pesticide have been provided to the farmers during the current year.The Minister was re-plying to a question by Mr. Jahangir Hussain Mir in the Legislative Council.

The Minister further said that besides state / district plan, various schemes are under implementation for Development of Agriculture sec-tor including Integrated Scheme of Oilseed, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize, Seed Village Programme, Horticul-ture Mission for the North-East and Himalayan States, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, National Food Security Mission (Rice & Wheat), Promotion & Strengthening of Agricultural Mecha-nization through training, testing & Demonstration, Support to state Ex-tension Programme for Extension Re-forms and National Bamboo Mission.

Mr. Gurezi further informed the House that in order to improve Vegetable production various other schemes are under implementation in the state like the National Vegeta-

ble Initiative for Urban Clusters which aims at providing end –to-end linkage in vegetable production, marketing and processing with back-up sup-port by the Small Farmers Agri Busi-ness Consortium (SFAC) and various interventions like Base Line Surveys,

Promotion of Farmer Association / Groups, Vegetable seed and Seedling production, Organic Farming, Vermi-compost Units and Vermibeds, veg-etable Cultivation in Open Condition, Protected Cultivation, Integrated Nu-trient Management / Integrated Pest Farmers have been initiated under the mission.The Minister said that similarly, under Horticulture Mis-sion for North East and Himalayan State (HMNEH), the Scheme is be-ing implemented with an objective to focus on the quality production of vegetable crops, Mushroom and Apiculture through adoption of im-proved technologies, Area Expansion of Vegetables / Spices, Promotion of Organic Farming, Horticulture Mech-anization, Construction of Vermicom-post, Protected Cultivation (Naturally Ventilated System), Shade Net House, Human Resource Development and Creation of Water Sources.While re-plying to another question raised by Dr. B. A. Veeri, the Minister informed the House that the eroded / vulner-able spots of both banks of Nallah Lid-der to Hutmurrah are at present being treated / restored out of the available funds with the department.

JAMMU, March 01- As many as 7 Private Members’ Bill were moved in the House for introduction. Out of these 6 Bills were withdrawn by the members’ after receiving assurances by the Government, while the Bill of Mr. Jugal Kishore was defeated after the member pressed for voting.

Mr. Naresh Kumar Gupta moved a Bill to amend State Ran-bir Penal Code, 1989 (1932 A.D.), (L. C Private Members’ Bill No. 1 of 2014)” and a Bill to amend Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, 1996 (L.C Private Members’ Bill No. 2 of 2014)”.

Dr. Syed Bashir Ahmad Veeri moved a Bill to repeal the Enemy Agents Ordinance, 2005 (1948 A.D) ordinance No. VIII of 2005 (L.C. Private Members’ Bill No. 3 of 2014)”and a Bill to provide reservation of handicapped children of militancy vic-tim and people who are victims of militancy, in the appoint-ments and professional institutions and in other government recognized institutions in the Jammu and Kashmir or other government recognized institutions in the State (L.C Private Members’ Bill No. 4 of 2014).

Dr. Shehnaz Ganai moved a Bill to lay down an obligation to publish citizen charter and redress grievance of the public in a time bound manner (L.C Private Members’ Bill No.6 of 2014)” and a Bill to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 (L.C Private Member Bill No 7 of 2014)”

.Mr. Jugal Kishore moved a Bill to prohibit the sale of meat and liquor at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Katra and its surroundings within a radius of 10 kilometers (L.C Private Members Bill No 5 of 2014)”.

Business in LC

6 Bills withdrawn, 1 defeated in LC

118850.66 Qts seeds, 1831241 MTs fertilizer provided to farmers: Gurezi

People hail Mir’s contribution on creation of AUs in Tangmarg, Pattan, Beerwa

Sagar cautions people about ulterior motives of certain parties

Two SRDs conducts in Kargil: Kichloo

Tagore Hall, Abhinav Theatre to be completed in May, Oct: Bhalla

Power tariff being charged as per provision of JK SERC: Sadhotra

JAMMU, MARCH 01: Cautioning the masses about the mechanizations and false propa-ganda being unleashed by certain parties for their ulterior political motives, the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that these forces have always thrived on spreading falsehood for their political interests but people of the state are aware of the development under-taken by the government in every sphere of life and would give a befitting reply to them in coming future.The Minister was addressing a huge public gathering after laying the foun-dation stone of the Model village at Bakura-Ganderbal in Kashmir division. The Model Vil-lage will be taken up with an estimated cost of Rs. 1.12 crore and will having all the requisite facilities like Community Information Centre, play grounds and other allied things.District Development Commissioner, Gan-derbal, Mr. Sarmad Hafeez, Director Rural Development, Kashmir, Mir Altaf Ahmad and other senior officers of district were present on the occasion. Taking a dig at the op-position parties trying to negate the achieve-

ments registered by the coalition government in every sphere of life, the Minister said that they believe in spreading divisive propaganda for their ulterior and political motives. “The historic step taken by the government of an-nouncing various new administrative units in different parts of the state would ensure fast paced and sustained development and would go a long way in providing the much needed basic units of governance to the people within their catchment areas and would also help in elevating their socio-economic profile”, Mr. Sagar said and maintained that people of the state are wise enough to understand their mechanizations.Terming the empowerment of Panchayats one of the major initiatives un-dertaken by the government for ensuring the decentralization of powers to the grass root level, the Minister said that these basic units of governance have been adequately empow-ered with the powers of 14 vital departments and the necessary instruction have been passed down the line to ensure that they are involved in implementation and formulation of various welfare programmes.

Minister of State for Home, Mr. Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo re-plying to a question by Aga Syed Ahmed Rizvi informed that Special Recruitment Drive (SRD) have been conducted in the Police Department at Constabulary level in pursuant to the Cabinet decision, with a view to giving representation to the eligible candidates in the areas which are relatively under- represented in the Police Department.The Minister informed that two Special Recruitment Drives were conducted in Kargil in which 144 candidates were selected. He said such drives in other eligible areas would also be conducted accordingly to give proper representation to these areas.

Procurement of material by local bodies done through tendering: Jora

Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies, Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora today informed the House that as far as Urban local body institutions of Jammu division are con-cerned, the procurement of material like Disinfectants, lights etc has been made by way of tendering, and the tenders were called by the committees and the rate were approved by the presidents / administrators of the concerned committees from time to time.The Minister was replying to a question by Mr Jugal Kishore in Legislative Council today.The Minister said that an amount of Rs. 75.56 lakh has been released by the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies to Municipal Commit-tees during 2013-14 till date and Rs. 121.20 lakhs has been expended by these MCs out of their own resources during the current year.He further said that as far as, the firm / supplier approved for the supply of such material is concerned, the ap-proval has been given by the concerned president / adminis-trator and supply orders have been issued by the concerned Executive Officer from time to time.

Minister for Hous-ing and Culture, Mr. Raman Bhalla today informed the House that the expected date of completion for Tagore Hall; Ab-hinav Theatre is May and October 2014 respectively.While replying to a ques-tion by Mr. Devender Singh Rana in Legis-lative Council today, the Minister said that the civil works for the auditorium hall almost is completed, interior electrifica-tion along with fire alarm system, sig-nage’s etc, automatic voltage regulator are ready for installation.Mr. Bhalla said that HVAC system and firefighting system have been completed. Inside

hydrants, cabinets and de watering pumps have been installed. He further said that allotment has been is-sued for Stage lighting, fur-

nishing and AV system besides the process for procurement of chairs for auditorium has been initiated.

He said that in Ab-hinav Theatre, Jammu the civil works of the building have been completed besides AC system, firefighting equipment, new mod-ern lighting system in-side and outside with power saver electrifica-tion stands installed.

He said installation of new chairs, finish-ing of stages, installa-tion of lights, installa-tion of sound system and carpet are to be

taken up.Mr. Bashir Ahmad Magray, Mr. Naresh Gupta, Mr. G. Q. Pardesi and Mr. Jahangir Hussain Mir raised their supplementaries.

Minister for Planning, Labour and Employment Mr. Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, replying to a question by Mr. Mohammad Muzaffar Parray in-formed the House that Billing of en-ergy consumed is being carried out as per the provisions of tariff, issued by the J&K SERC.

The Minister said that me-tered consumers are being charged as per monthly energy consump-tion recorded by the meters, while unmetered consumers are charged as per fixed rates depending upon the load agreement of the consumer with the department.

The Minister said that the department is compelled to take corrective measures in power theft and pilferage. He said under Clause 95 of the Act, theft of electricity is punishable for a term which may extend upto three years and fine or both. He said that Power Develop-ment Department has so far been trying to inculcate sense of respon-sibility in the consumers.

Khalid Najeeb Suhrawardy also raised the supplementary.

Replying to another question

by Abdul Majeed Bhat, the Minister said that the Registering officers i.e. Assistant Labour Commissioner in each districts are responsible for the issuance of Labour cards and registration of Building and other construction workers on the re-ceipt of an application with the completion of all requirements laid down under Rules in Section 2(d) and 2 (c) of the building and other construction workers (RE&CS) Act, 1996.

The Minister further in-formed that the Building and Other Construction Workers Wel-fare Board has not authorized any private i.e. agent for any commis-sion. He said, however, the board receives Rs. 10/- as registration fee alongwith monthly contribution @ Rs.10/- which is strictly elaborated under rules.

Mr. Sadhotra said that in order to make the system more efficient, a number of steps have been taken by the Board including computeriza-tion of records in each district. He said that the Board has issued new forms for various Welfare Schemes

that can be received from office of the Assistant Labour Commissioner concerned. The forms cannot be photo copied or sold because on the forms it is clearly mentioned that the forms are “free of cost”. He said that the Board, in order to ensure that all deserving people are registered under the schemes, allocates funds to districts for pub-licity and common awareness of people. He said that sanction of the cases of marriage assistance is now being done by the CEO/Sec-retary, B&OCWW Board instead of Assistant Labour Commissioners. He said that this is being done in order to increase the transparency and ensure that more time is given to efficient registration of workers by registering officers.

Replying to the supplemen-tary by Mr. Naresh Kumar Gupta, the Minister informed that to sim-plify the process, MG NREGA cards have been acknowledged in the process of registration of Building and other construction workers in the office of Assistant Labour Com-missioner.

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Confusing pre-poll political

scenario Fighting Cyber Crimes ith the continual expansion of the ‘cyber world’ around us, more and more people and organiza-tions are getting intertwined on the internet and other platforms, including the mobiles and the fast expanding ‘cloud’. This on the one hand has proved to be a boon for the business, establish-ments, enterprises, education field, interperson-al relations and the society as whole; but at the same time has also become a preying ground for the unscrupulous elements thereby providing innumerable and innovative ways of cheating and defrauding. This defrauding can take place not only with respect to financial losses but also in relation to reputation, privacy and network-ing websites, including matrimonial websites. As a result, there is a continuous effort on the part of the Government to take such steps as will prevent and punish the cyber crimes and their perpetrators so that even the common man can tread on the cyber highway without fear of fall-ing prey to unscrupulous elements. In this effort the Central Government is working in consort with all stakeholders. As per the Crime Data /information maintained by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), 2,464 cases of crime such as hacking and oth-ers, were registered during 2012. A total of 1,440 cases were related to loss / damage to computer resource/ utility reported under hacking with computer systems (Section 66(1) of the Infor-mation Technology Act 2000) and 435 cases were related to hacking under Section 66(2) of the Information Technology Act 2000. For com-mitting such crimes, 749 persons were arrested during 2012. There were 589 cases of obscene publications / transmission in electronic form under Section 67 of Information Technology Act, 2000 during the year 2012; wherein 497 persons were arrested. In addition, 259 cases of cheating through cyber forgery and 118 cases of cyber frauds were registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) provisions. Further, as per the infor-mation provided by Reserve Bank of India 6,034 frauds involving credit /ATM/ debit cards were reported in 2013.

Fighting Cyber Crime Needs Concerted Efforts

Police and Public Order are State subjects under the Constitution and as such the State Govern-ments and Union Territory Administrations are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crime including Cyber Crime and for prosecuting the criminals through Law Enforcement machinery within their jurisdictions. The Cyber space is virtual, borderless and anon-ymous. Anyone can open e-mail account in any name including fake name from any part of the world. Any user with any email address is allowed to register with social networking sites with any name including fake names. No back-ground information check is performed by the social networking sites, which leads to creation of fake accounts by miscreants for committing

crimes/ frauds. Most of the networking sites are located abroad. The servers of these social net-working sites are also located abroad. A total no. of 3, 45, 37 and 36 cases of fake ac-counts/ profiles on various social networking websites were reported to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) in the year 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 (till November) by various Law Enforcement Agencies. CERT-In, further, contacted these social networking websites for disabling of fake accounts and for getting user access details of these fake accounts/profiles. In most of the cases, such fake accounts were successfully disabled in association with social networking sites, having offices in India. However, success rate is low in disabling ac-counts and getting information from social net-working sites having offices abroad.Steps Taken by the Central Gov-

ernment to Prevent FraudsGovernment has taken the following actions to prevent frauds by social networking sites and matrimonial sites:· Government has notified the Infor-mation Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2011 under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act. These rules require that the Intermediaries, including national and interna-tional social networking sites and matrimonial sites, shall observe due diligence while discharg-ing their duties and shall inform the users of Computer resources not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that is harmful, objectionable, af-fect minors and unlawful in any way. The said rules also require the intermediaries to appoint Grievance Officers to address the grievances re-ceived from users and affected individuals / or-ganizations as and when received by them.· Government issued an advisory on 17th August 2012 to all the intermediaries, including national and international social net-working sites, advising them to take necessary action to disable inflammatory and hateful con-tent hosted on their web sites on priority basis.· Government also conducts awareness campaign on the issue to educate users.· The Government is in regular dialog with the intermediaries including social net-working sites for effective and efficient disable-ment of such content.

Creating an Efficient Fighting Force to Beat Cyber Crimes

Fighting any type of crime needs a robust, dedi-cated, efficient and well-trained force and fight-ing cyber crimes is no exception. To train and develop Cyber Crime investigators, the Central Government has taken a series of steps, which include:· Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an Advisory to the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations to build adequate technical capacity in handling cyber crime including trained manpower for detec-

tion, registration, investigation and prosecution of cyber crimes. Also, under the Cyber Crime Investigation programme, Ministry of Home Affairs is supporting the establishment of Cyber Crime Police Stations (CCPS) and Cyber Crime Investigations and Forensic Training Facilities (CCIFTF) in each State / Union Territory of In-dia under Police Modernization Scheme. Action also has been taken to set up a National Centre of Excellence exclusively devoted to render Cy-ber Forensic services and to act as National Re-search and Training Centre on Cyber Forensics.· A major programme has been under-taken on development of cyber forensics tools, setting up of infrastructure for investigation and training of the users, particularly police and ju-dicial officers in use of this tool to collect and analyze the digital evidence and present them in Courts.· Indian Computer Emergency Re-sponse Team (CERT-In) and Centre for De-velopment of Advanced Computing (CDAC) are involved in providing basic and advanced training to Law Enforcement Agencies, Fo-rensic labs and judiciary on the procedures and methodology of collecting, analyzing and presenting digital evidence.· Cyber forensics training lab has been set up at Training Academy of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to impart basic and advanced training in Cyber Forensics and Investigation of Cyber Crimes to Police Offi-cers associated with CBI. In addition, Govern-ment has set up cyber forensic training and investigation labs in the States of Kerala, As-sam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir for training of Law Enforcement and Judiciary in these States.· In collaboration with Data Securi-ty Council of India (DSCI), NASSCOM, Cyber Forensic Labs have been set up at Mumbai, Ben-galuru, Pune and Kolkata for awareness creation and training programmes on Cyber Crime in-vestigation. National Law School, Bangalore and NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad are also engaged in conducting several awareness and training programmes on Cyber Laws and Cyber crimes for judicial officers.

Enough Funds Provided for the Fight

A total budget of Rs. 2074.45 lakhs has so far been sanctioned by the Department of Elec-tronics and Information Technology (DeitY) , Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, for implementing the projects to train and develop Cyber Crime investigators, forensic examiners, judiciary and setting up of cyber crime investigation training labs. Rs. 500 crore has been allocated for De-itY in the 12th Plan period (2012-17) for Cyber Security Programme including Cyber Safety, Se-curity and Surveillance, Cyber Crime Investiga-tions and Cyber Forensics.

The coming elections to the Lok Sabha are described as mother of all elections

held in the country so far. This is because the country is pass-ing through a critical phase as far as the emergence of political alliances and thoughts are con-cerned. On one side there are forces led by BJP which have been dubbed as communal in nature and are suspected to create an at-mosphere of ill will and hate be-tween different religious groups and communities. Called NDA this political alliance has Shiv Sena, RSS and Bajrang Dal as its ears and eyes and does not have a good patronage in other com-munities particularly in Muslims. The other alliance called UPA is led by congress, a secular party but has been engulfed by several scams and scandals in the recent pass. Both the sides are trying to vow other regional forces in their fold so that they get more seats in the elections which are slated to be held in April- May. However, as far as present situation is con-cerned nobody knows which alli-ance would muster more support and lead the formation of the govt. at the centre. There are every possibilities that the third group consisting of non-BJP, non-Con-gress parties may emerge as a force to reckon with. The group called third front has AIADMK, CPM, Trinmol Congress and other likeminded parties which can join hands together to form a govt. in the centre if they get more than 180 seats. In that situ-ation, Congress party will happi-ly support third front to keep BJP out of power. The third front can also expect support from Sama-jwadi Party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party, and other smaller but sec-ular parties. This formation will be more acceptable to the people of the country who do not want that non secular forces should come to the power. The recent agreement between AIADMK and CPM has paved way for all secular forces to come togeth-er and form a govt. at the centre which can be better than NDA or UPA if it really sticks to the sec-ular philosophy. Though there is a lot of media hype in favour of Mr. Narindra Modi the BJP prime ministerial candidate, no-body can guess as to what will In-dian voter exactly decide on the poll day. According to previous experience many times the exit polls have proven wrong and a totally different picture emerged after the polling.

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Indelible Ink: Mark on Finger, A Moment of Pride

Indelible Ink is popularly known as Voter's Ink to mark on voter’s finger during elections to avoid fraudulent, multiple voting & mal-practices. It is not an ordinary ink,

once it is applied on the finger it re-mains for few months.The credibility of producing the spe-cial ink goes to the Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL) the Government of Karnataka under-taking, which is supplying this ink

to India and various foreign coun-tries. In India it has been a great chal-lenge for the government and the election commission to hold and complete the process of general elections. In achieving this and to eliminate the fake voting, the elec-tion commission has introduced a measure, i.e. using Indelible Ink which is put on the left hand finger nail of the voter. The Indelible Ink

cannot be removed by any chemi-cal, detergents or oil, it remains for few months. Mysore Paints and Varnish Lim-ited (MPVL) specialized in manu-facturing and supply of quality In-delible Ink, in association with the Election Commission of India, Na-tional Physical Laboratory, and Na-tional Research Development Cor-poration. It is the sole authorized supplier of this type of foolproof Indelible Ink in India having ex-clusive license granted by National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), New Delhi since 1962. Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd., was established during 1937 by late Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wode-yar, Then the Maharaja of Mysore province under the nomenclature “Mysore Lac & Paint Works Ltd”. During 1989, it was renamed as “My-

sore Paints & Varnish Ltd In 1962, the Election Commission in collaboration with Union Law Ministry, The Na-tional Physical Laboratory (NPL) and National Research Develop-ment Corporation (NRDC) made an agreement with Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd., for supplying this ink for the Parliament, Assembly and other general elections to all the states in India. Beginning with 1962 general elections it has been sup-plying indelible ink for Elections in India. Apart from supplying indelible ink to Indian elections, Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd has been exporting the Ink to 28 countries across the world since 1976, to name some few coun-tries are: Turkey, South Africa, Nige-ria, Nepal, Ghana, Papua-New Guin-ea, Burkina Faso, Canada, Togo, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Cambodia etc.