Srinagar, July 20: Holding that the appointments of Dr Abdul Ha-meed Rather and Dr Javaid Ah-mad against the posts of assistant professor Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) in SKIMS is contrary to rules, the high court has set aside an order by virtue of which their appointments were made.According to KNS correspondent, in their objections wherein they questioned the maintainability of the PIL, the two doctors had quot-ed a letter of Dr U. Singh, profes-sor and HOD of PMR AIIMS, New Delhi who had suggested that di-ploma in PMR was available only in a few states and the candidates for the same were admitted from their respective states quota only. It was also suggested in the said letter that it would not be possi-ble for the candidates working in Srinagar to get admission in other

states, since the seats are reserved for local candidates.Dr U Singh had further opined that it was remotely possible to find any local candidate with full qualifications as per MCI as there were no local medical colleges or hospitals where post graduate de-gree courses were run in PMR.In an order issued in a Public In-terest Litigation (PIL) questioning these appointments, a division bench of the high court compris-ing of Justice Hasnain Massodi and Justice D S Thakur has said that there is nothing on record which would satisfy the court Dr Abdul Hameed Rather and Dr Ja-vaid Ahmad made any effort to apply for admission to the courses run by those institutes in the field of PMR and that their applications were rejected. The High Court has now said

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Jammu, Jul 20: The ruling coalition partners Congress and National Conference Sunday announced that they will go alone in the Assembly polls in the state due later this year.Addressing a news conference at Jammu, AICC General Secretary and in-charge of Jammu and Kash-mir party Affairs, Ambika Soni said that the party high command has decided to go all alone in the upcom-ing Assembly Elections in the state which are likely to be held in the Oc-tober-November this year.She said that the votes in Lok Sabha elections were not transferred to each other resulting in the debacle and added that there was not much of help that came from our alliance partner in previous elections. Mrs. Soni said that after extensive talks with Congress leaders and workers at all levels, the party has come to the conclusion that we are going to fight the forthcoming Assembly elections on our own strength.Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghu-lam Nabi Azad, who was present at the press conference, said the party wants to emerge as the single larg-est party in the state.

Meanwhile Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday disclosed that he had met the All India Congress Committee (AICC) chairperson So-nia Gandhi 10-days ago conveying her that NC will not forge any pre-poll alliance with the state Congress for the upcoming assembly elec-tions in the state.Omar maintained further that NC patron and his father Dr Farooq Ab-dullah will not contest the assembly elections as his health does not al-low him to fight the elections.In an exclusive chat with Kashmir News Service (KNS), the chief min-ister stated that he had a detailed meeting with Ms Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and had categorically told her that NC in no way will forge alliance with the Congress for the forthcoming assembly polls. “The recent parliament polls suggested us that forging alliance with the Congress in no way will benefit NC. It is because the Congress votes in Valley during the recent parlia-mentary elections got transferred to PDP instead of National Confer-ence its coalition partner,” Omar revealed to KNS.“I during my meet with Ms Gandhi, told her that I am not going to for-

mally announce that Congress and NC is contesting upcoming assem-bly polls separately as I didn’t want to take political benefits out of that announcement,” Omar maintained.When asked whether the govern-ment would continue to function de-spite the coalition partners deciding to end alliance, chief minister main-tained that the decision will have no affect on the functioning of the gov-ernment and that the government will continue to run till the elec-tions in the state are announced. “We have to understand that this coalition came into existence after the elections. There will be no im-pact on the government functioning and the coalition will continue to function till the assembly elections are announced in the state. Besides preparing for the coming elections, we will continue to run the state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir. Lat-er we will present services before the people of Jammu and Kashmir.”Maintaining that NC from the day one was not willing to contest as-sembly elections jointly with the state Congress, Omar stated that if NC had any intension of entering into the pre-poll pact with

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Srinagar July 19 : National Confer-ence has expressed grief and sorrow over the tragic death of a youth in Mavoora, Khodwani in Kulgam district of South Kashmir in an inci-dent of alleged firing by the Security Forces.Expressing grief and shock over the death of the youth, NC Spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu has extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for peace to the departed soul. “This is a tragedy that, as is with all such tragedies is

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No pre-poll alliance between NC- Congress

Soldier killed in Gurez Grenade blast

08 injured in road accidents

Man injured in bear attack in Kupwara

Srinagar, July 20: An army sol-dier was killed in a grenade blast at Gurez sector in north Kash-mir’s Bandipora district.Official sources told GNS that a patrolling party of army’s 36 RR who were conducting searches following the suspected move-ment in the Gurez sector near Line of Control (LoC) since last couple of days.“Last night as the combing oper-ation to flush out the militants in the area was intensified, a live grenade suddenly slipped from one of the army man which ex-ploded”, sources said.They said that in the blast the army personnel, sepoy Harjinder Singh sustained critical splinter injuries and was immediately airlifted to army’s hospital here in Srinagar for treatment. How-ever, Singh succumbed to inju-ries before reaching the hospital.Pertinently, Army on July 18 had claimed to have foiled an infil-tration bid near Line of Control (LoC) in the same sector. (GNS)

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Srinagar, July 20: Protests con-tinued in many parts of this south Kashmir on second con-secutive day Sunday against the killing of a youth by gov-ernment forces in Khudwani area of Kulgam district, while a shutdown was observed in twin Anantnag and Kulgam districts of the valley. The shutdown call was given by Hurriyat (G) chairman syed Ali Geelani fol-lowing the killing of teenager.Suhail Ahmad Lone, 15, son of Ghulam Qadir Lone of Havoo-ra, Mishpora was killed while two others suffered injuries on Saturday when forces opened fire upon a group of anti-Israe-li protesters in Khidwani area

here. The killing set off violent protests prompting the officials to impose the restrictions in few volatile parts of the district be-sides announcing a probe.Hundreds of troopers and po-licemen carrying assault rifles and riot gear enforced at Qoi-moh, Khudwani and its adjoin-ing areas, reports and eyewit-nesses said.The adjoining Anantnag district and other parts of Kulgam dis-trict wore a deserted look as all shops, petrol pumps and busi-ness establishments remained closed, while public transport remained off the roads.However, despite

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Trail flights off solar powered plane completes

Egypt: 20 killed in border post attackLord Test: Game at its peak

Martyrdom of 4th Caliph observed

Illegal appointments in SKIMS

Gaza, July 20: Over 40 Palestin-ians were killed on Sunday in Israel’s fiercest attack on Gaza since the start of its offensive 13 days ago, as the death toll in the conflict spiralled towards 400 af-ter the Israeli assault was expand-ed to pound Hamas targets.

Hundreds of Palestinians fled in panic into Gaza City today as Israeli troops focused their fire-power on the nearby town of Sha-ja’ia. The shelling and bombing killed over 40 people and injured

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Jammu, July 20: Describing me-dia the fourth pillar of democracy, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Sunday highlighted its responsibil-ity of keeping society well-versed with authentic news feeds. He said newspapers and other modes of media have a greater role to play in creating positivity and nurturing rule of law. He said media has also social responsibility in addressing community and social issues. Reports informed KNS that ad-dressing at a function organized by a newspaper publication house to award outstanding students here, the Chief Minister said that poli-tician and media share close rela-tions and both are complementary and supplementary to each other.Omar Abdullah said that present technology advancement has put greater challenge to the print me-dia in its reaching out to people speedily and in a time bound man-ner. He said people are eager to know the happenings around the world and choose fastest means for

the same. However, he added that the importance of newspapers is at its place. He said that modern tech-nological interventions need to be adopted by print media to expand its outreach and strengthen the news flow system.The Chief Minister said that me-dia organizations being owned by corporate houses influence the working of these organizations. He said that working of journalists should be free from all influences so that they could fairly and freely file their stories and commentaries regarding different issues and as-pects. He said credibility, authen-ticity and fair reporting should be the benchmark of functioning of media for the larger interests of the society and the country.Congratulating the award win-ners, the Chief Minister mentioned the pressure students have to bear in the prevailing educational sys-tem for acquiring admission in re-puted educational

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Srinagar, July 20 (KNS): Throwing light over the various facets of life of fourth Caliph of Islam, Hazrat Ali (RA), Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Sunday stated that the Muslims should emulate the teach-ings and path shown by the caliph. According to a statement issued to KNS, addressing a gathering at Masjid-e-Qadeem, Lal Bazaar, Mir-waiz stated Hazrat Ali (RA) spent his entire life defending and spreading the message of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). He said that his life would

inspire Muslim generations till the last Day of Judgment.Hurriyat (M) Chairman stated that the Muslim world was suffering on social, political and economical fronts only since they have em-braced materialism and strayed away from the teachings of Proph-et Muhammad (SAW) (PBUH) and Khalifa-e-Rashdeen.Earlier addressing a round table conference organized by Pakistan Nazrya Council and chief

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PDP alleges removal of 19 booth level officers from old citySrinagar, July 20: The opposi-tion Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday stated that the ruling national conference has accepted defeat ahead of the forthcoming polls and in the old city it is busy in ‘illegally’ removing the booth level offi-cers only to be replaced by NC activists and their kith and kin.PDP stated that 19 poling offi-cers of the old city have been removed and the task now has been given to the people that are the children of NC activ-ists. The party stated further that the move of the ruling party vindicates that the par-ty has accepted the befitting defeat ahead of the assembly elections and that the move has been done without the approv-al of the election commission.PDP leader and party’s candi-date for Khaniyar,

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Congregations held across the valley

Death toll reaches 400

Srinagar, July 20 : Eight persons were injured in different road ac-cident across the valley.A statement issued to KNS stated that Tavera vehicle bearing reg-istration number JK01R/9377 hit a motorcycle bearing registration number JK01N/0127 near Tatoo Ground, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Batamaloo result-ing in injuries to motorcyclist Mohammad Amin Beigh son of Ghulam Qadir and his son Irfan Ahmad Beigh. Both the injured were shifted to hospital for treat-ment. Police has registered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, an Auto load carri-er bearing registration number JK15/1047 driven by Imtiyaz Ahmed Khan resident of Pazal-pora hit and injured two pedes-trians Mehraj-ud-Din Sheikh son of Aalam Din Shiekh resident of Aloosa and Farooq Ahmed Chow-han son of Mohammad Hussain Chowhan resident of Khunusa at Ongam in the jurisdiction of Police Station Bandipora. The driver of the load carrier also got injured in this accident. All the injured were shifted to Sub District Hospital, Bandipora for treatment. Police has registered a case in this regard.In another road accident, a Tata Indigo car bearing

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Srinagar, July 20: A man was injured after attacked by a wild bear in a forest area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday.Mohammad Rafeeq, 40, a resident of Nonwai, Kalaroos was attacked by a wild bear at JP top area near Z-Gali forest area where he was grazing his cattle, a police official said.Rafeeq’s cries grab attention among the army men deployed in the area and local residents who within no time reached the spot and finally freed him under the knees of wild bear, he said.He sustained multiple injuries on his face, head and shoulders and was immediately brought to ADS, Z Gali, by army personnel, where he was given prompt treat-ment by army doctor and para-medical Staff, the official said. “Subsequently the injured was evacuated to Block medical Cen-tre, Kalaroos for further surgical intervention”.

Teenager’s killing

Atlast Omar realises importance of media

Both to go their own waysCongress to contest all 87 seats

Dr. Farooq decides not to contest

Multi-crore land scam surfaces in SDA

Srinagar, July 20: Police is in-vestigating, what could turn out to be a multi-crore, land scam involving sale of residen-tial plots, through fraudulent means, at government-owned Housing Colony Bemina.According to KNS correspon-dent, the preliminary investi-gations by police have revealed that around a dozen residential plots in Housing Colony Bemi-na, being developed by Srinagar Development Authority (SDA), have been sold by the land ma-fia in connivance some SDA

employees using forged docu-ments including cash receipts, ration cards and bank drafts.A case has been registered in Po-lice Station Parimpora and in-vestigations have been started to catch hold of all the accused. “Yes a case has been registered in Police Station Parimpora re-garding the fraudulent sale of SDA plots and investigations are on,” SSP Srinagar Amit Ku-mar said.According to police, the scandal surfaced as one

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HC sets aside appointments of 2 assistant professors in PMR

Shutdown, protests continue in South Kashmir; 9 injured

Land mafia and SDA employees in hand and glove to sell Govt land

Jammu, July 20: In yet another at-tempt to attack the Indian Territory, Pakistan troops on Sunday targeted three posts including Pital of the Border Security Force (BSF) in RS Pura sector of Jammu region.The Indian troops guarding the bor-der effectively replied with similar quality weapons to the firing which began at 2:00 am during intervening night of July 19/20, official sources told GNS, adding that the rangers used small arms and mortars which created panic among the villagers situated near RS Pura sector.As per the reports, the mortars fell in residential areas which killed few cattle’s. Moreover, the villagers pre-ferred to remain indoor throughout the day, they said, adding that it is the second ceasefire violation by the Pakistani Army in RS Pura sector within a week after it opened fire at Pindi outpost.On June 13, 2014, Pakistan troops had violated the ceasefire by target-ing Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch sector of J&K with heavy fir-ing and mortar shelling,

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Dated: 17.07.2014It is for information of the below mentioned candidates of Combined Competitive (Main) Examination-2013 who had applied for rechecking of their Answer Scripts within the stipulated time in accordance with Rule 33 of J&K Public Service Commission (Conduct of Examination) Rules, 2005, that on scrutiny of their Answer Sheets under the above rule nothing has been found which would warrant any change in the results already declared vide Notification No. PSC/EX-14/39 Dated: 19.05.2014.

S.No Name of the Candidate Roll No. Papers in which rechecking done01 Imran Malik 1702642 All Papers.02. Ajay Kumar 2201463 All Papers.03 Divinder Kumar 1800933 AH Papers.04. Jaspreet Kour 2201432 GS-I&II, Zoology I&II, Anthropology I&II.05. Javaid Ahmed Dar 2200324 Essay, Zoology-I&II, Anthropology-I&II, GS-I&II06. Neha Kotwal 2202324 GS-I&II, Zoology-I&II, Anthropology-I&II07. Gulzar Ahmed Mir 2200317 GS-I&II, Political Science-I&II, Kashmiri-I&II08. Mubarak Ahmed Chopan 1700751 GS-I&II, Public Administration-I&ll, Philosophy-I&II, Essay.09. Waseem Ahmed 1702312 All Papers.10. Zubair-ul-Nabi 1100187 GS-I&II, Anthropology-I&II, History-I&II.11. Faizan Ali 1901126 All Papers12. Sandeep Singh Sambyal 2202015 Zoology-I&II, Anthropology-I&II.13. Gulam Jeelani 2202373 All Papers.14 Manjeet Singh 2003968 All Papers.15. Khalid Sajad Bohra 1100976 All Papers.16. Sahil Sharma 2202639 General English, GS-I&II, Anthropology-I&II, Zoology-I&II17. Mushtak Solleh ~ 1701160 Ail Papers.18. Zubair Ahmed 1901107 All Papers.19. Sajad Ahmed Wagay 2201180 GS-I, Anthropology II, Zoology II20. Kifyat Hussain 0900038 All Papers.21. Tariq Ahmed Bhat 1700181 All Papers.22. Kamal Jandial 1600133 All Papers23. Aijaz Ahmed 1101239 All papers.24. Mohammad Maqbool 2200938 Zoology-I&IL History-I&ll25. Touseef Ahmed Kamal 1101473 All Papers.26. Server Hussain 1600068 All Papers.27. Nihkhil Khajuria 1101548 GS-l&II, History-l&II, Anthropology-I&II, Essay.28. Mool Raj 2201299 All Papers.29. Raj at Sharma 1101696 All Papers.30. Rafeeq Ahmed Wani 2200419 Zoology-I&II, Public Administration-I&II.31. Khursheed Ahmed 2200257 All Papers.32. Stanzin Wanchuk 1201409 GS-I&II, Essay, Law-I&II, History-I&II33. Supriya Chouhan 1200750 GS-I&U, Law-I&Il, Anthropology-I&II, Essay.34. Jagpreet Singh 0200324 GS-l&H, AH&VS-I&II, Zoology-I&II.35. Viram Pal Singh 0200428 Zoology-l&II,AH&VS-I&II.36. Shahid Mohammad 2202156 GS-I&U, Anthropology-II, Urdu-I&II.37. Dinesh Thapa 0900954 All Papers.

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Camp Office, Raj Bagh, SrinagarSubject:- Appointment against the post of Accountant-cum-Storekeeper (Divisional Cadre) Jammu.Ref:- J&K Service Selection Board's letter Nos: SSB / Sel / Secy / 014 / 2385 - 91 Dated 11.4.2014, No.SSB / Sel /Secy / 014 / 2392-98 dated 11-04-2014 and Industries & Commerce Department's letter No: IND / HL / 44 / 2005-1 dated 25-06-2014.

ORDER NO: DHD/31of 2014DATED:16-7-2014

As recommended by the J&K Service Selection Board, sanction is hereby accorded to the temporary appointment of follow-ing (9) candidates as Accountant-cum-. Storekeeper in PB-I, Rs.9300-34800+4200(Grade pay) in Handloom Development Department (Divisional Cadre) Jammu.

S.NO Name of the Candidate with parentage & residential address Category 1. Dilawar Singh S/o.Sikander Singh R/o.H.No.56 Ward 9 Bhagwati I Colony Aklinoor Jammu. Open Merit

2. Aadarsh Thakur S/o.Romail Singh R/o.Village Chinkah P/o Arnas Tehsil & Distt. Reasi RBA3 Sushil Singh S/o.Romal Singh R/o.VPO Lahri Tehesil-Bilawar Distt.Kathua. RBA4. Yogesh Sharma S/o.Yashpal Sharma R/o.Sailanwali P/o.Pallanwala Teh. Akhnoor Distt.Jammu. ALC

5. Faryad Ali Choudhary S/o.Saraj Din Choudhary R/o.H.N.171Near Muslim Graveyard Near Guj-jarnagar, Jammu.

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6. Madhvi Plathia D/o.Nandi Lai R/o.WNo.3HNo.64 VPO Arnia Teh.Bishnah Jammu sc7. Raj Kishore S/o.Romesh Chander R/o. 106/1 Shivalikpuram Janipur Colony,Jammu. Open Merit8. Arun Kumar S/o.Yog Raj Koushal R/o.HNo.16 Choughan Fattu,Jammu Open Merit9. Anjil Singh S/o.Angrez Singh R/o.Phagsoo ThathrLDoda RBA

The appointees shall report to the Office of the Deputy Director, Handloom Dev. Department, Jammu, 3r Floor, Jawahar Lai Nehru Udyog Bhavan, Rail Head Complex, Jammu within a period of 21 days from the date of issuance of this order. The appointees shall be allowed to join only on production of following certificates / documents in original which shall be verified subsequently from the concerned quarters:-1. Academic / Technical Qualification Certificates.2. Date of Birth Certificate. Sd/ Director of Handloom Development Department Camp Office, DIPK: 3934 Raj Bagh, Srinagar.

Congress, it would not have issued the list of the can-didates in the recent past. “We issued the 1st list of the candidates prior to the announcement of Congress over not forging alliance with NC. We even nominat-ed the candidates for the Jammu region. The fact is that I already had informed Congress that keeping the experience of parliament elections in view, NC is not going to join hands with it for the assembly polls.”Omar remarked further that an ‘unusual’ hype was given to the issue with the state Congress leaders saying no to pre-poll. “My party leaders did not go to press and issued detailed statements over the issue. Congress did. Let they fight alone and we will fight alone.”The chief minister stated that during the recently held parliamentary polls in Jammu and Kashmir, national conference transferred the votes in the favour of Con-gress at Jammu region but contrary was witnessed in valley. “It is quite obvious; NC didn’t get the Congress votes in valley. If votes would have been transferred, the situation today would have been different,” Omar told KNS.Omar, however, refused to comment over the reports that the former chief minister and a senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met the PDP patron Muf-ti Mohammad Sayeed. “I cannot comment anything over the issue,” said Omar.He added that if alliance ahead of polls would have been forged with the Congress, the same would have caused much damage to NC. “If the things of the past would have been repeated in the assembly elections, the same could have caused damage. Now both the parties will contest the elections separately. Let us see who performs better. Good thing about the deci-sion is that we would not witness further damage.”About the reports that NC president and patron Dr Farooq Abdullah is not contesting the forthcoming as-sembly elections in the state, Omar maintained that the health condition of his father is not allowing him to contest the assembly elections. “No Dr Sahib is not contesting this time. His health is not allowing him to contest the polls.”When asked about the reports that his party remains indecisive over the constituency wherefrom he would contest, Omar stated that the list is coming to fore in the near future and that the people would come to know wherefrom he would fight. “We should wait till the list comes out; only then people will come to know wherefrom I am fighting.” (KNS)

stringent security, measures, clashes broke out be-tween protesters and forces in several parts including Qoimoh and Khudwani.“Forces used numerous tear smoke shells to con-trol the stone pelting youth. However, the youth re-grouped and continued pelting rocks on the forces. The ding-dong clashes continued till late in the after-noon,” Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, a local resident told GNS.During teargas shelling 9 persons sustained injuries and have been shifted to nearby hospital for treat-ment, reports said, adding that 3 paramilitary CRPF men also got injured during day long clashes.The injured persons have been identified as Zahid Bhat son of Manzoor Ahmad of Wanpoh, Yasir Rah son of Reyaz Ahmad of Khudwani, Shahid Ahmad son of Ghulam Mohammad of Khudwani, Mohammad Amin Dar son of Abdul Aziz of Redwani, Mohammad Arif son of Mohammad Yaqoob of Redwani, Moham-mad Aqib son of Bashir of Rampora, Farooq Ahmad son of Ghulam Ahmed of Rampora, Dawood Ahmad son of Mohammad Ibrahim of Turki Tashlu and Adil Ganie son of Muzaffar Ahmad Ganie of Ghat Redwani.Meanwhile, a handout issued by police said that sit-uation remained under control in Qaimoh and town Kulgam, however, an incident of stone pelting was re-ported at Qaimoh.”Four persons including two police-men received minor injuries in the pelting incident. All the injured were discharged from the hospital af-ter being given first aid”. (GNS)

Farooq Ahmad of Bemina recently approached the SDA authorities with an official payment receipt of Rs 5 lakh, purportedly issued by SDA, against a plot at its Housing Colony Bemina. The amount had been shown to be deposited in the name of Vice-Chairman SDA through a Bank Draft prepared at J&K Bank. The SDA authorities got suspicious of the genuineness of the receipt as they found some forged entries in its se-rial number and on internal inquiry it turned out to be fake.The matter was immediately referred to the police by the Vice-Chairman SDA, and the police after prelim-inary investigations found that around a dozen SDA plots have been sold / transferred fraudulently and crores of rupees have so far changed hands in the plot-selling racket involving a group of land brokers and some SDA employees.Police is also investigating the role of some JK Bank employees of a particular branch in the scandal, who facilitated preparation of fake Bank Drafts.

that it does indeed appear that the letter of Dr U Singh was elicited only with a view to justify the appoint-ment of Dr Hameed and Dr Javid. “This was certain-ly not a case of there being any impossibility in the acquisition of qualification prescribed by MCI for the post of assistant professor. In any case if there was any such difficulty, the right course was to seek amend-ment/relaxation of the rules through the MCI instead of taking an executive decision contrary to rules, which on the face of it is illegal.”The high court has said that Dr Abdul Hameed Rather and Dr Javaid Ahmad in the present case beyond any doubt, are ineligible to hold the post of assistant professor in the PMR. “The petitioners, have, therefore, clearly succeeded in bringing out the ineligibility of the two doctors and proved that their ap-pointment is contrary to the rules of MCI…We can ill-af-ford to allow such appointments to continue in presti-gious medical institutes including the present one by a faculty who is not qualified. Any such effort to permit continuance of such doctors, notwithstanding the fact that they would have acquired some experience in the field during the course of their illegal appointment could negate the effort of specialized bodies like the MCI at achieving academic execellenec in the medi-cal faculty besides jeopardizing the patent care in the hospitals,” said the Court. (KNS)

about 380 others, a Gaza hospital spokesman said. More bodies lay in the streets under gashes blasted into apartment buildings, people who had escaped the violence said, as the shelling continued. The Palestinian death spiralled towards 400, with medics warning it could rise further due to the on-going bombardment of areas north and east of Gaza City. The death toll on the Palestinian side included chil-dren and women, with over 2,500 injured and almost 61,000 displaced seeking refuge in 49 UN Relief and Works Agency run centres, sources in the Gaza Strip said. Over 40 Palestinians were killed today, including Osa-ma Al-Haya, son of Hamas leader Khalil al-Haya. The IDF bombed the house in which he was staying. There were reports of multiple deaths in Israeli at-tacks on Shejaiya and the neighbouring Zeitun dis-trict, as well as in Jabaliya to the north. The streets of Shejaiya were filled with thousands of people fleeing for their lives. Seven Israelis, including five soldiers, have been killed in the fighting and dozens others injured while a large section of the Israeli population struggles to carry out normal life under attack, trying to stay put close to safe shelters under instructions from the Home Front.

drawing retaliation by Indian forces.In 2013, several Indian Army jawans were killed and dozens got injured in 149 ceasefire violations by Pa-kistan troops on forward posts, civilian areas and pa-trolling parties along the India-Pak borderTo combat with the infiltration bids, nearly 2,000 ad-ditional Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and special surveillance equipment have been deployed along the international border in Jammu region for effective domination of the areas.The additional man-power, surveillance equipment, vehicles and other infrastructure support have been moved into the border along Pakistan to strengthen intelligence network, coordination with sister agen-cies and conduct special operations along the border, official sources told GNS.Home Ministry officials said vulnerability mapping of the Border out Posts (BOPs), which are sensitive with regard to infiltration, have been carried out and the additional resources have been deployed there.Continuous efforts are being made to deploy the lat-est surveillance equipment, fully fitted with day and night vision devices, for further enhancing the border domination, the officials said.The Home Ministry has also directed for effective domination of the border by carrying out round-the-clock surveillance of the borders through patrolling, border ambushes and by deploying observation posts all along the international border.The riverine segments of international border being patrolled and dominated with the help of water crafts and speed boats of BSF’s water wings, the officials said.

Mohammad Khurshid Alam while castigating NC over the issue, stated that it is indeed shameful that the state machinery is now being used for preparing stage for the national conference. He stated that 19 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have been removed in Khaniyar constituency alone and the same is being done without even informing the election commis-sion.Substantiating his claims, Alam stated that on May 2, 2014, BLO accused said that a senior Nation-al Conference minister of hindering poll process in Khanyar to pave way for bogus voting. Booth Level Officer (BLO) also submitted a written complaint be-fore assistant returning officer (ARO) Srinagar. He alleged that two female BLOs were also threatened by the minister and made to leave their polling booths.Abdul Qayoom Wani, who was deputed as BLO on booth number 29 at Makhdoom Mandav on April 30 during voting for the Srinagar parliamentary constit-uency, alleged that the minister asked him to leave the booth.The BLO said that the senior NC minister also visited booth number 27 and 30 at Khaziyar and Gakhan in Khanyar. “Two female BLOs were sta-tioned there who were forced to leave the booths,” he said. He alleged that the minister asked them to leave or police would be called in to drag them out.The female BLOs, wishing not to be named, con-firmed the incident. They have also verbally in-formed higher officials about the incident.Alam remarked that now the NC is hell bent upon remov-ing the hones ones and replace them with their own men so that another chapter of deception is added to the history of elections.

editor of Pakistan observer at Islamabad to express sol-idarity with the Palestnian, Mirwaiz in a telephonic ad-dress stated that the conference would send a clear mes-sage to Israel that Palestnians were not alone in their fight against the aggression and barbarism.Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan, Waleed Abu Ali and other top notches of Pakistani society and government participated in the conference.Mirwaiz stated that Kashmir being an oppressed nation and a part of Islamic ummah has full sympathy and sol-idarity with the Palestinian people and their cause. As-serting that Muslims have emotional attachments with the Palestine, he stated that the most sacred place of Mus-lim bait-ul-Muqadas was being occupied and kept out of bounds for the Muslim worshipers. He said it was highly unfortunate that 1.5 billion Muslims and 56 Muslim coun-tries could not hammer out a consensus to formulate a policy regarding the solution of Palestinian cause. He stated that world community has always exhibited double standards when it comes to Kashmir and Pales-tine, adding, it is open the world community has active-ly solved the disputes like that of east Timor and South Sudan. Mirwaiz stated that Kashmir and Palestine were issues of same nature since they were the main sources of instability and tension in South Asia and Middle East. He stated that people of both these nations are subjected to oppression and torture and world has turned a blind eye towards these issues thus reflecting the double standards of global world. (KNS)

institutions in the disciplines they want to pursue their goals. He underlined the need of enhancing the accessi-bility of students to higher education as also to widen the scope of studying the subjects of their choice.Omar Abdullah on the occasion also launched the web-site of the newspaper.

Present on the occasion were Deputy Chief Minster, Tara Chand, Minister for PHE, Sham Lal Sharma, Minister for Planning, Ajay Sadhotra, Minister for Horticulture, Raman Bhalla, Minister of State for Cooperatives, Dr. Manohar Lal, Legislator, Devender Singh Rana, Division-al Commissioner, Jammu, IG, Jammu and Editor, Amar Ujala, Udhay Kumar among others. Later, the Chief Min-ister congratulated the two girls gymnasts from Jammu who have been selected for Commonwealth Games and wished them success. The girls along with their coach met the Chief Minister. (KNS)

registration number JK01T/7494 hit a passenger Auto bearing registration number JK01S/1024 at Zero Bridge, Srinagar, resulting in injuries to the auto driv-er Jameel Ahmed Sheikh son of Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh resident of Malteng Dalgate. He was shifted to hospital for treatment. Police has registered a case in this regard.In another accident, a Sumo bearing regis-tration number JK09/6495 hit and injured a pedestrian

Ghulam Mohammad Wani son of Mohammad Yousuf resident of Saidpora at Saidpora Tragpora, in the juris-diction of Police Station Sopore.