By our special correspondent

Srinagar Oct 31:The frequent violations of ceasefire on the line of control and international borders have created havoc in the lives of the people living along side the international borders and line of control. The people of many areas have been forced to temporarily migrate to safer places leaving behind their be-longings. This firing has become intense during the last five months and from Samba to Uri it has left several people in-cluding army and BSF jawans killed and injured. In the beginning of this year a brigadier and two soldiers were injured when Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions in Tutmari Gali sector in Jammu division. On 7th of June a junior commissioned officer was killed in firing in Poonch sector while on 19th of June

in the firing some jawans were injured. The firing incidents continued unabated and till 28th of October two jawans were killed and 18 injured in the Uri sector where Pakistani troops targeted beem-post on the intervening night of 27th and 28th October. The retaliation of the firing also claimed the life of some troopers in Pakistan including a captain. Though the hostilities between the two coun-tries continued and even the leadership of India and Pakistan issued hard hit-ting statements, no effort was practically made to get the situation deescalated till the two Prime ministers had a meeting on the side lines of UNO annual meet in New York. This meeting opened diplo-matic channels which had been blocked due to the ceasefire violations. Only a day before a flag meeting was held at Octroi border outpost in R S Pora Jammu. After

this flag meeting where India lodged strong protest with Pak officials against ceasefire violations, the DIG BSF J.C.Singh said that serious concern was conveyed by India against the shelling in civilian areas and snipping incidents. After this meeting some positive signals emerged as the two sides agreed to observe calm along the international border and line of control so that the people living along side the line of control are allowed to start their normal life including farmers who had to harvest their crops. There are lots of paddy fields along side the samba borders and the farmers were hesitant to venture in their fields because of the continuing shelling and firing. After the meeting was over there were lots of hopes that the border skirmish will end and both the countries will exercise utmost restraint in future. However after only a few hours again

the ceasefire was violated and Pak-istani forces fired in Akhnoor sector thus white washing the whole efforts which brought the two sides to hold a flag meeting. It has been observed that since a long time the Director Generals of military operations have not met to sort out the differences and bring a halt to the ceasefire violations. It is perhaps after a long time that the two sides have allowed to reach the relations to a brink of col-lapse. After signing of sev-eral confidences building measures and taking many strides ahead in the betterment of the relations India and Paki-stan had

reached to a position where a bright future was quite visible in the ties of the two countries. Even Pakistan had agreed in principal

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Kashmiri student dies in Shardah UniversityNoida, Oct 31: A Kashmiri student studying in Shardah University Noida died when he was returning to hostel after attending the class. Noida police said that student died due to sudden cardiac arrest. According to reports, Asif Yousuf Teli resident of Cheyan Devsar of North Kashmir’s Kulgam town col-lapsed in College premises after he suffered massive heart attack. He was rushed to nearby hospital by University management and Kash-miri students, however, doctors declared him brought dead. Confirming the death of Asif, his uncle Muhammad Ismayil told CNS that Devsar police informed the family about the unfortunate incident after receiving a call from Noida police. “Asif was a BCA student and he died naturally,” he said. Noida police official said that post mortem report reveals that Asif died due to attack. Kashmiri student dies in Shardah University

Bear shot dead after attacking a personSopore, Oct 31: Army and police jointly shot dead a ferocious bear after he attacked an elderly person in North Kashmir’s Sopore town. Eyewitnesses told CNS that Habibullah Malla son of Abdul Ga-far resident of Haritara Sopore was on its way towards willow nursery when a ferocious bear attacked him and wounded him critically. The bear left him in a pool of blood mauling his face including eyes. He was rushed to Sopore hospi-tal where doctors referred him to SMHS Hospital Srinagar. Immediately after the incident, police and Army cordoned off the Nursery loacated at Rathhaigam, and shot dead the bear.

No NC leader from Vijaypur joined PDP: NC Jammu, Oct 31: Taking pity over the excitement of People’s Demo-cratic Party for having a so-called prominent NC leader of Vijaypur in its fold, a spokesman of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference today said that sagacity demanded that they should have verified the facts before going public and be-come subject of ridicule. “We don’t have any leader or worker named Dr Harmesh Singh Slathia in our cadre at Vijaypur”, the spokesman said, adding that after verifying the details from the party unit of the area, it has emerged that the person who PDP claim to be a National Conference leader or prominent workers is ac-tually a Veternary Assistant who has recently superannuated from the government service, a state-ment received by Kashmir News Service has said. The said person is not even a doctor as claimed, he said adding that this depicts how the top PDP leadership, even its pa-tron, has been taken for a ride for some impersonator.The Spokesman expressed sur-prise over the enthusiasm of PDP for getting feathers into its cap by hoodwinking public opinion on NC workers joining its cadres. In this misadventure, they don’t even hesitate from telling lies, said the statement received by Kashmir News Service. The spokesman said that PDP is suffering from

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150 ceasefire violations by Pak in one year

Srinagar police arrests impersonator of Shah Faisal Srinagar, October 31: Srinagar ar-rested an impersonator who called senior officers as Dr. Shah Faisal for getting favours. Srinagar police had received information that from the last two months some officers of the state were receiving calls from a mobile number and the caller used to re-veal his identity as Dr. Shah Faisal and is asking for some favours from them. A case FIR number 210/2013 under section 66 IT Act was registered in police station Saddar and the inves-tigation was started. During inves-tigations the particular cell num-ber was traced to Showkat Ahamd Lone son of Mohammad Ramzan resident of Batwina, Ganzpora, Gandarbal. He was arrested

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Paper-leak issuePolice summons BOSE officials

Baramulla, Oct 31: A day after Class XII Psychology paper’ was allegedly leaked by police, in North Kashmir’s Baramulla town, Deputy Su-perintendent of Police Head-quarters Sajad Ahmed Thurs-day summoned the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) officials and recorded their state-ments. According to reports, the Munshi of Police Station Baramulla Wednesday hand-ed over unsealed Psychology paper bundle to the super-intendent of center number 301 located in High School Noor-ul-Islam Baramulla which the Superintendent of the Examination Centre

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Despite flag meeting violations continue unabated

Srinagar, Oct 31:

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday asked the state government to file a report on basics of its policy deci-sion vis-à-vis violations in Srinagar Master Plan and a separate report on its pro-posed action against officers of Srinagar Municipal Cor-poration (SMC) who have allegedly facilitated these violations. Although the advocate general of Jammu and Kashmir Mohammad Ishaq Qadri had sought two months time, but the Court gave a week’s period to the state government to come with its reports, said Kashmir News Service Correspondent.The court also refused to accept the gov-ernment prayer that owners of 42 struc-tures which have been sealed by the SMC

so far be allowed to operate their business till the government comes with its pro-posed policy decision. The Court said that it will decide about de-sealing of struc-tures only after the government comes with its preliminary report by or before

November 8. The government also informed

that Court that it proposes to take a strong action against the officers or officials who have fa-cilitated the violations in Srinagar Master Plan

wither by way of issu-ing terminations orders,

premature retirement orders or framing inquiry committee to

look into the matter. According to Kashmir News Service correspondent, the Court was briefed by the advocate general that the government will submit a report

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R S Pura, Oct 31 :

Reiterating resolve of his party to work as a peace facilitator to ensure de-escalation of tension on the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB), patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today asserted that PDP would convince political groups of the country to initiate a meaningful dialogue with Pakistan to restore lasting peace on the borders. He said the normalcy between In-dia and Pakistan is must for the socio-economic growth of the people of South Asian region.Mufti Mohammad Sayeed along with senior leaders of the party today conducted an extensive tour of the border areas of R S Pura, Suchetgarh and Bishnah as-sembly segments and addressed series of public meetings at Ab-

dullian, Floura, Sai Khurd and Trave areas on the International Border (IB) from where he propa-gates the message of peace and reconciliation with neighbouring country. He cautioned that esca-lation of tension is against the in-terest of both the countries.“From these border areas, I ap-

peal Prime Minister Dr Manmo-han Singh and leadership of op-position NDA to evolve consensus for taking some concerted steps to control escalation of tension on the borders because peace is the urge of the people of Jammu and Kashmir”, he said while ad-dressing border residents at sev-eral places, said the statement received by Kashmir News Ser-vice. He said that peace on the borders is in the interest of the people Jammu and Kashmir be-cause they bear maximum brunt of the hostility between the two countries.Mr Sayeed expressed his concern over recent unpleasant events on the IB in Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts and emphasized on the need of taking some effec-tive steps to avoid reoccurrence of such unfortunate incidents in future. He said that the ceasefire,

which was announced on the borders by the former Prime Min-ister Atal Behari Vajpayee in the year 2003, had brought positives changes lives of the common people in Jammu and Kashmir.“For the people of Jammu & Kash-mir the ceasefire had brought peace in their lives so I am hope-ful the leadership of country would realize the importance of maintaining the spirit of the ceasefire at any cost”, he said and exuded confidence that political leadership of Pakistan would also exhibit wisdom at this crucial juncture.PDP patron said that there is no substitute to the dialogue so the policy of peace and reconcilia-tion started by the PDP must be taken to its logical conclusion for establishing lasting peace in this region.

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“PDP’s disintegration

has begun”Srinagar, Oct 31:

National conference on Thursday declared that the party “will bounce with a huge victory in 2014 assembly elections by reg-istering a significant victory in Kashmir, Jammu as well as in Ladakh.“We have all along been the single largest party and will emerge as a strong force in 2014 under the leadership of Omar Abdul-lah,” party leaders said adding that “PDP’s disintegration has begun and everyone shall see how this anti people party will be wiped out from the minds and hearts of the people, by the people”In a impressive function held at the party

headquarters, Shiban Dudha, a renowned Kash-mir Pandit leader and a social activist who also contested the 2008 elec-tion joined the party in presence of senior party leaders including Addi-

tional General Secretary Dr. Mustafa Ka-mal, Provincial President Kashmir Nasir Aslam Wani, Chief Minister Omar Abdul-lah’s Political secretary Tanvir Sadiq, Dis-trict President Srinagar and MLA Peer Afaq, the party leaders said that “We welcome public spirited, honest and missionary people in our party to carry forward the mission of Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mo-hammed Abdullah with vigour and zest for making Jammu and Kashmir a prosper-ous, progressive and peaceful state of his dreams”, adding that joining of prominent people reflects the wider appeal of Nation-al Conference which believes in just

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Khan terms it as a political vendetta

Srinagar, Oct 31:

The authorities have withdrawn security cover of Ghulam Hassan Khan, former minister and senior Congress leader from his Shopian residence. Talking to Kashmir News Service, Khan termed the decision unfor-tunate and a ‘reward’ for speaking truth about the recent firing inci-dent that took place at Gagran in Shopian resulting into the death of four youth.“I had said that the youths killed in the incident were civilians. I think, this is the sin I committed that the authorities have withdrawn my security cover,” Khan told Kashmir News Service. Giving details about his security

cover, the former minister said a total of 13 CRPF guards including a sub inspector were attached with him since 1996. “I don’t know who has issued the orders for removal of my security cover which took place at 11 in the morning today,” Khan said, adding that he had in-quired about it from the deputy commissioner and Superinten-dent of Police Shopian but couldn’t get a satisfactory answer. “They told me that they will look into the matter,” the senior Con-gress leader from Shopian in-formed. He also termed the move as a ploy to prevent him from dis-charging political activities in his constituency which according to him is known for militant activi-ties. “God forbid if any untoward hap-pens with me or my family; the state government shall be respon-sible for that,” Khan told

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Srinagar, Oct 31:

A day after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court declined to accept prayers of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who through his Public Interest Litiga-tion (PIL) had sought ban on the usage of pepper gas and pellet guns in Kashmir, the Hurriyat (M) today said that it will file a review petition against the High Court judg-ment in coming days. “The legal cell of the APHC is exploring provisions of a re-view petition or filing an ap-peal against the High Court’s judgment in a few days,” said Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chair-man Hurriyat Conference (M) while talking to Kashmir

News Service. Pertinently, on Tuesday, the High Court besides Mirwaiz’s petition had dismissed all the connected petitions on the same subjects.In its judgment, the Court had said the petitioners had oblique motive in their peti-tion which was moved half heartedly before the Court. The Court has said that the prayers in the petition can-not be accepted in view of the law laid down by the Su-preme Court and their own observations. In May, this year, the Court had admitted a PIL filed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chairman of Hurriyat

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Srinagar police submits report

to CourtSrinagar, October 31:

Srinagar police submitted the conclu-sive report of Zahid Iqbal case to the Hon’ble court. Zahid Iqbal of Padshahi Bagh, Srinagar whose body was fished out from river Jehlum on 26th August had died of drowning while his friend was booked for concealing his belong-ings for person use. Giving details of the case the District Police Authorities stated that Srinagar police fished out a body of a missing person Zahid Iqbal Bhat son of Mohammad Iqbal resident of Pad-shi Bagh, Srinagar from river Jhelum

on 26th August, 2013. Srinagar police initiated inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC to ascertain the cause of the death. After conducting Post Mortem of the deceased body was handed over to his legal heirs for last rites. During the investigation of the case, some friends of the deceased were called for questioning. Search of the cell phone and SIM Card was made through surveillance unit Raj Bagh, during which it came to sur-face that cell phone is being used by a lady resident of Soura, Srinagar. She was called for questioning. During questioning she stated that the said cell phone was given by her by her nephew namely Ruhail Gowhar Sofi son of Mohammad Sidiq Sofi resident of Padshahi Bagh. The Ruhail Gow-har was called to police station for questioning during questioning he

disclosed that the deceased was his friend and neighbor. On 25.08.2013 after Friday prayer both went towards river Jehlum, where deceased went for bathing in the river while he went to other side for smoking. When he came he found the cloths of the de-ceased on river bank. Before going for bathing the deceased had handover watch and cell phone to Ruhal Gow-her. On his return he did not seen the deceased at bathing place he was afraid and left the place.Subsequently police seized the cell phone and wristwatch. Later on post-mortem report was also obtained from the concerned quarters, “which shows that the death of deceased was caused due to drowning “.The items wrist watch and cell phone of deceased which were recovered and seized were kept by the

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NC will emerge as a strong force in 2014:Kamal

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status to India. The recent spurt in the firing incidents and the beheading of some soldiers at borders has only added salt to the injury. If the present trend contin-ues the things may slip out of the hands of both the countries leading to more hostilities and bringing only destruction to the people. So far according to official sources over 150 ceasefire violations from Pakistan have taken place in last one year alone. These incidents claimed five lives of the soldiers from both the sides besides leaving several troopers injured. One hopes that keeping in view the over-all destruction by the incidents of firing sanity will prevail on both the sides so that all outstanding issues including the Kashmir issue are addressed and solved in a friendly and cordial atmosphere without the interference of any third party. As US has already refused to mediate and other powers have conveyed the same sentiments before, it is imperative for the two countries to settle their problems themselves amicably and peacefully.

PDP...Goebbels syndrome who believed that if a person tells a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. However, he said, this has become an obsolete philosophy as the people have become smart enough to dif-ferentiate between truth and the falsehood.The Spokesman decried PDP for its duplicity and indulging in cheap tactics to re-main relevant in the present day politics. The party has been miserably exposed for having allegiance to variant power centres and getting sustenance from the elements which want to weaken the secular fabric of Jammu and Kashmir. He said National Conference will not allow such elements to succeed in their machina-tions and anti-people activities.The Spokesman advised the PDP to maintain some sort of decorum in public life and desist from indulging in brazen falsehood.

Court...in this regard by or before the next date of hearing.A report prepared in 2009 had revealed that there are 2500 structures in Srinagar which have come up in violation of master plan guidelines. However, the secre-tary UDD had told Kashmir News Service that no such report is in his knowledge. Pertinently, the Srinagar Master Plan is applicable to a total of 417 square kilome-tres and out of this 160 square kilometres are looked after by Srinagar Develop-ment Authority (SDA). Rest of the square kilometres comes under the jurisdiction of SMC.

Kamal...society based on equality with opportunities of progress to all, irrespective caste, creed and colour.The Party leaders conveyed the good wishes of President and Union Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to Mr Shiban Dudha on join-ing National Conference and said the party has to reactivate for playing its huge role in the State, which is fast steering to a new era of peace and development.Shiban Duddha was profusely garlanded by the senior leaders. He expressed his gratitude to the party leadership for providing him a chance to serve the people and pledged for strengthening National Conference.Those present on the occasion included senior Vice President Kashmir Moham-mad Sayeed Akhoon, Sheikh Abdul Rehman, Party secretary Rashid Haroon and hundreds of party activists.

Faisal...and the mobile phone with particular cell number 9419434397 was recovered from his possession. During his questioning, he confessed of impersonating as Dr. Shah Faisal (IAS) for extracting favours from government officials.

Mufti...“I appealed Prime Minister of India and political leadership of Pakistan to adopt realistic and purposeful policy to establish lasting and sustainable peace in this region’, he said, adding, “Peace is precondition for solving all issues”.According to a statement received by Kashmir News Service, while recalling how PDP had convinced the then NDA government headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee to take some bold initiative to de-escalate tension of border in the year 2003, Mufti observed that cease fire announced in 2003 had also provided a strong foundation for the amicable resolution of all the outstanding issues including Kashmir.“Do not allow all gains of ceasefire to go waste”, he asked and added it was high-time for the leadership of both the countries to show wisdom because security and stability of this sub-continent would largely depend on how the leadership of India and Pakistan would behave in the given situation.Mufti also reminded the border residents that during PDP led regime a number of concrete steps were taken to improve their socio-economic conditions, said the statement received by Kashmir News Service. Trilok Singh Bajwa, Yash Pal Sharma, MLC and party candidate for Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat, Ved Mahajan, Hamid Choudhary, coordinator Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat, Abdul Rashid Malik, Jagjeet Singh Jagga, Fallail Singh, R K Bali, Surjeet Kour, Rajinder Singh Manhas, Choudhary Chuni Lal, Gurmeet Singh Bajwa, Suresh Sharma, Capt Anil Gour, Deepu Chib, Jagjeet Singh Jagga (Sarpanch), Bhushan Dogra, Yash Pal Sharma (Vijaypur) Salim Choudhary, Chaman Angral, Sukhvinder Singh, Bharat Bhushan Gupta, A S Reen, Vimal Sharma, Suram Singh, Master Garu Ram, Bachan Singh, Dhyan Singh, Pardeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Rashpal Singh, Surjeet Singh, Vijay Anand, Pritam Singh, Krishan Lal, E Peter, Rashpal Bleoria, Beli Ram, Jaswant Singh, Veena Chopra, Chater Saini, Satpal Charak, Som Nath Dogra, Yash Pal Bhagat, Atma Ram, Sat Pal, Ajay Sharma, Tarsem Saini and others also spoke on these meetings.

Security...Kashmir News Service, adding that some vested interests have hatched a sinister plot to restrict his movement. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Abdul Ghani Mir when contacted by KNS said: “I will look into the matter.” Prof Saif-u-Din Soz, president Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) when asked about the issue, told KNS that he is in Jammu and has not received an such infor-mation. “I am coming to Srinagar in a day or so. I will surely take this issue with the concerned authorities,” Soz added.On September 12, while refuting the police claims that one among the four youth killed in Shopian was a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant, Khan had said that the slain was a Bihari labourer who had nothing to do militancy. Zahid...Ruhail Gowhar Sofi dishonestly for his personal use and he was booked under section 404/RPC . Srinagar police submitted the conclusive report in this regard to the Hon’ble court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar on 28.10.2013.

Hurriyat...(M), against the use of pellets and pepper gas used by police and CRPF to deal with law and order situations.Mirwaiz had referred to a youth Suhail Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Majid Khan of Khalid Colony Soura who according to him was critically injured after being hit by pellets fired by forces in old city. Paper...refused to collect and lodged a formal complaint with BOSE and Police officials. Reports said that the paper bundle handed over to Superintendent, Iftikar Bashir by Munshi of the police station was not sealed and one paper was missing from the pack. Taking strong cognizance of the matter, Senior Superintendent of Police Baram-ulla Zubair Ahmed Khan immediately placed the Munshi under suspension. The police registered a case vide FIR 366/2013 under section 379 of RPC in this regard and appointed DySp Headquarters Sajad Ahmed as the inquiry officer. Confirming the suspension of the Munshi, SSP Baramulla told CNS that police has taken the matter seriously and inquiry is going on fast track basis.

J&K SPCB conducts public hearing for Kiru

Hydroelectric Project KISHTWAR, OCTOBER 31 - A public hearing for environmental clearance of 660MW Kiru Hydroelectric Project was organized by J&K State Pollution Con-trol Board at village Kiru, District Kishtwar.A large number of people, members of various NGOs and locals from various villages including Piyas, Galhar Bhata, Chhichha, etc participated in the programme. . Sajjad Mufti, Regional Di-rector, J&K State Pollution Control Board, Jammu explained the importance of conducting of public hearing as per Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India notification. Rajeev Sachdeva, General Manager, Kiru-Kwar Hy-

droelectric Projects, Chenab Valley Power Projects (CVPP) Ltd. gave a detailed account of the importance of development of hydroelectric power, being envi-ronmentally clean power as compared to other conventional sources of power. He also explained importance of the proposed project with respect to the ex-isting power deficit and also its potential to boost the socio-economic develop-ment of the region. Prof. Anil. K. Raina, Environment Consultant, pro-vided detailed description of the environmental impacts associated with the establishment of proposed project and elaborated on the management plan devised for proper mitigation of such impacts. He also presented the details of rehabilitation and resettlement plan prepared for the project affected families. He also stated that the recent investigations carried out by various research-ers indicate that there has been no co-relation between impact of reservoirs and seismicity/earthquakes the hydroelectric projects on river Chenab and the recent earthquakes in the region. The land use details of the project were pre-sented by consultant of CVPP Khursheed Ahmad Bhat (Deputy Commissioner, Retd.). Later, Sanjay Rathore, District Officer, J&K SPCB sought public opin-ion regarding the project.The representatives of public including Sarpanches, Naib Sarpanches and Panches of the affected villages and project affected per-sons put forth their queries regarding various aspects of the proposed project especially with respect to rehabilitation package and employment opportuni-ties besides the measures for overall development of the area. A. S. Chib, Additional DDC, Kishtwar, who presided over the function, informed that the district administration has the requisite expertise in implementation of resettlement and rehabilitation programmes and assured the public that the same shall be implemented as per prevailing norms. While stating that execu-tion of this project would start a new era of development of the local people in terms of socio-economical aspects resulting in improvement in the quality of life and generation of employment and business opportunities for local un-employed youth. Others who were present on the occasion included Sunil Bhotyal, BDO Nagseni, Naseer Ahmad Dhar, General Manager, Planning & Design, CVPP Ltd, officers from SPCB, Kuldeep Bhan, Sampat Singh and Prab-hat Sharma besides officers from CVPP.Sanjay Rathore, District Officer, SPCB, Doda/Kishtwar presented vote of thanks. It is pertinent to mention here that JKSPCB recently held a successful public hearing for Kwar HEP which also witnessed huge participation of local population in the area.

CS visits BudgamMeets Civil Society, Reviews

Development progress, Muharram preparations

BUDGAM, OCTOBER 31: Continuing with the tour of Kashmir division, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey along with Divisional commissioner, Thursday visited District Budgam and held a high level meeting of officers to review status of developmental progress. Chief Secretary also met many deputations representing all tehsils of District Budgam. The deputations highlighted various demands including the need for electric sub stations and receiving stations in Sebdan, provision of budget accommodation for devotees visiting Chrar-e- Shareef, Macadamiza-tion of link roads in Beerwah and Khaag, settling of pending land compensa-tion cases, construction of accommodation facilities for doctors of sub district hospital, expansion of sub district hospital and action against conversion of agricultural land for commercial purpose and closure of illegal brick kilns. While apprising the Chief Secretary about the status of developmental progress in the district, Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Mr Khurshid Ahmed Shah highlighted the progress of important sectors made under the district plan, centrally sponsored schemes, besides presented the latest supply and stock position of essential commodities, action plan for snow clearance and matters pertaining to electoral rolls in the district. The meeting was informed that about 67 lakh rupees have been utilized under MGNREGA besides three major road projects viz Humhama-Raithan-Arizal, Natipora-Newa-Pulwama and Bhagi Mehtab-Chrar-i- Sharif road have been completed. All the three revenue complexes in Budgam, Khansahab and Khaag each are near completion and six Sub District Hospitals are under vari-ous stages of construction at Chadura, Pakharpora, Magam, Nagam, Kremshore and Chrar-i-Sharief. Deputy Commissioner also gave brief account on the disposal of applica-tions under Right to Information Act and Public Service Guarantee Act. Mat-ters pertaining to two proposed bye-pass roads, one which shall connecting railway road to district office area of Karipora bypassing the main bus stand Budgam and Zoorigund-Qazibagh bye pass were also taken up during the re-view meetings. Chief Secretary stressed for operating government schools from govern-ment owned buildings and not from any rented accommodation and directed Deputy Commissioner and Director School Education to take necessary steps in this regard. He also directed the revenue officers of the district to ensure that new voters are registered and deceased voters deleted on priority from electoral rolls. Later in the meeting various Muharram related preparations were also reviewed to ensure all possible facilities to the people and smooth conduct of Muharram processions in the District.

Power shutdown from November 3, 4, 17, 19 & 24

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 30: According to Power Controller, Power Develop-ment Department, Kashmir, in order to carry out branch cuttings and stabili-zations of 33 KV lines, power supply from the 33 KV Badampora-Duderhama, Kangan-Kangan line, Kangan-Wussan line shall be affected on November 03, 2013. The 33 KV lines of Badampora-Kurhama and Nihalpora-Markundal shall be affected on November 04, 2013.Meanwhile 33 KV Badampora-Bandipora (HCC line), Nihalpora-Markundal and Kangan Surfraw lines shall be affected on November 17, 2013 and 33 KV Surfraw-Gagangeer, Bandipora-Watlab, Shadipora-HMT, besides Habak-Ganderbal lines shall be affected on November 19, 2013, while Habak-Ganderbal lines shall be affected onNovember 24, 2013.The power shutdown shall be affected from 09 a.m. to 05 p.m. in these 33 KV lines.

Office timings rescheduled in ValleySRINAGAR, OCTOBER 31: According to Divi-sional Commissioner, Kashmir, the working hours in all Government offices and institu-tions in Kashmir Valley except in case of Edu-cational Institutions located within Srinagar Municipal limits shall be from 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. with effect fromNovember 01, 2013. These timings shall remain operative upto Oc-tober 31, 2014.

VOK presents challans against LAWDA officialSRINAGAR, OCTOBER 31: Vigilance Organiza-tion Kashmir (VOK) today presented challans in case FIR No. 02/2013, Police Station VOK against Mushtaq Ahmad Khan the then Se-nior Assistant in the office of Executive En-gineer Mechanical Division LAWDA, Srinagar S/O Mohammad Maqbool Khan R/O Tengpora Batmaloo, Srinagar and Bashir Ahmad Wani the then Junior Assistant in the office of Executive Engineer Mechanical Division LAWDA, Srinagar S/O Mohammad Ibrahim Wani R/O Gazi Doori Hawal Srinagar, before the Court of Special Judge Anti Corruption, Srinagar for the commis-sion of offences punishable U/S 5(1)(d)r/w5(2)P.C Act, Svt-2d006 and section 161 RPC.The ac-cused public servants while posted in the of-fice of Executive Engineer, Mechanical Division LAWDA, demanded and accepted an amount of Rs 5000/- as illegal gratification from the com-plainant namely Mohammad Shafi Bhat S/O Abdul Gaffar Bhat R/O Umar Colony Lalbazar, Srinagar for processing his (complainants) .

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OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT PROGRAMME COORDINATOR MGNREGA

(PROJECT OFFICER WAGE EMPLOYMENT)Assistant Commissioner Development

Ganderbal/Srinagar. email: acdgbl@gmail.com Ph. No. 0194-2416088Subject :- Engagement of Supporting Staff viz. Gram Rozgar Sahayak under MGNREGA.Reference:- 01. Administrative Department of Rural Development's Circular No. 15 - RD - NREGA of 2010 dated. 14.12.2010 issued under endorsement No. RD/ PC/ NEGA/ 12/2010- 11 dated. 14.12.2010. 02. This office Notification issued under endorsement No. ACD/Adv/2011/Sgr-Gbl/352-65 dated. 02.05.2011 and No. ACD/Adv/2012/Sgr-Gbl/1100-10 dated. 07.06.2012.

ORDER NO : 445 - ACD OF 2013DATED :- 30 . 10 . 2013

In pursuance to the selection made by the Selection Committee, the candidates figuring in "Annexure A" to this order are engaged as Gram Rozgar Sahayaks in Panchayat Halqas shown against each in Block Lar , Block Wakoora and in Panchayat Halqa Chettergull C of Block Kangan of District Ganderbal under MGNREGA on contractual basis, besides, "Annexure B" of the order is of the candidates who are figuring in waiting list. The engagement of the candidates shall be subject to the fulfillment of following terms/ conditions:-1. That the engagee will have to join in the concerned Block Development Office/Programme Officer within a period of 15 days from the time of issuance of this order. In case the candidate does not join within the prescribed time, the candidate next in merit within the concerned Panchayat Halqa will be considered for engagement.2. That the Gram Rozgar Sahayak shall be paid a consolidated sum of Rs.4500/= per month.3. That the arrangement shall be purely on contractual basis for a period of one year and linked inextricably to the availability of the funds under Management Cost of MGNREGA and shall be co-terminious with the scheme.4. That the remuneration shall be on consolidated basis for a period of one year or till the time the funds under the scheme are available whichever is earlier.5. That the! arrangement can be dispensed with before the expiry of the period of the contract in case of unsatisfactory performance of the engagee. The performance of the engagee shall be monitored by the Block Development Officer concerned and his performance report to be submitted to the District Programme Coordinator MGNREGA on monthly basis.6. That the arrangement shall be extensible further on satisfactory performance of the Gram Rozgar Sahayak.7. That the engagee shall have no substantive or superior claim for his absorption in the Department.8. That the engagee shall have no right to claim for permanent absorption in the Department.9. That the disbursement of wages to the Gram Rozgar Sahayaks shall be only made after CID verification/clearance is received by the Block Development Officer /Programme Officer concerned and the qualification as well as marks certificates are not got verified from the concerned institutions. In case adverse report either for qualification/marks certificates or regarding the CID verification, the appointment of the concerned will be cancelled/ terminated forthwith.10. That the Block Development Officer/Programme Officer shall allow the Gram Rozgar Sahayaks to join only on the production of original order copy and after production of following testimonials in original.A. Permanent Residence Certificate B. Qualification Certificate of each examination passed. C. Marks Certificate of each examination passed.D. Date of Birth certificate E. Degree/Diploma certificates 11. The Block Development Officer shall assign the job to the selected candidates as per the guidelines of the MGNREGA scheme.12. The selection shall be amenable to the outcome of the Court directions or mistakes if any.13. The engagee shall have to execute an agreement with the Department/concerned Block Development Officer on above 01 to 12 mentioned condi-tions.

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Office of the District Development Commissioner Baramulla

Subject: Hiring of vehicles under RBSK (NRHM)TENDER NOTICE

Sealed tenders are invited on behalf of District Rural Health Society, Baramulla for hiring 20 Nos of vehicles under RBSK (NRHM) (2 each for 10 Medical blocks viz Sheeri, Sopore, Rafiabad, Rohama, Uri, Kreeri, Pattan, Kunzer, Tang-marg, and Boniyar (District Baramulla) from registered interested parties. The registered interested parties will submit the sealed tenders affixed with revenue stamp of Rs. 5/= on the sealed envelope. The sealed tenders should reach in the office of Chief Medical Officer Baramulla by or before 08/11/2013 up to 4 PM.The terms and conditions for submitting the tender is given hereunder: -1. The type of vehicle required for running the programme is Scorpio / Innova/Tata Sumo/Taveera Indica etc.2. The vehicle must be of the model of not below than 2009 model and should be excellent in running condition.3. The vehicle shall be hired on monthly basis and shall be stationed at Block Headquarter of the concerned Block.4. The interested parties shall quote rates for hiring on monthly basis (minimum running of 80 Kms per day) shall be included in the quotation and per Km rate should be quoted for extra mileage if any during the day.5. The mileage of vehicle per Kilometre should not be less than 09 kilometres per litre Diesel.6. The movement shall be in any part, of the J&K State.7. In case of night haltage outside the District, special DA @ Rs. 150/= shall be paid to the driver to be included in the monthly.8. The rates shall be applicable for one year.9. The tender should accompany CDR of Rs. 1.44 Lacs pledged to Chairman DRHS Baramulla which shall be released to the successful tenderer after completion of rate contract i.e 12 months after finalization of rates.10. Payment for use of vehicle shall be released on production of bills (duly attested by the touring officers/con-cerned BMO) along with the copy of log book duly certified by the touring officer.11. The preference shall be given to the interested parties/ lower tenderer belonging from concerned Medical Block. Sd/- Chairman District Rural Health Society/DIPK NO: 9223 District Dev. Commissioner Baramulla

Annexure “A” to this office order No. Selection list of Gram Rozgar Sehayaks of Chettregull C (Block Kangan)

S No Application

Panchayat Halqa

Name/parentage/residence Points obtained from academic qualification

Interview Points

Total points

1 Chettregul Rumeena Ahad D/O Ab. Ahad Mir R/O Chettregull 31.69 10 41.69Selection list of Gram Rozgar Sehayaks of Block Lar Halqa wise

S. No Panchayat Halqa

Name/parentage/residence Points obtained from academic qualification

Interview points

Total points

1. Wahidpora M. Faheem-ud-din Rather S/O Mohammad Maqbool R/O Wahidpora 45.39 13.50 58.892. Watlar A Muzafer Ahmad Malla S/O Ab. Gani Malla R/O Watlar 42.97 15.5 58.473. Watlar-B Naseer Ahmad S/O Ab. Khaliq Malik R/O Baghimanand 48.76 16.5 65.264. Theru Bilal Ahmad Sheikh S/O Gh. Nabi Sheikh R/O Theru 39.74 13 52.745. Lar A Sajad Ahmad Shah S/O Gh. Mohammad R/O Lar 46.30 16 62.306. Lar B Asma Nasir D/O Nasir Ahmad Sheikh R/O Lar 46.87 15 61.877. Repora-B Mushtaq Ahmad Shah S/O G. M. R/O Repora Bala 39.75 16 55.758. Khranihama Shaheena Mohammad D/O G.M. Najar R/O Dangheepora 47.42 15 62.429. Haripora Suhail Ahmad Sheikh S/O G.M. Shiekh R/O Haripora 38.10 15.5 53.6010. Manigam A Moomina Rashid D/O Ab.Rashid R/O Manigam 42.31 14 56.3111. Manigam-B Zaffer Shaheen S/O G.M. Teli R/O Durpora 48.79 17.5 66.2912. Benhama Gowhar Ahmad Baigh S/O Ali Mohammad R/O Benhama 41.16 15.5 57.0413. Arhama-A Shazia Shafi D/O M. Shafi Rather R/O Bonipora 46.06 17.5 63.5614. Arehama B Waseem Hassan Bhat S/O Gh. Hassan R/O Yarmuqam 53.91 15 68.9115. Arahama-C Showkat Ahmad Katana S/O M.Y.Katana R/O Gujarpatiyarmuqam 24.63 9.5 34.1416. C.W. War A Irfan Ahmad Mughal S/O Beni Amin Mughal R/O C. W. War 39.91 11.5 51.4117. C W W B Sajad Bashir S/O Bashir Ahmad Dar R/O C.W.War 35.19 9.5 44.6918. C.W.War-C Syed M Akram S/O Gh. Rasool Shah R/O C. W. War 29.83 6 35.83Selection list of Gram Rozgar Sehayaks of Block Wakoora Halqa wise19. Barsoo Feroz Ahmad Mir S/O G. M. Mir R/O Barsoo 40.84 18 58.8420. Kurhamma Sajad Ahmad Dar S/O Gh.Hassan R/O Kurhama 51.60 16.5 68.1021. Yangoora-A Bilal Ahmad Bhat S/O Gh. Rasool R/O youngoora 42.96 17 59.9622. Yangoora-B Sakiba Mushtaq D/O Mushtaq Ah R/O Koundbal 45.10 14 59.1023. Waskura-A Parvaiz Ah Sheikh S/O M. Ramzan R/O Waskoora 48.66 16.5 65.1324. Waskura-B Asiya Akhtar D/O Bashir Ahmad War R/O Badampora 41.20 17 58.2025. Batwana Umer Reshid Mir S/O Ab. Reshid R/O Batwina 48.96 14 62.9626. Guzhama Tariq Ahmad Bhat S/O Bashir Ahmad R/O Khanpora 49.11 13 62.1127. Wakura-A Shabnum Raheem D/O Ab. Raheem Rather R/O Wanpora 48.82 16 64.8228. Wakoora B Mohammad Saleem Khan S/O Ab. Hameed Khan R/O Wakura 45.36 14 59.3629. Dab Rohullah Ali S/O Ali M Hajam R/O Thokerpora 42.31 14.5 56.8130. Pehlipora Nazir Ahmad Dar S/O G. M. R/O Safapora 49.82 11.5 61.3231. Safapora-A Rafia Akhtar D/O Ab. Rashid Wani R/O Safapora 44.87 15 59.8732. Safapora B Sameera Quadir D/O Gh. Qadir Bhat R/O Safapora 49.43 15.5 64.9333. Safapora-C Ramees Ahmad Sofi S/O Ab. Gani R/O Bagawanmohalla 50.99 14 64.99

Annexure “B” to this office order No. Waiting list of Gram Rozgar Sehayak of Panchayat Halqa Chettregull C Block Kangan

S No Application

Name/parentage/residence Points obtained from academic qualification

Interview Points

Total points obtained

1 Chettregull C Saleema Jan D/O G M Mir R/O Chettregull 25.99 6 31.99Waiting list of Gram Rozgar Sehayaks of Block Lar Halqa wise

Panchayat Halqa

Name/parentage/residence Points obtained from academic qualification

Interview points

Total points

1. Wahidpora Mukhtar Ahmad Mir S/O Late Ali M Mir R/O Wahidpora 43.06 14.5 57.562. Watlar A Urfeena Rashid D/O Ab. Rashid Sheer-Ggojree R/O Harkar mohallah 42.42 15.50 57.923. Watlar-B Mehraj-ud-din Bhat S/O M. Ramzan Bhat R/O Watlar 43.04 8 51.044. Theru Yasmeena Akhtar D/O Ab. Ahad Kondi R/O Theroo 41.69 11 52.695. Lar A Waseem Hassan Baba S/O Gh. Hassan R/O Qasba Lar 44.25 15.5 59.756. Lar B Gh. Mohi-ud-din Shah S/O Assad ullah R/O Lar 42.48 16 58.487. Repora-B Tariq Ahmad Shiekh S/O G. M. Shiekh R/O Repora 38.97 16.5 55.478. Khranihama Umer Mukhtar S/O M. Yousuf Tantrey R/O Dangerpora 43.96 17 60.969. Haripora Naseer-ud-din Shah S/O M. Ameen R/O Harpora 40.08 5.5 45.5810. Manigam A Ishfaq Ahmad Rather S/O Ab. Rashid R/O Manigam 39.75 6.5 46.2511. Manigam-B Aadil Hameed S/O Ab. Hameed Ganaie R/O Manigam 42.63 14 56.6312. Benhama Ashiq Hussain Mir S/O Gh.Nabi Mir R/O Benhama 43.66 9.5 53.1613. Arhama-A Ab. Hamid Khan S/O Ab. Aziz Khan R/O Arahama 45.84 14 59.8414. Arehama B Shabeer Ahmad Rather S/O Ab. Raheem R/O Yarmuqam 42.15 13.5 55.6515. Arahama-C Mohammad Altaf Khan S/O Gull Feroze R/O Manigam 25.99 8 33.9916. C.W. War A Gulam Rasool Chopan S/O G. M. Chopan R/O C. W. War 29.43 9.5 38.93Waiting list of Gram Rozgar Sehayaks of Block Wakoora Halqa wise17. Barsoo Tajamul Shafi Bhat S/O M. Shafi R/O Wandhama 42.07 16 58.0718. Kurhamma Roqaiya Hassan D/O Gh. Hassan R/O Kurhama 47.08 16.5 63.5819. Yangoora-A Sajad Ahmad Bhat S/O Gh. Mohi-ud-din R/O Youngoora 42.55 11 53.5520. Yangoora-B Sadam Habib S/O Habibullah Leherwal R/O Kondbal 37.51 11.5 51.0121. Waskura-A Rifata Sultan D/O M. Sultan Mir R/O Petpora 44.16 11 55.1622. Waskura-B Showket Ahmad Ganie S/O Ab. Rashid R/O Wodermullah 44.76 12.5 57.2623. Batwana Mir Maryam D/O Ab. Rahman R/O Batwina 46.56 15 61.5624. Guzhama Kousar Ahmad Bhat S/O Ali Mohammad R/O Khanpora 44.71 12.5 57.2125. Wakura-A M. Amin Najar S/O Gh. Mohammad R/O Wakura 49.19 15.5 64.6926. Wakoora B Shazada Sultan D/O M.Sultan Tali R/O Wakura 44.86 12.5 57.3627. Dab Wahid Hussain Baba S/O Gh. Mohammad R/O Dab 43.27 10.66 53.9328. Pehlipora Parvaiz Ahmad Malla S/O Gh. Nabi R/O Mallapora 46.39 14.5 60.8929. Safapora-A Irshad Ahmad Bhat S/O G. M. R/O Darzi-Mohalla 40.99 9.5 50.4930. Safapora B Mudasir Rashid S/O Ab. Rashidn Rather R/O Safapora 43.00 16.5 59.5031. Safapora-C Ashaq Hussain Sofi S/O Ab. Gani R/O Bagawanmohlla 42.85 17.5 60.35

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Chairman, District Level Selection CommitteeProject Offcer Wage Employment

Assistant Commissioner Development,Ganderbal/Srinagar

FRIDAY 01 NOVEMBER 2013Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWS

BANIHAL, OCTOBER 31-

Minister of State for Information, CAPD, Vikar Rasool Wani on Thursday flagged off a group of trainees for un-

dergoing technical training at Barna-la, Sirsa in Haryana under Skill Devel-opment Programme for Youth.

Senior Congress Leader and

former Minister, Abdul Gani Vakil, Superintendent ITI, Mudassar, Sar-panchs, Panchs and prominent citi-zens were present on the occasion.

As many as, 92 trainees will

undergo training in different trades like plumbing and electrical during the programme.

Speaking on the occasion, the

Minister informed that about 1000 youths from Ramban district are be-ing trained in different trades in re-puted institutes of Haryana under skill development programme. “This would help the youth to start their own employment ventures for living a dignified life”’ he added.

The Minister announced 200 class desks for High School Thither under Constituency Development Fund besides sanctioning high mast lights, transformers and poles for the area.

Responding to the demands of locals, the Minister assured that the matter of backward status to Thither would be taken up with the concerned authority.

Vakil, who also spoke on the occasion, appealed the youth to avail optimum benefit of various state and centrally sponsored schemes and es-tablish their own self employment ventures.

The people of the area high-lighted their demands and problems seeking an immediate redressal to the same.

The Minister assured the people that all their issues would be looked into for necessary action.

Vikar flags off trainees under Skill Development Programme

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 31:

Saying that identity of any na-tion lies in its heritage, culture and language, the Minister for Higher Education, Mohammad Akbar Lone said that Jammu and Kash-mir State is rich in its culture so it is responsibility of every citizen to ensure its sustenance for posterity.

This was stated by the Minis-ter while inaugurating weeklong inter-University Mega youth fes-tival ”Sonzal 2013”, organized by Department of Students Welfare, Kashmir University at University auditorium here on Thursday.

Vice Chancellor, Kashmir University, Prof Talat Ah-mad, Registrar of the Univer-sity, Prof Zaffar Ahmad Reshi, Dean Student’s welfare, Prof. Neelofar Khan, heads of vari-ous Departments and Profes-sors besides large number of students and participants from various colleges were present on the occasion.

Mr. Lone said such events are aimed at excelling new levels of glory by the youth of the state who possess diverse

talent and potential demon-strated the State in national and international competi-tions.

Mr. Lone said youth of our State have great talent and potential in academics, sports and other cultural ac-tivities and have proven their talent and skills at national

and global levels.The Minister appreci-

ated the organizers for hold-ing this event and said these programmes enable the pre-sentations of the culture and heritage. He stressed upon students to ensure maxi-mum participation in literary and cultural activities which are necessary for nourishing

and developing leadership qualities among students and make them better citizens. He also assured the organizers that government will provide every possible help and support for pro-motion of cultural activities in the State.

Vice Chancellor, Prof Talat Ah-mad in his address said that or-

ganising youth festivals in the Uni-versities provide an opportunity of utilizing the young minds in con-structive and fruitful activities.

He said such event is aimed at transcending new levels of glo-ry represented by the youth of the state who posses di-verse talent and potential and extends to bring them togeth-er on a common platform.

Registrar, Prof Reshi also spoke on the occasion, and said Sonzal is a synonymous to colours and like every year university organises a week-long festival of different hues of the valley‘s youth. He said Sonzal engulfs the spirit of participation and competi-tion mixed with entertain-ment.

Dean Students Welfare, Prof Neelofar Khan who is also chairperson Sonzal-2013 said as many as 1000 students from 40 colleges and 40 De-partments are participating in about 20 different events. She said Sonzal gives a platform to un-leash the diverse talent and help the students to showcase the hid-den activities.

Culture is the identity of nations: LoneSays such events pivotal for sustenance, promotion of cultural heritage of J&K

You mustn’t expect any enormous changes today. The process you began three or four years ago will accelerate slightly. You’re changing the moorings of your identity, the ideas that make you sure of who you are. Your family, back-ground, and education no longer count for as much as your spiritual foundations.

The day ahead should be fairly positive. You’ll begin to feel the faintest hint of a major change beginning. This new phase will last seven months. As it progresses, you’ll find greater freedom of expression. You can expect to shift into high gear on subjects you used to avoid in the past. Some friction with siblings may arise in the next few months.

The solar system is liable to trigger a transformation that will last several months. The change will center on the means you use to fulfill yourself in terms of your career and love life. If you feel hemmed in by your training or upbring-ing, you can expect to seek liberation from these inhibitions in the months to come.

It’s an excellent day for you! Although no major events occur today, there’s the promise of freedom in the coming months. A fundamental shift is about to occur in your oc-cupation and love life. As the months unfold, you can expect to be more visionary, more creative, and perhaps more rebel-lious. You’ll be much more effective than in the past two or three years.

To understand the shift occurring today, you must look at events from a lofty perspective. A slow liberation process is gathering momentum. Over the next few months you won’t refuse an opportunity to rid yourself of an oppressive part of your past. You’ll shed your old complexes and emerge re-newed. Don’t be alarmed if family relations suffer a bit. The distress is only temporary.

The gentle winds of change are blowing through your life at the moment. You have a feeling of newness and an open attitude toward the world. Some outside events give you the impression that you’re advancing in a concrete man-ner toward a new life. You can expect to have some pleasant surprises

The planetary shift will probably be imperceptible to-day, but you’ll have several months to understand how this change impacts you. It will dawn on you that you feel a strong need for liberation. Perhaps you need to release your-self from the bonds of your group. Change and innovation are in the air!

In your case, the phrase “turning point” has some mean-ing. This turning point could take the form of a new person or a key event that changes things forever. Sometimes amaz-ing things we hear about really do happen. One of these things may be happening to you in the coming months.

It may be that you’ve come back deeply changed from a long voyage. Of course, travel changes everyone to some ex-tent, but in your case, the change is more profound. You’re going to have a problem getting back into your old life. It may feel too limiting for you. So what are you waiting for? Change it!

If you feel suffocated by your romantic relationship, if you feel it lacks spice or is too traditional, then why not lib-erate yourself? Today’s planetary energy will help you turn even your craziest ideas into reality. Starting today, you’re going to be asked to be more decisive.

You’ve met some strange people who have greatly in-fluenced your attitude about your marriage or partnership. Some people have been pushing you toward more freedom. These people have been influenced by the planetary align-ments, but that’s no reason you have to be. Freedom or lack of it is completely subjective.

If you’ve yearned to modify something in your daily life, do it now. The planetary energy is telling you that the hour has come to make concrete changes. Whether the change you seek is at home or at work, physical or emotional, don’t be afraid to seriously upset the status quo of your life.

Lone inaugurates youth festival Sonzal-2013 at KU

Gurezi for facilitating the people of Border areas

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 31:

Minister of State for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Con-trol, Mr. Nazir Ahmad Gurezi today said that unpro-voked firing from Pakistan Rangers across the Line of Control has been the cause of instability and problems being faced by the people living across the border. He said this has also affected their day today activities be-sides, creating bottlenecks in processing the Indo-Pak peace talks.

Mr. Gurezi said that the matter needs to be taken by the concerned authorities so that the tension is eased across the border and people live tension free life.

The Minister pointed out that due to such situation the people of these areas are not able to work in their agriculture fields and orchards with the result the production of crops in the area decreased resulting in minimizing per capta income for the people living in boarder areas.

Mr. Gurezi appreciated the efforts being initi-ated by the dynamic Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with the Central Government for minimizing tension across the border by way of initiating peace talks on priority.

KUPWARA, OCTOBER 31:

The Vice Chairman, Pahari Advisory Board (PAB), Mr. Kafil-ur-Rehman vis-ited Jumagund area and addressed sev-eral public meetings besides reviewed the peoples demands. He said that State Gov-ernment led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is committed to provide all possible basic amenities to the people living in far flung areas especially dur-ing the winter months.

On this occasion, the gen sets were inaugurated by the Vice Chair-man at Jumagund area, arranged and installed by the PDD under RGGVY for ensuring electric facility during night hours of winter season.

The District Development Com-missioner, Mr. Itrat Hussain Rafique, District and Sectoral officers were also present on the occasion.

Meanwhile, the Vice Chairman announced that relief to the cross bor-

der area of 50 affected families would be provided under MLA’s Constitu-ency Development Fund for construc-tion of houses under the scheme IAY and assured the affected families that their problems and demands would be taken up with the Chief Minister for rehabilitation of the affected people of Chatroo, Keran, whose houses were damaged due to recent cross border shelling.

The Vice Chairman along with District Development Commis-sioner Kupwara also inaugurated the gen sets at Keran installed by the PDD under RGGVY 2nd phase, which would provide the electric facilities of the area during winter months.

The public meetings were also addressed by the visiting Vice Chairman at Keran, Munidyan, Cha-troo and also take the stock and sup-ply position of winter stockings.

Vice Chairman PAB visited Jumagund, Keran

Addresses public meetings, reviewed stock, supply position

BANIHAL, OCTOBER 31:-

The Minister for Social Welfare, and ARI Trainings, Ms. Sakina Itoo today vis-ited Banihal and other adjoining areas and took stock of various ongoing developmental projects under execu-tion in the area

Later, address-ing a public meeting at Hollan Banihal the Minister said that pres-ent government has launched number of welfare schemes and developmental projects for the welfare and prosperity of people across the State, and the programmes launched are aimed at delivering basic

amenities at the doorsteps of the peo-ple.

The public meeting was at-tended by people, public representa-tives of various areas which include Hollan Ramsoo, Bankote, Darwah, Nag-

bal, Mehrugan, Krskoot, Ashar, Lamber, Neel, Hogar Paristan and other adjoin-ing areas.

Recalling the contribution of late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, for the upliftment of the downtrodden State, Ms. Itoo said that National Con-ference has put in its efforts from its

day first for the welfare and prosperity of people of all three regions of the State.

The people of various areas met the Minister and projected various demands per-taining to basic ameni-ties including construc-tion of roads, providing of adequate electric-

ity and drinking water supply, better healthcare and education infrastructure in the areas.

Sakina visits Banihal, takes stock of developmental works

ANANTNAG, OCTOBER 31:

Minister for Tourism and Culture, Gh-ulam Ahmad Mir today said that various areas of Anantnag district which include Wasaknag and Kund would be brought on the tourism map shortly and the composed project on this account is being sent to central government for approval so that the Tourism infrastructure is built in this area as early as possible.

This was stated by the Minister during his exten-sive tour of Anantnag district today. He said that by virtue of central government’s liberal funding, the state government constructed roads, bridges, schools and tourism infrastruc-ture in all the three regions of the state. He said that the developmental activities started are aimed at improving socio-economic conditions of the people besides extending welfare measures.

During his inspection of various ongoing projects, Mr. Mir directed Deputy

Commissioner Kulgam to identify land in Nag area for construction of the tourist re-sort. He asked Director Tourism to formu-late a project report for the purpose so that levelling of the land and other steps are taken for construction of two view points.

Later, addressing a public meeting

at Waltengoo Kund, the Minister said that government is committed to develop the area and provide various basic facilities to the people.

The Minister was accompanied by Director Tourism, Talat Parvez and officers of the district.

Wasaknag, Kund being brought on Tourism map shortly: G A Mir

Shamim Firdous visits Shia dominated areas,

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 31:

Chairperson, State Commission for Women and MLA Habba Kadal Mrs. Shamim Firdous today visited various Shia dominated areas which Community including Mandir Bagh, Chinkral Mohalla, Naqashpora, Baghwanpora, Ga-dood Bagh and Barbarshah in Habba Kadal Constituency and took stock of facilities being provided by the Govern-ment in these areas during ensuing Muharram-ul-Haram.

The Chairperson inspected the ongoing construction work of Rs.17 lakh Health Centre, Chinkral Mohalla and Public Park coming up at a cost of Rs. 18 lakhs at Mandir Bagh. She announced Rs. 25 lakh out of her Constituency Development Fund for construction of lanes and drains including Rs.5 lakh for repairs and renovation of damaged poles and electric conductors.

Mrs. Shamim Firdous directed the officers to gear up their field functionaries and speed up the pace of work on all ongoing construction works to complete them in a stipulated time frame.A team of senior officers and engi-neers of PHE, PDD, R & B, Housing and Srinagar Municipal Corporation departments accompanied her.

Office timings rescheduled in Valley SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 31:

According to Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, the working hours in all Government offices and institutions in Kashmir Valley except in case of Educational Institu-tions located within Srinagar Municipal limits shall be from 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. with effect from November 01, 2013. These timings shall remain operative upto Oc-tober 31, 2014.

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A unique initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram

(JSSK), launched on June 1, 2011, has placed for the first time utmost em-phasis on “ENTITLEMENTS”. The idea is to eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for both pregnant women and sick neonates. The initiative entitles all pregnant women delivering in public health institutions to absolutely free and No-Expense delivery, including caesarean operation. All expenses re-lated to delivery in a public institu-tion are borne entirely by the govern-ment and no user charges are levied. A pregnant woman is entitled to free transport from home to the govern-ment health facility, between facilities, in case she is referred on account of complications, and also drop-back home after 48 hours of delivery.

WHY JSSK?Various complications during pregnancy like haemorrhage, infection, high blood pressure, unsafe deliveries and so on may result in maternal and infant mor-tality. While India has made consider-able progress in reduction of Mater-nal Mortality Ratio (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), but the pace at which these health indicators are de-clining needs acceleration. The number of institutional deliveries has increased significantly, after the launch of Janani Suraksha Yojna (JSY) in the year 2005 but many of those who opted for insti-tutional deliveries were not willing to stay for 48 hrs, hampering the provi-sion of essential services both to the mother and neonate. The first 48 hours after delivery are critical as some com-plications might develop during this period.Access to mother and child health care services was also hindered by High out of pocket expenses on User charges for OPD, drugs and consumables, Di-agnostic tests etc. Also in some cases such as severe Anaemia or emergen-cies required Blood Transfusion which increased immediate expenses. And if there was a caesarean case, the ex-penses would become still higher. En-titlements for Pregnant WomenUnder JSSK, free Institutional Deliv-ery services (including Caesarean op-eration) are provided in government health facilities. Also, medicines in-cluding supplements such as Iron Folic Acid are to be given free of cost to preg-nant women.Further, pregnant women are entitled to both essential and desirable investi-

gations like Blood, Urine tests and Ul-tra-Sonography etc. Furthermore, they are to be provided with free Diet during their stay in the health institutions (up to 3 days for normal deIivery & 7days for caesarean section).Not only this, there is a provision of free bIood transfusion if the need arises.A significant number of maternal and neonatal deaths can be saved by pro-viding timely referral transport facil-ity to the pregnant women. Pregnant women are entitled to free transport from home to health centre, referral to higher facility in case of need and drop back from the facility to home.So, JSSK has been launched, to ensure that each and every pregnant woman and sick neonates upto 1 month gets

timely access to health care services free of cost. Under the JSSK, the state governments issue an entitlement order detailing the free entitlements. The En-titlements include free drugs and con-sumables, Free Diagnostic Services, Free Blood Transfusion Services wherever re-

quired and Free diet for the duration of a woman’s stay in the facility. These ser-vices are provided free of cost to elimi-nate out of pocket expenses and ensure Zero expense deliveries.

EntitlementsEntitlements for Pregnant Women

Under JSSK, free Institutional Delivery services (including Caesarean operation) are provided in government health facili-ties. Also, medicines including supple-ments such as Iron Folic Acid are to be given free of cost to pregnant women.Further, pregnant women are entitled to both essential and desirable inves-tigations like Blood, Urine tests and Ultra-Sonography etc. Furthermore, they are to be provided with free Diet during their stay in the health institu-

tions (up to 3 days for normal deIivery & 7days for caesarean section).Not only this, there is a provision of free bIood transfusion if the need arises.A significant number of maternal and neonatal deaths can be saved by providing timely referral transport fa-

cility to the pregnant women. Pregnant women are entitled to free transport from home to health centre, referral to higher facility in case of need and drop back from the facility to home.Besides, under JSSK there is exemption from all kinds of User Charges including OPD fees and admission charges.

Entitlements for Sick NewbornFree treatment is also provided to the sick Newborn upto 30 days after birth and all drugs and consumables re-quired are provided free of cost. As in the case of the mother, the new born too is provided with free diagnos-tic services and there is a provision of free blood transfusion if the need arises. The facility of free transport from home to health institutions and back is also available.

Implementation of JSSKFor implementation of JSSK, a govern-ment order on entitlements is issued at the state level and a State Nodal Officer is nominated. The state gov-ernment takes necessary steps and ensures that all services, the benefi-ciaries are entitled to are provided.Equal importance is given to dissemi-nation of entitlements in the public domain. These are to be prominently displayed on hoardings and boards in all Government facilities so that they are visible from a distance. In fact, there is an Information, Education Communication component under NRHM which is utilized for this pur-pose.

Grievance RedressalEvery health facility should promi-nently display the names, addresses, emails, telephones, mobiles and fax numbers of grievance redressal au-thorities at health facility level, dis-trict level and state level. Some states have set up help desks and sugges-tion/complaint boxes at government health facilities. It is also required to keep fixed hours (at least 1 hour) on any two working days per week, in all the healthy facilities for meeting the complainants and redressing their grievances related to free entitlements. At the National Level, the Maternal Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has brought out guidelines for JSSK. However, the actual implementation of the scheme hinges on the proactive role played by state governments. The degree to which the scheme is successful would be determined by the extent to which the programme implementation is car-ried out by the State functionaries.

With the onset of winter season, the people of the valley are confront-

ed with numerous problems in day to day life. The power sup-ply is playing hide and seek, the gas shortage is becoming worse, the drinking water scar-city is a normal phenomenon and the people particularly the lower middle class and the poor are being crushed by the ris-ing prices black marketing and hoarding by vested interests. It is because of this that people are loosing patience and are coming on the streets to protest against government apathy in mitigat-ing their problems. After the an-nual durbar move from Srinagar to Jammu, the power supply has become very erratic and urban as well as rural areas are fac-ing acute shortage of electricity. Same is the case with the sup-ply of domestic gas which has already been limited to nine cyl-inders a year though the same is available on higher rates in black market. The road connectivity of the valley with other parts of the country is limited to national highway only which has become a life line for Kashmir. When this national highway gets blocked in the winter season suddenly it becomes a famine like situation in Kashmir where hoarders and black marketers start looting the people and suck their blood by sky rocketing prices. Though a minister is available in the win-ter secretariat during winter but his stay is more a formality than the deliverance of any service to the people. He is handicapped in every sphere as he cannot get the power supply improved; he cannot be of any use to get rid of soaring prices and cannot help in any way to stabilize the drinking water supply. If the government wants to overcome these prob-lems then they should devise a long term mechanism which can effectively help in mitigating these giant problems faced by the people. Though there are re-filling stations for domestic gas in the valley but their capacity is not sufficient enough to suf-fice the needs of general public. Similarly the electricity supply too is not according to the re-quirements hence the darkness engulfs urban as well as rural areas every day and there is no end to it.

Healthy Mother and Healthy Child Ensuring zero Expense Deliveries through JSSK

Six decades back a resurgent In-dia embarked on a programme of national development with great

enthusiasm. Realizing that literacy is a powerful tool of development and a le-ver of change to achieve social progress the government resolved to make India fully literate within a decade when it be-came a republic nation in 1950.It made a promise to its citizens by a declaration under article 45 of the constitution that The State shall endeavour to provide over a period of ten years of the commence-ment of the constitution free and com-pulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years. Since then determined efforts are being made towards the achievement of the Directive Principle - new schools were opened and a massive enrolment pro-gramme was undertaken to bring chil-dren to school. Literacy at this time meant the same as the first internationally agreed upon definition given by the UNESCO Recom-mendation of 1958. It observed that “a literate person is one who can, with un-derstanding, both read and write a short simple statement on his or her every day life’. This definition also includes arith-metic skills(numeracy). Hence for all practical purposes education for most meant attaining the three R’s-reading, writing and arithmetic-skills. Education till 1976 had been essentially the responsibility of the States. This meant the availability of facilities and resources for education was dependent not on the commitment of the nation as a whole but upon the vicissitudes of the resources allotted by States for education. Though the States showed all round increment in enrolment, they presented a scenario that had wide dis-parities among the sexes, sections and states. The performance across different levels of education in the various States and Union Territories was also not uni-form. What was more worrying was that growth rate in elementary education af-ter an initial spurt, started a tendency to taper off. The drop out rate in schools be-came high and the drop outs lapsed into illiteracy adding to the mass of illiterates

in the country. While this was the state of affairs within the organized school system those who had entered the work force particularly in the productive age group 15-35 had no chance of becoming literate as there was no non-formal or adult education avail-able. This general apathy towards educa-tion, irrelevance of educational content to the needs of the learner, and lack of

resources set the government thinking for newer approach to education in gen-eral and literacy in particular. In the mean time the World Conference of Education Ministers on the eradica-tion of illiteracy organized by the UNES-CO at Tehran (1965) concluded that rath-er than end in itself literacy should be regarded as a way of preparing man for a social, civic and economic role that goes

beyond the rudimentary literacy train-ing consisting merely in the teaching of reading and writing. Agreeing totally with this definition the Education Commission(1964-1966)appointed under the Chairmanship of D.S.Kothari observed “ we do not equate literacy with mere ability to read and write” literacy if it is to be worthwhile must be functional. A functionally liter-

ate person would be one having acquired sufficient mastery over the tools of lit-eracy and would acquire relevant knowl-edge which will enable him to pursue his own ends. Elaborating further it defined the scope of literacy programmes which would have three essential ingredients to enable one (i) to perform his work role i.e. it must be work based and aim at creating attitudes and interests and im-

parting skills and information which will help a person to do efficiently whatever work he is engaged in; (ii) to perform his or her role as a citizen i.e. it must enable an individual to understand the vital na-tional problems and participate effec-tively in the social and political life of the nation and (iii) to enable one to enhance his skills and education either on his own or through other available avenues of informal education. The Commission also noted that for a country aspiring to change from a tradi-tional to modern society science should form the basic component of education and culture. Hence purposeful educa-tion should consist of four basic ele-ments viz. literacy, numeracy ( a study of mathematics and natural sciences), work experience and social service. The Government accepted most of the recommendations of the Education Commission and a National Policy on Education came into being in 1968. Accordingly in the school curricula in addition to laying down a com-mon scheme of studies for boys and girls, science and math were incor-porated as compulsory subjects and work experience was assigned a place of importance. The main objective of scientific literacy was to enable the pupils to discover the relationship of science with health, agriculture, industry and other aspects of daily life. It was to develop in the child well defined abilities and values such as the spirit of inquiry, creativity, objectivity, the courage to question and an aesthetic sensibility. In short scientific literacy was to inculcate scientific temper in the individual. However the general formulations in the 1968 policy did not get translated into a detailed strategy of implementa-tion for various reasons. As a result the earlier mentioned problems of wastage, stagnation, access, quality, and finance accumulated over the years assumed such massive proportions that they had to be tackled with utmost urgency. Ac-cordingly a new policy on education was enunciated in 1986 where in the empha-sis shifted from enrolment per se to en-rolment as well as retention.

The Widening Concept of Literacy in India

The Commission also noted that for a country aspiring to change from a traditional to modern

society science should form the basic component of education and culture. Hence purposeful edu-cation should consist of four basic elements viz. literacy, numeracy ( a study of mathematics and

natural sciences), work experience and social service. The Government accepted most of the recommendations of the Education Commission

and a National Policy on Education came into be-ing in 1968. Accordingly in the school curricula in addition to laying down a common scheme of

studies for boys and girls, science and math were incorporated as compulsory subjects and work experience was assigned a place of importance.

Various complications during pregnancy like haemorrhage, infection, high blood pressure,

unsafe deliveries and so on may result in mater-nal and infant mortality. While India has made considerable progress in reduction of Maternal

Mortality Ratio (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), but the pace at which these health indica-tors are declining needs acceleration. The num-ber of institutional deliveries has increased sig-nificantly, after the launch of Janani Suraksha

Yojna (JSY) in the year 2005 but many of those who opted for institutional deliveries were not willing to stay for 48 hrs, hampering the provi-sion of essential services both to the mother and neonate. The first 48 hours after delivery

are critical as some complications might develop during this period.

Day to day problems confronting people of

the valley

HEALTH AND FITNESS

ZABARWAN TIMES Tuesday 29 October 2013

9 Attitudes towards a happy ‘You’The key to happiness is to do the same things you do everyday but with a slight-ly different approach. Start bringing those changes in your attitude towards life and you'll see how simple it is to be happy!Life Coach Ramon Llamba shares nine significant at-titudes that help you be-come happier in life.

GratitudeAppreciate what you have and value it. Try count-ing your positives and be grateful for all the good things and people in your life. Stop complaining and be thankful for what you already have and you'll soon start feeling happy.

OptimismTreat failure as an oppor-tunity to learn a new and better lesson from life, and that's the trick to manufacture optimism in life. Never give up try-ing because that's an in-dication that something better is in store. Once you start harbouring an optimistic attitude to-wards life, success will automatically follow.Avoid comparisonNothing is as awful as comparing yourself to someone else. If you think you're better that the other person,

you're letting yourself regale in an unhealthy sense of superiority. If you demean yourself in front of others, it means all your hard work and progress has been in vain. While social com-parisons are unhealthy, self-improvement is ef-fective.

KindnessThere's a scientific rea-son behind every act of kindness that you do. Helping someone self-lessly releases serotonin in your brain (Serotonin is the hormone that con-trols your mood) and hence makes you feel good about yourself al-most instantly. Try do-ing one act of kindness everyday to flush out the toxins of depression from your system.

Nurture relation-

shipsRelationships keep us alive and kicking. In fact, ac-cording to research studies loneliness doubles people's mortality rates. A circle of good friends, loving fam-ily members and cheerful colleagues are a reminder that you have people who care about you. There's

nothing like having some-one who you can share your experiences with. So nurture these relation-ships and say goodbye to a lonesome existence.

ForgiveHatred is a negative feel-ing and harbouring it will have nothing but negative effects on your well-being. Stop thinking about the hateful emotion/person and let it go. Forgive if needed, take things lightly and let it not affect your system.

Commit to

your goalsIf you have a goal, work towards it. Anything is achievable if you put your heart into it. Wholehearted dedication and diligence can bring extraordinary re-sults and consequentially add to your happiness.

Spiritual-ity

Spirituality teaches us that life is bigger than us and it helps us connect to the larg-er meanings of life. Practice spirituality to understand the source of all creation

and feel connected to ev-erything that exists in this world.

Care for your body

Love yourself and love your body! Your physi-cal condition has a direct connection with your well-being. A fit body and healthy mind is reflective of happiness. Start work-ing towards the health of your physical, men-tal and emotional en-ergy by caring for your body.

Spirituality boosts mental health

Despite differences in ritu-als and beliefs among the world's major religions, spirituality often enhances individuals' health, ac-cording to University of Missouri researchers. The MU researchers be-lieve that health care pro-viders could take advan-tage of this correlation between health - particu-larly mental health - and spirituality by tailoring treatments and rehabilita-tion programs to accom-modate an individual's spiritual inclinations. "In many ways, the re-sults of our study support the idea that spirituality functions as a personality trait," said Dan Cohen, as-sistant teaching professor of religious studies at MU and one of the co-authors of the study. "With in-creased spirituality people reduce their sense of self and feel a greater sense of oneness and connected-ness with the rest of the universe. What was inter-esting was that frequency of participation in reli-gious activities or the per-ceived degree of congre-gational support was not found to be significant in the relationships between personality, spirituality,

religion and health," Co-hen added. The MU study used the results of three surveys to determine if correlations existed among partici-pants' self-reported men-tal and physical health, personality factors, and spirituality in Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Catholics and Protestants. Across all five faiths, a greater degree of spirituality was related to better mental health, specifically lower levels of neuroticism and greater extraversion. Forgiveness was the only spiritual trait predictive of mental health after personality variables were considered. "Our prior research shows that the mental health of people recovering from different medical conditions, such

as cancer, stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury, appears to be related significantly to positive spiritual beliefs and especially congregational support and spiritual in-terventions," said Cohen. "Spiritual beliefs may be a coping device to help in-dividuals deal emotionally with stress," he added. Cohen believes spirituality may help people's mental health by reducing their self-centeredness and de-veloping their sense of be-longing to a larger whole. As the authors note, spiri-tual interventions such as religious-based counseling, meditation, and forgiveness protocols may enhance spiritually-based beliefs, practices, and coping strategies in positive ways.

Are weight loss pills a fact or a myth? Can you really lose weight with a pill? The US FDA recently approved a drug Lorcaserin, a drug that helps you lose weight. To clear doubts about this 'magical' pill we spoke to Dr. Verinder Anand, Consulting doctor in Internal Medicine from Moolchand Medcity. He sheds light on the weight loss pill and strips bare the ugly truth. Why would In-dians fall prey to this drug? "Obesity is a growing prob-lem in India and other developing countries and is largely the result of a chronically improper diet and lack of physical activ-ity. Obesity is an outcome of sedentary lifestyle and westernization of our so-ciety. Over-eating junk food and lack of physi-cal exercise result in high body mass index (BMI)." Will this drug work for an Indian body? "Vis-a-vis to western countries where junk food is cheaper, in In-dia, the population, mostly the upper strata of society,

in metropolitan cities are getting afflicted because there is a lack of exercise, there is a tendency to eat more junk food and so they are putting on more weight and becoming obese. Yes, these drugs have positive impacts on Indians for a small period of time only." How does this drug work? What is the effect on the body? "Most of these drugs sup-press appetite by activat-ing the brain receptors for a neurotransmitter called serotonin, which triggers feelings of satiety and satis-faction. This drug raises the energy levels and suppresses the appetite and pushes the body to burn more calories. But continuing weight loss medicine in long term is un-healthy and ineffective." Is this drug another marketing gimmick? It has been proved to be effective. A trial period of 12 weeks is suggested. In this duration there should be a minimum 5 percent weight loss. Can we expect drastic weight

loss with this drug? No, these weight-loss drugs will shed about 2-3 kilos per year. Expert views on Weight loss drugs These medicines are avoidable and should not be con-sumed by just anyone. Only those who are obese and suffering from condi-tions related to this should take prescribed ones, which doctors term "life-style medications" rather than "diet pills". These medicines are prescribed only to those people with

a BMI (body-mass in-dex) over 27, as part of a broader weight-loss re-gime that involves other medications such as di-uretics and a calorie-restricted diet and exer-cise. Dr. Verinder Anand sums up HMU's belief, exercise plus right diet equals weight loss, "In a nutshell, there is no oth-er effective and health-ier alternative to lose the extra flab apart from good eating habits and regular exercise."

Next time, delay that appointment at the wellness centre for chemicals or danger-ous injectables that aim to turn back the clock. The latest technique to get rid of your wrinkles is simple and non-inva-sive and well, you can pull faces while doing it. Called face yoga, the set of facial exercises has caught the fancy of Holly-wood celebrities such as Gwyneth Pal-trow and Jennifer Aniston, who are said to be advocates of it. Here's how you can get glowing with pulling a few faces...

Its benefitsLike regular yoga, the moves in face yoga also have unique names. Want to try The Marilyn, Bumblebee or Lion — all expressions intended to turn back the ageing clock and and reduce wrinkles. Experts state that face yoga not only reju-venates the face, but simultaneously helps in putting back that glow. Explains yoga trainer Yogesh Chavan, "The face mus-cles are not different from the muscles of the rest of the body. Thus, if they are not exercised, they become flabby. Face yoga, which allows for oxygen to rush to the face, is extremely rejuvenating and acts as a beauty booster. It en-tails toning one's facial muscles by smiling, stretching the eyebrows out-wards, twisting your lips or moving the cheeks from side to side, stretch-ing out your tongue and even making

the mouth into the shape of blowing a kiss. One can do this every morning or even while travelling."How it has helped peopleFace yoga aims to tighten facial mus-

cles and aid blood circulation. Rajiv Ananth, an advertising executive, who regularly practises this yoga in the morning, is gung-ho about it. "Due to long work hours I had developed a puffi-ness around the eyes. But I tried face yoga and found it to be beneficial. After just a week of exercises such as Kapalb-hatti and deep breathing techniques, I found that my dark circles had greatly reduced," he informs.According to busi-nesswoman Nisha Shrimant, what really attracted her to facial yoga in the past was the fact that she could do

it anywhere. Says she, "With my sched-ule I travel a lot on work and so I can't get onto a treadmill or spend time on a yoga mat. I realised facial yoga could be done on the go and after my yoga teach-

er taught me a few exercises I loved it," she admits, adding, "Now, when I also feel my face tightening due to stress I take a break and go into a wash-room or a quiet corridor and do facial contortions. It's funny to someone who sees me, but it really works; my face relaxes almost imme-diately," she adds.Practise these ex-

ercises today!While Chavan states that

yogasanas like Simhasan (lion pose) and Vyaghrasan (tiger pose) are apt to fit into facial yoga, holistic health guru Mickey Mehta also presents easy face exercises to do at any time. "Chewing is a good exercise, as well as blowing (like blowing a balloon), sucking in one's cheeks holding it for seven to eight seconds and releas-ing it, frowning, then relaxing then a repeat of this also helps. In addi-tion, try smiling, laughing and most important, 'still the face' for a few minutes each day. W

Stressed and unfit, with no time for the gym? A towel and sock can save you from fatLong work hours keeping you from a fitness regime? While nothing can sub-stitute the recommended hour of daily exercise needed to stay slim, fitting fitness activities in your daily routine isn't as tough as you'd imagine. Take the stairs, instead of the lift; Use your chair as support for leg lifts; and lift water bottles as weights to tone your arm muscles.That much, you already know. But what of com-mon household objects that can yield results to ri-val barbells and resistance machines? Read on.

Build your musclesBooks:

The next time you're reading a tome, put it to another use. Bal-ance it on your stomach to increase the load on your abs while perform-ing stomach crunches. To turn the heat on

your lower abs, lie flat on your back with your arms extended above you, holding a heavy book. Use only your stomach muscles to propel the movement as you lift your shoulders straight off the ground, keeping the rest of your body flat. Here's an-other exercise: Sit on a chair with your legs to-gether and extended in front of you, with your feet eight inches above the ground. Balance the book on your shins as you slowly lift your legs up, while keeping them extended. Lower the legs and repeat. Fill a satchel with books. Lift it bending only your elbows, and voila, you have for yourself a for-midable » dumbbell.De-stress your nerves

Tennis balls- Who doesn't want a genie to massage their feet after a particularly trying day? Believe it or not, a tennis ball is a wonderful substi-

tute. While sit-ting, slide a ten-nis ball under your foot. Keep rolling it back and forth, as it massages your heel. Start with less pressure and progress to rolling the ball under your foot while stand-ing. If it hurts, it means your nerve endings are not relaxed. Switch to the other foot after five minutes. Load four tennis balls into an old legging, or a much-washed sock. Tie the end and roll this makeshift massager on your back (as you would a towel after a shower) for a soothing back rub. A ten-nis ball can also help tone your muscles. Hold one between your knees while sitting on the edge of a chair. Squeeze your legs together to work out your inner thighs.

Bathing towels It might seem like an ex-aggeration, but a well-devised strength train-ing routine featuring the humble towel can have you sweating bul-lets in no time. With nothing but a towel, you can break into a slew of effective exercises like resistance repetitions, where you use your own strength to build and tone arm, chest, shoulder, thigh and leg muscles.

If you have been meaning to buy a resistance band, but haven't got around to doing it, pick up your towel and start with a simple squat. Stretch the towel like a bar over your head and push your weight down. This helps strengthen your arms along with your thighs. Arm extensions and a single leg squat with the towel held under the other foot are other instances of strength training with a bathroom necessity.

7 Postures to avoid when exercising

If you often wonder about why you suffer frequent in-juries at the gym, it's time to take a long, hard look at your workout form.While exercising, method and posture play an im-portant role. We give you an insight on why poor form is to blame for your aches and pains.Stop jerking: Stop jerk-ing your weights and your body, it will only cause in-jury and it will have no ef-fect on the muscles. Take a cue from James Bond; being smooth gets the best outcome. Smooth weight training will surely get you the much needed muscles. When you twist and jerk your body while lifting weights, you open your-self up to a world of inju-ries like joint pain, muscle pulls, even fractures.Slow movements: You don't want to workout in a jiffy, it defeats the purpose. Muscle fibers need slow yet smooth movement to

build size and strength. If you workout really quick-ly, all the fibers don't get worked out. Take time and do a proper workout.Pain in the neck: Summertime is the best time to flaunt your six pack abs. But, if you are gung ho about stomach crunches, you need to know one thing. Do not place your hand on your neck as you pull your neck forward. This will cause severe neck pain. In-stead, place your hand on your chest or by your side. If you are accustomed to placing your hands behind your head, then use them only as markers. Do not force your head forward in order to compensate or start the crunching move-ment.Squat right: When it comes to squats, balance and body alignment is im-portant. Do not bend too forward nor go down be-low your knee level. When squatting, arch your back, your abs should be tight,

head up and your body should be in proper align-ment. Do not let your knees cross your toes, and do not lock your knees as you lift yourself.Full range mo-tion: When weight train-ing even if you do easy and few exercises make a note to do full range motions. There are two benefits: your joints are more mo-bile, but more importantly your muscle has a boost of strength when completely extended.Straighten your back for a deadlift: If you arch your back, chances are you will risk a slip disc or hernia. Also keep your head in neutral position, not up or down.Bench press posture: You may think that bench press doesn't have a right posture, but arching your back can induce lower back pain. Here's what you should do; feet should be on the floor, butt on the bench, with slight arch in your lower back and you're good to go.

FRIDAY 01 NOVEMBER 2013ZABARWAN TIMES 7

The 17 regional parties that met on Wednes-day at a convention gave no signal they will form a Third Front anytime soon but their leaders stressed upon the need to unite against commu-nal and divisive forces, a euphemism for any BJP-led formation.Leading the charge was Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar who said, “Democratic forces should forge maximum possible unity to defeat the threat fascism, communalism and terrorism posed to the country.”CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat, CPI leader AB Bardhan, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and JD-S president HD Devegowda at a convention on ‘People’s Unity Against Communalism’ at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi.Modi contrary to ‘idea of India’, exposed in Patna: Khurshid

Modi obsessed with his desperate dream to become PM: NitishWe must question the viability of Third FrontEveryone’s in the driv-er’s seat as the Third Front idea re-emerges“Does this convention mean formation of a new front? As of today, this is not the case. But the 17 parties

that have assembled here have to maintain maxi-mum possible unity defeat such powers,” he said.

Nitish was addressing the Left-sponsored ‘Convention against Communalism’, viewed as

the step towards forging the non-Congress-non-BJP Third Front before the Lok Sabha polls.

At the convention were leaders of the parties that have earlier been a part of the BJP-led NDA

government and which the saffron party is view-ing as potential alliance partners in 2014. Such leaders included Dr M Thambi Durai (AIADMK), Babulal Marandi (JVP) and Bijayanta Panda (BJD).

The conclave was attended by NCP leader DP Tripathi, who justified the party’s pres-ence at the “non-Congress, non-BJP” fo-rum saying that “taking a stand against communalism was not in contradiction to being a part of the government”.

In the backdrop of the disastrous expe-rience of 2009, the leaders stopped short of describing the meeting as a precursor to the formation of a Third Front. But senior regional leaders including the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh chief ministers underlined the need to establish such a front.

The Bihar CM said the regional parties felt the need to raise voice against commu-nalism together after Muzaffarnagar com-

munal clashes. At least 60 people were killed and 40,000 others displaced amid reports the violence was engineered by politicians for electoral gains.

17 parties together against communalism: Nitish

The Supreme Court on Thursday said bureaucrats will no more take oral orders from their political bosses, as it sought an end to frequent transfers and suggested a fixed tenure to protect them from political interference.

The judgment comes close on the heels of controversies surrounding al-leged persecution of Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal and Senior Haryana cadre IAS officer Ashok Khem-ka.Suggesting sweeping reforms in the functioning of bureaucracy, a bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan said Parliament must enact a law to regulate postings, transfers and disci-plinary action against bureaucrats.

Holding that much of the dete-rioration in bureaucracy is because of political interference, it said that civil servants should not act on verbal orders given by political executives and all ac-tions must be taken by them on the ba-sis of written communication.

The bench, also comprising justice P C Ghose, said giving a fixed minimum tenure to a civil servant will not only promote professionalism and efficien-cy, but also good governance.

It asked the Centre and all state gov-ernments along with union territories to issue directions within three months for providing fixed tenure to civil ser-vants.The bench ordered the constitu-tion of the Civil Services Board at the Centre and state-levels.

The apex court passed the verdict on a PIL filed by 83 retired bureaucrats, including former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian seeking its directions for insulating bureaucracy from politi-cal interference.The petitioners also in-clude former Indian ambassador to the US Abid Hussain, former Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami, former Election Commissioner T S Krishna Murthy, former IPS officer Ved Prakash Marwah, and former CBI directors Joginder Singh and D R Kaarthikeyan.

“This is a landmark judgement. Pub-lic servants are not private servants,” said Subramanian.“Today faith in our Constitution has been reaffirmed...our faith in the strength of democracy has been reaffirmed because the highest court of the land has recognised the problems,” he said, adding “malgover-nance affected people and quality of

administration”.Krishna Murthy lauded the verdict, saying “Good governance is critical to good quality democracy.

“Most of us have seen in our career how most of the transfers, promotions, postings and foreign assignments, all of them are decided on whimsical ba-sis very often,” he said.Singh said, “I am happy over this judgement but having said that I am aware that similar judge-ment was passed by the Supreme Court on September 20, 2006 on fixed tenure of police officers but all states are dilly-dallying”.The PIL had alleged that at present, the system of transfers, post-ings, promotions, disciplinary action and other personnel matters pertaining to the members of civil services are ad-hoc and non-transparent.

“There is an urgent need to make the civil servants accountable, sensitive and responsive. If this is achieved, there will be across-the-spectrum benefits...

“Transfers are often used as instru-ments of reward and punishment, with officials being frequently transferred on the whims and caprices as well as the personal needs of local politicians and other vested interests.

IAS officers should’t take verbal orders from political bosses: SC

Sardar Patel’s secularism was a secu-larism that was anchored in real genu-ine Gandhian compassion for all Indians of every religion, caste and background, said Minister of State for Human Re-source and Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor on Thursday.

“We have seen this in 1947 during the riots in Delhi, how he handled the situation of the Muslims who were ter-rified for their lives. He extended pro-tection as the Home Minister. He put 10,000 Muslims in the Lal Quila and ensured that they are protected there, perhaps because he was afraid that lo-cal security forces might be infected by the communal virus,” said Tharoor, while reacting to BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s remark that India needs Sardar Patel’s secularism and not vote-bank secularism.

“He brought army troops from Pune and Madras to protect them. He actu-ally went and prayed in Nizamuddin himself to send a signal to the Hindu rioters that you admire me, also respect the fact that I believe these people have a place in our society, they have

as much rights here as you do,” said Tharoor, while reacting to BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s remark that Indian needs Sardar Patel’s secularism and not vote bank secular-ism,” he added.

Tharoor said Patel went to Amritsar and pleaded with angry and emotional Hindus and Sikhs not to attack refu-gees fleeing India to go to Pakistan, but to protect them, and in turn, welcome refugees coming from the other side.

“This is the kind of secularism that Patelji promised and practiced, and this is the kind of secularism that the Congress promises,” he added, while asserting that the opposition’s defini-tion of secularism or vote bank politics is flawed.

Tharoor further said Sardar Patel was a great son of India and the man who did anyone more than anyone else to promote the unity of our country.

“And, I think, it’s a shame that in his name, there should be disunity today. We should be united in our respect for this great man and for the values he stood for. He was a Gandhian, a tremen-dous devotee of the Mahatma whose guidance he followed on most issues,” he added.Modi earlier today lauded Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for saying that India’s first Home Min-ister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was truly secular.Modi, however, taunted the Prime Minister for calling Sardar Patel a Congressman.“I met the PM. He said something very rightly, I am proud of it. I respect the PM for saying that Sardar Patel was a truly secular.

Sardar Patel practiced Gandhian compassion for all Indians: Shashi Tharoor

Ram Jethmalani vs the BJP: Narendra Modi, Vajpayee named in suit, asked to respond

Some of the BJP’s most senior leaders including LK Advani, Narendra Modi and former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee have been asked to respond to a defamation suit by famous lawyer Ram Jethmalani, who has challenged his expulsion from the party last year.

The Delhi High Court has said that all 11 mem-bers of the BJP’s top deci-sion-making body, its par-liamentary board, must send their responses by January 30.

The 80-year-old, who is a member of parliament, has demanded 50 lakhs as com-pensation from nine of the

parliamentary board mem-bers - he has excluded Mr Vajpayee and Mr Modi, who is the BJP’s prime ministerial

candidate. He has also asked the court to declare that his expulsion was arbitrary and invalid. (Ram Jethmalani expelled from BJP for anti-

party remarks, he calls order ‘stupid’)Mr Jethmalani has alleged that he was penal-ized by senior party mem-

bers who were upset by his open support for Mr Modi to be the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate.

He was expelled for six years after he clashed with the party on a series of fronts. He accused the BJP of going soft on the ruling coalition on cor-ruption. He also openly campaigned against a second term as president

for Nitin Gadkari, who was engulfed last year in a series of corruption charges linked to his vast business empire, Purti.

India needs Patel’s secularism, not vote-bank secularism: Modi

KEVADIYA, GUJARAT: BJP’s prime ministe-rial candidate and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh and asked him not to limit Sardar Patel to the narrow definition of political parties by calling him just a Congress leader.

Modi was addressing a gathering at the stone laying ceremony of the world’s tallest statue of India’s ‘Iron man’ Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel at Kevadiya in Narmada district 3km away from Nar-mada dam on the 138th birth anniversary of the leader.

Modi targeted the PM’s statement made in Ahmedabad two days during the inauguration of the Sardar Patel memorial complex in the city. Manmohan Singh had then said, “I am proud and happy that I belong to a political party (Congress) to which Sardar Patel was attached.”

Today, taking on the Prime Minister, Modi said, “I am thankful to the PM that he called the Sar-dar a true secular leader. Sardar was a true secular leader who rebuilt the Somnath temple but his secularism did not stop him from constructing the temple. Today the country needs Sardar Patel’s secularism and not the secularism of vote-bank politics. Sardar Patel united the princely states of all the communities, societies, languages and never tried to divide them on any count. The coun-try needs secularism like Sardar Patel not of vote-bank politics which divides the country.”

“By aligning Sardar Patel with one party you are demeaning him. Sardar’s legacy can not be limited to a party. Sardar’s contribution can not be denied by history or by Narendra Modi. His legacy belongs to the country,’’ he added.

Modi said, “When I built the Mahatma Mandir in memory of Gandhiji no one objected but when I started this project I faced criticism. Dalits, the marginalized class worship Baba Saheb Ambedkar as God but no one identifies him with anyone par-

ty. The great leaders like Maharana Pratap, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru were not BJP leaders but they sacrificed their lives for the country. Country is bigger than the party. Anybody who sacrificed the life for country is our inspiration.”

Modi also called the Sardar the tallest leader of India after Chanakya who had united the country. He said, “though the statue of unity is coming up in Gujarat, it is India’s pride. This will give India a new height.”

Modi also cornered PM on the Narmada project and urged him not to play politics and grant per-mission for raising the dam height. He said though all the compliance from Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh was over, but the Union govern-ment was still not permitting raising the Narmada dam height for no reason.

“I know PM and his boss (Sonia Gandhi)’s team are watching my speech and I publicly want to tell him that for the country’s sake don’t play politics and give permission for raising the dam height. We will do whatever he says. I don’t want my name on a plaque or any credit. He can take credit for every-thing but please give permission. People of Gujarat and Rajasthan need water, Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra need power. Maharashtra can alone save Rs 400 crore per annum.’’

Meanwhile, sharing the stage with Narendra Modi, BJP leader L K Advani praised the Gujarat chief minister.

Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar simmers again with 4 deaths

Weeks after nearly 60 people were killed in Muzaffarnagar in the worst riots in Uttar Pradesh in over a decade, this western part of the state appears to be simmering again.

Four people have been killed in the last 24 hours. Around 500 paramilitary troops have been sent to Muzaffarnagar early today as a precaution, while eight people have been arrested.Uttar Pradesh police today ad-mitted lapses on its part for the fresh violence. “It can definitely be attributed to lapses on part of the police, due to which some people dared to do this. We will take strong action,” Devraj Nagar, state Director General of Police said.

It is unclear whether the latest vio-lence is liked to Hindu-Muslim tension, hich killed 60 people here last month.

Thousands of people who fled their homes as whole villages were set on fire are still living in refugee camps, and say they are afraid to leave. September’s clashes erupted when Jat farmers al-legedly killed a Muslim man who they accused of sexually harassing a woman, triggering a deadly retaliation that quickly spiralled into three days of riots.

“What has happened in the Muzaffar-nagar riots is serious. The killings....the atroc-ities against Muslims. We cannot bring back the dead. But we have ensured families have been compensated so that they don’t have to live without homes and food,” said Mulayam Singh Yadav, chief of the ruling Samajwadi Party.The new outbreak of violence further indicts the state government headed by his

son Akhilesh Yadav, who was criticised last month for not reacting to early warning signs of spiralling communal tension.

Mr Yadav has blamed the opposition BJP for instigating the violence with inflammato-ry speeches. The BJP accuses the Yadavs and government officials of enacting policies that are lopsided in favour of Muslims.

Last month’s riots ,which were quelled with the help of the army, have featured in speeches by different leaders campaigning for the national election in Uttar Pradesh.

The police says there were two separate incidents which led to the four deaths last night.The first incident involved clashes between two groups of people from neigh-bouring villages over a land dispute, while a woman was killed by a different group of vil-lagers in a separate incident.

CHENNAI: Amid speculations over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s par-ticipation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Colombo next month, DMK today reiterated that

India should boycott it to register pro-test over the alleged war crimes against Tamils in Sri Lanka.

In a sharp reaction to reports in a section of the press that Singh was likely to attend the meet, DMK chief M Karunanidhi said people of Tamil Nadu expect that there should not even be a symbolic participation from India at CHOGM. “When we say India should not participate, even a speck of rust should not be present at the meet,” he told reporters here, spelling out his par-ty’s tough stand on the issue.

The 90-year-old DMK patriarch also cautioned the Congress that if the Prime Minister participates, “his party has to face the consequences.”

Karunanidhi sought to remind that Congress legislators in Tamil Nadu have

supported the unanimous resolution passed by the state Assembly, demand-ing that India boycott CHOGM and not-ed, “Those who sow, will reap it also.”

Asked about rumours that Congress leader and Shipping Minister G K Vasan was mulling resignation from the Min-istry over the issue, Karunanidhi said he was not aware of it and can reply only after receiving proper communication.

Congress had aligned with the DMK in Tamil Nadu for the last two Lok Sabha elections since 2004.

Though the DMK snapped its alli-ance with the UPA on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue in March this year, it con-tinues to maintain its political ties with the Congress and drummed up the na-tional party’s support for its candidate Kanimozhi in the Rajya Sabha elections.

Karunanidhi urges PM not to attend Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting DEHRADUN: A special CBI court

here has framed charges against yoga guru Ramdev’s close aide Balkrishna for obtaining a passport on the basis of fake documents.

Designated CBI judge Pritu Sharma framed charges against Balkrishna and co-accused Na-resh Chandra Dwi-wedi under different sections of the IPC including cheating and forgery after the duo made an appearance in her court here yesterday.

December 5 was set as the next date of hearing in the case when the prosecution will start producing witnesses, CBI coun-sel Shobhit Singh said. Charges were

framed against Balkrishna under sec-tions 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), and 468 and 471 (forgery) of the Indian Penal Code, besides sec-tion 12 of the Passport Act, 1967.

The court also framed charges against Dwivedi under sections 120 (B), 420 and 468 of the IPC.

Dwivedi was principal of a Sanskrit college at Khurja in Ut-tar Pradesh and allegedly issued fake certificates to Balkrishna which the latter used to obtain a passport

from Bareilly passport office. Both Balkrishna and Dwiwedi are out on bail in the case since August last year.

Charges framed against Ramdev aide Balkrishna in fake passport case

Fodder scam: HC rejects Lalu Prasad’s

bail petitionJharkhand high court on Thursday

rejected the bail petition of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad con-victed in a 17-year-old fodder scam case.

Prasad is serving a five-year sen-tence at the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi in the case.

On Wednesday, the court had re-served its order on the bail petition moved by the former Bihar chief min-ister.The court, however, had granted provisional bail to another former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra on Oc-tober 25.Prasad and 44 others, including Mishra, were convicted by a CBI court on September 30, in a fodder scam case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs. 37.70 crore from Chaibasa Treasury dur-ing 1994-1995.

Prasad was the chief minister of un-divided Bihar during the period.

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Bowlers feel it’s better to put a bowling machine: Dhoni

ndia’s women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ash-wini Ponnappa started their campaign with a dominating straight-game win in the opening round of the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold in Saarbrucken, Germany.

The Commonwealth Games gold-medallist pair brushed aside Germany’s Anika Dorr and Annika Hor-bach 21-14 21-11 in a 23-minute match last night.

Bronze-medallist at the 2011 London World Champi-onship, Jwala and Ashwini rode on their powerful smash-es and better net play to annihilate Anika and Annika.

They will next take on fourth-seeded Malaysian pair of Hui Ern Ng and Hui Lin Ng in the next round.

However, it was curtains for P C Thulasi in the wom-en’s singles competition when the Indian lost her battle against sixth seed Sashina Vignes Waran of France 21-18 14-21 14-21 in a match that lasted 54 minutes.

Jwala and Ashwini, who started playing together again after a gap of one year during the French Open, were in control of the match and never allowed their ri-vals to post much of a challenge.

Jwala-Ashwini wins, Thulasi loses in Bitburger Open

Spin key part of West Indies attack - GibsonWest Indies coach Ottis Gibson believes

that with the pitches in the Caribbean fa-cilitating spin, the West Indian spinners are better equipped to tackle conditions in India.“We’ve evolved from that pace-pronged attack from the 80s and 90s,” Gibson said. “Our home conditions favour spinners. These pitches are why Sunil Narine, Shane Shillingford, Veerasammy Permaul and Nikita Miller do so well re-gionally. They are tailored for spin. Now, you think of our spinners when you think of West Indies.”Gibson reiterated that with Sheldon Cotterrell, Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel, they still boasted a healthy stock of fast bowlers. He also in-dicated that Tino Best was a pacer that India should be wary of given his recent adaptability to varying pitch situations. The coach expressed confidence in his attack and its diversity when questioned about the absences of Ravi Rampaul and Sunil Narine.“Ravi’s just coming off injury so the selectors wanted to give him time to recover. Sunil has done well but Shilling-ford has been excellent in Tests. Narine has played a lot of cricket and we don’t want to burden players too early with too much responsibility. I know he will bounce back into the Test team and copy his limited-overs form very soon.” Gibson professed

that the versatility of his bowling arsenal would be critical come the Test series.

He was cautious about the state of In-dian pitches but added that his players have been mentally training for these con-ditions since the impromptu announce-ment of the tour while gearing for the subsequent New Zealand trip. “This India series wasn’t ideally timed as we were busy prepping for New Zealand,” he said. “We’ve been playing a lot of cricket all over the world in all formats but Test matches is what we’re missing. We have a good team and a nice blend of youngsters and experi-ence now and we must prepare as best we can on these turf pitches in India. We have a good idea about the pitches but must be very mindful still.”

Darren Sammy believes that West Indies will be tougher to beat this time around due to the experience they have gained over the last couple of years.

“Last Test series here, it was tough,” Sammy said. “We had a lot of youngsters and we were inexperienced. Now, we have six consecutive Test wins (against Bangla-desh and Zimbabwe) under our belts and our limited-overs players are some of the best in the ODI and T20 formats. We are a much improved team from the last visit to India.”

Zaheer, Harbhajan ignored for West Indies series, Jadeja restedThe Indian selectors on Thursday ignored bowlers Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh for the two-match Test series against the West Indies beginning November 6. Pacers

Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami have been included in the 15-man squad while Ravindra Jadeja has been rested owing to a shoulder strain. Ravindra Jadeja has a shoulder strain. The physiotherapist of the Indian team has advised two weeks’ rest for him, after the end of the ODI series against Australia, as a precautionary measure,” said a BCCI release. Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma.

Richest Sachin Tendulkar now worth $160m: Wealth X

LONDON: Sachin Tendulkar’s personal fortune is now worth $160 million, making him the country’s wealthiest cricket player.

On a day when his farewell game in domestic cricket saw the Master Blaster single-handedly guide Mum-bai to a four-wicket win over Hary-ana in one of the most keenly-fol-lowed matches in the history of Ranji

Trophy, Wealth X released data to show that Sachin’s personal wealth at present is over three times that of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, over five times that of Yuvraj Singh, around eight times that of Ra-hul Dravid and over 10 times that of vice-captain Virat Kohli.

Wealth X - considered to have the world’s largest collection of curated

research on Ultra High Net Worth individuals, says that Tendulkar, who is retiring next month, bringing the curtain down on his glorious 24-year tryst with international cricket, has amassed a fortune that eclipses the combined net worth of the four oth-er cricketers on the list, and is more than three times the net worth of the next-wealthiest player Dhoni.

Wealth X, which released latest data on Wednesday to show the top five wealthiest Indian cricketers, put Tendulkar right on top at $160 mn, followed by Dhoni at $50 mn, Yuvraj Singh $30 mn, Rahul Dravid $20 mn and Kohli at $15 mn.

The 40-year-old former India cap-tain, will end his career with his final and 200th Test match against West

Indies in late November. Dravid, 40, is estimated to be worth $20 million.

‘Wealthiest Indian cricketers’ (in $): 1. Sachin Tendulkar (age 40) 160,000,000; 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (32) 50,000,000; 3. Yuvraj Singh (31) 30,000,000; 4. Rahul Dravid (40) 20,000,000; 5. Virat Kohli (24) 15,000,000.

“We don’t know in this format what is a bad performance. 10 overs 80 is a bad performance or 10 overs 60 is a bad performance or 10 overs 100 is a bad performance, that’s what we are still trying to find out,” he said. Dhoni explained why he did not use Bhuvneshwar Kumar, India’s most economical bowler, for his full quota of overs in the sixth and penultimate game onWednesday.

Disappointed at being hit all over the park by Aus-tralia, a few Indian bowlers feel it will be better to put a bowling machine in the field instead of they rolling their arms in the ongoing ODI series, India skipper Ma-hendra Singh Dhoni said.

India and Australia together scored a phenomenal 2565 runs from the four matches played so far, exclud-ing the 295 the visiting team scored in the abandoned Ranchi ODI and Dhoni said it is a new challenge for the bowlers to contain runs.

“It was more of a fight as to which side bowls less badly. With the extra fielder inside, if you are slightly off target, it goes for a boundary. A few of the bowlers are disappointed, they actually feel it will be better off to put a bowling machine there. It is a new challenge for the bowlers,” said Dhoni on Wednesday after In-dia chased down Australia’s 350 with six wickets and three balls to spare.

New ODI ruleDhoni said bowlers will eventually sort out how to

adapt to the new ODI rule enforcing an extra fielder inside the 30-yard circle as compared to earlier times.

“We have not played enough with these set of new rules (in operation). That’s why when you are captain-ing and a side has scored 300 or 325, you are not re-ally used to it. All of a sudden, you see, 15 overs left, 220-230 and the Power Play is left, you are not really able to digest the feat because it’s not really natural,” said Dhoni.“Three and a half hours of batting, the op-position is just hitting sixes and fours. It will take some time before the bowlers will also adjust to it. And at the same time, we will see some particular day if the wicket is doing a bit, sides may get out of 150-180 be-cause of the two new balls.

“We will have to wait and watch but as of now, on good flat wickets, with a bit of dew around, it becomes

a bit unfair on bowlers. The best of bowlers, fastest of bowlers, even they are at times bowling with third man and fine leg up.

It is difficult for the bowlers as of now,” Dhoni commented.Difficult to single out bad bowling perfor-manceHe also said because of these factors it has be-come difficult to single out a bad bowling performanc as the old-fashioned thinking won’t do.

“I don’t know what is a bad performance for bowl-ers. First five overs, you may have given 10 or 15, in the next two you might give away 20 or 25. Is that a bad performance or a good performance? It is difficult to actually say that this is a bad performance,” Dhoni said.“We don’t know in this format what is a bad per-formance. 10 overs 80 is a bad performance or 10 overs 60 is a bad performance or 10 overs 100 is a bad per-formance, that’s what we are still trying to find out,” he said.

Rory McIlroy takes lead at World Golf Championships

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy shot a seven-un-der-par 65 to take a two-shot lead in the first round of the World Golf Championships event in Shanghai.

McIlroy, 24, has struggled for form in 2013, failing to win a tournament.

He said: “It felt good to be out there and be in control of my golf ball. It’s a great start, but it’s only 18 holes.”

Phil Mickelson of United States af-ter the first round of the WGC-HSBC Champions at the Sheshan Internation-al Golf Club in Shanghai

Disappointed Phil Mickelson took a quadruple-bogey nine on the 17th to finish the day one under

Open champion Phil Mickelson birdied his 16th hole to share the lead

but a quadruple-bogey nine at the next and a bogey at the last left

him one under.

Saina slips to seventh spot in BWF ranking

The second-round exit from French Open Super Series proved costly for Saina Nehwal as the Indian badminton ace continued her downward slide, slipping one more spot to be placed at world number seven in the latest BWF ranking released. The Olympic bronze medallist shuttler had slipped to world number six last week after failing to defend her title at Denmark Open. The 23-year-old had lost to World No. 6 Ji Hyun Sung in the quarterfinals of the Premier tournament after she slipped and hurt her ankle in the third game.

But last week in Paris, Saina had lost in the second round to Korea’s Yeon Ju Bae at French Open, where she had reached the finals last year. The Hyderabadi, who has been bothered by injuries and could not win a title this season, currently has 62010 points in her kitty. She is ranked second in the Super Series ranking, which is considered for deciding the line-up for the year-end BWF Super Series Final in Decem-ber. Among others, P V Sindhu has improved one place to be back at her 10th spot with 52352 ranking points, while men’s singles player Parupalli Kashyap lost one place to slip to world number 12. RMV Gu-rusaidutt improved two places to break into the top 20. He is now the second best Indian at 19th spot, while Ajay Jayaram is next at 26th place. Rising shuttler K Srikanth also jumped three places to be at 27th spot in the latest ranking. B Sai Praneeth improved four places to be at 36th spot, while and Anand Pawar is at 33rd place.

The second-round exit from French Open Super Series proved

costly for Saina Nehwal as the Indian badmin-ton ace continued her downward slide, slip-ping one more spot

to be placed at world number seven

Wealthiest Indian cricketers' (in $): 1. Sachin Tendulkar (age 40) 160,000,000; 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (32) 50,000,000; 3. Yuvraj Singh (31) 30,000,000; 4. Rahul Dravid (40) 20,000,000; 5. Virat Kohli (24) 15,000,000.