1.

qxd 8/23/2013 7:28 PM Page 1

8 Pages Rs: 1.00 Jammu Edition

THURSDAY, AUGUST 08, 2013

JKENG/2012/41612 Vol. 2 No: 200

www.thestudentage.com

LOKAYUKTA ISSUE: CONGRESS DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM NARENDRA MODIPAGE 6

KILL CHICKENS TO SCARE AWAY THE MONKEYS

PAGE 5

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

PAGE 7

LAST JOURNEY OF MARTYRED JAWANS BEGINS FROM POONCH

Omar appreciates J&K Bank's performance

Mushtaq presents Rs. 128.88 crore dividend cheques to CM Hopes Bank would move extra-mile in fulfilling CSR
SRINAGAR AUG 07: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday appreciated Jammu and Kashmir Bank for its performance despite adverse business environment and expressed the hope that the Bank would achieve new highs in the years to ome. "Your performance has been commendable despite adverse business environment and we expect more from you. We would like you to continue your improvement. You are peoples' Bank and your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is stupendous", he told the Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Bank and its top level officers at the presentation of handing over of dividend cheques to the Chief Minister for the State Government by the Bank. Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Chairman J&K Bank, Mushtaq Ahmad, Economic Advisor to the Government, Jalil Ahmad Khan, Principal Secretary Finance, B. B. Vyas and President J&K Bank, Abdul Rauf Bhat were present on

JAMMU AUG 07 : The last journey of the five jawans martyred in the attack by Pakistan soldiers began in the evening from Poonch town with Army officers laying wreaths on their caskets. The bodies were draped in the Tricolour at the military hospital in Poonch after a post-mortem, Army officials said. Four jawans hailing from Bihar,

Naik Prem Nath (35, Chappra), Lance Naik Shambhu Saran (29, Bhojpur), Sepoy Vijay Kumar Rai (27, Patna), Sepoy Ragunandan (23, Chhapra) and the 36-year-old Naik Pundalik Mane from Kolhapur in Maharastra, lost their lives in the attack today in Poonch district. Army chief General Bikram Singh was on Wednesday briefed about

the security situation in the wake of the killing of five Indian jawans along the Line of Control in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. Along with senior commanders of various formations, General Singh left for the Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters, where he was briefed by senior army officers led by General Officer Commanding -InCharge Lieutenant General

Sanjeev Chachra and GOC, 16 Corps, Lieutenant General D S Hooda. He was also briefed about the attacks, incidents of firing and ceasefire violations which had occurred before Tuesday's attack, soon after his arrival from New Delhi on Wednesday morning. General Singh laid wreaths on the coffins draped in tri-colour at the Technical Airport in Jammu. According to the Army, a group of 20 heavily-armed men led by Pakistani troops entered 450m inside Indian territory in the wee hours today and ambushed the patrol, killing the five soldiers. Led by Brigade Commander, 93 Brigade, SK Acharya, Army officers laid wreaths on the bodies of the soldiers on behalf of General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Jammu-based 16 Corps, Lt Gen DS Hooda and others. The Commanding Officer of the martyred soldiers' unit, Col PDS Bal, and Col Vishal Sharma also laid wreaths. "A patrol... Was ambushed by a Pakistan Border Action Team close to the Line of Control in Poonch Sector of J-K," defence spokesman SN Acharya said in an official statement.

Flare-up on LoC could harm Ido-Pak relations: Mirwaiz Mufti condemns LoC incident, calls for
Kashmiris living along the LOC on both sides of the divided Kashmir. He said that killing of Indian or Pakistani soldiers during border tension has always remained a cause of concern. Hence, Mirwaiz, said kashmiris have repeatedly stressed upon both the nation to solve Kashmir to stop the wastage of lives on both sides of LOC. APHC Chairman said a con ucive atmosphere was needed to solve the Kashmir issue. He said that till basic issue of Kashmir is not solved, all other steps to stabilize the relations would prove to be a futile exercise. Mirwaiz said that improving trade relations, water, Sir Creek, and Siachen issues can't be solved till creation of a favourable atmosphere. He said lasting solution of Kashmir issue would create a conducive atmosphere for addressing other problems existing between the both countries. He said the Kashmiris are the worst victims of tense relations between India and Pakistan. Mirwaiz expressed desire that both countries would show political prudence and would take appropriate measures to normalize their relations. APHC Chairman has expressed serious concern over the reports that the army along LOC in Machil sector killed four herb collectors, labeled as militants, during a fake encounter. He demanded an immediate impartial inquiry into the incident. Mirwaiz appealed people to observe eid with modesty as Kashmir including many countries in the Islamic phase were going through a critical phase in history.

restrain 'Jingoism will lead nowhere'

the occasion among others. The Chief Minister said that Jammu and Kashmir Bank has a great role in socio-economic development and entrepreneurship development in the State and impressed upon the Bank to move extra-mile in this direction as also in the direction of fulfilling its CSRs. Chairman J&K Bank, Mushtaq Ahmad presented two cheques for Rs. 128.88 crores to the Chief Minister on account of Platinum Jubilee Dividend to the State Government for the financial year 2012-13. The State Government owns over 53% of Bank's shares and is the majority shareholder. In its Platinum Jubilee year the Bank approved special dividend of 500% to its shareholders. In his initial remarks, Chairman J&K Bank revealed that the State

Government has received Rs. 584.31 crores as dividend since the inception of Bank so far adding that out of this amount, over Rs. 282 crores has been received by the Government during last three years. Mushtaq Ahmad said that the business of the Bank has increased from Rs. 63564 crores as on 30thSeptember 2010 to Rs. 104143 crore as on March 31, 2013 thereby registering a growth of 64%. He said the annual profits have more than doubled to Rs. 1055 crore as against Rs. 512 crore in March 2010. The Chairman J&K Bank said the Bank has added 165 business units since October 2010 raising the number of branches to 6694. He said business branches have been opened in the far-flung, remote and un-bankable areas. He said ATM network has also been Contd p2

SRINAGAR, AUG 7: APHC Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday said the recent flare -up on the LOC between India and Pakistan has the potential to harm the improving relations between the two countries. Addressing a gathering at the Historical Bazaar Masjid at Bohri Kadal Masjid, Mirwaiz stressed that both countries should demilitarize the borders and ensure the safety of

SRINAGAR, AUG 7: Strongly condemning the attack on soldiers on the LoC, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for restrain and a careful handling of the situation. He said the attack on soldiers is an act of provocation but great nations having stakes in regional stability and prosperity of their people could avoid falling in trap laid obviously by those elements who are uncomfortable with growing prospect of amity between our country and Pakistan. Mufti said war mongering is an easier course but our objective is to create a sustainable peace we will have to rise above provocations and stay our course that has

resulted in immense relief to the people living in border areas since 2002. He said it does not bear repetition that no problems can be solved through war and the way our country has shown signs of maturity by extending hand of friendship to Pakistan in the wake of attack on the parliament and the Mumbai atrocities in 2008 it has been

established that peace is the only way forward. He said there is fortunately a strong peace constituency in Pakistan also which has got a strong voice and the success of our national leadership lies in harnessing the peace potential in that country so that the hoax in either side are marginalized. Mufti said while the loss of life of our jawans is unfortunate it should not derail the process that alone can ensure peace and security in future. Jingoism, he said would lead us nowhere and it would serve our national as well as strategic interests to understand how ultimately every war has to be ended through dialogue and peace initiative. The US even after the decade of using human Contd p2

Father attempts rape on 9-year old daughter

SRINAGAR, AUG 07 : In a shameful incident of its kind, a 9-year-old girl (name with held) has allegedly been raped by his father in Palpora area of Qamarwari on Wednesday here in the outskirts of Srinagar. According to Srinagar based news gathering Said. the bizarre incident took place in the Pamposh Colony area of Qamarwari around 9 am Wednesday morning. The report said that victim's father Feroz Ahmad Bhat, Son of Abdul Ahad Bhat resident of Pamposh Colony, Qamarwari area allegedly raped his 9-year-old daughter while her mother was outside the house washing utensils. The accused, however, is absconding. While talking to this reported, the 9-year-old victim said the accused sent her to buy cigarettes from market and on her return she went father's room to hand over cigarettes to him, he immediately locked the door and pounced on me, while my mother was busy in washing utensils outside home." The girl was later on taken to hospital for medical checkup where doctors declared it was an "attempt to rape" and medical reports has not suggest any kind of rape committed. Mohammad Abdullah Beg, Mohalla President of the area while talking to GNS said the accused was a drug addict and a very irresponsible person. "He should be arrested immediately and stern action should be taken against him so that it should serve as a warning for others before thinking of committing such heinous crimes." Meanwhile, a case FIR No. 98/2013 under section 376/511 has been registered in police station Safa Kadal. "We have started investigation in this regard and the accused will be arrested soon," a police official on anonymity

Gloom descends on villages of martyr soldiers killed by Pak in Poonch

Pak in Poonch Of the four, Vijay Kumar Rai belongs to Bihta in rural Patna, Shambhu Sharan Singh hails from Bhojpur district and Premnath Singh and Raghunandan Prasad are natives of Saran district of the state. The locals are seething with anger and want retaliatory action against Pakistan for the audacious attack and as the news of Vijay Kumar Rai's death came to Danapur, 10 km from Patna town, his mother, wife and neighbours were inconsolable. Amid sounds of loud cry, the minor children of the jawan Vivek (6) and Neha (4), unable to understand the situation maintained a stony silence in contrast. Rai's wife Pushpa, who was living with the children in a rented house in Danapur left for native village Anandpur Tehkaha in Bihta block of rural Patna Contd p2

Inclement weather forces Army chief to cancel Poonch visi

JAMMU, AUG 07: Chief of Army staff General Bikram Singh's day-long visit to the line of control (LoC) in Poonch, following the killing of the five Army jawans on Tuesday, has been cancelled due to bad weather, defence sources said. "General Singh arrived here this morning at technical airport and flew to Poonch, but due to bad weather his chopper could not land despite several attempts," official sources said. Major General VP Singh, in charge Poonch-Rajouri sectors, was asked to reach Akhnoor where the Army chief had halted after making two to three futile attempts to reach Poonch. "Major General VP Singh will apprise the Army chief about the current situation along LoC in Rajouri and Poonch," the sources added. Five Indian soldiers were

Fresh firing by Pakistan across LoC

SRINAGAR: Pakistani troops opened unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday. Naresh Vij, spokesman of army's Srinagar-based 15 corps, told that the Baz battalion of Pakistan Army opened unprovoked firing at Indian pickets in Uri sector of the LoC on Tuesday. "Our troops responded with controlled retaliation to unprovoked Pakistan fire from their Baz battalion in Uri sector of the LoC yesterday. The exchange of fire continued from 12.30pm to 2 pm yesterday (Tuesday)," the spokesman said. Army chief General Bikram Singh is visiting the LoC in Poonch district on Wednesday to take stock of the situation.

NEW DELHI, AUG 17: A pall of gloom descended on the native villages of four Bihar soldiers, who were killed in an ambush by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, with their irate kin demanding strict action against that country. The bodies of the four jawans belonging to 21 Bihar Regiment will arrive here late evening with senior army personnel of the Danapur based regiment, besides top

officials will receive them at Jai Prakash Narayan airport. District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of respective districts would attend their funeral which would be carried out with full state honour, Principal Secretary Cabinet Coordination Brajesh Mehrotra Said. Gloom descends on villages of martyr soldiers killed by Pak in Poonch Gloom descends on villages of martyr soldiers killed by

killed in an attack on an ambush party by the Pakistan Army on LoC on Tuesday in Poonch. Earlier on his arrival at Jammu on Wednesday morning, Army chief Gen Bikram Singh laid wreaths on the bodies of the five martyrs who laid down their lives at Chaka de Bagh in Poonch. Senior Army officers of

northern Army theatre GOCin-C Lt Gen Sanjeev Chachra, GOC, 16 Coprs Lt Gen DS Hooda, GOC, tiger division, Maj Gen Ashwani Kumar and air officer commanding Air Commodore PE Patagia also saluted the martyrs. "Four bodies would be flown to Patna and one to Pune in Air Force Contd p2

PEACE PIPE WILL PAK WILL NOT DO NOW

HINDSIGHT
ROHIT SINGH RANA Kill five Indian soldiers and deny they were killed by Pakistanis. Then the only option left is that the Indian soldier, who survived, killed five of his colleges and injured himself to escape suspicion! This is the best Pakistan can elicit from India. The neighbouring country has its own sinister logic. Who killed the Indian soldiers? On the other side the Indian Defence Minister A K Antony gave an escape point to Pakistan by claiming that some people dressed in Pakistani soldiers uniforms ambushed and killed our soldiers. The External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid defended Antony in a brazen manner. The matter is clear, our soldiers were killed by Pakistanis and there should have been no ambiguity devised on it. But the Congress leaders, with some hidden agenda with Pakistani establishment have made a mockery of the sacrifice of five soldiers. Manish Tiwari, in his usual brusque manner criticized the Opposition for playing politics. Little does he appreciate that the job of Opposition is to point out the flaws in the policy of the government and here they were within their Constitutional rights and duties. What is intriguingly painful is the reason why India is soft on Pakistan. They behead our soldiers and we remain silent. They kill our five soldiers and we give an escape route to Pakistan for reasons not clearly known. The reports are that as soon as the Indian Deputy High Commissioner was summoned by the Minister of Foreign Affairs there was an understanding that Pakistanis should be given some space to adjust. Forgetting that Nawaz Sharif has been told by General Kayani to go slow in normalizing relations with India we still show peace pipe to Pakistan. On the other hand, Nawaz Government has warmed up to Talibanis and Jihadis by allocating funds to Jama-tul-Dawa headed by known Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Sayeed. The Indian diplomacy is misplaced and repeatedly falls in the trap of normalizing relations with Pakistan. Today the whole nation is angered and full of remorse. The answer to this ghastky murder is to hit Pakistanis hard. We are capable of doing this and we should do that at the opportune time. When Indian soldiers were beheaded the same leaders and the army chief said that we will hit back but nothing happened. If Pakistan can kill our soldiers and still tell the world that we want talks with India we can do the same and still keep the option of talks open. How long shall India suffer and our puny politicians will crib and shun retribution.

CUSTODIAL DEATHS NOT ACCEPTABLE

The death of a person in the custody of Ramnagar Police Station raises several questions. The Police is responsible for maintaining law and order. They often go beyond their brief when it comes to enforcing law and order. Everybody knows that if police does its duty well, then the crime will vanish to a large extent. Unfortunately police has many times failed to enforce law and order. In the instant case, the high handedness of police again has resulted into the death of a person who should have not died in police custody. Sometimes police for some reasons comes under influence and indulges in brutalities. The police have to act very cautiously and especially with persons who have no criminal record against them. They can be tough with criminals then only will they elicit vital clues but with law abiding civilians they have to work with all courtesy and humane approach. Unfortunately, the police despite so much talks and seminars has failed to learn this basic premise. RANASAHIB

STUDENT AGE
THURSDAY, AUGUST, 08, 2013

CONTD

CONTINUATION
extended by adding 373 teller machines taking their total number to 682 from 309 in October 2010. He said that with its focus on the overall development of the State, the Bank addresses the issue of finance and employment in a big way and is the sole financer for the State Government's flagship schemes of Sher-i-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY). He said J&K Bank has so far financed 1784 units under initiative which involves an amount of Rs. 120.12 crore. He said that 410 Kissan Credit Cards have been issued by the Bank till June 30, 2013 across the State involving Credit disbursement of Rs. 2146 crore. He said Bank has also distributed 24000 Artisan Cards and disbursed Rs. 141 crore among various categories of artisans.

Omar appreciates ..

Sham inaugurates slit lamp machine in SDH, Akhnoor

'Calls for massive awareness against female foeticide'
JAMMU, AUG 08: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Sharma today inaugurated a slit lamp machine in Sub District Hospital, Akhnoor which was provided by the Rotary Club of Akhnoor. Later, the Minister also chaired the Rogi Kalyan Samiti meeting and reviewed healthcare services being extended to the patients of Akhnoor and Chowki Choura blocks. He asked for maintaining cleanliness in the hospital. The works approved in the meeting included PoL for emergency patients/RTA, Pol for generator, Pol for monitoring, tendering for newly constructed shops, replacement of transformer from 100 KV to 250 KV, cemented platform above the underground water tank, emergency drugs, repair of chairs in waiting area, cemented platform for municipality garbage dump, tendering for newly constructed public facility (Toilet), contingent material for sanitation purpose, X-ray films/chemicals, laboratory reagents, medicines/IOL for free cataract surgeries, antirabies injections for BPL patients, plant/whitewash work of emergency ward, section and DOTS section and fiber shed for administration section. Mr. Sham appealed all the sections of the society to help curb the menace of female foeticide. He asked the people particularly PRIs as well as ASHA workers to create massive awareness among the masses against the female foeticide and gender inequality. He said that with the launch of several innovative measures to curb the menace of illegal sex determination in various Ultrasound Centres, the sex ratio in Akhnoor and Chowki Choura block has improved a lot. It was informed in the meeting that CHCs of Akhnoor block have recorded 1150 deliveries, of which 587 were male and 563 female while 1485 total deliveries have been registered in the block, of which 750 were male and 735 female during the year 2013 from January 2013 to July 2013 thus registering a sex ratio of 960 females for 1000 males. Similarly, in Chowki Choura block the sex ratio has been recorded as 1105 females for 1000 males during the said period. The Minister visited SDH Akhnoor and enquired about the facilities being provided to the patients. He also interacted with the patients and visited various wards in the hospital. Later, the Minister visited the construction site of Jio Poto Maharaja Gulab Singh memorial library. He instructed the executed agencies to speed up the work and complete this prestigious project in time. Later, the Minister visited the government boys and girls higher secondary schools Akhnoor and interacted with the staff and students. He instructed the PWD department for leveling of the premises of government girls higher secondary school, installation of basketball court and construction of the boundary wall at the earliest.

I-Day arrangements finalized at Udhampur

UDHAMPUR, AUG 08: Various arrangements pertaining to celebration of Independence Day in Udhampur were finalized at a meeting of district officers of various departments held under the Chairmanship of Additional District Development Commissioner, Mr. Ajay Singh Jamwal here on Thursday. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Vikas Sharma, Joint Director Planning, Mr. Rakesh Jamwal, Principal, Govt. College Women, Dr. Yudhvir Singh, Assistant Commissioner Development, Mr. Pawan Parihar, District youth Services & Sports Officer, Mr. Sukhdev Singh, Executive Engineers PWD, PDD, PHE, District Heads of various departments and Educational Institutions were present in the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that the main function would be held at Govt. PG Degree College for Boys, Udhampur ground where the VIP would hoist the National flag at 8.55 A.M. The contingents drawn from Police, NCC and schools would participate in the march past. It was also decided in the meeting that District Information Centre, Udhampur shall play Shehnai Vadan from 5.30 AM to 6.30 A.M. in Deputy Commissioner's Office Complex and Town Hall, Udhampur. Other arrangements including seating, barricading, drinking water, barricading uninterrupted power supply, sanitation, Medicare, transportation, security were also discussed and finalized to make the event a grand success. Important Government buildings would be illuminated in the evening, the meeting decided. The Administration would also host "At Home"on the occasion.

histories in most formidable war machines in Afganistan is finally withdrawing without resolving any issues but not without entering into dialogue with its adversaries there. He said Jammu & Kashmir has borne the brunt of hostilities between the two countries and we hope that efforts at building up a sustainable peace are stepped up to defeat the designs of those who want to subvert it through in human acts like the one witnessed this week in Poonch. He said efforts should be made to not to let the seize fire on the borders to collapse as it would entail another period of instability in the region without achieving anything for either side accept miseries to those who become its victims.

Mufti condemns ..

last night itself with the soldier's elder brother and other relatives. The soldier's mother Adhlagi Devi kept crying the whole night and fainted many times. Devi lamented that her son had got her eyes treated on July 25 last when he had visited his native place, but now ironically she will not be able to see him this time around. Vijay Kumar Rai was recruited in Bihar Regiment in 2002. His Late father Netlal Yadav also served in army just as his younger brother Ajay Rai. The soldier's elder brother Rajkishore Rai was furious and voiced strong military action against Pakistan for the incident.

Gloom descends ..

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

Inclement weather ..

Ensure better medicare to people: Shabir

JAMMU, AUG 08: Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmed Khan today said that state government is endeavouring hard to strengthen health sector in the state especially far off parts with active moral and financial support from the Centre. The Minister said this while addressing people during an extensive tour of Jammu city conducted to inspect the working of health institutions, here today. The Minister was accompanied by Director Health Services, Dr. B.S. Pathania, Controller Drugs and Food Control Organization, Mr. Satish Gupta, Director NRHM, Dr. Yash Pal Sharma besides other senior officers of Health Department. The Minister said that healthcare sector is receiving focused attention of the government and several reforms are being launched to further improve health scenario in the state. He said that it is the endeavour of the state government to provide better healthcare in the state especially in inaccessible areas adding that liberal funding is being provided through various centrally sponsored schemes. Mr. Shabir further stated that emphasis is being laid to facilitate the ailing people by strengthening urban as well as rural health care units with adequate health infrastructure. Earlier, the Minister paid a surprise visit to Primary Health Centre, Kot Bhalwal and Urban Health Unit, Roop Nagar and directed the doctors and para-medical staff to refrain from absenteeism to deliver hassle free services to the public. He directed the officers not to leave their respective institution without prior permission of the concerned authority. Later, the Minister visited office of Controller Drugs and Food Control, Jammu to assess the functioning of the organization. He was briefed about the work done on FSSA pertaining Public Analyst, Public Health Laboratory (Food Laboratory) and number of samples received and tested by the Drug and Food Control Organization. The Minister was told that 638 samples were received and 770 samples were tested during last five months. The Minister asked the officers to redouble their efforts to further enhance the scale of sample testing of life saving drugs. Controller Drugs and Food Control apprised the Minister that sub-standard drugs worth Rs. 27 lakh have been seized by the Drug and Food Control organization during this year.

JAMMU, AUG 08: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Mr. Sham Lal Sharma today said that government is committed to create better basic infrastructure in every nook and corner of the state particularly in rural and far-off areas. The Minister was addressing the monthly public meeting at Akhnoor which was attended by large number of people, local sarpanchs and Panchs besides senior officers of various departments. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Mr. Sham said that government was keen to reach out to people in every area to address their grievances and accommodate the demands in a phased manner. He said that during past more than four years, unprecedented development has been witnessed in the state. He said that during the period several projects pertaining to PHE, Irrigation, education, health

Govt committed to create better basic infrastructure: Sham

and power have been taken in hand in Akhnoor constituency. He asked the executive agencies to make optimum use of funds and complete the projects in a time bound manner. He urged the people particularly local representatives to personally monitor the development works being executed in their respective areas. He said that faster development of unattended areas was on the top priority on the government agenda. The Minister said during this period several projects have been taken in hand in Akhnoor town including 100 beded hospital, mini secretariat, heritage site complex, community halls, dogra library, vegetable market, ayurvedic directorate, nursing college, degree college, Navodaya Vidyalaya etc. The Minister asked the forest, social forestry and horticulture department to ensure cultivation of various types of trees and herbal trees in barren

land. He also stressed on launching mass awareness about the forest preservation and water bodies in the state. He said in view of massive demand of various types of plants in the market it is essential to develop this sector in a big way to meet the requirements as also to generate employment opportunities for the unemployed people in the state, he maintained. Meanwhile, Sham expressed heartfelt sympathy with the bereaved family members of Army Jawans killed recently and prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls. Among others Chief Engineer, PHE, Mr. K. K. Gupta, Chief Engineer I&FC Mr. Varinder Badyal, SE Hydraulic, Mr. Rajeev Malhotra, SDM Akhnoor, Ex. Engineers of PHE, Irrigation and Flood control, all sectoral officers, Block Congress Working President and Youth President were also present on the occasion.

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

Naaz extends greetings on Eid-ul-Fitr

Wani condemns Kishtwar happening

Urges for maintaining peace, calm
SRINAGAR AUG 10: Minister for Roads and Buildings Mr. Abdul Majid Wani termed the KIshtwar incident ill-fated, saying that such incidents put threat to the entire peaceful atmosphere of the state. Condemning the yesterday's Kishtwar incident, Mr. Wani condoled the deaths of persons whose lives were lost, praying that may Almighty offer courage to the bereaved families to bear this irreparable loss. Appealing the people for maintaining communal harmony and calm, the Minister urged them not to be carried away by emotions as it is not favourable for the composite ethos of the State.

Gul terms Kishtwar incident unfortunate

Calls for upholding amity, communal harmony
SRINAGAR AUG 08: Speaker, J&K Legislative Assembly Mr. Mubarak Gul extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the persons who were killed in Kishtwar incident yesterday. Terming the incident unfortunate, the Speaker said that such incident should be condemned by one and all as these happenings create wedge among the people of different faiths. He also appealed the people for maintaining communal harmony and brotherhood. In his condolence message, Mr. Gul expressed his sympathies with the bereaved families and prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls. He also wished for early recovery to the injured.

Asks officers to ensure speedy I-Day arrangements finalized at Udhampur restoration works
UDHAMPUR, AUG 08: Various arrangements pertaining to celebration of Independence Day in Udhampur were finalized at a meeting of district officers of various departments held under the Chairmanship of Additional District Development Commissioner, Mr. Ajay Singh Jamwal here on Thursday. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Vikas Sharma, Joint Director Planning, Mr. Rakesh Jamwal, Principal, Govt. College Women, Dr. Yudhvir Singh, Assistant Commissioner Development, Mr. Pawan Parihar, District youth Services & Sports Officer, Mr. Sukhdev Singh, Executive Engineers PWD, PDD, PHE, District Heads of various departments and Educational Institutions were present in the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that the main function would be held at Govt. PG Degree College for Boys, Udhampur ground where the VIP would hoist the National flag at 8.55 A.M. The contingents drawn from Police, NCC and schools would participate in the march past. It was also decided in the meeting that District Information Centre, Udhampur shall play Shehnai Vadan from 5.30 AM to 6.30 A.M. in Deputy Commissioners Office Complex and Town Hall, Udhampur. Other arrangements including seating, barricading, drinking water, barricading uninterrupted power supply, sanitation, Medicare, transportation, security were also discussed and finalized to make the event a grand success.

Manohar reviews flood damages

affected areas. The Minister asked the R&B department to make sure that all the damaged roads are repaired at the earliest in view of importance of this vital facility for the people. He also asked the education department to ensure that the students' education is not suffered due to any damage caused to the infrastructure or allied facilities. During the meeting, the Minister also reviewed the arrangements put in place for Eid-ul-Fitr. Manohar Lal directed PHE and PDD to ensure adequate supply of water and electricity on the occasion so that the people have not to suffer on this account. The Minister also reviewed the necessary arrangements made by CAPD, Security, Health and allied departments. Among others, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Shantmanu, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Director Education Jammu P. K. Pole, DIG Jammu Shakeel Ahmad Beig, Chief Engineer M & RE Jammu Shehnaz Goni, SE R&B S. P. Manhas, SE PHE Sunil Gupta, SE JDA P. L. Bhushan, Joint Director Agriculture S. S. Jamwal, RTO, Arvind Kotwal, SSP Traffic Manmohan Singh, Administrator Auqaf Raj Mohammad, XEN PHE Ashok Gandotra and other senior officers of concerned departments.

JAMMU, AUG 08: Minister of State for Finance & Planning, Cooperatives, Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma, today convened an officers meeting to take stock of damage caused in Jammu region due to recent rains and floods besides reviewing restorations works being done by different departments. Asking the officers to ensure accurate assessment of flood losses related to their respective departments, the Minister exhorted upon them to gear up their men and machinery for speedy execution of all necessary repair and renovation works in the rain and flood

Appeals for maintaining communal harmony

SRINAGAR AUG 08: Chairman, J&K Legislative Council Mr. Amrit Malhotra expressed grief and shock over the incident occurred in Kishtwar District yesterday which claimed two precious human lives and left several injured. The Chairman condemned the incident, saying that such incidents put blow and weaken the centuries old composite tradition which is hallmark of the State. He appealed the people for maintaining amity, peace and communal harmony. In his condolence message, Mr. Malhotra expressed his sympathies with the bereaved families and prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls. He also directed the administration for providing best medicare to the injured and wished for their early recovery.

Malhotra shocks over Kishtwar incident

3.qxd 8/23/2013 7:20 PM Page 1

STUDENT AGE THURSDAY, AUGUST 08, 2013

STATE
SKEWPY gaining momentum

3
Taj hands over three ambulances, one critical care ambulance to GMC

Employment generation under it touches 2 lakh figures: Omar

Omar describes entrepreneurship development answer to unemployment
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 07 Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday highlighted the handholding of youth in their pursuit to generate self-employment and be part in the prestigious entrepreneurship development programme in the State as one of the most stupendous tasks adding that entrepreneurship development is the right answer to unemployment crisis. Omar Abdullah described generation of some 2 lakh job opportunities for youth under various initiatives of the Sher-i-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY) and impressed upon the concerned departments to redouble their efforts in realising the goal of generating employment for five lakh youth in five years. The Chief Minister was taking stock of the SKEWPY and its various initiatives under implementation in the State to help comprehensive The Chief Minister was apprised that under the Seed Capital Fund scheme as against 302 units established in 2009-10, the figure last year touched to 1,307 as compared to the target of 1,000 units fixed for the fiscal. It was stated that EDI has fixed the target of achieving 1,554 units this year and has the capacity to go upto 3,000 units. The Chief Minister told EDI to move forward in this direction and necessary finances required for this would be made available. The Chief Minister on enquiring about the status of unemployment allowance being paid to youth under Voluntary Service Allowance Scheme (VSA), was informed that about 15,000 youth have been covered under the scheme and more than Rs. 50 crore have been paid to them under the VSA initiative of SKEWPY during the last year. It was stated that in the year 2010-11 over Rs. 24.72 crore and in the year 2011-12 Rs. 36.17 crore have been provided to the youth under VSA The Chief Minister was told that the new scheme namely Youth Start-up Loan Scheme launched under his directions during 2012-13, more than 100 entrepreneurs have been provided Rs. 5.40 crore as easy loan last year and this year the target of assisting 250 entrepreneurs has been fixed. These entrepreneurs will be provided loans worth Rs. 20 crores. The Chief Minister was told that 10 District Employment Counselling Centres (DECC) have been completed at Baramulla, Shopian, Reasi, Doda, Ramban, Kulgam, Budgam, Bandipora, Leh and Kargil and two Centres one each in Samba and Ganderbal have been already inaugurated. The Chief Minister asked the Employment Department to make these centres functional within one month's period.

employment generation and welfare of the youth besides enhancing their skill and capacity building to get absorbed in the modern job market within and outside the State, at a high level meeting he chaired here today. Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather, Minister for Planning and Development, Ajay Sadhotra, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Economic Advisor to Government, Jalil Ahmad Khan, Principal Secretary

Planning and Development, Principal Secretary Finance, B. B. Vyas, Commissioner Secretaries, Surav Bhagat, B. A. Runiyal and other senior officers were present in the meeting. The Chief Minister expressed satisfaction over the fillip received by Seed Capital scheme by the strict monitoring by Jammu and Kashmir Bank top brass in getting EDI sponsored cases cleared on fast track and disbursing the loan component for estab-

lishment of industrial units by the youth in a time bound manner. He asked the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) to enhance its target from 1,500 units to 3,000 units this financial year for which government would provide required seed capital to the entrepreneurs. EDI had expressed its capacity to achieve additional 1,500 units for the current year for which more seed capital were required.

Hassle-free ration provided to the people during the Holy month: Ramzan
Directs to intensify market checking, tighten noose around black marketers and profiteers
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 07: The Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan today said that adequate buffer stock of food grains and essential commodities including cooking gas and Kerosene Oil is available in the State adding that efforts have been made to provide hassle-free ration to the people during the Holy month of Ramadan including the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. However, the Minister said that the complaints received from various Districts in respect of supply and distribution of LPG would be redressed before Eid on priority. The Minister said this while chairing a high level joint meeting of officers of CA&PD Department and LPG Dealers convened to take stock of the supply and distribution position of essential commodities, LPG and K. Oil here today. The Minister said that the LPG is being provided in the city and major towns of the Valley through Home Delivery System which has remained a successful exercise. However, he directed the authorities to ensure home delivery of gas in the rural areas without further delay as the last date fixed for starting the same has already expired. He issued instruction to the authorities to ensure that there should be no complaint in this regard in future. It was informed in the meeting that regular dealership for new gas agencies should be set up on merit basis. It was also given out in the meeting that setting up of new gas agencies under RGGVY dealership scheme is in process for which 47 Block of the State have already been identified for which 176 application have been received. The draw of lots for setting of these agencies would be held in October this year, the meeting was informed. The Minister stressed for intensifying the market checking in view of Eid-ulFitr and tighten noose around black marketers and profiteers to prevent the consumers from being cheated on Eid day. He said that Mobile Checking squads comprising one senior officers of CA&PD Department, Crime Branch and Legal Metrology Department will keep close vigil on the markets round the clock.

Shabir inspects construction work on Indoor Block at DH Samba

Pays surprise visit to Emergency Hospital, Vijaypur
JAMMU, AUGUST 07:Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmed Khan, today visited District Hospital, Samba and took stock of ongoing construction work on new Indoor Block here today. District Development Commissioner, Samba, R K Varma, Director Health Services, CMOs, BMOs besides senior functionaries of health department accompanied the Minster during the visit. During the visit, the Minister went around the Hospital and enquired about facilities being provided in the hospital. The Minister was informed that the work on the block is near completion and is expected to be completed soon. He said that on completion the block will have OPD, X-Ray, Ultra Sound, Operation Theatres, residential quarters and all other essential facilities. The Minster said that District

JAMMU, AUGUST 07Minister for Medical Education, Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports, Taj Mohi-ud-Din, today handed over three ambulances and one critical care ambulance to Government Medical College, Jammu. Commissioner Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Shalen Kabra, Principal, GMC, Jammu, Medical Superintendent, Ravinder Rattan Pal besides HODs of various departments were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that the government is committed to upgrade health infrastructure in the State so that all advanced healthcare facilities are provided to the people within the state. He said that work on shifting of various departments to Super Speciality Hospital is in progress and units like Cardiology, Urology, Neurology, Neuro Surgery,

Endocrinology and others are expected to be made fully functional. The Minister expressed gratitude to the Center for increasing the number of seats for MBBS in the GMC, Jammu. He said that the MCI will soon visit the State for inspection of infrastructure and related facilities to be made available to the students in the GMC. Later, the Minister convened a meeting with Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education, Principal Medical College, Administration officer, HODs of various departments and discussed various issues regarding up gradation of infrastructural facilities at Government Medical College Jammu in view of increased MBBSseats from 100 to 150. He also inspected the condition of various departments including lecture halls and laboratories and issued necessary directions for upgradation of the same at the earliest.

Ensure availability of essentials: Malhotra to district administration

JAMMU, JULY 7: Chairman, Legislative Council, Mr. Amrit Malhotra, who is on Jammu tour,has instructed district administration Jammu to ensure availability of essentials including cooking gas, mutton and poultry products in connection with Eid festival, particularly in Muslim dominated areas. Malhotra asked the authorities of CA&PD department to mobilize and intensify the market checking squads in order to keep check on profiteers and black marketers. He directed Jammu Municipal Corporation to launch a massive cleanliness drive in and around the areas where Eid congregations are expected to take place. The Chairman asked the authorities of Power Development and Public Health Engineering Departments to take preemptive measures for making round the clock availability of power and water supply to the people during festival days.

Hospital Samba is one of the important health institutions located near National Highway and the focus is being laid on equip it with latest machinery and sufficient number of doctors and para-medical staff. The Minister asked the concerned executing agencies to keep their activities at maximum to ensure time bound completion of this mega project. He asked the District

Development Commissioner Samba to direct PDD and PHE authorities to provide additional water and power supply connection to the hospital at the earliest. On the occasion, the Minister fined doctors and paramedical staff for not following the dress code. He said that any laxity in this regard would not be tolerated and strict action would be initiated against the erring officials.

18 callers register their grievances in Kathua

KATHUA: As many as, 18 callers registered their grievances during the weekly 'PARYAS' sitting, an initiative by the district administration to listen to the grievances of the public telephonically here at DC office complex in Kathua today. District Development Commissioner Kathua, Jitendra K. Singh , in the presence of heads of various line and works departments received the calls during hour long session and issued on spot instructions to the concerned departments to attend to the grievances and problems registered by the callers. The problems projected by the callers from different parts of the district were mostly related to basic amenities.

Sagar tours city, reviews Eid arrangements Joint delegation of CTFK, VHAI, JKVHDA meets Governor
SRINAGAR, AUGUST, 07Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar today conducted an extensive tour of Srinagar city and reviewed the arrangements being made for ensuring the smooth conduct of Eid-ul-Fitr festivities. The Minister was accompanied by Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Dr. G. N. Qasba and senior officers of various departments like PDD, PHE, R&B, Police, Health and District Administration. While inspecting the arrangements being made for offering of Eid prayers at Polo Ground, the Minister directed the SMC Commissioner to make elaborate arrangements for ensuring cleanliness and other related things for the general convenience of the devotees. He also directed the police authorities to put in place a fool proof security mechanism so that the nimaz is conducted smoothly. Mr. Sagar also visited Hazratbal Shrine and took stock of measures being taken for the smooth conduct of Eid nimaz at the historical place. He directed the officers of different departments to work in a coordinated manner to ensure that the devotees do not face any inconvenience. He also asked the traffic police authorities to ensure smooth plying of public and private transport and ensure that the traffic is regulated in a proper manner. SRINAGAR, AUGUST 7 A joint delegation of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK), India Chapter; Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), New Delhi; and J&K Voluntary Health and Development Association (JKVHDA), Srinagar, called on Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, at Raj Bhavan here today. Mr. A. M. Mir, Executive Director, J&K Voluntary Health and Development Association, and other members of the delegation, briefed the Governor about the activities of their organizations, particularly those aimed at spreading awareness about the highly injurious effects of smoking and consumption of other tobacco products. Mr. Mir gave details of the various initiatives taken by these Associations in the past and those planned in the coming months. The delegation presented a

District Jail Kishtwar organizes Iftiyar Party

KISHTWAR, AUGUST 07- On the directions of Director General of Prisons K Rajendra, District Jail Kishtwar organized an Iftiyar party for the Jail inmates which was attended by DDC Kishtwar Saleem Mohammad, SP Sunil Gupta, ASP Kulbir Singh, DySP hqrs Farooq Quaiser, Commandant 48 Bn SSB, BMO Kishtwar and other distinguished dignitaries. All the inmates were served special meals and sweets on this occasion. The jail inmates highly appreciated this move on part of the administration and vowed to live a dignified life in future.

Sham assesses damage to villages along river Chenab

JAMMU, AUGUST 07 - Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Mr. Sham Lal Sharma on Wednesday visited villages along the river Chenab to assess the damage caused to land and inner roads along the right bank of the river due to heavy rain in upper areas besides taking stock of restoration and prevention measures being taken up by the concerned departments. The Minister visited village Maira, Sangrampur, Muthi Maira, Chanjaewan, Chak Skinder etc located on right bank of the river Chenab and rook stock of restoration works being done there by the Flood Control Department. He instructed the concerned engineers to upgrade the crate up to roads level to save the land from floods. He directed the Superintending Engineer Jammu to complete all the works on war footing. Mr. Sham informed that a comprehensive plan for channalization of river Chenab is under active consideration of the government and the work on these prestigious projects would be started as soon as all formalities are completed. He also said that government is keen to address the problems of flood hit areas on priority. The Minister appealed the locals as well as Sarpanches and Panches of the area to extend cooperation to the executing agencies for better and effective implementation of development works. The Minister said that various development works are being implemented under various central and state sponsored schemes like MGNREGA. He also called upon the concerned officers to work with zeal and dedication to ensure that the schemes will be completed in a time bound manner.

Deputation calls on Manohar Lal

JAMMU, AUGUST 07: A deputation of Jammu East constituency headed by Ex-MLA, Yogesh Sawhney, called on Minister of State for Cooperative, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma at civil secretariat and apprised him of problems being faced by Qasim Nagar residents. The major issues highlighted by the deputationists were regularization of colonies and poor sanitation. Sawhney apprised the Minister of poor condition of most of the basic amenities like roads, lanes and drains at mohalla Fattu Chogan, Gali Hanuman Pacca Danga opposite Tourist Reception Centre and urged him to visit the areas to assess the problems being faced by the people there. The deputation comprised of Raman Suri, Lalita Sharma, pawan Dev Singh, Rajinder, Pt Srikant Sharma, Vijay Singh, Vijay Chopra and Munish.

Memorandum to the Governor urging the need for strict enforcement of all related laws to discourage smoking and consumption of other tobacco products, with a view to progressively securing the goal of making J&K a "Tobacco Free State". They felicitated the Governor on his continuing association with the future growth of the State and thanked him for taking keen interest in the public health issues. The Governor complimented CTFK, Voluntary Health

Association of India and the J&K Voluntary Health and Development Association for their commendable endeavours and assured the delegation that all the concerned authorities would be addressed in regard to the issues raised in the Memorandum. The delegation, led by Mr. Mir, comprised Ms. Vandana Shah Aggarwal, Ms. Jaspreet Kaur and Mr. Sanjay Seth from CTFK, and Ms. Bhavna Mukhophadhyay and Ms. Seema Gupta from VHAI.

Govt committed to providing basic amenities to people on priority: Gul

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 07: Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Mr. Mubarak Gul Wednesday reiterated that Government is commitment for the prosperity and development of the State besides, providing basic amenities to the people. He said number of welfare and developmental schemes have already been completed and various schemes and projects in this regard are being implemented. This was stated by the Speaker while interacting with the various deputations from Noorbagh and other areas who called him here today at his official residence. The deputationists put forth their individual and collective problems which include construction of culverts, renovation of lanes and drains,

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

JAMMU, AUGUST 7: Underlining commitment of the government for socioeconomic development of rural pockets, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand today said remote and border belts are getting focused attention and work on the roadmap to upgrade infrastructure in these belts is going on at fast pace. He said exemplary development initiatives have been taken and focused attention is being paid to equip these areas with all required basic infrastructure. "Encouraging support from the central government in funding different projects in the state has resulted in civil administration and engineers of different line departments attended the meeting. Giving detail of various projects launched for development of the area on modern lines, Tara Chand said the Khour block is among top in the country with regard to connectivity by road links as every village has been interlinked with more than one road and three mega rural development projects have already started in the area. Special cluster model village projects at Pargwal, Pallanwala and Sainth have been undertaken for over all development of the villages falling under them, he added.

lauching of mega infrastructure development projects in all regions and sub-regions of the state, thus ensuring equitable development," he added. He was addressing the large-

ly attended monthly public meeting at Khour. The monthly meeting attended by scores of people and panchayati raj functionaries has assumed significance as on spot instructions are given

for speedy redressal of grievances projected by the people. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Akhnoor Mr. N.S.Jamwal and various officers from revenue, rural development,

augmentation of water supply schemes, distribution of ration, Sugar, k. oil, LPG Gas and issuance of timber on concessional rates. While responding to various issues put forth by the people, Mr. Gul directed the officers of concerned department for their redressal on the spot and assured the people that their other issues will also be looked into

gradually. Regarding injured Mr. Jan Mohammad Khandey of Noorbagh who is undergoing treatment in SKIMS, Soura, Speaker assured the deputation that every possible help will be provided to the injured person. He directed the concerned hospital management to provide medicare facilities to the patient for his early recovery.

4.qxd 8/23/2013 7:20 PM Page 1

STUDENT AGE THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013

EDUCATION AGE

4
is the timing. Photojournalists are expected to work long or odd hours. They must be on call to capture a breaking news story. Employment options: Photojournalist are hired mainly by newspapers, magazines or any other media houses. Many newspapers and magazines have built their reputation with the help of excellent photographs taken by these photojournalists. Photojournalists are also hired by businesses or individuals to take photos for an event or advertisement. They also get chances to work for television stations or websites in staff or freelance positions. They have another option to work as freelance photojournalists and do work for several companies at a time. Yet another group start their own photography and photo editing/graphic design business on the web to gain potential clients and display their skills. Some photojournalists after advancement in their career, start their own print or online publication. REMUNERATION Salary of photojournalist depends on the employer and position held by him/her. Generally, at the beginning of the career a photojournalist can earn around Rs.12,000 - 15,000 per month. Experienced ones can easily earn between Rs.25,000 and Rs.30,000 per month. Newspapers and news agencies pay according to the assignment offered to the photojournalists. Salary increases with experience, hard work and skills. A freelancers income could be unlimited. Those who have acquired perfection in the field are offered high pays by reputed organizations

CAREER IN PHOTOJOURNALISM
INTRODUCTION Journalism is a broad field with various specializations like sports, film and television, photo, print etc. Of these, one of the leading streams today is photojournalism. It is an integral part of journalism as photographs play a vital role in depicting events. Initially, the term 'photojournalism' was restricted to still photography, but its scope has now widened and photo journalists even shoot videos to come up with a good news item/ feature. Photojournalism involves application of photography skills and aesthetics to the area of news reporting and journalism. In other words, it is the practice of creating images in order to tell a news story. It includes collecting, editing and presenting of news material (pictures) for publication or broadcast to the news media like newspapers, magazines, television channels, websites and other journals. At times, a single photograph can convey a news story of thousand words. It is the skill of the photojournalist to take photos with such impact. Photojournalists are visual reporters who click photographs at events that make news. He/She is a photographer who is able to tell a story with pictures, or contribute pictures to compliment a news story. Photo journalists may work side by side with a reporter to decide which photographs will accompany an article. A journalist can write about an event or news, as elaborately or in a highly emotional manner as possible, but if it is accompanied by a photograph the subject matter is much communicable to the readers or viewers than news withunder pressure, in difficult conditions and irregular hours. He/She should be updated on how to use modern gadgets like digital camera and other software in order to develop quality photographs. JOB PROSPECTS & CAREER OPTIONS There are several opportunities available for a photojournalist. Opportunities are open in both print and digital media as both need news worthy photos. Photojournalism is quite lucrative field provided one is determined to make it to the top. Photo journalists could specialise as a criminal photo journalist, natural calamity photo journalist, political photo journalist, sports photojournalist, fashion/ film photo journalist etc. depending on their nature of work. The main job of a photojournalist is to provide pictures for stories or news articles that provide clear and truthful images corresponding with the topic. They will offer services including photo shoots, photo editing and graphic design services, and writing small editorial pieces to go along with photos. The success of a photo journalist depends on the ability to get the right pictures which are rare and worthy of preserving. Main drawback of this field

3rd round of BEd counselling at Gorakhpur university from August 16

KANPUR: Gorakhpur University would hold the third round of BEdcounselling in the state from August 16. It would be held to fill 48,000 seats in the BEd colleges. The online registration for participating in counselling began from Monday. The process of registration continued on Tuesday. In city, only one counselling centre is there at Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University. Nodal co-ordinator CSJM University Sandeep Singh said that from August 5 to August 14, the students will get chance for online registration to participate in counselling. They would have to log in www.upbed.nic.in. The students would be required to reach the counselling centre mentioned in the counselling letter to get their original documents like marksheets verified. "This work would be carried out from August 16 to August 20," Singh said. The students who had passed the BEd entrance examination but appeared in the first two rounds of counselling cannot take part in the third round. Those who have not taken part in counselling earlier, would be eligible to participate in the third counselling.

out images. That explains the worth of photographs in news reporting. ELIGIBILITY & COURSE AREAS Educational Photojournalism is taught in most institutes as part of curriculum of a Bachelor's degree or Post-Graduate degree in journalism/mass communication. Hence those interested in this field need to pursue a course with specialisation in photojournalism. There are separate courses for photo journalism offered at certificate and diploma level. Minimum eligibility for Bachelor degree in Journalism or mass media is 10+2, and for Post graduate degree courses is a Bachelor degree in journalism. Some institutes also provide one year certificate courses in photojournalism for which eligibility is 10+2.

Course in photojournalism covers reporting and drawing, camera operation and lighting, digital imaging, video capture, computer based image processing etc. Personal attributes Main attribute required for a candidate interested in this field is photography and editorial skills. Aspirants in this field also need a keen eye for aesthetic detail, and a thorough knowledge of cameras and the technicalities involved in taking pictures, of light, distance and perspective. One must have extra qualities like an interest in visuals, attentiveness to colour, shape and shadow. Apart from these, candidates require creativity, good power of observation and a curious and perceptive mind. They must also have the ability to work quickly

Mumbai Schools, govt play blame game over unfilled seats under RTE quota
MUMBAI: The poor performance of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in filling up seats under the RTE quota for underprivileged students once again highlights the miscommunication between schools and the state's education department. While schools have blamed the dismal figures on lack of awareness among parents of eligible students, the education department has pointed a finger at schools for lacking the initiative in welcoming these candidates. "Most parents get easily intimidated by elite schools and refrain from enrolling their children. There is lack of a proper support system for such candidates," said Fr Frances Swamy, principal of Holy Family High School in Andheri (East). He added that several parents are still unaware about the RTE Act. Most schools were also unhappy with the government's "attitude" towards reimbursement of funds to cover the cost of students under the reservation quota. "The government expects us to admit students in primary sections, though our school gets government aid only for secondary. We are bearing the expenses as of now, though we haven't seen a single penny from the education department," said the principal of another school. The education department has also made it clear in their latest circular that schools which cannot fill reservation category seats will have to leave these seats empty; in other words, these cannot be converted into general category seats. "This leaves schools in a spot. The government needs to understand that schools cannot force parents to send their children to our schools," said Ramakant Pandey, principal of Bansidhar Agarwal High School, Wadala. Senior education officials, on the other hand, blamed the attitude of school managements. "Schools must be more welcoming and accommodating. They need to make sure that these students do not feel marginalized. Only then will parents not think twice before sending their children to all the schools." A senior education official added that another reason for the crunch was that parents were not interested in vernacular medium schools. "Some schools that are not easily accessible also face difficulty in finding takers."

AICTE revising scheme for PPP polytechnics

NEW DELHI: The AICTE has set up a committee to revise the scheme for setting up polytechnics in the public private partnership (PPP) mode, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor said Wednesday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Tharoor said the government had approved a scheme to provide financial assistance to set up 300 polytechnics in the PPP mode during the 11th Five Year Plan period (201217). "However, the response of the private partners to the scheme is poor," Tharoor said. "The AICTE (The All India Council for Technical Education) estimated the total cost to be Rs.15 crore per polytechnic, excluding land. The scheme provides for Rs.3 crore central government fund towards capital assets, Rs.2 crore by the state government and a minimum of Rs.10 crore by the private partner," he said. "The land is to be provided by the private partner; alternatively, the state government will provide land. The admissions are to be made under the aegis of state government based on the procedures being followed in the state. Appointments will be made by the Institute Management Committee," he said.

IITs losing brand value, Super 30 coach says

BHOPAL: Director of famous IIT free coaching 'Super 30', Anand Kumar says that Indian Institute of Technologies (IIT) are losing brand value after the government continued to increase number of seats and institutes. Kumar, who was in the city to interact with the students and give them tips on cracking IIT entrance exam during a talk show organised by IES Engineering College, said he has no plans to start a branch in Madhya Pradesh. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan had earlier requested him to start a Super 30 in MP to benefit students from the state. He said situation is so grave that about 700 seats in the premier institutes of the country remained vacant this year. 'Super 30' selects 30 poor students every year and prepare them for IIT entrance test without charging money from them. The success story of Super 30 could be gauged from the fact that its 30 out of 30 students got selected in IIT consecutively from 2008-11. This year 28 students were selected in different IITs. About the present trend in IIT, Kumar, said: "instead of increasing the number of seats, they should open colleges with proper infrastructure and teaching faculty with other names like National Institute of Technology (NIT). IIT should remain IIT only." Citing his own example, he claimed that 3 students of Super 30 did not take admission after clearing the exam. He said this year also around 238 more seats were increased which has put the total number of Winner of various prestigious awards in India and abroad, renowned mathematician Kumar said, "Students should focus on Class XI and XII first before appearing in the IIT entrance. IIT turns easy if the students have command over their basics." When a student asked about mathematics a tough discipline, Kumar said, "Maths is easier than physics and chemistry. The need is to understand subject thoroughly instead of just half-baked knowledge." About the offer by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan for starting a branch of Super 30 in Madhya Pradesh, Kumar said, "I am thankful to him but at the moment it is not in my mind." Super 30 is based in Patna only and they have no other branch anywhere in the country.

UGC asks universities to take up research in forestry Himachal to

NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities and institutions to encourage research on ecology. This was one of the recommendations of the National Forest Commission (NFC), headed by Justice B.N. Kripal, former Chief Justice of India which had submitted its report to the Prime Minister. The report contained 360 recommendations, including promoting research on ecology. "Forest departments and the Government of India should encourage universities and organisations to take up research proactively particularly applied research: the topics/areas for required baseline data collections and research should be identified, researchers are supported, and the findings of applied research in the working/management plans be incorporated,'' the Justice Kirpal report said. One of the subjects to be research, as suggested in Chapter 13 of the report is the documentation of ecological relations of species with their environments. Under this, ecological keystone species in major forest types should be identified, optional and truly obligate physiological or behavioural relationship among species should be identified and studies and key agents in biogeochemical cycles and energy flow chains, it said. The report also said that genetic markers for identification of strains of important tree species for forestry and utilitarian purposes should be developed and soil process in forest ecosystems, particularly above-ground and below-ground interactions should be studies and indicators of soil quality identified. "Carbon sequestration of degraded forests using forestry practices should be improved, and carbon sequestration by major forest types be evaluated,'' Justice Kirpal had said in his report while calling for considering studies on tree species for urban forest, biodiversity database for major forest types and effect of changes in ecosystem structures and linkage of ecosystem services to human well-being. Suggesting that the Indian Council of Forest Research and Education should assess the local research needs of States, the report had recommended developing a robust analytical framework and methodological foundations for valuation of ecosystem services and their delivery across social groups.

have IT institute
SHIMLA: The central government has approved the setting up of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Himachal Pradesh, a minister said here Wednesday. The Indian Institute of Information Technology centre would be set up in Haroli tehsil in Una district, an official statement quoting Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said. He said the site selection committee constituted by the union government had approved 60 acres of land in Saloh village for the institution, which would be established in publicprivate partnership mode.

A $5mn boost for India studies in US

WASHINGTON: A $5 million gift to the India studies centre at a New York University is set to make it one of the pre-eminent resource centres for the study of Indian culture and civilisation in the US. The donations make the Centre for India Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University as the recipient of the largest gift ever made to a US public university for India Studies. The gift comprises a donation of $1.25 million from Nirmal K. Mattoo, a leading nephrologist and chairman of Stony Brook's Centre for India Studies executive committee, and a $1.25 million permanent endowment from members of the Indian American community Coupled with matching funds of $2.5 million from the Simons Foundation Challenge Grant, the gift has a total impact of $5 million, according to a media release from the university. Mattoo's gift will be used to establish the Nirmal and Augustina Mattoo Chair in Classical Indic Humanities. The Chair will encompass a broad range of areas, including art, esthetics, ethics, linguistics, literature, literary theory, philosophy, religion, spirituality, psychology, sociopolitical theory, and allied disciplines, to which India has made seminal and influential contributions. In recognition of Mattoo's leadership role in developing India Studies at Stony Brook, the Centre for India Studies will be renamed the Bishembarnath Mattoo and Sheela Mattoo Centre for India Studies, in memory of his parents, the release said. "These generous gifts from Dr. Mattoo and the Indian American community are building a solid foundation for growth of India Studies at Stony Brook," said Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD. "They will help Stony Brook attract outstanding scholars and talented students who recognize the significant role that India has played from ancient times in developing knowledge systems in a wide range of disciplines and its contemporary role as a major player in an increasingly interdependent global economy and world." "The Centre is the perfect example of a successful partnership between a public university and the Indian American community," said Mattoo. "Looking ahead, the endowment comprising these gifts will put the Centre on a solid financial footing and enable us to continue to offer our rich programmes in perpetuity. "The study of India, one of the great classical civilizations of the world, is a wonderful complement to one's education and is a positive influence on the world," he said. "And we are delighted to dedicate this endowment as the Indian American community's birthday gift to India on the occasion of her 66th Independence Day, August 15."

Medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh move over to 'cyber anatomy'

HYDERABAD: Medical students are no longer squirming during their anatomy class as colleges in the state are increasingly moving towards 'cyber anatomy' classes. Armed with computer-based teaching tools like the virtual cadaver dissection softwarethat displays a layer by layer dissection, medical colleges are forced to give real cadaver dissections a go by, mainly due to non-availability of bodies. Synthetic models of bone, heart and digestive system among many others, closely resembling human organs are available today, which some doctors said are convenient for medical students to review. The transition has been triggered by dearth of cadaver donations coupled with increasing number of medical colleges and seats. While until recently, dissection of a cadaver was the sole source of providing first-hand information of the human body to medical students, e-tools are now slowly emerging as costeffective substitutes. "Unlike a cadaver, the e-tools and artificial models are free from stench, do not carry the risk of infection and are cost-effective in addition to providing colourful and reversible digital information," says M Narayan Reddy, former head, forensic medicine, Osmania Medical College. One can now learn a lot with the help of technological advancements that were not available until recently, he said. "In the US and UK, dissections are not performed on dead bodies as videos are available for demonstration," he said. A dissection software, doctors said costs around Rs 25,000, while a single body can be procured from a government medical college for Rs 15,000, if available.

STUDENT AGE THURSDAY, AUGUST, 08, 2013

EDITORIAL

Dull as the weather

The contrast could not have been starker. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dished out yet another lacklustre address from the ramparts of Red Fort this Independence Day, Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party's Election Campaign Committee chairman Narendra Modi delivered a rousing speech in Bhuj on the occasion. If Mr Modi went beyond extending good wishes to the people of his State and the country and took on the Prime Minister with gloves off, it was expected. After all, Mr Modi's speech was billed as a counter to Mr Singh's address to the nation and came in less than an hour of the Red Fort function. It must be said that the Prime Minister provided every reason to Mr Modi to tear into the text of his speech. Mr Singh reduced the significance of an occasion of national pride by singing paeans to the Congress's first family. Right in the beginning, he gushingly recalled the services of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, but did not mention the stellar contribution that another Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, made to the country. He also did not mention the unparalleled role of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in shaping the India that we know today. Mr Modi's jibe that while he understands the compulsions of the Prime Minister in not recalling Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's contribution, he is flummoxed by the exclusion of Sardar Patel and Shastri, will have a hit a raw nerve in the Congress. The Prime Minister offered the Gujarat Chief Minister yet another chance to attack when he rendered platitudes at the Red Fort about relations with Pakistan. Since Pakistan has repeatedly breached the ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control in recent weeks and killed our jawans, people had expected Mr Singh to forcefully respond. But he did not in his address, and it is clear that he does not want to vitiate his forthcoming meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New York on the sidelines of a United Nations event. Mr Modi deftly referred to President Pranab Mukherjee's address on the eve of Independence Day in which the latter warned Pakistan that there is a limit to India's patience. The Gujarat Chief Minister wondered whether the Manmohan Singh regime had decided what that limit would be. The country too wants to know. Mr Modi completely discredited the tall claims the Prime Minister proudly listed with regard to the various social welfare schemes the Union Government had undertaken. The Gujarat Chief Minister, expectedly, took special interest in panning the food security Ordinance, and laid bare, not through rhetoric but coherent logic, the lacunae in the proposed legislation. The Centre cannot brush aside the points he raised, because they are far too relevant to be given short shrift. Nor can it explain away, as the Prime Minister sought to do on August 15, its dismal record in managing the economy. Blaming global trends and saying all developing countries have slowed down, is a poor defence, because the Manmohan Singh regime has pulled down growth from a high of more than nine per cent to a pathetic five per cent by its policy paralysis. While the Prime Minister dutifully read out what he considers are achievements', he failed to even once mention the menace of corruption that has engulfed his Government. Here again Mr Modi got an opportunity to refer to Mr Mukherjee's address in which the President had spoken about rising graft and the need to combat it. The Gujarat Chief Minister ridiculed the Prime Minister for glossing over this important bit in the Red Fort speech. Given that this was perhaps Mr Singh's last speech from the Red Fort as Prime Minister, he could have shown some spine as a parting shot. Sadly, Mr Singh did not.

SCUPPERING NATIONAL GOOD UNDER PRESSURE

G Parthasarathy
India must wake up to the individual and joint efforts its immediate neighbours are making to destabilise the security environment in the country. Unfortunately, the Centre remains passive With its economy in the doldrums, New Delhi is now confronted with a situation where two of its neighbours China and Pakistan are jointly and separately undermining its security and influence worldwide. Emboldened by Chinese assistance leading to the strengthening of its Navy (four new frigates), Air Force (JF 17 fighters) and nuclear armoury (plutonium-based tactical nuclear weapons), Pakistan now believes that it can effectively deter India from responding firmly to terrorist strikes emanating from its soil. Indias mandarins, resorting to clichs like, Pakistan is also a victim of terrorism, and Action on terrorism (by Pakistan) should not be linked (by India) to the Composite Dialogue Process, now referred to as the Sharm el-Sheikh Syndrome, would like us to believe that Pakistan is having a change of heart. It is this approach to diplomacy that has led Mr Nawaz Sharif to insist that the Composite Dialogue Process with India should commence at where it was, when he was ousted in 1999. He wants us to forget that the Red Fort was attacked by the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (now generously financed by his brother, the Chief Minister of Punjab) in 2001, and ignore the attack on our Parliament in 2001 and the 2008 26/11 carnage in Mumbai, executed by jihadis from Pakistan. Despite the outrage over the recent killings of our soldiers, we should have no doubt that our dialogue at all costs security establishment in South Block will stealthily return to the recipes of the Sharm elSheikh surrender. Mr Sharif has returned from China, fully assured that the Chinese will build a highway linking their Xingjian Province to Gwadar Port, which they now manage, through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The strategic implications of this project, which will be largely executed by Chinese Army engineers, together with their development of hydro-electric projects and infrastructure in Gilgit-Baltistan, give the Chinese the ability to establish a security presence adjacent to the Line of Control, astride our lines of communication to Ladakh and Siachen. If Pakistan had succeeded in pushing New Delhi to delink the Composite

With its economy in the doldrums, New Delhi is now confronted with a situation where two of its neighbours China and Pakistan are jointly and separately undermining its security and influence worldwide. Emboldened by Chinese assistance leading to the strengthening of its Navy (four new frigates), Air Force (JF 17 fighters) and nuclear armoury (plutonium-based tactical nuclear weapons), Pakistan now believes that it can effectively deter India from responding firmly to terrorist strikes emanating from its soil. Indias mandarins, resorting to clichs like, Pakistan is also a victim of terrorism, and Action on terrorism (by Pakistan) should not be linked (by India) to the Composite Dialogue Process, now referred to as the Sharm el-Sheikh Syndrome, would like us to believe that Pakistan is having a change of heart.
Dialogue Process from its support for terrorism, China has successfully scuttled all possibility of an early border settlement, by upping its border claims in both Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, even as it waxes eloquent on the dialogue on the border issue between the designated Special Representatives. Successive Indian National Security Advisers have strutted around pretending that they have devised brilliant new ideas to resolve the vexed border issue. The reality is somewhat different. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao agreed in 2005 that the boundary should be along well defined and easily identifiable natural geographical features and that in reaching a border settlement, the two sides shall safeguard the interests of their settled populations in the border areas. Yet, just a year later, the Chinese Ambassador in New Delhi proclaimed that the whole of Arunachal Pradesh, re-designated as South Tibet, is part of China. It should have been evident to New Delhi that China had no intention of resolving the border issue, when it refused to exchange maps delineating the Line of Control in the crucial western (Ladakh) and eastern (Arunachal Pradesh) sectors. India claims the Line of Actual Control in the Ladakh sector lies along the Karakoram mountains up to the Indus river watershed. This conforms to the 2005 Guiding Principles that the border would be along well defined and easily identifiable natural geographical features. Chinese intrusions in Debsang, Chumar, Chushul, Pangong Lake, Daulat Beg Oldi and Demchok are clearly in areas where they have no business intruding, going by the terms of the Guiding Principles of 2005. Moreover, Indias claims are also validated by agreements on the LadakhTibet border, starting with the 1683 Ladakh Tibet Agreement defining the border as lying along the Lhari stream at Demchok, to the September 1842 Treaty with Tibet/China concluded by Ladakhs Sikh rulers, and the Macartney-Macdonald Line presented by the British to China in 1899. Instead of directly confronting Chinese assertiveness on the border issue, New Delhi has been a mere spectator while China made inroads, undermining Indian influence in Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal, while building bridges to a possible Khaleda Zia-led dispensation in Bangladesh. China has even undermined Indias defence ties with the US and Japan by forcing a dithering security establishment in South Block to cancel partici-

Irans action against Indian vessel is shocking

pation in proposed joint naval exercises in the Pacific. While Premier Li Keqiangs visit to New Delhi was linked to his trip to Pakistan, would Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reciprocate by visiting Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines after his forthcoming visit to China? Should we not engage Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines and others for devising a string of pearls in the South China Sea? The economic downturn and delays in defence acquisitions have only added to errant and assertive Chinese and Pakistani behaviour. After dithering for over two years, the Cabinet has finally sanctioned the raising of Strike Corps for deployment along the Siliguri Corridor. But what use will such a Strike Corps be, without mountain artillery whose acquisition has been hanging on fire for years, the deployment of mechanised and tank formations, and the establishment of air dominance over our borders? Economically, the Chinese are obtaining a stranglehold on the power, communications and electronics sectors in India, thereby, getting the potential to disrupt power and communications in the country. After much procrastination, the Government has slapped a 22 per cent duty on import of Chinese power equipment. Hopefully, Indian public and private companies will be given incentives to face state-supported and state-subsidised Chinese companies. The picture is unfortunately bleak in the electronics and communications sectors where our imports, substantially from China, could well exceed our petroleum imports by 2020. This issue was sought to be addressed by the establishment of manufacturing parks for chips and IT equipment. Such manufacturing facilities would naturally require preferential access in purchases by Government organisations and private companies. The Government is, however, now showing signs of buckling to American pressures, demanding substantive and non-discriminatory market access for American products in these areas. The Americans have obviously concluded that there is no reason to hesitate in applying pressures on an Indian Government, which bends backwards to pressures from Pakistan and China. Given our recent track record, the Americans would not be wrong in such an assessment, though they are themselves given to imposing exorbitant countervailing duties, with many of their State Governments giving preferences to domestic products.

Tehran is mistaken if it believes that the best way to express its displeasure over New Delhi's decision to reduce Iranian oil imports is to detain an Indian stateowned ship carrying Iraqi oil, on specious grounds. Such a misstep will only jeopardise its relations with India. It may be a show of strength for Tehran which is losing its oil markets in India, it has been displaced by Iraq as the second biggest oil supplier after Saudi Arabia but around the globe, the incident is being red-flagged as Iran making good on earlier threats to disrupt the crucial Strait of Hormuz through which much of the world's oil is shipped. On Wednesday night, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps detained MT Desh Shanti while in international waters, on the ground that it was polluting Iranian waters. The ship has been accused of deliberately dumping oil, but that does not justify Tehrans harsh response to the incident. This has expectedly flabbergasted New Delhi, which has consistently sought to accommodate Iranian concerns. India has resisted enormous pressure from the US and the EU in recent years to cut down on Iranian oil imports, and in the process, been threatened with sanctions itself. Even after new sanctions have made it near impossible to buy Iranian oil using US dollars, New Delhi has continued with its purchases by paying in Indian rupees. Iran now uses these rupees to buy Indian goods. Sure, this deal is beneficial to India too as it reduces the burden on our international balance of payments while creating an additional market for Indian products, but it also supports the Iranian economy. In fact, only earlier this week, New Delhi announced its plans to buy more Iranian crude, while keeping within the sanctions regime, to boost the beleaguered Iranian economy. Against this backdrop, Iran's attempt to bully India in the Persian Gulf is shocking even if it is driven by Tehran's growing anxiousness about the forever tightening sanctions regime. Most recently, the US House of Representatives passed a Bill limiting President Barack Obama's ability to issue waivers to countries, such as India, that continue to purchase Iranian oil, even if at reduced quantities. If endorsed by the Senate, it will effectively eliminate all Iranian oil exports. But it is precisely in situations such as these that the Iranian regime needs to work with its partners instead of seeking to antagonise them. Iran often refers to India as a friend. This is no way for Tehran to treat a friend.

KILL CHICKENS TO SCARE AWAY THE MONKEYS

CLAUDE ARPI
One cannot expect Indian politicians to really understand the subtleties of the Art of War and Peace, but if they learn a bit from China, it would help New Delhi to not always be the loser August 15, 1947, is the birthday of free India. It marks for her the end of an old era, the beginning of a new age. But we can also make it by our life and acts as a free nation an important date in a new age opening for the whole world, for the political, social, cultural and spiritual future of humanity, wrote Sri Aurobindo in a message for All India Radio; it was also his 75th birthday. Where are we at today? While Sri Aurobindo and many others envisaged a leading role for India, it appears that India is today in reverse gear in many domains such as public probity, sustainable development, gender equality, politics, etc. A Minister of Uttar Pradesh recently suggested that India does not need IAS babus, but it could also be argued that India would be better without the politicians who only serve their caste, their creed, their political constituency and their pockets. Not only this, but when five Indians jawans were recently killed on the Line of Control, several Ministers seemed to condole Pakistan, speaking about peace, talks or forthcoming visit. Senior analyst MD Nalapat wrote in The Guardian: Senior commanders in the India-Pakistan battlefield say that the rules of engagement enforced by the Prime Ministers Office are the cause of the multiplying number of deaths of Indian soldiers at the hands of the Pakistan Army. He quotes an Army officer as saying: unless the Army is given the freedom to act against provocations, more of our soldiers will pay the ultimate price. Not only are the bureaucrats in the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of External Affairs directing the operations (we have seen the outcome of this policy in October/November 1962), but also politicians are preaching peace. Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor, while visiting south India, said that keeping peace with Pakistan is in Indias national interest; he affirmed: The country will not be able to achieve its goals if it is distracted by hostility on its borders. It may be a distraction, but five jawans died. For Mr Tharoor, as for many of his colleagues, We should be careful not to take any steps that would play into the hands of those aiming to derail peace. This is an old disease: Most Indian politicians believe that by chanting Shanti, shanti, shanti, peace will prevail and the bullies on the other side of the LoC (or the Line of Actual Control) will be pacified. Jawharlal Nehru thought so but he only encouraged Mao and his colleagues to descend towards the plains of Assam. For the Chinese, it was easy to bully a weak India, who just wanted to talk peace and was unprepared for war. The country has never recovered from the 1962 debacle, but politicians continue to speak of peace. It must be said here that the Gujral Doctrine of peace with our neighbours has never brought any positive results for the country. In this context is interesting to look at the how Chinese deal with such issues, and win wars without having to fight. Beijing has a few welltrained Generals, who make Chinas opponents aware of the relativity of peace and war. The most famous is Major General Luo Yuan. He plays an important role when the Chinese Government needs to kill the chickens to frighten the monkeys. During the South China Sea dispute, a Chinese website explained: At the top of both the military and the Party, there is a consensus that it is beneficial to have a hardline attack dog reminding the world not to mess with the PRC. The logic was: Official-ish voices, those of like Gen Luo and other hawkish paramilitary figures (one of them is an Air Force officer and another a Rear Admiral), add a layer of unpredictability to Chinas foreign policy. When Defence Minister AK Antony landed in Beijing in July, Gen Luo warned Delhi that it should be careful with its words and deeds; he threatened: India is the only country in the world enhancing its military prowess while citing China as a threat perception. He also thundered: India should not provoke new problems, increase military deployment at the border areas and stir up new problems. Gen Luo, who serves in the PLAs Academy of Military Sciences, reminded the Indian people: 90,000 square kilometres of Chinese territory are still occupied by the Indian side. He added that as a military person, it was his sacred mission to protect Chinas territorial sovereignty. Get the message? It was enough to frighten some monkeys; Luo Yuans utterances were a great media success in India, with television channels reporting Chinas threat. Gen Luo had destabilised Indias mild Defence Minister and made sure that Mr Antony did not ask too many questions about what happened in the Depsang plain in Ladakh in April, and why the PLA had suddenly decided to set up some tents on Indian territory. Obviously Beijing had been deeply embarrassed. Now that the joker had played his role on the stage, the main characters could continue on their peacefooting (Mr Antony said that he would only speak to officials). In February, Gen Luo had made his debut on Sina Weibo, Chinas Twitter; he wrote that if a conflict erupted, China will bomb Tokyo and take the 130 thousand Japanese citizens in China as hostages. During the following days, General Luo continued his tirade to entertain his Chinese audience and frighten the monkeys abroad. Andrew Chubb in the last issue of the China Brief of the Jamestown Foundation has studied the PLA hawks: The hawkish generals are able to stimulate nationalism and patriotism inside China which is an important factor to pressurize the enemy or even scare the enemy that it is better to find a negotiated settlement, concluding, The hawks activities may have contributed to the Philippines and Japans acceptance of the new status quo in a number of ways The PLAs hawkish faction appear integral to this combined civil-military approach to international conflict. The PLA hawks are part of the states propaganda machinery and in that particular case, they helped Beijings civilian leadership to convince the Japanese Government not to oppose their frequent entries into the territorial waters surrounding the Islands. Great tactic. Beijings policy remains, of course, the peaceful rise of China. One cannot expect Indian politicians to understand the subtleties of the Art of War and Peace, but if they learn a bit from China, it would help India not to always be the loser. It is perhaps time for India to change gear if it wants to play its destined role amongst nations.

Is India a soft state

Dear Editor, The unprovoked killing of five Indian soldiers on the LoC by Pakistan's Special Forces last week has shocked the nation. It is no surprise that India is being accused of being a soft state. But this is incorrect. India may not be an aggressive state. It is a flexible state with a survival instinct. The present situation requires a nuanced approach, not a simplistic one. We need to make the world community recognise and acknowledge that Pakistan is a terrorist state. Yours Etc, Rajesh Verma Hiranagar

READER SPACE

6.qxd 8/23/2013 7:20 PM Page 1

STUDENT AGE THURSDAY, AUGUST 08, 2013

NATIONAL

Manish Tewari slams Gujarat govt after Mehta declines Lokayukta post
NEW DELHI, AUG 07: I&B minister Manish Tewari on Wednesday hit out at the Narendra Modi government after Justice(retd) R A Mehta refused to join as Gujarat Lokayukta, saying the incident had shown what respect the state government had for democratic institutions. "If the Lokayukta, who is supposed to act as a watchdog on the affairs of the state, is so convinced that the entire intent of the government would be to completely to subvert and undermine his existence, it tells the country as to what is the temperament, and what is the respect for democracy and the institutions of democracy which the Gujarat government has," Tewari said. Tewari was commenting on the decision of retired High Court judge Mehta who today declined to assume office, citing state government's long and expensive legal battle against his appointment as one of the reasons. In a letter to Governor Kamla Beniwal and Chief Justice of the High Court, Mehta blasted the Modi government for calling him "biased" and "anti-government" while opposing his appointment. "The present controversy has denigrated the office of the Lokayukta and adversely affected its credibility. The appointment has lost all the grace and dignity," he said. The Gujarat Governor had appointed Mehta as Lokayukta on August 25, 2011. However this was followed by a legal battle which lasted almost two years as state government sought to overturn his appointment and contested it till the last remedy of a curative petition in the Supreme Court was rejected.

Lokayukta issue: Congress demands apology from Narendra Modi

AHMEDABAD, AUG 07: Accusing Gujarat government of creating the situation that forced state Lokayukta Justice (retired) RA Mehta to refuse the office, Congress here demanded that Chief Minister Narendra Modi should apologise to Governor and request Mehta to change his decision. After Mehta's letter withdrawing his consent for appointment as Lokayukta became public, state Congress said in a statement this afternoon that Modi government was "suffocating" Constitutional institutions and "murdering" the democratic traditions. "This government is determined to prevent neutral people from working, and brands them as anti-government. Chief Minister Narendra Modi should apologise to the Governor and should invite Justice Mehta to assume the Lokayukta office," Gujarat Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia said. Claiming that there was a "Constitutional break-down" in the state, Modhwadia said in the statement that Parliament should discuss this issue and pass necessary guidelines. Terming Justice Mehta's letter as "a slap" for Modi government, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and senior Congressman Shankarsinh Vaghela said, "To save itself from large-scale corruption scandals, BJP government has adopted all kinds of tactics and created such a situation

Protests against unfinished rail projects in north India

GUWAHATI/AGARTALA, AUG 07: Over 5,000 DYFI members, demanding early completion of delayed railway projects in the northeastern region, staged a demonstration at the NFR headquarters at Maligaon Wednesday. Earlier, they took out a rally through different areas of Guwahati city. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Rajya Sabha member Jharna Das Baidya and party leader Uddhab Barman led the rally and demonstration. The agitators submitted a memorandum to the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) General Manager R.S. Virdi. "We shall intensify our stir to force the NFR authorities to complete the railway projects at the earliest," DYFI Tripura unit president Tapas Datta said. He said over 500 DYFI (Democratic Youth Federation of India) and TYF (Tribal Youth Federation) activists, accompanied by artists and singers, arrived in Guwahati Tuesday night by bus after travelling 600 km from Agartala. The activists had earlier planned to take a train but changed their plan in view of the violent situation in different parts of Assam over statehood-related protests. Both DYFI and TYF are the youth wings of CPI-M. DYFI Secretary Amal Chakraborty said: "Paucity of funds has held up many railway projects, including those declared national projects by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

in which Constitutional institution would suffocate and stop functioning. "State government has tried its best to pressurise and applied mental torture on Justice Mehta so that he could not hold the office....If the government has any shame left, it should complete the remaining

process of Lokayukta appointment and apologise to the Governor." While former Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil said, "It is very difficult to expect morality from the government which had spent more then Rs 45 crore to prevent Lokayukta from assuming office.

Chhattisgarh bank scam accused denies Ishrat Jahan case: Gujarat HC rejects Tarun Gogoi meets Bodo leaders PP Pandey's advanced bail plea bribing Raman Singh, BJP ministers
RAIPUR, AUG 07: An accused in a multi-crore cooperative bank scam on Tuesday did a U-turn on his statement that he had paid bribe to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and some ministers of his Cabinet, prompting Congress to allege that the retraction is made under duress. Umesh Sinha, the then manager of Indira Priyadarshini Mahila Nagrik Sahkari Bank that went bust in 2006, said, "I have not made money transactions with anyone. I am not at all under pressure or being threatened by anyone". Sinha is currently out on bail. Opposition Congress had last month released a CD and transcripts of Sinha's narco-analysis test in which he purportedly named Raman Singh and four ministers as beneficiaries in the scam. The BJP had already denied the allegations. "I was in sub-conscious state during narco analysis and I don't know anything I had spoken at that time," he said. When asked about his whereabouts after revelation of transcripts of the test by Congress, he said he was visiting places of pilgrimage. Unfazed by Sinha's retraction, Congress said it was apparent that he is under pressure to do U-turn on the confession. "Sinha was missing for last two weeks. Now, he has surfaced suddenly and is denying all charges which he had himself made in narco test. It seems he is under pressure," said senior party leader Satyanarayan Sharma. Sharma also dared ruling BJP government to come up with the CD of Sinha's narco analysis and file a defamation suit if it feels that Congress levelled baseless allegations. The CD and transcripts of the narco-analysis showed Sinha as saying that he paid Rs 1 crore each to Raman Singh and ministers Brijmohan Agrawal, Amar Agrawal, Ramvichar Netam and Rajesh Munat after the bank went bust. Sinha had also admitted that he paid money to the ruling party politicians at the behest of the then chairperson of the bank Rita Tiwari. Tiwari had, however, denied the charge. Congress has been demanding resignation of the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues named by Sinha over the issue. AHMEDABAD, AUG 07: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday rejected ADGP P P Pandey's application challenging the order of special CBI court, which had rejected his anticipatory bail plea and declined to offer further protection from arrest by the CBI in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. A single judge bench comprising Justice AJ Desai rejected Pandey's application challenging the order of special CBI court, which had yesterday rejected his anticipatory bail application on the ground that investigation in the case is pending and at a crucial juncture. Justice Desai also declined to offer further protection from arrest by CBI. Earlier, Pandey's counsel Nirupam Nanavati argued that the senior IPS officer cannot be declared a proclaimed offender as he has complied with the orders of the Supreme Court. "The stigma attached to conduct of my client, may not disappear, but stands diluted as I've complied with the orders of the Supreme Court," Nanavati argued. Nanavati further said that the role assigned to Pandey in the FIR filed by the CBI and the subsequent charge sheet does not in any way suggest he was present at the time of the encounter at the place of the encounter, nor does he know anything about the encounter. Nanavati asked "Why does CBI want to arrest Pandey? Why do you require Pandey's custodial interrogation when charge sheet has been filed, evidences collected and statements of witnesses recorded?" "CBI is anxious to arrest my client, it is chasing him, to elicit a desired, tailored statement," Nanavati argued, challenging the order of the special CBI judge. The Gujarat High Court had earlier restrained the CBI from arresting the senior IPS officer till August 06. The 1982-batch IPS officer was Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Ahmedabad, when Ishrat Jahan and her three associates were eliminated in stage shootout. The Mumbai college girl and her three associates - Javed Pranesh Gopinath Pilai, Amjad Ali and Jishan Johar - were killed by the Gujarat Police on June 15, 2004. Initially, the investigation into the killing was carried out by the Gujarat Police which had filed a closure report, claiming Ishrat Jahan and the others were terrorists who came from Jammu and Kashmir to assassinate Chief Minister Narendra Modi. On the plea by Ishrat Jahaan's mother Shamima Kausar, the Gujarat High Court entrusted investigation to a Special Investigation Team. However, on another plea by Pillai's father, Gopinath Pillai, the high court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the investigation. According to the CBI chargesheet, the encounter was fake.

GUWAHATI, AUG 07: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday night held separate meetings with leaders of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and Bodo National Conference (BNC) and discussed their issues and demands. To their request for arranging a meeting with the Centre, Gogoi assured them that he would make all efforts towards to that end, said official sources. Gogoi told ABSU and BNC that he would be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on August 11 and would request him to meet them. ABSU was represented by its vice-president Jibon Basumatary and general secretary Romeo P Narzary while BNC delegation included its chief convener Kampha Borgiary, convenors Anjali Daimary and Biseswar Basumatary. Member of Parliament S K Bwismuthiary, leaders of 26 organisations under the BNC, Assam minister Chandan Brahma, Chief Secretary P P Verma and other ministers were present in the meeting, the sources added. ABSU and several other Bodo organisations are agitating for a separate Bodoland state on the lines of Telengana.

Bodo leaders meet PM Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI, AUG 07: A delegation of Bodo leaders on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here, demanding creation of a separate Bodoland state and claimed the prime minister assured it of starting a discussion on the issue at the highest political level. "He gave us a patient hearing and told us at the highest political level discussion will start very soon. He will entrust Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for this," Lok Saba MP Sansuma Khungur Bwiswmuthiary, who was part of the Bodoland People's Front delegation, told reporters outside Parliament. The leaders submitted a memorandum to Singh and hoped the UPA leadership will take a "positive" political decision for creation of Bodoland on the lines of Telengana. Bwiswmuthiary also said they would be meeting Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. The demand for Bodoland gained ground following the decision of the UPA government for creation of Telengana.

Minor girl raped in Assam

JORHAT, AUG 07: An 11year-old girl was raped allegedly by a teenager on the pretext of showing her a movie on his mobile phone at Nagabat in Assam's Jorhat district. Ajoy Tamuli (19) from Chenijan area of Nagabat told the Class V student that he would show her a film on his mobile phone when she was on her way for tuition yesterday and took her behind the school building and allegedly raped her, police sources said. The victim narrated her plight to her parents after reaching home, the sources said. The father of the victim alleged that the police did not take prompt action enabling the alleged rapist to flee. Local people caught Tamuli this evening and handed him over to the police, the sources said. The in-charge of Nagabat outpost was later suspended by Jorhat Superintendent of Police Sunjukta Parasor for negligence of duty, they said.

HC says no to CBI probe sought over clean chit to Bishnoi Curfew relaxed in Karbi Anglong, bandhs end in lower Assam
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today refused to direct CBI to probe into alleged malpractice due to which IPS officer K L Bishnoi cleared his LLB exam without appearing for practicals and also against other policemen who had conducted an inquiry and gave a clean chit to him. A division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and S B Shukre was hearing a petition filed by Chitra Salunkhe, former vice principal of Siddarth Law College, seeking a CBI probe against Bishnoi and other IPS officers for allegedly shielding him. The DGP gave a clean chit to all the officers but recommended advisory note to be issued to two of them for non-application of mind and casual approach while dealing with complaints filed by Salunkhe against Bishnoi. However, soon after the report was submitted, Salunkhe sought CBI inquiry alleging that the DGP inquiry was just an "eyewash". The court today, however, observed that the inquiry conducted by the former DGP was not dis satisfactory. "We do not find any substance in the allegations of the petitioner. We found nothing in the report which would warrant us to direct for CBI investigation," Justice Dharmadhikari said. The court further held that it does not find the DGP inquiry report "perverse or erroneous in law" and hence to falsify it at this stage was unwarranted. According to Salunkhe, Bishnoi had cleared his final year LLB examination with the help of then acting principal I A Inamdar, without appearing for the practical examination held on March 12, 2005. On Salunkhe's complaint, seven IPS officers had conducted an inquiry into the matter. After Bishnoi was given a clean chit, Salunkhe approached the high court seeking action against the senior cops for submitting "false" reports. Besides Maria, the other officers who faced inquiry were Additional Director Generals of Police Pankaj Gupta and Mohan Rathod, Additional Commissioner of Police Sanjay Saxena and three Deputy Commissioners of Police Naval Bajaj, Brijesh Singh and Vishwas Nangre-Patil. DIPHU/KOKRAJHAR, AUG 07: With no fresh incident reported, curfew was relaxed in strife-hit Karbi Anglong district, while the three bandhs in lower Assam ended on Wednesday after affecting normal life for two days. As Karbi Anglong was slowly limping back to normalcy with no fresh violence reported over the demand for a separate Karbi state on the lines of Telangana, the district administration relaxed curfew in the headquarters town of Diphu from 6 AM to 6 PM, official sources said. In the Hamreng police district, the curfew was relaxed for six hours from 10 AM, the sources said. Meanwhile, the three bandhs called in Lower Assam districts of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Baksa, Dhubri and Goalpara for separate states of Bodoland and Kamtapur since August 5 ended at 6 AM this morning, the sources said. The All Bodo Students' Union curtailed its 60-hour statewide bandh to 48 hours and the All Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union shortened its 36-hour shut down to 31 hours in view of Eid. The United Peoples' Democratic Forum suspended its 1500-hour bandh from this morning in view of NDFB leaders having talks with the union government on their demands. The bandhs had brought life to a standstill in the lower Assam districts with bandh supporters blocking National Highyway 31 at several places affecting movement of traffic, the sources said. All educational institutions, markets, offices and business establishments remained closed during the bandh while vehicles were off the roads. Karbi Anglong saw eruption of violence on July 31 over the statehood issue with government property and offices set ablaze across the hill district and police resorting to firing in several places with two people being killed.

Jundal files bail application in Mumbai court

MUMBAI, AUG 07: Alleged Laskkar-e-Toaiba operative and key plotter of 26/11 terror strikes, Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, on Wednesday filed a bail application here saying that though he has been in jail for one year, the trial is yet to start. "The respondent (state) is deliberately delaying the court proceeding and hence prolonging the trial with mala-fide intentions," said the bail application, filed by his lawyer advocate Ejaz Naqvi in the Sessions Court here. It further says that he is innocent and has been framed up. The application will come up for hearing next week. Jundal, a native of Beed district of Maharashtra, was deported from Saudi Arabia in June 2012. According to Mumbai police's Crime Branch, he was one of the key conspirators of Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008 which left 166 dead and many more injured. As per the Crime Branch's chargesheet, after fleeing Maharashtra in May 2006, Jundal entered Bangladesh and went to Pakistan. In Maharashtra, he is also accused of involvement in 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, 2010 German Bakery blast in Pune, and Nashik police academy attack conspiracy.

Bombay HC confirms life sentence to four in dowry

MUMBAI, AUG 07: Relying on circumstantial evidence, the Bombay High Court has confirmed life sentence awarded to a man and three members of his family for killing the former's wife and dumping her body into a well. Disposing of their appeals, Justices P D Kode and Vijaya Tahilramani also found the appellants -- Anil Nulle, his parents Appasaheb and Indubai and married sister Geeta Patil -- guilty of subjecting the victim to cruelty. The judges upheld their two-year sentence on this count. The judges, in a recent order, further found the appellants guilty of hiding evidence and sentenced them to three years' imprisonment on this count. All the sentences would run concurrently. According to prosecution, Anil married Laxmi in 2001 at Hupari in Ganganagar area of Kolhapur district. However, after one year of marriage, Laxmi was harassed for dowry. She was asked to bring from her parents gold ornaments and Rs 25,000 spent on her delivery. Laxmi's sister-in-law allegedly instigated other family members to demand dowry.

Stray dogs found eating abandoned newborn girl's body TADA court to resume trial against Salem in 1993 blasts case YAVATMAL, AUG 07: ately sent for post-mortem,"
MUMBAI, AUG 07: Two days after Supreme Court ruled that extradition of Abu Salem to India is still valid, a special TADA court here on Wednesday asked prosecution and defence advocates to proceed with the trial against the gangster in the 1993 serial blasts case. Special court judge G A Sanap yesterday issued summons to Salem and accordingly he was produced before the court today. The judge told the prosecution and defence advocates to go ahead with the trial since the stay on it is vacated following the apex court order. The case is now adjourned till next week when the court would decide on further course of action. Salem, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, after a prolonged legal battle. The Supreme Court of Portugal had last year dismissed an appeal of CBI challenging termination of extradition of the underworld don. In its recent order, the apex court said Salem's extradition was still valid despite its termination by Portugal's Constitutional Court apparently for violation of the agreement conditions. Salem was shot at and injured allegedly after gangster Devendra Jagtap alias JD, an accused in the murder of advocate Shahid Azmi, fired at him in Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai on June 27. Earlier, Salem's lawyers had said they would move the European Union seeking execution of the order cancelling his extradition to India issued by the Portuguese Constitutional Court Stray dogs were found gnawing at the body of an abandoned newborn girl on the government medical college premises here, a senior official said here on Wednesday. "On Sunday evening, some people noticed that some stray dogs were eating the body of the newborn girl on the college premises. The mutilated body was recovered from the spot and immediMedical Superintendent Dr Kishor Ingole said. He said that they were clueless about who dumped the body of the infant on the college premises. "Somebody from outside must have dumped the deceased girl on the hospital premises. The campus is spread over 120 hectares and hence it is difficult to keep a tab on the visitors," Ingole said.

7.qxd 8/23/2013 7:19 PM Page 1

STUDENT AGE TUESAY, AUGUST 08, 2013

INTERNATIONAL & ECONOMY

JAPAN SAYS BATTLE TO STOP NUCLEAR PLANT LEAKS 'URGENT'

TOKYO, AUG 07: Japan's prime minister on Wednesday said Tokyo would get more involved in cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, as he described as "urgent" a battle to stop radioactive water from leaking into the ocean. The government's more prominent role comes as critics slam plant operator Tokyo Electric Power and its handling of the more than two-year-old atomic crisis, the worst nuclear accident in a generation. The embattled utility -- kept afloat by a government bail out -- last month admitted for the first time that radioactive groundwater had been leaking outside the plant, confirming long-held suspicions of ocean contamination from its shattered reactors. It has since said tainted water has been escaping into the Pacific for more than two years. Today, an official at Japan's industry ministry said Tokyo estimates a whopping 300 tonnes of contaminated water from a newly discovered leak site may be seeping into the ocean. "But we're not certain if the water is highly contaminated," he added. The damage from toxic water leaks at Fukushima remains a key question mark. However, they have triggered fresh worries over the plant's precarious state and TEPCO's ability to deal with a growing list of problems after its reactors were swamped by a tsunami in March 2011, sending them into meltdown. The company has also faced widespread criticism over its lack of transparency in making critical information public since the disaster. Today, premier Shinzo Abe said his government would beef up efforts to help with the expected decades-long clean up, which has largely been left to TEPCO to handle. "Stabilising the Fukushima plant is our challenge," Abe said at a meeting of the government's disaster task force. "In particular, the contaminated water is an urgent issue which has generated a great deal of public attention." Abe -- whose Liberal Democratic Party wants to restart the country's switched-off reactors if their safety can be assured -- said the clean-up would no longer be left to TEPCO alone. He also called for "swift and steady measures" on the toxic water issue. Tokyo would now help foot the bill, Abe said, the first time that it has committed extra funds to deal with the growing problem. The vast utility is already facing billions of dollars in clean-up and compensation costs over the accident. TEPCO had previously reported rising levels of cancer-causing materials in groundwater samples at Fukushima. But until last month, the company had insisted it had halted toxic water from leaking beyond its borders. In May, Tokyo ordered the company to build new barriers to contain the massive amounts of water which are used to keep the reactors cool, a measure that could cost up to 40 billion yen (USD 410 million). There are growing fears that existing safeguards would soon be overwhelmed, as TEPCO scrambles to find ways to store the water. "The worsening leaks of contaminated water at the Fukushima nuclear plant prove TEPCO is incapable of dealing with the disaster," Greenpeace said in a statement yesterday. "Japan's authorities must now step in and ensure action is finally taken to stop the leaks," it added.

Island shared by China and Russia may be submerged

BEIJING, AUG 07: An island shared by China and Russia may get submerged in the next 10 days due to continuous downpours and water discharges from a reservoir along their border, officials said. The water level around Heixiazi Island is expected to submerge the whole land mass of 335-square-km, which has an average altitude of 37 meters above sea level, an official from the flood control and drought relief headquarters in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province said. China and Russia ended a century-long dispute over the island in 2008, known as Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island in Russia, and held a border redrawing ceremony declaring each side owned half of the landmass, which is located at the confluence of the Heilongjiang River, known as the Amur River in Russia, and the Ussuri River. Heavy rain has hit the area since July, leaving floodwater from tributaries to flow into the Heilongjiang River, staterun Xinhua news agency reported. A reservoir along the Zeya River in Russian territory, a major tributary of the Heilongjiang River, has discharged floodwater, said the official. Meanwhile, thanks to the unusually high water levels, Jiamusi Port along the Songhuajiang River, also a tributary of the Heilongjiang River, has become accessible to ships carrying much bigger loads than ever before. A Russian ship loaded with 3,000 tonnes of timber was able to reach the port today morning, said Xu Yanchun, of Jiamusi City's marine affairs bureau. Previously, such timber loads had to be distributed among smaller ships of 600 tonnes capacity due to the lower water levels.

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

WASHINGTON, AUG 07: An Indian-origin former programming manager at Microsoft's corporate headquarters here has been charged with raping a female janitor at his office. Vineet Kumar Srivastava, 36, allegedly called the woman into his Redmond, Washington, office late at night on the sprawling grounds of the software company on July 22. He then shoved off her blouse, according to court documents. The senior manager then showed the woman pornographic images on his cellphone, blocked her from leaving and grabbed her, New York Daily reported citing the documents. Srivastava pushed the screaming woman to the ground and raped her for several minutes, authorities said. He was arrested on July 26 at his office, Redmond Police spokesman Jim Bove said yesterday. The suspect told officers the cleaning woman had forced him to have sex. He also said he was afraid of her, but had gone to his car for a condom. He was freed July 27 on USD 75,000 bail. His arraignment is expected to be scheduled later this month, the paper said. A Microsoft spokesperson said Srivastava had been fired by the company. According to the court documents, the woman told police she had reported the alleged assault to a male supervisor, who discounted her claim

62 Syrian rebels killed in Army ambush near Damascus

BEIRUT, AUG 07: Sixtytwo rebel fighters were killed in a Syrian army ambush at dawn on Wednesday near the town of Adra, east of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group opposed to President Bashar alAssad, said. The state news agency SANA did not give a death toll for the ambush but said the rebels were from the al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. It said all the rebels were killed and machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades confiscated. SANA said the "terrorists" included non-Syrians and the Observatory said that eight rebels were still unaccounted for after the attack, which happened west of an industrial area east of Adra. Assad's forces have been on the offensive around Damascus after rebels pushed into towns and suburbs on the outskirts of the capital last year. Adra is in the Eastern Ghouta region, which has been besieged by the army for months. More than 100,000 people have died in Syria's civil war and millions have been displaced.Protesters took to the streets in March 2011 to call for democratic reforms but were fired on by security forces, leading to an armed uprising. The army has made efforts to secure the capital and its links to the western coast while the rebels have overrun much of the north and east.

Japan launches biggest warship, China annoyed

BEIJING, AUG 07: The launch of Japan's largest warship since World War II has evoked a strong reaction from China, which on Wednesday expressed concern over Tokyo's "constant expansion" of its military capabilities. Analysts quoted by the Chinese state-run media described the Japanese vessel as a "defacto aircraft carrier" with a potential to target Beijing's newly built aircraft carrier Liaoning. China called on Japan to abide by its policy of peaceful development and warned against its military expansion hours after Tokyo put the helicopter carrier for sea-trials on the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, official media here reported. "We are concerned over Japan's constant expansion of its military equipment," state-run Global Times quoted the Chinese defence ministry as saying. "Japan's Asian neighbours and the international community need to be highly vigilant about this trend. "Japan should learn from history, adhere to its policy of self-defence and abide by its promise to take the road of peaceful development," it said. "The launch of the new warship, a de facto aircraft carrier, without the approval of the Japanese Diet is an effort by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to break the limits of its peaceful constitution," Liu Jiangyong, deputy head of the Institute of Modern International Relations at Tsinghua University, told Global Times. Japan launched the country's new-generation 22DDH-class helicopter carrier in Yokohama yesterday. With a length of 248 meters, the USD 1.14 billion carrier, named Izumo, has a displacement of 27,000 tons, with its flight deck being able to carry up to 14 antisubmarine helicopters. The Izumo, scheduled to enter service in March 2015, is the third helicopter carrier to be used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The new warship marks a major improvement in size and capability as it is almost 50 per cent larger than the current Hyuga-class carriers, the Global Times said in its report. Japanese Defence Ministry said the Japan built carrier could play a major role in disaster and rescue missions, as well as defending sea lanes and sovereignty claims. The launch coincided with intensification of China-Japan spat over the disputed islands called Daioyu islands by China and Senkakus by Japan in the East China Sea. Ships from both sides currently are aggressively patrolling the islets waters to ascertain their claims . "Tokyo wanted to use such an established fact to tell the Japanese public that Japan's constitution has in reality been revised," he said.

China issues record anti-trust fines to baby formula firms

BEIJING, AUG 07: China has issued record fines of 670 million yuan ($108 million) to six baby formula companies following an anti-trust probe, the country's top economic planner announced Wednesday. The six companies are Biostime, Mead Johnson, Dumex, Abbott, Friesland and Fonterra, said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), reported Xinhua. Biostime was fined 163 million yuan, or six percent of its sales revenue in 2012, as it "seriously violated the anti-monopoly law and failed to actively take corrective action", said Xu Kunlin, chief of the price department of the NDRC. Mead Johnson was fined 204 million yuan, or four percent of its revenue last year, because it "did not actively cooperate with the investigation but did take active selfrectification measures". Dumex, Abbott, Friesland and Fonterra each received a fine equal to three percent of their 2012 revenue. They were fined 172 million yuan, 77 million yuan, 48 million yuan and 4 million yuan, respectively.

ECONOMY

TOP GAINERS BSE

BHARTI AIR DRREDDYSLA HINDALCO WIPRO BHEL 344.90 2282.55 90.15 437.30 158.25 +7.30% +4.73% +4.34% +4.18% +3.67%

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

COAL BLOCK AUCTION IN TWO MONTHS: JAISWAL

KOLKATA, AUG 07: Union Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Wednesday said the coal block auction is likely to be held in the next two months. "Auction will happen in two months," Jaiswal said on the sidelines of an interactive session at the MCC Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Ministry officials said the number of blocks to be put on auction were yet to be finalised. According to reports, at least four blocks were expected to be put on auction in the first phase. The Coal ministry has started groundwork to auction coal blocks after receiving provisional clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. It was learnt that the Environment ministry issued a 'comfort letter', which gave provisional green clearance for the coal blocks, but without guarantee for them. The Coal ministry had approached the Environment and Forests ministry for preliminary clearances to secure fair price for the blocks at the auction. Jaiswal said along with coal blocks some lignite blocks would also be auctioned. The blocks would be offered to companies belonging to the same states in which they were situated. Meanwhile, the underground coal gasification policy was expected soon. Underground coal gasification is a method of converting coal, still in the ground, into a combustible gas that can be used for various uses, including power generation.

TOP GAINERS NSE

BHARTI AIR 344.50 DRREDDYSLA 2281.20 HINDALCO 90.10 BPCL 323.75 BHEL 158.30 +7.29% +4.77% +4.16% +4.00% +3.77%

TOP LOSERS BSE

NTPC HDFC BANK ITC LTD HIND.UNILE ICICI BANK 130.60 609.70 341.65 613.45 909.30 -5.33% -2.54% -2.52% -1.97% -1.86%
NEW DELHI, AUG 07: Gross direct tax collections rose 13.27 percent to Rs 1.57 lakh crore in the April-July period. The collections had totalled Rs 1.38 lakh crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Gross collection of corporate taxes increased 9.75 percent to Rs 92,115 crore in April-July from Rs 83,932 crore a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Gross collection of personal income tax was up 19.32 percent to Rs 63,583 crore in the first four months of the fiscal compared with Rs 53,289 crore in the period a year ago. Net direct tax collections rose 10.37 percent to Rs 1,16,645 crore during April-July as against Rs 1,05,684 crore year-onyear, according to the statement. Securities Transaction Tax or STT mop-up stands at Rs 1,267 crore. Wealth tax collection posted a growth of 38.62 percent to Rs 201 crore from Rs 145 crore. The government has fixed a direct tax collection target of over Rs 6.68 lakh crore for the current fiscal, a growth of 19 percent from Rs 5.65 lakh crore in the previous fiscal.

Montek sees 5.5% growth this fiscal

NEW DELHI, AUG 07: Pinning hopes on higher farm growth in view of good monsoon spell, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday said the economy is likely to grow at 5.5 percent this financial year. "It will be a good year for agriculture but there is no evidence yet of significant turnaround in industry. I guess that somewhere better, good outcome for India will be that India will better than last year, better than 5 percent, may be 5.5 percent (this fiscal)," Ahluwalia told reporters. The government has initially projected a growth rate of 6.5 percent for the current fiscal, but has lowered it in view of global and domestic factors. RBI recently in its quarterly review has scaled down the growth projection for the current fiscal to 5.5 percent from its earlier estimate of 5.7 per-

TOP LOSERS NSE

DLF AXIS BANK NTPC JAIPRAK AS POWER GRID 149.80 1034.55 130.70 36.15 101.10 -6.43% -5.35% -5.08% -4.24% -4.22%

MCX
SOYMEAL INDR 3334.00 +5.01% GUAR GUM 14410.00+4.59% NICKEL NICKEL MINI 829.20 +3.19% 829.20 +3.19%

Govt raises textiles export target to $43 bn for FY'14

NEW DELHI, AUG 07: The government on Wednesday said it has raised the textiles export target to USD 43 billion for the current fiscal, from USD 36 billion set earlier. "In July 2013, the government has raised the annual export target of textiles from USD 36 billion to USD 43 billion following discussions with textiles export promotion councils against the backdrop of rupee depreciation and strong industry performance," Minister of State for Textiles Panabaaka Lakshmi said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. The US and Europe account for over 65 percent of India's total textiles exports.Last fiscal, textiles exports stood at USD 34 billion. Asked if government has proposed to allow women to work in night shifts in apparel units, Lakshmi said: "The Textiles Ministry has mooted a proposal for amendments in Factories Act 1948, seeking amendments in Section 59 - Extra Wages for Overtime and Section 64 - Power to Make Exempting Rules to provide for Over Time Wages at the rate of oneone quarter times of the regular rate and that the cap for 50 hours a quarter should be removed for textiles sector."In 2007, the High-Level Committee on Ma nu fa c tur ing Competitiveness considered amendments in labour laws for enhancing competitiveness of textiles industry, she said. In 2005, the Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2005 seeking amendments under Section 66 of the Factories Act was introduced in Parliament on August 16, 2005. "However, amendments under the Factories Act of 1948 were not be undertaken," Lakshmi said.

cent and asked the government to undertake policy measures to improve investment climate. The RBI in its annual policy in May had projected the economy would grow at 5.7 percent. The country's economic growth hit a decade low of 5 percent in the last fiscal on account of poor performance in the farm, manufacturing and mining sectors.

Last month, the Asian Development Bank lowered its growth projection for India to 5.8 percent in calendar 2013 from 6 percent estimated earlier, citing the slow progress of economic reforms. International Monetary Fund outlook projects India's economic growth at 5.6 percent this year

India expressed concerns over US Immigration Reforms Bill

NEW DELHI, AUG 07: India has raised its "strong" concerns over the US' proposed Immigration Reforms Bill saying that it would adversely impact domestic IT industry, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. The issues came up for discussion during the recent visit of Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma to the US. In meetings with US Trade Representative, US Commerce Secretary and other representatives of industry and business, Sharma has "expressed India's strong concerns over the proposed US Immigration Reforms Bill and its adverse impact on the Indian IT industry". In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Sharma said that he has conveyed that the temporary movement of skilled professionals should not be equated with immigration. He said that no agreement was proposed by the Indian government as the bill is pending before the US Congress. The bill, which was passed by the US Senate, and is before the House of Representatives, proposes several changes including higher visa costs and increase in wages for H-1B visa holders. If passed by the House of Representatives, the Bill will be sent to President Barack Obama for signing it into law.

NCDEX
IND 28.5 MM SESAME SEEDS SOYMEAL YELLO SOYA. 41938.00+94.80% 10634.00+74.79% 29000.00+70.59% 30500.00+65.76%

STUDENT AGE THURSDAY, AUGUST 08, 2013

MISC
foolish to try such a thing. "How stupid would I be to try and hide a nick when it could save me on an LBW appeal - like in 1st innings where hotspot showed I nicked it," he tweeted. "I am never afraid of getting out! If I nick it, I'll walk. To suggest I cheat by covering my bat with silicon infuriates me." Clarke said he could guarantee that his bat manufacturer doesn't alter bats. The 32-year-old said all batsmen used coverings on their bats but he's never heard of anything to suggest there's a way of lessening the impact of HotSpot. "I've used fibreglass facing on my bats since I got my first bat from Slazenger when I was 12," he said. "Because modern bats are pressed and are soft, you put a cover on it to protect the bat and make it last longer. "A lot of players use that. "I didn't know there was such a thing you could do to hide nicking the ball on HotSpot. I wouldn't think it would make any difference. I've never heard of anyone doing it."

Clarke denies claims of HotSpot dodging

BEN HORNE: Australian captain Michael Clarke has strongly denied his players have been using siliconebased tape on their bats to avoid detection by HotSpot technology. The ICC has dismissed a report on the Nine Network claiming the cricketing body was investigating a suggestion that England and Australian players may have been using tape on the edges of their bats to "cheat" the effectiveness of the DRS technology. The ICC have sent director of cricket operations, Geoff Allardice to Durham to meet with the coaches and captains on Thursday, ahead of the fourth Test in Durham to try to iron out some points of contention with DRS after a number of controversial moments during the Ashes. "These media reports are totally incorrect," said ICC chief executive David Richardson. "Geoff Allardice is meeting with both teams and umpires to see how we can best use the DRS and the available technology going forward in the next two Test matches. It

8 MS Dhoni hard to contact when on a holiday, says Virat

New Delhi: Star batsman Virat Kohli on Wednesday said the tips he picked up from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the West Indies proved beneficial for him while leading a young Indian team in Zimbabwe, where they inflicted a 5-0 series whitewash on the hosts. He had captained the Indian side in three One-dayers in the West Indies when Dhoni was sidelined after hurting his hamstring in the first match of the tri-nation series. "He (Dhoni) is a guy who doesn't say much. But I keep talking to him about different situations and what I could do and how should I keep myself calm in pressure situations while captaining the side. It helped me chatting to him in the West Indies when he wasn't playing and I was captaining the side. All the tips he gave me really helped me," Kohli said when asked about Dhoni's influence on him as a leader. India recorded their first-ever ODI series whitewash on the foreign soil when they trounced Zimbabwe 5-0. Kohli said he has not been able to speak to Dhoni after Zimbabwe win since Dhoni is presently enjoying a break.

has nothing to do with any players." Clarke says it's normal for players to protect their bats with things like fibreglass facing, but that it's nothing new and he's been doing it since he was 12 years old. There is nothing in the ICC rules that says players can't use tape to protect and strengthen their bats. Clarke says there is no chance any Australian player has been trying to cheat the technology. "I find the accusation quite funny. I can't talk for everybody but if it is the case, we are talking about cheating. I can tell you there is not one person in the Australian

change rooms who is a cheat," he said. "That's not the way we play cricket. "I know no one is going to the extreme of saying `put this on your bat because it will help you beat HotSpot.'" England star Kevin Pietersen has reacted angrily at being linked to the story after his controversial dismissal at Old Trafford. Pietersen was given out despite nothing showing up on HotSpot. Pietersen tweeted: "Horrible journalism yet again! My name brought up in hotspot crisis suggesting I use silicon to prevent nicks showing! Such hurtful lies."

Clarke also said he hasn't witnessed anything untoward going on with England players. The Ashes series has been marred by a number of controversial DRS decisions, mostly involving HotSpot and its failure to show up edges. The inventor of HotSpot, Warren Brennan from BBG Sports, has admitted the technology can struggle to pick up edges from fast bowling. If batsmen are trying to cover up edges, the theory appears flawed, given it could just as easily contribute to incorrect lbw dismissals where the ball has been hit first. Pietersen said he would be

Jagmohan Dalmiya: India will accept Rahul Dravid: Make spot-fixing a crime, players must fear police DRS when it's 100 per cent correct
NEW DELHI: India will accept the Decision Review System only when it becomes "foolproof," the Board of Control for Cricket in India's interim president said in an interview published on Wednesday. India was part of the firstever Test series featuring the DRS in Sri Lanka five years ago but has opposed the system of referrals to the television umpire, maintaining that it's not convinced about its accuracy. "We will accept DRS when technology is foolproof," Jagmohan Dalmiya told The Indian Express newspaper. "There's nothing in between." Dalmiya said he was not sure when the system would become perfect. "Let them come up with a system which is 100 per cent correct. They couldn't fix the Duckworth-Lewis problem in 15 years, what guarantee do we have about an errorfree DRS? The DuckworthLewis method is beyond most of the players and NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Rahul Dravid says match and spot-fixing should be made criminal offences and is sure that this would be a major deterrent for cricketers contemplating making a quick buck. The former Indian captain, who has been made a prosecution witness in allegations of spot-fixing against three of his Rajasthan Royals' teammates, feels that educating youngsters can help them keep off unscrupulous activities but adds that it may not serve the complete purpose. (Also read:Dravid says players guilty of spot-fixing have cheated selectors) "My personal belief is that education and counseling at a junior level is really important. (However) I don't think only education can work, policing it and having the right laws and ensuring that people when they indulge in this kind of activities are actually punished," Dravid told ESPNCricinfo. "People must see that there are consequences to your actions. That will create fear for people."

"When he goes away for a holiday it is very hard to contact him. I tried to message him on the phone but I couldn't reach. I guess I'll be seeing him soon and speak to him about it (Zimbabwe win)," Kohli told reporters on the sidelines of a promotional event here. Kohli also lauded left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who recently topped the ODI bowlers' chart in the ICC rankings, saying the consistency is paying off for the Saurashtra lad . "I am very very happy that he got the number one ODI bowling ranking. He has worked hard over the past few years. It is really good to see him come up the ranks as

I have played U-19 cricket with him. "I was the captain when he played with me in the U-19 World Cup. It's really good to see him grow in international cricket with all of us. I hope he keeps up the good in the future," Kohli said. Kohli feels that India A tour to South Africa will groom the players to take on bigger challenges. "Emerging Players' tournament is good for cricketers. I remember I made a comeback because of that tournament (2009 in Australia). It's a very competitive tournament. I am sure every player will give his 100 percent in the field and come out better," the Delhi cricketer said.

Sania-Zheng in second round of Rogers Cup

TORONTO: India's Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Zheng Jie advanced to the second round in a gripping tie-breaker at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament here. Zheng and Mirza defeated Natalie Grandin of South Africa and Croatia's Darija Jurak 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-2, Tuesday, reports Xinhua. After a tense one hour and 38 minutes, Zheng and Mirza edged out Grandin-Jurak 2-1 in the tiebreaker to win the match, and end the see-saw encounter. "I think we have good start, we have three-love, then we try to keep play like for first three games, but you know we had too many mistakes because we tried to make more winners, but it's very dangerous... it gave opponents chance for comeback," said Zheng. The pair started off the first set strong and quickly took the lead. But Grandin, with swift and strong groundstrokes, overtook Zheng and Mirza to make a comeback -first tying the game at 4-4, and then ultimately winning the set playing aggressively. Zheng and Mirza have had relatively little experience

administrators, let alone the common fans," he said about the prevalent system of revising targets in case of rain interruptions during limited-overs games. "I'm still trying to figure out how a team total is increased on the basis of projection. The whole process is very complicated and confusing. And rather than solving the riddle, DRS creates more confusion in its present form," said Dalmiya, a former chairman of the International Cricket Council.

Dalmiya said India was not isolated on DRS at the ICC annual conference this year. "Before going to the ICC meeting I was a bit 'iffy' as I was told by some quarters that India would be completely isolated on the DRS issue. But after I was done with my presentation on that day, there was not a single voice of protest," he added. The DRS has been under scrutiny with some contentious decisions during the past few seasons, including in the ongoing Ashes Test series in England.

Anirban Lahiri keeping it cool at Omega European Masters

British police hold man over Twitter abuse of women

LONDON: British police said today they had arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with threats made on Twitter against a woman be arrested since the allegations came to light two weeks ago. The man was arrested under anti-harassment legislation, police said.

Referring to recent action against cyclists who were accused of doping, Dravid said that effective results in the sport was achieved because of police action. "The only people those cyclists were scared of was not the testers, not the authority, they were scared of the police. You read all the articles, the only guys they were scared of was the police and going to jail. It's got to be a criminal offence," he said. While three of Dravid's colleagues -- S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan -- are in the eye of a storm for allegedly spot-fixing in this year's Indian Premier League, the 40-year-old with an immaculate career however does not wish to pass any judgment on them.

working together. They partnered up for the first time this May at the Brussels Open where they went up to the semifinals. "She's a very good doubles partner and she's an unbelievable forehand, so fast and in the baseline she's so strong, so make me chance for crash on the net, so I think we can play pretty good," Zheng said. She said they walked into the match not knowing what to expect of their opponents, who also partnered up for their first time. "Our opponents play pretty good, one girl is left hand, she's making some spin, and another one is play so fast," she said. "So for me, I feel

timing is different, so sometimes have too many mistakes." But Zheng's quick reflexes shone through as she broke up two consecutive long rallies between Mirza and Grandin with swift short strokes, taking their opponents by surprise early on in the second set. Mirza and Zheng, who was ousted by Germany's Mona Barthel in a singles match Monday morning 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-7, will be facing the winner of the match between Canada's Eugenie Bouchard and Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens, and Georgia's Oksana Kalashnikova and Poland's Alicja Rosolska.

Flipkens ousts Venus Williams in first round at Toronto

TORONTO: Wimbledon semi-finalist Kirsten Flipkens shook off a slow start to beat Venus Williams 0-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday at the Rogers Cup, spoiling the seven-time Grand Slam champion's return from injury. Williams, sidelined by a lower back injury since her first-round French Open exit in May, was quick out of the blocks, pocketing the first set in half an hour. Flipkens leveled the match with a break in the 10th game of the second frame, and once the 13th-seeded Belgian had forced the third set it was Williams who couldn't keep pace. Flipkens, who has been nursing a right knee injury herself and hadn't played n't handle it well," Williams said. "Then I got down in the third... I didn't make the best choices out there all the time." Williams said she had only started practicing her serve more in the last week, and she expects it to improve before the US Open begins later this month. "Definitely today my service games I didn't feel like myself, because usually I step up to the line, I go for it a lot. I didn't really feel like I could do that today," said Williams, who also praised Flipkens for hanging in. "She definitely showed a lot of resilience by fighting back," Williams said. "It's never easy to lose a 6-0 set and come back.", he said.

C R A N S - M O N TA N A , SWITZERLAND: A 'mismanagement of apparel' spoilt his campaign last year and India's Anirban Lahiri is not prepared to risk another wardrobe change as he takes another shot at glory at Omega European Masters scheduled to held from September 5-8. The talented Indian, who has three Asian Tour wins under his belt, got off to a flying start by grabbing a share of the first round clubhouse lead last year but a 'mismanagement of apparel' saw him miss the cut when he followed up his brilliant 66 with a 81. "On the second day, I started out when it was cold and then the sun came out and I got sweaty and warm around the fourth or fifth hole," recalled Lahiri. Since his last visit to the picturesque Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Switzerland, Lahiri ended his season on a high with a 10th place finish on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and has also gone on to clinch another Asian Tour title on home soil in March

this year. The 26-year-old narrowly missed out on his fourth Tour win by one shot in Malaysia in June but stormed back with a vengeance by winning twice on his domestic Tour in the subsequent months where he used the conventional short putter. The 26-year-old will now make his return to the Swiss Alps with a more comprehensive game plan. "I guess I've learnt it's better to stay warm and sweaty even if it means keeping a few layers on. My apparel management has also improved since. I have better gear to deal with that weather now and I'm glad I've learned from last year," said Lahiri. With the second half of the Asian Tour season getting underway with the Omega European Masters, which has been co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour since 2009, from September 5-8, Lahiri is also setting his sights on getting his first win abroad and elevating his status in the world of golf.

lawmaker and a feminist campaigner. Stella Creasy, from the opposition Labour party, has received threats culminating in a tweet of a picture showing a masked man brandishing a knife, and while Caroline Criado-Perez received rape threats. They are among a number of high-profile women recently targeted by so-called trolls. The man being questioned by police, from Bristol in southwest England, is the third to

Female journalists and a high-profile historian, Mary Beard, have all been targets of abusive and often sexually explicit Twitter messages. Some users boycotted Twitter last weekend to raise awareness of the intimidation of other users in what has become known as "trolling". Criado-Perez became a target after she successfully campaigned to have novelist Jane Austen featured on a banknote.

since falling in the Wimbledon semi-finals to eventual champion Marion Bartoli of France, raced to a 5-0 lead in the third before Williams managed to hold serve. Flipkens then surrendered a break, but broke Williams to seal the win and

book a second-round match in Toronto with Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens. Williams said the ease with which she won the first set may actually have hurt her. "I wasn't expecting to play that well in the first set, so I think in the second I just did-

Amazon launches site for purchase of fine art

NEW YORK: Amazon.Com is getting into the fine art arena. Customers can buy original and limited edition works of art from more than 150 prominent galleries and dealers via Amazon Art. The announcement came a day after Seattle-based www.Amazon.Com Inc. Announced that its CEO, Jeff Bezos, had purchased The Washington Post. Amazon Art features 40,000 works from more than 4,500 artists. The wide range of works includes folk art, impressionism and modern art. Prices range widely, too.

MONTREAL: Novak Djokovic returned to competition after a postWimbledon pause on Tuesday and coasted into the third round at the ATP Montreal Masters. The Serb world number one easily defeated Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-1, then proceeded to dance with a tennis ball mascot with choreography he said and friends worked out last month on holiday in Croatia. Mayer double-faulted to lose the 29minute opening set and never made an impression on the top seed. "After a month off I didn't know what to expect," said Djokovic, who lost the Wimbledon final to Andy Murray. "I was extra careful against a tough opponent. I'm keeping my mind-set of step-by-step, one match at a time.

Novak Djokovic opens Montral Masters campaign with a win

"I needed extra commitment from the start and everything went well on court. I'm looking forward going into the US Open even if I'm defending a

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

in Canada and stretched is career lead over Mayer to 5-0. He now stands 40-6 on the season as he seeks his 15th career Masters 1000 trophy. It was an historic days for locals, with four first-round victories insuring a record-equalling five Canadians in the second round. The last time that happened was 1972, when some had byes. Vasek Pospisil produced the most dramatic victory as he powered to a 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4) win over John Isner to send the big American back across the border. Isner's defeat means the US will have no man in the top 20 for the first time since the ATP rankings began 40 years ago.

CHIEF-EDITOR, PUBLISHER, OWNER: Rohit Singh Rana, C.E.O.:Pawan Rathore, Administrative Head J&K: Vikram Singh, LEGAL ADVISOR: Advocate Ashok Parihar PRINTED AT JK PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS, SUJWAN, JAMMU TAWI. For Contributing articles mail us at callme.ranasahib@gmail.com, editor.studentage@gmail.com. For Complaints, Querries or Advertisement Contact us: 0191-2580342.. Address: Sector-12, H.No-12 Nanak Nagar, Jammu (All disputes are subjected to the exclusive jursisdiction of Jammu District courts only.)