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LoC firing: Give befitting reply to Pakistan Shinde tells BSF

NEW DELHI: Angry over the killing of a BSF jawan in overnight firing by Pakistani troops, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday said a fitting reply would be given against such unprovoked acts from across the border. Shinde said additional BSF troops were being sent to man the international border (IB) in Jammu & Kashmir in the wake of continuing ceasefire violations. "We will give a fitting reply to Pakistan," Shinde told reporters here in his reaction to Tuesday's firing by Pakistani troops on 50 BSF outposts along IB. The firing came on the heels of a visit by Shinde to the Jammu region on Tuesday to review the situation along the border and discuss ways to deal with ceasefire violations. Altogether, more than 130 ceasefire violations have been reported so far this year, the highest for the past eight years. Pakistani Rangers had on Monday opened fire at 10 border posts and heavily shelled over 50 border outposts the following night, killing a head constable of BSF. Asked about the infiltration attempts, Shinde said, "There are rivers and rivulets which are tough to 8Contd p2

Administration sleeping while nationalists being hooted in Kishtwar

SIT an instrument to harass the minorities, must comeup with names if Kichloo was attacked: Sunil Sharma
JAMMU , OCT 23: "Special Investigation Team which was constituted to probe the recent riots on August 9 and 10 Kishtwar and Padder clashes in which more than a hundred minority shops were looted and burnt is nothing more than an instrument to harass the minorities in Kishtwar, "said senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma in a press conference in Jammu. Sunil Sharma said that this pathetic approach of the government is unfortunate in the sense that at the time when the minorities should have been given adequate and timely compensation, the government is using SIT to harass the minorities in Kishtwar. Those who have lost almost everything in the riots are being selectively targeted so that they give up their demands of compensation. This strategy of state government is widening the gap between the two communities and will lead to more dangerous consequences. Sunil Sharma said that it has lost its credibility. He said that the main culprits were roaming free as they enjoy the patronage

BSF jawan martyred in Pak firing, no possibility of DGMOs talks

JAMMU: Pakistan troops resorted to heavy shelling at Indian positions at more than 30 locations along the International Border killing one BSF jawan and injuring six others a day after Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde reviewed security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Heavy firing from the Pakistan side was reported late on Tuesday in the RS Pura and Pargawal sectors and continued for almost six hours throughout the night. The Pakistani troops fired mortars and rockets targeting BSF posts and nearby villages, reports said. A senior police officer later told reporters that the BSF trooper and others who were injured came under heavy shelling by the Pakistan Rangers on Indian positions last night. The Rangers violated ceasefire at 50 locations in the sector using 82 mm mortars, heavy weapons and automatics, a senior BSF officer confirmed. The BSF also strongly retaliated to Pakistan firing and heavy shelling. In view of the unprovoked firing and increased ceasefire violations from Pakistan, talks between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two countries have been put on hold for the time being. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif had agreed upon these talks when they met on the sidelines of the UN general body meeting in New York last month. Reports claim that in view of rising 8Contd p2

Sunil Sharma addressing a press conference, Munish Sharma to his right

of political bosses while poor people are being harassed and lodged in jails. While citing example of Ashish Kumar son of Subash Chander, a resident of Bera Bhata, said that this youth was framed by the police in murder case. He said that the said person was in Jammu on the day of violence and added that there are sufficient proofs to authenticate that he is innocent. He said that this is not the only case where SIT has framed innocent people and added that majority of them are innocent. Similarly Omkar Singh Sarpanch Padder has been charge-sheeted under 307 CRPC though it was known to everybody that during riots in Padder he was helping the administration and remained along with Tehsildar and SHO Padder throughout the day on 10th of Aug 2013. He demanded immediate release of all the innocent youths, beside appointment of DIG ranked officers as a head of SIT so that free and fair inquiry could be conducted. He also said that his party is stick to its demand of CBI probe in Kishtwar violence. 8Contd p2

Omar says war no solution to any issue, advocates for peace on borders
TANGDAR, OCT 23: Reiterating his continuous advocacy for peace and tranquility between India and Pakistan, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that wars have never solved any issue and these only bring destruction and miseries. "No one in Jammu and Kashmir or in the Country is in favour of war as the wars are no solution to any issue", he said and added that friendship requires equal response from either sides. "Friendship is like the clap needing two hands to perform. If one side extends the hand of friendship the other side also needs to reciprocate", he said and expressed serious concern over the violation of ceasefire and shelling at LOC and IB. He said the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan signed and implemented in 2003 has been highest reward for the people of Jammu and Kashmir particularly living on the LOC and International

BJP nominates Harsh Vardhan Delhi CM's candidate

NEW DELHI: Ending uncertainty, the BJP on Wednesday named Harsh Vardhan as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the December 4 Delhi assembly elections despite opposition by city unit chief Vijay Goel who had staked claim for the post. The decision was taken at a meeting of party's parliamentary board here. Party president Rajnath Singh made the announcement at press conference and said the decision was unanimous and that Goel also consented to it. Singh was flanked by several senior leaders including veteran L K Advani, senior leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ananth Kumar and Delhi election in-charge Nitin Gadkari. Goel and Vardhan were also both present at the press conference. All members of the parliamentary board were in the meeting 8Contd p2

Police arrests 23 persons NEWS IN BRIEF crossing over to POK SC pulls up

Gen V K Singh
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up former Army chief VK Singh for making contemptuous remarks on the apex court judgment on retired Army chief's age row. Calling VK Singh's remarks a serious affront to judiciary, the 8Contd p2

Border (IB). Addressing a public gathering at Tangdar (Karnah), a remotest area in Kupwara District on LOC, this afternoon, the Chief Minister said that the shelling by Pakistan on the villages in Jammu and other areas has made him seriously concerned about the life of people living in frontier areas. "I would continue to stress on Union Government to take up this matter with the Pakistan and resolve the issue so that peace rules the roost on borders and on the Line of Actual Control (LOC)", he said and maintained that this

is in the highest interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir particularly residing in the frontier areas of Jammu, Kashmir and Kargil. The Chief Minister expressed the hope that the situation will come to normality and the two neighbours talk to each other to settle all outstanding issues in an amicable and peaceful manner. On development programmes of the government, the Chief Minister said that peace gives fillip to development and the dividends of peace percolates down the line to poorer people. He said the 8Contd p2

Developmental work in Keran halted after Pak objections

KUPWARA, OCT 23: India has stopped some developmental activity in Keran sector of North Kashmir after Pakistan raised objections citing violation of treaty signed between the two countries of not undertaking any construction activities within 150 metres of the Line of Control (LoC). According to official sources, Pakistani troops used loud speakers last evening from their side asking officials of the Jammu and Kashmir government to immediately stop work near the LoC. The state government was developing a children's park and improving facilities of a school in the area under the Border 8Contd p2

KUPWARA, OCT 23: At least 23 persons including men and children comprising of 6 families were detained by Army in Keran Sector of frontier district Kupwara when they were allegedly trying to exfiltrate into Pakistan administration Kashmir (PAK). Police sources told that 13 Brigade of Indian Army during routine patrolling spotted men, women and children who according to sources were trying to exfiltrate into

Pakistan administered Kashmir. Sources said that the Army encircled them from all sides, however the Guide Bashir Ahmed from Kachhama Kupwara managed to give a slip to Army and exflitrated into PAK. All the 23 persons were detained by Army and handed over to Police Station Keran. A police official on condition of anonymity said one of the detained person is the 8Contd p2

Most serious ceasefire violation in a decade

JAMMU: Pakistani troops heavily shelled 50 border outposts in Jammu frontier killing a BSF jawan in what is stated to be the most serious ceasefire violation since 2003 that prompted the home minister to declare that a "fitting reply" would be given. Rattled 8Contd p2

PM's Beij visit: India, China to study economic corridor possibility

BEIJING: India and China today agreed to study the possibility of setting up an economic corridor spanning the two nations and covering Bangladesh and Myanmar. "Further discussions on concepts and alignment of the economic corridor are envisaged. Both India and China would continue to discuss with the other parties to this initiative, and hold the first BCIM Joint Study Group meeting in coming December to study the specific programs on building the BCIM Economic Corridor," said a joint statement. The statement was issued after apex-level talks between visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Pursuant to an understanding reached in May, India and China have each established a study group on the BCIM [Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar] Economic Corridor. The leaders, the statement said, recognised that India and China are poised to enter a new stage of economic engagement based on pragmatic cooperation and mutually advantageous policies and practices. "They expected the Strategic Economic Dialogue during its meeting in November/December 2013 to work out specific projects and initiatives in areas that have already been broadly agreed upon," it said. The Joint Economic Group, it said, will continue to expand 8Contd p2

ASSASSINATION PREMISE: RAHUL GANDHI'S LATEST ELECTORAL CARD

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ROHIT SINGH RANA Speaking at Churu in Rajasthan Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi 'dropped' another strange statement saying like his grand mother and father he also could be assassinated. This he said, while commenting on the politics of Opposition BJP calling it "politics of hatred." Everybody has a right to air his views in a democracy and that too in a peculiar democracy of India, where most of the high profile politicians now come from political dynasties. If Rahul Gandhi is feeling insecure for his life, it is not a good thing at all. Why only Rahul, principally any citizen of India, if feels insecure, it is not a good thing at all. Despite it a fact also that hundreds of people fall victim to poverty, disease, hunger and other evils that come natural to mankind. Fate is immutable and what is destined is bound to happen, why Rahul fear death. It is a fact of life and whether there is politics of hate or love, people still will get killed, many naturally and few unnaturally. Hundreds every day get killed on roads, stabbings Maoist or terrorist firings. Whether there is BJP or not, people will die and that is the only truth in life. Rest is all fleeting and transient. Rahul hence need not to fear death because BJP is not managing the affairs of life and death, it is some other agency, far bigger than either BJP or Congress or two together. After all being projected as the young voice of India by the Congress strange to find him harp on death is like inviting evil omen. People wish him a long life and a natural final adieu not anything like assassination. His family has seen enough of it besides Congress men all over desire his family to increase. They have dreams of his marriage and his young toddler who too will bring with him or her, natural claim to leadership with sons of present Congress leaders paying obeisance at the Rahul scion's feet. It is easy to accuse BJP for the politics of hate but it is difficult to make an in depth soul searching. Congress too is not above board, when it comes to fan communal tension. In Rajasthan run by Congress, where Rahul made his futuristic revelations about his assassination, hundreds of communal riots have been reported. The killing of 4000 innocent Sikhs in 1984 is also a perpetual blot on the Grand Old Party. In UP where Muzaffarnagar riots took place, SP an ally of Congress messed things up, resulting into communal conflagration. Interesting to analyse his statement at Churu ---- "I was seeing my face in their grief. That is why I am against their (BJP's) politics ... What do they do. They will put Muzaffarnagar on fire, Gujarat on fire, UP on fire and Kashmir on fire and then you and we will have to douse that. This damages the country." Wonder how ill informed is the prospective Prime Minister about things in Kashmir. No BJP there, only Pak trained terrorists and separatists in full flow, yet to Rahul there is only one red rag visible is BJP and hidden in its bowels the 'biggest enemy of people' Narendra Modi. Another gem from Yuvraj's mouth demands attention "my grandmother was killed, my father was assassinated and perhaps I may also be killed one day. I am not bothered. I had to tell you what I felt from the heart." Unfortunately Rahul is on a suicidal course at a time when he ought to delineate about the future of India. He ought to be busy this time, enunciating about the problems facing the country. He does not speak on these issues. He has not spoken on terror, population, corruption, or many other problems. Whenever he takes a stand, he messes things up as he did with his "nonsense" statement regarding the Ordinance on tainted politicians. In one casual stroke of tongue, he rubbished his Prime minister and whole cabinet, inviting a mild rebuke from his mother about the words he chose, while commenting on the Ordinance. This way, he despite his good intentions made himself an object of ridicule. Following the same line of making himself an object of ridicule, his latest statement on his possible assassination, fits in well. He has not yet perhaps made a dispassionate study of why his grandmother was killed. BJP or it's so called "politics of hate" did not kill her; it was inefficient handling of matters that played a large role in the most unfortunate murder of Indira Gandhi. Similarly his father too was killed because Sri Lankan crisis was again ill managed by government of India. Today Tamils have been reduced to second class citizens in the the island nation courtesy grand distancing of India from Sri Lanka. However, these killing were despicable acts that will never be condoned. Equally is the nonchalance of men like Rahul to raise imaginary and emotive issues, to gain some sympathy from the public. How clear that Congress has sensed a decline in their fortunes hence resorting to emotive issues of assassinations of Indira and Rajiv is a new electoral strategy to garner sympathy votes. Least expected from the Congress Vice President, when with his age and freshness, he should have fired the imagination of Indians with a modern, futuristic outlook to propel India among first rate countries. Perhaps Modi charisma is wearing down Rahul or he is still immature for his job.

Shinde's 'befitting reply' sounds hollow!!!

For a change stern voices are emanating from the most important people in Government of India. The Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde while seeing the anger of the troops manning the borders and sensing the suffering of the thousands of displaced from Ramgarh, Arnia, Samba, Akhnoor, and other border areas gave a terse message to BSF to give befitting reply to Pakistan. Prima facie sounds good and inspiring but is it so, in reality. Few doubts still lurk and questions probe the mind for credible answers. In first place, it would have been encouraging for the Jawans of the BSF if Shinde would have visited the border posts and sought first hand report from the men manning the posts. Indian politicians do not have the first hand taste of borders or its challenges , he would have got that much needed feel of the challenges and in return made BSF Jawans look important. But that did not come by. To watch the border in an aircraft will not convince many, it is just short of a joy ride. Has the home minister, without any malice towards him, understood the need of troops, he would have already ensured that enough BSF Jawans are positioned, to give a stern reply to Pakistan. Strangely, only now, as per Shinde's statement additional troops are being rushed to JK border. How inspiring it would have been had the Home Minister made a departure from the drab protocol and security concerns to pass a night close to border. But that sense will never come in those who have only learned to rule us. RANASAHIB

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befitting conditions for patients during the winter months. He said that he would direct the Health Department to immediately move for providing 300-capacity X-ray Machine in the hospital. Chairman Pahari Advisory Board, Kafeel-u-Rehman, Minister for Science and Technology, Feroz Ahmad Khan and local leaders also spoke on the occasion. On reaching Tangdar, the Chief Minister was received by the enthusiastic crowd warmly. They raised slogans in his and in favour of his government. ic issues of regional and global significance, including those with a potential to affect the growth and development prospects of their respective nations. They agreed to further strengthen coordination and cooperation in multilateral forums including BRICS, G20 and RussiaIndia-China to jointly tackle global issues such as climate change, international terrorism, food and energy security, and to establish a fair and equitable international political and economic system. The leaders encouraged the various mechanisms and dialogues covering relevant issues to meet regularly to ensure a proper appreciation of each other's concerns and interests, the statement added.

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automatic weapons and attacked over 5O border posts (BOPs) along IB in Jammu frontier belt with mortar shells since Tuesday night. Pakistani rangers also rained mortars in forward villages of Arnia, RS Pura and Akhnoor sectors from 7.40pm last night, the officers said. BSF troops guarding the border line retaliated resulting in fierce exchanges of shelling and firing, which continued till Wednesday morning, they said. The injured were hospitalized. In the exchange of fire, Mukesh Lal Meena, a head constable of BSF posted in BOP Chinaj, was killed and seven BSF personnel, including two officers, were injured, they said. Addressing a public meeting near the LoC in Tangdhar, Omar said he would continue to impress upon the the Centre to take up the ceasefire violations with Pakistan and resolve the issue so that peace rules the roost on the border and on the LoC. Shinde does some plain speaking at Unified HQ meeting Rattled by the spike in infiltrations in Jammu & Kashmir, Shinde did some plain speaking on the failure by the Army and other security agencies to contain the damage in Samba terror attack last month that killed 10 people. During the Unified Headquarters meeting in Jammu on Tuesday, Shinde, who was co-chairing the deliberations with Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, said that terrorists were roaming on the streets of Jammu for 35 minutes without being intercepted at any point. Sources privy to the meeting said that the Army officers who were present promised that such mistakes would not be repeated in future. He later appreciated the Army for making a resolve not to allow such attacks in the future, the sources said. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists had entered through Samba border in the wee hours of September 26 last and killed 10 officers including Lt Col Bikramjeet Singh besides injuring others including Colonel Avin Uthaiya. The home minister said it was a failure at many ends and all the loopholes need to be plugged immediately as otherwise terrorists will take advantage of lack of synergy between various agencies working for peace in the state. Shinde also said he was worried over the sudden spike in infiltration from across the border in Jammu & Kashmir.

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LoC firing...
fence. But we have discussed possible solutions". Shinde had conducted an aerial tour of the fenced areas along IB on Tuesday besides surveying infiltration routes and damaged fencing and riverine border belts with Pakistan lying between Akhnoor in Jammu district and Pahadpur (in Kathua district). Shinde had also met the troops and lauded them for their high morale. "We have come here to promise you that we stand by you, the country stands by you," he had said. He had told the troops to must give a bullet-for-bullet reply to Pakistan. "Yes", the jawans had replied in unison to a question by Shinde whether they were giving a strong reply to Pakistan. In view of the surge in ceasefire violations, however, Shinde did not visit any forward posts. Ceasefire violations since October 14 have left two jawans dead and caused injuries to 18 people. While in J&K, Shinde had also remarked that Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed could be training terrorists on the other side of the border with Pakistan for infiltration into India. Shinde had also rejected Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif's proposal for US intervention in the Kashmir issue, saying "Kashmir is ours" and there is no question of any role for a third party in resolving the dispute.

BJP nominates...
except Narendra Modi who has given his consent to the decision, party sources said. The party expects that by presenting Vardhan, a former health minister who has a clean image, as the chief ministerial candidate it will be able to put up a tough fight to dethrone the Congress dispensation which has been in power for the last 15 years. The decision by the party has come despite stiff opposition to Vardhan's candidature by Goel. The internal squabbles in the Delhi BJP over the issue had threatened to take its toll on the party's campaign. A number of Delhi BJP leaders last week had conveyed to the party's central leadership that they should announce the candidature of Vardhan, arguing that he has wider acceptability among people, party leaders and workers.

SC pulls up...
apex court asked him to explain his position by November 20. One cannot be allowed to scandalize the court like this, it is not permissible, the top court said. We welcome criticism of our judgment but we don't welcome motive attributed to the court judgment, the Supreme Court said. The Supreme Court allowed the AG to draft contempt charges against the former Army chief for remarks casting aspersions on judges who heard his petition seeking correction of his date of birth. The draft will be served on him possibly in the next hearing.

Most serious...
at the spike in ceasefire violations - about 150 this year Shinde also said on Wednesday that additional BSF troops were being sent to man the IB in Jammu & Kashmir. "We will give a fitting reply to Pakistan," Shinde told reporters in Delhi reacting to the latest ceasefire violation described as the most serious incident since the 2003 ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan. Voicing concern at the heavy shelling in border areas, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah said no one in India was in favour of war with Pakistan but friendship cannot be a "onesided affair". BSF officers in Jammu said Pakistani Rangers opened fire

BSF jawan...
incidents of ceasefire violations, the South Block is not keen to go ahead with the DGMO-level talks between the two sides. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde had on Tuesday visited Jammu to take stock of the situation arising from the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan Rangers on the international border. After his interaction with BSF jawans, the Home Minister said provocations from Pakistan won't be tolerated. "You fight for us, for the nation. You are very brave and I congratulate you all," he told Indian soldiers. On Monday, Army Chief General Bikram Singh met Defence Minister AK Antony to discuss the situation at the Line of Control and the border. Till date this year, there have been over 200 incidents of ceasefire violations. In 2012, there were 117 incidents of unprovoked firing by Pakistani soldiers.

Developmental work...
Area Development Programme (BADP). However, as the state government moved in some machines to level the surface for the park, Pakistani troops came near the LoC and used loud speakers to convey that the work needs to be stopped immediately as it was in violation of the agreement between India and Pakistan, the sources said. Keran was adopted as a model village under the BADP and Rs 2.45 crore was earmarked for improving the facilities at a village which includes setting up of a community centre, creating sheds, scientific laboratory for a school and improving road facility. "The work on other projects at the village is going as per schedule," Deputy Commissioner of Kupwara Itrat Hussain Rafiqi said. Rafiqi said that he had got a message from police about stopping of work.

SIT an ...
He also warned the Kishtwar administration for intense agitation in the near future if an effective compensation policy to provide immediate relief to the minorities was not framed. He said that the formalities demanded by the administration for release of compensation clearly show that government is not willing to fulfill its promise made by them with various public representatives in various public meetings. He demanded immediate release of compensation in favour of victims without any further delay. Attacking Kishtwar administration Sunil Sharma said that the failure of the Kishtwar administration is evident that again on 16th of October pro-pakistan, pro-azadi and anti-national slogans were raised in Kishtwar and the nationalists were hooted and the administration remained silent. "Police has, though, registered FIR No: 200 at Police Station, Kishtwar, in connection with anti-India slogans during Eid procession, but no formal arrest has been made so far" said Sunil Sharma. Reacting to the news item published in a local daily regarding attack on former MoS Home Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo inside Dak Banglow Kishtwar, Sunil Sharma said that government of Jammu and Kashmir must reveal the names of those persons involved in the said attack. He said that being as local, people of Kishtwar pin down their hopes on him that he (Kichloo) will safeguard their lives and property as a minister. He said that Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo has failed to protect the lives and property of the common people of Kishtwar. BJP State Secretary & Kishtwar Prabhari Munish Sharma, Kishtwar BJP District President Rajinder Singh and Distt. General Secretary Lalit Sharma were also present in the press conference.

Police arrests...
brother of Liberation Front leader Late Muhammad Maqbool Bhat. "The total number of arrests is 23 including 6 men, 4 women and 13 children. Some of them had returned to Kashmir under Rehabilitation Policy a year ago," the official said. Reports said that all the male members have been lodged in police station Thregam while women and children have been shifted to Police Station Kupwara. However, Station House Officer Thregam told that the incident has occurred in Keran and nobody is lodged in his police station. Some of the arrested persons have been identified as Syed Munir-ul-Hassan Shah son of Ghulam Muhammad resident of Kurhama Kupwara presently residing in HMT Srinagar, Fayaz Ahmed Wani son of Muhammad Munawar resident of Haihama Kupwara, Mushtaq Ahmed Mir son of Muhammad Ismail resident of Baba Demb Srinagar, Zahoor Ahmed Bhat son of Ghulam Qadir Bhat resident of Thregam Kupwara and Aijaz Ahmed Khwaja son of Mubarak Khawaja resident of Maliyal Kupwara.

Army's modernization drive still to gather steam despite China, Pak threats
hen in March last year the then Army chief General V K Singh wrote a confidential letter to PM Manmohan Singh to warn of critical deficiencies in his forces operational capabilities, it had set alarm bells clanging. Stung by the classified letters leak as well as its startling disclosures of large-scale voids in crucial weaponry and ammunition, the government promised to make amends. But 18 months down the line, the situation remains somewhat similar, say sources. Despite being confronted by two potential adversaries along unresolved borders, and the prospect of a twofront war in a worst-case scenario, the Army is grappling with obsolete air defence systems, lack of requisite weaponry for its 355 infantry battalions, no induction of new 155mm howitzers, dismal nightfighting capabilities and the like. None of its major modernization projects, from different artillery guns and helicopters to anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and assault rifles, has materialized till now. Incidentally, the ongoing Army commanders conference here is reviewing the equipment readiness for the northern borders with China as well

PM's Beij visit...

the bilateral economic cooperation and promote a balanced growth of bilateral trade. Dr Singh, after meeting Mr Li, said the Chinese Premier was receptive to his concern about the unsustainable trade balance between the two countries and they have agreed to explore avenues to bridge this gap. "We are taking forward the suggestion made by Premier Li in New Delhi for a Chinese industrial park to act as a magnet for Chinese investment in India. We are also exploring the feasibility of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connecting the two countries via the southern Silk ," he said. In 2012-13, India's exports to China were $13.53 billion and imports totalled $52.24 billion. The joint statement further said that the two sides agreed to look into the prospects of a bilateral Regional Trade Arrangement (RTA). They will also review the state of the negotiation on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Efforts to conclude a framework agreement for the establishment of industrial zones to provide platforms of cluster type development for enterprises of the two countries would be expedited, it said, adding the economic agreements signed at the conclusion of the talks reflect the progress made since May 2013. It further said the two leaders discussed political and econom-

Omar says...
achievements registered by his government during the last over four and a half years are before the public and they would judge the performance of the government on this count. "Achievements of my government are before you. It is not the time to present you the list of each and every decision, measure and step my government have taken to ameliorate the lot of people equitably and inclusively across the State in all the regions and sub-regions", he said and elaborated that at the right point in time the chart of achievements would be provided to the people enumerating all details. The Chief Minister announced special recruitment drive by J&K Police for youth of Karnah, Keran, Machil and other remote areas so that they get ample representation and opportunity to serve in the Police Department. He said his government has implemented various new schemes for ensuring faster development in remote areas and provide opportunity of jobs to the locals in the upcoming projects. The Chief Minister who also inspected the recently constructed Sub-District Hospital at a cost of over Rs. 6.73 crore in Tangdar and expressed satisfaction over its functioning. He announced centrally heating plant for the hospital to ensure

as the overall ammunition management of the 1.13million force. Gen Bikram Singh, who took over from Gen V K Singh on May 31 last year, has tried to overhaul the shoddy management of projects and ensure better coordination with the defence ministry. But given the cumbersome procurement policy and sluggish decision-making, often derailed by corruption allegations, it has achieved little. Over 50 modernization schemes, for instance, were earmarked for the 2013-14 fiscal. But just six small contracts, from tank simulators to range-finder binoculars, together worth Rs 425 crore were concluded in the first quarter (April-June).

Of the 17 schemes identified for the second quarter (July-September), only four have been sealed so far. The only big-ticket deal has been the over Rs 3,000 crore one for 25,000 3UBK Invar missiles for T-90S tanks, which were fast running out of ammunition, from Russia and defence PSU Bharat Dynamics. Though some deals like the one for two more troops of Israeli Heron spy drones (Rs 1,200 crore) and 236 additional Russian T-90S tanks (Rs 6,000 crore) are in the final stages now, the condition is grim. Armys modernization has fared poorly compared to IAF and Navy in the last two-three years. Decisionmaking has already slowed

down in MoD, and will virtually halt by end-December ahead of the general elections, said a source. Overall, the Army has around 680 projects worth over Rs 2 lakh crore for the 12th Plan (2012-17) period to both plug operational gaps as well as ensure capability development along both the western and eastern fronts. Some of the important pending projects are for the induction of 1,78,000 newgeneration assault rifles for around Rs 10,000 crore and different artillery projects worth Rs 30,000 crore for 145 ultra-light howitzers, 100 self-propelled tracked guns, 814 mounted gun systems and 1,580 towed guns, among others.

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Diwali arrangements discussed at Kathua
KATHUA OCT 23:- To discuss the arrangements for ensuing Diwali festival, a meeting was convened by District Development Commissioner, Kathua, Jitendra. K. Singh here at Kathua on Wednesday. He directed the authorities concerned to keep a strict vigil on the sale of the fire crackers and keep a check on whether the shopkeepers are following the guidelines laid down for the purpose including the provision of potable cease fires at their respective places. He directed the Fire and Emergency services department to keep the fire tenders ready to meet any eventuality. He said that committees constituted will keep a check on the quality and rates of eatables, sanitation, and encroachment in market places and other busy places in the town. He also directed the committees constituted to keep a check especially on the adulterated and synthetic milk products and seize and destroy them wherever found. He directed the PDD department to ensure uninterrupted power supply while the PHE department was directed to ensure the provision for regular water supply during the festival. He also passed instructions to PHE to keep the water tankers ready in case of water scarcity in any area. He also passed instructions to the traffic department to check the traffic congestion in the markets and also ensure smooth flow of traffic. DDC also framed a committee to fix the rates of essential commodities and also requested the representatives of business communities to display the rate list in their respective business establishments. He also directed the legal metrology department to keep a check on the weigh and measures especially during the festival season. He also directed the authorities to seize the polythene bags wherever they are being used. He directed the health department to remain equipped to deal with the cases of burn injuries and any other mishaps during the festival. Horticulture in Poonch district", he said adding that plants planted in different feasible areas of the district include Apple, Pear, Plum, Apricot, Walnut in temperature areas besides Olive, Pecannut, Peach, Apricot in sub-temperature zones and Citrus, Guava in SubTropical areas. Responding to the demands of fruit and vegetable growers, the Minister informed that Government has identified 26 kanal land for developing Apni mandi at Poonch town. He said the Government has already released Rs. 40 lakh for the first phase and the construction work on the auction sheds, platform besides other facilities like drinking water, power and roads would be started soon. Earlier, in his welcome address, the DDC Poonch said in order to improve the production, 27000 wild fruit trees have been top worked with improved cultivars through the youth trained by the horticulture department in the art of top working.

Bhalla sanctions Rs 40 lakh for Poonch Apni Mandi

Asks for tapping huge horticulture potential of district
S U R A N K O T E (POONCH), OCT 23Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Housing Mr. Raman Bhalla, accompanied by Member Legislative Council Mr. Jehangir Hussain Mir, on Wednesday inaugurated 'Kissan Mela cum Walnut Fruit Show' here today at Government Degree College. The mela organised by Horticulture Department under Horticulture Mission witnessed participation of a large number of farmers, District Administration functionaries and representatives of political parties. As many as 40 stalls of Fisheries, Agriculture, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Sericulture, ISM and other allied sectors were set up in coordination with progressive farmers. District Development Commissioner, Mr. Sajjad Ahmed Khan, Director Horticulture, Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Chief Horticulture Officer Mr. R K Koul, besides, State President Pradesh Youth Congress Mr. Mohammad Shahnawaz Choudhary, District President Mahila Congress Mrs. Parveen Sarwar Khan, sarpanchs, panchs were present in the mela. Addressing the farmers, Mr Bhalla asked the concerned functionaries to make every effort to tap horticulture potential in the area by supplying high yielding fruit trees to the farmers. He also called for creating awareness among the farmers about the incentives being offered under various horticulture schemes. He lauded the efforts of horticulture department for conducting such type of awareness camps to provide requisite information about scientific methods of fruit cultivation. He stressed on organising more such camps in other blocks of the district. The Minister said that the farmers were being motivated to use modern technology to improve their yield and stressed for close coordination between Horticulture officers and farmers to achieve desired results. He further announced that efforts are on income generating units help in developing cordial relationship between the department and the local people. The Minister said that the department was trying its best to reach out to all the farmers to assist them in increasing their production. Mr. Bhalla said that various innovative measures have been put in place to bring maximum area under the ambit of horticulture cultivation to improve the economic conditions of the farmers. The Minister further said that Poonch district having varied agro-climatic conditions, viz sub-tropical, sub-temperature and temperate has the the potential to produce different kind of fruits of great commercial value. He said the area under fruit cultivation in the district has increased over years adding the as per latest estimates an area of about 16930 Ha has been brought under fruit cultivation with production of about 22713 Mt. of fruit. "As per estimates, more than 20000 Ha of land is available for further expansion under

to construct cold storage plant and fruit processing units in Poonch with an objective to give boost to this sector on large scale. The Minister stressed upon mechanization and diversification in farming to make it a profitable business. He said that the Diesel Ploughs have been introduced for the first time in hilly areas of the State

which is showing good results. He said micro-irrigation is being introduced and orchardists are provided with quality planting material for raising new orchards. He said that the drip-irrigation system has been introduced in water stressed areas. He said that such exhibitions besides encouraging the youth for setting up their

Sham reviews status of PHE scheme in Valley

25 new WSSs at a cost of Rs. 52 Cr commissioned during current fiscal
SRINAGAR, OCT 23: In order to extend drinking water facility to uncovered areas across the Valley, the PHE Department commissioned 25 new Water Supply Schemes (WSS) during the current fiscal (ending September, 2013) at a cost of Rs. 52.08 crore. Besides, 747 major and minor WSSs are under execution at an estimated cost of Rs. 1424 crore in the Valley, which are at different stages of completion. The majority of areas of Kashmir Valley will be covered with the safe drinking water on their completion. Besides, as many as 508 schools have been provided the drinking water facility by the department during the current financial year. As a part of implementation of reformative measures, the Department has also installed as many as 627 water meters in commercial establishments across the Valley. The process of installation of water meters in the commercial as well in In view of continuous depletion of water resources, the Minister directed the engineers to take necessary measures for maintaining sustainability of existing sources. He stressed for developing check dams in all areas to improve the water table in all areas. He also called for formulation of comprehensive programme for upgradation of existing schemes to enhance their efficacy. Stressing the need for covering hundred percent metering in commercial as well as domestic establishments, the Minister said that all the concerned engineers will be made accountable under whose jurisdiction the performance will be poor. He said installation of water meters is a part of reforms envisaged by the Central Government in order to make the State self-reliant in generating its own resources to improve the drinking water scenario as also to improve the financial health of the State.

Dr. Veeri chairs EC meeting

PDP asks people to exercise their right to vote

SRINAGAR, OCT 23: President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and vice president Sriangar Abdul Rouf Bhat on Wednesday said that idea of change is getting strengthened in the State "because large number of people especially youth are joining the party to become part of the movement for the change." Addressing a function at Khan Mohalla Baghat, Bhat said that workers from ruling party were joining PDP "which is a clear indication that that there was a strong resentment against the present dispensation which has miserably failed to address grievances of the people." He said that it was "result of the people's disillusionment with the present regime that youth coming forward to join PDP to become part of the movement for change." Rouf Bhat appealed people to participate in electoral process so that change in the system could be made for the betterment of the masses.

domestic establishments has been expedited to achieve the targets. This information was given to the Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Mr. Sham Lal Sharma at a review meeting, held here t o d a y . Commissioner/S ecretary, PHE, Irrigation & FC, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Chief Engineer, PHE, Mr. A.M. Lanker, Chief Engineer, Irrigation & FC, Mir Javed Jaffer, SEs, XENs from Kashmir Valley were present

in the meeting. Expressing satisfaction over the performance of the department, the Minister stressed the need for speeding up the pace of works to complete the ongoing schemes within the stipulated time frame. He emphasized the need for maintaining quality of works strictly as per the specification and judicious use of funds. He directed the Chief Engineers and SEs to personally monitor the execution of works so that targets are achieved in time.

Jugal Chairs Privilege Committee meet

SRINAGAR, OCT 23: The meeting of Privilege Committee of Legislative Council was held under the Chairmanship of MLC, Mr. Jugal Kishore Sharma here on Wednesday. The Committee took up various Privilege notices for discussion. Which include Privilege notices moved by Mr. Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, Mr. Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy and Mr. Devinder Singh Rana against Mr. V. K. Singh, retired Army Chief. Another Privilege notice moved by Dr. Shehnaz Ganai against Mr Mohammad Ayub, DFO, Kralpora and Privilege notice moved by MLC, Mohammad Ashraf Mir against Municipal Commissioner, Srinagar also came under discussion in the meeting. Legislators, who attended the meeting, include MLCs, Mr Devinder Singh Rana, Mr Showkat Hussain Ganai, Mr Ali Mohammad Dar, Mr Ghulam Nabi Monga and Syed Mohammad Rafiq shah. Other Privilege notices moved by MLC, Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah, Ex MLC, Mr. Murtaza Ahmed Khan, MLC, Mr. Naresh Kumar Gupta, MLC, Mr Vijay Bakaya, MLC, Mr B. A. Veeri also discussed in the meeting. The officers who attended the meeting include Secretary Cooperative Mr. Mohammad Akbar Ganai, Managing Director, JAKFED Mr. Javid Ahmed Shah, Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, Mr Abdul Aziz Bhat, Assistant Director, Planning Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi, Additional Secretary, Legislative Council, Mr. Mohammad Maqbool Bhat besides officers and officials of Council Secretariat.

SRINAGAR, OCT 23: A meeting of Committee on Environment of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council was held here on Wednesday under the Chairmanship of Dr. Bashir Ahmad Veeri. Legislators, Syed Mohammad Rafi Shah, Master Noor Hussain and Smt. Rani Bleoria were present in the meeting. Threadbare discussion was held on various issues related with the Environment and Ecology of the State. The Committee stressed for joint efforts for the preservation and sustenance of envi-

ronment and ecology of the State. It was underscored that J&K State falls under earthquake prone area and urged for taking necessary protective measures for safety of the people. The Committee emphasized for adopting methods for the conservation of water bodies, glaciers, mountains, forests and other natural resources which are pivotal for the sustenance of life on the earth, besides backbone for tourism industry. The committee also stressed for complete ban on the encroachment and illegal constructions near these nat-

ural resources and asked for taking strict action against the violators. The committee said that establishment of illegal brick kiln units in Budgam and other districts are major threat to the natural resources and immediate action is needed. Commissioner Secretary Tourism Mr. Atal Dulloo, Commissioner Secretary Forest Mr. Ijaz Iqbal, Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce Mr. Farooq Ahmad and other senior officers of the sister departments attended the meeting.

Speaker for speedy registration LC panel stresses on futuristic, development Labour deptt disburses Rs. 4.72 of construction workers friendly Master plans for Srinagar, Jammu crore in Bandipora
Directs clearance of pending cases
SRINAGAR, OCT 23: The Speaker, J&K Legislative Assembly, Mr. Mubark Gul on Wednesday convened a meeting of the officers of Labour Department in his office chamber in connection with the representation by certain Trade Unions pertaining to the grievances shown therein. Commissioner Secretary Labour and Employment and the members of the various Workers Unions participated in the meeting. The Speaker stressed for speedy registration of the construction workers as beneficiaries and clearance of the pending financial assistance cases in accordance with the set norms on the subject. The Speaker also directed that the J&K Building and other construction Welfare Board should develop required infrastructure, sufficient manpower and mobility facility and also give full cooperation to the district offices of the Labour department, so that the process of verification of cases is carried out by the officers smoothly without any delay. The Speaker stressed upon the functionaries of Labour and Employment Department to frequently conduct awareness programmes among masses about the process of registration and benefits of various welfare schemes so that the quantum of the registration is increased and benefits reach to the deserving people well in time. SRINAGAR OCT 23- To discuss the issues regarding conversion of residential land for commercial purposes in violation of the Master plans Srinagar and Jammu, a meeting of the House Committee of Legislative Council was held here on Wednesday afternoon. Member Legislative Council Mr. Devender Singh Rana, who is chairman of the panel, presided over the meeting. MLCs Sayed Nayem Akhtar Andrabi, Mr. Jugal Kishore and Mr. Mohammed Ashraf Mir were among others present in the meeting. The meeting discussed in threadbare various facets of urban development with special emphasis on the masterplan for Srinagar and Jammu. The Committee emphasized the need for strict implementation of the master plan norms against conversion of residential areas for commercial activities in the capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu, saying the violators should be sternly dealt with."The menace is to be checked if we want futuristic development of the two cities which have strategic importance in view of the high influx of tourists", the participants said while urging the law enforcing agencies to draw a pragmatic strategy to deal with the offenders. They said the responsibility is to be fixed for these violations. While there is no room for blame game or digging out the skeletons, yet there is need for creating some sort of deterrence to discourage this tendency, the committee maintained. BANDIPORA, OCT 23: An amount of Rs. 4.72 crore has been disbursed among 4700 beneficiaries under various schemes by the Labour department in district Bandipora since 2011 so far. Presently about 16000 construction workers stand registered with the department in the district. This was disclosed by the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Bandipora, Mr. Arshad Qadir Bhat during a function held at Sumbal Sonawari on Wednesday. The District Development Commissioner, Bandipora, Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Zargar who was the chief guest, distributed cheques worth Rs. 2.71 lakh among 40 beneficiaries of Sumbal Sonawari under Building and other Construction Workers Act.

Promotions in J&K Armed Police

SRINAGAR, OCT 23: The Departmental Promotion Committee under the Chairmanship of Additional Director General of Police Armed J&K Srinagar, Mr. S.M. Sahai approved promotions of 27 Assistant Sub Inspectors to the rank of Sub Inspectors and 16 Head Constables to the rank of Assistant Sub Inspectors, besides granted In-situ promotions and grade placements in favour of 121 Followers of JKAP. These promotions act as a big morale booster for J&K Armed Police and it has been the endeavour of the promotion committees to fill up all the available vacancies at an earliest. ADGP Armed J&K Srinagar while congratulating the newly promoted officers extended his greetings to promotees and their family members and expressed hope that they will continue to work with the same devotion and dedication in future.

3-day Saffron Festival modalities finalized

Film show, plucking saffron flowers among main attractions
SRINAGAR, OCT 23: The modalities for 3- day Saffron Festival, commencing fromOct 29 at Dusoo in Pulwama district, were finalized at an officers meeting held under the chairmanship of Director Tourism, Kashmir Talat Parvez here on Wednesday. Officers of SKUAST (K), Agro Industries Development Corporation, besides representatives of Tour Operators of Kashmir and Saffron Growers were present on the occasion. Film show depicting the sowing and harvesting process of saffron, medicinal value of Saffron, plucking of saffron flowers by the tourists followed by a cultural show would be the main attractions of the festival. Agro industries will keep on sale and display the fresh and dry fruit products during the festival days. The Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) has already announced 50 percent discounts on lodging and boarding of the tourists and has made necessary arrangements for bringing tourists from Katra to the festival site while two buses would be kept at the disposal of Tour Operators for ferrying tourists to the festival site. Calling for maintaining close coordination, Talat asked all the officers of line departments to ensure fool-proof arrangements for making the festival a success. He said that a massive publicity campaign would be launched to woo the tourists and asked concerned to print and distribute pamphlets among the tourists at main tourist places well in advance. The Growers will offer rebate on saffron and will make growers aware about the benefits and medicinal values of the Saffron.

Shabir reviews plan allocation of Health Services

Govt. assures adequate funds for maintenance of Health Services
SRINAGAR, OCT 23: A high level meeting of Planning, Finance and Health Departments was held under the chairmanship of Minister of State for Health, Mr Shabir Ahmad Khan here today. The meeting reviewed current fiscal plan allocation of health services and took several decisions to further improve the quality health services in the State. Principal Secretary Planning, Mr. B R Sharma, Commissioner Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Mr. Gaznfar Hussain, Director Finance, Dr. Ishaq, Director CSS, Mr. R. S. Jamwal, Mission Director, NRHM, Dr. Yash Pal Sharma, Director ISM, Dr. Ab. Kibir, Drug and Food Controller, Mr Satash Gupta besides other senior Officers of Planning, Finance and Health Departments attended the meeting. The meeting was informed that an amount of Rs 80.50

Deputations call on Swarn Lata

JAMMU, OCT 23- Vice Chairman, J&K State Advisory Board for the Welfare and Development of Scheduled Caste Swarn Lata met a deputation of residents of Purmandal and Uttervehani here on Wednesday. Various issues for the Welfare and Development of general public of the area were discussed. The main demands highlight by the deputation include repair of bridge at Uttervehani, repair of road from Uttervehani to Purmandal, protection wall of Devak from Purmandal to Uttervehani, Sanction of Post Mortem Station and Labour Room at PHC Purmandal, Urdu teacher at Middle School Gujjar Nalla and Hand pump at village Nandak. Swarn Lata, after listening to the suggestions and grievances of the public assured them that the J&K State Advisory Board for Welfare and Development of Scheduled Castes will make all efforts to redress the problems of the common masses. Further, she assured to take up all genuine issues raised by the people with the concerned departments for their redressal. The prominent persons of the deputation included Ajmer Singh, Block General Secretary AICC (I), Srikant, Hem Raj, Govind Ram, Rajesh Kumar, Ganesh Dass, Kamlesh Sharma, Geeta Devi, Raiz Mohd, Karan Singh, Tara Chand, Magar Singh, Thakur Dass, Mohammad Yunus, Vijay Kumar, Krishan Lal, Bashir Ahmad, Nar Singh and Kewel Sharma.

crore is being expended under health services during current financial year under State plan. The Minister under scored the need for additional funds to complete the on-going health projects in the State under State Plan. He said that though the government has projected Rs 70 crore for infrastructure building during current financial year under NRHM but yet there is need for arranging more

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Tendulkar figures in Wisdens World Test XI Indian GPs axing from 2014 calCricketers Almanack here. The team captained by legendary Australian batsman Don Bradman has four Englishmen, three West Indians, two Australians, one Indian and one Pakistani. Tendulkars contemporaries like Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and Jaques Kallis could not make it to the team, nor other Indian greats like Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev. Australian spin-legend Shane Warne and Pakistani fastbowling great Wasim Akram were the only two contemporaries of Tendulkar who made it to the World Test XI. Tendulkar and Akram are the only two Asians named in the team. Jack Hobbs and W.G. Grace were included as openers, followed by Bradman and Tendulkar at number three and four, respectively. Destructive West Indian batsman Vivian Richards comes in at number five followed his countryman and legendary all-rounder Garry Sobers. Englishman Alan Knott got the wicketkeepers spot while the four remaining bowling slots went to Warne, Akram, West Indian fast bowling great Malcolm Marshall and Englishman Sydney Barnes. Wisden World XI: Jack Hobbs (England), W.G. Grace (England), Don Bradman (Australia, captain), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Vivian Richards (West Indies), Garry Sobers (West Indies), Alan Knott (England), Wasim Akram (Pakistan), Shane Warne (Australia), Malcolm Marshall (West Indies), Sydney Barnes (England).

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English football to receive big investment for grassroots development
LONDON: English football will receive 102 million pounds ($165 million) of investment in grass roots funding over the next three years, the Football Association (FA) announced on Wednesday. The effort involves the FA, the Premier League, the British government and the Football Foundation. The money will be used to develop new or refurbished facilities, beginning in mid-January. The FA said the investment was designed to increase participation in football. Helen Grant, the Minister for Sport, said it was an example of what could be achieved when public and private sectors work together.

endar is a shame: Sergio Perez

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23: McLaren driver Sergio Perez on Wednesday said its a shame that Indian Grand Prix would not be part of the Formula One calendar next year and hoped the event makes a return to the F1 roster in 2015. Its a shame, we are not having a race for the next year. Hopefully, we return later on. The market is growing, when we come here every year, the interest is getting better. Its slowly coming up in India and hopefully we can come back here. Its a race we can keep it for 2015 and beyond that, Perez told PTI here. F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone, in a reshuffle of the 2014 calendar, chucked out Indian GP which is expected to be part of the 2015 season in the first

.LONDON, OCTOBER 23: Retiring Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was on Wednesday named in the Wisden all-time World Test XI. Tendulkar, who will retire

from Test cricket after playing against the West Indies in his landmark 200th match in Mumbai next month, was named at his number four spot in the team announced to mark 150 years of the

Racing forward
THIRUVANANTHAPUR AM,: Jose Pottamkulam is all set to go full throttle at the Indian Grand Prix this year too. The city-based racing enthusiast and team principal of M&N Racing, perhaps the only team from Kerala in the world of Indian motorsport, will once again try his luck at the support races of the Formula One Championship that is being held at the Buddh International circuit in Noida this weekend. Support races are usually held in the lead up to Formula One weekends. They are an opportunity to showcase local motorsport talent on an international scale. Last year, Jose, or Ootta as he is popularly known, fielded four cars, with one of his drivers, Akshay Luciano Bacheta, coming in third overall. However, unlike his last two attempts, this time Jose says he will not be racing cars under M&Ns banner. We decided not to field cars at the event because of the cost; this year you need at least 80,000 USD to run one car, which turned out to be rather prohibitive for a relatively small outfit like ours. So this year we are focussing on providing management support to Parth Ghorpade, who raced for M&N last season, says Jose.Jose, who left for Delhi on Wednesday, seems thrilled at being associated with Ghorpade, the reigning Asian Champion Formula Pilota China. Parth is barely 20 years old and hails from Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

Rupesh Shah shows his class in World Billiards Champions League: Chelsea wins, Arsenal loses
L E E D S , OCTOBER 23: Defending champion Rupesh Shah from India continued his fine run in the World Billiards Championship as he notched up convincing wins over his respective opponents in the Point Format, here. Shah reigned supreme on the green baize in the short 150-up format to beat Irelands Wayne Doyle, Englands Aaron Davies, Australias Grant Meadley and Vietnams Long Nguyen Thanh and top the Group A. In the other Indian matches, Arun Agarwal had a mixed outing in the Group C as he defeated Canadas Fraser Durham and Vietnams Nam Pham Hoai in the morning LONDON, OCTOBER 23: Europa League holders Chelsea got their Champions League campaign back on track with an impressive 3-0 win over German club FC Schalke 04, while London neighbours Arsenal went down at home to last years finalist Borrusia Dortmund 1-2. Chelsea, who were shocked at home in their first match by FC Basel, recorded their second successive win on Tuesday night in the competition and topped Group E. Spanish striker Fernando Torres scored a brace while Eden Hazard finished the game off with a brilliant solo run. Both Chelsea and Schalke are on six points while Basel are on four points after being held 1-1 by previously pointless Steaua Bucharest in Romania. Arsenal loses Arsenal lost for the first time since the opening day of the Premier League campaign after Polish striker Robert Lewandowski scored late to snatch victory for the Germans. After three rounds of games, Dortmund tops the Group F table on goal difference from Arsenal, while Napoli also joined the clubs on six points after disposing of Marseille 2-1 in France. Meanwhile, Barcelona had to battle hard for a 1-1 draw against AC Milan against a boisterous San Siro. Argentinas four-time world player of the year Lionel Messi scored a fine equaliser to show he had put behind him the thigh injury that kept him out for three weeks. Messi cancelled out Robinhos opener but, despite dominating the second half, the Catalans were unable to breach the Italians

half. Ecclestone, the octogenarian F1 Czar, had cited political problems, a veiled reference to tax issues in the country, for dropping the Indian race. Organisers Jaypee Sports International (JPSI) had preferred a slot in October 2014 but eventually agreed for the change. McLaren are without a win or even a podium this year and are heading towards fin-

ishing their first season in 33 years since 1980 without a podium. Perez has been under immense pressure to lift his performances in recent races after Mexicans below par showing in the 13 races so far this season, including a highspeed accident during Fridays practice session in the Japanese Grand Prix and then a crash with Nico Rosberg in the race.

session before going down the drain against Englands Ian Williamson and Australias Matthew Bolton. In Group E, Balachandra Bhaskar made short work of his rivals, defeating Irelands Mark Nolan, Austrias Carl Walter Steiner and countrymate Sushrut Pandia.

Saurav Kothari won all his four matches in Group I to progress to the next round of the prestigious event. The Kolkata-based cueist defeated Australias Michael Pearson, Austrias Martin Schmidt, country-mates Aditya Agarwal and Yash Bansal.

defence. Barcelona leads Group H with a two-point advantage over Milan while Celtic kept hopes alive of reaching the last 16 with a 2-1 win at home to Ajax. Spanish side Atletico Madrid carried on with their impressive run in the tournament, disposing off Austria Vienna 3-0 to make it three wins from three.

Highly rated striker Diego Costa was again on the scoresheet, scoring a brace. Atletico can book a place in the knockout stages if they beat the same opponents in the next match. In the same group, Zenit ran out 1-0 winners over a Porto side that played with just 10 men from the sixth minute when Hector Herrera was sent off.

Star catches the eye

PUNE, OCTOBER 23: Star, Don Corleone and Al Shamsheer caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning. Sand 600m: Neptunes Ocean (Bernard), Dreams R Mine (V.Jodha) 38.5. They moved level freely. Ancient Warrior (Pasha) 38.5. Moved freely. 800m: Stiletto (app), Annabeth (K.Kadam) 52, 600/38. Pair moved level freely. 2/y/o Play Fair (Pasha), Il Moran (Neeraj) 55, 600/39.5. Former better. Aletheia (Kavraj), Umarkot (R.Vaibhav) 51.5, 600/37. They were urged and finished level. 2/y/o Al Shamsheer (Dashrath), Youre The Boss (rb) 49.5, 600/37. Former moved well and they finished level. Oriental Rocky (R.Vaibhav), Fireworks (K.Kadam) 52, 600/38.5. They finished level freely. Mighty King (rb) 51.5, 600/38.5. Moved well. Muntasir (Sandesh) 54, 600/38. Moved freely. Brown Dynamite (S.Nayak), Moon Raker (V.Jodha) 50, 600/37.5. Both moved level freely. Ceasarina (rb) 53, 600/40.5. Moved freely. Silk (rb), Targetmaster (Agarwal) 56.5, 600/42.5. Pair easy. Deja Vu (Dashrath) 51, 600/38. Moved well. Mykonos (Shelar), Yellowzone (Kamlesh) 48.5, 600/37. They moved neck and neck freely. Dixie Delight (Neeraj) 52.5, 600/38.5. Moved freely. Capri (T.Mahesh) 56, 600/41. Easy. Indian Touch (Jethu) 49.5, 600/37. Moved freely. Paris (Merchant), Quick Fire (Shelar) 48.5, 600/36.5. Former finished three lengths ahead. Kaldeno (app) 50, 600/38. Moved freely. Midnight Lady (Akshay) 51, 600/38. Moved fluently. Blazing Torronaado (Pradeep), 2/y/o Ravello (Sandeep Jadhav) 49.5, 600/37.5. They were urged and finished level. Saturday Affair (Sandesh) 51.5, 600/39.5. Moved freely. Miss Behave (S.Sunil), San Rafael (Agarwal) 49, 600/36. Former superior. Zoltan (P.S.Chouhan), Nush (N.Jodha) 51, 600/38. They moved level freely. Shishya (Dashrath), The Pace (Sameer) 54, 600/40. Former was two lengths better.

Ace Mesmerise shines

BANGALORE, OCTOBER 23: Ace Mesmerise, Czar Of Romance, Rock With U, Kafka and Valahak shone when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (Oct. 23). Outer sand: 600m: Affirmative (Imam), Resurgent (rb) 44. A fit pair. Valahak (B. Paswan), Sunstone (Anjar) 41.5. Former moved fluently. Turf Striker (rb) 44. Moved on the bit. Super Missile (Chethana), Gun Salute (rb) 44.5. They finished together. Accuracy (Chethana) 45. Moved freely. 1,000m: Aceempressjessie (rb), Ace Shineon (rb) 1-12.5, 600/43. They moved impressively. Ace Mesmerise (R. Bharath), Solitaire Royale (A. Imran) 1-10, 600/42. Former finished eight lengths ahead. Sairani (R. Bharath), Atmos (A. Imran) 1-14, 600/44. They worked well. Gagan Star (Gnaneshwar) 1-11, 600/43.5. Pleased. Top Speed (Afsar) 1-16, 600/45.5. Moved freely. Sun Glow (S. Hussain), Hard To Pin Down (Shahbuddin) 1-16, 600/43.5. They moved well. Noble Princess (rb), Flash Of The Water (R. Pradeep) 1-13, 600/44. Former finished five lengths ahead. 1,200m: Beautiful Life (Gnaneshwar), The Muse (Arshad) 1-24.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/44.5. They moved fluently. Mountain Range (rb) 1-30.5, 1,000/1-14, 600/42.5. In fine nick. Magic Wave (Rajesh Babu), Dream Runner (C. Harish) 126.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/44.5. They finished level. Spiritofchartwell (I. Chisty) 126.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/43. Impressed. Sugar Fairy (rb) 1-29, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/45.5. Moved freely. Kafka (Md. Shoaib) 122.5, 1,000/1-8, 600/43.5. Responded well to the urgings. Mountain Train (Shahbuddin), Mountain High (S. Hussain) 125, 1,000/1-11, 600/45. They are in fine condition. Indian Bolt (Gnaneshwar) 1-27, 1,000/1-9.5, 600/42. Strode out well. Booker Jones (rb), Star Of Destiny (Faisal) 1-31, 1,000/1-14, 600/44. Former finished two lengths ahead. Stellar Ambition (R. Bharath), Whistlejacket (A. Imran) 1-28.5, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/45.5. They moved together.

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apathy of the civil administration and the police, there are social factors that have played a bigger role. Its easy for commentators in the electronic and print media to blame all ills on the mindset of the patriissues need to be addressed if change has to come about. The biggest casualty in all this is the education and the health of the girl child. The strongest incentive for a delayed marriage is education. In many families and village groups, the theory is gaining ground that a sound education for girls will help the parents in finding a good match for her, without their having to pay a large dowry. But this has unfortunately not caught on at the massive scale it should, and one reason for that is the lack of accessibility to higher learning for girls in rural India. There is also the issue of safety as the girls travel distances to get educated. Then, there are documented instances of a child bride ending up with physical complications during pregnancy and after. Children are still-born or severely malnourished. Its worse for the mother (still a child herself) if the new-born is a girl. This brings us to the vicious circle that engulfs the issue of girl child marriage. Its a mistake to consider the problem in isolation. As presentations that were recently made at an event organised by an NGO, Breakthrough, in Delhi, demonstrated, girl child marriage is in many ways linked to a host of issues such as gender discrimination, malnutrition, infant mortality rate, dowry, domestic violence and poor levels of education among females. While its not the argument that early marriage alone is responsible for all the problems, it undeniably is a major factor. The presence of a law against child marriage does not make the related issues disappear. The Government and social activists must collaborate to create synergy between the multiple departments, ranging from education to health to social welfare, and have a holistic plan of action, to tackle child marriages. Meanwhile, law enforcement officials should shed their lethargy and prejudice and crack down on violators of the Act. Fear of the law alone will not work, but, without it, social interventions will also have little success.

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The Congress-led UPA regime's intent behind reviving the Prevention of Communal and Targetted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2011, is what it was when it proposed the legislation back in May 2011: Divide society along communal lines and reap political harvest. The UPA's decision to bring the slanted Bill out of cold storage comes only months before the 2014 general election, at a time when the ruling coalition is faced with a strong anti-incumbency sentiment. It knows that it has wasted the mandate of the people it received in 2009, and the regime is now using the Bill as a rallying point to lure minority community voters to its fold. While it is far from clear whether this dangerous and cynical political strategy will convert into votes for the Congress and its allies, there is no doubt that it will widen existing social faultlines. Drafted by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, the Bill that claims to prevent communal violence is itself communal. It neatly divides society into one majority and one minority community, then proceeds on the outrageous assumption that it is always the former that attacks the latter no matter who the actual victims may be. Yet, as the Bodo-Muslim riots in Assam or the Muslim-Christian violence in Kerala or the tribal flare-ups in Odisha show, such simplistic assumptions do not reflect the complex reality of communal violence in a country as diverse as India. They only expose the insecurities of a regime that realises its days are numbered. Moreover, the anti-communal violence Bill is not just a blow to secularism; it also threatens India's federal structure. By allowing the Union Government to step in during a riot, the Bill impinges on the rights of the State Government, as law and order is a State subject. State regimes have long registered a strong protest and rightly argued that the Bill hampers their ability to respond to a communal flare-up and makes it difficult to prosecute the guilty. It is not that the UPA regime is unaware of these flaws. When the Government proposed the Bill in 2011, the legislation came under heavy criticism from all quarters and was summarily dismissed at an all-party meeting. It is safe to assume that, if presented in its original form, or even if tweaked a bit, it will meet the same fate. The Bill is also unlikely to stand legal scrutiny, given its unconstitutional premise of demarcating the population into majority and minority groups on the basic of religion, caste, language and ethnicity. In other words, the UPA knows that it will not be able to take the Bill to its logical conclusion. Why bring it up? The coalition would like us to believe the revival has been necessitated by the Muzaffarnagar riots. Yet, the violence in Uttar Pradesh was not because there were no laws to prevent a communal flare-up. It was sparked by the unabashedly partisan politics of the State's ruling party and blew out of control after the regime mishandled the situation. Besides, the Muzaffarnagar violence was neither the first nor the most deadly instance of communal unrest since the UPA came to power. Even between 2011 and now, there have been several equally terrible cases across the country, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. But the UPA regime has only woken up now, and with a wrong solution.

ITS AN AGE TO PLAY AND STUDY. DO NOT KILL IT

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Sometime last week, India refused to cosponsor a resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council that called for an end to the practice of child marriage. The refusal shocked civil rights activists in the country and elsewhere, because only days before the resolution came before the UN body, New Delhi had enthusiastically supported the document. Officials offered many unconvincing explanations for the turnaround, including that the resolution had left the term, early marriage as vague. The Ministry for External Affairs spokesperson added, though, that India supported the objectives of the resolution. Unfortunately, because the development has created little buzz in the television-driven news media, the Government has got away without much public opprobrium. If the country did indeed support the objectives, why did it fail to co-sponsor it? By doing so, it has send across a negative message that we are not willing to bite the bullet. India has the worlds largest number of child brides 24 million and among the worst records in punishing the perpetrators of the crime. After all, child marriage is expressly illegal. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, which came into effect from January 10, 2007, provides for rigorous imprisonment up to two years or a fine of one lakh rupees or both to those who perform, conduct, direct or abet child marriage. Yet, we have not heard of many cases, if at all there have been some, where people have been hauled up even, let alone convicted, for the crime. This is strange given that child marriages happen in the country almost every day. The proliferation of child marriage is especially worrisome in the case of the girl child. According to statistics, nearly half of all girls are married before they turn the legal age of 18. In States such as Bihar, the situation is worse. Close to 70 per cent of the girls are married off before they reach 18 years of age, while 48 per cent are made to tie the knot before they turn 15 years of age. Experts estimate that by 2030, more

Law enforcement officials should crack down on violations of The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. Fear of the law alone will not work, but, without it, social interventions will also have little success
than 130 million young girls in South Asia will be married early. A large, indeed the majority, number will come from India. One had expected that the grim reality would have driven New Delhi to co-own the UN resolution. After all, several countries such as South Sudan, Yemen, Honduras and Ethiopia all having a high child marriage figure have adopted the document to demonstrate their commitment to tackling the social evil. By contrast, many South Asian countries such as Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, along with India, did not co-sponsor the move. Nobel laureate and social activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu had in an interview more than a year ago remarked that only a concerted and coordinated effort by political, religious, village community and business leaders can reverse the situation in India. He pointed out that even the GDP growth rate would spiral upward if the latent power of an empowered female class were to be unleashed. But that wouldnt be possible if girls keep getting pushed into early marriages, thereby thwarting progress in their education and health, and aborting their contribution to social growth. The legal machinery in the country has failed to rise to the occasion for a variety of reasons. While one of them certainly is the archal class that has a stranglehold on society. But non-Government organisations, who have been working at the grassroots levels and interacting with people, will tell a different story which is closer to reality. Lets begin with the basic question: Why would parents want to marry off their lessthan-18-year-old daughter, even when they know that doing so is a crime? The answers are many and they hold the key to developing a meaningful intervention. The first is that the parents may be too poor. They realise that the more they delay the girls marriage the more dowry they will have to end up paying. Poverty also leads the parents to get rid of an extra mouth to feed. The second reason is peer pressure. Village societies even today frown upon cases where, for instance, 17-year old girls remain unmarried. All sorts of stories get circulated against the girl and her parents. Early marriage is a way out to pre-empt such fate. Village elders also raise the spectacle of the girl going haywire if she remains unmarried after she has developed the physical faculties. Finally, given the unsafe environment (rising incidents of sexual assault) that girls and women find themselves in, parents are unwilling to take chances and prefer to discharge their responsibility at the earliest. All these

AN INDIA SHUTDOWN? PERHAPS NOT

Joginder Singh
While in India, all the political parties seem to be focussed on the Lok Sabha election of 2014, in the US, now after the end of the two-week long Government shutdown, people are evaluating the performance and also discussing the future of both the Republican and the Democratic parties for the mid-term cycle of poll scheduled for 2014. In India, the Times Now, India TV and C-Voter survey, which was conducted between August and October, predicts that the Congresss seats in the Lok Sabha will fall from 206 in the 2009 election to 102 in the 2014 election, and that the BJP is expected to increase its seats to 162 seats from 116 in 2009. But the survey also says that no party would be able to secure a clear majority to stake its claim to form the Government. Therefore, the parties would have to rely on the support of the regional parties to form the Government, which in return would force them to get exploited and manipulated by these regional parties. The BJPs election propaganda is revolving around Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is being projected as a saviour of the party. The Congresss propaganda is centred on Mr Rahul Gandhi and the various public welfare schemes his party has launched. As we have seen, Parliament is not allowed to function for days together due to the lack of coordination and cooperation among the main national parties. There are media debates and criticism for such impasse, but somehow the deadlock is always resolved national economic image and prestige. Nevertheless, the shutdown was also not liked and appreciated by a majority of the people, so much so that some eminent American scholars, in sheer hopelessness and frustration, described the present Congress as a greater danger to national security than the threat from Al Qaeda! So, if the coordination and understanding between the two parties is lost, the same situation might surface once again the following year. The people also feel that, to create such a situation yet again and that too so soon after the last one would be sheer folly on the part of the political parties, as this crisis has not lead them anywhere. The US system of governance, while providing immense powers to the President and the Opposition party, has a great role to play in effective functioning. But the lack of coordination among the three branches of Government and political parties, can also clip Mr Obamas powers and cripple the system. In a way, the US example provides a lesson to India. At the same time, it gives us an opportunity to evaluate the performance of the political parties and the public and the media reaction to it.

OMAR SAYS THE RIGHT THING

People who had despaired of Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's advocacy of peace and dialogue even as Pakistani troops continue to shell Indian posts along the Line of Control, have received a pleasant surprise. Mr Abdullah said on Monday that India must consider other options to counter Pakistan's violation of the ceasefire agreement. He added, for good measure, that India can meet fire with fire. Perhaps it had to do with the occasion (he was speaking on Police Commemoration Day), or maybe Mr Omar Abdullah is really frustrated by Pakistan's continuing offensive that has disrupted normal life in villages along the borders. Whatever, he has voiced the sentiments of millions of Indians who believe increasingly that India is getting nothing but more humiliation by continuing to talk with Pakistan. After all, regardless of the much-hyped meeting between Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New York and repeated assurances by the former that he wants to erase enmity between the two countries, Pakistan's Army continues to rain rockets and mortars on Indian territory in Jammu & Kashmir. Either Mr Sharif is not in charge of his Army or that he is complicit in the offensive. It may be a bit of both. But, unless the Congress-led UPA Government summons the courage to call a spade and spade and then act accordingly, Pakistan will continue to get away. It is ridiculous for the Indian Prime Minister to sob on the US President's shoulder over Islamabad's misdeeds when he and his regime show no determination whatsoever to take harsh steps. That determination was completely missing when Mr Singh recently met Mr Sharif. He meekly agreed to a proposal for an early meeting at the level of Director-General of Military Operations of both the countries to resolve the crisis along the LoC, but did not bluntly tell Pakistan that New Delhi would respond forcefully, matching fire with fire, as Mr Abdullah has said, if his troops did not end their attacks. Neither did the Indian Prime Minister categorically state that trade and other exchanges would be grounded if Pakistan failed to check the incidents along the border. The Chief Minister has in a way articulated what Union Minister and his father Farooq Abdullah has been stating for some time now: That Pakistan must be given a befitting reply, not just for the current violations of the ceasefire but also for aiding and abetting terror activities on Indian soil. It remains to be seen whether the Chief Minister will stick to his new-found aggression, which, even his strident critics must admit, is grounded in reality. The problem is: Mr Omar Abdullah gets tempted too often to strike a note which is discordant with that of national sentiment. One example is his remark on the accession of the State to the Indian Union. As an elected leader, he must not fall in the trap that the separatists have laid for him.

There are lessons that New Delhi can learn from the US shutdown. One is that both the Government and the Opposition must work together when it concerns national interest. So far, our parliamentary system has served us well in such crises
in an all-party meeting. This is the beauty of the parliamentary system, which critics claim is a rather unstable system. But, a look at what has happened in the US over the last couple of weeks shows that the Federal Government was forced to shut down for almost two weeks by the stubbornness of the Republican members of the House of Representatives. In India, such logjam is a rare phenomenon. Should such a thing take place, the Government and Parliament would be dissolved and elections announced. But, being a presidential system and following the checks and balance procedure, such deadlock is not unnatural for the US. However, the US seemed amply disturbed by it as the event has adversely affected the countrys interThe public anger was reflected in a poll sponsored by NBC News and Wall Street Journal, conducted between October 8 and October 12, and reported by The New York Times which showed how the shutdown took its toll by tarnishing the Republican Partys image among the people. Seventy per cent of respondents shared the opinion that the Republicans in Congress had forwarded their own political agenda without thinking about the welfare and fate of the country. Actually most of the respondents thought that the Republicans compromised nations interest while pursuing their own interest. The shutdown has led 47 per cent of the people to have negative feelings about the Tea Party, with just 21 per cent of Americans having a positive opinion about this group. The New York Times has also published the findings of the Pew Research Report survey about the possibility in 2014 election and the growing unpopularity of the Congress members after this shutdown. According to this survey, 74 per cent of registered voters said that most members of the Congress should not be re-elected in 2014. According to this report the Democrats have secured a six-point edge over the Republicans: 49 per cent of the registered voters said that they would vote for the Democratic candidates in their districts, while only 43 per cent showed a leaning toward the Republican candidates. There is also a general feeling that the Republicans have failed to fulfil their commitments and promises which they have made to the American people. Therefore, after keeping the Government on its toes for nearly two weeks, the Republicans Uturn on the shutdown is being seen as their surrender in the fight against President Barack Obama on the issues of budget, healthcare and the nations credit. The Americans also have a feeling that the Republicans actually neither gained anything substantial out of the shutdown nor did their prestige and popularity improve. The Republicans could not make any dent or cut on Mr Obamas healthcare budget, but they could only create immense loss to the economy and American prestige worldwide. But as per the deal signed by the two parties, the budget ceiling would last till January 15, 2014 and it would re-open on February 7, 2014.

READER SPACE
Plight of poor pensioners
Dear Editor, The write up is in response to a news item captioned Tarigami expresses dissent on Bill seeking hike in legislators pension which appeared in your esteemed daily (KT: October 14, 2013). Tarigami has lauded Governors decision of returning the bill. CPI (M) Secretary M Y Tarigami is the only upright MLA, who has expressed dissent on the bill seeking hike in legislators pension with retrospective effect. Is this an appropriate time to increase legislators pensioners benefits, is a question being posed by people which needs an answer from the government. Does democracy exclusively stands for royal ruling class and the people in general are made to bear the brunt of wrong policies and programmers of the state government. Law makers quite often enjoy a free hand in fixing and hiking their salaries, pensions and other luxurious perks without any yardstick/rationale. Wrong policies, non-transparency and unaccountability are the reasons behind fiscal crunch and mess. None is listening to the voice of reason akin to proverb, Poor mans voice is never heard against the rich. Let the state government have an honest introspection for its own orders and commitments. Yours faithfully, Mohammed Sidiq Srinagar.

Include people in dialogue

Dear Editor, Recently the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in context of resolving Kashmir issue said, There has been a stand since the period of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru on Jammu and Kashmir that Kashmir is ours...No third party thing can happen. Anything that has to happen has to happen bilaterally. Most of the government representatives are very selective in picking up historical facts, according to their convenience and political vision and some times they manipulate the reality according to their political interests. They always talk about Kashmir as bilateral issue, but they never talk about the plebiscite promised by Pandit Jawahar Lal in United Nations in 1947. Politicians of our country should learn that in a democratic setup opinion of people is very important and in the case of Kashmir dispute from very beginning they always ignore the opinion of people of Jammu and Kashmir. They should understand one thing that any place belongs to its people and if you ignore their will, nothing is going to resolve. To resolve the problem they have to talk to people of Ladakh, Kashmir, Jammu, people from erstwhile Doda district, Paharis, NWFP, Gujjars and Bakarwals, Kashmiri migrants, refugees from Poonch, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, etc. Without considering their wills and wishes any solution will be incomplete. Yours faithfully, Gursharan Singh, Jammu .

But, a look at what has happened in the US over the last couple of weeks shows that the Federal Government was forced to shut down for almost two weeks by the stubbornness of the Republican members of the House of Representatives. In India, such logjam is a rare phenomenon. Should such a thing take place, the Government and Parliament would be dissolved and elections announced. But, being a presidential system and following the checks and balance procedure, such deadlock is not unnatural for the US. However, the US seemed amply disturbed by it as the event has adversely affected the country's international economic image and prestige. Nevertheless, the shutdown was also not liked and appreciated by a majority of the people, so much so that some eminent American scholars, in sheer hopelessness and frustration, described the present Congress as a greater danger to national security than the threat from Al Qaeda!

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NATIONAL

State relaxes deputation norms

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCTOBER 23: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to relax austerity measures in respect of deputation of government servants to public sector undertakings and local self-governments. The stipulation that the post in parent department will not be filled on deputation stands withdrawn. Deputation will be permitted only to posts sanctioned initially in local self-governments and public sector undertakings. The staff on deputation will have to be returned to their parent departments upon their promotion. The period of deputation will be extended only with consent of the parent department. Though public sector undertakings and local selfgovernments are permitted to appoint professionals, appointments should be done only with prior permission of the government. Briefing the media, the Chief Minister said the restrictions on deputations were modified following talks with employees unions who had made a representation to the government seeking changes. Replying to questions, the Chief Minister said the report that Additional Director General of Police T.P. Senkumar had misrepresented his caste for getting IPS selection was wrong. He was an Ezhava and this was recorded in his SSLC book. However, he got selected [to the IPS] in the general category. The government would not countenance propaganda to demoralise officials. Mr. Chandy said that the government was against incarceration of PDP leader Abdul Nasir Maudani without trial. However, he was not going into the merits of the case as it was sub judice in another State. The government would decide on its stand on his bail petition before the Supreme Court later, now that the State had been made a party to the case, Mr. Chandy said. There was no cause for concern regarding Maoist activities in the State. However, reports about their presence in the State could not be taken lightly, he added.

Rahul's emotional pitch to garner votes, says BJP

PATNA, OCTOBER 23,: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday attacked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for making an emotional pitch to garner votes and claimed he had been compelled to do so as he had nothing to drive home about UPA governments performance. It is very unfortunate that Rahul has spoken about the assassination of his grandmother and illness of his mother during electioneering and made an emotional appeal to the people to vote for Congress, senior BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad told reporters here. Its very mean on the part of the Congress vice-president to harp on the sacrifices made by his family about which the country already knows, he said, adding the emotional appeal made by Rahul at the same time explains the fact that he has nothing positive to talk about the performance of UPA government for nearly two terms. It (Rahuls speech in Churu, Rajasthan) also explains that your government has nothing to offer as far as the problems of modern India is concerned, the senior BJP leader said. Claiming that the Congress vice presidents attempt to woo the electorate on emotional and personal issues will have no bearing on the outcome of the assembly and parliamentary polls, he said todays youth is not moved by these emotional things but they are more concerned about their

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Bikers rob NRI woman of cash, jewellery
MEERUT: Two motorcycleborne assailants allegedly snatched an NRI woman's bag containing valuables worth Rs 5 lakh in Abu lane market here, police said on Wednesday.35-year-old Shahida, wife of a Londonbased businessman, was on her way home from the market in a rickshaw on Tuesday when two youths on a motorcycle snatched her bag, police said.According to Shahida, the bag contained Rs 1 lakh and 500 pounds cash, gold jewellery and a cellphone. Police are suspecting the involvement of local goons in the case and a search for the accused duo is on.

Man held for over 20 car break-ins

AHMEDABAD: A team of Shahibaug police arrested a 36-year-old man for his involvement in more than 20 car break-ins in both eastern and western city parts, early on Tuesday morning. Police recovered 10 laptops and 11 mobile phones from his residence. According to Shahibaug police, a team was on patrol near Camp Hanuman area at 2 am on Tuesday, when they spotted a scooter rider. As he did not stop on being asked, police got doubtful and nabbed him after a brief chase. When questioned, police got to know that the man, identified as Santosh Dubey, 36, a resident of Amdupura, was involved in a number of thefts."Working as a driver with a firm in Vatva, Dubey opened developed master keys for various car brands and out of curiosity applied it to random cars. When it worked, he employed his newly-found skill for stealing valuables kept in parked cars. He confessed that he stole valuables from areas such as Vastrapur, Satellite, Shahibaug, Madhavpura and Navrangpura. While not out of money or job, he found the theft as easy way to get money," said a Shahibaug police official. He not only found laptop bags and wallets in the cars, but also a huge stash of identity documents such as driving license and PAN cards along with credit cards and debit cards.

future. Mr. Prasad hit out at UPA government for its alleged non-performance

during its rule nearing a decade and charged India has suffered and become

an insecure place during the tenure of the present dispensation at the Centre.

MP polls: Congress decides candidates for 194 seats Attorney General, govt. officials differ on RTI Bill
INDORE, OCTOBER 23: The Congress has finalised its candidates for 194 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh and will announce their names from October 25 onwards. The state, having a total of 230 seats, will go to polls on November 25. The Congress Central Election Committee has given a green signal to party candidates on 194 seats and the party will announce its list of candidates in a planned manner from October 25 onwards, partys state in-charge secretary Sanjay Nirupam said in Indore on Wednesday. He also said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will address a number of poll rallies in the state before the elections. However, he did not provide details of their proposed visits to the state. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will address two rallies on Thursday at Rahatgarh in Sagar district and Indore, he said. NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23: Attorney General and the Law Ministry are not on the same page over a move to keep political parties out of the ambit of the RTI Act. This came to the fore at a meeting Parliamentary panel examining the measure. Deposing before the Standing Committee on Law and Personnel here yesterday, Law Secretary B.A. Agarwal and other senior government officials defended the RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2013 while AG, G.E. Vahanvati had a contradictory view. Government officials said a shield was necessary to keep political parties out of the ambit of the RTI Act. They are understood to have cited the explanation in the bill introduced in the Lok Sabha in August. The explanation on the bill reads: The government considers that the CIC has made a liberal interpretation of Section 2(h) of the said (RTI) Act in its decision. Declaring a political party as public authority under the RTI Act would hamper its smooth internal working...further, the political rivals may misuse the provisions of RTI Act... But appearing before the Committee, AG Vahanvati is learnt to have said that political parties can come under the ambit of the transparency law as there were sufficient provisions in the RTI Act to shield political parties from undue harassment by rivals as feared. In its June 3 order, the CIC had termed Congress, BJP, BSP, NCP, CPI and CPI(M) as political authorities. The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2013 seeks to insert an explanation in Section 2 of the Act which states that any association or body of individuals registered or recognised as political party under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 will not be considered a public authority. Committee Chairman Shantaram Naik refrained from commenting on evidences given by officers or the AG, but said, All the views placed before the Committee would be looked into while drafting the report. Meanwhile, sources in the committee said the panel would also examine as to whether the CIC order brining political parties under the ambit of the RTI is binding or not. Since the CIC order came on June 3, the amended Act will come into force with retrospective effect from that date. As of now, the CIC order is operational, meaning people are free to seek information under the RTI Act from political parties. Government was forced to refer the Bill to the Standing Committee in the wake of opposition to the proposed amendment to the RTI Act from NGOs, civil society and information activists who claimed that it will defeat the very purpose of the transparency law. BJP too had opposed the contents of the Bill and wanted it to be referred to a Parliamentary panel for wider consultations.

Taking a dig at BJP, Mr. Nirupam said it was unfortunate that the saffron party has only one leader (BJPs prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi) in its fold while Congress has a long list of such leaders to whom people wanted to listen. He said the party will corner the state BJP government on issues of roads, power, corruption, malnutri-

tion, poor law and order and condition of farmers. The state Lokayukta has registered cases against 13 ministers in the state, but the government led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has not given its permission for the trial of the cases, which means, morally Mr. Chouhan too is involved with his ministers on the issue, Mr. Nirupam alleged.

Newlywed ends life after row over age AgustaWestland given final show BANGALORE: A newlywed woman, allegedly depressed cause notice to cancel deal over a marital dispute, hanged herself from the roof of her
Subramanyapura house on Tuesday morning. Prathima, 33, a native of Maddur, was working with a top private bank in Bangalore. She allegedly lied to her husband, Vasant Kumar, that she was 31 years old, police said. Vasant, employee of a private company, and Prathima tied the knot eight months ago. In a suicide note, Prathima said she withheld her real age from Vasant before marriage. Later on learning she was older to him by a year, Prathima told Vasant the truth, straining their relationship. In her note, Prathimia said she decided to take the extreme step as she was depressed over the turn of events.Her body was found hanging from the roof in the main hall of the house in Supraja Nagar, Konanakunte Cross. Her father-in-law was the first to spot the body.Police said Prathima may have come out of her bedroom at night, locked the room from outside before committing suicide in the hall. Man and parents held over wife's death A cabbie and his parents have been taken into custody after his 19-year-old wife was found hanging from the roof of her house under mysterious circumstances on Monday evening. Vidyashree married Nagaraj five months ago and was living with his family in Sunnadakallu Palya, near Uttarahalli.Shivanna, Vidyashree's father and a native of Maddur, filed a complaint with police that the suicide was a cover-up. He said his only daughter, being harassed for dowry, was assaulted and strangled to death. Acting on the complaint, Nagaraj and his parents were taken into custody.Nagaraj, however, claimed in his statement that he found Vidyashree hanging in their bedroom on Monday, 6.30pm. He rushed her to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead. NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23: The controversial Rs. 3,600 crore contract for procuring 12 helicopters to ferry VVIPs is moving towards cancellation. The Defence Ministry has issued a final show cause notice to Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland for cancelling its contract for alleged violation of the terms of contract. The notice, issued by the Defence Ministry on Monday, has asked AgustaWestland to explain why ``all or any action as prescribed, including cancellation of the contract, should not be taken against them for violating the terms of the preintegrity pact and the contract for procurement of 12 VVIP choppers. The UK-based firm has been given 21 days to reply to the notice, Defence Ministry sources said here. The VVIP chopper contract is being probed by the Italian agencies as well as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for payment of alleged kickbacks to some Indian citizens, including former Indian Air Chief SP Tyagi. The Defence Ministry has stated that because of the integrity pact, it can get back all the money paid by it for the deal. India has put on hold the further delivery of choppers and payments. The

firm had already given delivery of three choppers to the Indian Air Force. The final show cause notice came within days of Swiss resident Guido Ralph Haschke, an alleged middleman named by the Italian investigators, being arrested on charges of bribery. It has been alleged that Finmeccanica, the parent company of AgustaWestland, had used the services of middlemen, including Haschke to bribe Indian officials. On its part, the company had said last week that it has invoked arbitration proceedings against the Defence Ministry for ``unilaterally freezing the deal.

Radia tapes: CBI registers 8 fresh preliminary enquiries

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23: The CBI on Wednesday registered eight more preliminary enquiries (PEs) in connection with issues related to intercepted phone calls of lobbyist Niira Radia against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and others in separate cases. A PE looking into alleged irregularities in the allotment of iron ore mines at Ankua, Singhbhum district of Jharkhand to Tata steel has been initiated, CBI sources said, adding Mr. Koda, who is out on bail in a corruption case, and unknown officials of Jharkhand government have been named as accused. Tata Steel spokesperson said it was too early to respond. The sources said another PE has been registered against the then Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) V K Sibal, RIL and other unknown persons in connection with alleged favours shown by the DGH to RIL and the quid-pro-quo. Mr. Sibal did not respond to messages seeking his reaction. The RIL spokesperson declined to comment. A PE has also been started in connection with alleged working of touts and middlemen and kickbacks in the aviation sector in against Radia, Ramesh Nambiar, a former Air India official, Deepak Talwar and unknown officials of Ministry of Civil Aviation. Another PE has also been initiated against Ms. Radia into alleged market manipulation and hammering of stocks of Unitech. Ms. Radias spokesperson also declined to comment.

Companies to meet IMG on delays in coal blocks development

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23: The Coal Ministry has asked firms including JSPL, NTPC, SAIL and Tata Power to make presentation before the IMG on Thursday and Friday on the achievement of milestones prescribed for developing 30 mines that were allotted to them and their reasons for delays. The reply submitted by your company (companies) is under consideration of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG)...and it has been decided to provide an opportunity to you to present your explanation/version before the IMG on the current status of development of allocated coal block, according to a coal ministry document. You are requested to make a presentation with respect to the achievement of different milestones prescribed for the development of coal block and reasons for delay, if any, with respect to achievement of the same, it said. The coal block allocatees were e a r l i e r issued showc a u s e notices for delaying the produ ct i on from their mines. Jindal Steel and Power Ltd has been asked to make presentation with regard to delaying the production from its four coal blocks -Amarkunda Murgadangal in Jharkhand, Utkal B1 and Ramchandi Promotional block in Odisha and Urtan North in Madhya Pradesh. SAIL has been asked to make presentation for Sitanala mine in Jharkhand, and NTPC for Parki Barwadih mine in Jharkhand and

Murder accused on bail hacked to death in Kancheepuram

CHENNAI: A 31-year-old man who was an accused in two murder cases and an attempt to murder case was hacked to death by a five-member gang at Thirukalimedu in Kancheepuram on Tuesday night.P Manikandan alias 'Don' Mani was confronted by the armed gang near his house in Kavarai Street at 7.40pm on Tuesday. Manikandan tried to flee and cried for help. Before the residents in the area gathered to rescue him, the assailants hacked him and left him in a pool of blood.Neighbours and his family members took him to Kancheepuram Government Hospital where he was declared brought dead.Manikandan, an undertrial in connection with the 'Auto' Raja murder reported at the Vishnu Kanchi police station in 2012, came out on bail a week ago. Manikandan was also allegedly involved in another murder case and an attempt to murder case in Kancheepuram. Police suspect that the relatives of the Auto Raja are behind his murder. Kancheepuram taluk police inspector M Palani has registered a murder case and launched a hunt for the assailants.

Talaipalli mine in Chhattisgarh. Other firms which have been asked to make presentations are GVK Power, Abhijeet Infrastructure, Bhusan Steel and Power and Monnet Ispat & Energy among others. The Coal Ministry has also asked the companies to provide before IMG the details of investment made vis--vis the ones planned for developing coal blocks, and progress of the implementation of enduse plants among others.

Unitech spokesperson said, We are pleased to learn that Supreme Court has ordered a CBI enquiry into hammering of stock of Unitech. In October 2008, widespread malicious rumours were being spread about the financial health of our company, possibly by the bear cartels or market operators who had vested interest in making short term gains. We are thankful to the Court for ordering enquiry now into this matter which has caused great monetary as well as reputation loss to us, the Unitech spokesperson said. The CBI has also started a probe into the matter related to supply of low floor buses by Tata Motors to Government of Tamil Nadu under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme, the CBI sources said. The matter is sub-judice. Hence we cannot comment on any specifics. Suffice it to say, we will offer full cooperation in any inquiry by any government agency, Tata Motors spokesperson has said.

A Chartered Accountant Rajiv Gupta, unknown public servants and private persons have been named in a PE for alleged criminal misconduct in respect of surveys and raids conducted by Income Tax department, the sources said. Another enquiry related to payment of illegal gratification paid to IT officials to get the works done has also been initiated against unknown public servants and private persons, they said. A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi had identified 23 issues which were framed by an apex court-appointed team on the analysis of the tapped conversations of Ms. Radia with bureaucrats, politicians, corporate tycoons and scribes. It then ordered a CBI probe into 14 issues last week. The bench said, The subjects mentioned...are prima facie indicative of deep rooted malaise in the system of which advantage has been taken by private enterprises in collaboration/connivance with the Government officers and others.

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7 China allays fears over Brahmaputra dam Hollande proposes intelligence cooperation with U.S.
STUDENT AGE THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 24, 2013

INTERNATIONAL & ECONOMY

BEIJING, OCTOBER 23: India and China on Wednesday signed a new agreement to strengthen cooperation on transborder rivers that is aimed at allaying Indias concerns over new dams on the Brahmaputra and facilitating the exchange of flood data. The agreement, signed after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, said both countries agreed to strengthen their cooperation further on the trans-border rivers through the existing Expert Level Mechanism to provide flood-season data and emergency management. Under the new agreement, the Chinese side agreed to provide more flood data of Brahmaputra river from May to October instead of June to October that was in vogue under the previous agreements river water agreements in 2008 and 2010. India has expressed concerns over Chinas plans to construct more dams which New Delhi fears could restrict the flows of the Himalayan river flowing from Tibet. China for its parts assured India that its dams are run of the river projects not

designed to hold water. In addition to the river water agreement, India and China inked several agreements on establishment of Nalanda University at Rajgir in Bihar for which China is one of the participating countries. The side also signed agreements to

strengthen cultural exchange programme, Cooperation in Road Transport and Highways, Chinese power equipment service centres in India and agreements to establishing sister city relationships between Delhi-Beijing and Bangalore and Chengdu and Kolkata and Kunming.

Pope expels German 'luxury bishop' Seven killed in Iraq

VATICAN CITY, OCTOBER 23: Pope Francis temporarily expelled a German bishop from his diocese on Wednesday because of a scandal over a 31million-euro project to build a new residence complex, but refused popular calls to remove him permanently. The Vatican didnt say how long Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst would spend away from the diocese of Limburg and gave no information on where he would go or what he would do. It said his fate would ultimately be decided by the outcome of a church commission investigation into the expenditures.It said Limburgs vicar general, the Rev. Wolfgang Roesch, who had been due to take up his duties on Jan. 1, would start immediately and would run the diocese during Tebartz-van Elsts absence.At the centre of the controversy is the 31-million-euro ($42 million) price tag for the construction of a new bishops residence complex and related renovations. Tebartz-van Elst has said the bill was actually for 10 projects and there were additional costs because of regulations on buildings under historical protection. The Limburg scandal has been front-page news for weeks in the country where Martin Luther launched the Reformation five centuries ago in response to what he said were excesses and abuses within the church. The perceived lack of financial transparency has also struck a chord since a church tax in Germany brings in billions of euros a year to the German church.The head of the German bishops conference, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, had been particularly blunt in his criticism of the expenditures and the credibility problem it was causing the church. He has said the church commission would investigate the costs of the renovation, the financing and how decisions about the restoration evolved. Canon lawyers are to determine if Tebartz-van Elst violated church law regarding the use of church money, he said.The decision on the expulsion was taken after Francis met in the past week with Zollitsch and Tebartz-van Elst. The Vatican stressed that Francis took the decision based on continuous and objective information, suggesting that the Vatican wasnt being swayed by the popular outcry over the scandal. At the same time, though, Francis has made clear he expects his bishops to live simply, setting as an example his own humble lifestyle. In a statement, the Vatican said the situation in the diocese had become such that Tebartz-van Elst at the current time cannot exercise his episcopal ministry.Pending the results of the commission of inquiry, the Holy See considers it opportune to authorize (Tebartz-van Elst) a period of time away from the diocese, the statement said. A bishop being sent away from his diocese is very much in keeping with the churchs legal tradition of making a public reparation for a scandal done to the church. While the circumstances were vastly different, the Vatican earlier this year sent a Scottish cardinal away from his diocese after he admitted to sexual misconduct. Germanys main lay Catholic group, the Central Committee of German Catholics, praised the decision as creating the necessary space to clear up completely and firmly the events in Limburg, said the groups head Alois Glueck. Pope Francis decision offers the chance of a first step toward a new beginning in the Limburg diocese, because the situation can become an increasing burden for the faithful there and in all of Germany over recent weeks, Glueck said.

PARIS, OCTOBER 23: French President Francois Hollande called for cooperation between the United States and French intelligence services in the wake of revelations about widespread spying by the United States on French citizens. Mr. Hollande said he had told U.S. President Barack Obama that France had a responsibility to know everything about the surveillance, government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said after a cabinet meeting. The French leader also demanded that all the information to which former consultant [Edward] Snowden may have had access be handed to us, so that we can be fully briefed, she said, adding that Mr. Obama had agreed to the request. The two leaders also concurred that spying operations should be supervised and that the supervision, in order to be effective, had to be carried out bilaterally, the

spokeswoman said. Le Monde newspaper reported Monday that documents leaked by intelligence whistleblower Snowden showed the US National Security Agency

(NSA) scooped up 70.3 million recordings of French phone data over a 30-day period in December and January. The spying targeted people in business, politics and the civil

service as well as terrorism suspects, Le Monde said. France reacted with indignation, calling the practice unacceptable and summoning the US ambassador.

suicide bomb attack

BAGHDAD, OCTOBER 23: At least seven people were killed Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack which targeted the Iraqi police in Iraqs western province of Anbar, a provincial police source said. The attack occurred in the morning when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed truck into a police checkpoint on a bridge near the city of Rutba, some 370 km west of the Iraqs capital Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The huge blast destroyed part of the bridge on the highway outside Rutba, and killed four policemen and three truck drivers who were crossing the bridge, the source said. The city was the scene of deadly suicide attacks late Tuesday night when dozens of gunmen and suicide bombers attacked security checkpoints in and around the city, killing at least 12 security members and wounding 20 others.

Thousands gather in Cambodian opposition protest

PHNOM PENH, OCTOBER 23: Thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters began a three-day rally on Wednesday to protest what they say was a rigged election and the illegitimate return to power of Prime Minister Hun Sen. The rally was the latest demonstration in a three-month opposition push to demand an independent probe into alleged cheating during the July 28 vote. More than 1,000 police and soldiers were put on duty for the protest, which authorities have said they will allow as long as there is no violence. Military police spokesman Kheng Tito has said authorities will take a softer line on this rally than on one in September when clashes with police left one man dead and several injured. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy assured the protest would be peaceful. We are organizing the demonstration today to find the truth and justice for the voters. We cannot bury these election irregularities by pretending we dont know about them, he said. We are sure that there will be no violence. If there is any violence, it will not come from us.Official election results extended Mr. Hun Sens 28-year rule and gave his party 68 seats in parliament compared to 55 for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. The CNRP says it was cheated out of victory and has boycotted the new session in parliament in protest. On Wednesday, protesters were scheduled to march to the U.N. human rights office in Phnom Penh to deliver a petition calling for international intervention in the election dispute. The opposition says that some 2 million supporters have thumb-printed the petition addressed to the U.N. and several foreign countries. Cambodias donors and other countries should publicly press the Cambodian government to set up an independent, internationally assisted investigation into disputed national elections in July 2013, the New York-based rights group said. The groups Asia director, Brad Adams, criticized France, Australia and Japan for sending congratulatory letters to Prime Minister Hun Sen, saying in the statement that democratic leaders should skip the congratulations and instead insist on an independent investigation into malfeasance at the polls.

etition in Pak court seeks opening of Taliban office

LAHORE, OCTOBER 23: A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court requesting it to allow the Taliban open their office in the country in order to hold peace talks with the Nawaz Sharif government. Advocate Kashif Mahmood Sulemani filed the petition on Tuesday in the Lahore High Court, making ministries of interior defence and finance respondents in the case. Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf chairman cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan had asked the federal government to allow Taliban to set up their office in Peshawar so that peace dialogue with them could be facilitated. He had cited the example of establishing Afghan Talibans office in Qatar. The petitioner says allowing Taliban to set up their office in Pakistan would help start and facilitate the dialogue process. According to charter of United Nations, no sanctions can be imposed on Pakistan for holding talks with Taliban, he asserts. He says: Surgical strikes against Taliban in Pakistan is a grave mistake. Pakistan has been suffering a huge economic and human loss since it joined the US war on terror after 9/11. The petitioner prays to the court to direct the federal government to allow Taliban set up their office in Pakistan and start peace dialogue with them without any delay.

ECONOMY

Rupee snaps 3-day losing trend, State Bank to get Rs.2,000 cr capital infusion ends 6 paise up at 61.59 vs USD
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 23: Snapping a three-day downward move, the rupee on Wednesday ended six paise higher at 61.59 versus the dollar on hopes that weak US jobs data would result in the Fed extending its economic stimulus. However, the hefty initial gains of the rupee, which had jumped to 61.05 intra-day, were substantially erased on month-end demand for US dollars from private oil firms and some defence related purchases, amid fall in domestic stocks. The rupee resumed sharply higher at 61.10 per dollar as against the last closing level of 61.65 per dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market and moved up further to 61.05 per dollar. However, the rupee failed to maintain initial gains and ended at 61.59 per dollar, clocking a marginal gain of six paise or 0.10 per cent from its last close. The rupee had fallen by 42 paise or 0.69 per cent in previous three days. Rupee was seen opening on a very strong note supported by dollar weakness and a rally in global stock markets. However, later during the day dollar demand by private oil company and by defence put pressure on the rupee. In addition to this, Indian stock markets were seen trading in red, said Abhishek Goenka, Founder & CEO, India Forex Advisors. US data showed on Tuesday that employers there added 148,000 workers in September lower than the 170,000180,000 jobs estimated by experts. This spurred speculation that the US Federal Reserve will not cut economic stimulus this year. The $85-billion-a-month stimulus has led to a surge of capilysts said. New Yorks main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in December, slipped 16 cents to $98.14 a barrel. Pramit Brahmbhatt, CEO, Alpari Financial Services, India said: Today rupee gave up (most of) its gain after a strong opening as dollar index traded positively throughout the day and local equities also closed on weak note which further dented the Rupee movement. The trading range for the USD/INR pair is expected to be within 61.00 to 62.50. Forward dollar premiums reacted downwards on fresh receipts from exporters. The benchmark six-month forward dollar premium payable in March moved down to 223227 paise from Tuesdays close of 225-1/2-230 paise and farforward contracts maturing in September also eased to 448452 paise from 449-454 paise. NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23: The Finance Ministry, on Wednesday, announced that it would infuse Rs.14,000 crore capital in various banks this fiscal, including Rs.2,000 crore in State Bank of India and Rs.1,800 crore each in IDBI Bank and Central Bank of India. Apart from the capital support from the government, public sector banks have the headroom to raise Rs.10,000 crore from the market though rights issue, qualified institutional placement (QIP) or follow-on public offer (FPO) without diluting the existing government stake. Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Takru said the money had been given to enhance equity capital. For the moment, this was good enough to see them through, he added. The Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, had, on Tuesday, indicated that the government would be allocating Rs.14,000 crore through budget. Other than this, bank boards could take decisions on how they want to raise additional equity. They have three options rights issue, QIP, and FPO. In any case, we have made amply clear that they could proportionately tap the outside market, and increase equity. The banks will be able to generate Rs.10,000 crore, Mr. Takru added. Indian Overseas Bank would get Rs.1,200 crore, and Punjab National Bank Rs.500 crore. The second round of capital infusion may come in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal, depending upon banks requirements. We will be giving them more after judging their performance based on concessional lending towards home, auto and consumer durable, he said. Mr. Takru said SBI would be raising the funds proportionately. ``The government has 62 per cent stake. So, they can raise funds from the market up to 38 per cent, he said. SBI board is meeting on October 30. Twin objective The capital infusion had been done with the twin objective of adequately meeting the credit requirement of the productive sectors as well as to maintain regulatory capital adequacy ratios in public sector banks (PSBs). The government, as the majority shareholder, was committed to keep all PSBs adequately capitalised, a statement issued here said. Infusion of capital by government in PSBs is in addition to their internally generated capital to enable them maintain a comfortable level of Tier-I capital. Towards this end, the government had been infusing need-based capital in PSBs, the statement said. An amount of Rs.12,517 crore was infused in 13 PSBs during 2012-13. During the current fiscal, Bank of Baroda will get Rs.550 crore, Canara Bank Rs.500 crore, Allahabad Bank Rs.400 crore, and Dena Bank Rs.700 crore. Besides, Bank of India will get Rs.1,000 crore, Corporation Bank Rs.450 crore, Union Bank of India Rs.500 crore, United Bank of India Rs.700 crore and Oriental Bank of Commerce Rs.150 crore.

tal inflows into emerging marklets like India. Meanwhile, the Indian stock market benchmark Sensex dropped by 97.09 points or 0.47 per cent to end at nearly one-week low of 20,767.88. Meanwhile, crude oil prices extended their losses in Asian trade today as dealers focused on rising stockpiles that indicate weak demand in the worlds biggest economy, ana-

Jet Airways standalone losses Yes Bank, Austrade to col- under forex swap window jump eight-fold to Rs. 891 crore laborate in agri-business
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 23: The Naresh Goyal-run Jet Airways on We d n e s d a y reported a eight-fold jump in losses at Rs. 891 crore in the September quarter due to the fall in rupee and poor market conditions coupled with grounding of some of its aircraft. The airline company, which sold 24 per cent stake to UAE carrier Etihad in April, had reported loss of Rs. 99.7 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Net income, however, rose marginally to Rs. 4,194.7 crore in the quarter ended September 30, 2013 from Rs. 4,137.63 crore a year ago, Jet Airways said in an exchange filing this evening. On a consolidated NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23: Yes Bank on Wednesday inked an agreement with Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) to collaborate and explore trade opportunities in agri-business sector, including business development, syndicating, lending and trade financing in agri-business. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Nicola Watkinson, Minister Commercial and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner (South Asia), Australian Trade Commission, and Nitin Puri, President (Food, Agri-business Strategic Advisory & Research), Yes Bank. As part of the agreement, Austrade and Yes Bank will jointly organise workshops across India to create awareness about Australian capabilities in the food and agri-business sectors and exchange information with Indian businesses looking at international expansion opportunities. This collaborative engagement with Yes Bank, is to leverage on our respective organisational strengths and contribute developing closer relationships between agrifood value chains of Australia and India, Ms. Watkinson said. She said share of agribusiness stands at about 60 per cent of Australia's total exports. Of this, nearly 50 per cent exports goes into Asia. We recognise Indias push to achieve food and nutrition security for its growing population, in the face of resource constraints and depletion. Australia is an idea partner to work with India as Australia faces similar challenges, she added. Mr. Puri said there were banking opportunities in this sector. Dairy, animal husbandry and meat processing were areas of mutual co-operation and collaboration was needed in these sectors, both in terms of services and technology. MUMBAI, OCTOBER 23: Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it has received $10.1 billion under two schemes which were announced last month to attract foreign funds. The Reserve Bank has received till date $10.1 billion under the special concessional window for swapping Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Banks) Deposits and Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings, the central bank said in a statement. The schemes will remain valid till November 30. RBI had come out with the special measures to arrest declining value of rupee, which was triggered by widening CAD, which touched a historic high of 4.8 per cent of GDP in 2012-13. Soon after taking over as RBI Governor on September 4, Raghuram Rajan announced the opening of a swap window facility to encourage banks to lure NRI funds. Under the facility, banks are permitted to swap fresh FCNR (B) dollar funds, mobilised for

RBI receives $10.1 billion

basis (Jet Airways and JetLite), net loss stood even higher at Rs. 998.5 crore in the reporting quarter. Lean season and economic slowdown resulted in drop in yields. Moreover, depreciating currency, high fuel prices and increases in airport charges at select domestic airports have driven cost pressures resulting into losses, the airline said.

Domestic aviation industry witnessed increasing cost challenges, mainly due to rupee depreciation, high fuel prices and increase in airport charges in certain stations putting pressure on the bottom line, Jet Airways chief executive Garry Toomey said in the release. Shares of the company closed at Rs. 346.05 apiece, down 0.43 per cent.

a minimum tenor of three years, at a fixed rate of 3.5 per cent per annum for the tenor of the deposit. Also, RBI relaxed norms for banks and allowed them to raise capital abroad to the tune of 100 per cent of their Tier I (equity) capital. The rupee had plunged to lifetime low of 68.85 against the

dollar on August 28 but has recovered substantially. It was trading around 61.58 to a dollar. As regards the CAD, it is likely to be better than the initial estimate of 3.7 per cent of GDP or $70 billion in the current fiscal due to slump in gold imports and improvement in merchandise exports.

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One day Awareness-cum-Kisan Mela held at Ganderbal

Naya Kashmir document advocated gender justice 60 years ago: Saifullah

Says a new comprehensive legislation, to strengthen existing laws for women introduced
SRINAGAR, OCT 23: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Mir Saifullah on Wednesday said that recently a bill was introduced in the State Legislature seeking amendments to the Criminal Law for providing more protection to the Women folk and the same is likely to be passed during the next session of the Legislature. He said the Criminal Law Amendment Act-2013 is a comprehensive piece of legislation and once passed will further strengthen the existing laws for protection of rights and justice to women in the State. The Minister was speaking at the inaugural session of the 2-day international Seminar on 'Gender Justice: A way forward' organized by School of Legal Studies, Central University of Kashmir in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Public Administration (J&K Branch) at Gandhi Bhawan, University of Kashmir here today. The Minister said that concept of gender Justice was in the minds of the framers of Naya Kashmir Vision Document, which laid down the foundation for economic, social, educational and political rights of women in the female foeticide are happening in the country despite constitutional guarantees for gender equality and various International Declarations and Treaties that exist for protecting women's rights. Prof. Wahid said that women are the principle providers of care and support and no society can call itself civilized unless it treats its women with care and affection. He said mind set of both men and women needs a positive change and institutions of education, media, religion, NGOs, besides government have a key role to play in promoting gender justice. Prof. B. B. Pandey former Head and Dean Faculty of Law Delhi University, Prof. Mehraj-ud-Din Mir Head and Dean School of Legal Studies Central University of Kashmir and Mr. A. M. Watali, Vice Chairman, Indian Institute of Public Administration (J&K Branch) also addressed the inaugural session and threw light on various aspect of gender justice. The two day international seminar will have 10 sessions. As many as 120 papers were received from all over the country, out of which 72 papers were short listed for participation in the seminar.

CU organises seminar on Gender Justice

Introduce latest technology for boosting crop cultivation: Mian Altaf

Gurezi appeals people to take advantage of welfare schemes
SRINAGAR, OCT 23: One day Awareness-cum-Kissan Mela was organized by the J&K State Advisory Board for Development of Kissan at Madr-i-Meherban Stadium, Ganderbal on Wednesday which was presided over by Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, Mian Altaf, Minister of State for Agriculture, Horticulture and Floriculture, Mr. Nazir Ahmed Gurezi was the Guest of Honour and (MOS) Vice Chairman, Kisan Advisory Board, Mr. Radhay Sham Sharma hosted the Camp. The event was organized under Information, Education and Communication (IEC) scheme where the farmers were introduced to the new and innovative methods of Agriculture production. New Agriculture machinery tools were also introduced to the farmers and they were advised to avoid old and obsolete methods of farming and instead use the new methods and hybrid technology by which more production can be produced which would help in tremendous growth in the agriculture and allied sectors. Addressing the gathering, Mian Altaf advised the farming community to take maxi-

state, following which the State Legislature adopted these principles in the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir. Mr. Saifullah said that State Government has over the years enacted several laws and initiated important measures to empower women and address under-representation of women in various fields. He said besides enjoying equal rights at par with men, special provisions against abuse, violence, hooliganism and other forms of misconduct against women have already been enacted. He said women, who are unable to approach courts due to financial constraints, are entitled for free legal aid and support in any court of the State. Mr. Saifullah said that

women under the Panchayat Raj Act have been provided reservation in the Panchayats besides two women members were nominated in the State Legislative Assembly through reservation quota for women making J&K legislature the only in the entire country to have such reservation quota. The Minister said women must know that laws and acts exist for their empowerment, upliftment and protection and they must be acquainted enough to know their rights and duties, besides they should not consider themselves lower in status in comparison to men, rather they are entitled to every due right in living a life of honour and dignity. He said awareness camps and programmes are

necessary in this direction to reap benefits out of the laws and acts meant for welfare of the women. In his presidential address Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir Prof. Abdul Wahid said that promoting gender justice is a lofty objective and every effort in this direction needs to be appreciated. He said historically bias against women has been found globally and practice of burying daughters alive in Pre-Islamic Arab World and practice of Sati among Hindus of India were some such infamous examples of bias against women. He said that discrimination, exploitation, dowry deaths, harassment of women at work places, child marriage and

mum benefits of the various farmer friendly schemes launched by the State and Central Governments and use the latest agriculture technologies for boosting their crop production including cash crop. The Minister emphasised on necessity of introducing the latest technology in all productive sector like agriculture, horticulture and sericulture with the view to increase the socio economic conditions of the farming community. He said this is the only key source to ensure economic growth of the state in general and farming community in particular. Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Gurezi in his address dwelt upon the purpose of creating of Kissan Development Board which is wholly and solely working for the development and

upliftment of the farmers of the State and people should get their grievances redressed there. He appealed the people to come forward and take benefits of the schemes launched by the government under agriculture and other allied sectors. Earlier, Minister of State and Vice Chairman Kisan Advisory Board, Mr. Radhay Sham Sharma, while welcoming all the participants in the Mela said that State Government headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has given the farmers of the State a platform where they can come and discuss their problems and suggested measures to overcome their difficulties. Every farmer desires become self-reliant in their agriculture produce by adopting new and innovative technology which has been developed in the agriculture sector.

Workshop on New born health and hearing the Farm machinery mela-cumvoices of Aashas held at Women College M.A Road awareness camp held at Pulwama
SRINAGAR, OCT 23: To reduce neonatal mortality rate in State besides urging for mass awareness about the health of new born, the speakers unanimously said that for a healthy baby, healthy mother is pivotal. This was said by the speakers in a workshop on "New born health and voices of Aashas" organized by Voluntary Health Association of India(VHAI) in collaboration with J&K Rural Health, Women's Studies Center, Women's College M.A Road and Union Health Ministry and family welfare Department at Women's College M.A road here on Wednesday. Mission Director, NRHM, Kashmir, Dr. Yashpal Sharma, President VHAI, Dr. Bilques Jameela, Executive Director JKVHAI, Mr. A.M.Mir, Principal Women College, Prof Shaheen Altaf, glaxy of Doctors, College staff, District Asha Coordinators, ICDS supervisors, Aanganwari workers, Aashas and others participated in the workshop. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Yashpal Sharma said that government has rejuvenated healthcare setup in the state to provide better medicare facilities to the people. He said number of health schemes have been launched by the government during last four years for the people with the aim to improve patient care. He said Aashas have pivotal role in reducing mortality rate in the State and they have the responsibility to make people aware about the schemes besides guide and inculcate proper health measures among them so that both mother and her baby is born healthy . He also said that issues of Aashas are being resolved in phased manner Other speakers also urged upon Aashas to become health guide to the pregnant women. They also stressed for involving of panchayats, NGO, educational institutions, teachers and others in this mission for the formation of healthy society.

SKUAST-Kashmir to hold national symposium

SRINAGAR, OCT 23: SKUAST, Kashmir is holding national symposium on ''Changing Disease Scenario and Management Approaches for sustainability in Agriculture'' from Oct 26 and 27, 2013 at main Campus Shalimar. The symposium organized under the aegis of Indian Society of Plant Pathologists will show participation by more than 150 delegates from India and abroad. The intent achieves significance in view of the emerging challenges of climate change that has also resulted change in disease scenario of crops and other organisms. The Valley of Kashmir is no exception where diseases occurring in important crops like apple and paddy have started exhibiting newer dimensions. The symposium is expected to address the disease problem facing the crops in State as well and fruitful recommendations are expected to emerge for adoption by scientific community.

Incentive of Rs. 40 Lakh to be provided to Farmers

Bana Singh holds motivational talk with NCC cadets

JAMMU, OCT 23-The decorated soldier and son of the soil Sub Maj (Hony Captain) Bana Singh, PVC, on Wednesday had a motivational talk with the cadets of National Integration camp, being organized at Nagrota under the aegis of NCC Directorate J&K. Principal, Government College for Women, Parade Jammu, Prof (Dr) Hemla Aggarwal gave a presentation on Composite Cultural Heritage of India to the NCC cadets. The cadets showed keen interest in the motivational talk and the interactive session with the decorated soldier.

PULWAMA, OCT 23- In order to make available Agriculture Machinery & Tools to the farmers of valley at their door steps, Department of Agriculture is organizing Farm Machinery Melas throughout Valley. Farm Machinery Mela-cumAwareness Camp was inaugurated by Director Agriculture Kashmir Mushtaq Peerzada at Malangpora Pulwama today. On this occasion Director Agriculture appreciated the role of farmers in the upliftment of agriculture & allied sectors. He asked farmers to participate in Melas and Awareness Camps organizing

by the department to remain updated with the latest technology & farm machinery. He said that if we concentrate on harnessing the potential of available land, we can give considerable fillip to our economy. He said that farm mechanization in agriculture sector is pivotal in maximized yields as the fellow lands can also be brought to cultivation. He impressed upon farmers to adopt latest modern technology & mechanization in agriculture sector to bring the cost of labour component down and will yield good results in cultivation, adding that it helps the farming community to

improve their economy. He advised farmers to coordinate with agriculture department for successful implementation of farmer- friendly schemes, and avail their benefits. On this occasion, Chief Agriculture Officer Pulwama Gh. Hassan Guroo said that farmers of Pulwama district have purchased 2 Tillers, 80 Irrigation Pump Sets 2 Weeders, 50 Tool kits & 8 Vending Carts, besides establishing of 120 Poly Green Houses, 30 Vermi-compost Units, 12 Tube wells & 2 Bore wells for which Rs. 40 Lakh will be provided as subsidy component.

12th class students want reexamination of English paper

SRINAGAR, OCT 23: Students from 12th Class, who appeared in English paper (R-series) as regular candidates on Monday, said they were "shocked" to see questions out of the syllabus and could not attempt most of the questions. "We were not expecting that Board of School Education authorities are so negligent about the examination as most of the questions were not only tough but of syllabus as well," said Jehangir Ahmed, a student adding that they want re-examination of English paper. According to students, the matter was brought into the notice of BOSE who assured them that they would look into the matter. When contacted, Secretary BOSE, Renu Goswami said that students should give a representation to her and she would look into the matter. "I am always present in my office. Let them come. We would certainly meet their demand if found correct," she said.

Case study on Bihar's Super 30 by University of East London and TISS

PATNA, OCT 23: The University of East London, UK, in partnership with Mumbai based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), has done a case study on Bihar's Super 30 as part of a research project, entitled, "Exploring good practices in overcoming deprivation in India and UK." Super 30 is just one of three case studies selected from India and only one from Bihar. Two other case studies have been taken from Mumbai, while three case studies are from UK. The project, supported by the British Council under UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), is aimed at mapping social innovation strategies in overcoming multiple deprivations in select locations in India and UK. The team also interviewed 50 successful students 0f Super 30 during the last five months in order to capture their experiences in life. The findings of the study would make international community aware of the work and efforts of Super 30, said a team member. The team also interviewed the successful students 0f Super 30 in order to capture their experiences in life. The findings of the study would make international community aware of the work and efforts of Super 30. Manish K Jha, professor and chairperson, centre for community organization and envelopment practice, TISS, Mumbai, said Super 30 was selected as case study for showing how education could make a lasting difference to deprivation, while two other case studies in Mumbai were on slums and HinduMuslim unity. "The study has been completed and presentation will be made soon. It will be published in leading journals of the world'', Jha said. The team spent time with the students and studied how the students overcame deprivation in a conducive atmosphere provided by Anand Kumar at Super 30 to add wings to their dreams. It has been a good case study, as it has been able to drive home the point how education could be used for social transition. In fact, the very purpose for selecting Super 30 in Bihar, as it is suited to the theme of the project "Exploring
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MADURAI, OCT 23: Realizing the importance of quality teachers, the University Grants Commission has taken steps to set up an Inter-University Centre of Teacher Education at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh during the current 12th Five Year Plan, a top UGC official said on Wednesday. The centre, to be set up at a cost of Rs 300 crore, would cater to the requirements of south India, UGC ViceChairman H Devaraj said delivering the 47th convocation address at the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) here. Besides, UGC had introduced Faculty Recharge Programme in the 11th Five Year Plan to improve the quality of teachers. As many as 104 teachers had been selected under this programme. This would address some of the problems faced by the universities in terms of quality faculty shortage. The Union Ministry of Human Resources Development was also trying to improve and transform higher education through Rashtria Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan. He said institutional mindset had to be transformed facilitating the possibility of fostering cross pollination of various faculties and industry interaction that needed for a proactive initiative to transform higher education. MKU Vice-Chancellor Kalyani Mathivanan said the university had been identified as one of the 15 institutes in the country to facilitate connects to India programme for undergraduate students drawn from universities and colleges of USA.

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scripting change," he said. Time magazine declared Super 30 the 'best of Asia', while Newsweek included it in the list of four most innovative schools of the world. Once they are admitted in Super 30, they spend about 16 hours a day at their study routine. Coaching, food and accommodation are provided free of cost to all the selected 30 students, Anand said.

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