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R E A D T H E N E E D
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 20128 Pages
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JKENG/2012/41612
Vol. 1 No: 162
IN BRIEFIN BRIEFSonia Gandhi turns 66
NEW DELHI: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi
turned 66 on Sunday as jubi-
lant party workers in large
numbers thronged outside 10
Janpath, her official resi-
dence, to greet their leader.
The Congress workers dis-
tributed sweets on the occa-
sion amid beating of drums
and contd on page 2
Parliament attackconvict Afzal Guru
shows no fear of death'NEW DELHI: For 11 yearshe has been incarcerated in a
16x12 foot high-security cell
in the Tihar Jail here. But
Mohammed Afzal Guru, con-
victed for masterminding the
attack on India's parliament
in 2001, does not dread the
same contd on page 2
World federation backsIndian archery unit
NEW DELHI: The World
Archery Federation (FITA)
has said it supports the
Archery Association of India
(AAI) despite the Indian
sports ministry de-recognis-
ing the national federation.
FITA secretary general
Tom Dielen, in a letter to AAI
president contd on page 2
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JAMMU, DEC 9: "Soya
Express", a famous vegetari-
an meal chain of restaurants
from New Delhi now opened
its outlet in the city of tem-
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was inaugurated by Retired
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PM SLAMS MODI, SAYSMINORITIES DO NOT FEEL SAFE
IN
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ARMY PLANNING TRIAL UNITSIN COMMANDS TO EXPEDITE
ACQUISITION
HAVERI: Former Karnataka
chief minister BS
Yeddyurappa Sunday
launched his own party and
virtually reduced the
Jagadish Shettar ministry to a
minority as over a dozen of
the BJP's 118 assembly mem-
bers shared the dais with him
at the event here.
The BJP governmentfaced the threat of instability
after 13 MLAs, defying the
party, threw their lot behind
former Chief Minister BS
Yeddyurappa, who formally
launched his Karnataka
Janata Party at a mega rally
here on Sunday.
Thirteen loyalist MLAs of
Yeddyurappa, who quit the
BJP ten days ago, shared the
dais with him in an open defi-
ance, putting the ruling BJP
in a quandary as it had
warned of action if the legis-
lators participated in today's
rally or associated with its
former state strongman.
Addressing the rally, a
show of strength, a combat-
ive Yeddyurappa slammed
Chief Minister Jagadish
Shettar and threw down the
gauntlet at him to seek a fresh
mandate. "Shettar said action
will be taken against legisla-
tors if they participated in
today's rally. The government
has no majority now. You are
in Chief Minister's chair
because of the support of
Yeddyurappa. If you have the
guts, dissolve the Assembly
and seek fresh mandate".
The participation of these
MLAs, including H Halappa,
Nehru Olekar, BPHarish, CC
Patil and Sunil Valyapure,
who tendered his resigation
yesterday as Infrastructure
Development Minister, is
seen as a big blow to the
Government. He also dared
the BJP to act against all his
loyalists saying the party's
government in Karnataka is
surviving because of his sup-
porters.
"Why is BJP leadership
not acting against all the
MLAs who are supporting
me? I dare the BJP to take
action against all my support-
ers, this contd on page 2
CAIRO: After remaining in
slumber for so many days,
Egyptian President
Mohammed Mursi has
annulled a decree he issued
last month that gave him far
reaching powers and trig-
gered a wave of violent
protests across the country.
However, an official has
told a news conference in
Cairo that a referendum on a
draft constitution would still
go ahead as planned next
Saturday.
Mr Mursi's critics had
accused him of acting like a
dictator, but he had said he
needed the extra powers to
force through reforms.
The announcement that
Mursi had scrapped his 22
November decree followed
hours of talks yesterday at his
presidential palace, billed as
a "national dialogue" but
which was boycotted by his
main opponents and had little
credibility among protesters.
One opposition group dis-
missed President Mursi's
efforts at appeasement as the
"continuation of deception".
His opponents have
demanded Mr Mursi scrap
the vote on 15 December on a
constitution that was fast-
tracked contd on page 2
President MohamedMorsi finally backs
down - annuls decree
Yeddyurappa launches his party,pushes BJP Govt to the brink
NEW DELHI: Many private firms and
government departments have been
slapped with notices for recovery of
over Rs 500 crore tax allegedly evaded
by them while executing
Commonwealth Games-related projects
here. Official sources said recovery
notices for Rs 505 crore towards value-
added tax (VAT) have been issued by the
central government revenue department
and trade and taxes authorities of the
Delhi government.
The demand was raised after a multi-
jurisdiction investigation team working
under the Central Vigilance Commission
detected Rs 1,000 crore tax evasion by
the companies and government depart-
ments. Following detection of huge tax
evasion, tax departments of both Delhi
and central governments have also
affected recovery of Rs 94.71 crore from
private firms and government bodies
involved in the CWG-related works, the
sources said.
The CVC team, which went into
alleged irregularities in Commonwealth
Games-related civic and construction
projects, has found tax evasion of Rs
1,014.6 crore. Sources said show cause
notices have been issued to the firms and
government departments for payment of
Rs 702 crore of VAT on work contracts
(TDS), Rs 228.1 crore of service tax and
Rs 84.5 crore of workers welfare cess.
"The scrutiny of works or contracts
related to the CWG by the CVC
revealed instances of non-payment or
detection of statutory taxes or cess etc.
By some private companies as well as
by government departments or organisa-
tion. The team is still working and
efforts were on to recover the money," a
CVC official said. Vigilance
Commissioner R Srikumar said that Rs
1,000 crore evasion was detected with
the help of a multi-jurisdiction investi-
gation platform, comprising officers
from tax and contd on page 2
Govt issues recovery notices for Rs 505 crore towards VAT
IGNOU, CVCjoin hands to
fight graft
NEWDELHI: People across
the country would soon be
able to file complaints online
against corrupt officials,
courtesy a joint project by
IGNOU, CVC and the union
HRD ministry, it was
announced here Sunday on
International Anti-Corruption
Day.
The Central Vigilance
Commission's (CVC)
'VigEye' project, which
allows people to submit cor-ruption complaints online
will be popularised by the
Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) through
its 67 regional centres spread
across the country.
"The VigEye (Vigilance
Eye) is a platform for submit-
ting corruption complaints
through mobile phones and
internet. People can lodge
their complaint with the help
of photographs, audio and
video," Vigilance
Commissioner R. Sri Kumar
said through a teleconference
at a meeting at the IGNOU
campus here. "The project
will soon reach the remote
corners contd on page 2
JAMMU,DEC 9: Pakistani
troops opened heavy gun fire
at 10 Indian posts along the
Line of Control (LoC) in
Jammu and Kashmir in a bid
to push in terrorists into the
state, army officials said
Sunday.
The Pakistani firing began
late Saturday in Krishna
Ghati sector in the mountain-
ous district of Poonch, about
250 km from here, and lasted
till Sunday morning.
"They used small arms,
light machineguns and rock-
ets. The firing was heavy up
to 11 p.m. Thereafter, it
became intermittent and was
going on till 7 a.m.," an offi-
cial said.
Indian troops retaliated
"to silence the Pakistani
guns", he said.
The exchange of fire has
stopped. "Ours was a meas-
ured response aimed at pre-
venting infiltration and
silence Pakistani firing," an
official said.
The army said the motive
of the firing was give cover
to a group of around 16 ter-
rorists trying to cross the LoC
to get into Jammu and
Kashmir.
Though the army said it
was an unsuccessful bid, an
officer said they were search-
ing the area to find if any
infiltrator sneaked in.
In another incident, a sol-
dier on patrol near the Salotri
post in Krishna Ghati sector
was injured in a landmine
blast Saturday evening.
The army blamed it on a
stray landmine but people in
Mendhar town told IANS
that these landmines were
planted by "Pakistani agents"
to inflict casualties on the
Indian Army. Aijaz Kazmi, a
journalist in Poonch, said:
"Never have Indian soldiers
stepped contd on page 2
NEW DELHI, DEC 9:
India's GDP may exceed all
expectations next year as
there are signs that policy-
makers might spring up posi-
tive surprises, Goldman
Sachs has said.
"India in many ways
remains the most complex of
the four (Bric nations), with
its demographics giving it the
best potential GDP growth
rate, but its inability to intro-
duce effective policy change
is a persistent source of dis-
appointment" leading inter-
national fund house Goldman
Sachs asset management
chairman Jim O'Neill said.
"This being said, there are
lots of policy changes being
discussed and the Indian
stock market seems to be
quite excited about some-
thing.
"We think 2013 Indian
GDP will probably exceed
expectations, as there are
indeed signs that policymak-
ers might also positively sur-
prise," O'Neill said in a
research note, but did not put
any figures to his estimates.
Reserve Bank Governor D
Subbarao last week said he is
expecting contd on page 2
JAMMU,DEC 9: Asserting itself as a "his-
toric necessity", the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said the
Jammu and Kashmir was poised for a genuine
democratic contest, which would enable its
people to choose their representatives on the
basis of their performance.
"The state was poised for a genuine demo-
cratic contest for the first time in its history in
which the people would have clear options to
choose from on the basis of performance," the
party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said
while addressing a public rally in Bari
Brahmanan, 35 kms from here.
He said the emergence of PDPas a credi ble
regional force had ended monopolistic politics
and introduced a much needed corrective into
the democratic system of Jammu and
Kashmir.
The former chief minister said democracy
in the state had suffered in the past for a vari-
ety of reasons but one major deficiency was
the absence of a credible alternative to the
National Conference in Kashmir and general-
ly adversarial national parties in most parts of
Jammu.
Apart from providing an alternative for
governance, the PDP could fill a major gap in
state polity by connecting regions and com-
munities across the state on a single political
platform, he said. "Till now unfortunately no
party has been able to inspire confidence
among all the stakeholders of our diverse state
with everybody aiming solely for power and
generally by creating fissures in society for
vote banks," Sayeed claimed. Interventions
like the Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan and RAMSA
in education have not been able to make a dif-
ference in the lives of ordinary people, the
PDP patron added.
PDP ended monopolistic politics in J&K: Mufti APDP for setting upcommission toinvestigate missing
cases in J&KSRINAGAR,DEC 9: A
strong demand was on
Sunday made by a local
organisation for setting up an
"independent and credible"
commission to investigate
cases of alleged disappear-
ances of people in Jammu
and Kashmir.
The demand was made by
Association of Parents of
Disappeared Persons (APDP)
formed by relatives of those
persons who remained trace-
less for many years.
"Our dear ones have gone
missing contd on page 2
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi annuls a decree he issuedlast month.
India's GDP may exceed allexpectations in 2013: Goldman Sachs
Pak troops open fire at Indian posts, army retaliates to 'silence firing'
13 BJP MLAsopenly back
BSY, govtfaces threat
KARNATAKA, DEC
9:The BJP government
faced the threat of instabili-
ty after 13 MLAs, defyingthe party, threw their lot
behind former Chief
Minister B S Yeddyurappa,
who formally launched his
Karnataka Janata Party at a
mega rally in Karnataka on
Sunday (December 9).
Thirteen loyalist MLAs
of Yeddyurappa, who quit
the BJP ten days ago,
shared the dais with him in
an open defiance, putting
the ruling BJP in a
quandary as it had warned
of action if the legislators
participated in today's rally
or associated with its for-
mer state strongman.
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Sonia....bursting of crackers. Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
and a number of UnionMinisters and senior party
leaders had greeted Gandhi
yesterday itself.
Members of the Congress
Working Committee and
Union ministers including
Sushil Kumar Shinde, Beni
Prasad Verma, Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Kapil Sibal, Janardan
Dwivedi and Motilal Vora
had visited her 10 Janpath
residence to greet Gandhi on
Saturday evening.
Sources said Gandhi has
some engagements today due
which the leaders willing to
meet her were given time yes-
terday itself. A number of
Chief Ministers and state
Congress leaders including
Haryana Chief Minister
Bhupinder Singh Hooda andAndhra Pradesh Kiran Kumar
Reddy wished her on the
occasion.
World federation ....
Vijay Kumar Malhotra,
said the sport's governing
body approves of the AAI
election process and recog-
nises its newly-elected body.
Dielen also disclosed that
FITA has already informed
the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) about its
decision.
"I was informed by AAI
Secretary General Anil
Kamineni that the
Government (of India) is not
accepting the outcome of the
General Assembly claiming
that it is not in compliance
with Indian law. World
Archery clearly states once
more that the outcome of the
general assembly is recog-
nised by World Archery,"
wrote Dielen.
"The constitution of the
Indian Archery Association is
the only document that has
relevance for the conduct of
the general assembly and this
document was respected. We
have also informed the IOC
of this matter."
AAI was de-recognised by
the ministry earlier in the
week for not following the
Sport Code of India aimed at
limiting the tenure of office
bearers. Malhotra has been
AAI chief for 10 terms, span-
ning 40 years.
Yeddyurappa ....
government is surviving
because of support of my loy-
alists. The people of
Karnataka will not tolerate
the way this party (BJP) has
behaved with me," said
Yeddyurappa. The Lingayat
strongman also dared
Karnataka Chief Minister
Jagadish Shettar to drop his
MP son BY Raghavendra.
Yeddyurappa, who quit the
BJP on November 30, is tak-
ing over as president of KJP
at a public meeting in Haveri
on Sunday. He claimed that
his rally will be a success.Yeddyurappa had on
Saturday asserted that around
10 BJP ministers and 50 leg-
islators in the state were with
him. "The BJP should realise
that it is running a coalition
government (in Karnataka)
with my supporters. Around
10 (BJP) ministers and 50
legislators are my support-
ers," he had said. The BJP
ministry in Karnataka got into
a serious trouble late Saturday
as one minister loyal to
Yeddyurappa said that he had
quit the Cabinet and a few
other ministers said they were
ready to do so. Infrastructure
Development Minister Sunil
Valyapure told reporters that
he had faxed his resignation
to Shettar as he wantrf toattend Yeddyurappa's rally on
Sunday.
Agriculture Minister
Umesh Katti had said in
Davangere in central
Karnataka, about 270km
from Bangalore, that he and
other ministers supporting
Yeddyurappa will meet
Shettar on Monday to protest
Saturday's disciplinary action
against two other supporters
of the former BJP chief min-
ister. He had said ministers
that backing Yeddyurappa
were ready to quit if the party
continued with such steps.
Valyapure's announce-
ment about his resignation
and Katti's threat came hours
after BJP sacked cooperation
minister BJ Puttaswamy from
the Shettar Cabinet and sus-
pended Lok Sabha member
GS Basavaraj from the party
for openly working for
Yeddyurappa's new regional
outfit - KJP. Valyapure had
said that he will attend the
Sunday rally at Haveri, about
350km north of Bangalore, at
which Yeddyurappa will take
over as KJP president. Katti
and two other ministers, CM
Udasi, public works, and MP
Renukacharya, excise, how-
ever, gave no indication
whether they will attend
Sunday's rally at Haveri.
Udasi, who hails from
Haveri, had said in
Davangere that Yeddyurappa
has asked ministers and BJP
legislators supporting him not
to attend the rally.
"Yeddyurappa has said that
this government is formed by
us and it should complete the
term (assembly's term expires
May next). Hence the ques-
tion whether I will attend (the
Haveri rally) or not does not
arise," he had told reporters.
Renukacharya had also said
that he has no invitation to
attend the Haveri rally and he
intended to stay on in the
Shettar ministry till it com-
pletes the term.
IGNOU, CVC....
of India through IGNOU
in addition, a couple of volun-
teers at village level shall be
nominated to make rural peo-ple aware about it," he added.
According to Kumar, peo-
ple can send a blank SMS or
"VIGEYE" to 09223174440
to get an SMS containing the
registration link in their
mobile. "Once you are regis-
tered, you can file a com-
plaint," he said. Meanwhile,
IGNOU said it will soon be
having a curriculum on moral
ethics and vigilance.
"We are grateful to CVC
and ministry of human
resource development
(MHRD) for choosing us to
disseminate the related infor-
mation to general public par-
ticularly students through our
regional centres across the
country," said IGNOU
Registrar U.S. Tolia.
President ....
through an assembly led
by the Muslim Brotherhood
and other Islamists. Liberals
and others had walked out,
saying their voices were not
being heard. Islamists have
insisted the referendum
should go ahead on time, say-
ing it is needed to complete a
democratic transition still
incomplete after Hosni
Mubarak's overthrow 22
months ago.
The military, which had
run the nation during a turbu-
lent interim period after
Mubarak fell, stepped into the
crisis yesterday to tell feuding
factions that dialogue was
essential to avoid "catastro-
phe". But a military source
said that was not a prelude to
the army retaking control of
Egypt or the streets.
After yesterday's talks, the
president issued a new decree
in which the first article "can-
cels the constitutional decla-
ration," the spokesman for the
dialogue, Mohamed Selim al-
Awa, told a news conference.
But he said the constitu-
tional referendum would go
ahead next Saturday, adding
that although those at the
meeting had discussed a post-
ponement, there were legal
obstacles to taking such a
step.
The political turmoil has
exposed deep rifts in the
nation of 83 million between
Islamists, who were sup-
pressed for decades, and their
rivals, who fear religious con-
servatives want to squeeze
out other voices and restrict
social freedoms.
India's GDP....
inflation to trend down
starting the fourth quarter (of
the fiscal year ending March
31, 2013).
"As we go into our mid-
quarter policy on December
18 and the quarterly policy on
January 29, we will take into
account the growth-inflation
trajectory and calibrate our
monetary policy according-
ly," he had said.
While growth has taken amassive beating, inflation is
still much above the RBI's
comfort level of 5 per cent,
despite 13 successive rate
hikes between March 2010
and October 2011.
Belying some expecta-
tions of recovery, India's eco-
nomic growth had slipped
further in the July-September
quarter to 5.3 per cent, raising
fears that the slowdown may
pull down the annual growth
rate to the decade's low level.
The country's gross
domestic product (GDP) was
5.5 per cent in the April-June
quarter of 2012-13 fiscal. It
was 6.7 per cent in the July-
September period of the pre-
vious fiscal.
India had been growingaround 8-9 per cent before the
global financial meltdown of
2008. The growth rate in
2011-12 slipped to 9-year low
of 6.5 per cent.
Govt issues....
other authorities, formed
by CVC to look into the
CWG scam.
"There have been many
inquiries into this and each
inquiry and investigation has
proceeded to its own conclu-
sion. One unique thing that
was noticed in CVC's multi-
jurisdictional inquiry was that
a huge amount of tax evasion
was indulged in by the many
players in the scam.
"Many of these taxes, like
Income Tax, Service Tax,
VAT, etc were to be deducted
at source. The multi-jurisdic-
tional platform enabled us to
flag tax evasion to the tune of
nearly Rs 1,000 crore,"
Srikumar has said. At least
9,000 publicly-funded proj-
ects were executed by 37 gov-
ernment departments and pri-
vate companies for the mega
sporting event held here
between October 3-14, 2010.
Taking note of alleged
irregularities, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh had in
October 2010 announced
establishment of a high-level
committee under the chair-
manship of former
Comptroller and Auditor
General VK Shunglu to look
into the allegations of corrup-
tion. The committee had sub-
mitted six reports pointing out
acts of alleged omission and
commission by officials and
lack of oversight by the gov-
ernment. The reports are
being examined by a Group
of Ministers headed by
Defence Minister AK Antony.
According to officials, the
CVC is looking into 53 CWG
graft cases involving various
government civic and con-
struction agencies. Of these,
28 were still in different
stages of investigation, 13
were sent to CBI for further
probe and closure report was
filed in 12 others.
13 BJP MLAs....
Addressing the rally, a
show of strength, a combative
Yeddyurappa slammed Chief
Minister Jagadish Shettar and
threw down the gauntlet at
him to seek a fresh mandate.
"Shettar said action will be
taken against legislators if
they participated in today's
rally. The government has no
majority now. You are in
Chief Minister's chair
because of the support of
Yeddyurappa. If you have the
guts, dissolve the Assembly
and seek fresh mandate".
The participation of these
MLAs, including H Halappa,
Nehru Olekar, B P Harish, C
C Patil and Sunil Valyapure,
who tendered his resigation
yesterday as InfrastructureDevelopment Minister, is
seen as a big blow to the
Government.
Seeking to put up a brave
face, Shettar ruled out his res-
ignation and asserted that he
still commanded majority.
He, however, said action will
be taken against those who
defied the party directive and
participated in Yeddyurappa's
rally. "There is no question of
tolerating indiscipline".
In another sign of potential
trouble for the five-month-old
Shettar government, at a
breakfast hosted by MLC
Shivaraj Sajjan here, at least
21 MLAs, seven MLCs and
four Lok Sabha members met
Yeddyurappa. Seven minis-
ters, including Basavaraja
Bommai, C M Udasi,
Murugesh Nirani and Shobha
Karandlaje, were among
those present at this meeting.
But they, except Valyapure,
skipped the rally, apparently
to avoid the wrath of the
party.
Sending a warning to
Yeddyurappa's loyalists,
Shettar had yesterday sacked
his trusted lieutenant B J
Puttaswamy from the min-
istry while the party had sus-
pended Tumkur MP G S
Basavaraju.
But the number at the
breakfast meeting has disap-
pointed Yeddyurappa, who
expected more than 40 MLAs
to turn up, according to
sources in the Karnataka
Janata Party, reins of which
he took over today at the rally
becoming its President.
In the 224-member assem-
bly, BJP has a strength of 118,
Congress 71, JDS 26,
Independents seven and two
vacancies.
Yeddyurappa slammed the
BJP for the action against
Puttaswamy and Basavaraju,
flaying it as "selective", as the
crisis in BJP appears headed
for a flash-point.
He said it's "very well-
known" about Ministers,
MLAs and MPs who are sup-
porting him. "I am wondering
why the BJP leadership is
delaying and hesitating to
take action against them.Instead of dilly-dallying and
taking selective action, I dare
the BJP leadership to dissolve
the Assembly and go before
the people".
"It's known truth that the
Government is continuing in
office with the support of my
followers",he told reporters,
adding, he would like to
remind the BJP leadership
that it was because of his
leadership that the party could
form its first-ever govern-
ment in the south.
"People of Karnataka will
not tolerate the treatment
meted out to me by the BJP
leadership and selective
action taken against my sup-
porters"", Yeddyurappa said.
Today's developmentstriggered calls for resignation
of the BJP government by the
opposition Congress on the
ground that it has been
reduced to a minority.
KPCC President G
Parameshwara and
Opposition Congress leader
in the state assembly
Siddarmaiah said the BJP
government would soon col-
lapse.
Yeddyurappa strongly jus-
tified the formation of a
regional party, saying he saw
a bright future for it and not-
ing such parties' role in Tamil
Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal. He said he would
begin a state-wide tour, start-
ing from Bidar in the next
four-five days, to build the
new party.
Three MLCs--Mumtaz Ali
Khan, Sajjan and M D
Lakshminarayana (who is
KJP General Secretary)-- also
attended the rally.
Yeddyurappa's new politi-
cal chapter after a 40-year-
long association with the BJP
climaxes a 16-month power
struggle within the party and
running feud with the central
leadership after he was asked
to quit as chief minister in
July last year over the
Lokayukta report on illegal
mining indicting him.
The 70-year-old Lingayat
leader's attempts to regain
chief ministership was cold-
shouldered by the party top
brass who asked him to come
clean on corruption cases.
His bid for state party
president had also failed and
the party sidelining him
proved to be the last straw.
Pak troops open....
over their own mines so
frequently in this area. It sug-
gests some mischief by forces
in Pakistan." Four such cases
have happened since Nov 17
in which one army porter and
three soldiers were injured.
More than 50 cases of
ceasefire violations have
taken place this year.
India and Pakistan agreed
to a ceasefire on the frontiers
in November 2003.
APDP for setting....
at the hands of security
forces and related agencies.
In most cases, the perpetra-
tors have been identified and
cases against them are pend-
ing in different courts," APDP
chairperson Parveena
Ahangar said.
"We demand an independ-
ent and credible investiga-
tion," she said.
The association holds the
sit-in on the tenth of every
month demanding where-
abouts of the people who
allegedly disappeared in the
custody of police, army and
paramilitary forces.
This month the sit-in was
organised on 9th because of
the strike call by separatistson the occasion of
International Human Rights
Day tomorrow, Ahangar said.
"An independent commis-
sion of inquiry should be
instituted and empowered to
look into all the complaints of
enforced disappearances,
extra judicial killings, torture,
rapes and other human rights
violations," Ahangar said.
'Soya Express....
for J&K Rakesh Gupta and
Asst .Gen. Manager Lalit
Pradhan.The outlet will offer
health related products
including Afghani Chap,
Malai Tikka, Tawa Chap,
Shahi Tawa Chap,Tandoori
tikka etc.
About products, AGM
Lalit Pradhan informed that
the products prepared by the
company containes lots of
protein and other health
ingredients and were having
Indian /Chinese touch.
He said that the compa-
ny has already opened its out-
lets in New Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh, Hyderabad and now
the company is planning to
expand its business in Punjab,
Chandigarh, etc.
Retired Director Health
Services Dr RK Goel appreci-
ated the efforts of Rakesh
Gupta for opening such
health related products outlet
for the people in Jammu. He
said that the people will sure-
ly enjoy the products of
"Soya Express".
Parliament attack ....
fate that 26/11 attacker Ajmal
Amir Kasab met. Since
Pakistani terrorist Kasab's
hanging Nov 21 in a Pune
jail, the fear of a similar exe-
cution has not affected Afsal
Guru yet, a jail official told
news sources "So far he has
not shown any emotions
about dying. In fact, the gal-
lows are just 15-20 metres
from his cell," said the official
said.
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KOCHI: The Southern
Naval Command conducted
an awe inspiring demonstra-
tion of its operational capa-
bilities here, with a broad
range of operations display-
ing its flexibility and versatil-
ity.
The operations were
included in the display within
the limitations of shallow
depths of the channel and
high rise structures in the
area, a Naval press release
said.
Kerala Chief Minister
Oommen Chandy was the
chief guest at the event,
where Kochi residents turned
out in huge numbers.
Chandy was received at
the venue by Vice-Admiral
Satish Soni, Flag Officer
Commanding in Chief,
Southern Naval Command.
The function, organised as
part of Navy Day celebra-
tions, began with marine
Commandos carrying out a
simulated beach assault with
the team leader coming
ashore in combat rig to deliv-
er the programme brochure to
the Chief Guest.
Thereafter there was a fly
past by Navy and Coast
Guard aircraft, including the
giant TU- 142 aircraft and
IL-38.
Demonstration of water
sports, including waterskiing
and jet skiing, and VBSS
(Visit, Board, Search and
Seize) operation were other
displays which gave specta-
tors a closer look at the versa-
tility and dare devilry of the
two maritime forces.
Helicopter demonstra-
tions included the Seaking
helicopter flying past the
crowd with a Maruti Gypsy
under slung, and STIE (Small
Team Insertion and
Extraction) operation where
commandos were dropped
and withdrawn from a hostile
area and helobatics by two
Chetak helicopters.
A Chetak helicopter
demonstrated landing on the
helicopter deck of a ship -
INS Sutlej - which was
underway.
The demonstration by
Marine Commandos of a
clandestine takeover of an
enemy offshore installation
and its destruction provided
the viewers an explosive
spectacle.
INS Kabra, INS Kalpeni
and two Indian Coast Guard
Fast Patrol Vessels demon-
strated manoeuvring skills by
turning on the spot several
times in restricted waters of
Kochi channel.The final fly
past was by all participating
aircraft of the naval air sta-
tion INS Garuda in
ANCHOR formation.
After the 'sunset ceremo-
ny,' which brought to an end
the demonstration, Navy
ships steamed past with their
illumination lights switched
on.
NEW DELHI: Against the
backdrop of delays in pro-
curement of weapon sys-
tems, Army Chief Gen
Bikram Singh is planning to
set up trials cell in each of
the six army commands to
fasten up the process of field
evaluations of arms and
equipment.
The step will help the
Army to save the time take
taken to carry out these trials
and will also help in ensur-
ing more transparency and
accountability in the trials
process, Army sources told.
The sources said the
Army Chief is planning to
create a trial cell in each of
the six operational com-
mands of the force so that
the process of trial of
weapon systems and equip-
ment can be fastened up,
they said.
Doing away with the 'hol-
lowness' and slow moderni-
sation is one of the key focus
areas of Gen Singh.
At present, the trial cell is
located in the Army head-
quarters which forms trial
teams in operational areas
and get reports from them
but these teams are not
accountable for this particu-
lar task to their immediate
superior formations.
With trial cells set up in
all commands, the onus of
conducting trials in a speci-
fied time period would lie
with these commands.
The Army has currently
more than 500 procurement
cases going on to meet its
various requirements. It is
also evaluating a number of
Indian and foreign equip-
ment for its troops.
In recent times, the Army
faced several problems in its
acquisitions due to problems
in the trials and evaluation
process. Many of its deals
including the procurement of
197 helicopters for its avia-
tion wing had to be scrapped
in 2007 due to issues with
evaluation process.
Indian Navy demonstratesoperational capabilities
Army planning trial units incommands to expedite acquisition
Australian Airchief tries handat flying Su-30
JODHPUR: Australian air
chief Air Marshal Geoffrey
Brown Friday tried his hand
on India's frontline fighter
plane Su-30 during his two-
day visit here.
Jodhpur air base has one
squadron of Sukhoi deployed
last year, and is to receive
one more squadron soon.
"He (Brown) flew it over
the base as a small sortie and
landed on the base expressing
his pleasure with the experi-
ence," a source said.
Brown had landed at
Jodhpur air base with a six-
member delegation on
Thursday evening, with a
view to discuss the issues of
common interest with air
commodore of Jodhpur air
force station R N Gaekwad
and visit the air force station
of Jodhpur.
IAF corporal commitssuicide in Jodhpur
JAIPUR: An Indian Air
Force (IAF) corporal Sundaycommitted suicide by hang-
ing himself from a ceiling fan
in the barracks in Jodhpur air
base in Rajasthan, police
said.
Corporal Rahul Singh, 24,
committed suicide in
Jodhpur, over 340 km from
here, said a police official.
"He was found hanging
from a ceiling fan in the bar-
racks of air force station,
Jodhpur, in the afternoon," he
said. Rahul Singh joined the
IAF six years ago.
"A court of inquiry has
been ordered into the incident
and we have assured police
of full cooperation," Colonel
S.D. Goswami, spokesperson
for the defence ministry post-
ed in Jodhpur, told media.On Nov 28, Squadron
Leader Anandita Das, 29, a
native of West Bengal, was
found hanging from a ceiling
fan in Jodhpur.
Indiscipline in ArmedForces should not be
forgiven: HC
NEWDELHI: Discipline in
Armed Forces is of "para-
mount" importance and acts
of indiscipline should not be
forgiven as it would set a bad
example for others, the Delhi
High Court has said.
"We would highlight that
issues of discipline are of
paramount importance in the
Armed Forces and repeated
deviant behaviour, if con-
doned, is likely to set a bad
example for others," a bench
of justices Pradeep
Nandrajog and Manmohan
Singh said.
The observation came in a
judgement by which the court
rejected a plea of Satyaveer
Singh, a former grenadier
with the Army, against his
removal from service.
Singh had been sacked
following a 'Summary Court
Martial Trial' on November
14, 1994 after he confessed
to overstaying by 40 days
beyond the granted annual
leave. "I was granted leave
from August 6 to September
6, 1994, however on expiry
of leave, I did not feel like
rejoining duty so I overstayed
leave granted to me.
Thereafter when I felt guilty I
decided to rejoin the unit. I
thus returned to the unit...,"
Singh had said in his confes-
sion during court martial
trial. Relying on the state-
ment of Singh, the court
upheld the decision of 'Court
Martial Trial' and said,
"Record would reveal that
the petitioner was a habitual
deserter, in that (he) had a
habit of over staying leave.
There were as many as five
red ink entries in his service
record."
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Bhalla dedicates Rs. 20 lakh Community Hall to Shanker Nagar people
JAMMU, DEC 09: Minister for
Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Mr.
Raman Bhalla has said that equitable
development of every corner was the
first priority of the Government,
adding that in this regard a new master
plan has been formulated to meet the
improved basic amenities to the people
of three regions of the State.
This was stated by the Minister
while addressing a large gathering at
Shanker Nagar in Channi Rama after
dedicating Rs. 20 lakh Multipurpose
Community Hall to the inhabitants of
the locality, here today.
Mr. Bhalla said that on the endeav-
ours of coalition Government in the
State, the UPA Government has provid-
ed liberal funding under various devel-
opment sectors for developing the
State as model one of the country. He
said that Government was committed
to provide better road connectivity,
safe drinking water, healthcare, educa-
tion, electricity besides improved lanes
and drains to the people across the
State.
The Minister called upon the people
to protect public property in their
respective areas, adding that
Government has spent worth crore of
rupees in development works so that
the people could enjoy their lives with
full joy without any inconvenience.
Mr. Bhalla said that Government was
fully aware of people's development
related problems and making all out
efforts to mitigate in a phased manner,
adding that there was no constraint of
funds. He said dedication of Rs. 20
lakh multipurpose community hall
would be able to facilitate the people of
the Shanker Nagar, Guru Teg Bahadur
Nagar, Channi Rama and its adjoining
areas for arranging their social as well
as religious celebrations on minimum
rates.
For improving the drinking water
facilities in Shanker Nagar, Channi
Rama, Sunjwan, Bathindi, Narwal,
Karayani Talab, Mattoo Colony, Rajiv
Nagar, Raika and Channi Himmat and
its adjoining areas, the Government has
prepared a detailed project involving
Rs. 49 lakh for installation of special
feeder in Boria Intake filtration plant at
Bahu Fort. He said soon after installa-
tion of special feeder transformer, the
adequate drinking water facilities in
above said areas would be provided.
Responding to the demand of
locals, the Minister said Government
has released Rs. 49.90 lakh under
RAMSAfor upgrading the educational
infrastructure in new upgraded High
School in Channi Rama, adding that
the project is under progress on war-
footing and would be completed with-
in stipulated time frame. He said Rs. 3
crore estimate has been submitted by
the ERA to modernise the Channi
Rama nallah including slab work. He
said the work on the project would be
started after releasing of funds from
Planning Department.
Later, Mr. Bhalla also visited Model
Town in Gangyal and inaugurated Rs.
60 lakh mecademisation work of the
area link roads. He asked the R&B
engineers to complete the project with-
in prescribed time frame for the benefit
of general masses. He asked them to
set the specification of blacktopping
during ongoing work.
JAMMU, DEC 9: Stressing
on launching mega awareness
campaigns about government
policies and programmes,
Deputy Chief Minister Mr.
Tara Chand said different cen-
tral and state government
schemes have been launched
in the state for welfare of the
people and now rigorous
camps need to be organized to
make people aware of these
initiatives. He said Panchayat
Raj Institution (PRI) func-
tionaries can play a pivotal
role in making people aware
of various welfare pro-
grammes and development
initiatives launched by the
government for all round
development and benefit of all
sections of the society.
"Empowerment of pan-
chayats have given new
dimensions to development
profile of the state ensuring
better planning and imple-
mentation of welfare anddevelopment programmes at
grass root level," he added.
A mega awareness camp
cum felicitation function was
organized at Khour today.
Newly elected MLCs from
Jammu province through pan-
chayati raj quota, Ms Shahnaz
Ganai and Mr. Sham Lal
Bhagat were given rousing
reception at the function.
Sarpanchs, Panchs and
people from all walks of life
attended the event and
showed keen interest in get-
ting information about various
government policies and pro-
grams. On the occasion, two
special awards of Rupees tenlacs and five lacs were
announced to encourage pan-
chayats of the area for better
implementation of different
welfare schemes and develop-
ment programs. The award
would be funded from CDF
and would further boost the
cause of development among
panchayats. Congratulating
newly elected MLCs, Mr. Tara
Chand said that sarpanchs and
panchs need special applaud
for massive participation in
the elections and the election
of four members into upper
house is a giant leap forward
in ensuring a strong panchay-
ati raj system in the state.He said both Ms. Ganai
and Mr. Bhagat have a long
history of serving people and
represent far-flung areas of
the state, adding that with
their election people now can
hope that different issues of
people living in border and far
off areas would get projected
in a better way.
Expressing gratitude to Mr.
Rahul Gandhi for supporting
cause of empowering pan-
chayats, the Deputy Chief
Minister said the government
is committed to hold elections
of other tiers of the Panchayati
Raj but the same would have
little impact if first the pan-chayats are not fully empow-
ered. Under the able leader-
ship of Chief Minister Mr.
Omar Abdullah the govern-
ment has already empowered
panchayats with power of 14
vital departments and soon
other issues of members of
PRIs would also be addressed,
he added. Cautioning people
against communal forces said
Mr. Tara Chand said that
country has won independ-
ence after long struggle and is
guided by ideals laid down by
its stalwart leaders like
Mahatma Gandhi and others,
so no people should always be
aware of those forces whowant to divide society on dif-
ferent grounds. He said the
country in past 65 years of
planned growth has shown
tremendous achievements and
is among one of the most
powerful nations. Calling offi-
cers to work with zeal and
dedication, the Deputy Chief
Minister said that administra-
tion should come to door step
of the people and field visits
should be done on regular
basis. Work culture has to be
improved and sense of serving
society with honesty has to be
cultivated so that real aim of
improving delivery system
can be met, he added.
He said the government
has included different public
services under PSG act which
has made the service delivery
time bound and Public
Disclosure Law in urban bod-
ies has made it mandatory for
the offices to display a board
giving detail of different proj-
ects and their funding as well
as start and expected date of
completion. Among others the
camp was attended by District
Development Commissioner,Jammu Mr. Sanjeev Verma,
Sub-Divisional Magistrate,
Akhnoor Mr. N.S.Jamwal and
other senior level officers of
various departments.
PRI functionaries to play role in makingpeople aware about govt programs: Dy CM
Tara Chand, Dy CM addressing public gathering at Jammu
'Rs. 60 lakh assigned for model town road's modernisation'
DC Doda disburses
financial relief
DODA, DEC 09: Deputy Commissioner,
(DC) Doda, Mr. Farooq Ahmed Khan who
is also the President Zila Sainik Board
Doda disbursed cheques to the widows of
Gallantry award winners and Penury Grant
to the Non-Pensioner Ex-Servicemen, as
received from Rajya Sainik Board Jammu.
The beneficiaries who received the
relief are, Smt. Chinta Devi Wd/o Late Nb
Sub Chuni Lal (AC, Vr C, SM) R/o Bhara
Bhaderwah Rs. 1,53 000, Smt. Papri Devi
Wd/o Late L/Nk Sant Ram (VrC) R/o
Bijarni Doda Rs. 50,000, Smt. Sangeeta
Devi Wd/o Late Rfn Suraj Parkash (SC)R/o Korara Doda Rs. 50,000, Mst. Sharifa
Begum Wd/o Late Hav Abdul Rashid (SM)
R/o Shiva Doda Rs. 3,000 and Ex- Sep
Dhera Lal R/o Jangalwar Doda Rs. 3,000.
Major (Retd) S.L Khajuria, Zila Sainik
Welfare Officer, Doda was also present on
the occasion.
Shabir condoles
demise of Aziz Manhas
JAMMU, DEC 09: Minister of State for
Power, Forests, CA&PD and Transport,
Mr. Shabir Ahmed Khan today expressed
grief and sorrow over the demise of Aziz
Manhas, retired police officer of
Surankote, Poonch. He visited the resi-
dence of late Aziz Manhas and condole the
bereavement of Manhas with the bereaved
family. Mr Shabir expressed his heart felt
sympathies with the deceased family. He
prayed for eternal peace to the deported
soul and highlighted the working of late
Manhas rendered by the Late person dur-
ing his service career for the people.
Youth Congress launchesmembership drive at Padder
KISHTWAR, DEC 9: With an aim to
recruit the youth of farflung areas in
Congress and in a bid to strengthen the
party at grass root level, youth congress
launched its membership drive at Padder in
Kishtwar. Membership was launched at
Gulabgarh Padder by the President Youth
Congress Assembly Kishtwar Nadeem
Iqbal Sheikh. The membership forms were
distributed among the youth and they were
guided how to fill those forms. While
speaking on this occasion Nadeem Iqbal
said that Congress has always promoted
youths as the party firmly believes they
have played an important role in the
nation's development. He further said that
the aim behind the election process for
Youth Congress was to bring transparency
and strengthen the organisation by encour-
aging talented workers to come forward
and lead the party at state and national
level. On this occasion besides large num-
ber of youth congress activists, senior party
leaders including president DCC Kishtwar
Pardeep Singh Parihar, Block President
Kishtwar Haji Ghulam Hassan Mir, Block
President Padder Nek Ram Manhas and
former District President Youth Congress
Kishtwar Sheikh Nasir Hussain Advocate
were also present who while speaking on
the occasion encouraged the youth to come
forward and be part of Indian politics by
joining youth congress.
MD Gilkar, Feroz Jan bereaved
SRINAGAR, DEC 09: A condolence
meeting under the chairmanship of
President, Mr. Showkat Ahmad Khan was
held here today by the Non-Gazetted
Employees Union of the Information
Department, Kashmir Division in connec-
tion with the sad demise of wife of Ex-
Joint Director Information, Kashmir, Mr.
Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Gilkar and sister of
Ex-Photo Officer, Mr. Feroz Jan, who
passed away early morning on 9th
December, 2012. The members expressed
their grief and sorrow on death and
showed great sympathy with the bereaved
members of the family. They also prayedfor the eternal peace to the departed soul
and endurance to the bereaved family to
bear this irreparable loss.
Panchayats to initiate new eraof dev in rural areas: Taj
SRINAGAR, DEC 09: Minister for PHE,
Irrigation and Flood Control, Mr. Taj
Mohi-ud-Din Sunday said that a new era
of development and prosperity has ushered
in J&K with the proper implementation of
Panchayati Raj Institution.
The Minister was addressing Panchs
and Sarpanchs at Baramulla today. The
Minister said the Omar led coalition gov-
ernment has launched a massive develop-
mental campaign in all the three regions of
the State which have shown better results
at grass root level. He said people have
pinned hope with the ruling coalition gov-
ernment and it is the utmost duty of
Panchs and Sarpanchs to ensure imple-
mentation of all State as well as Centre
aided schemes at the ground level.
Mr. Taj said that the Government
intends to facilitate people with the proper
utilization of Panchayat Raj institution.
The Minister said that the Government
has made all possible efforts to provide all
basic amenities which include augmenta-
tion of power and water supply schemes,
improvement in health and educational
institutions. However, he said new
schemes are in pipe line to be launched
shortly for extending better facilities to the
people will be initiated. The Minister also
undertook a detailed visit of the Limber
area where he reviewed the execution of
development projects with the officers on
the spot.
6 hockey matches played at K KHakhu Stadium, matches
enthralled the spots loversJAMMU, DEC 09: The Six Hockey
matches were today played at K.K Hakhu
Stadium between various teams including
Tamil Nadu V/s ITBP, Manipur V/s
Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh V/S
RPF, Uttarakhand V/s Orissa, West Bengal
V/s Jhar Khand and CRPF V/S
Chandigarh. The first match played
between Tamil Nadu and ITBP, was won
by Tamil Nadu by one goal, while in the
second march Manipur thrashed Madhya
Pradesh by two goals. According Andhra
Pradesh won third match against RPF by
20-01.Like wise the fourth match played
between Uttarkhand and Odhissa was won
by Uttarkhand by 04 goals.
JAMMU,DEC 9: Students of
Jodhamal Public School, organized
Mission Tawi on the banks of river
Tawi. The entire exercise was to
highlight the significance of rivers
as our support system and nurtures
of civilization. River Tawi is dying
an unnatural death. At JMPS the
youth brigade has taken up the onus
to spread awareness for this noble
cause of saving Tawi and to make a
difference.
The JMPians got this opportuni-
ty to clean up Tawi as a part of the
community service of the IAYP
(International Award for Young
People) in association with Duke of
Edinburgh's University (UK).
Jodhamal pioneered this award
in J&K, being the first YES (Youth
Engaging Society) Centre in the
entire J&K. Under this programme
the youth are encouraged to gain
and give to the best of their abilities
towards the society as a positive
contributor. Using gloves for self
protection and a heart filled with
service as their weapons the cru-
saders began their endeavour of
cleanliness. Shallu Rani and Ms
Simran Singh are the award leaders
who co-ordinated the activity.
Earlier, in May the "ECO BUD-
DIES" Club of the School had car-
ried out a cleaning activity in a dif-
ferent part of river Tawi.
Jodhamal students organize 'Mission Tawi'
Students of Jodhamal School during 'Mission Tawi' at Jammu Tawi.
Pap potential ofyouth for Nation
building: MirKUNZAR, DEC 09: Saying youth of the J&K
has enormous potential, Minister for
Agriculture; Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir said that
Government is taking every step for providing
better platform to the youth for harnessing their
hidden potential.
The Minister said this while addressing the
youth after witnessing the final cricket match
between Hardabani Cricket Club and WariporaGurukul XI this afternoon.
Mr. Mir said that it is an effort of present
Government to provide every facility to the
youth for holding activities at village level for
nourishing their youth in every field. He said in
this direction adequate funds have already been
earmarked by the Government in a phased
manner for developing the sports infrastructure
in the State.
The Minister said that the focus of govern-
ment is now to provide every opportunity to the
youth with respect to nourish their potential,
sustained employment opportunities and higher
education avenues in and outside the State.
Calling upon the youth to grab the opportu-
nities for acquiring the knowledge in every
field, Mr. Mir assured than that present govern-
ment shall provide every assistance to fulfill
their dreams. He said in today's competitive
world, only those people would succeed who
work hard. He said Government has taken
every step to provide better primary and higher
education facilities to the students at their
doorsteps.
He said the youth that world is full of oppor-
tunities and only meritorious and hard working
students could grab these opportunities for bet-
ter and prosperous future. He hoped that our
youth has such kind of talent and asked them to
utilize it in a better way for the nation building.
Later, Minister distributed the prizes and
mementoes among winner and runner up
teams.
PULWAMA, DEC 09: Acting
upon the strict directions of Joint
Controller, Legal Metrology,
Kashmir Province, Mr. Ehsan Ali
Khan in connection with intensive
checking of different trades particu-
larly timber trade, a team of offi-
cials from Legal Metrology Unit,
Pulwama headed by Assistant
Controller, Mr. Kewal Krishan
inspected different establishments
including timber depots, provisional
stores of Lassipora and Arihal area
of the district and slapped a fine of
Rs. 9700 upon various offenders for
violations of some of the sections of
Jammu and Kashmir Standard of
Weight and Measures
(Enforcement) Act, 1997.
During the drive, Inspector
Legal Metrology, Pulwama, Mr.
Mohammad Yasin Shah booked 10
traders and shopkeepers under vari-
ous sections of the Act and the
Assistant Controller compounded
five cases on spot and realized Rs.
9700/- as composition sum. In one
such instance, a timber trader along
with Manager of a timber depot was
fined Rs. 7000/- for selling under
sized-timber.
Meanwhile, the Assistant
Controller directed all the traders
particularly timber traders to use
correct and verified weight and
measure instruments, deliver exact
quantity of commodity for which
consumer is paying and to sell pack-
aged commodities with adequate
levelling clearly displaying rate
(MRP), weight (net content), date of
manufacturing, expiry date and
complete address of the manufac-
turer and packer along with the con-
sumer help line number.
Timber trader fined Rs 7000/- by Legal Metrology Deptt
POONCH, DEC 09: In
order to maintain sustainable
sanitation in Poonch and
other towns, District
Development Commissioner,
Poonch, Ajeet Kumar Sahu,
launched a mass campaign
from Poonch town today.
Among others Supdt Of
Police Shamsher Hussian,
ADDC, Syed Anwar Hussain
Shah, Supdt. District
Hospital Dr.Mohammad
Niaz and other senior offi-
cers of District
Administration, prominent
citizens including
Mr.K.K.Kapoor, Dr.Subash
Raina, Advocate Mr. Iftekhar
Hussain Bazmi participated
with dedication in cleanli-
ness drive. Advocate Sanjay
Raina and Mr.Mohammad
Zaman represented judicary,
local leaders of political par-
ties , Sarpanchs, Panchs ,
heads of religious organisa-tions including Shree Basant
Ram Ji, Chief Manager
Dashnami Akhara Mandir
Poonch, Imam/Khateeb
Jamia Masjid Poonch
Moulana Mohammad
Farooq/Misbahi President
Anjuman Jaffria Poonch
Syed Zaki Haider, President
District Gurdawara
Prabandak Committee
S.Narinder Singh representa-
tives of Guru Ram Dasji
Sewa Society, local journal-
ists, member of cross border
traders union, shopkeepers,
officials of Municipal
Council Poonch, trans-
porters, volunteers of NSS
and Govt Degree College
Poonch, NCC students of
Boys & Girls of Higher
Secondary Schools Poonch
and others participated in
cleanliness campaign.
Earlier, DDC and other
speakers highlighted impor-
tance of sanitation and vital
role of general public in
keeping their surrounding
habitats clean.
A pledge was also admin-istered by Dr.Wajahat
Hussan Jaffery of Govt.
Degree College Poonch to
maintain sustainable sanita-
tion of the town.
DDC mobilizes publicparticipation to maintain
sanitation in Poonch
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EDITORIAL /STATEWATCHSTUDENT AGE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 20124
STATE WATCH
By: Debasish Chakraborty
WHAT is being wit-
nessed in Syria today
is not only a great
tragedy for the land of ancient
civilisation and a heritage of sec-
ularism, but also an impending
threat of a violence of the inter-
national scale. The so-called
civil war in Syria has already
gained broader international
ramification, spilling over
boundaries and with very evident
involvement of foreign powers.
Even the possibility of a full-
fledged military intervention is
not so distant.
Syrian people, like those of
every other nation, have the
inherent right to enjoy democra-
cy, civil rights and a fuller
humane society to live in. They
have every right to engage in
extension of these rights, to
demand political reforms if they
want so. There were dissensions
within Syrian society and it was
being reflected through demon-
strations and political opposi-
tion, calling for broader demo-cratic reforms. The position of
Syrian communists is important
to be noted here. They supported
the reforms which have demo-
cratic nature. The most impor-
tant, according to them, were the
lifting of martial law and the
democratic revision of press and
publi catio ns law to enhanc e
exercise of opinion and expres-
sion of freedom. Initially, the
Syrian government was respond-
ing to the demands and it initiat-
ed reform measures. But these
internal questions are sought to
be utilized for not onl y a 'regime
change' but to destroy every
advancement achieved by the
people of Sy ria. And, what made
the entire episode dreadful is the
involvement of the foreign
forces.Whether one agrees with their
position or not, there were oppo-
sition forces who tried to
advance their demands in a polit-
ical way and independently.
These forces, like National
Coordination Committee for
Democratic Change or Popular
Front for Liberation and Change
were quickly undermined and
Islamist, foreign-sponsored
forces started the mayhem.
FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT
The involvement of a number
of countries in the Syrian crisis
as arms suppliers and political
operatives is virtually exposed
and well documented now. Saudi
Arabia and Qatar supplied
money and other help, including
supplying arms to specific
groups. Turkey is playing the
most aggressive role. Turkey,
which has a 900 km border with
Syria has nurtured and promoted
both Syrian Nation al Counci l
(frequently called as Istanbul
Council) and armed the Free
Syrian Army. The southern bor-
der of Turkey, specially the
Hatay province, has become the
main gateway of infiltration of
foreign terrorists. FSA has been
trained and supplied arms by
Turkish military and they have
created buffer zones for launch-
ing attacks in northern Syrian
towns including Aleppo. Turkey
is not only giving open support
and an organisational base for
the rebels, but has also threat-
ened to invade Syria several
times. Turkey's parliament has
given the government permis-
sion to wage war. NATO is
preparing to dep loy P atriot mis-
siles along Syrian bordersresponding to requests from
Turkey.
What is less reported, howev-
er, is the direct involvement of
USA in building up armed gangs
within Syria and engineering
armed attacks. US ambassador in
Syria Robert Ford has personally
monitored and organised so-
called 'rebel' groups and encour-
aged demonstrations by person-
ally attending them. CIA opera-
tives are active in training and
supply of arms since long.
According to reports in western
media, US administration abet-
ted forming 'provincial military
councils' and supplied arms
through them. According to NBC
News, the Free Syri an Army has
received American Stinger mis-
siles via Turkey.The most interesting part of
the Syria story is that US,
France, NATO allies and
Islamist terrorists are on the
same team. The most ferocious
of them is Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-
Qaeda affiliate. They have
become the stro ngest force
among the 'rebels' now. The first
attack for which Jabhat al-Nusra
claimed responsibility came on
January 6 this year when a sui-
cide bomber blew up buses in
Damascus. Since then the use of
suicide bombings or remotely-
detonated car bombs has spec-
tacularly increased. Such attacks
have become an everyday reality
in Syria. They have killed hun-
dreds of citizens. A gruesome
example is the attack on a school
in al-Wafeen camp near
Damascus in which 29 students
were killed in a class. 'Collective
violence and selective assassina-
tion' are their methods of opera-
tion.
According to reports in west-
ern press, the key to Jabhat al-
Nusra's extreme violence is its
recruitment of radical fighters
from abroad who include merce-
naries from Libya,Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq,
Lebanon, Turkmenistan and
Chechnya. They have not only
declared their goal of 'regime
change' but also establishment of
an Islamist government replac-
ing the secular political system
in Syria. The same terrorists who
are thought to be "hounded" by
USA in Libya are actually in
Syria now, assisting NATO
efforts to terrorise people. The
faade of expressing 'concern'
for the presence of such forcesby top officia ls of US while
channelising arms and logistics
for them exposes the utter
hypocrisy of the Obama admin-
istration.
Judging by these attacks Syria
is now facing international ter-
rorism. But the western media
and NATO countries are under-
standably silent on this. To them,
the 'rebels' in Syriahave an undi-
vided identity. On the contrary,
the Syrian government's
response to such terrorist attacks
is being branded as an 'attack on
people'. The yardstick i n fighting
terrorism has changed in Syria.
The USAand its allies are try-
ing to replicate the successful
strategy it used to break up
Yugoslavia in 1999 and in Libya.
In Kosovo and Libya, westerntrained and financed proxies
staged grave provocations
against the State. When the gov-
ernments responded, their
actions were described as "geno-
cide" and international public
opinion was sought to be mould-
ed by barrage of misinformation.
SAME OLD STRATEGY
In Iraq, the strategy was to
mobilise even the UN, though
USA was desperate enough to
declare that they would attack
Iraq with or without the sanction
of UN security council. For more
than two years, media was used
to construct the fear of so-called
"Weapons of Mass Destruction",
allegedly built by Baghdad, or
Iraq's "involvement" in 9/11
attacks etc. It has been proved
beyond doubt that nothing of
that sort of weapons ever existed
there and the 9/11 commission in
USA never produced any evi-
dence of Iraqi government's con-
tribution. In Libya too, the
specter of an "impending mas-
sacre" was trumpeted to justify
blatant NATO bombing.
In the case of Syria, the so-
called 'humanitarian interven-
tion' is being sought after. For
last few days, the specter of
'Chemical Weapons' is being
widely used. Western media
started reporting that there are
some "extra ordinary activities
in the areas where Syria keeps its
chemical weapons''. Following
this were 'warnings' from west-
ern powers that Syria would
have to face 'immediate'
response if such things occur.
Despite Syria's repeated denial,
this atmosphere is being created
to mould public opinion and jus-tifying intervention by NATO.
In their design of disintegra-
tion and devastation, the imperi-
alist forces always stir up sectar-
ian strife and narrow identities.
This has happened in many parts
of the world, includingIraq. This
is now being done in Syria,
which traditionally has been one
of the most composite forma-
tions of religious and ethnic
identities in the Middle East. The
victims at this juncture are the
Shiites and Alawites, who have
faced brutal attacks from
Islamists with Sunni and Salafi
identities. This sectarian division
has destroyed the potential of
any movement with democratic
aspiration from below.
The battle for control of the
Middle East, part of which isbeing fought today in Syria, is
obviously related with control
over oil, as it was in Iraq and
Libya. Crisis-ridden internation-
al finance capital is intensifying
its pernicious expropriation of
natural resources all over the
world. One should not discon-
nect this hunt and the political-
military adventures of USA and
its friends.
The struggle in solidarity
with the Syrian people therefore
is a part of the wider struggle to
resist predatory finance capital,
imperialist strategic designs.
How Syria is Being RavagedO
nce a politician,
always a politician -
this catchphrase best
suits BJP's mercurial leader,
who embarks on a new politi-
cal journey by floating his
'Karnataka Janata Party' (KJP)
on December 9, after snapping
his 40-year-old ties with BJP.
BS Yeddyurappa, a hard-
boiled politician from the RSS
stable, was till recently the
BJP`s biggest face in
Karnataka and served the party
on almost all positions - as
state unit president, MLC,
Leader of Opposition in the
state Assembly, Deputy Chief
Minister and eventually as CM.
However, he developed
serious differences with the
BJP high command after it
asked him to quit as the Chief
Minister in the wake of allega-
tions of abetting illegal mining
in Karnataka and later refused
to reinstate him on the coveted
post.
Since then, the Lingayat
leader made several attempts to
become the chief minister and
even bargained for the post ofthe state unit president.
However, his concerted
attempts to regain power were
stonewalled by the BJP top
brass and he finally decided to
end his four-decade-old associ-
ation with the party.
Yeddyurappa himself gave
an indication in this regard
after the failure of Arun
Jaitley's highly secretive trou-
ble-shooting mission aimed at
persuad ing the Lingaya t
strongman to reconsider his
decision to bid adieu to BJP.
BSY, as he is popularly
known, accuses BJP of back-
stabbing him and not reward-
ing him for decades of his serv-
ice to the saffron party. He
claims that he has not quit BJP
out of vengeance but to pursuehis dream of making Karnataka
a progressive state.
The grand style launch of
KJP proves his undisputable
politi cal weight in the
Karnataka politics and his
stature as the tallest leader of
the powerful Lingayat commu-
nity here.
Though BSY has assured
that he will not topple the cur-
rent Jagadish Shettar govern-
ment in Karnataka and allow it
to complete its remaining term,
KJP's launch has made the BJP
central leadership worried
about the party's future in
Karnataka.
BJP top brass has attempted
to downplay that
Yeddyurappa's departure will
have an impact on its poll
prospects; it is also aware that
it would be a difficult task for
the party to retain power in
Karnataka without its tallest
leader.
For BJP, which is already
grappling with controversies
surrounding its beleaguered
president Nitin Gadkari and his
reported faceoff with Gujarat's
hardline Chief Minister
Narendra Modi and its failing
anti-UPA campaign, the KJP
can disturb the caste-equations
in its southern bastion.
The biggest challenge forthe BJP central leadership will
be to keep the party intact and
prevent furt her defection since
several party legislators owe
allegiance to Yeddyurappa and
may eventually join the KJP.
Yeddyurappa virtually shut
the doors of negotiations after
the party high command
expelled his close aide and for-
mer Union minister V
Dhananjay Kumar on grounds
of his anti-party activities.
BSY later rewarded Kumar by
giving him a plum post in the
newly-floated KJP, in a further
jolt to the B JP leadership.
Trained in the RSS ideolo-
gy, Yeddyurappa is a master
politi cian, who slowly rose
through the ranks to become
Chief Minister in 2008 - a yearthat saw the installation of the
first ever BJP government in
the South. The 70-year-old
temperamental leader began
his political career as
Shikaripura Taluk president in
1972 as a member of the Jan
Sangh - BJP's earlier avatar.
BSY's influence on the
powerful Lingayat community,
his political acumen, down to
earth approach, leadership
skills and his equation with the
party' s central leaders hip
helped him in his elevation to
the Chief Minister's post in
2008.
These traits will be again
put to the test after his bitter
spilt with BJP since the state
has never been hospitable to
regional parties. Yeddyurappa
exhibited his manipulative
political skills when he joined
hands with Janata Dal-Secular
in 2006 and toppled its coali-
tion government with
Congress.
With BJP`s support, JD-S
leader HD Kumarasamy was
then appointed Chief Minister,
but when he refused to respect
the power-sharing deal, the
BJP withdrew its support and
his government collapsed.
The betrayal from JD-S
earned people's sympathy for
Yeddyurappa and eventually
helped him become the Chief
Minister in the 2008 Assembly
Elections.
As the chief minister of
Karnataka, Yeddyurappa`s
term was turbulent as he faced
many internal revolts, includ-
ing the one by the powerful
Reddy brothers, the mining
barons from Bellary district,
who nearly brought down hisgovernment.
However, BSY managed to
stabilise the shaky BJP govern-
ment by launching `Operation
Lotus` to wean away opposi-
tion MLAs who quit their
membership and sought re-
election on a BJP ticket.
Yeddyurappa is strongly
backed by the mutts and pon-
tiffs of the Lingayat communi-
ty and its members spread
across the state. The Lingayats
had identified themselves with
t he BJ P b eca us e o f
Yeddyurappa.
The party has decided to
contest the upcoming
Assembly Elections under the
collective leadership involving
Jagdish Shettar (Lingayat), K
Eshwarappa (Kuruba), HNAnanth Kumar (Brahmin), R
Ashoka (Vokkaliga) and
Govind M Karjol (Dalit). But
with Yeddyurappa`s exit from
the party, the BJP`s prospects
in the next elections have cer-
tainly weakened.
After splitting from BJP,
Yeddyurappa too faces a daunt-
ing task of preparing the
ground for his newly launched
political outfit and win popular
support to become Chief
Minister of Karnataka again - a
dream which remains unful-
filled even after his name was
cleared of corruption charge.
Can BJP retain Karnataka without BSY?
AGARTALA: Tripura
will soon be an 'educational
hub' for the northeastern states
and neighbouring countries,
including Bangladesh, with
the setting up of several tech-
nical, medical and educational
institutions, Chief Minister
Manik Sarkar said here
Sunday.
"Tripura has achieved the
remarkable distinction of
being the only capital city in
the northeastern region to
have two medical colleges,"
Sarkar said. He said, "The
state government has taken up
an ambitious plan to set up
more technical institutions
and degree colleges in each
sub-divisions. The education-
al facilities available in
Tripura do not exist in other
states." While addressing an
inaugural function of a school
here, he said Tripura
University has been upgraded
into a Central University.
"Under its ambitious plan,
the state government has set
up a 240-seat Tripura Institute
of Technology (TIT) and ITIs
(Industrial Training Institutes)
in each block and sub-divi-
sion."
According to the chief
minister, the state government
has decided to set up three
more professional colleges --
dental, ayurvedic and homeo-
pathic -- under the public-pri-
vate partnership (PPP) model.
The Ayurvedic College
will be established at Udaipur,
the homeopathic college at
Kailasahar in northern Tripura
and the dental college in
Agartala.
"Besides, one each of agri-
cultural, veterinary and fish-
ery colleges are functioning in
the state."Sarkar said: "Private
institutions are also being
encouraged to supplement
government efforts for setting
up higher educational institu-
tions in this northeastern
state." "Students from neigh-
bouring countries, including
Bangladesh, are attracted with
this increasing number of edu-
cational institutions in the
bordering state," he stated.
Addressing the function, state
Education Minister Tapan
Chakraborty said that when
the state became a full-
fledged state in 1972, the liter-
acy rate was 31 percent while
now it had risen to 90 percent.
"Within the next one year,
Tripura would achieve 100
percent literacy," Chakraborty
said, adding that the Left
Front government has been
spending more than 20 per-
cent of its total annual budget
in the education sector, while
the central government's
funding in this sector was less
than 10 percent.
Tripura will set up an
Indian Institute of Information
Technology (IIIT) in
Bodhjungnagar, one of the
northeastern region's biggest
industrial zones, a state offi-
cial said.
"State-owned ONGC (Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation),
NEEPCO (Northeastern
Electric Power Corporation)
and six private industrial
houses from West Bengal
have expressed willingness to
be a partner of the Tripura
IIIT," said higher education
department secretary Kishore
Ambuly.
TRIPURA
'Tripura to be educational hub fornortheast, adjoining countries': CM CHANDIGARH: Seeking personal intervention of
the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Punjab
CM Parkash Singh Badal urged him to impress upon
the Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) to get
all the pending issues examined expeditiously for
early nod to the mining projects, as the non-clearance
by the Ministry has not only led to alarming scarcity
of construction material but could also cause law and
order problems in the state. In a letter to the Prime
Minister, Badal apprised him that Punjab had been
facing critical situation regarding availability of con-
struction material viz. Sand, Gravel, Bajri, Bricks etc.
which had adversely impacted the construction activ-
ity in the state due to pending issues with MoEF.
The Chief Minister reiterated that an Expert
Appraisal Committee of MoEF be directed to consid-
er the case for granting environmental clearance
regarding 95 mining projects under category 'A'
which were submitted to the ministry more than four
months back in the month of June, 2012.
Badal further requested the Prime Minister to
advise the MoEF to empower the state authority for
considering the environment clearance of the minor
mineral projects irrespective of its area by amending
the schedule to the Ministry's notification dated
September 14, 2006 besides all the mineral projects
of an area less than 5 hectares be considered in the B-
2 category projects so that their environmental clear-
ances could be obtained in minimum possible time
schedule. Badal also recommended exemption from
obtaining environmental clearance for minor mineral
projects of ordinary earth and brick earth etc. where-
in depth of mining does not exceed 6 feet, apart from
the general condition in schedule of the EIA
Notification, 2006 that any project or activity speci-
fied in category 'B' would be treated as category 'A' if
located in whole or in part within the 10 Km from the
interstate and international boundaries be reduced to
1 Km.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also wrote to the
Union Minister of State Environment & Forests
Jayanthi Natarajan in light of his meeting with her on
December 3, 2012. "Needless to say, delay of every
single day is adding to the distress nearly halting all
major infrastructural projects, said Badal.
PUNJAB
Badal asks PM to expedite MoEF clearance to mining projects
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh has
earned the dubious distinction of wit-
nessing over 100 communal clashes
this year that left 34 people dead. The
towns where incidents of such violence
took place are Kosi Kalan in Mathura,
Faizabad, Pratapgarh, Sitapur,
Ghaziabad and Bareilly.
More than 450 people were also
injured in these clashes which took
place from January till October 31,
Union home ministry officials said.
There were 84 incidents of communal
clashes in the state in 2011 in which 12
people lost their lives. The country wit-
nessed 560 incidents of violence this
year till October end, which claimed 89
lives, while in 2011, 580 clashes took
place that left 91 people dead. UP was
followed by Maharashtra where 83
incidents were reported so far this year
in which 13 people were killed and 88
incidents in 2011 which claimed 15
lives. Madhya Pradesh saw 78 inci-
dents of communal violence so far this
year in which 11 people were killed
and in 2011, 81 incidents of communal
clashes were reported that left 15 dead.
In Karnataka, there were 54 inci-
dents of communal clashes in 2012 and
70 incidents in 2011 in which three and
four people lost their lives respectively.
Rajasthan had witnessed 42 inci-
dents of communal clashes in 2011
leading to death of 16 people while t his
year the state has witnessed 30 inci-
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