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21 SATURDAY APRIL-2018 SRINAGAR TODAY : MOSTLY SUNNY 21 KASHMIR Contact : -0194-2502327 FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS & YOUR COPY OF Maximum : 18 O Minmum : 08 O Humidity : 74% SUNSET Today 07:06 PM SUNRISE

.. News / 05 RUSSIA PROVIDING ARMS TO TALIBAN Russia is supporting and even supplying arms to the Taliban... 06/ Weekend.

Know the platforms they re using.... 08 / Life and times... HEALTHY FOODS MORE LIKELY TO BE WASTED: STUDY The amount of food wasted equals to 30 percent of the average daily calories.

~Oscar Wilde News Digest Cabinet Meeting Likely On April 24 Jammu: A meeting of cabinet, postponed a few times earlier this month, has been scheduled on April 24, sources said on Friday.

The meeting would likely be the first for many BJP P10 HC Quashes 3rd PSA Order Of Bla Man Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court said quashed third consecutive detention order under Public

State of Punjab and others 1981, a bench of Justice H K Hanjura emphasized the need to ensure that the constitutional and statutory safeguards P10 Some Schools, Colleges Closed Today Srinagar:

As a precautionary measure District Administration Ganderbal has decided to suspend class work in all Higher Secondary schools and Degree Colleges of District Ganderbal to Tomorrow on 21th April, P10

attention to women's issues in the aftermath of the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

of a teenage boy under mysterious circumstances.

risen record high since deregulation. Petrol prices have touched Rs 81.93 a litre in Mumbai,a 55-month high while diesel prices have touched Rs 69.

Friday submitted an impeachment motion for the removal of Chief Justice Dipak Misra on five grounds of "misbehaviour". "We have met Rajya Sabha Chairman (M. Venkaiah Naidu) at his residence.

We have sought his removal under articles 217 read with article 124 (4) of the Constitution of India," Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said.

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Wisdom Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. ~Oscar Wilde News Digest Cabinet Meeting Likely On April 24 Jammu: A meeting of cabinet, postponed a few times earlier this month, has been scheduled on April 24, sources said on Friday. To be held under the chairmanship Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, the meeting probably would be the last in Jammu before Darbar Move office close in the winter capital of the state. The meeting would likely be the first for many BJP P10 HC Quashes 3rd PSA Order Of Bla Man Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court said quashed third consecutive detention order under Public Safety Act against a person from Rafiabad in north Kashmir s Baramulla district. Referring to case of Ratan Singh Vs. State of Punjab and others 1981, a bench of Justice H K Hanjura emphasized the need to ensure that the constitutional and statutory safeguards P10 Some Schools, Colleges Closed Today Srinagar: Fearing protests by students, the authorities have decised to keep some schools and colleges closed in Valley on Saturday. As a precautionary measure District Administration Ganderbal has decided to suspend class work in all Higher Secondary schools and Degree Colleges of District Ganderbal to Tomorrow on 21th April, P10 Kathua incident Revolting: IMF United Nation: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian authorities should pay more attention to women's issues in the aftermath of the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. Answering a question at a news conference in P10 Internet Suspended In Rajouri Jammu: The police on Friday suspended the internet services in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district following the death of a teenage boy under mysterious circumstances. Chander Prakash, a resident of Keri Khwas village, got into a fight with one P10 Fuel Prices Soar New Delhi: Consumers have started feeling the pinch as the price of sensitive petroleum products have risen record high since deregulation. Petrol prices have touched Rs a litre in Mumbai,a 55-month high while diesel prices have touched Rs 69.54, an all time high on back of rising international crude oil prices P10 Agencies New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, 64 members of the Rajya Sabha belonging to seven parties led by the Congress on Friday submitted an impeachment motion for the removal of Chief Justice Dipak Misra on five grounds of "misbehaviour". "We have met Rajya Sabha Chairman (M. Venkaiah Naidu) at his residence. We have moved a motion of impeachment for the removal of CJI under five listed grounds of misbehaviour. We have sought his removal under articles 217 read with article 124 (4) of the Constitution of India," Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said. The opposition move came a day after a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Misra rejected a PIL KO Analysis Observer News Service Srinagar: Boats or dinghies could have come in handy for most of the waterlogged parts of this summer capital of the state and others parts of Valley on Friday. Higher reaches of Kashmir Valley received moderate to heavy Kathua Shock Has Potential To Change The Course Of India Srinagar: If the ideological narrative of the BJP government in New Delhi currently appears to have taken some beating, the credit goes to the public outrage generated by the rape and murder of 8 year old child in Kathua. And also to the rape in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh of a woman by a powerful BJP MLA. The incidents between them hold a mirror to the new India. In case of Kathua, it shows how an ideology can be used to sanction an unspeakable crime against an eight year old girl. Her only crime she belonged to a community against which this ideology sees itself at war. So, the child ceased to be a child, and became a representation of a hated community. Whatever was done to her fragile body was in the perverted viewpoint of the perpetrators done to her community. The pain inflicted on her was thus a pain not inflicted on a body, or an individual or for that matter a child. For the rapists and killers she had ceased to be one. She had become a personification of an alternative and otherized way of life, a theology, a language etc. So her mutilation was tantamount to the obliteration of the enemy, disproportionately overestimated P10 THE SENSE OF NATIONAL CRISIS TODAY IS BECAUSE Indians feel a rising urgency to either four years into his term, religious and cultural bigotry stands mainstreamed in Indian society....wrote The New York Times Snowfall On Mountains, Rains Drench Valley CM Asks counter this ethical collapse or to capitalize on it in the run-up to the next election. Mr. Modi came to power in 2014, and snowfall even as strategic Srinagar- Jammu highway was closed along with many other thoroughfares. The skies over Srinagar and other parts of Valley opened up during the early commute, turning most of the roads into subterranean lakes. An official of the local P10 NIA Books Salahuddin s Son In 2011 Case Observer News Service New Delhi: The NIA on Friday charged Syed Shahid Yusuf, son of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, with indulging in unlawful activities in a 2011 case. The agency made the allegations in a charge sheet filed before District Judge Poonam A Bamba, who posted it for consideration on May 4. The final report has alleged that Yusuf had hatched a conspiracy to received funds from Pakistan through hawala channels to spread terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The NIA has accused him of committing various offences punishable under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. for a SIT probe into death of CBI court judge B.H. Loya, who was conducting a trial in the killing of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh in Gujarat in which now BJP President Amit Shah 42-year-old Yousuf was posted as agricultural assistant in Budgam town of central Kashmir when he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 24 last year. He is currently in judicial custody. His bail plea was dismissed by the trial P10 Impeachment Motion MovedAgainst CJI Public Statements Unfortunate: SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court today termed as very unfortunate the public statements, including those made by lawmakers, on impeachment of judges. "We are all very disturbed about it," a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said after the counsel appearing for the petitioner raised the issue of politicians making public statements on impeachment P10 'Congress Using It As Political Tool' New Delhi: Accusing the Congress of using impeachment as a political tool, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said it was a revenge petition to intimidate the judiciary following the Supreme Court's verdict on Judge B.H. Loya's death. P10 was an accused. Asked about the timing of the motion, Azad said they had sought an appointment with Naidu a week ago but were told that he was away on a tour P10 Admin To Be Alert In view of the heavy downpour in plains and snowfall in higher reaches of the State, Chief Minister, P10 Omar Dubs UK Row As Tamasha Srinagar: Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday dubbed the confrontation with some Kashmiri-Americans as tamasha, saying he had a great session at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). In the video, some Kashmiri-Americans could be seen confronting Abdullah as he P10 Internet Snapped For Hours Srinagar: Mobile internet services were restored in Srinagar, hours after being temporarily suspended today as a precautionary measure to check rumour mongering in the wake of recent protests demanding justice for the Kathua rape victim. P10 J&K Govt Challenges SAC s Suo-Moto Powers In SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Jammu and Kashmir State Accountability Commission (SAC) on the state government's appeal challenging the anti-graft body's 'suo motu' powers to look into complaints against public functionaries, including ministers and legislators, in graft cases. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra sought the response from the anti-graft body on the plea filed by the Jammu and Kashmir government against a High Court verdict restoring the SAC's powers to take up such cases on its own. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, considered the submission P10 Reopen All Rape Cases In Last 3 Decades: Mirwaiz Observer News Service Srinagar: Demanding exemplary punishment to the guilty involved in the gruesome rape and murder of minor girl of Kathua, Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said all the rape cases that took place in Kashmir since past three decades should be reopened and reinvestigated including the mass rape of Kunan- Poshpora so that guilty who continue to remain scot free are brought to book. Agencies Addressing the Friday congregational gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz urged world human rights bodies to raise their voice against the brutal rapes and murders of Kashmiri women and to ensure justice was delivered as they did in the case of 8-year-old rape and murder victim. Mirwaiz who was P10 New Delhi: Top Army commanders have favoured a collective approach in bringing the radicalized youth in Jammu and Kashmir into the mainstream and focus on minimising collateral damage in anti-militancy operations in the state. The commanders, at a six-day conference which began on March 16, also delved into a host of key issues including the situation along the borders with China and modernisation of the force with limited budgetary allocation, a senior Army official said. Director General Staff Duties Lt General A K Sharma said the commanders confabulated on the prevalent situation in the Kashmir Valley Shopian Youth Who Cleared NDA Test Joins Hizb Srinagar: An engineering graduate, who had cleared a written test to join the armed forces, is believed to have become a member of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant group. A photograph of Abdi Nazir, who completed B.Tech from a college in Punjab, brandishing a gun is doing the rounds on social media. Nazir had gone missing from his home in Paddarpora village P10 Army For Bringing Radicalized Youth Into Mainstream and reviewed recent developments affecting the modus operandi of the operations of the armed forces deployed there. "It was felt that priority must be accorded towards ushering in peace by conducting counter militant operations that minimise collateral damage," he said. Government forces have been facing stiff opposition P10

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B.BPR Heritage Stationers Wholesaler of Stationers Products Cell: fida_khan73@yahoo.com Ist Floor Hyderiya Building Dalgate Near State Bank of India Government of Jammu & Kashmir Officer of the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Anantnag. Near Wanpoh Crossing NOTICE INVITING TENDER Sealed quotations with revenue stamp of Rs 5/- are invited from the registered contractors/firms/agencies for providing of Digitization of records and lamination of identity cards to be provided to various service providers during Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra, 2018 as per the following terms and conditions: 1. That the successful bidder has to establish temporarily camp near the Registration camp at Pahalgam w.e.f till completion of registration process of all service providers. 2. That the Successful bidder has to digitalize the records of service providers to be registered during entire yatra, That the successful bidder has to arrange and provide lamination to the identify Cards of the service providers only on those identity cards which are completed duly signed and stamped by the camp officer of Registration camp, Pahalgam at the same time without any delay. 4. That the material of lamination should be high quality and if any time it has been observed that the material is sub-standard, supply order will be cancelled and next lowest bidder will be ordered for the supply of whole job. 5. That the nature of job is very sensitive and time bound, as such successful bidder has to manage Data Entry Operators along with computers, some trained persons for lamination and machineries without any excuse of interruption of power supply as such, necessary arrangements for power backup should be available at camp. 6. That the tenders should reach to this office by or before 27 th April, 2018 and will be opened on 28 th April, 2018 in presence of bidder and the tender opening committee designated for the purpose. In case the government will declare Holiday etc on the same date the tender will be opened on next coming day at same time. 7. The successful bidder shall have to deposit security of Rs 5,000/- in the shape of C.D.R pledged to the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Anantnag which shall be released after completion of work. In case the bidder is not able to complete the work in the allotted time the amount shall be forfeited. Overall the undersigned reserved the right to accept or reject the quotation without assigning the reasons thereof. DIPK-705/18 (Murtaza Ahmad Sheikh) Assistant Labour Commissioner, Anantnag Office of the Regional DIrector Survey and Land Records, Bemina, Srinagar Sub: Enquiry regarding status of land under survey No's 139 and 07 of estate Bagh-e-Nand Singh Pora, Tehsil Shalteng, Distt Srinagar. NOTICE To 1. Farooq Ahmad Mir S/o Gh. Ahmad R/o HMT, Zainakote 2. Shakeel Ahmad S/o Gh. Qadir R/o Bazar Batmaloo Sgr 3. Showkat Ah Mir S/o Ab Razak Mir R/o Bagh-E-Nandsingh, Batmaloo, Sgr 4 Nazir Ahmad Jan S/o Gh. Mohammad Jan R/o Bagh-e-Nandsingh, Batmaloo, Sgr 5. Gh. Qadir Malla S/o Mohammad Malla R/o Dalal Mohalla Sgr 6. Ab Majid Mir S/o Haji Ab. Rashid Mir R/o Farash Gund, Tehsil Budgam 7. Mussadiq Hussain S/o Maqsood Ali R/o Ashai Bagh, Nigeen Sgr, Proprietor Blitz Filling Station, Batmaloo. 8 Ghulam Rasool Sheikh S/o Khazir Mohammad Sheikh Proprietor OF M/s Sahara Automobiles, Bagh -E-Nand Singh Batmaloo. 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Whereas, you were called by this office notice dated published in Daily Aftab dated to appear in this office on for inquiry Whereas, you failed to appear in this office along with documentary evidence in support of your claims on 11/04/2018 and on the next day ie Therefore, you are once again informed though the medium of this final notice to be present in the office on at 11:00 AM along with all relevant documents no further notice shall be issued DIPK-722/18 Regional DIrector Survey and Land Records The Jammu And Kashmir State Board Of School Education Sub-Office Bandipora The Candidate whose photograph is published in this notice is claiming to have lost the original marks certificate of 10th class session Regular 2015 issued by the Board of School Education with the following particulars: Fida Hussain Bhat Parentage Wali Mohammad Bhat Roll No: Now the candidate has applied for the duplicate Marks Card. 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PHOTO: Abid Bhat City Property dealers go e Young entrepreneur mulling to set up Kashmir Society in New Delhi SRINAGAR: Young property dealers from Valley are planning to establish Kashmir Society in

A budding entrepreneur Rizwan Khan who is a property dealer as well as promoter has named his new enterprise as edraaal and when asked how he decided to come up with such a name which doesn t give a

We have gone e (electronic) because we want transparency in our business. We operate through our websitewww.edraaal.com where anybody can upload their properties.

Khan who has done MBA and hails from Chattabal area of Srinagar city says that they want all property dealers to get connected with them. We don t want to isolate other property dealers and RDA Govt.

electing it's Resident Doctors Association(RDA).

genuine grievances and issues of the dental college students and residents which in turn will help in upgrading the overall health care.

3 Srinagar Observer Saturday DIAL-EMMA AIRPORTS TRAFFIC POLICE : , PCR: , PDD: FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : , , CAPD: SMC HEALTH OFFICER: SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: RAILWAYS SRINAGAR: ANANTNAG: BARAMULLA: BIJBHERA: PAMPORE: PATTAN: QAZIGUND: DEVOTEES THRONG TO HAZRATBAL SHRINE in Srinagar to have a glimpse of the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad(saw) on the occasion of Friday following. PHOTO: Abid Bhat City Property dealers go e Young entrepreneur mulling to set up Kashmir Society in New Delhi SRINAGAR: Young property dealers from Valley are planning to establish Kashmir Society in Indian capital New Delhi that will be exclusively reserved for the people of Kashmir. A budding entrepreneur Rizwan Khan who is a property dealer as well as promoter has named his new enterprise as edraaal and when asked how he decided to come up with such a name which doesn t give a good impression, Khan says he wants to restore the credibility of this business in Kashmir Valley. We have shown boldness by choosing the name edraaal to restore the significance of this business. We have gone e (electronic) because we want transparency in our business. We operate through our websitewww.edraaal.com where anybody can upload their properties. Our involvement is least in the business and we do believe in transparency, says Rizwan Khan. Khan who has done MBA and hails from Chattabal area of Srinagar city says that they want all property dealers to get connected with them. We don t want to isolate other property dealers and RDA Govt. Dental College, Srinagar affiliates with DAK SRINAGAR: Doctors Association Kashmir President, Dr Suhail Naik congratulated dental college scholars of Government Dental College(GDC),Srinagar for electing it's Resident Doctors Association(RDA). Expressing gratitude & satisfaction over democratically elected RDA Dr Naik said that associations are part and parcel of a democratic setup which will play a significant role in addressing the genuine grievances and issues of the dental college students and residents which in turn will help in upgrading the overall health care. Meanwhile RDA GDC has affiliated with DAK and the Executive Body welcomed them into their fold. Expressing pleasure Dr Naik said that we whole heartedly welcome the newly formed Resident Doctors body and will work in tandem to solve the long pending demands want to work together. We have chosen e format to make our business global. Any seller who uploads property on our portal can find buyers all across globe. There are thousands of people from Kashmir who live outside and it is a good platform for them, he says. He says properties in Kashmir are bought or sold through conventional method that is word of mouth. This conventional method doesn t bear good results as the reach is limited and besides, there is no transparency. Our method is a transparent one where buyers and sellers can directly interact with each other and besides it has a global reach. While talking about his future plans, Rizwan Khan says that they are exclusively affiliated with Delhi and Haryan based Arsh Group and Arya Real Tech. We are mulling to create a Kashmir Society in New Delhi with the help of Arsh Group. That Colony will be exclusively reserved for the people of Kashmir where they will get all the required facilities including a mosque. If this plan materializes, the colony for the people of Kashmir will be established by 2020, Says Rizwan Khan. (CNS) Tassaduq Mufti for upgrading Kashmir Golf Course JAMMU: Minister for Tourism, Tassaduq Hussain Mufti on Friday convened a meeting regarding development and maintenance of Kashmir Golf Course. Minister for Finance Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari and Minister for Revenue Abdul Rehman Veeri were also present in the meeting. The Minister sought details regarding the development and maintenance operations of the Kashmir Golf Course. The Minister was informed that measures are being taken to upgrades the Golf Course to meet the standards of the game, besides uplifting its infrastructure. He was informed that the Course was taken up by the J&K Bank and is in the final stage of completion and is expected to be completed in June, It was given out in the meeting that the finishing touches like plantation, dressing, de-weeding is being carried out. Mufti stressed for the maintenance of landscape, plantation, and drainage and sanitation for the convenience of the golfers and the people visiting the place. He also directed for taking steps with regard to the club building and of dental college residents. It is a matter of grave shame that academics and administration of GDC, Srinagar is suffering due to a care taker Principal who is using all means at his disposal to get himself confirmed illegally. It is also pertinent to mention here that the GDC Principal has been charged with a criminal case in 2016 by vigilance dept. of Kashmir vide no. VOK-FIR-33/2012K who have further recommended his removal from the post but he still continues to be there, unless and until there isn t a deep seated unholy nexus it wouldn t have been possible that he is still continuing on that chair, Dr Naik further added. DAK fully supports the newly formed body of Residents doctors of GDC,Srinagar and is with them shoulder to shoulder for addressing their genuine issues. (CNS) ASSOCIATIONS ARE PART AND parcel of a democratic setup which will play a significant role in addressing the genuine grievances and issues of the dental college students and residents which in turn will help in upgrading the overall health care. creation of other ancillary facilities in the Golf Course. It was given out that the tourism department carries out the maintenance and operation of other golf courses, especially Royal Spring Golf Course (RSGC) and Jammu Tawi Golf Course (JTGC) and the process requires an estimated cost of Rupees 3 crores annually. The Chairman and CEO, J&K Malik arrested, lodged at Kothi Bagh Police Station SRINAGAR: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested by police early morning today, a spokesman said on Friday. Police cordoned his residence at Maisuma early today, arrested him and shifted him to Police station Kothibagh, the spokesman said in a statement issued to KNS. Meanwhile, the spokesman quoting Malik said that the demise of Doctor Sajad Reshi is a big loss to the whole Kashmiri nation and in him we have lost a selfless friend and invaluable human being. Famous cardiologist, doctor, intellectual and humanist doctor Sajad Reshi has left for heavenly abode. After battling with deadly disease cancer for more than one year, he today breathed his last, he said. Paying tributes to Doctor Reshi, Malik said that today he has lost a selfless brother, a close friend, a caring doctor and a prudent adviser who in Bank Parvez Ahmad informed the meeting that the bank has already invested Rs 30 crore on the development of Kashmir Golf Course and to complete and construct the club house along with all ancillary facilities will require another Rs 20 crore. He asked for transfer of lease hold rights to free hold rights in respect of properties to the bank for strengthening the balance sheet of the bank by capital cushion. It was given out the matter will be taken up with the concerned departments. Seeking details regarding maintenance and future development of Kashmir Golf Course the Minister was informed that the J&K Bank will maintain and develop the Kashmir Golf Course, besides developing the club house in Police recovers kidnapped minor girl, kidnapper arrested SRINAGAR: Police station Maisuma received a report from a person stating that his minor daughter was kidnapped by a person. On receipt this information, police station Maisuma acted swiftly & a team led by SHO Maisuma under the supervision of SDPO Kothibagh, started investigation. The minor victim girl was recovered from Chennani Udhampur from the possession of kidnapper and was handed over to her parents. In this regard case FIR No. 10/2018 u/s 363 RPC stands registered in police station Maisuma.Accused was arrested and taken into police remand for further investigation. hot and cold weathers stood firmly behind him and cared about his health and wellbeing. Doctor s demise is a personal loss and today I feel like going orphan again. Recalling his selfless personality, his love and affection for Kashmir and Kashmiris and his philanthropy, Malik said that Doctor Sajad Reshi was living a prosperous life in England for decades. He was respected as a successful doctor, a prolific teacher and a great humanist there but the love and affection of his Nation, Kashmir, never faded away from his heart and mind and this love brought him back to his mother land and till his demise motivated him to serve his fellow countrymen and provided them selfless medical care, he said. He said that the humbleness and expertise in the field of medicine possessed was unique and everyone whom he treated will admit that his smiling face healed him much more than the medicines. While praising his resilience and firm stand on the freedom of Jammu Kashmir, Malik said that though he was never interested in politics but when it came to take stand on political status of Jammu Kashmir, he in unequivocal terms stood with freedom and resistance. This is why he while in England got close to JKLF founder Marhoom Aman Ullah Khan and even met Lord Mount Batten and delivered Aman sahibs Book free Kashmir to him, he said. Malik said that during his stay in England days, Dr used to visit Kashmir on regular basis, organize medical care camps in far off villages and towns and treat poor and destitute free. He said that today we have lost this great son of soil and this loss in every respect and manner is a national loss for Kashmiris. While praying for his heavenly abode, JKLF chief expressed solidarity with his widow, his friends and well-wishers who always stood by him during good and bad weathers. the Kashmir Golf Course along with all ancillary facilities. The Minister emphasized that the work should be started immediately and the club house along with all ancillary facilities be completed at an earliest. Secretary Tourism Department Sarmad Hafeez, Infrastructure Consultant Pradeep Singh and other concerned officials were present in the meeting. HIGHWAY STATUS SRINAGAR JAMMU: OPEN SRINAGAR-LEH: OPEN MUGHAL ROAD: OPEN SRINAGAR-MUZAFFARABAD: CLOSED HIJRI CALENDAR 04 SHABAN 1439 PRAYERS FAJR---4: 35 ZUHR---12: 32 ASR---5:19 Magrib 7:12 ISHA---8:34 This Day in History Napoleon and the French defeat the Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi Battle of San Jacinto, Texas wins independence from Mexico Alexander Douglas patents the bustle Spanish-American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR 1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá í Faith is elected for the first time The Ministry of Defence in London announces that British troops would be used in Northern Ireland to guard key public installations following a series of bombings John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR Zia ur-rahman appointed president of Bangladesh US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing s Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio discovers the San Diego, Dutch galleon sunk in 1600 off Fortune Island in the Philippines. From KO Archives Mustafa, Sagar oppose talks with Hurriyat Observer News Service JAMMU: APR 20: In a significant response to the suggestions to initiate a dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), two senior members of Farooq Abdullah's cabinet launched a broadside against those supporting such moves. Addressing a public meeting at Moghal in Kalakot, 130 km from here, the Industries and Commerce Minister,Dr. Mustafa Kamal, ridiculed the defeated politicians' who demand a dialogue with the separatist leaders for bringing normalcy in the state holding them responsible for the present turmoil. He said these self-styled leaders were instrumental in sabotaging the Indira-Shiekh and Rajiv -Farooq accord which aimed at granting greater autonomy to the state and forging better understanding between the Centre and the State. Had these" people not sabotaged implementation of these accords, militancy would have not raised its ugly head in the state. Referring to the demand of holding un-conditional talks, Dr. Mustafa Kamal asked these so-called leaders that they should first work for stopping the ongoing bloodshed and mayhem in the state and only then they must think of talks with the Centre on Kashmir issue. Dr. Mustafa said, he was not against the dialogue with the political opponents for solving any problem. However, he was not in favour of talking to the people who are responsible for the ongoing blood-shed of innocent people and whole sale destruction of property. Dr. Mustafa said, Sher-i- Kashmir visited Pakistan in 1964 to hold parleys with late General Ayub Khan. But unfortunately, with the sudden demise of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, these efforts could not come to fruition. At a separate function, while addressing people after commissioning three tube wells here, the works minister, All Muhammad Sagar said that All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders had no base among the masses and were misleading the people by fabricated stories, aimed at creating misgivings in their minds. He said PDP leader sheds tears and visits the houses of militants who get killed in encounters with security forces, but they have no sympathy with innocent political leaders and activists who are killed by the militants. He said that the people and particularly the centre should take cognizance of his activities and the activists of the leaders of APHC. ( Kashmir Observer, April 21, 2000)

State Saturday 21-04-2018 IN BRIEF 2 Medical officers among 19 employees suspended in Pattan PATTAN: On the directions of Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Imran Raza Ansari, Block Medical

absent unauthorized. An official said that to ensure punctuality in the Government offices, BMO Pattan, Dr Masrat Iqbal inspected PHC Wanigam, Andergam, Yadipira, Khambyaar and Palhalan.

4 State Saturday IN BRIEF 2 Medical officers among 19 employees suspended in Pattan PATTAN: On the directions of Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Imran Raza Ansari, Block Medical Officer (BMO) Pattan on Friday ordered suspension of nineteen employees of health department in block Pattan area of north Kashmir s Baramulla district for dereliction of their duties and remaining absent unauthorized. An official said that to ensure punctuality in the Government offices, BMO Pattan, Dr Masrat Iqbal inspected PHC Wanigam, Andergam, Yadipira, Khambyaar and Palhalan. During the inspection, all the nineteen employees including two Medical Officers were found absent from their duties. The BMO immediately placed all the absent employees under suspension. He said that the Minister has already directed her to act tough against the absent employees. (KNS) Police conducted nocturnal raids, arrest nine youth Pulwama: Police arrested at least 9 youth during nocturnal raids in different area of South Kashmir s Pulwama district. Reports said that combined forces conducted nocturnal raids at four different areas including Koil, Prichoo, Sirnu and Malikpora arresting 9 youth on charges of alleged stone-pelting. Sources said that three youth were arrested from Koil and two each from Prichoo, Sirnu and Malikpora. The family members of arrested youth said that they are innocent and have nothing to do with stone-pelting. During his Friday address, Central Jamia Masjid Imam, Muhammad Akram Dar demanded immediate release of the arrested youth. He also asked police to stop conducting nocturnal raids. The arrest spree will disturb the atmosphere in Pulwama town. It will have serious consequences and besides, the career of these educated youth will be at risk, he said. When contacted, a police official told news agency that these youth have been arrested for disrupting peace in the town. He said that raids will continue and accused stonepelters will be arrested. (CNS) Deputy CM makes transfers in forest deptt bypassing cabinet SRINAGAR: Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh, who also holds additional charge of forest department among others, has ordered the transfer of some officers allegedly in contravention of norms by bypassing cabinet. Official sources in the civil secretariat told GNS that the Deputy Chief Minister ordered the transfer of Principal Chief Conservator Forests, Ravi Kumar Kesar (IFS) and Managing Director forests Suresh Gupta (IFS) among the 17 officials of the forests department. Ravi Kumar Kesar, has been transferred and posted as Chief Wild Life Warden, J&K vice Manoj Pant (IFS). The post of chief wildlife shall be equivalent PCCF (HoFF) till the time it is held by Ravi Kumar Kesar (IFS), the order said. Despite downpour in April, Valley still faces prospect of drought SRINAGAR: Kashmir has already received above normal rainfall for April but the prospect of a drought are far from away in the Valley, officials said on Monday. Director Meteorological Department Sonam Lotus told GNS that rainfall has surely replenished water resources. There is already above normal rainfall for this month, he said and is good for the farmers. An official of the local meteorological department said Srinagar this month received rainfall of mm, Kokernag had mm, Pahalgam (131.7mm), Gulmarg (194.4mm), Kupwara (155.4mm) and Qazigund had 90.4 mm hitherto. While the normal rainfall till March for Jammu and Kashmir is mm, the state has received just 64.4 mm -- deficient by 61 percent. In January, the summer capital o the state received 1.2 mm rainfall as compared to normal range of 53.9 mm. While Srinagar in February, received 44.7 mm rainfall compared to normal range of mm, according to the data. The deficient rainfall and snowfall prompted I&FC department to issue advisories to farmers in various districts to opt for crops other than paddy. Talking to GNS, Chief Engineer Irrigation and Flood Control Department Kashmir Mir Shahnawaz said that advisories issued by the department to farmers in various districts to opt for crops other than paddy stand. There was scarce rather negligible snowfall this winter in Kashmir Valley. The paddy and other such crops need continuous water for several months and present rainfall may not be enough, he said. The paddy fields in the Valley are irrigated by channels which are mostly rain and snow-fed but the water table is at very low this year. In the last week of March, which incidentally was hottest-march ever, the I&FC Department advised farmers in Baramulla and Kupwara districts in north Kashmir as well as central Kashmir s Ganderbal district not to cultivate paddy this season due to water scarcity. Instead, the department said, pulses and other cash crops, which use less water, be sown. (GNS) Er. Rasheed starts 24 hour long fast against alleged atrocities on students Says Kashmiris need sermons from none SRINAGAR: Despite heavy rains and chilling weather dozens joined AIP s 24 hour long hunger strike in press colony Srinagar today to protest against atrocities on students by police and other agencies. The protesters were carrying banners and play cards appealing world community to take notice of huge atrocities on youth in Kashmir at the hands of security forces. Talking to media persons on the occasionaip Supremo and MLA Langate Er. Rasheed said that state Police has lost a right to be called as J&K police as its double standards have crossed all limits. He said It is painful that while civilized people in every part of world are showing their concern and are taking to streets, the local police is using all brutalities against the peaceful students. The fact of the matter is that police has not been allowing students to come out of their college or university premises thus provoking them and gets indulged in arguments and counter arguments with the students. Police, army and other forces are always in search of an opportunity to humiliate and drag students without caring for their gender and age. Er. Rasheed while reacting to Nayeen Akhter s appeal to masses to stop protesting now, as the matter is being looked into by the court, reminded Nayeem Akhter of his government s miserable failures in dealing with the issue. He said Before throwing sermons to Kashmiris Nayeem Akhter should answer why was not Asifa s body even allowed to be buried in her native village and why was no action taken against those who stopped the drinking water supply of the entire Muslim population in Lasana. Not only Nayeem Akhter but everyone else needs to know that Kashmiris have lost faith in the system and seeing the fate of Kunan Poshpora and Shopian rape cases the apprehensions shown by the students and masses are genuine. He asked Narinder Modi not to give sermons in foreign countries about caring dignity and respect of women and challenged him to get Kunan Poshpora, Shopian and likewise cases investigated through some internationally recognized agency, if he believes in his words. (CNS) Govt depts, face staff crunch, officers under heavy workload Around 20 KAS officers retiring in 2018 SRINAGAR: With the recent retirement of nine JK cadre officers and dozens of other bureaucrats retiring ever year, The Jammu and Kashmir government is grappling with a huge shortage of officers. Official sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that many officers are retiring in the current year including around 20 KAS officers which would affect the administration in the state. An officer from the general administration department said that some of the officers with superb track records are retiring this year. Generally, officers retire every year. But from last two years, the number was big, the officer maintained. He said that retiring of such a big number every year would affect the administration in the state. Government should make efforts to fill up all these vacancies, he added. Sources said that around 2900 KATHUA CASE Downtown youth takes lead to help Adv Rajawat for delivering justice SRINAGAR: At a time when the people across the globe raised their voice over the Kathua rape and murder case, the downtown youth has taken a lead by announcing a gift of Rs fifty thousand to Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat for taking the step forward by pleading the case to deliver justice to the minor victim. A downtown youth namely Sajad Shah from Tankipora told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that the people have raised their voice over the gruesome act to demand stern punishment against the culprits but at the same time people shouldn t forget that the lady (Advocate Deepka Singh Rajawat) who belongs to Kashmiri Pandit family has exhibited Kashmiriyat by pleading the case to deliver Justice to Asifa. Though I am not affiliated with any political party but I know how much she has to spend to take the minor girl s case to the logical conclusion. Keeping in view of the money she has to spend, I took the step from my side to help her and announced a gift of my hard earned Rs fifty thousand to her so that she can plead the case easily and help in delivering justice to Asifa, he added. He told KNS that he would like to help the Advocate in future as well in case she need more money to plead the case to deliver justice to the victim. Saying that the way Advocate Rajawat took this step is appreciable, the downtown youth said that by taking this step, she has got the support of every individual across the globe as she exhibited Kashmiriyat and humanity of Kashmir. I didn t know her before but from now onwards, she is my sister. gazetted posts including IAS, IPS, KAS, KPS, Professors, and Lecturers are lying vacant in the state affecting the work of officers' assigned additional charge. Nine JK cadre IAS officers retired in 2016 and Those included Gazzanffer Hussain, Vinod Koul, Arun Kumar, Mohd Ashraf Bhukhari, Zaffar Ahmed Bhat, Ashok Kumar Angurana, Tsering Angchok, Vineeta Gupta. While, Bharat Bhushan Vyas, who too was to get retired, has been given extension. Now more officers are retiring in 2018, which as per officials would further effect the administration in the state. Among retiring bureaucrats, sources said that some are holding higher posts like secretaries and directors. Government needs to fill up all these vacancies. Several IAS officers are also retiring in 2018 and would further affect the governance. Sources within the government said that there is a severe shortage of IAS officers in the state. The state is facing a severe shortage of IAS officers. As of now, the fixed strength of IAS officials in the state is 137 against availability of 84 officers. Out of in position 84 officers, 11, including Braj Raj Sharma, Suresh Kumar, P K Tripathi, Sudhanshu Panday, Atal Dulloo, Shantmanu, Bipul Pathak, Ashok Kumar Parmar, Manoj Kumar Dwiwedi, Mandeep Kaur and Yasha Mudgal are serving in key departments of Modi Government, wishing anonymity, one of the top officials of the government had told KNS. These officers according to sources are unwilling to serve in the state. The J&K government has sought return of all IAS officers of JK cadre from the centre, but the central government has so far given a cold response, the GAD said. Several JK cadre IAS officers posted on insignificant postings, while many are also unwilling to serve in the state, have sought central deputation. Sources said that in Indian Police Service (IPS), the state is facing shortage of 90 IPS officers against the total strength of 147. Currently, 84 IPS officers are holding the State Cadre, 24 are on Central Deputation, which shrinks the number of IPS officers posted in the state to 60, officials said. For the last six years, the official said that the state government has not sent any proposal to the Union Public Service Commission to fill the vacant IPS posts because of several litigations against the seniority list of KPS officers due to caderisation of KPS into IPS. In June last year, the PDP-BJP coalition approved the caderisation of KPS after which many KPS officers started getting the grade pay of the IPS officers. The government in May last year had asked the Chief Secretary of the State B B Vyas to constitute a committee for resolution of the litigations of KPS officers for induction into IPS. Union Minister of State Incharge DoPT, Dr Jitendra Singh recently said that Centre was trying to persuade the cadre officers to return to their states. Even if they are unwilling, we try to motivate them. We encourage the cadre officers to revert to their states and serve the people, he had said. Interestingly citing a shortage of IAS bureaucrats at the middle-level, the Narendra Modi government has asked all states to spare more officers for central deputation. In a letter to all states, including Jammu and Kashmir, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said the movement of the officers from states to the Centre and back is crucial for building capabilities at the state-level and contributing towards developing national perspectives at the decision-making levels in the government of India. It would, therefore, be appropriate considering the fact that there is general shortage of IAS officers at Deputy Secretary/Director level, if a conscious attempt is made while forwarding the names of the officers, so as to share the shortage proportionately between the Centre and the states and also that every eligible officer has an opportunity to serve at the Centre at least once at the middle management level, reads official communiqué. (KNS) Martial law like situation in state: Hurriyat (G) SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference (G) on Friday hit out at the authorities for their attitude towards the resistance leadership, saying the state is virtually reeling under the martial law like situation. Hurriyat (G) in a statement issued to GNS said, No law exists, and fundamental rights have been trampled and leadership continue to be caged. The amalgam strongly condemned the government s action of caging the pro-freedom leaders and turning entire state into a military garrison. The repeated curbs reflect the frustration of the rulers who have accepted defeat at the hands of people s resilience it said. Hurriyat (G) added that police on Thursday night detained Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, Aga Syed Hassan al-mosvi, Gh Ahmad Gulzar, Mohammad Ashraf Laya, Omer Adil Dar, Syed Imtiyaz Hyder and scores of other activists and placed under house arrest. Denouncing police action, Hurriyat (G) termed it dictatorial. Despite their rhetoric for freedom of expression, they have turned the state into a big jail and strangulating the genuine voices and people and resistance leaders are denied the political space, it said. The amalgam while criticising state authorities said that they instead of facing resistance leaders on political turf are creating a graveyard silence. All repressive and suppressive measures perpetrated by authorities won t break our resolve and despite all odds will pursue freedom mission till its logical conclusion, Hurriyat (G) said. (GNS) Seven members of a family injured as house collapses in Poonch MS Nazki POONCH: Seven members of a family were injured when a house collapsed due to incessant rains at Surnkote area of borderpoonch district on Friday. DSP Surnkote, Reyaz Ahmad told GNS that kacha house of one Mohammad Rafiq collapsed and seven members of his family got trapped at Klar Katal village in Surnkote. Soon police and local volunteers launched a rescue operation, evacuating all of them in injured conditions to sub-district hospital Surnkote, the officer said. He identified the injured as four brothers namely Zubair Ahmad, Javid Ahmad, Danish Ahmad, Aliyas Ahmad and their mother Sakina Kounsar wife of Liyaqat Ali, Shamim Akhtar daughter of Mohammad Rafiq and Rashmia Bi wife of Mohammad Rafiq. Among the injured two critically injured namely Zubair Ahmad, Shamim Akhtar has been referred to district hospital Rajouri for specialised treatment, the officer added. (GNS) Incessant rains trigger flood threat in Langate villages LANGATE: Incessant rains have triggered flood threat in several villages of Langate constituency in north Kashmir s Kupwara district. KNS correspondent after travelling several areas of Langate constituency reported that nonstop rains have raised water levels above the danger mark points in drains and Nallaha s and water is flowing over the roads and in most of the villages. In several villages water has gushed into shops, residential houses and commercial complexes but the authorities are yet to turn up to come to the rescue of flood hit populations. The residents of Sudergund, Hangah, Maratgam, Batagund and Shanoo told KNS correspondent that poor drainage system is the cause of flood like situation in many villages of Langate constituency, which they said, didn t get the timely attention of the concerned authorities. They said that even this time when a flood like situation is prevailing in several areas, the authorities of flood control department are not paying head to the cries of local population over the demand for flood control measures. (KNS) Chief Secretary reviews Durbar Move arrangements JAMMU: Chief Secretary, BB Vyas today reviewed the arrangements made in connection with the annual Durbar move from Jammu to Srinagar with the opening of offices scheduled on May 07 in the summer capital. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education, Dr Pawan Kotwal, ADG Security Muneer Ahmad Khan, Commissioner Secretary GAD Khursheed Ahmad Shah, Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Hemant Kumar Sharma, Commissioner Secretary FCS&CA, M D Khan, IG Traffic, Basant Rath, IG Jammu SD Singh, various administrative secretaries, Director Estates, and various other senior officers. The meeting was informed that secretariat offices will close in Jammu on April 27th and will open in Srinagar on May 7th. Chief Secretary emphasized upon putting in place all necessary measures including security escort to ensure smooth movement of Durbar move vehicles upto their respective destinations. He instructed that extra buses and trucks be kept available during the move days besides adequate number of cranes, mobile workshops, recovery vans, medical mobile teams, ambulances/ medical aid facilities be deployed en-route along with necessary equipment and staff to meet any exigency. Dr Sammiullah establishes a weight loss centre, Performs first sleeve gastrectomy on a 110 kg man SRINAGAR: Dr Mir Samiullah, the renowned gastrointestinal and laparascopic surgeon performed a sleeve gastrectomy on a 110 kg man from Shopian district of Kashmir. The said patient had been a victim of social and mental trauma due to this obesity and had other comorbidities as well. This surgery has given him a hope of better future, said a statement from Star Hospital. Dr Mir Samiullah said that the patient will lose about 60 to 70 percent of his excess body weight in next 3 to 4 months. Establishment of this clinic at Star Hospital will benefit lot of patients who are suffering from this menace of morbid obesity. Such patients usually have other comorbidities like blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea etc.

NEWS Saturday 21-04-2018 5 Based on orders from the commander-in-chief of the armed forces our heroic air force carried out deadly air strikes against ISIL sites in Syria on Thursday near the border

Britain and France, Syrian sources say. "Two cruise missiles that did not detonate during the US missile strike on Syria overnight on April 14 were found by the Syrian military.

These missiles were handed over to Russian officer the day before yesterday (April 17)," a source in the Syrian Defense Ministry told Russia's TASS news agency on Thursday.

On April 14, US President Donald Trump along with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Theresa May authorized a joint missile attack against alleged chemical weapons

Kind renames Swaziland MBABANE: Swaziland s King Mswati III, Africa s last absolute monarch, said on Thursday he was officially renaming the country as the Kingdom of eswatini.

5 NEWS Saturday Based on orders from the commander-in-chief of the armed forces our heroic air force carried out deadly air strikes against ISIL sites in Syria on Thursday near the border with Iraq Syria hands US cruise missiles to Russia Damscus: Syria has handed over to Russia two unexploded cruise missiles it discovered in the aftermath of the recent attack by the United States, Britain and France, Syrian sources say. "Two cruise missiles that did not detonate during the US missile strike on Syria overnight on April 14 were found by the Syrian military. Both are in rather good condition. These missiles were handed over to Russian officer the day before yesterday (April 17)," a source in the Syrian Defense Ministry told Russia's TASS news agency on Thursday. The Syrian military sent the missiles over on board a plane on Wednesday, the source added. The Russian Defense Ministry had yet to confirm the report. On April 14, US President Donald Trump along with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Theresa May authorized a joint missile attack against alleged chemical weapons manufacturing sites inside Syria. Kind renames Swaziland MBABANE: Swaziland s King Mswati III, Africa s last absolute monarch, said on Thursday he was officially renaming the country as the Kingdom of eswatini. He announced the change to eswatini, meaning land of the Swazis, in the local Swati language at Golden Jubilee celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence and of his 50th birthday. The king has referred to the Kingdom of eswatini several times in recent years in an address to the UN General Assembly in 2017 and at African Union and other international conferences. Addressing a large gathering in a stadium in the second city of Manzini, 40 km (25 miles) east of the capital Mbabane, the king said Swaziland was reverting to the original name it had before being colonized by the British. Cambodian man kills ex-wife live on Facebook Phnom Penh: A Cambodian man murdered his ex-wife and then jumped off a bridge in a suicide that he broadcast live on Facebook, police said on Friday, in the first such case reported in the country. Facebook is the social media platform of choice for Cambodians. Nearly a third of the country s 15.8 million people are Facebook users and the network is a major source of information, particularly for young people. Ra Chhay Rath, 21, killed his former wife at a school on Thursday then went to the nearby Tsubasa bridge, in Kandal province, and jumped into the Mekong river. Only the suicide was broadcast, police said. It has never happened before. It was the first case, police spokesman Kirth Chantharith told Reuters, referring to the broadcast of the suicide. 1 killed as Gaza 'Great March of Return' protests enter fourth week AGENCIES GAZA: One Palestinian was killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday as the besieged territory entered a fourth week of demonstrations as part of the Great March of Return. While Friday protests typically gain traction following noon prayers, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported in the morning that a Palestinian had been grievously wounded after being shot in the head east of Jabalia, in the northern West Bank. In the afternoon, the ministry confirmed that 25-yearold Ahmad Nabil Abu Aql had succumbed to his wounds. Demonstrators have been gathering since several hundred metres away from the fence separating Israel from Gaza, where almost 1.3 million of the small territory s two million inhabitants are refugees, to demand the right to return to their pre-1948 homes. The planned six-week protest, which began on 30 March on Palestinian Land Day, is set to end on 15 May - the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe), in which Russia Providing Arms to Taliban AGENCIES KABUL: Russia is supporting and even supplying arms to the Taliban, the head of US forces in Afghanistan has told the BBC. Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson accused Moscow of directly arming the Taliban. "We've had weapons brought to this headquarters and given to us by Afghan leaders and [they] said, this was given by the Russians to the Taliban," Nicholson said in an interview with the BBC. Meanwhile, American military commanders are drumming up support for the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, promising that new troops and equipment and a closer relationship with Afghan forces will reverse Taliban gains. "This is not another year of the same thing we've been doing for 17 years," Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Washington Post. "This is a fundamentally different approach." Indian Army facing funds crunch Taliban has made significant territorial gains, with the group now openly active in 70 percent Afghanistan's territory. Afghan military forces, meanwhile, are taking casualties at a record level. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani continues to drum up support for a peace initiative that would bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, but so far a a breakthrough appears far off. "American military officers see a growing Russian effort to bolster the Taliban's legitimacy and undercut (the NEW DELHI: The Indian armed forces have proposed cutting down on the purchase of expensive military items and spares for vintage weapon systems after identifying stock shortages for critical ammunition, spares and missiles, India Today reported. US and) Nato's military effort there," CNN had reported. A spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry had rejected the claims as "absolutely false", alleging that such announcements were "designed to justify the failure of the American political and military campaigns" in Afghanistan. The Soviet Union fought a bitter war against the USbacked mujahedin after it invaded Afghanistan in Many of those same mujahedin fighters joined the Taliban when it was formed during the more than 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced by Israeli forces in 1948 Arab- Israeli war. According to AFP, 34 Palestinians have been killed and thousands wounded by Israeli forces since the "Great March of Return" began on 30 March. While demonstrators have gathered at tent encampments along the border every day since the protests began, higher numbers have protested on Fridays. No Israeli casualties have been reported. The Israeli army has rejected repeated pleas by the international community to use restraint and to conduct an independent inquiry into the deaths, maintaining the necessity of its open-fire policy. According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Israeli army has dropped leaflets in Gaza warning people to steer clear of the demonstrations. You are participating in violent disturbances. Hamas is taking advantage of you to carry out terrorist attacks. The IDF is prepared for any scenario. Stay away from the fence and do not attempt to damage it," the leaflets reportedly read. Meanwhile, the army's Arabic spokesman, Avichay Adraee, has argued that any woman going to protest in Gaza "lacks honour" and "acts wildly against her feminine nature" - drawing sharp rebukes from female demonstrators themselves. Gaza, which has been under blockade for almost 11 years, has found itself further strained due to the high number of injuries. At least 17 Palestinians have had to have limbs amputated after not having access to sufficient care, the Ministry of Health said earlier this week, calling on foreign NGOs and nations to send more medical supplies, and for Israel to allow more patients to exit the small coastal territory to receive treatment in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army has rejected repeated pleas by the international community to use restraint and to conduct an independent inquiry into the deaths, maintaining the necessity of its open-fire policy. Futile to speak, we're very small people: Loya's kin on SC verdict AGENCIES Iraq strikes inside Syria AGENCIES BAGHDAD: Iraq says it has carried out "deadly air strikes" against fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group, situated in pockets inside neighbouring Syria. The announcement comes days after Haider al-abadi, Iraq's prime minister, said his country would take action against ISIL if the fighters threatened Iraq's security. Iraqi F-16 fighter jets crossed into Syria on Thursday in coordination with the Syrian army, al-abadi's office said in a statement. "Based on orders from the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Haider al- Abadi, our heroic air force carried out deadly air strikes against ISIL sites in Syria on Thursday near the border with Iraq," it said. According to the statement, the attacks countered dangers posed by ISIL and reflected the Iraqi armed forces' "military capabilities in fighting terror". According to an Iraqi military spokesperson, the operation was fully coordinated with the Syrian army. Al-Abadi formally declared victory over ISIL last year with the help of a coalition made up of Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Shia-dominated paramilitary units. Iraq's army also received key air and ground support from an international coalition. But ISIL still poses a threat from pockets along the border with Syria and has continued to carry out ambushes and bombings across Iraq. Also on Thursday, ISIL fighters were given 48 hours to leave a pocket they control in the south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, pro-government Al-Watan daily reported. The Indian military revealed that a shortage of 15 to 20 per cent exists in the stocks of critical war material. Rocket launchers and anti-tank weapons are some of the expensive weapon systems that the Indian army might have to sacrifice in order to maintain existing reserves of critical stocks, according to the Indian publication. Officials from the Indian defence ministry informed India Today that the proposal put forth by high-ranking military officials will come under discussion at the ongoing Army Commanders Conference, which is expected to take a final decision about the measures. The Indian publication also revealed that even if there is a decrease in the purchase of expensive military hardware, the compensation will be unlikely to effect reserves of critical ammunition. Estimates suggested that the cost-cutting measure will save the Indian Army between INR600 crore and INR800 crore over the next three years, but the desperate measures will still not be able to cover the shortfall in ammunition. Agencies The best is we will not say anything in the matter now. How will it help? We can do nothing further... It's futile LATUR: The brother of Special CBI judge BH Loya on Thursday expressed his disappointment over the Supreme Court's dismissal of petitions seeking an independent probe into Loya's death. "We have nothing to say... Whatever has happened, has happened. What can we do now?" Srinivas Loya was quoted as saying by IANS. He said when the Supreme Court has not heeded big lawyers like Prashant Bhushan "then what is our standing before them... We are very small people". "The best is we will not say anything in the matter now. How will it help? We can do nothing further... It's futile," Srinivas told IANS. Earlier on Thursday, the apex court ruled that Loya's death was due to natural causes, and observed that the petitioners tried to scandalise the judiciary. "These petitions are scandalous and amount to criminal contempt," the court said adding, "We can't doubt the statements of the judicial officers who were with Judge Loya." "Attempt of the petitioners was to malign the judiciary," SC said while dismissing petitions seeking independent probe into Judge BH Loya's death case. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, pronounced its verdict after hearing a clutch of petitions. At the time of his death, Judge BH Loya was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Medical records show Judge BH Loya died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's daughter. In the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, BJP President Amit Shah along with Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria, Rajasthan-based businessman Vimal Patni, former Gujarat police chief P C Pande, Additional Director General of Police Geeta Johri and Gujarat police officers Abhay Chudasama and N K Amin have already been discharged. 4Saudi soldiers killed in firing AGENCIES RIYADH: Four Saudi officers were shot dead and four others wounded on Thursday when their checkpoint came under gunfire in southern Asir province, state media said. Three officers were instantly killed when the outpost came under attack, the Saudi Press Agency reported, without specifying who was behind it. "Security officials have succeeded in identifying a number of suspects involved in the crime and arrested two of them, both Saudi nationals," SPA said. "In the interest of the investigation, their names cannot be revealed." A third Saudi suspect opened fire as he tried to escape, killing an officer and wounding four others, SPA added. Security forces fatally shot the suspect, who was identified by Saudi media as Bandar Mohammed Ali al-shahri. The attack comes as Saudi Arabia is embroiled in a long-running conflict in its southern neighbour Yemen, dubbed by the United Nations as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Asir province borders Yemen. In March 2015, the kingdom assembled a coalition of Arab states to fight the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthis did not claim responsibility for Thursday's attack. Oppn moves to impeach Chief Justice, Congress confident of numbers AGENCIES NEW DELHI: The Congress after meeting Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday confirmed that 71 MPs had signed the impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. However, seven lawmakers have retired, taking the number to 64. "We have moved an impeachment motion seeking the removal of CJI Dipak Misra", Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said in a press conference after the meet. Azad said the opposition has more than the minimum requirement needed to entertain the motion and asserted that they were sure of the Vice President taking the action. Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that it was unfortunate that such a day had come in the fabric of the constitutional framework. Alleging that CJI Deepak Misra violated constitutional norms while exercising his powers, Sibal said, "Since the day he (Dipak Misra) was appointed as CJI there have been questions raised in the manner in which he has dealt with certain cases". "When the judges of the Supreme Court themselves believe that the Judiciary's independence is at threat, alluding to the functioning of the office of the CJI, should the nation stand still and do nothing?" Sibal asked. However, senior Congress leader and lawyer Salman Khurshid chose to stay away from the impeachment motion initiated by Congress and six other parties. "I am not party to or privy with discussions that have taken place between different parties and for me to reflect specifically on whether the grounds are justified would be unfair," Khurshid told reporters. "Impeachment is too serious a matter to be played with frivolously on the grounds of disagreement with any judgement or point of view of the Court," he said. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh did not sign the impeachment notice. He was 'intentionally' not involved as he has been the Prime Minister, Sibal said. The Opposition parties on Friday met Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and handed over a notice seeking the impeachment of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. Lawmakers from Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), Communist Party of India (CPI), Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Muslim League had signed the notice. Since January, several opposition parties have been pushing for impeachment of Justice Dipak Misra. The idea was proposed by the Left Front, days after four senior most judges of the Supreme Court went public with the allegation that the Chief Justice was abusing his position as "master of the roster" and sensitive cases were being allocated to junior judges. Special CBI Judge BH Loya s death case, which was initially handed to a judge low in the Supreme Court hierarchy, was one of the cases the judges pointed at. The Congress, on Thursday, expressed its disappointment over SC s verdict dismissing pleas seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI Judge BH Loya. The Congress called the verdict a "sad letter day in India's history" and claimed that "there are still questions before those who believe in the judiciary".

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6 Weekend Observer Send your write ups and feedback at Saturday KASHMIR Editor-in-Chief : Sajjad Haider Legal Counsel: Tasaduq Khwaja Switchboard: (0194) Editorial: (0194) editorial: editor@kashmirobserver.net Printed & Published by Sajjad Haider on behalf of the Meezan Press Pvt. Ltd. Published from: # 1- Boulevard, Srinagar Printed at: KT Press Pvt. Ltd, Rangreth Ind Area, Srinagar. RNI Registration No: 69503/98 Postal Registration No: K-151 NO HOLDS BARRED ALL IN A DAYS WORK Massacre after massacre, Muslims in India continue to be denied justice. Be it Hashimpura, Bhagalpur, Bombay or the scores of other massacres, Muslim victims have been at the receiving end of a criminally twisted criminal justice system which is largely majoritarian. The latest addition to this august list is the acquittal of Maya Kodnani,a former minister in Modi s Gujarat Govt who has been acquitted of all charges against her by the Gujarat High court after having been convicted by the lower court for manslaughter. All that the Muslims get to hear is law will take its own course and India has a thriving judiciary and criminal justice system. But as they say, the proof the pudding lies in the eating, and this is where all these tall claims about India s criminal justice system sound pathetically hollow and shallow. Tariq Jameel If anyone is responsible for the plight of Indian Muslims. It is Indian Muslim politicians who instead of forming their own national party supported,became part of soft Hindutva party s like Congress. They hardly have any representation. Faizaan Bhat The Threshold Moment Kathua and the narrative of Good Hindus saving Good Muslims from Bad Muslims Sanjay Srivastava The Rohingyas have become the weapon with which they are to be slaughtered, as well as assist in the slaughter of others. The ruse of the Bad Muslim has, rather than lessening the quantity of hate directed towards the Good Muslims, only served to bolster the position of the Hindu good subject: the Good Muslim is now expected to be grateful for the sympathy of the Good Hindu, while continuing to bear the onslaught of the latter s ire for their troubles. IN a tweet on April 14, public commentator Madhu Kishwar suggested that the murder of the eight-year-old Kathua victim was suspected to be handiwork of jehadi Rohingyas settled by PDP [People s Democratic Party] in Jammu region. Kishwar also said that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti used the crime as a counterblast strategy to get back to people in Hindu areas of Jammu who were unhappy over the state government s decision to settle Rohingya refugees in their vicinity. Soon after, or perhaps even before that, a video fronted by a so-called citizen reporter began to circulate. In it, its maker said that the Kathua victim had not been raped, but had been murdered by Rohingya settlers. He said that unlike the media, which he claimed was bought, he had gathered facts from the ground. Further embellishing the narrative that Kishwar had cited, he went on to say that the girl had not been murdered on the premises of a small temple she was said to be confined in, but that her body was thrown inside its compound the night before it was discovered, and that doctors were forced to write a fake post-mortem report indicating rape. This, said the video maker, had been done to malign a peaceful Hindu community whose only crime was to protest the presence of criminal and murderous Rohingyas in their areas. According to the police chargesheet, the child was abducted, held captive in the temple, drugged, gangraped repeatedly and then strangled. Her body was found in the forest near Rasana on January 17, a week after she went missing. A pernicious development In the aftermath of the Kathua rape and the attempts to cover it up, Indians need to reflect carefully about the myth-making about the capacious diversity, reflexivity and tolerance that characterises our culture, which has become such an entrenched part of our public imagination. This only gets in the way of people thinking about what is truly rotten about it. And what is truly rotten, is our ability to invent new modalities of being bigoted and devise a bigotry plan that positions the most vulnerable among us as the actual receptacles of evil. A society without a moral compass cannibalises human empathy, gorging itself on the flesh and blood of the hapless. It is apparently not enough that a child has been raped and murdered, and the rape and murder condoned, and denied, by the police, lawyers and a variety of citizens with children of their own. It is not even enough that our political leaders calibrated their strategies of response according to perceived political damage. All this should have been enough to damn us Indians as a people with any claim to civilisational intent. However, we have, of late, developed an infinite capacity for normalising our aberrant selves. As we go about buying Korean TVs and developing a taste for Chilean wines and German cars, it has become easier to convince us that the most significant human relations concern those with objects. Pernicious politicians having long abandoned any sense of the ethical capacity thrive on this. Perhaps the likes of Kishwar and the so-called citizen-reporter are working according to a script provided by some central authority in the ruling dispensation. But what of the larger collective consciousness that is so dulled in its senses of outrage and compassion that such tweets and videos actually generate hatred towards one of the most marginalised communities in the world, rather than disdain and revulsion towards our social media henchmen? It is hardly new that social unity is often forged through creating a violent outside that threatens the peaceful inside. However, in the present time, there is something new with regard to the inside-outside narrative that lies at the heart of all forms of community-making, including national and religious communities. What is new is the rise of a threshold consciousness. This is a way of both viewing and presenting the world while standing at a point that is neither inside nor outside and allows the movement of thought in whichever direction the strategy of the moment requires. The inside-outside formula is both easier to track and expose to scrutiny, whereas the threshold moment unfolds in more pernicious ways. The threshold moment The threshold moment is pernicious in as much as it combines the inside and the outside into one whole in order to encourage the belief that despite various provocations, we absorb the world and are at one with it. But that this act of absorption must always watch out for those who seek to destroy that which is truly our home. Our worldliness must not be taken for weakness. Consider the following examples from our current moment of misery. Neither Kishwar nor the video-man deny that something terrible has happened: a little girl has been killed. This, they both imply, is indeed, a terrible thing. Someone who is at least grudgingly one of us because of her Muslim background has been harmed they say, by complete outsiders, who are also Muslim. This creates an interesting and confusing binary of the Good Muslims and the Bad Muslims. In the process, what we should be condemning without equivocation the complicity of our political leaders and various organs of the state in the murder and rape of a child is diverted into the eddies of nationalist thought and threats to community. This strategy is that of thresholds in as much as the figure of the Muslim is both inside and outside. And, if there According to this narrative, the Kathua rape victim s family should be grateful that we have recognised her fate as murder and are indefatigable in our efforts to apprehend the real culprits. These culprits criminal, shiftless, murderous hold up a mirror to the Good Muslim of their own possibilities. They should be grateful for the leeway they have been allowed. are Muslims who are both inside and outside the national community and its well-being, then how is one to take an unambiguous stand? The narrative that seeks to create community out of positing clear outsiders is not so difficult to critique: after all, at various times, the supposed outsiders and insiders actually lead entangled lives. However, if the acceptable insider also has a duplicate that is, apparently, evil, then threshold thinking is easily able to sway public opinion. The Rohingyas have become the weapon with which they are to be slaughtered, as well as assist in the slaughter of others. The ruse of the Bad Muslim has, rather than lessening the quantity of hate directed towards the Good Muslims, only served to bolster the position of the Hindu good subject: the Good Muslim is now expected to be grateful for the sympathy of the Good Hindu, while continuing to bear the onslaught of the latter s ire for their troubles. According to this narrative, the Kathua rape victim s family should be grateful that we have recognised her fate as murder and are indefatigable in our efforts to apprehend the real culprits. These culprits criminal, shiftless, murderous hold up a mirror to the Good Muslim of their own possibilities. They should be grateful for the leeway they have been been allowed Sanjay Srivastava is the author of Entangled Urbanism. The article first appeared on Scroll.in Amanda Third FORMER Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie blew the whistle last month. He revealed the data analytics agency harvested Facebook data from more than 50 million individual profiles, matched these with electoral rolls, and then devised an algorithm that can use this data to predict and influence voting behaviours. It seems it s a powerful political tool. It reportedly played a role in swaying the Brexit vote towards a leave outcome in the UK and sweeping Donald Trump into power in the US. But what are the implications for our kids? Amid dilemmas about big data, the needs, desires and rights of our children don t often get much attention. And yet, they are the first generation whose whole lives are being tracked digitally, and they will bear the consequences of future data regimes. So, how can we talk to them about what s going on? What s at stake? Governments and private enterprise have always gathered data about the population. Demographic data such as age, gender, ethnicity, marital status and income - has long been used to make government initiatives effective. Since the early 20th century, advertisers have used demographic data to sell products to consumers. And we, the people, have long worried about how we are being manipulated. What s different today is that public institutions and businesses can now channel psychographic data, like whether someone has hobbies, is selfconscious, attends church, what kind of Why you should talk to your children about Cambridge Analytica books they buy and so on. We post or unwittingly give out this kind of information (such as via online quizzes) on social media. When mapped against things like voting behaviours, institutions and businesses can know us even more intimately. And knowledge is power. What issues do we need to discuss with kids? We need to talk with our children about their privacy, online safety and protecting their data. But if we want them to take steps to protect their data, we need to explain why these things are important. This means talking to them about power: about the value of their data and who might use or misuse it, how, and why. This is tricky because it means discussing how the world is not always a nice place. So we have to do this carefully, thinking about what is appropriate for children of different ages to know, and being mindful of not scaring them. A balanced approach is important because, despite the risks, the digital world offers great opportunities to children. When we focus solely on the risks, we potentially inhibit children s ability to identify and take advantage of the opportunities. So the challenge is to enable them to prevent possible harms while also encouraging them to maximise the advantages. What age is it appropriate? While social media platforms generally require users to be 13+, children start to use and share information on social platforms between the ages of eight and 11. This means it s never too early or too late to start the conversation about data with your child. Social media platforms usually require users to be over 13, but this doesn t always stop those younger from using them. Shutterstock What should parents do? Know the terrain Read the papers, reflect on the TV coverage, and talk with work colleagues, friends and other parents. Do these things not to be an expert, but to be ready for meaningful conversations with your child. You might also ask your teenager to explain it all to you. Dialogue between adults and children can help parents assess what their children are doing online and how well they understand the issues. These conversations offer families opportunities to reflect on and reinforce their values. Get in the fray Even if you re averse to social media, get familiar with it so you can speak with your children from experience. Know the platforms they re using. You don t have to sign up and friend them, ask them to show you how they work and why they like them. Also ask them when using these platforms gets difficult and why, and what they do. Use these conversations to decide together how to handle things. Tap into evidence-based resources There is a wealth of evidence-based, practical advice for parents of digital children. Great resources include the esafety Office s website (which houses their iparent tool), NetFamilyNews.org, the Raising Children Network, and Common Sense Media. Check your and your children s privacy settings While this is a concrete action parents can take to protect their and their children s data online, we don t always do it. Attending to your privacy settings is not a failsafe, but it s a step in the right direction. Ask your child to sit with you while you evaluate your own privacy settings. Ask for their opinion about what you should do. Talk about it and then trade places. You might also explore available parental controls. Decide together what information to share and when Talk with your child about how you protect your data and theirs online. Also discuss what is appropriate to share on which platforms and why. The Office of the esafety Commissioner s advice is to restrict sharing details like your address, contact information, and your date of birth. Also talk about the ways our data might be collected without us knowing, such as by taking online quizzes. Set challenges like refraining from online quizzes or only sharing via social media with certain friends - for a period of time. Discuss the pros and cons of these experiments and then set your rules together. Model behaviour It might not always feel like it, but parents are the single most important influence in children s lives. So, model respectful data sharing practices. For example, when you take a photo of your child, ask their permission. Same goes before you upload it to social media. Explain who will see it, why you want to do it and ask their permission. By respecting their decisions you model how they should treat others data choices. Seek solutions together Children often have significant expertise about being online and say they want to be trusted by adults to use the internet wisely. Kids also get a kick out of being the expert in conversations with adults about digital media. Openly acknowledge the strengths and limits of both your and your children s knowledge. As the parent, you don t have to know all the answers. Just be prepared to look for them alongside your child. Demand more Behind the scenes, many organisations (like the Office of the esafety Commissioner) and social media companies are grappling with the thorny questions big data raises. If you are concerned about these issues, make your views known to your politicians, social media companies and networks. By Arrangements With The Conversation

Weekend Ob- Weekend Observer Saturday 21-04-2018 7 R E V I E W Non-Fiction: Revisiting The Indus Waters Treaty Erum Sattar IJAZ Hussain, former dean of Social Sciences and chairman of the

The book is timely because although Pakistan and India signed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in 1960, its operation is becoming increasingly complex a complexity that is only added to by the

7 Weekend Ob- Weekend Observer Saturday R E V I E W Non-Fiction: Revisiting The Indus Waters Treaty Erum Sattar IJAZ Hussain, former dean of Social Sciences and chairman of the International Relations Department, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, has accomplished a monumental undertaking with the publication of Indus Waters Treaty: Political and Legal Dimensions. The book is timely because although Pakistan and India signed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in 1960, its operation is becoming increasingly complex a complexity that is only added to by the continuing role of the World Bank in the treaty s dispute settlement administration. Hussain notes that pursuant to the treaty, the World Bank acknowledged that the proposed allocation and diversion to India of the so-called three Eastern rivers of the Indus would involve the transfer of freshwater on an unprecedented scale nearly twice as much as Egypt had hoped to get from the High Aswan Dam. He evaluates other relevant studies on the issue (he counts seven) from both the Pakistani and Indian perspectives but, as he acknowledges, in the final analysis it is nearly impossible to approach the study of facts from a neutral perspective. And as professional and dispassionate as his book is, ultimately it is a book written from a Pakistani perspective. It is refreshing to see this healthy self-reflection on the very emotive issue of watersharing and for that candour alone, this book, with its particular focus on the political and legal aspects of the treaty, needs to be read widely. The scope of the book is immense and the author builds on other excellent work that has been done in the field. For present purposes, the book begins with the pre-partition colonial-era origins of the Indus waters dispute in which British administrators undertook canal building at an unprecedented scale. As Imran Ali s exceptional book The Punjab Under Imperialism, has shown, the goals were to increase food production and settle new lands profitably, thereby aiming both to pacify the region after conquest and to tie the region s new settlers to the state and its provision of canal waters for the production of their livelihoods and social power. This is important history to cover as it is too easily lost and forgotten in official present-day planning and development efforts, which ahistorically treat the operation of the current irrigation system as having somehow transcended and become free of these colonial-era objectives. As Hussain s work reflects and as I too have argued in my dissertation Water as Power: The Law and Politics of Federalism in the Indus Basin the colonial-era canal construction scheme continues to shape and affect the upstream-downstream water rivalry between Pakistan s main canal-irrigated provinces, respectively Punjab and Sindh in the context of Pakistan s federal institutional structure. If the country s planners hope to overcome this long-contested history, they must first acknowledge and understand it and Hussain s book is a rich source for that potential understanding. The first runner-up in the Karachi Literature Festival-German Peace Prize is a critical and timely contribution to literature on the hotly debated India-Pakistan treaty After laying out the origin of the water dispute between what became upstream India and downstream Pakistan after Partition, Hussain then considers the World Bank s entry into the canal waters dispute. As he explains, this intervention took the form of a unique and unprecedented mediatory role that the bank adopted to bring the parties, particularly Pakistan, to the treaty s signing table. Through some fortuitous finds and excellent detective work tracing clues in the World Bank s archives, Hussain shares valuable insights into how Pakistan was moved towards an agreement of what had been India s initial plan to divide the rivers. He further explores the unique role of David Lilienthal who, in the context of Cold War politics and development, applied his long leadership experience as head of the United States Tennessee Valley Authority to the India-Pakistan water rivalry, and suggested that the basin be jointly developed and managed. Even though it became clear to the parties fairly early in the long treaty negotiations that, given the mutual mistrust and hostility, this proposal of co-management had very little prospect of success, Hussain rightly wonders whether there may still come a time when joint management of the Indus would be both wise and politically feasible. Given Hussain s analysis which takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through the effects of climate change, glacial melt, federal and trans-boundary geopolitics, the complexity of the international dispute-settlement mechanisms that the treaty sets up, and India s continuing construction-related pressure in the Kashmiri territory it controls in the form of dams, hydropower generation and a cascade of run-of-the river projects his conclusion is cautionary. In 2011, the US State Department, in a report under the chairmanship of then Senator John Kerry, concluded that the cumulative effects of these projects could give India the ability to store enough water to limit supply to Pakistan at crucial moments in the growing season. But since we began this present chapter of the IWT nearly 60 years ago with a similar problem resulting from the effects of Partition, the report s finding begs the question of how far we have advanced to settle the dispute after all. Hussain leaves unanswered the as-yet untested question of the causal relationship between water and wars. All those who desire a more peaceful and prosperous future for the region must undertake some clear-headed study of the long history of water-sharing and development in the Indus basin. To that end, this book is a critical contribution. In addition to being a superb work, Hussain has also overcome actual but needless and unfortunate hurdles as an archival historian. We should acknowledge his immense commitment in undertaking the vast archival research necessary to his inquiry at the World Bank s headquarters in Washington DC. After requests for funding to his former institution QAU, Pakistan s Higher Education Commission and the Fulbright programme failed to materialise, Hussain used his own funds and relied on the hospitality of friends in the American capital. This book is a testament to his desire to undertake his research with crucial primary documents in the archives and we can only hope that there is a lesson in here somewhere for both educational and research institutions who may be more generous in supporting the work of future researchers. In addition to these logistical hurdles, Hussain very soon hit the wall of classification which researchers working on water in the South Asian region invariably have to face. Given the norm of declassification after 25 years, the fact that he could only access documents the Bank classifies as belonging to it and failed again, after repeated requests to access documents the Bank holds while classifying them as belonging to the respective governments, should be of concern to decision-makers as well as researchers. Why, in its fifth decade, are the treaty s negotiating materials still classified by both governments? Given the reliance of the region on the waters of the Indus in the face of greater climate uncertainty, rising populations and increasing demands for economic development, we may legitimately ask whether continuing classification of the treaty s negotiating documents in fact hampers productive policy-making going forward. Perhaps the richness of Hussain s book, albeit from its limited sources, may encourage some soulsearching in relevant quarters to rethink policies that may have outlived their usefulness. The reviewer is a Visiting Fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Programme: Law and Social Change, at Harvard Law School Indus Waters Treaty: Political and Legal Dimensions By Ijaz Hussain Oxford University Press, Karachi ISBN: pp. DAWN California Sets The Trend Maneka Gandhi So many people campaigned for NOTA on the ballot paper None Of The Above. It has resulted in nothing. No one makes the trek to a booth to not vote. They stay at home if they don t like any of the candidates. There is a movement, that comes in fits and starts, on the right to recall an elected person. This will result in mayhem if it ever happens, because anyone who loses an election will spend a lot of money getting signatures. Then there is the movement that women should get one third of the seats by law. None of these movements actually will bring about change to make governance participatory. CALIFORNIA has a very interesting political system. This allows organisations and individuals to bypass politicians and put potential laws directly to a vote by the general population as long as they can get enough signatures to support the measure in the first place. This makes sense to me, because, in India, we are at the mercy of politicians who will rarely do anything in public interest, or even think about issues that affect people adversely and need to be corrected. Instead, they will come up with grandiose schemes that never get implemented and, even if they did, are so poorly conceived that they destroy far more the damming and linking of rivers, the MNREGA scheme, the badly conceived feeding of children which has led to widespread malnourishment, the giving of forests to supposed tribals without verification, the lack of maintenance of heritage and complete ignorance of the value of museums, the lack of a trained teaching system for farmers, and using a defunct system called Krishi Vigyan Kendras, which do nothing and never did I can think of a million things. The reckless import and use of pesticides and urea is top of my list, along with the export of meat, as that is destroying the country s forests and water systems. The slaughterhouse export trade is run by NRIs and foreign nationals who loot India. Also on my list is the agriculture ministry s refusal to even see that animals / fish / birds, grown for meat that are kept badly, injected with hormones, pesticides and antibiotics and eaten by humans, will make the human population ill as we can see in the steeply rising statistics of people who are going to hospital every day. So many people campaigned for NOTA on the ballot paper None Of The Above. It has resulted in nothing. No one makes the trek to a booth to not vote. They stay at home if they don t like any of the candidates. There is a movement, that comes in fits and starts, on the right to recall an elected person. This will result in mayhem if it ever happens, because anyone who loses an election will spend a lot of money getting signatures. Then there is the movement that women should get one third of the seats by law. None of these movements actually will bring about change to make governance participatory. What is needed is what California is doing. Even if we go halfway and take the route, that if an issue can generate enough interest through people signing a minimum of a mandated X votes, then it deserves to be put into Parliament, or the state assembly, and voted on. Let us see where our elected representatives stand on the matter. At the moment California voters are on the street for an issue we have been fighting here for some years, both in the ministries and courts; which is, to Change the factory farm system so that animals, grown for meat, are not caged for their entire lives. Is this an issue for just animal lovers as we are called? No. It is an issue of health that should be understood and pushed with your local MLA, MP and municipal chairman. Birds, pigs, cattle especially poultry are stuffed into small cages. They cannot even raise their wings, so small is the space Heads & Tails and so large the number of birds in each cage. To prevent them from fighting for space, owners of poultries cut off their beaks and toes without anaesthesia. They cannot stand without pain but there is no space to sit. They stand in their own faeces, covered with mites that suck their blood. They get very, very sick immediately and are then kept alive with antibiotics, hormones and pesticides. All these go into the meat when the bird is killed and has created major sickness in humans, starting with the superbug which is untreatable, and going on to cancer, epilepsy, kidney failure and every other major disease. This could all be prevented if the birds were allowed to roam freely in the sun with natural food (instead of spoilt grain, cardboard, the dead bodies of fellow chickens and marble mixed with veterinary drugs), given fresh sources of water and allowed to live naturally before being killed. It takes the same space that the poultry now has. The same problem is with piggeries. The pig is an intelligent and emotional animal and locking her up in a small crate and feeding her badly with only disgusting restaurant waste, inseminating her forcibly and then taking away the babies, makes her very sick. She gets worms, serious illnesses, and all these are passed on to the consumer of pork. Veal is from baby calves who are locked into tight crates so that they cannot move and then starved to death so that they become anaemicand their meat turns white. They are killed in six weeks. In California, hundreds of volunteers are on the street going from door to door collecting signatures from the mandatory 3,65,000 signatures. They have, by law, a finite time to collect the signatures. Some of them eat meat they simply don t want to be sick from it. The new law, if it comes into being, will ban the sale of all eggs, pork or veal from a caged animal if campaigners can get enough signatures. If passed, it would be the most progressive farm animal welfare law and the most progressive human health law in the world. The new measure would ban cages of any kind for hens, gestation crates for mother pigs, so narrow they can t turn around, and veal crates for calves, which restrict movement for their entire lives. By the end of 2019 all hens would have to be cage-free living, at minimum, on an open barn floor or in an indoor aviary with multiple levels for birds to go up and down. It would have national implications, applying not just to in-state famers but to any farmer doing business with the world s sixth largest economy. The deadline is May 1st and they have 2 lakh signatures so far. This is history in the making. It will put California ahead of the European Union, which banned battery cages for poultry in 2012 across Europe and even cage-free leaders such as Germany and the Netherlands.. In 2008 California passed Proposition 2 in 2008 which banned battery cages and said animals must have space to turn around, lie down and stretch their limbs. In 2016, Massachusetts made history with the first sales ban on products from confined animals, which passed by a landslide 78%. California is now working to top that. And India?? Sigh!! Committee after committee has been formed from BIS to FSSAI, the Health ministry, the Drug Controller of India. Each one agrees that something has to be done. But they pass it on to another committee. There is no political will and, in the absence of a clear order, no bureaucrat will move. On top of that there are lobbies of slaughterhouses that will pay bureaucrats and politicians not to change the filthy unhealthy status quo. I wish politicians would put human health on the top of their agenda everything else would fall into place Animal rights and environment activist, Maneka Gandhi writes weekly column Heads & Tails for the Kashmir Observer. She can be reached at: gandhim@nic.in

Life & Times Saturday 21-04-201808 A dose of art therapy can ease pain and anxiety in cancer patients Soma Das /Asian News International Art can heal, and in more ways than one.

New York: Turns out, the Americans waste almost a pound of food everyday which is healthier than what is consumed.

Further, the amount of food wasted equals to 30 percent of the average daily calories consumed for every American, or more than 320 million people.

2 trillion gallons of irrigation water each year. This is first research to explore the links between diet quality, food waste and environment impacts.

8 Life & Times Saturday A dose of art therapy can ease pain and anxiety in cancer patients Soma Das /Asian News International Art can heal, and in more ways than one. A new study done by Mayo Clinic-Rochester shows that art therapy at bedside on patients with haematological cancers improved their mood, and reduced pain and anxiety. New York: Turns out, the Americans waste almost a pound of food everyday which is healthier than what is consumed. As per a research by the University of Vermont, the exact amount of food waste depends on how healthy the diet is. Further, the amount of food wasted equals to 30 percent of the average daily calories consumed for every American, or more than 320 million people. Furthermore, between 2007 and 2014, United States consumers wasted nearly 150,000 tons of food per day which approximately has used 30 million acres of land and 4.2 trillion gallons of irrigation water each year. This is first research to explore the links between diet quality, food waste and environment impacts. The link between art and health has been explored in the past as well. An earlier study done by James Cook University in Australia showed a link between art and mental health. It suggested that mental health disorders like neurosis, schizophrenia and attention deficit disorders could all be predicted based on the kind of art you like, be it pop art or abstract art. And a Japanese paper-cutting art even inspired a new, effective design for bandages. For the recent study, 21 female and 10 male patients were admitted to the inpatient bone marrow transplant and haematologic services at Mayo Clinic-Rochester. They were invited to participate in a brief bedside visual Healthy foods more likely to be wasted Of the 22 food groups that participated in the research, 39 percent of vegetablebased diets were wasted followed by 17 percent of dietary foods and 14 percent of meat dishes were wasted. The co-author of the study Meredith Niles calls for conscious thinking towards the food wastage while saying "Higher quality diets have greater amounts of fruits and vegetables, which are being wasted in greater quantities than other food." There had been certain campaigns launched to promote the use of otherwise healthy but superficially disfigured food products including disfigured eggplant and ugly looking carrot. The findings were published in PLOS ONE. (Agencies) Can rich people buy their way to good health and a longer life? Ben Steverman, Bloomberg Money might not buy love, but it can buy better health. And, to live as long as possible, the world s wealthyare willing to pay up.over the past few decades, the average person s lifespanhas risen almost everywhere in the world. In China, the USand most of Eastern Europe, the average life expectancy at birth has reached the late 70s, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD. People in Western Europe andjapan, meanwhile, can expect to live into their early 80s. Most richpeople, however, are counting on living even longer a lot longer, as in two decades more thanaverage. In a new UBS Financial Services survey, 53% of wealthy investors said they expected to live to 100. Hitting triple digits won t be easy, but it s not as outlandish as it used to be. The average Japanese woman now has a life expectancy of 87, OECD data show, compared with 81years for men. And many studies have shown that the wealthy have a built-in longevity advantage. In the US, for example, the richest 1% of American women by income live more than 10 years longer than the poorest 1%, a 2016 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. For men, the gap between the richest and poorest Americans is almost 15 years. The rich also seem to know that living to 100 is a pricey prospect, one that requires more spending on health care, better food, exercise and other services that can lengthen life. Also, you have to keep paying for everything that comes from hanging around additional decades. In the UBS survey, which focused on people with more than $1 million in investable assets,91% said they re making financial changes due to increased life expectancy. Even the wealthy worry about rising health-care costs, the survey suggests. The rich are more than willing to sacrifice money for extra longevity. Nine of 10 wealthy people agreed that health is more important than wealth. Asked by UBS how much of their fortune they d be willing to give up to guarantee an extra 10 years of healthy life, the average responses varied by wealth level.investors who are barely millionaires,with $1 million to $2 million in net worth, were willing to give up a third of their nest egg foran additional decade of life.investors with more than $50 million were willing to part with almost half of their fortune. The world s trend toward longer life has featured an exception in recent years the US. The life expectancy of Americans has declined for two years in a row, an anomaly that can be blamed in part on thecountry s opioid abuse crisis. But even before US lifespans started slipping because of drug use, health and longevity statisticssignificantly lagged those ofother wealthy countries in Western Europe and Asia. Perhaps it s not surprising,then, that rich Americans surveyed by UBS had different attitudes from the wealthy elsewhere in the world they were more pessimistic about making it to age 100. Just 30% of the American rich expect to hit the century mark. While they were the most worried about rising health-care costs, they were the least likely to be adjusting their finances for the prospect ofliving longer.if rich Americans aren t planning for the extra costs of longevity, they could be making a mistake.studies show that the wealthy in the US are increasingly insulated from thedepressing health trends afflicting most Americans.A2016 study by University of California at Berkeley professors Emmanuel- SaezandGabriel Zucmancompared the death rates for American men aged65 to 79 across several decades by wealth. If these men s wealth placed them in the top 1%, theirmortality rates in the early 1980swere 12% lower than average. Twenty-five years later, the wealthiestamerican men s death rates had plungedto 40% belowaverage. Rising inequality is about more than just a widening gap in wealth and income. The richest Americans are also living much longer, healthier lives than everyone else. art intervention (BVAI) where the goal of the session was to teach art techniques for 30 minutes. A total of 19 female and 2 male patients participated. Significant improvements in positive mood and pain scores, and there was a decrease in negative mood and anxiety. Patients perceived BVAI as overall positive (95%) Many older adults should avoid taking vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent falls and fractures, and focus instead on exercises to improve balance and coordination, US doctors recommend. The conclusion issued Tuesday by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on fall and fracture prevention comes amid growing debate in the medical community over the role of vitamin D, which may help some people at lower doses but is linked to an increased risk of fractures, falls, kidney stones and certain cancers at higher doses. Vitamin D should not be taken to prevent falls in older adults, and lower doses of vitamin D and calcium do not prevent fractures in postmenopausal women, said Task Force vice chair Dr. Alex Krist, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. If healthy people are taking vitamin D solely for these reasons, they should probably stop, Krist said by . We know that there are more effective interventions for people concerned about falls, like exercise. Vitamin D helps the body use calcium to support bone health. The recommended daily intake of vitamin D for most adults is 600 international units, or 800 IU after age 70. Some people take vitamin D because it isn t in many foods, though it can be found in beef liver, canned salmon or sardines, cheese and egg yolks as well as fortified milk and orange juice. Most milk sold in the US, for example, contains 100 IU of vitamin D per cup. Getting vitamin D and calcium from foods has been linked to a reduced risk of decreased bone density, known as osteoporosis, that can contribute to falls and fractures among older adults. But there isn t yet enough evidence to determine the benefits and harms of taking vitamin D or calcium supplements to prevent fractures in men or women who haven t gone through menopause, the Task Force concludes. After menopause, when decreased supplies of the hormone estrogen may increase the risk of osteoporosis, the Task Force recommends against lower doses of vitamin D and calcium to prevent fractures. There isn t enough evidence yet to determine the advantages or harms of high doses for postmenopausal women. Exercise, however, can reduce the risk of falls and also lower the likelihood of falls causing serious injuries, said Dr. Janelle Guirguis-Blake, author of an evidence review published in JAMA and a researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle. Our findings suggest that while vitamin D may possibly prevent people with known vitamin D deficiency from falling, Guirguis-Blake said by , the evidence todate does not support a benefit on fall prevention in the general population of older adults, and it appears that mega-high doses of vitamin D can actually cause harm. Increasingly, doctors are focusing on other approaches to fall and fracture prevention that incorporate exercise and balance activities and address things that and wished to participate in future art-based interventions (85%). The findings indicate that art therapy can be used alongside conventional treatments for patients with cancer-related mood symptoms and pain. The study has been published in the journal European Journal of Cancer Care.) Older adults need exercise not vitamin D to prevent falls and fractures: Study contribute to falls like vision loss and medication side effects, said Dr. JoAnn Manson, author of an accompanying editorial and a researcher at Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. The new guidelines acknowledge the limited and inconsistent research to date, and emphasize that it s important to go beyond vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent falls and fractures, Manson said by . Patients shouldn t be alarmed by the new guidelines or stop any supplements recommended by their doctor without first discussing it with their physician, Manson said by . However, the Task Force guidelines suggest that the enthusiasm for vitamin D and other supplements for fracture and fall prevention has outpaced the evidence, Manson said. Adults at high risk (those with osteoporosis or those known to be at high risk of fractures or falls) may still be very good candidates for supplementation, Manson added. However, the new reports emphasize the limited and inconsistent research to date and the potential for harm with mega-dose bolus dosing - and that we need to go beyond popping vitamin D and/or calcium pills to prevent fractures and falls. (Agencies)

Business Saturday 21-04-2018 Sensex Nifty Gold Silver J&K Bank HDFC Bank Crude Oil Dollar Euro Pound Saudi Riyal Kuwaiti Dinar 34,415.58 10,564.05 `2,930 (22K) `42.06 58.30 INR 1,959.70 INR 4235.

28%) High-level panel on 5G meets, will prepare interim reports NEW DELHI: A high-level panel constituted by the government to work out a roadmap for 5G rollout held its third meeting, and is now

The forum, chaired by Telecom Secretary, will hold its next meeting in mid- June, a government source familiar with the development said.

The source pointed out that multiple sub groups had been formed to look at various aspects of 5G, including app layers, large-scale trials for 5G and technology standards among others.

9 Business Saturday Sensex Nifty Gold Silver J&K Bank HDFC Bank Crude Oil Dollar Euro Pound Saudi Riyal Kuwaiti Dinar 34, , `2,930 (22K) ` INR 1, INR (0.034% 1.25 (0.012%) 1 Gram 1 Gram 0.15 (0.26% (1.07%) (-0.28%) High-level panel on 5G meets, will prepare interim reports NEW DELHI: A high-level panel constituted by the government to work out a roadmap for 5G rollout held its third meeting, and is now working on drafting interim reports on the proposed 5G blueprint, a source said. The forum, chaired by Telecom Secretary, will hold its next meeting in mid- June, a government source familiar with the development said. The third meeting of the 5G Forum was held yesterday and the interim reports can be expected shortly. The next meeting is likely to be held on June 14, the source said. The source pointed out that multiple sub groups had been formed to look at various aspects of 5G, including app layers, large-scale trials for 5G and technology standards among others. The advent of 5G is seen as the next technological frontier, and India is positioning itself as a globally synchronised player in the design, development and manufacturing of 5G-based technology, products and application. Accordingly, the government constituted a high-level committee last year comprising secretaries of the Telecom Department, IT and Electronics Ministry and Science and Technology Department to work out the vision, mission and goals for India s 5G ambitions, and to evaluate roadmap and action plan for the same. Telecom Secretary, Aruna Sundararajan had earlier said that India wants to be a frontrunner in adopting 5G technology and will prepare the roadmap for it by June this year. She had also called upon industry, academia and startups to do their bit to help India take a lead in the 5th-generation wireless system which enables higherspeed mobile broadband, mission-critical services and massive Internet of Things (IoT) deployment. (PTI) Centre should withdraw fixed-term employment notification HYDERABAD: The CPI(M) Friday demanded that the BJP government at the Centre should withdraw the notification on fixed-term employment and ensure effective implementation of the labour laws that protect the rights of workers. A resolution passed at the CPI(M) party congress here strongly condemned the decision of the Centre on extending fixed-term employment to all sectors through a notification amending the industrial employment rules. This Congress of the CPI(M) demands that the BJP government at the Centre immediately withdraw the notification on fixed-term employment and ensure the effective implementation of the labour laws that protect the rights of workers and provide them some benefits, it said. Accusing the central government of imposing conditions of virtual slavery on the working class, the party said that the move is an integral part of the neo-liberal agenda of labour law reforms. The Left party also said that the move is the BJP-led government s latest attack on the working class in the form of extending fixed-term employment to all sectors through a notification amending the Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Rules. OIL PRICES SKYROCKET Petrol rises to 55-month high, diesel costliest ever MUMBAI: Petrol prices rose to 55-month high while diesel became costliest ever. On Friday, petrol increased marginally by 1 paisa and diesel by 4 paise. Petrol in the national capital, Delhi now costs Rs a litre, the highest since September 2013 when rates had hit Rs Diesel price at Rs is the highest ever. In Kolkata petrol on Friday retailed at Rs 76.78, in Mumbai at Rs and in Chennai at Rs Diesel rates in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai were 68.01, 69.54, 68.9 respectively. The Oil Ministry had earlier this year sought a reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel to cushion the impact rising international oil rates but Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget presented on February 1 ignored those calls. India has the highest retail prices of petrol and diesel among South Asian nations as taxes account for half of the pump rates. The central government had cut excise duty by Rs 2 per litre in October 2017, when petrol price reached Rs per litre in Delhi and diesel Rs Because of the reduction in excise duty, diesel prices had on October 4, 2017 come down to Rs per litre and petrol to Rs per litre. However, a global rally in crude prices pushed domestic fuel prices far higher than those levels. The October 2017 excise duty cut cost the government Rs 26,000 crore in annual revenue and about Rs 13,000 crore during the remaining part of the current fiscal year. The government had between November 2014 and January 2016 raised excise duty on petrol and diesel on nine occasions to take away gains arising from plummeting global oil prices. (Agencies) Govt distributes 18,600 new LPG connections in JK Zulfkar launches extended PMUY scheme Observer News Service JAMMU: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs (FCS&CA) & Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali Friday urged the people to come forward and avail benefit from welfare schemes launched by state and centre government for improving their socioeconomic condition. The Minister said this after launching second phase of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to cover additional households in the state. The extended phase of PMUY will now cover the households belonging to scheduled categories, beneficiaries of PMAY - Gramin, Antyodaya Anna Yojana, forest dwellers and others. The beneficiaries to be covered, which are in addition to the existing households identified under Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC), will also be provided deposit free LPG connections, the Minister stated. While addressing the gathering on Ujjwala Diwas as part of Gram Swaraj Abhiyan held here at Kot Bhalwal Friday, the Minister said the overwhelming response to the PMUY initiative and its efficient India can become powerhouse economy if policies managed well: IMF WASHINGTON: India can become a powerhouse economy if policies are managed well and reforms are supportive of inclusive growth, a top IMF official has said. David Lipton, the International Monetary Fund's First Deputy Managing Director, also expressed hope that India's growth will be reflected in poverty reduction statistics and eventually in a measurement of metrics of inclusion. "If policies are managed well and reforms are supportive of inclusive growth, India's economy could become a powerhouse economy. It is already, I think the 10th largest, but with the population and the growth rate there's more potential," he told PTI. "I've said there's more to Bukhari interacts with Expert Committee for State Horticulture Policy Directs them to expedite policy formulation Observer News Service JAMMU: Minister for Horticulture Syed Basharat Ahmad Bukhari Friday held interactions with the Expert Committee constituted for drafting/formulating comprehensive State Horticulture Policy here Friday. The Committee comprising of VC, SKUAST Kashmir Prof Nazeer Ahmad, VC SKUAST Jammu Dr P.K Sharma, Secretary Horticulture Manzoor Ahmad Lone, Former VC Dr. implementation and monitoring have led the government to revise the initial target of releasing 5 crore connections to 8 crore by the year 2020 in the country. On the occasion, Chowdhary Zulfkar distributed free LPG connections along with documents among eligible women beneficiaries from different panchayats of the block. The Minister said the directions have already been passed to the all District Development Commissioners to hold Gram Sabhas in their respective districts to raise awareness among people regarding PMUY extended and other schemes to ensure that no eligible beneficiary be left out. Enumerating the achievement of PMUY in the state, Ch Zulfkar informed that J&K has been be done. There are further reforms both in terms of consolidating the budget situation to ensure that there's never an incident of doubt about fiscal finances in terms of making the banking system more competitive and dealing with the legacy problems of NPAs (non- performing assets)," he said. He said the important job was not just to recapitalise, but to change the governance and change the competitiveness so that banks serve as a positive force by allocating credit well and being a driving force in the economy. Asked about IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde's remarks that she does not expect any major economic reforms in an election year, Lipton said: "It's always a difficult to make policy during election years. "We certainly hope that there can continue to be a progress, but it's really the judgement of the politicians, the government about what can be done when". (PTI) Y.S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Solan Dr RP Awasthi, Head Food Security and Agribusiness (Policies and Programs) UPL Group Vijay Sardana apprised the Minister on various inputs received by the Committee in its various interactions with the stakeholders across the State. Pertinent suggestions received include zonalization, Nursery Raising, Identification and multiplication of unexplored species/varieties, intercropping in orchards, introduction of new species/varieties, promoting mechanization, popularizing high density plantation, rejuvenation/revival of orchards who have completed their bearing placed on first spot in the country for implementation of the scheme adding that around four lakh free LPG connections have been issued under PMUY to the beneficiaries against the 5.07 lakh beneficiaries whose KYC have been done. The Minister informed the gathering that "Ujjwala Diwas", is being observed at 186 places in the state and 18,600 new LPG connections Sensex ends flat; tech stocks surge MUMBAI; The BSE Sensex slipped 12 points to end at 34, Friday as participants turned cautious after minutes of the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting indicated the Reserve Bank may shift to a hawkish stance in June. However, IT stocks stole the show, with TCS emerging as the top performer in the Sensex pack, a day after the company reported a 4.4 per cent rise in March quarter net profit and guided towards a better show in fiscal The 30-share Sensex, after moving between 34, and 34,487.33, finally settled points, or 0.03 per cent, lower at 34, The broader NSE Nifty closed 1.25 points, or 0.01 per cent down at 10, Intra-day, it shuttled between 10, and 10, Both the key indices ended higher for the fourth straight week. The Sensex rose by points, or 0.65 per cent while the NSE Nifty gained points, or 0.80 per cent, during the period. (PTI) capacity, creation of healthy irrigation infrastructure and conservation of moisture, micro irrigation, organic farming, utilization of walnut for Timber purpose, creating awareness and transfer of technology, structured weather based Crop Insurance scheme, proper packaging mechanisms, Integrated Pest Management, creation of infrastructure including testing laboratories, human resource development, marketing tie ups low cost storage chambers and post harvest management and food processing measures including setting up food processing parks, training of youth in food processing, among others. are being distributed among the already identified beneficiaries. PMUY has been a revolutionary initiative that has transformed the lives of crore of poor households spanning across the length and breadth of the country, he added. Highlighting initiatives taken by the present dispensation, Zulfkar said the State and Union Governments have put in great efforts to ease out the life of people by providing amenities and services in fair and transparent manner. He said initiative like Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is a step to provide a clean fuel to people living below poverty line (BPL) by providing them with free LPG connections. He said availing the benefits under PMUY provides smokefree, convenient and healthy environment which tunes in with the aim of the scheme to improve the health of women, especially belonging to BPL families. Director FCS&CA Ch Rashid Azam Inqalabi, Controller Legal Metrology Department (LMD) Raj Kumar Katoch, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Jammu North Mohammad Alyas Khan, Joint Controller, LMD V.S Sambyal, Deputy Controller LMD Manoj Prabhakar, senior officers of district administration, representatives of public sector petroleum companies and a large number of people were present on the occasion. Cash supplies improved but cash crunch persists NEW DELHI: Currency supply to ATMs and branches has improved but cash crunch still persists in the system which would be normalised soon, bank officials said on Friday. The officials said that banks are keeping a close vigil on money supply to ATMs on daily basis to ensure that customers do not face any problem. Currency shortage, however, still persists in the system, a banker said on the condition of anonymity. "With allowance of freeof-charge withdrawals from our PoS terminals across the country, the bank has given an additional option to customers to withdraw money. We hope the short supply of currency at ATMs will be normalised soon," an official of the State Bank of India said. In poll-bound Karnataka, a Canara Bank official said the situation has improved in the state in the last two-three days. "We are better than any other bank (in cash dispensation from ATMs), our position has been good in the last 2-3 days and there has been a very good improvement. We hope the situation to be normalised by this week itself. "Even though the shortage is there, but the cash supplies to ATMs have improved across our network in the states as well as other affected areas," the official said. Another Canara Bank official highlighted that even as Rs 2,000 currency notes are being supplied to the system, a major portion of that is not getting back into the banking channel through deposits. An official of state-owned Bank of India said it is keeping a strict vigil if money intended to be dispatched to its ATMs is reaching the destination or being diverted to ATMs of private banks. "We are keeping a track whether the handler is supplying the cash meant for our ATMs or is being routed to some other bank ATMs, specially to private lenders," the official said. Punjab National Bank said cash supply to its ATMs has reached normalcy. An official of a big private sector bank on the condition of anonymity said that cash shortage is there in the system, however, the bank has requested the Reserve Bank for more supplies. The finance ministry and the RBI had swung into action this week after several states such as Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Bihar had flagged currency shortage at ATMs and bank branches. While RBI denied any cash shortage in the system except for few geographies, it asked its four mint presses to ramp up printing of notes. SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar yesterday expressed hope that the problem would likely to be resolved by Friday. "It is not a uniform cash crunch problem. It is there in geographies like Telangana and Bihar. We are hoping that the problem will be resolved by tomorrow because cash is in transition and it is reaching these states by Friday evening," Kumar had said. Besides, SBI also allowed people in smaller towns to withdraw up to Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000 a day from its PoS machines at retail outlets free of charge to ease cash crunch from across its 4.78 lakh point of sale (PoS) machines across the country. DeMO led to highest fake currency, suspicious transactions Neelabh Srivastava NEW DELHI: The country's banks received an all-time high amount of fake currency and also detected an over 480 per cent jump in suspicious transactions post demonetisation, a first-ever report on dubious deposits made in the wake of the 2016 notes ban has revealed. The banks, including those in the private, public and cooperative sectors, and other financial institutions collectively generated 400 per cent more suspicious transaction reports (STRs) at over 4.73 lakh such dossiers during , the report said. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), that analyses suspicious financial transactions pertaining to money laundering and terror financing as part of the Union Finance Ministry establishment, reported that counterfeit currency transactions in the banking and other economic channels witnessed an increase by over 3.22 lakh instances during as compared to the last year. This, the report accessed by PTI said, had a link to demonetisaton of two high value currencies of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 which was declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the night of November 8, "A noteworthy growth was also seen in the number of counterfeit currency reports (CCRs) which increased from more than 4.10 lakh in to over 7.33 lakh in , which may also be attributed to the demonetisaton exercise," it said. The latest figure is the highest ever since the CCRs were first generated in the year CCRs are "transaction based reports" and they are generated only when a fake Indian currency note (FICN) is detected. As per FIU's anti-money laundering rules, the banks and other financial bodies are required to report all cash transactions where forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes have been used as genuine or where any forgery of a valuable security or a document has taken place. The report did not specify the value of such fake currencies detected. The STRs, that are generated when a transaction either indicates that it has been made in circumstances of unusual or unjustified complexity or appears to have no economic rationale or bona fide purpose, also saw a record high rate of detection during the same period and an over 400 per cent jump from the comparative period just before demonetisaton. "The number of STRs received in is 4,73,006 which is more than four times as compared to and this increase is attributed to demonetisaton exercise...," the report said. It added that some volume of the increase in the number of STRs can also be credited to the outreach steps taken by the agency in sensitising banks and others to comply with the rule of mandatorily filing these reports under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). "The most notable increase (in generating STRs) was in the category of banks, which recorded almost a 489 per cent increase over The increase was 270 per cent in the category of financial intermediaries," it said. During , while a total of 1.05 lakh STRs were generated out of which 61,361 were sent by banks it jumped to 3,61,215 post DeMo and 40,033 such reports were sent was by financial intermediaries that shot up to 94,837 post DeMo, the report said. All banks and financial institutions are required to generate STRs and subsequently send it to the FIU under the anti-money laundering law (PMLA). STRs are also generated by the banks for those transactions that give rise to a reasonable ground of suspicion that it may involve financing of the activities relating to terrorism. Some of those generated post demonetisation, the report said, had "possible links" to terror funding. In the wake of these high numbers of reports CCRs and STRs coming in, the FIU ramped up its efforts in and disseminated 56,000 STRs to various investigative agencies like the Income Tax Department, the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence among others as compared to 53,000 sent in the previous year.

10 Saturday FROM FRONT PAGE Kathua Shock Has Potential in its power in the depraved imagination of the perpetrators. This has rightly caused a mass outrage across India and the world. A Change-org petition for justice for the child has got around two million signatures. World's major newspapers have taken note of the crime. Wrote The New York Times: The sense of national crisis today is because Indians feel a rising urgency to either counter this ethical collapse or to capitalize on it in the run-up to the next election. Mr. Modi came to power in 2014, and four years into his term, religious and cultural bigotry stands mainstreamed in Indian society. In Unnao, it was a different kind of rape. It showed that a party which in opposition had worked up outrage in support of Nirbhaya was no different in power from any other party. The rape by its leader would have gone unnoticed and been hushed up if the victim hadn't tried to immolate herself outside the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence. In fact, the Unnao rape, in part, helped bring also the Kathua rape into spotlight as it would have been difficult to highlight one rape and forget another and several fold more ghastly at that. And between them, the two rapes brought to the fore the two sides of the new ruling creed. More so, the Kathua rape. In case of the 8 year old child, it was the newly acquired force of this ideology in all its menacing dimensions that bore down on her tender body and appallingly sought to get away with it. And it nearly succeeded in doing so. Would such a state of affairs make any difference to the political climate of the country? It could. The year ahead is crucial. In a matter of months, the country would be in an election mode and the incidents like the one in Kathua and the largely uneasy state of affairs over the past four years would certainly play their role in shaping the public opinion. India is once again at a fork in the road; it will be for the majority of the people to decide which way they would want to go. Reopen All Rape Case In allowed to address Friday gathering after two Friday prayers, said the rape and murder of eight year old girl child shook entire world and at the same time the incident has refreshed our old wounds and reminded Kashmiris of many similar brutal mass rape and murders committed here by the forces who continue to roam freely. Mirwaiz said the incidents like Kunanposhpora, Chaksaidpora, Pazipora, Dooru, Shopian (Asiya- Neolofar ) are the glaring examples of war crimes committed by the forces in Kashmir since 1990 in a bid to incite fear and intimidate freedom seeking people of Kashmir, Mirwaiz said. He said that the rape and murder of minor Kathua girl was pre meditated, it s aim was to push and evict bakerwal community from the area by instilling fear among them the way Kunan pospora act was committed to force entire Kashmir population into submission. Mirwaiz said while on one hand people of J&K are demanding stern punishment to the culprits of minor Kthua girl, at the same time we demand reopening of all rape and murder cases since 1990 and to bring culprits to book after investigations. Mirwaiz also urged all the pro-justice people across the globe would rise to an occasion and ensure justice was delivered to all the victims of rape and murder in J&K. Mirwaiz also lambasted at the ruling regime for imposing frequent curbs and caging the resistance leadership in jails and homes. He questioned the rulers as to how long they would curb the freedom resistance leadership and people? He said today strong voices are emulating across India and Pakistan that war was not the solution and that Delhi must accept the ground reality and address the core issue of Kashmir. Shopian Youth of Shopian district recently. He had reportedly cleared the written examination to join the National Defence Academy. When contacted, police officials refused to comment on the matter, saying they were probing it.an Army soldier from Shopian district had recently joined the militant ranks. Most of the youths who have joined militancy recently belong to Shopian, where the 13 militants and three civilians were killed on April 1. (PTI) Army For Bringing from Valley residents some of whom had resorted to stone pelting at the forces in certain areas.sharma said the commanders felt that radicalised youth must be brought into the mainstream by carrying out de-radicalisation initiatives and favoured a collective approach that focuses on convincing the youth to shun violence and the gun culture. He said the commanders also reviewed the situation along the Line of Control and the increase in ceasefire violations there. They also talked about "adequacy of the response mechanisms" to ceasefire violations by Pakistan. In his opening remarks on April 16, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat had impressed upon the need to work in a collaborative manner for retaining and enhancing the current levels of combat effectiveness, Sharma said. He said the Army chief expressed satisfaction at the way the Army was adapting to dynamic security challenges and stressed the need to lay down judicious priorities to ensure that the allocated resources are utilised optimally. Last month, the Army told a parliamentary panel it was reeling under severe fund crunch and struggling to even make emergency procurement when there was a real possibility of a two-front war and both China as well as Pakistan were carrying out modernisation of their defence forces in "full swing". The official said "considerable" time was devoted to "re-prioritising" existing requirements to ensure that resources allocated for force modernisation and capacity building were optimally utilised within the budgetary allocation. The Army commanders will tomorrow discuss matters related exclusively to military operations. A major focus of the conference was on bolstering the Army's overall operational preparedness along the nearly 4,000 km-long border with China. Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a 73- day standoff in Doklam in the Sikkim sector last year after the Indian side stopped the construction of a road in the disputed area by the Chinese Army. The face-off ended on August 28. The other aspect which was given prominence during the conference was the recommendations of the Committee of Experts (the Shekatkar Committee report under the chairmanship of Lt Gen (retd) D B Shekatkar). The committee was formed to recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces. The committee submitted its report in December In August last year, the then Defence Minister Arun Jaitley had said the panel had suggested 99 recommendations for structural changes in the Army and out of which the defence ministry has accepted 65 after consultations with all the stakeholders. Sharma said the Army commanders also deliberated issues related to cyber security and security of military establishments. Lt General Sharma said issues related to cadre management, assured career progression and measures to meet the genuine aspirations of the entire rank and file of the Indian Army were deliberated upon in great detail. "The key issues covered during this session were financial management, equipment optimisation, management of communication and data security and streamlining of existing procedures pertaining to administration," he said. Public Statements of judges. The apex court asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to assist it to deal with the plea, which has also sought a gag on the media from reporting such statements. The development assumes significance as it comes on a day when the Congress and other opposition parties have decided to submit a notice to initiate impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. The move comes a day after the SC ruling in the CBI Judge B H Loya case. However, during today's hearing, no reference of CJI was made during brief arguments. The apex court, while asking the top law officer of the country to assist it in the matter, posted the case for hearing on May 7. It, however, refused to pass any order gagging the media, saying it would not do this without hearing the Attorney General. PTI 'Congress Using It "It (impeachment motion) is a revenge petition after the falsehood of the Congress has been established in the Justice Loya death case," he said in a Facebook post under the heading "Judge Loya Death Case - The One That Almost Created a Judicial Mutiny." His comments came after opposition leaders met Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu and submitted an impeachment motion for the removal of Chief Justice Dipak Misra."It is an attempt to intimidate a judge and send a message to other judges that if you don't agree with us, 50 MPs are enough for a revenge action," he said, adding that Congress and "its friends" had started using impeachment as a "political tool". The Minister said impeachment of a Supreme Court judge was to be done only in the case of either his incapacity or on proven misconduct. PTI J&K Govt Challenges of advocate Shoeb Alam, counsel for the state government, while condoning the delay in filing of the appeal and listed it for hearing on April 27. The state government in its plea has said that the commission's power of suo motu initiation of proceedings against a public functionary was "bad in law"."the Accountability Commission in clear derogation of the provisions of the Act, has by virtue of Rule 9 of the Jammu and Kashmir Accountability Commission Regulations, 2005, clothed itself with the power to initiate suo motu action when there is no substantive provision under the Act vesting such a power in the Accountability Commission. Rule 9 is ultra vires the Act and all proceedings initiated in pursuance thereof are without any jurisdiction," the appeal said.a division bench of the high court had set aside the judgement of a single judge bench and restored the panel's powers of initiating suo motu proceedings against any minister, legislator or people's representative on the basis of anonymous complaints or media reports. The division bench had said that striking down of Regulation 9 of the Regulations of 2005 by the single judge bench had not denuded the SAC of its power of suo motu initiation of proceedings against a public functionary and that power was still intact. (with PTI inputs) Cabinet Meeting leaders who are likely to be inducted in the cabinet reshuffle expected a day earlier. The cabinet meeting was earlier scheduled to be held on April 16 at 4:30 pm, but was postponed. Prior to it, the Cabinet was scheduled to be held on April 12 but was postponed to April 16 as Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had directly flown to Srinagar from New Delhi on April 11 in view of HC Quashes 3rd PSA available to a detainee are followed in letter and spirit. the laws of preventive detention afford only a modicum of safeguards to persons detained under them, and if freedom and liberty are to have any meaning in our democratic set up, it is essential that at least those safeguards are not denied to the detainee, the court said and quashed detention order under PSA against Abdul Qayoom Ganai of Baramulla. On 23 July 2016, Ganai was arrested by the SOG, Sopore, in connection with F.I.R bearing (No. 263/3016), registered at Police Station, Sopore, u/s 10,13 ULA Act. While in custody, District Magistrate, Baramulla passed an order of detention (No. 60/DMB/PSA/2016) on 08 August The order was challenged by the detainee before was quashed by the High Court and the officials were directed to release him forthwith. However, Ganai has stated that when the order was served on officials, instead of being released, he was shifted to the Police Station Sopore, and during his custody there, another order of detention bearing (No. 54/ DMB/PSA/2017) on 04 July 2017 was passed against the detainee on the same grounds that were taken against him in support of the earlier order of detention. This order of detention also came to be quashed by the High Court on 25 September 2017 with the direction to the government to release him forthwith. However, Ganai met the same fate and instead of being released, he was handed over to the authorities of the Counter Intelligence of Police, Jammu, who shifted his custody to the SOG, stationed at Police Station, Sopore. After remaining in wrongful confinement in the Police Station Sopore, for more than a month, (Ganai) was produced before the Judicial Magistrate for remand in connection with F.I.R No. 85/2017 registered at Police Station, Bomai, u/s ULA Act. He further stated that when he was produced before the Judicial Magistrate, he decried for his wrongful confinement and false implications on the part of the respondents, but of no avail. He stated that instead of paying heed to his agony, District magistrate BAramulla slapped yet another order of detention on him bearing No. 138/DMB/PSA/2017 on 08 November 2017 and ordered him to be lodged in Central Jail Kotebhalwal Jammu. Ganai said the third order of detention was executed on 10 November last year. He challenged order of detention has been challenged on the grounds, inter alia, that he could not have been detained under the provisions of PSA when he was already booked in substantive offences under various F.I.Rs and was in their custody when the orders of detention were passed and no bail application was filed. Some Schools, 2018, reads an order issued by deputy commissioner Ganderbal. Similarly, district administration Anantnag ordered that the classwork in Degree Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools of Anantnag town and Bijbehada Town shall remain suspended April 21. District Administration Kulgam also decided to suspend class work in Higher Secondary schools and Colleges in the district. As a precautionary measure, the district administration Bandipora ordered that class work in all Degree colleges, Higher Secondary schools and HS Bagh except Gurez Sub-Division shall remain suspended on the weekend. According to District Magistrate Baramulla, the class work in some educational institutions shall remain suspended in view of the Services Selection Board (SSB) examinations scheduled on 21st of April. These includes SSM Engineering College Parispora Pattan, St. Joseph's HSS, Govt Girls HSS, Public High School, Govt Boys HSS Pattan, Govt Degree College for Women, Govt Degree College for boys Baramulla, JET college of Education, Govt HSS Boys and MTM B. ed College Tangmarg. Classwork shall also remain suspended in all the educational institutes including private schools and coaching centres on Saturday as a precautionary measure in Shopian. As per District Administration Shopian, the class work will remain suspended in all the educational institutes of Shopian town including Private schools and coaching centres. Meanwhile, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora shall remain open on Saturday. Buses will ply on all the designated routes, Public Relations, IUST, said. Omar Dubs UK was leaving after making his speech. The protesters threatened of taking him to the International Criminal Court and accused him of playing dirty politics.a woman protester called Omar and his father Farooq Abdullah as " war criminal", stating that they would take him to the International Court of Justice. However, Omar, who is the working president of Jammu and Kashmir s oldest political party National Conference, said that out of over 150 audience, four hecklers waited till the end of the event to make YouTube videos. I had a great session & don t let anyone tell you otherwise. FOUR hecklers (in an audience of 150+) who waited till the event concluded to make YouTube videos of themselves can t take away from an excellent Q&A session there, Omar tweeted while sharing the pictures of the event. Internet Snapped A police official said the suspension of the mobile internet facility was a precautionary measure "for just a few hours". It was a precautionary measure to check rumour mongering and prevent miscreants from creating any law and order problems, he said. While the mobile internet services worked normally in rest of the valley, the speed was reduced in the four districts Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian of south Kashmir, the official said. The service was restored in south Kashmir as well this evening, he said. Widespread protests erupted in Kashmir in support of the demand for justice for the victim of the horrific rape and murder case in Kathua district of the state in January this year. The protests, especially by the students, have forced authorities to close down most of the colleges and higher secondary educational institutions in the valley. Snowfall On Mountains, meteorological department said that Srinagar received rainfall of 4.5 mm during the day from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. The maximum rain was received in south Kashmir's Qazigund having 31.4-mm rain during the time, he said.pahalgam resort, also in south Kashmir, received 29.7 mm rainfall, and Kokernag recorded 20.2 mm rain. Kupwara district in north Kashmir received 24.4 mm during the time. Officials said that Sadna Top in north Kashmir's Tangdar area received nearly 2 ft snow, Machil had nearly one foot, Ferkiyan 6 inches, Jat Gali 6 inches. Plains in Lolab also received light snowfall. Kargil, Zanskar, Zojila, Sonmarg, Drass, Kargil and the Mughal road also received fresh snowfall, an official said, adding that the highest snowfall of 2-ft was recorded at Drass. Meanwhile, Srinagar-Jammu highway the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with rest of the world was closed due to landslides and shooting stones at Panthal, Anokifal and Marog. The landslides and the shooting stones in these areas occurred at around 4:15. Subsequently, authorities closed the highway for vehicular traffic, an official of the traffic control room Ramban said. He said the shooting stones and landslides were continuing in these areas and the decision regarding the opening of the road will be taken once the weather improves and the road is cleared. The Tangdar-Kupwara, Machil-Kupwara, Ferkiyan-Kupwara and Srinagar-Leh highways were closed due to snowfall. The Mughal Road connecting Poonch and Rajouri districts was also closed due to snowfall in the area. At Khoni Nallah near Sadna Top in Tangdar, Kupwara, a landslide occurred and at least 15 persons had a miraculous escape. The timely action by local army brigade in the area rescued all of them to safety, sources said. Reports of partial damage to residential structures were received from Dooru, Uttersoo Achabal, Kokernag where trees were uprooted due to strong windstorm. The reports of the windstorm were also received from other parts of south Kashmir. Minister for Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Floriculture, Javaid Mustafa Mir took stock of the situation due to continued rainfall here. He asked officers to ensure minimum disruption of services. As per an official statement, the minister asked the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmed Khan to monitor the situation and take necessary measures wherever required. Divisional Commissioner Jammu Hemant Kumar was asked to ensure that help and assistance be provided to passengers, stranded due to closure of Srinagar-Jammu Highway and efforts be made to reopen the highway at the earliest, the statement said. Meanwhile, low danger avalanche warning of Level 2 has been issued by SASE for Baramulla, Kupwara, Kargil, Bandipora and low danger avalanche warning of Level 1 for Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Udhampur, Anantnag, Kulgam, Budgam, Ganderbal and Leh. Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Khalid Jahangir said there was no cause for worry in connection with the incessant rains in the Valley. He said although water level has increased at certain places but was below the danger mark. He said Quick Response teams of Revenue, R&B, I&FC, etc have been deployed at Natnussa, Zachaldara, Tekkipora, Armpora, Kannthpora, Maidanpura and other places. CM Asks Mehbooba Mufti has directed the Divisional Administration of Kashmir to be in a state of preparedness and reach out to people to minimise the level of disruption caused to people due to bad weather conditions. The Chief Minister has directed all the concerned Departments like PDD, I&FC, PHE and other Departments to gear up in view of the inclement weather and deploy their men and machinery on the ground to meet the situation arising out of heavy rainfall. The Chief Minister has directed the Srinagar Municipal Corporation and Urban Local Bodies to ensure that dewatering process is initiated quickly in all the low lying and water logged areas and roads of Srinagar city and other towns. She also directed the PDD authorities to ensure immediate repair and replacement of infrastructure damaged due to strong winds in many parts of the Valley. Expressing concern over the losses caused to orchards and other property in Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian district and parts of Chenab Valley due to hail and strong winds, Mehbooba Mufti has directed the Divisional administrations of both provinces to provide all relief and assistance at the earliest to people in need of it. The Chief Minister has also directed the Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir to supervise early reopening of major Highways connecting Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh regions and till then the stranded passengers be taken care of by the administration properly. She also directed the Deputy Commissioners of hilly districts to keep a watch on the civilian movement in areas for which avalanche warnings have been issued by the Met Department. Impeachment Motion of the northeast. "If he was available then, we would have submitted the motion then," he said, dismissing any link with Thursday's verdict. "Anyhow the move was initiated a month ago and most signatures were more than 20 days old." Azad told the media that the motion was signed by 71 MPs from seven political parties. "We have told the Chairman that seven of the members have meanwhile retired and those signatures should be counted out."besides the Congress, those who signed the motion include members of the Samajwadi Party, BSP, CPI-M, CPI, NCP and IUML. Nominated member K.T.S. Tulsi also signed. This is the first time an impeachment of a Chief Justice is being sought to be made in Parliament. The first case of impeachment of a Supreme Court judge, Justice V. Ramaswamy, was voted out in the Lok Sabha in the mid-90s. In two other cases, Justice P.D. Dinakaran of the Sikkim High Court and Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta High Court resigned before the impeachment motion could be voted. An impeachment motion has to be passed by both the Houses of Parliament with a special two-thirds majority. The motion lists five charges of misbehaviour including an alleged conspiracy to pay illegal gratification in a case relating to an educational trust and the manner in which the CJI had dealt with the case by denying permission to the CBI to register an FIR against a judge of the Allahabad High Court when the CBI shared incriminating information.the second related to the CJI having dealt with the trust case on the administrative side and the third related to alleged antedating of a matter "which is a very serious charge". The fourth charge related to the CJI having acquired land when he was an advocate by allegedly giving a false affidavit. The allotment of the land was cancelled by an Additional District Magistrate in The CJI surrendered the land in 2012 after he was elevated to the Supreme Court. The fifth charge related to alleged abuse of exercise of power by CJI in choosing to send sensitive matters to particular benches by misusing his authority as "Master of the Roster" with the likely intent to influence the outcome. Asked why members of other opposition parties had not signed the motion, former Law Minister Kapil Sibal said the motion was not moved by political parties but by individual members. "Don't make it political. There is no political motivation behind it. Some people's matters are on (before courts) and we do not want to embarrass them," he said. Asked about reports that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not enthusiastic about the move and had not signed the motion, Sibal said: "They are absolutely false. They are not true. It is not a small issue. It is not instant coffee. It is about Constitution and a matter of institution. We did not want to involve him because he is a former Prime Minister." He said the motion does not refer to the Supreme Court judgement in the Loya case. Impeachment can be done only on some actions of a judge amounting to misbehaviour and not for judgements which could be right or wrong. "The impeachment is under constitution. The Loya judgement cannot come under articles of charge." Asked whether there was a provision for rejecting the motion, Sibal said the charges they have levelled cannot be brushed aside. "We will decide at that time (of the decision). The Constitution has many paths." He said the convention is that once an impeachment motion is moved the judge concerned has to refrain from discharging from judicial functions. "I hope he (CJI) will follow the convention." Azad expressed the hope that the Chairman will take a positive action on the motion. Explaining the finer points of the motion, Sibal said under the constitution any Supreme Court judge can be removed only on grounds of "proved misbehaviour" and not for corruption. "Since there is no other way to protect the institution except to move an impeachment motion, we, members of the Rajya Sabha, do so with a heavy heart," he said. Asserting that judges must uphold the highest standards of integrity and must also be tested by the same standards, Sibal said since Dipak Misra was appointed as Chief Justice there have been situations when questions have been raised about the manner in which he has dealt with certain cases and taken certain administrative decisions. A press statement circulated at the press conference said: "There have been internal rumblings resulting in open discord among judges in Supreme Court. This manifested itself when four senior most judges held a press conference on January 12 where they publicly expressed their disquiet about the manner in the CJI was exercising his powers. NIA Books Salahuddin s court here on March 7. The NIA charge sheet was filed under sections 13 (punishment for unlawful activities), 17 (punishment for raising funds for terrorist act), 18 (punishment for conspiracy), 20 (punishment for being member of terrorist gang or organisation), 21 (punishment for holding proceeds of terrorism), 38 (membership of a terrorist organisation) and 39 (support given to a terrorist organization) of UAPA. The final report also accused him of hatching a criminal conspiracy, punishable under section 120-B of Indian Penal Code. The agency said the case was registered on the basis of information regarding funds from Pakistan being sent to Jammu and Kashmir through hawala channels via Delhi to spread subversive activities. The NIA had earlier alleged that the accused had links with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. It has claimed that Yousuf had received a total of nearly Rs 4.5 lakh through eight international wire transfers. The agency, which had in 2011 arrested several persons including one Ghulam Mohd Bhat with Rs 21.2 lakh, alleged that Yousuf was "one of the several Indian contacts of Bhat" who had been in touch with him for receiving money transfer codes. It had alleged that Yousuf's involvement was found in collecting funds from a terrorist outfit in Saudi Arabia as well as from other accused on the directions of his father, Mohd Yousuf Shah alias Syed Salahuddin, supreme commander of the Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen. The NIA had registered two other cases related to terror funding -- one in November 2011 and the other in May It had filed a charge sheet against 10 people including Salahuddin in the April 2011 case. In the latest case, the NIA arrested various people including some close relatives and aides of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Kathua incident Washington about the Kathua incident, she said: "What has happened is just revolting." "I would hope that the Indian authorities, starting with Prime Minister Modi, pay more attention because it is needed for the women of India. "When I was last in Davos, after Prime Minister Modi's speech, I did tell him that he had not mentioned the women of India enough," Lagarde said. But, she added, "it is not just a question of talking about them". Internet Suspended Mohammed Latief yesterday which left the duo injured. Prakash became unconscious after reaching home. He died on the way to hospital, the police said. An SIT headed by SSP Rajouri, Yougal Manhas has been constituted to probe the incident, a police officer said, adding a board of doctors will conduct the postmortem. Meanwhile, the police is taking steps to prevent any communal flare-up owing to the incident. "Some people are trying to give a communal colour to the matter which is unacceptable and such people shall be dealt strictly," the officer said."we have suspended the internet services to prevent the spread of rumours in the district," Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said. Fuel Prices Soar and taxes levied by the states and central government. With effect from April 20, petrol prices costs a litre in Mumbai, a litre in Chennai, in Kolkata and in Delhi. Similarly, Diesel prices costs a litre in Chennai, s a litre in Kolkata and a litre in Delhi. The highest petrol price was recorded in the month of September 2013, when it touched a litre in Mumbai. Diesel prices were deregulated in September 2014 while petrol prices were deregulated in much before during the UPA regime.former finance minister P Chidambram in series of tweets said: Crude oil price at $ 74 per barrel is still lower than $ 105 four years ago. So, why are Petrol/Diesel prices higher today than they were in May 2014?

V/S KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS VS KINGS XI PUNJAB 18TH MATCH (D/N), INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE AT KOLKATA SPORTS 11 Saturday 21-04-2018 MMS Memorial Football Tournament LSKFC down Maharaja Sports in a thriller

Turf TRC Ground Srinagar, a statement from Jammu and Kashmir Football Association said on Friday.

Lone Star KFC- a star studded side- was given tough competition by Maharaja Sports players who fought till the last minute.

In the first 19-minutes of the match, both teams attacked each others goalpost frequently, but the defence lines withheld the pressure and didn t allow any goals to be scored.

However, despite conceding a goal, the Maharaja players continued to play attacking football and they were rewarded in the 39th minute of the play when Jazib scored an equaliser.

The second half also proved to be mouth watering as no team was ready to give an inch. Attacks and counter attacks was the hallmark of the match.

Immediately, the Maharaja players launched several counter attacks, but the goal keeper of Lone Star ensured no damage was done.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the score line read 2-1 in favour of Lone Star KFC. Dashyaang Kachru was declared player of the match and was awarded Rs 1000 and a memento.

The match was played at GGM Science College, Ground in Jammu. Hundreds of spectators witnessed the match.

Football Federation (AIFF). The aim of the tournament is to unearth the hidden talent in all corners of the state including remote areas.

11 V/S KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS VS KINGS XI PUNJAB 18TH MATCH (D/N), INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE AT KOLKATA SPORTS 11 Saturday MMS Memorial Football Tournament LSKFC down Maharaja Sports in a thriller KO SPORTS DESK SRINAGAR: Lone Star Kashmir Football Club had a better off Maharaja Sports by 2-1 in their maiden Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Memorial (MMSM) Football tournament fixture played at Synthetic Turf TRC Ground Srinagar, a statement from Jammu and Kashmir Football Association said on Friday. A decent crowd had come to the venue to cheer up their favourite side and players obliged their fans exhbiting quality football throughout the game. Lone Star KFC- a star studded side- was given tough competition by Maharaja Sports players who fought till the last minute. The match turned out to be a classic as both the teams displayed the skills and cool temperament throughout the 90-minutes of the play. In the first 19-minutes of the match, both teams attacked each others goalpost frequently, but the defence lines withheld the pressure and didn t allow any goals to be scored. It was Faisal Gulzar, who broke the jinx in the 20th minute of the play when he opened account for Lone Star team. However, despite conceding a goal, the Maharaja players continued to play attacking football and they were rewarded in the 39th minute of the play when Jazib scored an equaliser. For the next six minutes of the first half, both teams made desperate attempts to take lead before the end of 45-minutes play, but failed to do so. The first half ended with scoreline reading 1-1. The second half also proved to be mouth watering as no team was ready to give an inch. Attacks and counter attacks was the hallmark of the match. In 53rd minute of the play, Dashyaang Kachru second goal, putting Lone Star team ahead again. Immediately, the Maharaja players launched several counter attacks, but the goal keeper of Lone Star ensured no damage was done. In the last 10 minutes of the play, both teams made several attempt to score but couldn t cross the last hurdle. When the referee blew the final whistle, the score line read 2-1 in favour of Lone Star KFC. Dashyaang Kachru was declared player of the match and was awarded Rs 1000 and a memento. Meanwhile, in Jammu region the matches of the event are going on in full swing at different venues. In a B-Division match, Cantt. Star FC thrashed Baba FC by four goals to nil in a one-sided affair. The match was played at GGM Science College, Ground in Jammu. Hundreds of spectators witnessed the match. While in Kashmir region, first and the second leg of the event, being organised by the JK Football Association (JKFA) under the auspices of State Sports Council and on the directions of All India Football Federation (AIFF). The aim of the tournament is to unearth the hidden talent in all corners of the state including remote areas. In Srinagar district 104 clubs/teams participated in the first phase of the event and 280 matches of premier division, Super division, A, B and sub junior categories were held between August and December Cricket Australia in no hurry to appoint coach, team leadership SYDNEY: Cricket Australia (CA) will not be hurried into making a decision on their new coach and captain and vice-captain for their one-day side until the team for their tour of England is named, board chairman David Peever said on Friday. CA are looking for a new coach for the men s team after Darren Lehmann stepped down in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, while captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were both suspended for 12 months. Wicketkeeper Tim Paine replaced Smith for the final match of the series against South Africa but was named as captain for the Test side only. The board has asked management to provide recommendations regarding candidates for the men s head coach, ODI (one-day international) captain and ODI vice-captain, Peever said in a statement after a board meeting on Friday. The board is anticipating receiving these recommendations in the coming weeks, with a view to making appointments ahead of the ODI Tour to the UK. Once these appointments have been endorsed and finalised, announcements can then be made. Australia tour England in June for five one-day internationals and a one-off Twenty20 fixture. CA were forced to issue a statement earlier this week denying media reports that former opening batsman Justin Langer had already been appointed as coach. Top-order batsman Aaron Finch, who led the Twenty20 side before giving way to Smith after CA consolidated the role for all three formats, has already said he would happily take on the captaincy of the limited overs side if asked. (Agencies) FIFA s handling of racism case sparks Russia World Cup fears LONDON: FIFA s willingness to prosecute any racism complaints at the World Cup in Russia was questioned by activists Thursday after the governing body dropped a case from the final of the Under-17 edition without taking action. England striker Rhian Brewster reported overhearing teammate Morgan Gibbs-White being called a monkey by a Spanish opponent during their team s 5-2 victory in India last October. FIFA s disciplinary panel concluded there was a lack of sufficient evidence that could corroborate the English player s claim, opting not to impose a sanction based on that testimony alone. London-based football antiracism organization Kick It Out called FIFA s handling of racism investigations nothing short of a disgrace. With this outcome, there has to be little confidence that FIFA can effectively deal with any potential incidents of racism and discrimination that may occur during this summer s World Cup and that is not a prospect to fill anyone with confidence about what is in store in Russia this summer, Kick It Out chairman Herman Ouseley said. FIFA is currently assessing whether to sanction the Russian soccer federation after monkey chants were aimed at black French players, including Paul Pogba, during the visiting team s 3-1 friendly win over the World Cup hosts in St. Petersburg last month. But given the apparently high threshold adopted by FIFA on the England-Spain case, Ouseley has concerns about the disciplinary processes. It leaves questions unanswered such as how much more evidence is required than two people separately hearing and corroborating the alleged abuse, in order to be acceptable as sufficient?, Ouseley said. Are they not believed as honest because of who they are? Who are the investigators and who makes such ridiculous decisions? Are any of these people from BAME (black and ethnic minority) backgrounds? Are any of these people competent with the personal experience of having suffered from racial abuse and discrimination? European football s governing body UEFA also recently ended two investigations, citing a lack of verifiable evidence. Brewster was involved in one of those complaints, alleging he was racially abused while playing for Liverpool s youth team against Spartak Moscow. The other case resulted from Borussia Dortmund s on-loan forward MichyBatshuayi saying he was racially abused by fans of Italian club Atalanta. Recent decisions only give encouragement to those players, and fans, who want to racially abuse and act in discriminatory ways, to continue and to do so without punishment, Ouseley said. There are issues within this situation that must be resolved and we urge the Football Association to follow this up with FIFA and UEFA, as the current handling of discriminatory cases about the alleged treatment of young black players representing their country and clubs is nothing short of a disgrace. FIFA declined to provide details on the Under-17 World Cup final investigation. Despite the absence of a sanction, which can only be imposed on the basis of clear evidence, the disciplinary committee would like to restate FIFA s unequivocal, zerotolerance stance against all forms of discrimination, the Zurichbased body said in a statement. In other rulings announced Thursday, FIFA imposed fines totaling more than $1.3 million. The Laos soccer federation was fined 690,000 Swiss francs ($712,000) for several breaches of rules governing the eligibility of players to represent a national team. Benfica and Sporting Lisbon were among five clubs found guilty of breaking rules which prohibit third-party investors having a stake in players transfer rights, and misuse of FIFA s international transfer registration process. Benfica was fined a total of 165,000 Swiss francs ($170,000) in two cases and Sporting was fined 110,000 Swiss francs ($114,000). In Spain, Celta Vigo was fined 65,000 Swiss francs ($67,000) and Rayo Vallecano was fined 55,000 Swiss francs ($57,000). Qatari club Al Arabi was fined 187,500 Swiss francs ($194,000). (Agencies ) Arsene Wenger to stand down as Arsenal manager LONDON: Arsene Wenger has announced that he will stand down as Arsenal manager at the end of the season. The 68-year-old took charge of the club in 1996 and has guided them to three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups, although in recent years his record has come under scrutiny. Pressure mounted on the former Nancy, Monaco and Nagoya Grampus Eight boss when he failed to lead Arsenal into the Champions League for the first time since last summer, and with the Gunners struggling to reach the Premier League top four once more, he has decided to call it quits. In a statement published on the club's official website, he said: After careful consideration and following discussions with the club, I feel it is the right time for me to step down at the end of the season. I am grateful for having had the privilege to serve the club for so many memorable years. I managed the club with full commitment and integrity. I want to thank the staff, the players, the directors and the fans who make this club so special. I urge our fans to stand behind the team to finish on a high. To all the Arsenal lovers take care of the values of the club. "My love and support for ever. Meanwhile, majority shareholder Stan Kroenke expressed his thanks to the Frenchman for his service to the north London side. This is one of the most difficult days we have ever had in all our years in sport, he said. One of the main reasons we got involved with Arsenal was because of what Arsene has brought to the club on and off the pitch. His longevity and consistency over such a sustained period at the highest level of the game will never be matched. Arsene has unparalleled class and we will always be grateful to him. Everyone who loves Arsenal and everyone who loves football owes him a debt of gratitude. Three Premier League titles, including an entire season unbeaten, seven FA Cup triumphs and 20 successive years in the Champions League is an exceptional record. He has also transformed the identity of our club and of English football with his vision for how the game can be played. We have high ambitions to build on Arsene s remarkable tenure and to honour his vision by ensuring that Arsenal competes for and wins the biggest and most important prizes in the game. We must now focus on making a strong finish to the season and ask our millions of fans around the world to join us in paying appropriate tribute to one of the greats of Arsenal s history and one of the greats of the game. Although the Gunners are out of contention for the top four, they can still reach the Champions League if they win the Europa League. However, they will have to overcome favourites Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals, and should they win that either Marseille or Red Bull Salzburg lie in wait. Arsenal, meanwhile, have indicated that they are currently working on finding a new manager and "will make an appointment as soon Neymar puts Salah, Coutinho & Hazard in World Cup bracket just below Messi &Ronaldo LONDON: Neymar believes the likes of Philippe Coutinho, Mohamed Salah and Eden Hazard are ready to illuminate the 2018 World Cup. Several nations will be heading to Russia this summer harbouring ambitions of claiming global glory, with talismanic figures within their respective ranks ready to lead the charge. Brazil, with Neymar back to full fitness following a broken metatarsal, are among the favourites, while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will be shouldering the weight of expectation with Argentina and Portugal. Two men with 10 Ballons d Or between them are expected to shine on the grandest of stages, but who steps up if they are taken out of the equation? That question was put to Neymar during a recent promotional event in his homeland, and the Paris Saint- Germain forward said: There are lots of quality players, it's the World Cup we're talking about, only the best in the world. But Coutinho and [Gabriel] Jesus are two that can make a difference, I hope they do. Salah doesn't play for a big national team, but he can have a good World Cup. There are also other very talented players: Hazard, [Kevin] De Bruyne, [Luis] Suarez. I hope we all can perform well and have a wonderful World Cup, but I expect them not to do so against Brazil! Neymar has been out of action since February 25, with an unfortunate injury forcing him under the knife. He is, however, edging closer to a return, with the 26-year-old hoping to be ready to be ready by mid-may. There will not be much domestic football to come at that point, but there will still be time in which to prepare himself for a World Cup quest. (AGENCIES)

12 SATURDAY 21 04 2018 Kashmir Observer Observers OUT POST Delhi based designer Leena Singh dedicates her 2018 collection to Kashmiri craftsmen Radhika Bhalla/Mail Today It's easy to forget that the

While the spotlight highlights the flowers and intricate patterns on shawls and phirans, it also blinds one to the reality of the craftsman's daily struggle.

She tells LIFE- STYLE, "My efforts have been towards unmasking the turmoil and dark world of the artisans of Jammu & Kashmir.

" Work in metropolitan cities doesn't provide much respite to Kashmiri craftsmen either.

"They too dream of earning more and getting their children educated. They need all the support available," she says, adding, "That is why I decided it was time to pay an ode to them.

12 12 SATURDAY Kashmir Observer Observers OUT POST Delhi based designer Leena Singh dedicates her 2018 collection to Kashmiri craftsmen Radhika Bhalla/Mail Today It's easy to forget that the plight of artisans in Jammu & Kahmir is far removed from the beautiful craft they create, quite similar to the political reality of the state. While the spotlight highlights the flowers and intricate patterns on shawls and phirans, it also blinds one to the reality of the craftsman's daily struggle. Against this backdrop, Delhibased designer Leena Singh of label Ashima Leena has dedicated her autumn/winter 2018 collection to the karigars of the region. She tells LIFE- STYLE, "My efforts have been towards unmasking the turmoil and dark world of the artisans of Jammu & Kashmir. The reality is that people are losing their lives, and they sleep every night not knowing what will happen the next morning. Behind the glamourous world of fashion, there is this dark world of craft." Work in metropolitan cities doesn't provide much respite to Kashmiri craftsmen either. Singh reveals that her karigars find it hard to survive in Delhi and other metropolitan cities because they struggle to make two ends meet. "They too dream of earning more and getting their children educated. They need all the support available," she says, adding, "That is why I decided it was time to pay an ode to them." The range features five capsule collections, and incorporates motifs from jamawar and kaani embroidery from the region. Picture courtesy: Mail Today The designer has crafted 'The Reversible Shawl' collection, a luxury prêt range of five capsule collections featuring prints and embroidery from the region. The silhouettes are designed for formal Indian dressing, and fabrics include twill silk, French net, georgette, brocade and Italian weaves. The first range is the 'black collection', based on Singh's views that "the artisans are left unappreciated for their work and are forced to live in conditions of turmoil." Centering on the motifs seen on jamawar shawls, the range comprises phirans, a lehengasari with pashmina blouse, dhoti pants and a jumpsuit. The pockets are jet black from the inside, but embroidered with bright flowers on the outside. "One side reflects the darkness, but the other is the brightness that they can and hope to have in life," she shares. One of designer Leena Singh's designs. Picture courtesy: Mail Today Similarly, the 'mustard collection' features the jamawar print highlighted with blue and grey Kashmiri thread embroidery and brocade. Meanwhile the 'peach collection' incorporates zalakadozi stitches, chain stitches and French knots into the embroidery. Designs include 12 kallis stitched together to create an off-shoulder drape, a modernised suthan (typical Kashmiri dhoti), tunic dress, kaftan and kalli-sharara pants, among others. The collection has been rendered in fabrics like twill silk, French net, georgette, brocade and Italian weaves. Picture courtesy: Mail Today The highlight is the 'maroon collection', a vibrant range derived from the kaani embroidery from Kashmir. Prints have been infused with French net, and a bolero jacket has been paired with a striped Patiala salwar and shawl. "I collected chunky silver jewellery from banjarans (gypsy women) and old shops in Kashmir to add to the scarves, and got juttis made from in-house karigars to complete the collection," says Singh. She admires the pieces and the talent behind them, and adds, "My aim is to give work to the artisans and train them, even if my contribution is just a drop in the ocean." The silhouettes are a take on both modern and traditional styles. Picture courtesy: Mail Today 'The Reversible Shawl' collection is priced between Rs 18,500 and Rs 55,000. It will be available from August 2018 onwards at DLF Emporio mall, and orders can be pre-booked at the store. DESIGNER LEENA SINGH, SEATED IN THE MIDDLE, has taken inspiration from embroidery techniques of Kashmir, and converted them into prints for her luxury pret collection. Picture courtesy: Mail Today 2018 Apple ipad goes on sale in India, starts at Rs 28,000 Apple has launched it s latest model in the ipad lineup for the Indian market. Dubbed the 6th Generation ipad, the new model comes with support for the Apple Pencil. It starts at Rs 28,000 for the base 32GB with Wi-Fi only variant and goes up to Rs 46,300 for the top-end 128GB with Wi-Fi + LTE variant. The new 2018 model is a minor upgrade of last year s 9.7- inch ipad 5th Generation. The 6th Generation model retains the same 9.7-inch Retina display from the old model. However, what s new here is the processor Apple s A10 Fusion SoC lifted off from the iphone 7. The new model also comes preloaded with ios 11.3 as its operating system. The newly upgraded firepower has been introduced to make the ipad a tool for learning thanks to Apple s ARKit, which is a part of the latest ios. The new A10 processor can handle demanding Augmented Reality applications with more ease as compared to 2017 model s A9 CPU. The 2018 ipad also sports an 8MP rear camera and a 1.2MP front-mounted FaceTime HD camera. It s equipped with a bigger 8000mAh battery, which Apple claims to provide an uninterrupted stamina of approximately 10 hours this is primarily useful for students and teachers. The 2018 ipad also sports TouchID for biometric verification. Since Apple has aimed it as an educational device, the new ipad also gets support for the Apple Pencil, which costs Rs 7,600 in the Indian market. The Pencil acts a stylus for display and can be charged from the Lightning Port of the ipad. Apple has also reworked its suite of iwork app, which is now claimed to offer better productivity when combined with Pencil. As stated above, the Wi-Fi only model starts at Rs 28,000 for the 32GB variant and goes up to Rs 35,700 for the 128GB variant. The Wi-Fi + Cellular model starts at Rs 38,600 for the 32GB variant and goes up to Rs 46,300 for the 128GB variant. The 2018 ipad is available for purchase from various offline partners as well as Flipkart. BRITZO unveils 'Make in India' mobile phone brand ivvo BRITZO has launched its smart mobile phone brand ivvo in India. The brand launch has been followed by the rollout of eight smart 2G feature phones by ivvo that are segmented across five product categories, namely BEATZ, PRIMO, SELFEE, TUFF, and VOLT. The company has also launched its first 4G feature phone Skipper along with two other AndroidGo 4G smartphones belonging to the smartphone series Storm. All of the launched products are priced from Rs 649 to Rs 5,999 and the company claims that these feature phones are aimed at the rural population including multilingual support, feature phone-based WhatsApp and Wi-Fi tethering, facial recognition, shatterproof smartphone screens. As part of the initial product rollout, three smart feature phones have been launched under the product category BEATZ, two each under PRIMO, one each under TUFF, VOLT, and SELFEE. The entire product range claims to come with smart applications, K-type box Salman Khan to visit Kashmir again for Race 3 Actor Jacqueline Fernandez, who is starring in a Remo D Souza film titled Race 3, took a moment to appreciate the director-choreographer for doing a fantastic job with the film. Race 3 is a third installment of the popular action-thriller franchise Race. In a recent media interaction, the Judwaa 2 spoke about her association with Remo s movies and more. Jacqueline, who is collaborating with Remo for the second time, said in a statement, "It was an amazing experience. We had gone to some great location and shot some really cool stuff. Remo, I feel is doing a fantastic job. The cast is already excited so we all are having real fun." The actor further added, I am very excited. We all worked really hard in the film and it's turning out to be amazing. Race 3 is produced under Tips Films and also features Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Daisy Shah and Saqib Saleem in pivotal roles. The film is slated to hit the screens on June 15 and is yet another Salman s release on Eid. After 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' Salman Khan to shoot 'Race 3' in Kashmir?2/27 Salman Khan's upcoming film 'Race 3' is one of the most anticipated films of this year. The makers are currently shooting for the last few portions of the film. Recent reports have it that Salman Khan and the 'Race 3' team will reportedly shoot for two to three days in Srinagar. Reports also suggest that the team will shoot for a couple of scenes and a few portions of the 'Allah Duhai Hai' song in Kashmir. Post the Kashmir shoot, they will head to Leh, Ladakh for a song shoot. Salman Khan had last shot in Jammu and Kashmir for 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'. Directed by Remo D'Souza the action flick also stars Jacqueline Fernandez, Bobby Deol, Saqib Saleem, Anil Kapoor and Daisy Shah. 'Race 3' is all set for an Eid release on June 15, On the other hand, Salman Khan is also lined up with speakers, shock-proof designs, wireless FM, longer battery life, automatic call recording, and one-touch music access. ivvo has also launched its first 4G feature phone Skipper with WhatsApp and Wi-Fi tethering capabilities. The company claims to provide multilingual support for English and several regional languages such as Hindi and Urdu and supports other 22 Indian languages in a readable format. The brand is also rolling out its latest 4G smartphones Storm Lite and Storm Pro. The two smartphones feature the latest Android 8.1 Oreo (Go edition), it boasts an 8MP front camera with dual selfie flash and an 8MP rear camera with flash and claims to have a shatterproof screen. The phones support face unlock authentication feature. The two variants are available with 1GB/8GB and 2GB/16GB of RAM and internal storage respectively. They also support microsd expansion up to 128 GB. Both the phones are priced at Rs 4,999 and Rs 5,999 respectively. 'Bharat' opposite Priyanka Chopra. The film will be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and it is an official adaptation of a South Korean film titled 'Ode To My Father'. Produced by Salman s brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri, 'Bharat' will hit the screens on Eid Salman Khan spotted at recording studio to work on 'Race 3' song he wrote3/27 Salman Khan has been known for his varied skill sets that range from acting, singing and painting. For his upcoming actioner 'Race 3', Salman reportedly tried his hand at writing a love song which will be sung by Atif Aslam. Today, he was spotted at the recording studio and these pictures of the superstar with the composers are only making us eager to hear this piece. Reports also suggest that the song will feature a female vocalist who will be none other than Salman's rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur. Directed by Remo D'Souza the action flick also stars Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem, Anil Kapoor and Daisy Shah. 'Race 3' which is the third film of the 'Race' series is all set for an Eid release on June 15, THE FIRST TIME THE UTTERLY butterly Amul girl had cried when father of white revolution in India Dr Verghese Kurien passed away India Made The Amul Girl Cry And We Should All Be Ashamed The twin rape cases have left a devastating effect not only on the people of India but also on the utterly butterly Amul girl. The recent illustration by Amul an Indian dairy cooperative based in Gujarat has condemned the brutal crimes. Ashamed and outraged by the incidents, people from different walks of life shared their strong opinions on social media giant Twitter. Find out what they had to say. Be it Olympics, Bollywood, politics or cricket, it wouldn t be wrong to say that one can be abreast of the latest developments by just following the ads of the polka-dotted mischievous Amul girl. Unfortunately, the young girl was seen weeping in the latest advertisement released on April 18, A much-loved icon of modern India was crying over the atrocities being committed against the second wheel of the society in our country women. Comprised of the clever wordplay, the caption on the advertisement read Zara Aankhon mein bharlo paani Interestingly, this caption is also a plea to all those who cannot see beyond politics and communal colours to acknowledge the wretchedness of the rapes that have recently occurred in the country in Unnao and Kathua. The illustration which condemns atrocities against women in India has gone viral on social media and has raised serious questions about the state of women s safety in India. After seeing the heartbreaking picture, people took to Twitter to vent their anger over the Kathua and Unnao rape cases and the injustice being meted out to women in the country. With a heavy heart, we are listing the top 5 tweets on the illustration: "AMUL" has made the best effort by making Amul girl crying on the ugly scenerio of the patriarchal society towards has been the brand since decades, & it requires huge strength to do so at this Peak of Success.#feelingproud pic. twitter.com/ievedwb6ll Karishma Joshi (@ Karishm ) April 19, 2018 Amul you brought tears to my eys look whr we came from laughing AMUL girl to the CRYING one shame on us kavita (@choudhari_kavi) April 19, 2018 Wake up world wake up society no more tolerance for such crimes i can see nirbhaya, asifa, unnao girl, assam girl & every victim in this crying amul girl lets be human save humanity Reshma Khan (@writer_ khan5680) April 18, 2018 Filled with lot of emotions A simple picture of Amul Girl crying sends you chills and shivers in your body. Are we building a Right Nation for our children? #sad Mihir Upadhyay (@IMihirUpadhyay) April 17, 2018 #AmulGirl crying for #Kathua and #Unao victims. Shame on these rapists and supporters. 5pr4iDI Farooq ahmad khan (@Farooqengg) April 18, 2018 People from different walks of life took to the streets across the country a couple of days back to hold protests against the horrendous incidents taking place in the nation. Interestingly, several B-town actors, including Rajkummar Rao, Twinkle Khanna and Kalki Koechlin also joined the protests in Mumbai, demanding justice for the victims in the cases. This is not the first time that this adorable little girl has shed tears over the major issues of the country. Earlier in 2012, Amul paid a hearttouching tribute to the father of the white revolution, Dr Verghese Kurien, by illustrating the girl weeping in the advertisement. Notably, Kurien transformed India from being a milk-deficient country to the world s largest milk producer. Motorola s 2018 G and E series with premium 18:9 displays, glass rear unveiled After months of exciting rumours and leaks, Motorola s budget smartphone options have finally broken cover. The Lenovo-owned smartphone manufacturer has unveiled its 2018 lineup of Moto G and Moto E series smartphones. The Moto G series consists of the standard G6, the more affordable G6 Play and most premium G6 Plus. The E series consists of the E5 Plus and the highly affordable E5 Play. All the new Motorola phones run on stock Android 8.0 Oreo. The standard G6 is built around a Snapdragon 450 chipset coupled with 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of internal storage. It sports a 5.7-inch 18:9 full HD+ display with narrow bezels all around. The front lip also houses the fingerprint sensor which also supports all the Moto gestures featured on the previous generation devices. The rear panel is made of curved-edged Gorilla Glass. There s a 12MP (f/1.8 aperture) + 5MP dual rear camera that can record 1080p videos at 60fps, and an 8MP front camera for dealing with selfies. Motorola will also be offering a Face Unlock feature on this model as well. The G6 is kept alive by a 3000mAh battery, which comes with support for Motorola s 15W TurboPower charger through a USB Type- C port. The G6 will retail for around $249. The G6 Plus is a slightly more powerful version of the G6. For starters, it sports a bigger 5.9-inch full HD+ display. The G6 Plus utilises a Snapdragon 630 SoC with 4GB/6GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of storage. The rear camera gains 4K recording capability on the G6 Plus, whereas the front camera gets a 16MP sensor. It also gains Bluetooth 5.0 and a bigger 3200mAh battery. The G6 Play is the most affordable of the lot, sporting a Snapdragon 427 chipset coupled to 2GB/3GB of RAM and 16GB/32GB of storage. With a 5.7-inch 720p display, it loses the fingerprint sensor to the rear and the Gorilla Glass panel for a polymer glass panel. There s a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera with flash for selfies. The G6 Play is powered by a 4000mAh battery with micro USB 10W rapid charger. It is priced around $199. The E5 Plus is the more pricey option with a 6-inch 720p display, Snapdragon 435 SoC, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It features a 12MP rear camera and a big 5000mAh battery. The E5 Play is the entry-level model with 2800mAh battery, 2GB of memory, a 5.2-inch HD LCD display and weighs just 150 grams.

Reference: Cabinet Decision No.09/03/2015 Dated Government Order No.364 GAD of 2015, Dated:

Reference: Cabinet Decision No.09/03/2015 Dated Government Order No.364 GAD of 2015, Dated: www.jkgad.nic.in Fax No. 0194-2473664 (S) 0191-2545702 (J) E-mail gad-jk@nic.in Government of Jammu and Kashmir, General Administration Department, (Services), Civil Secretariat, Jammu. Subject: Transfers