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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 7: The Prime Minister’s Rs 80,000 crore pack- age announced for the Jammu and Kashmir during his visit to the State today has invited mixed reaction from various political and other organizations. Reacting to the announce- ment about of Rs 80,000 crore package by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PCC chief GA Mir has said that it was a mere eye- wash and a political gim- mick to appease his coalition partner in J&K. Mir castigated Prime Minister for announcing ambiguous package and termed about Rs 8000 (7854 cr) crore as flood relief package against Rs 44000 crores as a cruel joke. He said it amounts to adding salt to the injuries of flood victims. Hitting out at Modi for play- ing a political gimmick with the people of J&K, PCC chief said that from the day one Congress Party has been saying that Modi- led Govt as expected was not going to address issues of flood victims. He said Prime Minister failed to announce much talked about peace initiative. Mir said Rs 34,000 crore package for National Highway stands already approved by UPA Govt and the funds for Mega Projects can’t be linked with the package for the fact these were already part of UPA Govt’s developmental plan. Reacting to the visit of Prime Minister and his announcement of package of Rs 80,000 crore for the State, PCC chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma said that it is being understood that the total cost of several ongo- ing projects and other approved projects by the UPA Govt have been ‘packaged’ to sum up the figures. He said that the further details and breakup of the pack- age would clearly demonstrate the real picture in this regard. He regretted that Mr Modi failed to refer to the prevailing situations in the State especially in Kashmir Valley and the contin- ued cease fire violations by Pakistan on the LoC and borders and incidents of infiltrations from Pakistan leading to numerous causalities and frequent migra- tion of border residents in the state. He has forgotten the prom- ises with people of the State to restore peace and calm in the bor- ders and tell Pakistan to stop innocent killings in the State. All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) expressed deep gratitude to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for showing keen interest in empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Jammu and Kashmir. The AJKPC, an organisation of 33,000 elected Sarpanchs and Panchs, said both the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister, in their public statements at Sher- e-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar, laid thrust on strengthening and empowering PRIs for progressive and inclusive development of the state. All the elected Panchayat members are highly grateful to the Prime Minister and Chief Minister for showing keen inter- est in implementation of 3-tier Panchayati Raj System in Jammu and Kashmir at par with other parts of the country, the AJKPC leader said, adding, “The Prime Minister has favoured the involvement of Panchayat mem- bers in decision-making process which would not only ensure transparency and fairness in the system but also give a new pace to development projects across the state”. AJKPC leader also congratu- lated the Prime Minister for the announcement of such a huge amount of Rs 80,000 crore for the State and hoped that opti- mum utilization of these funds would give new boost to the state economy and bring employment avenues for the unemployed youth of the State. Senior CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Kashmir visit as far behind the expectations raised by the PDP- BJP coalition Government. Tarigami said while overall development including mitigat- ing peoples’ hardships and recon- struction after floods is impor- tant, it was imperative that the political aspect of problem should have been the focus of Prime Minister’s visit. ”It was disheartening that the Prime Minister did not even touch political dimension of Kashmir issue. It was also expected that the Prime Minister will at least refer to the opening of the stalled dialogue between India and Pakistan, as the grow- ing hostilities between the two countries and tension on borders is directly affecting lives of the people in the State, “ he added. Panun Kashmir has terms PM Modi’s visit a failure and disap- pointment. It said that Panun Kashmir says Modi is imple- menting the Vajpayee line of Insaniyat, Jhamhooriyat and Kashmiriyat. Vijay Bhat, president of the KP organization further said that Modi has proved that there is premium on separatism and humiliation for nationalism in Jammu and Kashmir by announcing Kashmir centric Rs 80,000 cr package. He said sepa- rate homeland demand of KPs has been vindicated by flawed policy of Modi on Jamu and Kashmir. Commenting on the package announced by PM he said by announcing Kashmir centric package of Rs 80,000 is humil- iation to nationalist minority of Kashmiri Pandits who are living in forced exodus imposed by communal majority of Kashmir. The PM has sidelined genocide and religious cleansing of the Kashmiri Pandit community and in a sense given clean chit to the society that is fully communal- ized after demographic change due to the religious cleansing of KPs in 1990, Mr Bhat added. All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference president Ravinder Raina while reacting to the announcement of package by PM, expressed resentment and expressed that Mr Modi did not utter a word in favour of dis- placed Kashmiri Pandits in his Kashmir address. He said that KPs pinned hope that the PM should have taken bold decision inannouncing the rehabilitation of KPs as per their wishes. It is unfortunate that in Rs 80,000 cr package there was no mention of the displaced Kashmir Pandits. It shows that Govt of India has taken KP migrants as far granted, he added. JK-R47, a Pakistan occupied Kashmir refuges organization in meeting held today at Udhampur under the leadership of Suman Kapoor, hailed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing special package of Rs 80,000 crore for the develop- ment of Jammu and Kashmir State at the end of his rally at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar and Rs 25 lakh per fam- ily of PoK 1947 refuges as final settlement. While addressing the meeting Mr Kapoor expressed that gov- ernment has fulfilled the long pending demand of refugees for final payment. He said that JK- R47 organization is struggling for the cause of refugees from Muzaffarabad, Mirpur and Kotli. He pleaded for provision of reservation for the children of refugees. Excelsior Correspondent KATHUA, Nov 7: Deputy Commissioner Kathua Ramesh Kumar convened a meeting of officers and reviewed function- ing of Revenue Department. Assistant Commissioner Kathua Revenue Atul Gupta, SDM Basohli Gurmukh Singh, SDM Billawar R.S Charak, SDM Bani Rajesh Basotra, SDM Hiranagar Sohan Lal, Tehsildar HQ, Tehsildars of all Tehsils, Naib-Tehsildars and officials of Revenue Department were present during the meet- ing. DC reviewed the action taken with regard to the last meeting's agenda related to rev- enue matters which include land acquisition cases, encroach- ments, preparation of Jamabandi, PRC, relief cases, Mutations and Girdawaris. DC passed instructions to Tehsildars to personally visit the field areas and redress com- plaints and grievances related to revenue matters and general problems of public. He also directed Tehsildars to seek monthly work done report from the concerned Patwari and Girdawars of respective areas to speed up the work within time frame. Further Tehsildars were asked to ensure availability of Patwaris in their respective Patwar-Khanas as per the duty roaster. It was informed by Tehsildars that anti-encroach- ment drive has been started in Kathua district and during the last month, a total of 1178 kanals and 19 marlas of State land and 509 Kanals and 12 Marlas of Kah-charai land was retrieved from different tehsils of district Kathua. DDC laid stress on revenue officers for removal of encroachment espe- cially from Kah-charai and State land and expedite the process of anti encroachment drive. Further directions were passed to Tehsildars to keep strict vigil on conversion of agriculture land for non agriculture and commercial purposes. DC directed SDMs to con- duct week long cleanliness drive in the municipal areas. The directions were passed to SDMs to conduct monthly meeting of revenue officers in their respec- tive areas. Later on DC convened a Private Negotiation Committee (PNC) meeting of collectors with the land owners / persons interested in presence of offi- cials of NRSS and indenting department for acquisition of land for installation of towers for 400kv line under NRSS. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 7: Third Additional Sessions Judge Jammu, Y P Kotwal today awarded one year imprisonment and fine of Rs 10,000 to Chander Mohan Zutshi, a resi- dent of Sainik Colony, who was facing trial for outraging mod- esty of a woman. According to prosecution case, the victim was taking pri- vate tuition from the accused in his house at Sector C, Sainik Colony along with other stu- dents. On 29.05.2012, accused asked her that on 30.05.2012 she should come at 3:30 pm instead of 5:00 pm for special tuition classes. When the victim reached the house of accused he locked her in a room and then molested her. Before the accused could com- mit rape on her, the victim man- aged to escape from the house of the accused and narrated entire episode to her mother. Later, parents of the victim lodged complaint against the accused. After hearing Public Prosecutor Rakesh Badyal assisted by Additional Public Prosecutor, 3rd Additional Sessions Judge observed, "teacher is always respected and looked upon with reverence. However, in the present case the pious relationship of 'Guru' and 'Shishya' has been crushed with impunity. So, it is not a case where the benefit of probation of offenders act can be granted to the convict". With these observations, court awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to accused under Section 354 RPC. He was fur- ther sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months under Section 342 RPC. Aircel celebrates 10th anniversary, offers flat 10% cash back on all recharges Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 7: In its cele- bration of 10 years of operation in Jammu and Kashmir, Aircel has announced flat 10 per cent cash back on all recharges for its customers in the State. Upon recharging, the cash back will be credited to cus- tomers as extra talk time within 48 hours, and is available on recharges of all denominations. The offer has been extended on the occasion of Aircel's run of successes for a full decade, dur- ing which the list of company's achievements became longer and longer and it emerged as a leading, innovative mobile serv- ice provider in the region. For example of how the cash back offer works, a customer recharging with Rs 100 will get Rs 10 of extra talk time in addi- tion to the talk time that one usually gets on the recharge. The validity of the extra talk time will be 2 days from the day it gets credited, while the rest of the talk time that comes by default will be valid as usual. Anil Gupta, Regional Business Head, North, Aircel, said, "We truly owe this won- derful journey to each of our customers as well all business partners. Our celebratory offer of flat 10 per cent cash back on all recharges is only a token of gratitude to all of them, and we truly hope that we continue to grow in the inclusive manner that we have over the last decade." Aircel started operations in Jammu and Kashmir in November 2005, and has since left no stone unturned to set new benchmarks for the industry, serving millions of customers. The company has continuously invested heavily in the region in all aspects to boast a robust 2G and 3G network and an enviable market share today. DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015 (PAGE 9) DC reviews functioning of Revenue Deptt Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Complimenting the people in general and the PDP cadres in particular for turning up in large numbers at the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi's public rally in Srinagar today, Member Parliament and PDP President, Mehbooba Mufti said it is vin- dication of the fact that the peo- ple are not only acknowledging and appreciating the good work being done by the State Government led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, but they have full faith in his leadership. "Even though we didn't yet get much time to deliver on our promises and have been in the Government for only eight months, the overwhelming presence of the people in today's public rally has reiterat- ed the fact that they have tremendous faith in the leader- ship of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and he has the commit- ment to deliver," she said and added that the State Government is committed to respond to and mitigate the political and economic prob- lems of the State with fresh resolve. She said the people of the State in general and the youth in particular are looking up towards the present Government with great hope and expectations to put up a responsive political structure, productive economic setup and supportive social fabric in place. "Our endeavor would be to respond to and mitigate the complex problems of the state, faced as it is with decades long political uncertainty, develop- ment deficit, unfulfilled aspira- tions, mounting unemployment, corruption, nepotism and favoritism," she said and added that the State needs the cooper- ation of the Centre in transform- ing the ground situation for the larger welfare of its residents. Welcoming the economic package announced by the Prime Minister, Mehbooba said besides infrastructure rebuild- ing, the package also includes funds for the rehabilitation of the flood-affected households, traders and growers who suf- fered huge economic losses in the devastating deluge of September 2014. "The announcement by the Prime Minister that Rs 80000 crore package is not the end but the beginning of a process of rebuilding Jammu and Kashmir's economy is an inspir- ing gesture which would go a long way in rebuilding people's trust in the democratic institu- tions," she said. Ms Mehbooba also hailed the Prime Minister's announce- ment of carrying forward and consolidating the initiatives of former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Jammu and Kashmir, which he had announced at the same venue in 2003. Earlier, welcoming the Prime Minister at the public rally, Ms Mehbooba said Jammu and Kashmir deserves special treatment for its distinc- tive decision of acceding to India when the sub-continent was divided on religious lines in 1947. Ms Mehbooba said that despite all the odds people of Jammu and Kashmir have time and again reiterated their trust in the democratic institutions and the processes and today again they turned up in such large numbers to send across a strong message that they want political stability and economic prosperity as they suffered a lot because of the political uncer- tainties plaguing the State. Mehbooba hails PM’s resolve to carry forward Vajpayee’s initiatives on J&K Modi’ s Rs 80,000 cr package invites mixed reaction Rs 8,000 cr against Rs 44000 cr as flood relief a cruel joke: Cong Vehicular traffic on Mughal Road restricted Excelsior Correspondent POONCH, Nov 7: Due to frosting of road surface in the upper reaches on Mughal Road, vehicular movement would remain restricted after 05:00 PM and before 09:00 AM. PG College Rajouri celebrates National Education Day Excelsior Correspondent RAJOURI, Nov 7: Cultural and Literary Committee of Government PG College Rajouri today organized an Inter-College Symposium to celebrate National Education Day. As many as 18 participants from various colleges took part in the symposium and presented their papers on the topic “Education as a streamliner for humanity”. Veteran educationists and writer, GN Shahbaz Rajourvi, was the chief guest where as Principal of the host col- lege, presided over the function. Prominent academicians and writers, Khurshid Bismil, Farooq Muztar, Dr Shakeel A Raina, Principal Government Degree College Thannamandi, Iqbal Shawl, KK Langer, Dr Saber Mirza, Nisar Hussain Rahi, Prof AR Choudhary, Dr MB Magray, Ashma Mirza and District Information Officer, Rajouri, AR Fida, were the guests of honour. On the occa- sion, all of them were awarded citations for their outstanding performance in the field of edu- cation, literature and social serv- ices. In his inaugural address, Convener of the cultural and lit- erary committee, Prof Iqbal Raina, said that education was the only possible tool for change and progress of any human soci- ety. He said that the demand of the current century was to work for quality education standing on the pillars of value based educa- tion. In his presidential address, Prof Shabir Hussain extended his warm feelings to Khurshid Bismil, Farooq Muztar, KK Langer and Iqbal Shawl for their relentless efforts in the Peer Panchal region to provide quality education to the society through academics, literature and social works. In the symposium first, sec- ond and third prizes were bagged by Ahlam Mir of PG College Rajouri, Alliya Iqbal of Himalayan Degree College Rajouri and Iflak Malik of PG College Rajouri, respectively. The proceedings of the pro- gramme were conducted by Sushant Sharma and Iflak Malik while vote of thanks was given by Dr Ghulam Abass, HoD Persian. Narco smuggler held with charas Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 7: Bakshi Nagar police arrested a narcotic smuggler and recovered charas from his possession. As per police sources, on specific information, police team from Bakshi Nagar police station intercepted a person for checking on suspicious grounds. During checking, police recovered 65 grams of charas wrapped in two maize covers from his possession and arrest- ed him on the spot. The accused has been identi- fied as Sanjeev Kumar (40), son of Sat Pal Sharma, a resident of Sector 7, Lower Roop Nagar. A case under FIR Number 144/15 under Section 8/20 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against the accused at police station Bakshi Nagar and inves- tigation started. Police team led by SHO Bakshi Nagar police station Inspector Ashwani Kumar along with SI Javed Iqbal Kataria, SI Mukhtiyar Ali and SI Vikas Hans made the arrests under the supervision of Vivek Shekhar, Incharge SDPO City West, Shiv Kumar Singh Chouhan, SP City North, Jammu and SSP Jammu Uttam Chand. Teacher gets one yr RI for outraging modesty of student JKSSB aspirants protest, demand postponement of exam Excelsior Correspondent KARGIL, Nov 7: A peaceful protest demonstration was held today by more than 300 JKSSB aspirants of Kargil demanding postponement of JKSSB exami- nation scheduled to be held in Srinagar/Jammu tomorrow. The protesting aspirants assembled this afternoon in the main market, blocked the traffic for hours together and raised slo- gans against the district adminis- tration for failing to convince the JKSSB chairman to postpone the examination to be conducted by JKSSB in Srinagar, tomorrow. The aspirants said that the highway which connects Ladakh region with the rest has been closed due to heavy snowfall on Zojila Pass, for last one week but despite all the efforts of the aspi- rants, the district administration, LAHDC Kargil, MLAs and MLC did not feel it necessary to make any genuine efforts to pro- vide air facilities to the stranded aspirants nor did they try to rep- resent before the Chairman JKSSB to provide an examina- tion centre at Leh/ Kargil. "Because of the callous atti- tude of the administration, our future is in peril as many of them have been preparing only for the aforesaid examination for the last three years", they added. JKSSB aspirants during a protest in the heart of Kargil town. BLSKS performs 75th Saturday Musical Play series Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 7: Bharatiya Lok Sangeet Kala Sansthan (BLSKS) performed its 75th Saturday Musical Play series "Bharat Desh Mahaan" today in collaboration with Unison Cultural Troupe, Sangam Tru Art Production & ESRM at its Office Complex Disco Morh Janipur here on the theme of National Integration and com- munal harmony. The play was written and directed by M L Dogra renowned writer and musical play director. The programme was inaugurated by Tara Singh Charak former Deputy Director, Directorate of Field Publicity, Government of India Romesh Chander , event director were the guest of honour. The programme commenced with patriotic songs. Earlier, in his welcome address M L Dogra revealed about the story of the play and urged the people to come for- ward in making India "A proud nation''. All the renowned artists and students took a solemn pledge on the occasion to eradi- cate the social evils and to foster national unity and also informed to the media that Sansthan pre- sented 74 musical plays and 113 awareness cultural shows to pro- mote the culture of India and awareness programme on pre- venting of AIDS, water sanita- tion, national integration, rural development and save the girl child during the year. Singers, musicians, actors, students and participated in the programme. Ayush Bhat coordi- nated the programme. Master Deepak Kumar Dogra presented the vote of thanks. Artists of Bharatiya Lok Sangeet Kala Sansthan posing for a photograph on Saturday. NHPC Regional Office celebrates Raising Day Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 7: NHPC Regional Office, Jammu cele- brated its 41st Raising Day today with great pomp and show at its Regional office here. The function was presided over by the Executive Director Om Parkash who was the chief guest on the occasion. The sen- ior officers also attended the function. In his address Om Parkash congratulated the employees and briefed them about the achievements of NHPC Limited during the last 40 years. He also spoke about the sta- tus of various projects across the State and hoped that 330 MW Kishanganga Project in Bandipora Kashmir during the year 2016. Om Parkash further said that by developing hydro projects in J&K State, people of the State are getting benefit of 12 percent free power besides, generating employment for unemployed youth. He also read the message of Chairman and Managing Director which said that the company has completed 40 glo- rious years today. All the employees deserve appreciation for having contributed to the success and growth of the com- pany. In the changing business scenario and tougher perform- ance expectations from all the stakeholders of NHPC, “we need to renew our pledge today for endeavoring to raise the bar in all areas of our functioning our company to heights. On the occasion a colorful cultural programme was organ- ized which was appreciated by one and all. NHPC officials during the celebrations of Raising Day at Jammu on Saturday.
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JAMMU, Nov 7: The PrimeMinister’s Rs 80,000 crore pack-age announced for the Jammuand Kashmir during his visit tothe State today has invited mixedreaction from various politicaland other organizations.
Reacting to the announce-ment about of Rs 80,000 crorepackage by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, PCC chief GAMir has said that it was a mereeye- wash and a political gim-mick to appease his coalitionpartner in J&K. Mir castigatedPrime Minister for announcingambiguous package and termedabout Rs 8000 (7854 cr) crore asflood relief package against Rs44000 crores as a cruel joke. Hesaid it amounts to adding salt tothe injuries of flood victims.
Hitting out at Modi for play-ing a political gimmick withthe people of J&K, PCC chiefsaid that from the day oneCongress Party has been sayingthat Modi- led Govt as expectedwas not going to address issues offlood victims. He said PrimeMinister failed to announce muchtalked about peace initiative. Mirsaid Rs 34,000 crore package forNational Highway stands alreadyapproved by UPA Govt and thefunds for Mega Projects can’t belinked with the package for thefact these were already part ofUPA Govt’s developmentalplan.
Reacting to the visit of PrimeMinister and his announcementof package of Rs 80,000 crorefor the State, PCC chiefspokesman Ravinder Sharmasaid that it is being understoodthat the total cost of several ongo-ing projects and other approvedprojects by the UPA Govt havebeen ‘packaged’ to sum up thefigures. He said that the furtherdetails and breakup of the pack-
age would clearly demonstratethe real picture in this regard.
He regretted that Mr Modifailed to refer to the prevailingsituations in the State especiallyin Kashmir Valley and the contin-ued cease fire violations byPakistan on the LoC and bordersand incidents of infiltrations fromPakistan leading to numerouscausalities and frequent migra-tion of border residents in thestate. He has forgotten the prom-ises with people of the State torestore peace and calm in the bor-ders and tell Pakistan to stopinnocent killings in the State.
All Jammu and KashmirPanchayat Conference (AJKPC)expressed deep gratitude to thePrime Minister Narendra Modiand Chief Minister MuftiMohammad Sayeed for showingkeen interest in empowerment ofPanchayati Raj Institutions(PRIs) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The AJKPC, an organisationof 33,000 elected Sarpanchs andPanchs, said both the PrimeMinister and the Chief Minister,in their public statements at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar,laid thrust on strengthening andempowering PRIs for progressiveand inclusive development of thestate. All the elected Panchayatmembers are highly grateful tothe Prime Minister and ChiefMinister for showing keen inter-est in implementation of 3-tierPanchayati Raj System in Jammuand Kashmir at par with otherparts of the country, the AJKPCleader said, adding, “The PrimeMinister has favoured theinvolvement of Panchayat mem-bers in decision-making processwhich would not only ensuretransparency and fairness in thesystem but also give a new paceto development projects acrossthe state”.
AJKPC leader also congratu-lated the Prime Minister for the
announcement of such a hugeamount of Rs 80,000 crore forthe State and hoped that opti-mum utilization of these fundswould give new boost to the stateeconomy and bring employmentavenues for the unemployedyouth of the State.
Senior CPI (M) leader andMLA Kulgam MohammadYousuf Tarigami has describedPrime Minister Narendra Modi’sKashmir visit as far behind theexpectations raised by the PDP-BJP coalition Government.Tarigami said while overalldevelopment including mitigat-ing peoples’hardships and recon-
struction after floods is impor-tant, it was imperative that thepolitical aspect of problemshould have been the focus ofPrime Minister’s visit.
”It was disheartening that thePrime Minister did not eventouch political dimension ofKashmir issue. It was alsoexpected that the Prime Ministerwill at least refer to the opening
of the stalled dialogue betweenIndia and Pakistan, as the grow-ing hostilities between the twocountries and tension on bordersis directly affecting lives of thepeople in the State, “ he added.
Panun Kashmir has terms PMModi’s visit a failure and disap-pointment. It said that PanunKashmir says Modi is imple-menting the Vajpayee line ofInsaniyat, Jhamhooriyat andKashmiriyat.
Vijay Bhat, president of theKP organization further said thatModi has proved that there ispremium on separatism andhumiliation for nationalism inJammu and Kashmir byannouncing Kashmir centric Rs80,000 cr package. He said sepa-rate homeland demand of KPshas been vindicated by flawedpolicy of Modi on Jamu andKashmir.
Commenting on the packageannounced by PM he said byannouncing Kashmir centricpackage of Rs 80,000 is humil-iation to nationalist minority ofKashmiri Pandits who are livingin forced exodus imposed bycommunal majority of Kashmir.The PM has sidelined genocideand religious cleansing of theKashmiri Pandit community andin a sense given clean chit to thesociety that is fully communal-ized after demographic changedue to the religious cleansing ofKPs in 1990, Mr Bhat added.
All State Kashmiri PanditConference president RavinderRaina while reacting to theannouncement of package byPM, expressed resentment andexpressed that Mr Modi did notutter a word in favour of dis-
placed Kashmiri Pandits in hisKashmir address. He said thatKPs pinned hope that the PMshould have taken bold decisioninannouncing the rehabilitationof KPs as per their wishes. It isunfortunate that in Rs 80,000 crpackage there was no mention ofthe displaced Kashmir Pandits.It shows that Govt of India hastaken KP migrants as far granted,he added.
JK-R47, a Pakistan occupiedKashmir refuges organization inmeeting held today at Udhampurunder the leadership of SumanKapoor, hailed the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi forannouncing special package ofRs 80,000 crore for the develop-ment of Jammu and KashmirState at the end of his rally atSher-e-Kashmir Stadium inSrinagar and Rs 25 lakh per fam-ily of PoK 1947 refuges as finalsettlement.
While addressing the meetingMr Kapoor expressed that gov-ernment has fulfilled the longpending demand of refugees forfinal payment. He said that JK-R47 organization is strugglingfor the cause of refugees fromMuzaffarabad, Mirpur and Kotli.He pleaded for provision ofreservation for the children ofrefugees.
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KATHUA, Nov 7: DeputyCommissioner Kathua RameshKumar convened a meeting ofofficers and reviewed function-ing of Revenue Department.
Assistant CommissionerKathua Revenue Atul Gupta,SDM Basohli Gurmukh Singh,SDM Billawar R.S Charak,SDM Bani Rajesh Basotra,SDM Hiranagar Sohan Lal,Tehsildar HQ, Tehsildars of allTehsils, Naib-Tehsildars andofficials of Revenue Departmentwere present during the meet-ing.
DC reviewed the actiontaken with regard to the lastmeeting's agenda related to rev-enue matters which include landacquisition cases, encroach-ments, preparation ofJamabandi, PRC, relief cases,Mutations and Girdawaris.
DC passed instructions toTehsildars to personally visit thefield areas and redress com-
plaints and grievances related torevenue matters and generalproblems of public. He alsodirected Tehsildars to seekmonthly work done report fromthe concerned Patwari andGirdawars of respective areas tospeed up the work within timeframe. Further Tehsildars wereasked to ensure availability ofPatwaris in their respectivePatwar-Khanas as per the dutyroaster.
It was informed byTehsildars that anti-encroach-ment drive has been started inKathua district and during thelast month, a total of 1178kanals and 19 marlas of Stateland and 509 Kanals and 12Marlas of Kah-charai land wasretrieved from different tehsilsof district Kathua. DDC laidstress on revenue officers forremoval of encroachment espe-cially from Kah-charai and Stateland and expedite the process ofanti encroachment drive.Further directions were passed
to Tehsildars to keep strict vigilon conversion of agricultureland for non agriculture andcommercial purposes.
DC directed SDMs to con-duct week long cleanliness drivein the municipal areas. Thedirections were passed to SDMsto conduct monthly meeting ofrevenue officers in their respec-tive areas.
Later on DC convened aPrivate Negotiation Committee(PNC) meeting of collectorswith the land owners / personsinterested in presence of offi-cials of NRSS and indentingdepartment for acquisition ofland for installation of towersfor 400kv line under NRSS.
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JAMMU, Nov 7: ThirdAdditional Sessions JudgeJammu, Y P Kotwal todayawarded one year imprisonmentand fine of Rs 10,000 toChander Mohan Zutshi, a resi-dent of Sainik Colony, who wasfacing trial for outraging mod-esty of a woman.
According to prosecutioncase, the victim was taking pri-vate tuition from the accused inhis house at Sector C, SainikColony along with other stu-dents. On 29.05.2012, accusedasked her that on 30.05.2012 sheshould come at 3:30 pm insteadof 5:00 pm for special tuitionclasses.
When the victim reached thehouse of accused he locked herin a room and then molested her.Before the accused could com-mit rape on her, the victim man-
aged to escape from the house ofthe accused and narrated entireepisode to her mother. Later,parents of the victim lodgedcomplaint against the accused.
After hearing PublicProsecutor Rakesh Badyalassisted by Additional PublicProsecutor, 3rd AdditionalSessions Judge observed,"teacher is always respected andlooked upon with reverence.However, in the present case thepious relationship of 'Guru' and'Shishya' has been crushed withimpunity. So, it is not a casewhere the benefit of probationof offenders act can be grantedto the convict".
With these observations,court awarded one year rigorousimprisonment to accused underSection 354 RPC. He was fur-ther sentenced to rigorousimprisonment for a period of sixmonths under Section 342 RPC.
Aircel celebrates 10th anniversary, offersflat 10% cash back on all recharges
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JAMMU, Nov 7: In its cele-bration of 10 years of operationin Jammu and Kashmir, Aircelhas announced flat 10 per centcash back on all recharges forits customers in the State.
Upon recharging, the cashback will be credited to cus-tomers as extra talk time within48 hours, and is available onrecharges of all denominations.The offer has been extended onthe occasion of Aircel's run ofsuccesses for a full decade, dur-ing which the list of company'sachievements became longerand longer and it emerged as aleading, innovative mobile serv-ice provider in the region.
For example of how the cashback offer works, a customerrecharging with Rs 100 will getRs 10 of extra talk time in addi-tion to the talk time that oneusually gets on the recharge.The validity of the extra talk
time will be 2 days from the dayit gets credited, while the rest ofthe talk time that comes bydefault will be valid as usual.
Anil Gupta, RegionalBusiness Head, North, Aircel,said, "We truly owe this won-derful journey to each of ourcustomers as well all businesspartners. Our celebratory offerof flat 10 per cent cash back onall recharges is only a token ofgratitude to all of them, and wetruly hope that we continue togrow in the inclusive mannerthat we have over the lastdecade."
Aircel started operations inJammu and Kashmir inNovember 2005, and has sinceleft no stone unturned to set newbenchmarks for the industry,serving millions of customers.The company has continuouslyinvested heavily in the region inall aspects to boast a robust 2Gand 3G network and an enviablemarket share today.
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DC reviews functioning of Revenue Deptt
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 7:Complimenting the people ingeneral and the PDP cadres inparticular for turning up in largenumbers at the Prime Minister,Narendra Modi's public rally inSrinagar today, MemberParliament and PDP President,Mehbooba Mufti said it is vin-dication of the fact that the peo-ple are not only acknowledgingand appreciating the good workbeing done by the StateGovernment led by MuftiMohammad Sayeed, but theyhave full faith in his leadership.
"Even though we didn't yetget much time to deliver on ourpromises and have been in theGovernment for only eightmonths, the overwhelmingpresence of the people intoday's public rally has reiterat-ed the fact that they havetremendous faith in the leader-ship of Mufti MohammadSayeed and he has the commit-ment to deliver," she said andadded that the StateGovernment is committed torespond to and mitigate thepolitical and economic prob-lems of the State with freshresolve.
She said the people of theState in general and the youth inparticular are looking uptowards the present
Government with great hopeand expectations to put up aresponsive political structure,productive economic setup andsupportive social fabric inplace. "Our endeavor would beto respond to and mitigate thecomplex problems of the state,faced as it is with decades longpolitical uncertainty, develop-ment deficit, unfulfilled aspira-tions, mounting unemployment,corruption, nepotism andfavoritism," she said and addedthat the State needs the cooper-ation of the Centre in transform-ing the ground situation for thelarger welfare of its residents.
Welcoming the economicpackage announced by thePrime Minister, Mehbooba saidbesides infrastructure rebuild-ing, the package also includesfunds for the rehabilitation ofthe flood-affected households,traders and growers who suf-fered huge economic losses inthe devastating deluge ofSeptember 2014. "Theannouncement by the PrimeMinister that Rs 80000 crorepackage is not the end but thebeginning of a process ofrebuilding Jammu andKashmir's economy is an inspir-
ing gesture which would go along way in rebuilding people'strust in the democratic institu-tions," she said.
Ms Mehbooba also hailedthe Prime Minister's announce-ment of carrying forward andconsolidating the initiatives offormer Prime Minister, AtalBihari Vajpayee on Jammu andKashmir, which he hadannounced at the same venue in2003.
Earlier, welcoming thePrime Minister at the publicrally, Ms Mehbooba saidJammu and Kashmir deservesspecial treatment for its distinc-tive decision of acceding toIndia when the sub-continentwas divided on religious lines in1947.
Ms Mehbooba said thatdespite all the odds people ofJammu and Kashmir have timeand again reiterated their trustin the democratic institutionsand the processes and todayagain they turned up in suchlarge numbers to send across astrong message that they wantpolitical stability and economicprosperity as they suffered a lotbecause of the political uncer-tainties plaguing the State.
Mehbooba hails PM’s resolve to carryforward Vajpayee’s initiatives on J&K
Modi’s Rs 80,000 cr package invites mixed reaction
Rs 8,000 cr against Rs 44000 cr as flood relief a cruel joke: Cong
Vehicular traffic onMughal Road restricted
Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Nov 7: Due tofrosting of road surface in theupper reaches on Mughal Road,vehicular movement wouldremain restricted after 05:00PM and before 09:00 AM.
PG College Rajouricelebrates National
Education DayExcelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Nov 7: Culturaland Literary Committee ofGovernment PG College Rajouritoday organized an Inter-CollegeSymposium to celebrate NationalEducation Day.
As many as 18 participantsfrom various colleges took part inthe symposium and presentedtheir papers on the topic“Education as a streamliner forhumanity”. Veteran educationistsand writer, GN ShahbazRajourvi, was the chief guestwhere as Principal of the host col-lege, presided over the function.
Prominent academicians andwriters, Khurshid Bismil,Farooq Muztar, Dr Shakeel ARaina, Principal GovernmentDegree College Thannamandi,Iqbal Shawl, KK Langer, DrSaber Mirza, Nisar HussainRahi, Prof AR Choudhary, DrMB Magray, Ashma Mirza andDistrict Information Officer,Rajouri, AR Fida, were theguests of honour. On the occa-sion, all of them were awardedcitations for their outstandingperformance in the field of edu-cation, literature and social serv-ices.
In his inaugural address,Convener of the cultural and lit-erary committee, Prof IqbalRaina, said that education wasthe only possible tool for changeand progress of any human soci-ety. He said that the demand ofthe current century was to workfor quality education standing onthe pillars of value based educa-tion.
In his presidential address,Prof Shabir Hussain extended hiswarm feelings to KhurshidBismil, Farooq Muztar, KKLanger and Iqbal Shawl for theirrelentless efforts in the PeerPanchal region to provide qualityeducation to the society throughacademics, literature and socialworks.
In the symposium first, sec-ond and third prizes were baggedby Ahlam Mir of PG CollegeRajouri, Alliya Iqbal ofHimalayan Degree CollegeRajouri and Iflak Malik of PGCollege Rajouri, respectively.
The proceedings of the pro-gramme were conducted bySushant Sharma and Iflak Malikwhile vote of thanks was given byDr Ghulam Abass, HoD Persian.
Narco smugglerheld with charas
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 7: BakshiNagar police arrested a narcoticsmuggler and recovered charasfrom his possession.
As per police sources, onspecific information, policeteam from Bakshi Nagar policestation intercepted a person forchecking on suspiciousgrounds.
During checking, policerecovered 65 grams of charaswrapped in two maize coversfrom his possession and arrest-ed him on the spot.
The accused has been identi-fied as Sanjeev Kumar (40), sonof Sat Pal Sharma, a resident ofSector 7, Lower Roop Nagar.
A case under FIR Number144/15 under Section 8/20Narcotic Drugs andPsychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act has been registeredagainst the accused at policestation Bakshi Nagar and inves-tigation started.
Police team led by SHOBakshi Nagar police stationInspector Ashwani Kumaralong with SI Javed IqbalKataria, SI Mukhtiyar Ali andSI Vikas Hans made the arrestsunder the supervision of VivekShekhar, Incharge SDPO CityWest, Shiv Kumar SinghChouhan, SP City North,Jammu and SSP Jammu UttamChand.
Teacher gets one yr RI foroutraging modesty of student
JKSSB aspirants protest, demandpostponement of exam
Excelsior Correspondent
KARGIL, Nov 7: A peacefulprotest demonstration was heldtoday by more than 300 JKSSBaspirants of Kargil demandingpostponement of JKSSB exami-nation scheduled to be held inSrinagar/Jammu tomorrow.
The protesting aspirantsassembled this afternoon in themain market, blocked the trafficfor hours together and raised slo-gans against the district adminis-tration for failing to convince theJKSSB chairman to postpone theexamination to be conducted byJKSSB in Srinagar, tomorrow.
The aspirants said that thehighway which connects Ladakh
region with the rest has beenclosed due to heavy snowfall onZojila Pass, for last one week butdespite all the efforts of the aspi-rants, the district administration,LAHDC Kargil, MLAs andMLC did not feel it necessary tomake any genuine efforts to pro-vide air facilities to the strandedaspirants nor did they try to rep-resent before the ChairmanJKSSB to provide an examina-tion centre at Leh/ Kargil.
"Because of the callous atti-tude of the administration, ourfuture is in peril as many ofthem have been preparing onlyfor the aforesaid examinationfor the last three years", theyadded.
JKSSB aspirants during a protest in the heart of Kargil town.
BLSKS performs 75th SaturdayMusical Play series
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 7: BharatiyaLok Sangeet Kala Sansthan(BLSKS) performed its 75thSaturday Musical Play series"Bharat Desh Mahaan" today incollaboration with UnisonCultural Troupe, Sangam Tru ArtProduction & ESRM at itsOffice Complex Disco MorhJanipur here on the theme ofNational Integration and com-munal harmony.
The play was written anddirected by M L Dograrenowned writer and musicalplay director. The programmewas inaugurated by Tara SinghCharak former Deputy Director,Directorate of Field Publicity,Government of India RomeshChander , event director were theguest of honour. The programmecommenced with patriotic songs.
Earlier, in his welcomeaddress M L Dogra revealedabout the story of the play andurged the people to come for-ward in making India "A proudnation''. All the renowned artistsand students took a solemnpledge on the occasion to eradi-cate the social evils and to fosternational unity and also informedto the media that Sansthan pre-sented 74 musical plays and 113awareness cultural shows to pro-mote the culture of India andawareness programme on pre-venting of AIDS, water sanita-tion, national integration, ruraldevelopment and save the girlchild during the year.
Singers, musicians, actors,students and participated in theprogramme. Ayush Bhat coordi-nated the programme. MasterDeepak Kumar Dogra presentedthe vote of thanks.
Artists of Bharatiya Lok Sangeet Kala Sansthan posing for aphotograph on Saturday.
NHPC Regional Office celebrates Raising Day
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 7: NHPCRegional Office, Jammu cele-brated its 41st Raising Daytoday with great pomp and showat its Regional office here.
The function was presidedover by the Executive DirectorOm Parkash who was the chiefguest on the occasion. The sen-ior officers also attended thefunction.
In his address Om Parkashcongratulated the employeesand briefed them about theachievements of NHPC Limitedduring the last 40 years.
He also spoke about the sta-tus of various projects across theState and hoped that 330 MWKishanganga Project inBandipora Kashmir during theyear 2016.
Om Parkash further said that
by developing hydro projects inJ&K State, people of the Stateare getting benefit of 12 percentfree power besides, generatingemployment for unemployedyouth. He also read the messageof Chairman and ManagingDirector which said that thecompany has completed 40 glo-rious years today. All theemployees deserve appreciationfor having contributed to thesuccess and growth of the com-pany. In the changing businessscenario and tougher perform-ance expectations from all thestakeholders of NHPC, “weneed to renew our pledge todayfor endeavoring to raise the barin all areas of our functioningour company to heights.
On the occasion a colorfulcultural programme was organ-ized which was appreciated byone and all.
NHPC officials during the celebrations of Raising Day atJammu on Saturday.
