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JAMMU OCT 29: BhartiyaJanta Party (BJP) in Jammuand Kashmir today joinedthe bandwagon demandingSPF protection for its Prime-ministerial candidate

Narendra Modi in view ofthe serial blasts in Patna.

Addressing a press confer-ence here, BJP MP and partyin-charge for the stateAvinash Rai Khanna saidthat "The Union HomeMinistry should immediate-ly review the security ofModi." The BJP leader alsoechoed his party's demandfor a high level inquiry intosecurity lapse that led toserial blasts on Sunday, inwhich six people were killed

and over 80 injured.Khanna blamed forcesopposed to BJP's anti-terror-ism stand for the blasts anddemanded strict vigil onIndian Mujahideen.

Condemning the blasts, healso accused Bihar govern-ment for its unwillingness totake timely and effectivesteps to ensure adequatesecurity Contd p2

Despite the complete docu-mentation and the owner-ship rights standing withthe owner of the land JDAalong with SDPO demol-ished the GI structure bar-ricading of the proprietaryland situated at ChanniRama. When Student Agetried to know the reasons ofdemolitions from the JDAofficials the authorities triedto avoid the questions. It isimportant to mention thatin the court order dated29/10/2013 read, "By thevirtue of 19 different saledeeds produced 35 Kanalsof land near Channi Ramafalling under Khasra No.328 min/19. The land whichwas purchased by the own-ers is in their possession onspot and the mutationshave also been attested intheir favour."Not only thisthe ownership rights arealso reflected in the Khasra,Girdawari and Jamabandi,the electric connections alsostand allotted in favor of

owners, apart from thisfour Kanal of this land alsostands mortgaged with thebank against the loan sanc-tioned and the whole landwas bounded by the GIsheets barricading.The owners of the land

alleged that the police offi-cer whom they didn't wantto name (as this was tooearly to name) contactedthem a day before anddemanded Rs.20 lack with-out any reasons and threat-ened them of the conse-quences if the amount wasnot paid to him. The ownersignored his threat sayingthat the land has been pur-chased by them following

the due procedure of law

and they had a legal right totheir own property andthey need not to pay to anyother person for the same.The owners speculated thatthis was a deep rootednexus being run by certaingoons in the government

departments who harassthe people who want to docertain developmentalworks for the prosperity ofthe state and grab theirlands or harass them forundue shares."We do have all the legalrights to our land so werequest the higher authori-ties to look into the work-ing style of these officialswho harass people without

any reason. We do have a

great regard and respectfor the state police and the

judicial system of the statebut these issues need to beaddressed and taken upseriously so that the goodfaith in the police and civiladministration be main-tained ,"said one of theowners who doesn't wanthis name to be mentioned.Despite the requests from

the owners the officials onspot misbehaved with themand demolished the struc-tures ignoring all the legal

procedures and violating thenorms. So they have showndisrespect to the orders ofthe Hon'ble court and haveinterrupted in the proceed-ings which court to the abusein the proceedings of thecourt.

JAMMU OCT 29: On suc-cessful conduct of five daysof BJPs Refugee AdhikaarYatra, it entered sixth daywith rousing receptions and

public rallie s in Satwari ,Chatha, Bhour Camp andMiran Sahib areas housingthe dense population ofrefugees from Pok.This yatra is led by BJP StatePresident Jugal KishoreSharma and Member ofParliament & J&K PrabhariAvinash Rai Khanna has also

joined this yatra for the lasttwo days.BJP senior leaders RajivJasrotia, Sat Sharma (C.A.),Yudhvir Sethi, Aseem Gupta,

Ravinder Raina, Pt. AshokKumar, Baldev SinghBilloria and VikramRandhawa are also accompa-nying this yatra.Avinash Rai Khanna, whileaddressing a gathering ofrefugees at Bhour Camp, saidthat perhaps Jammu andKashmir is the only placewhere people are living asrefugees in their own coun-try. These people have beenagitating for decades for

basic rights but the succes-sive governments in J&K andcong-led governments at thecentre did not show any con-cern towards their plight andneglect. He said that the con-

gress and NC has alwaysmisled these refugees andgiven false assurances but in

practi cal did nothing .Reiterating BJPs resolve tostand with refugees and agi-tate for their cause, Khannasaid that the party will con-tinue to raise their voice.Jugal Kishore Sharma saidthat while our elected repre-sentatives have been fightingfor refugees, the party lead-ers and activists have beencontinuously agitating infavour of them on roads. Hesaid that the refugees werelured on promise of all therights and benefits if they set-tle in J&K Contd p2

BJPs Refugee Adhikaar Yatra , entered sixth day with rousing receptions

SRINAGAR, OCT 29:Government Officials in

Kashmir are gearing up forthe bi-annual shifting of thestate capital from Srinagar toJammu.The bi-annual practice of'Darbar' (Secretariat) move

betwe en the two capit alcities of the state, Srinagarand Jammu, has been inher-

ited from the Dogra rule,dating back to the 19th cen-tury.It is estimated that the wholeexercise of relocating offices

costs the government over520,000 dollars every year.The civil secretariat willopen in Jammu on

Novem ber 5. "At the

moment all the documentsfrom the Srinagar secretariatare being loaded into trucksand other vehicles to betransported to Jammu. Allthis will be reopened in

Jammu. This durbar move isan age old tradition and is

done bi-annually. Sixmonths the secretariat is inSrinagar and six months inJammu," said a governmentemployee, Sajjad Ahmad.Srinagar is 300 kilometres

north of Jammu. The stategovernment is Contd p2

Civil secretariat to open in Jammu on Nov 5

JAMMU: The Border Security Force onTuesday lodged a strong protest with itscounterpart Pakistan Rangers over repeatedceasefire violations, shelling on civilianareas along the International Border. Theflag meeting was held in RS Pura sector ofthe International Border in Jammu district.The Home Ministry had asked the BorderSecurity Force to try to hold a flag meetingwith Pakistan Rangers as soon as possible toreduce tension along the border in Jammuand Kashmir where heavy exchange of firehas led to killing of two persons and injury toover two dozen others since last week.

At the same time, highly-placed sourcessaid, the border guarding force has beengiven direction to retaliate Contd p2

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 0, 201

History books are replete with many theoriesand events regarding the days beforeAccession of the State with India. Scarcelyhas a conscious effort been made to under-stand impartially the events which took placeimmediately before Accession documentwas signed. It is a two page document whichwas signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on 26thOctober. When senior Congress leader Saif-u-din Soz says that Sheikh Abdullah played alead role in the Accession, some facts need to

be put point blank. According to partitionplan it was the Maharaja who was to sign theinstrument of Accession and no second orthird party had any say in this. Thus the state-ment of Soz that only when SheikhMohammad Abdullah gave his stamp of

approval then alone was the Accessionsigned does not reflect correct picture. Buteven though there is some truth in Sozs con-

tention. Sheikh Abdullah lent his support toAccession because tribal raiders were againsthim who were baying for his blood.Emphatically it was the prerogative of HariSingh to sign the document of Accessionwhich he did because he wanted to save the

people of the state from genocid e andrape in which the Pakistani army wereindulging. Interestingly the Sozs wordsdo not warm NC. They are emphatic asAli Mohammad Sagar has said about get-ting a thumping majority in the comingelections. Congress despite its olive

branch to NC is de stined for a junio r rolein government. But whether PDP comesto power or NC one thing is certainCongress will follow them to the Assembly

not as equal but less than equal. Doe not mat-ter if spoils of power are there to share.

RANASAHIB

Sozs Accession facts against NCs rejection

R E A D T H E N E E D

ROHIT SINGH RANA

Election 2014 is yet months away butthe political fight has already reacheda tipping point. Political parties aredemanding fantastic measure that theElection Commission (EC) of Indiashould take. One such demand relatesto lotus flowers. Congress hasdemanded that lotus flowers inMadhya Pradesh (MP) should be hid-den. In an application to the EC,Congress has written that measuresshould be taken to hide lotus flowersfrom public view lest they unfairlyinfluence voters who could be drawnto BJP whose electoral symbol islotus.

Incidentally, MP is known for thecultivation of lotus flowers since ages.Its natural water bodies contain lotusflowers and lately to diversify theirfarm produce, many farmers havetaken to lotus farming because theflowers fetch good price and the lotusstem is a prized vegetable. Accordingto Congress leader Amar ChandBawaria,"We have more than 40 con-stituencies spanning Dhanpur,Gotegon, Deori, Barela, Bargi,Bhedaghat, Magarmoha, Panagar,

Usner, Gosalpur, Sihora, in andaround Jabalpur, Hoshangabad,Pipariya and Sohagpur besides Dhar,Dewas belt in Malwa along with

pockets in Bundelkhand where lotusfarming is undertaken on a largescale."

Argument given in favour of thisdemand is that when stone elephants(BSPs symbol) were covered withsheets during Uttar Pradesh electionswhy lotuses cannot be hidden from

public view. Poor natio nal flower, itsfate hangs in balance. In the electoral

politics, now flowers are too at therisk of facing the moral code of con-duct. EC has now to devise some wayto hide lotuses from public view. Italso has to develop in the MP voters, asense of disinclination towards lotusflower even though Indian civilizationis incomplete without lotus. From thenavel of Lord Brahma emerged a lotuson which Vishnu took seat, Goddessof learning Saraswati is also seated onlotus. Leave apart the mythologicalinterpretation; Indian architecture isincomplete without lotus motif. Allgrand ancient temples have lotusengraved on its stones. The Mughalstoo incorporated the flower into their

architecture. Poor lotus, for no fault ofits own and being symbol of Indianculture is harassed. Had the flower got

any premonition that in independentIndia, a time will come when it will bemade a villain, it would have not

bloomed at all in the country.Interestingly it will entail crores ofruppes from the coffers of EC to coverall lotus ponds and natural water bod-ies with sheets. Still the job cannot befulfilled. However if EC succeeds indoing this, the prestige of the countrywill rise in the world. India will beseen as a country where a nationalflower has been hid in order to ensurefree and fair polls. Here it is GreatIndian democracy creating a record ofsorts. In this drama of bizarre politicalup man- ship, one thing disturbs themind. If lotus is the national flower ofIndia, then why this apathy towards it,and if lotus has been allott ed to BJP aselection symbol, why so much fear inthe heart of Congress against thismajestic flower. Politics has horizons,it has limits and in India it hasimmense possibilities. Here political-ly divergent parties come together toshare power. Congress and SP or BSPhave divergent philosophies still theDelhi government survives on thecrutches provided by the SP and BSP.In Jammu and Kashmir National

Conference and Congress have differ-ent perceptions politically, yet theyare together. Who knew the election

heat would bring into focus Indiasnational flower. It seems now natural

because technically India is at warwith its own civilization and a general

perception goes that it is Congresswhich has ignited this war in a subtletone. Lotuses bloom all over India; it

bloomed without BJP and will contin-ue to do so minus BJP. Obviously, allalong this argument of hiding lotusfrom the public view many questionsarise which seek answers.

If a political party had Sun orMoon its election symbols would EChave been told to hurl a special rocketinto space so as to drape the Sun or theMoon? Having said so, going by acounter argument or demand is it pos-sible for the people of India to keeptheir hands uncovered till electionsare over. Hand is the election symbolof Congress; hence till election timeall Indians must not see their hands,lest it might influence the electoral

prospects of the oldest poli tical partyof India. As nobody will work proper-ly with hands covered a way out iseasy to find. With Chinese andPakistanis intruding regularly insideIndia an open invitation must go toChinese, Pakistani and Bangladesinationals. Let them take over thenation till elections are over and cov-ered hands are uncovered.

HINDSIGHT

LOTUS IS NATIONAL FLOWER, WHY IT SHOULD BE HIDDEN

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National Executive Member & formerState President Shamsher Singh Manhas. Contd p2

JDA along with SDPO demolished the proprietary landstructure at Channi: Owners allege conspiracy

SARKARI DADAGIRI Following this story whenStudent Age tried to under-stand the working cultureof the JDA we came toanalyse that the whole JDAis polarized on the parame-ters of honesty and dishon-

esty. The interaction withthe employees pointedtowards the favoritism tosome and discrimination ofothers. The employeesalleged that the higherauthorities are continuouslyworking in favor of thetainted officers. Despitehaving a sufficient num-ber of dedicated employ-ees in the departmentundue extension in servic-es and favorite transfers are

given to certain corruptofficials. It is becomes per-tinent to mention here thatgovernment has strictlyissued orders related to theextension in services keep-ing in view the scope of

providing employment tothe unemployed youth butJDA is the only departmentwhere the extensions areadvocated to certain offi-cials and this matter needsto be seriously taking intothe consideration of thehigher authorities and theconcerned ministry.Theproperties of those whoget these undue exten-sions and favors need tobe investigated.

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JDA TURNING INTO A MESSY HOUSE, UNDUEEXTENSION IN SERVICES RAISING QUESTIONS?

WORKING FOR DEVLOPMENT?

Omar Abdullah Must understand that J&K was, is and will remain an integral part of India:Avinash Rai Khanna Complete Interview on 5 Nov, 2013

BSF LODGES STRONG PROTEST OVERREPEATED CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS

J&K the only place where people are living as refugeesin their own country: Avinash Rai Khanna J&K BJP DEMANDS SPG COVER FOR NARENDRA MODI

Avinash Rai Khanna alongwith Party President JugalKishore (R) and Dr. Nirmal Singh (L)

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Civil ...making easy and smoothtransportation of all the gov-

ernment records packed inboxes and j ute bags.Srinagar, in the KashmirValley in the westernHimalayas experiencessevere winter and a pleasantweather in summers, whileJammu city in the foothillsrecords high temperatures

during summer, but is rela-tively warm in winters.The practice of shifting ofthe 'Darbar' (royal court)was started in 1882 by thethen Maharaja Pratap Singhto meet the aspirations of the

people livin g in far-fl ungareas of the state.There are divergent views on

the six- monthly shifting ofthe capital. Some peopleargue that it is not possiblefor the people of Jammu andLadakh regions to travel allthe way to snowboundSrinagar in the winter seasonto attend to administrativework.

J&K BJP ...arrangements following spe-cific alert sent to Bihar Police

by the Intelligence Bureau(IB) on October 23, ahead ofthe planned 'Hunkaar Rally'in which BJP stalwarts andModi were participating. Hesaid that while these blastsare highly condemnable, the

patience displaced by lakhsof party activists assembledin the Gandhi Maiden tomaintain peace and not allowany kind of stampede or vio-lence once again proved thateach activist of BJP works onthe principle of peace andharmony.Meanwhile, Khannaexpressed concern over delayin granting basic rights, com-

pensation and other benefitsto the refugees of WestPakistan, PoK and others,who have been agitating forover 60 years withoutresponse from "deaf govern-ments". The BJP leader alsolambasted the Congress-ledUPA government and the

NC-Congress coalition in t hestate for remaining silent onthe situation along borders,where "Pakistan has led a

proxy war for over twodecades." Pakistan neverhonored any ceasefire agree-ment and has indulged inunprovoked firing repeatedlywhich resulted in killing of

innocent civilians besidespersonnel of army and Para-military forces, he said.Khanna, who along withother BJP leaders, is under-taking 'Refugees AdhikaarYatra' in Jammu. He saidwhile a refugee likeManmohan Singh can

become Prime Minister ofIndia, three generations oflakhs of other refugees have

perished demanding citizen-ship rights, right to vote andcompensation for the proper-ty left in PoK. They are

being subjected to discrimi-nation and injustice for nofault, which is indeed veryunfortunate. Khanna alsolambasted the Congress-ledUPA at the Centre and the

NC-Congress coalition in t hestate for adopting completesilence on the situation on the

borders, where Pakistan isinvolved in a proxy war forthe past over two decades.Pakistan never honors anyceasefire agreement andindulges in unprovoked fir-ing, which results into killingof innocent civilians besides

personnel of army and Para-military forces, the BJPleader said. He assured thatthe BJP will continue toextend support and raise thevoice of refugees and borderarea people at every appro-

priate forum.

BSF lodges ...with equal measure any

unprovoked firing from

across the border.There have been twoattempts by the BSF to holdflag meetings with thePakistan Rangers this month-- on October 18 and October20 -- but on the both occa-sions, the border guardingforce of Pakistan did not turnup. Firing from across the

border has become a matterof concern for the govern-ment and steps are beingtaken to evacuate villagersliving close to the border to

safety till the tension contin-ues, sources said. The BSFhas been asked to ensure thatthere was minimum incon-venience to border popula-tion during the skirmishes.

BJPs ...but till date no practical workhas been done for them.Baldev Singh Bilowria,Vikram Randhawa, Sat palChoudhary, Pitamber Lal,Ajay Pargal, LudharmaniSharma, Ashok Ranyal,Ishant Gupta, Bharat Sharma,Surinder Choudhary, NareshSharma, Karan Sharma,Ashwani Khosla also accom-

panied the yatra.

Manhas asks ...Maintaining his missionaryzeal and dedication to the

party ideology, Shamshe rSingh Manhas enthused partyworkers to remain preparedfor the coming crucial elec-tions-2014 and so appealedto them to strengthen boothlevel committees which will

play a very signi ficance rol ein garnering support for thevictory of the party. Heminced no words by statingthat UPA government at thecentre and coalition partnersin the state have failed theaspirations of the people. The

people of th e state have seenmal-functioning of all themainstream parties who have

belied the hopes and accentu-ated corruption at all the per-vasive levels making lives ofcommon public miserablewhile the top leaders of NCand Congress are engaged inconfusing the public withtheir perverted viewsnowhere near the groundrealities. Under the circum-stances, BJP is the onlynationalist force who can

preserve nation hood and ful-fill the expectations of the

people of this state and thecountry. Manhas also assuredthe gathering of more than500 people over there to lookat Narendra Modi as undis-

puted leader to change thedestiny of the country and

this repeatedly terrorizedstate of Jammu & Kashmir.This objective can only beachieved by making boothslevel committees very strongas real force to bring victoryto the party fold.State Secretary PawanKhajuria, while addressing

party workers, informed ofthe strategy to strengthen

booth level committees andencouraged workers to enrolnew voters by directly work-ing for the people andinforming them with party'sideology and pro-people

policies. He also conveyed tothe party workers that theyshould not be trapped into theanti-BJP propaganda of com-munal hatred by the oppo-nents against the party.District President Doda,Dalip Singh Parihar informedthe members present whichincluded representatives of308 polling booths that Dodadistrict assembly constituentscomprise of 7 mandals and36 polling stations andassured that the party work-ers are ready to meet thechallenges in the area underany circumstances and alsothat mood of the people is to

bring total political changefor the betterment of thestate.Shakti Parihar, KoushalKotwal, Basant Raj, SandoorSingh, Gian Chand andBipna Manhas were promi-nent among those who spokeon the occasion

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be replaced with the Ai rbusA330 MMRT.

People's Liberation ArmyAir Force (China) ::The PLAAF is the aviation

branch of the PeoplesLiberation Army, the military

of the Peoples Republic ofChina. In 2010, the PLAAFhad approximately 330,000

personn el and more than2,500 aircraft, of which 1,617were combat aircraft.The PLAFF is the largest airforce in Asia, and is betterknown for comprising someof the deadliest self-reliancecombat aircrafts. ThePLAAF was founded withSoviet assistance on

November 1, 1949, shortlyafter the formation ofPeoples Republic of China.Referring to the history, thePLAAF had fought theKorean War in Soviet builtMiG-15, known as the J-2 in

Chinese service, with train-ing from Soviet instructors.With the withdrawal ofSoviet aid due to the Sino-Soviet split, the air force hadmade serious efforts to raisethe educational level andimprove the training of their

pilots. After the fall of USSR,Russia became Chinas prin-cipal arm suppliers. Today,the Chinese air force consistsof lethal approach in themodern arena of air striking.

Armee de I Air (France) ::The French Air Force is theair force of the French ArmedForces. It was formed in1909 as the service arm ofthe French Army, and wasthen made an independentmilitary arm in 1933.Dating back to history, theFrench had taken activeinterest in developing the airforce from 1909. In the post-World War 2 era, the Frenchmade a successful effort todevelop a domestic aircraft

industry.The French air force had alsocreated Mirage series of jetfighters. The Mirage demon-strated its abilities in the GulfWar, becoming one of themost popular jet fighters ofits day, with a high quality of

perfor mance in the battl efields. Currently the FrenchAir Force is expanding theirnumbers in aircrafts. TheFrench are awaiting theA400M military transportaircraft which is said to be inthe developmental stages.The French Air Force has234 combat aircraft with themajority being 158 DassaultMirage 2000 and 59 DassaultRafale. The French Air Forcehas about 300 combat aircraftin service.

Indian Air Force (India) ::The Indian Air Force is thefourth largest air force in theworld with approximately170,000 personnel and 1,500aircrafts. It was officiallyestablished on October 8,1932 as a supporting air forceof the British Raj. SinceIndependence, the Indian AirForce had been involved inseveral wars, one with neigh-

boring Pakistan and on e withthe Peoples Republic ofChina.Other major operationsundertaken by IAF areOperation Vijay- the invasionof Goa, Operation Meghdoot

and Operation Cactus. TheIAF had also been an active

participant in United Nationspeace keeping missi on.During the Kargil War of1999, the Indian Air Forcehad provided close air sup-

port to t he Indian Army wit hthe use of helicopters. TheIndian Arm Forces have setup numerous military acade-mies across India for trainingits personnel.Military Schools and SainikSchools were founded to

broaden the recruitment bas eof the Defence Forces. It isconsidered as one of the bestequipped air forces across theworld.

Luftwaffe (Germany) ::Luftwaffe is the aerial war-fare branch of the GermanArmed Forces. It was found-ed in 1956 and remains as theGerman Air Force to the

present day. Going back tothe history, Germany wasforbidden to have air force

since the Treaty of Versaillesand the German pilots trainedsecretly in violation of thetreaty. In the modern era, theUnited States Governmentstill lends nuclear weapons toLuftwaffe under the NATOnuclear sharing agreement.In 2005 and 2008, LuftwaffeF-4 Phantom fighter planestook part in the Baltic AirPolicing operation of NATO.To support military opera-tions in Afghanistan, theLuftwaffe had sent over sev-eral war planes in 2006. OnMay 1, 1996, the Luftwaffeestablished the German AirForce Tactical TrainingCenter in with United StatesAir Force at Holloman AirForce Base in New Mexico,which provides aircrew train-ing in the F-4 Phantom fight-er planes.It has also established tacticaltraining centers at CanadianAir Forces Command Base atGoose Bay.

Royal Australian Air Force(Australia) ::It was formed in March 1921.The RAAF has taken part inmany of the conflicts of the20th century including WorldWar 2, The Korean War andthe Vietnam War. The mottoof RAAF is ThroughStruggle to the Stars.

Japan Air Self DefenseForce (Japan) ::

It is the aviation branch ofthe Japan Air Self DefenseForce responsible for thedefense of Japanese airspaceand other aerospace opera-tions. The JASDF had anestimate of 45,000 personnelin 2005.As of 2010, the JASDF oper-ates 805 aircraft, 424 of

being fighter aircrafts. TheJASDF maintains an inte-grated network of radarinstallations and air defensedirection centers throughoutthe country known as theBasic Air Defense GroundEnvironment.Before forming the JapaneseSelf Defense Forces afterWorld War 2, Japan did nothave a separate air force.Following World War 2, theImperial Japanese Army and

Navy were dissol ved andreplaced by the JSDF withthe passing of the 1954 SelfDefense Forces Law with theJASDF as the aviation

branch.

10 Strongest Air Forces of the World

SRINAGAR, OCT 29:Central Reserve Police Forceon Tuesday celebrated its

platinum jubilee and in thisconnection various functionsand celebrations were organ-ized at different places allacross Kashmir Valley. TheCRPF is an armed Force ofthe Union of India, with the

basic role of maintainin ginternal security and assistingthe State/Union Territories inmaintaining law and orderand counter insurgency oper-

ations. Reports said thatCRPF has entered 75th yearof its glorious history andPlatinum jubilee celebrationwere held in this regard inSrinagar and other palces. Onthis occasion a medical campwas organized by 43rd battal-

ion at Kesarmulla, Budgamwhile a blood donation campwas organized at 23 battalion,Karan Nagar in whichapproximate 100 personneldonated blood.A CRPF official said that'Synergy cup cricket tourna-ment' final was organized atBudgam Stadium by 35thBattalion in which MLABudgam Aaga SayedRaunallah, was the chiefguest. Cultural programmes,mela and Bada Khana were

also organized at RecruitTraining Centre inHumamaha, Srinagar underthe guidance and supervisionof P.K. Singh, IGP, CRPF,Srinagar in which D.K.Pathak, Special DG, J&Kzone was the chief guest.

The fifth prototype ofthe prospective 5th generation aviation

complex (PAK FA, T-50)made its maiden flight in

Komsomolsk-on-Amur at theY.A.Gagarin KnAAZ aircraf t

plant of the SukhoiCompany. The plane was

piloted by distinguished testpilot of the 1st cl ass RomanKondratiev. The fighter air-

craft spent 50 minutes in theair and landed safely on thefactory airfield runway.The test flight was a successand in full accordance with

the flight plan. The stabilityof the aircraft and the propul-sion system were tested dur-ing the flight. The aircraft

performed well in all phasesof the planned flight pro-gram. The pilot confirmed

reliability of all systems andequipment.Upon completing the testflights program inKomsomolsk the aircraft will

join the flight tests in the cityof Zhukovsky near Moscow.Four 5th generation fight-er aircraft have already

joined these tests.Two more planes areinvolved in ground tests

one as a complex groundstand and the other undergoesstatic tests.The first flight of the PAK FAtook place on January 29,

2010 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Currently work isunderway on the full range ofground and flight tests. Todate, more than 450 flightswere carried out under theflight test program.

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JAMMU, OCT 29- Jammuand Kashmir is all set to

become the first state inNorth India to implementRashtriya Bal SwasthyaKaryakram (RBSK) - Child

Health Screening and EarlyIntervention Services - in allthe districts under NationalRural Health Mission(NRHM).The implementation processof the scheme was reviewedon Tuesday by the Ministerof State (Independent) Healthand Family Welfare, Mr.Shabir Ahmed Khan.Addressing the meeting, theMinister said that RBSK is anew initiative undertaken bythe Union Health Ministryand is aimed at screeningchildren from 0 to 18 yearsfor 4 Ds - defects at birth, dis-eases, deficiencies and devel-

opment delays including dis-abilities. Children diagnosedwith illnesses shall receivefollow up including surgeriesat tertiary level, free of costunder NRHM, he said.

The Minister said that theUnion Health Minister Mr.Ghulam Nabi Azad has beenrequested to launch thescheme formally in Jammuand Kashmir. "We mustensure that the implementa-tion process is completed as

per the deadline set by thedepartment so that the pro-gramme is launched as perthe schedule", the ministerdirected the concerned offi-cers.He said that the UnionMinister has been personallymonitoring all the revolution-ary schemes launched underhealth sector by the Congress

led United ProgressiveAlliance (UPA) governmentin the center. "It is the effortsand personal intervention ofMr. Ghualm Nabi Azad thatJammu and Kashmir is

among few and the only statein North India to be in a posi-tion to implement the schemein all the districts. The UnionMinister is keen to ensurethat the benefit reaches to theneedy people across the stateand in this direction we have

been ensured all possiblefinancial help", he said.Expressing gratitude to theunion minister, Mr. Khansaid that the health sector inJammu and Kashmir hasentered into a new phase ofrevolution and it is the endureof the coalition governmentin the state to ensure health-care facilities at the doorstep

of not only the urban buteven to the population livingin the rural and inaccessibleareas. The meeting wasinformed that the DistrictHealth Societies across the

state have already taken upthe process to implement thescheme in their respectivedistricts. In this regard almostall the District Societies haveset the recruitment process inmotion and same is expectedto be completed by mid ofthis month.It was further told that underthe new initiative a total of773 posts, includingPediatricians, MBBS andAYUSH doctors, have beensanctioned and the state gov-ernment has already receivedthe funds from the C entre.The scheme will be imple-mented through dedicated

mobile health teams placed inevery medical block of thestate. The teams will carryout screening of all childrenin the pre-school age enrolledat Anganwadi centres at least

twice a year besides screen-ing of all children studying inGovernment andGovernment aided schools,whereas the newborns will bescreened for birth defects inhealth facilities by service

providers and during thehome visits by ASHAs.District Early InterventionCentres are being set up asfirst referral point for furtherinvestigation, treatment andmanagement, he said addingthat the tertiary care centrewould be roped in for man-agement of complicatedcases requiring high-endmedical care and treatment.

JK to be first state to implement Child

Health Screening programme in all districtsScheme being launched this month; Shabir reviews implementation process

REASI, OCT 29: Ministerof State for Revenue Reliefand Rehabilitation, AijazAhmed Khan on Tuesday vis-ited Chasana area and lis-tened to the grievances oflocal public and PanchayatMembers.A team of District andSectoral Officers of variousdepartments, besides local

political leaders MumtazGulam Nabi, Jagdish Thakurand Sukhdev Singh accom-

panied the Minster.The panchs and sarpanchs ofthe area put forth theirdemands which were mainlyrelated to provision for roadconnectivity to the area,upgradation of medical facil-ity, opening of new and up-gradation of existing govern-ment schools, besides provi-sion for electricity supply.The Minister assured peoplefor early completion of alldevelopment works and also

assured that the demands pro-jected by them would be metin a phased manner. Heinstructed the officers presentto make people aware aboutall government programmesand involve members of PRIsin decision making.The Minister further askedthe people of area to maintainharmony and brotherhoodand cautioned them against

the divisive elements. Hesaid that development is not

possible without peace andthe society shall expose thosewho are bend upon to createtrouble.He further added develop-ment of far flung areas is oneof the main agenda of gov-ernment and this objectivecan be achieved only with thecooperation of people.

SHOPIAN, OCT 29: ChiefSecretary Mohammad IqbalKhandey on Tuesday askeddistrict administrationShopian to make advance

preparations for snow clear-ance keeping all necessaryequipment and machinery at

place besides ensuring ade-quate stocks of essentials arestocked by or before

November 10, 2013.Chief Secretary, in a bid to

provide interaction opportu-nities to the public besidesreviewing development

progress and winter pre-paredness in Kashmir Valleyis currently on a weeklongvisit to various Districts.Chief Secretary, on Tuesdayvisited Shopian andPulwama Districts after hold-ing review meetings atKulgam and Anantnag onMonday in South Kashmir,accompanied by DivisionalCommissioner Kashmir,Shalindra Kumar, Special

Secretaries to the ChiefSecretary, Chief Engineersof PDD, PHE, PWD,Irrigation & flood control,Mechanical, PMGSY,Mughal Road, besidesDirector Health Services,horticulture, agriculture, edu-cation and other senior offi-

cers.At Shopian, severalDeputations called on theChief Secretary, apprisinghim about various issuesconfronting them and soughttheir redressal. The deputa-tions comprising TradersFederation, Fruit Growers,Auqaf, Citizens WelfareForum, Members of BarAssociation and senior citi-zens had detailed interaction

with the Chief Secretary,who heard them patientlyand assured them that theirgrievances shall be lookedinto on priority.During the review meetingheld with District administra-tion, Deputy Commissioner,Shopian briefed the ChiefSecretary about development

progress and plan achieve-ments for the current fiscal.He said, out of the annual

plan outlay of Rs. 65.29crore and availability of Rs29.86 crore, till date Rs 16.15Crore have been spent onvarious developmental worksunder different sectors.While reviewing progressunder various sectors, ChiefSecretary, called for launch-ing vigorous awareness cam-

paign across the District toimprove literacy rate espe-cially among the women. Healso directed for bringing allthe farmers under the KissanCredit Card Scheme foravailing various types offinancial incentives and ben-efits under different schemes.He asked PDD to improve,

revenue realization besidesensuring repairing andreplacing damaged trans-formers during ensuing win-ter. He said besides inform-ing people about their powerschedule through mass media

publicity, it should beensured that power supplyremains available to con-sumers as per announcedtime schedule.Further, Chief Secretary

emphasized on carrying outmulti-stage water analysistests to ensure availability of

potable drinking water toconsumers in the District.He asked Director Health torelease funds immediatelymeant for land acquisitionfor further expansion of theunder construction District

Hospital, Shopian. He alsodirected for making availableadequate quantity of Timberto the people for construction

purposes and use during thewinter especially in mosques.Later, in the afternoon, ChiefSecretary visited Pulwamaand reviewed the overalldevelopmental scenario

besides stock and supplyposition in the district.Deputy Commissioner,

Pulwama, Mr. ManzoorAhmad Lone through aPowerPoint presentationapprised the meeting that Rs.17.69 crores, out of the allot-ted Rs. 31.77 crore for cur-rent fiscal were expended onthe execution of variousdevelopmental works andwelfare schemes.

CS visits Shopian, Pulwama, meets several deputationsReviews plan progress, winter preparations

Aijaz visits far flung areas of Block

Mahore, listens to people's problems

POONCH OCT 29- At thelast leg of his 3-day tour ofRajouri and Poonch districts,Minister for PHE, Irrigationand Flood Control Mr. ShamLal Sharma on Tuesday inau-gurated six PHE schemes andlaid foundation stone of onePHE scheme in far-flungareas of Poonch district.The PHE schemes inaugurat-ed at Kulani, Nubna, Salotri,Dhar Kass, Dahrot, Balakote,and Surankote developed at acost of Rs. 7.28 crore andwould provide safe drinkingwater to over 10000 souls ofover 2 dozen villages.The Water Supply Scheme at

Nangali Sahib would bedeveloped at an estimatedcost of Rs. 1.71 crore and oncompletion over 1000 soulsof half a dozen villages will

be benefited with the facilityof drinking water.During his tour to these twindistricts, the Minister alsotook detailed review of all

ongoing schemes of PHE,Irrigation and Flood Control.He obtained complete feed-

back about the status of theseschemes and over all drink-ing water scenario and irriga-tion potential. He also inter-acted with the people at dif-ferent places en-route and lis-tened to their grievances andissued on the spot instructionto the administration foraddressing these on priority.Addressing largely attended

public meetings at NangaliSahib, Mendhar, Balakoteand Surankote, the Ministersaid that the government wasdetermined to improve all

basic services for the peoplein all three regions of theState, especially in the ruraland far-flung areas. He saidduring the past over five

years, the government hasgiven focused attention toupgrade the existing infra-structure of all vital sectors,like PHE, Health, Education,

Road Connectivity andSocial Welfare and there is asea change in the situationand improvement is visibleon ground.Maintaining that PRIs are thevital ground level institutionsto ensure development in therural areas, the Minister saidthat Panchayats will be fur-ther empowered so that theycan contribute equally in thedevelopment process. Heasked the Sarpanches andPanches to serve the peopleas per their mandate forwhich they have been votedto power by the people. Heasked them to play theirsupervisory role in the desig-nated departments.In order to get rid of the prob-lem of drinking water inthese twin districts, the

Minister directed the engi-neers to formulate megaschemes, keeping in view thefuture requirements of theareas.

SRINAGAR, OCT 29:Minister of State for PHE,Irrigation and Flood Control,Mr. Nazir Ahmad Gurezi hassaid that the priority of theGovernment is holistic devel-opment of all the three regionsof the State to usher progressand prosperity in the State. Hesaid that remarkable progresson all fronts has been wit-nessed by the people who areappreciating people friendly

policies of the currentGovernment headed by youngand dynamic Chief Minister,Omar Abdullah. Mr. Gureziwas addressing way side gath-erings during his tour to vari-ous areas including Serch andPathipora Chattergul Kanganof Ganderbal district onTuesday. The Minister said

several measures have beentaken by the Government forthe upliftment of the weakersections of the society espe-

cially for the development ofthe people living in remoteand hilly areas.He asked the agriculture, hor-ticulture, animal and sheephusbandry officers to gear uptheir field functionaries andensure that the benefits offlagship programmeslaunched by the centre andstate governments percolatedto the deserving at gross rootlevel. He also asked them tomake aware general massesabout the welfare scheme oftheir respective departments.Enroute, several deputationsmet the Minister and apprisedhim about their individual andcollective problems includingconstruction of protection

bunds, lanes, drains and upgradation of link roads. The

Minister gave them patienthearing and assured that theirgenuine demands will belooked into on priority.

KARGIL, OCT 29:Minister for HigherEducation, MohammadAkbar Lone on Tuesday saidthat the government is awareof the problems being faced

by the people of remote andfar flung areas particularly ofKargil district. The Ministerwas addressing a public gath-ering at Padam Zanskar hereon Tuesday. He said that gov-ernment is committed to

extend all basic facilities tothe people living in theseareas which include educa-tion medicare facilities, safedrinking water and adequate

power supply. Referring tothe activities of HigherEducation Dept, the Ministersaid that Science stream will

be introduced in HigherSecondary School, Padamfrom next academic session.Political Advisor to Chief

Minister, Mr. Qamar AliAkhoon, Minister of State forScience and Technology, Mr.Feroz Ahmad Khan, Ministerof State for Animal andSheep Husbandry, NazirAhmad Gurezi, ProvincialPresident, NC and MLA,

Nasir Aslam Wani were pres-ent on the occasion. BesidesMLC Kargil, Syed AhmadRizvi and councillors alsoattended the meeting.

Sham concludes 3-day tour of Poonch-RajouriInaugurates six PHE schemes worth Rs. 7.28 cr

Govt committed to provide basicfacilities to far flung areas: Lone

DODA, OCTOBER 29-Strengthening of PanchayatsRaj Institutions is vital forgrass root level developmentand upliftment of rural and

backward areas, stated MLC,Shyam Lal Bhagat whilereviewing the devolution of

powers to PRI's in blockAssar here on Tuesday.ACD Doda Mr. RakeshKumar, Zonal and block levelofficers, Sarpanchs andPanchs besides officers ofline departments and peopleof the block were present on

the occasion.The MLC said coordinatedand collective efforts arerequired to be made forground level awareness ofwelfare schemes among themasses so that benefits ofthese could percolate down tothe poor people. He said thedevelopment of rural areas ofthe block is receiving focusedattention of the governmentand schemes like MGNRE-GA, IAY, SSA, etc. are beingimplemented on ground fordesired results.

BANIHAL,29 OCT:Minister of state for TechnicalEducation, Power, CAPD,RDD and Information, VikarRasool Wani conducted anextensive tour of blockBanihal of district Ramban onTuesday. The Minister inau-gurated four room additionalaccommodations at Highersecondary school Mahu, con-structed with a cost of Rs.52.58 lakh under state plan.He also inaugurated three

power transformers worth Rs.38 lakh which would benefit158 families of the areas underRGVVY. Besides, he laidfoundation stone of FoodStore of 140 MT capacity to

be established at an estimatedcost of Rs. 57.30 lakh understate sector. Addressing thegathering, the Minister saidthat the centre government hasstarted various social and

developmental schemes forupliftment of women, chil-dren, old aged and otherweaker sections of the society.He asked the officers of differ-ent departments to create mas-sive awareness about their

programmes so that people arenot deprived of these benefits

mere for lack of knowledgeabout the same. He alsoappealed the people to ensuretheir participation in allspheres of development andgrowth in their areas for effec-tive implementation of devel-opment programmes beinglaunched under various stateand centrally sponsoredschemes. Earlier, the Minister

inspected the Mahu road proj-ect work and instructed theofficers of PMGSY to speedup the work for its completion

before snowfall. Meanwhile,Vikar Rasool also addressed a

public gathering at Mahu andannounced a dispensary forBijnari and two road projectsMahu to Mangit and Mahu to

Bloo under PMGSY. He reit-erated that the uncoveredareas will soon be electrified.The people apprised theMinister of demands and

problems of their respectiveareas which included road

projects, electrification, watersupply, health centres, bank

branch, more anganwari cen-tres and solar lights. The

Minister assured the publicthat their genuine demandswill be fulfill in a shortest pos-sible time.Xen PWD, XenPMGSY, DIO, Tehsil Dar,DYSP, AD CAPD, AEE, PDDand various officers of differ-ent departments, sarpanchs,

panchs and other prominentcitizens attended the function.

Vikar inaugurates dev works; laysfoundation stone for food stores

Addresses public meeting at Mahu, announces dispensary, roads

Holistic dev of all the 3 regions isbenchmark of present Govt: Gurezi

SRINAGAR, OCT 29:Saying that delivery of basicamenities to people at theirdoor steps is among priori-ties of present government,Minister for RuralDevelopment and PanchayatRaj, Mr. Ali MohammadSagar enjoined upon the offi-cers to work with more dedi-cation and to ensure avail-ability of basic amenitiesincluding essentialities to the

people, particularly duringensuing winter months.This was stated by theMinister while inaugurating aRation Depot at MughalMohalla Rainawari inKhanyar constituency, a long

pending demand of the peo-

ple of the area, which hasbeen constructed at a cost ofRs 10 lakh.Mr. Sagar also visited variousareas of the Constituency andtook stock of developmentalworks being executed in the

area. He exhorted upon theconcerned agencies to expedite all the ongoing works toensure timely completion ofworks as per schedule.Stressing on judicious use offunds, he directed the con-cerned officers to use qualita-tive material at all levels.The Minister also announced

that one more Ration Depotshall be established atSurteng Rainawari at a costof Rs. 8 lakh which shallcater the large populace ofthe area.A number of deputationscalled on the Minister duringthe tour and put forth variousissues before him.

Sagar visits Khanyar ConstituencyInaugurates Ration Depot at Mughal Mohalla Rainawari

Strengthening of PRI's vital for grassroot development: Shyam Lal Bhagat

JAMMU, OCTOBER 29:-Divisional CommissionerJammu, Shantmanu on

Tuesday discussed thearrangements for the GuruNanak Devi 547th BirthAnniversary here at a jointmeeting of the officials andDistrict GurudwaraPrabandhak Committee(DGPC) members.The meeting was attended byPresident District GurudwaraPrabandak Committee, S.Dalip Singh, Joint DirectorInformation, Jammu, SmitaSethi, Secretary, S. MelaSingh, Joint Secretaries, S.Manjit Singh and S. BanaSingh, Cashier, S. AttarSingh Deputy Director,RDD, S. Gurmukh Singh,Director Land Management,JDA, S. Jatinder Singh,General Manager,Gurudwara PrabandakCommittee, S. Tejinder Singh

besides members of SGPC.The meeting discussed indetail the arrangements forsmooth conduct of

Gurupurab falling on17thNovember, 2013. It wasinformed in the meeting thatthe main function will beheld at Gurudwara Shri Guru

Nanak Dev Ji near GummatBazar where thousands ofdevotees perform prayers andattend Akhand Path followed

by Shabad Kirtan andLanger. Prabhat Pheri wouldalso begin from 7th of

November, 2013 besidesrecitation of Guru GranthSahib in all Gurudwaras inthe morning.The DivisionalCommissioner said that nec-

essary instructions would beissued to all the concerneddepartments to ensure allarrangements well in time forsmooth celebration ofGurupurab.The DivisionalCommissioner constitutedProgramme ImplementationCommittee comprising ofthree members includingSecretary DGPC, JointSecretary DGPC andDirector Land Management.Similarly, ProcurementCommittee was constitutedwhich comprises of Cashierand two members of DGPC.

Div Com discusses arrangementsfor Gurupurab celebration

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NAGPUR: It may be a do-or-die encounter for India butoff-spinner RavichandranAshwin on Tuesday insistedthat the home team wasunder no added pressuredespite trailing Australia 1-2ahead of the sixth and penul-timate game of the ODIseries on Wednesday.

"There is no pressure as suchwe are just going out andenjoying ourselves. Thisgame is going to be crucial,so we just want to enjoy our-selves and see where we cantake it. It has been a good andtight series so far," saidAshwin ahead of the game atthe VCA Stadium in Jamtha.India lost the first and thirdODIs in Pune and Mohali,chased a huge score of 359successfully in the secondgame at Jaipur, before thefourth and fifth matches inRanchi and Cuttack respec-tively were washed out.The Indian bowling attackhas been regularly cartedaround by the Australian

batsme n, with captainGeorge Bailey and openerAaron Finch in an especially

punishing mood.Ashwin, who too has been adisappointment so far, saidevery bowler has been tryingto improve."We are constantly looking toimprove as such. There are

always areas that you canwork on, constantly looking

to improve on. I have beentrying to work on bowlingmore and more because that'sthe only way that you can get

better. There is nothing assuch to worry. The name ofthe game is to keep improv-ing," said the Chennai off-spinner.Asked about the way the vis-itors have upped the tempo inthe middle and final overs,Ashwin said the Aussie bats-men had played some highrisk shots and succeeded andit was a challenge for himand others to counter."It is the trend of the series.We have been chasing down

big scores. We have chaseddown 360. The score has pre-dominately been around 300.Any team that has batted firsthas predominately gotaround 300-run mark.

"It's definitely challenging interms of what the batsmen

are doing. They are going fortheir shots. They are playingthe high risk shots, the creditneeds to be given. But as Isaid we keep trying to devisedifferent strategies and seewhat we can do."When questioned about theimpact the ODI rule changeson field restrictions was hav-ing on the bowlers, the off-spinner said his focus was ontrying to find ways to copeup with them as best as hecould."As I have already said, thedemands of the game aresuch that you need to keepevolving as a cricketer. Aslong as the decision is not inmy court, I cannot do any-thing about it. Whateverdecision is being made I willhave to try and cope with it. Iam sure all cricketers are

doing the same thing," hesaid.

LAHLI: Sachin Tendulkarwarmed up for his farewellseries against the WestIndies next month with agritty unbeaten half-centuryto keep Mumbai's chancesalive in their Ranji Trophymatch against a spiritedHaryana on Tuesday.

Featuring in his last RanjiTrophy innings, Tendulkar

played t he lone-r anger as heremained not out on a patient55 at stumps on the thirdday, with Mumbai, set a tar-get of 240, needing another39 runs to win with fourwickets in hand.The 40-time defendingchampions were 201 for sixat close of day, with DhawalKulkarni giving Tendulkar

company on six.Resuming at 224 for nine,Haryana were all bowled outfor 241 earlier in the day.

After that Tendulkar heldcentrestage by showingsigns of regaining his form,much to the delight of the

packed cro wd who had beenawaiting his arrival at thecrease with bated breath.The champion batsman, whowill walk into sunset after

playing his landmark 200thTest against the West Indiesnext month, decorated hisinnings with four hits to the

fence while facing 122 balls.One shot that brought backthe days of yore was thecracker of a cover driveTendulkar produced off

pacer Ashish Hooda, attrac t-ing huge cheers from the

packed cro wd.Chants of 'Sachin, Sachin'was heard almost all daylong and he obliged his fansin this sleepy village byrecording his 115th first-

class fifty.Tendulkar, who was dis-missed for five in the firstinnings, got to his 50 whenhe flicked Joginder Sharmafor two through the vacantsquare leg region, bringingthe crowd to its feet.The 40-year-old Tendulkar

was concentration personi-fied as he looked to bailMumbai out of a difficult sit-uation by bringing into playall his experience.He was far from being hisaggressive best, but on thistricky track at theChaudhary Bansi LalStadium, patience was theorder of the day andTendulkar showed that inabundance.

NEW DELHI: India skipperSardara Singh has been rest-ed for 3rd Asian ChampionsTrophy as Hockey India (HI)today announced a young 18-member squad, to be led bymidfielder Manpreet Singh,for the tournament inKakamigahara, Japan from

November 2-10. Manpree tled India admirably duringthe 3rd Sultan of Johor Cupand guided the junior team tovictory in Ipoh.The upcoming tournamentwill be good preparations forthe Junior World Cup, sched-uled in December and thesquad includes 13 playersfrom the side that won thecolts' title recently.Kothajit Singh has beennamed the vice-captain forthe six-nation tournamentthat involves China, Japan,Malaysia, Oman andPakistan.India will open their cam-

paign against China onNovember 2, followed bymatches against Japan (Nov3), Oman (Nov 5), Pakistan(Nov 7) and Malaysia (Nov8).India, who won the inauguralcompetition, finished therunners-up after losing toPakistan 4-5 in the final in2012.

HI selectors B P Govinda, RP Singh and Arjun Halappa,Roelant Oltmans, DirectorHigh Performance, GreggClark, foreign coach juniormen team and Baljeet SinghSaini, coach junior men teamalongwith governmentObserver Harbinder Singhselected the squad during thetrials conducted at MajorDhyan Chand NationalStadium here on October 9-10. "The Asian ChampionsTrophy gives us an opportu-nity to allow our junior play-ers to showcase their skillsand gain experience in theinternational environment,"HI Secretary General

Narinder Batra said.List of players:

Goalkeepers: SushantTirkey, Harjot Singh;Defenders: Gurjinder Singh,Amit Rohidas, SurenderKumar, Sukhmanjit Singh,Pardeep Mor; Midfielders:Prabhdeep Singh, ManpreetSingh (Capt), Satbir Singh,Harjeet Singh, Imran Khan,Kothajit Singh (Vice-Capt);Forwards: Malak Singh,Mandeep Singh, TalwinderSingh, Akashdeep Singh,Ramandeep Singh.Standbys: Jagdeep Dayal(Goalkeeper), GagandeepSingh (Defender),Jarmanpreet Singh(Defender), Lalit Upadhyay(Midfielder), Affan Yousuf(Forward), Amon MirashTirkey (Forward).

D H A R A M S A L A :Justifying his actions of can-celling the land lease withHPCA, Himachal Pradeshchief minister VirbhadraSingh on Tuesday said thatan ad hoc body has beenformed to run the cricketaffairs in the state and all thematches will be held asscheduled."An ad hoc body has beenformed to control cricket instate and it shall be expandedwith inclusion of cricketersand cricket lovers," Singhsaid, without elaborating fur-ther on the issue.

Speaking at a function, Singhdenied accusations of beingautocratic, saying that HPCAwas given prime land on anominal rental to function asa society and not asCompany."Government has given landat Rs one per year to developcricket to HPCA, which wasa society. Later the HPCAchanged itself to a company,which is not acceptable to us,so we have cancelled thelease. Where is the dictator-ship?" he asked.Singh assured that matchesscheduled in the state will not

be affected by this move."Government is in continu-ous touch with the BCCI onthe subject of cricket matchesin Himachal after the takingover of the properties ofHPCA and we are assuredthat the matches shall go onas usual," he said.The Congress governmenttook over the Dharamsalacricket stadium and all otherHPCA properties in a mid-night drama, hours after statecabinet meeting chaired bySingh decided to cancel thelease deed of the land allottedto HPCA on Saturday night.

JOHANNESBURG: SouthAfrican cricketer DarrynRandall died on Mondayafter being hit on the headwhile batting in a PremierLeague match.Randall, 32, was hit on theside of the head in attemptingto pull a short delivery duringa match between OldSelbornians and Fort HareUniversity, held under theauspices of the BorderCricket Board, at Alice.He collapsed immediatelyand was rushed to the Alice

Hospital where medical staffwas unable to revive him.CSA condoles deathCricket South Africa con-doled the death of Randall,who represented Border infour first-class matches aswell as the various provincialyouth teams.This is a very sad day,indeed, said CSA ChiefExecutive Haroon Lorgat.I would like to conveyCSAs deepest condolenceson behalf of the SouthAfrican cricketing family not

just to his family and fr iendsbut also to all the players,umpires, clubs and every-

body else who was present atthis match. CSA will beoffering counselling to allthose involved, Lorgatadded.Randall had established him-self as a coach of note, run-ning a highly regarded crick-et academy at StirlingPrimary School where he hadonce been a pupil.He is survived by his motherand fiancee.

We are under no pressure, says AshwinTendulkar's half-ton keeps Mumbai hopes alive

Sardara rested, Manpreet to lead Indiaat Asian Hockey Champions Trophy

Darryn Randall dies after being hit by ball

PARIS: Bulgaria's GrigorDimitrov continued his richvein of form on Tuesday ashe marched into the secondround of the Paris Masterswith a three-set win overFrenchman Michael Lodra.The lanky 22-year-old lostthe opening set in a tie-break

before taking control and set-ting up a meeting againstItalian 16th seed FabioFognini with a 6-7 (5/7), 6-3,6-3 victory. The highly tout-ed Dimitrov picked up hisfirst ATP win last weekendwhen he triumphed inStockholm and continues toimpress since taking onLeyton Hewitt's formercoach Roger Rasheed.His win in Sweden was thefirst for a Bulgarian in theOpen era and this result tookhis record for the season onindoor surfaces to 13 wins in16 matches.Lodra meanwhile, who is atwo-time semi-finalist at

Bercy, became the fifthFrenchman to be eliminatedin two days of action.Earlier, Poland's MichalPrzysiezny broke his duckagainst veteran Jarkko

Nieminen by defeating theFinn for the first time in fourmeetings 6-3, 7-6 (8/6).The 29-year-old, who cameinto the week ranked 65 inthe world will now faceAmerican 13th seed JohnIsner for a place in the last-16. There was more badnews for French fans whentwo-time finalist GaelMonfils pulled out of thetournament on the eve of hisfirst round match againstCanadian Davis Cup semi-finalist Vasek Pospisil.Pospisil, who narrowly lostto Roger Federer in lastweekend's Swiss Indoorssemi-finals has climbed to 32in the world and will nowface lucky loser PabloAndujar of Spain.

Dimitrov continues streak

as French woes worsen

Ad hoc body will run cricket administration in HP: CM

NEW DELHI: YukiBhambri advanced to the sin-gles quarterfinals of the ATPChallenger event inTaralgon, Australia after hisopponent Brendon Mooreretired in second set of thefirst round match.Yuki had won the first set 6-2 and was leading the second1-0 when the Australianqualifier conceded the matchafter 42 minutes due to shin

pain in both the legs.The Indian next faces Kiwi

Michael Venus, who defeatedAustralia's Dane Propoggia6-3 6-3 in his first roundmatch. Earlier, Yuki had lostin the doubles first roundwith American partnerMitchell Krueger. They lost4-6 4-6 to local pair ofMaverick Banes and GavinVan Peperzeel. Meanwhile,in the Eckental Challengertournament in Germany, topseeded Indian pair of DivijSharan and Purav Raja madea shock first round exit.

SYDNEY: Controversialumpiring punctuated the lastAshes series but match offi-cials may be under more

pressure in the upcomingTests as they grapple with amuch-changed DecisionReview System (DRS).Tensions involving DRS ranhigh during England's 3-0home win this year, withinterventions from team andInternational Cricket Council(ICC) officials, and even acomplaint from Australia's

prime minister.Australia were incensedwhen the umpire missed aclear edge from Stuart Broadto slip at a key moment in the

first Test, and they had noreviews left to challenge thedecision. And they wereeven more enraged in the

third Test, when the thirdumpire failed to overturn anerroneous decision to giveout Usman Khawaja."That was one of the worstcricket umpiring decisions Ihave ever seen," tweetedKevin Rudd, Australia's

prime minister a t the time.However, the umpires willface a different challenge inAustralia after host broad-caster Channel Nine dumpedthe costly and inconsistentHot Spot infra-red technolo-gy. That means the third

umpire will have to judgereviews based on Eagle Eyethe ball-tracking system,audio from stumps micro-

phones and slow-m otionreplays. The ICC has alsoannounced both teams willhave their reviews topped upto two after 80 overs of a Testinnings, meaning moreumpiring decisions will bechallenged and the thirdumpire will be called onmore often.The third umpire's jobappears straightforward, butit is considered so demandingthat the ICC is giving spe-cialist training in a bid toimprove standards.

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Sports facilities for childrenDear Editor,

The virtual absence of amusement parks forchildren in the state is also coupled by the neg-ligible presence of playing grounds and colony

parks that can provide facilities for outdoorgames for children. These are absent not only inthe smaller towns and villages of the state butalso in Jammu and Srinagar. The only outdoorgame facilities available for youngsters are the

Maulana Azad Stadium in Jammu and BakshiStadium in Srinagar, which actually focus onserious sports activities. The access is thereforelimited to a few children. It is an accepted partof life to find children playing on the streets,making them vulnerable to all the hazards oftraffic and all kinds of pollution, or forcingthem to stay indoors.

At a time when all the luxuries and lifestyles of

the West are being aped, it is important that thegovernment also begins a serious process ofthinking about creating infrastructure for devel-

oping community centres for every locality onthe patterns of the western countries so that

adequate space is provided to children for play-ing and for day to day sporting activities.

JANAK ARORA,

PURANI MANDI, JAMMU.

Increasing road accidentsDear Editor,

For years, people at the helm of affairs haveturned a blind eye to the increasing number of

accidents and practically did nothing to takeaction against the negligent elements within the

administration nor addressed the root cause ofthese tragedies. Majority of road accidents hap-

pen because of poor condition of roads and

overloading of vehicles, especially publicmeans of transport, both of which should not be

permissible by the traffic authorities. T here has

been a phenomenal growth in the number ofsuch tragedies not only because of rash driving,

poorly monitored traffic regulations but also

because there is no physical verification of theroads before deciding bus routes. Moreover, a

highly corruption riddled administrative set uphas only encouraged a system of hafta vasooli

by the traffic cop s who allow such blatant vio-

lation of rules in allowing bus operators tooverload their vehicles, adding to the vulnera-

bility of the unsuspecting masses. This cultureof graft by the traffic cops has also been admit-ted on the floor of the house by a minister of thestate cabinet some years ago, which reflects

that this culture has been public knowledge fora long time. Yet, successive governments have

done precious little to arrest this trend.

ADITI SARAF, TALAB TILLO,JAMMU.

READER SPACE

NOT AGAIN, PLEASE!Stop pointing fingers, find Patna blasts culpritsTrue to form, certain senior Congress and Janata Dal(United) leaders shamelessly rushed to see conspiracies

that could benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party, behind theserial blasts that occurred hours before Mr Narendra Modibegan his speech at the Hunkaar Rally in Patna onSunday. The unsaid part in their rumination was that peo-ple sympathetic to the BJP's cause could have engi-neered the violence to reap political dividend. This mis-chievous speculation was for them more important thanthe fact that innocent people had lost their lives or thatadequate medical aid was not promptly available to thescores of injured who landed in hospitals or that therewas a major lapse in security measures at the site of therally where several lakh people had gathered to hear MrModi. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh wasamong the first to float his old theory, which has one con-stant: Every time there is terror violence in the country,the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or its affiliates mustbe responsible. He did that on many earlier occasions,including on the blasts at Bodh Gaya in Bihar. TheCongress has not found it fit to rebuke him for repeatedlyshooting his mouth off and without waiting for investiga-tions to even begin, let alone complete. It does not matterto the party's high command that its senior leaders not

just jump the gun and create a disharmonious environ-ment but also that the speculation of these leadershave turned out to be far from true. For instance, investi-gating authorities believe that the Bodh Gaya incidentcould be the handiwork of Islamist terror elements.

Similarly, Patna Police has indicated that the IndianMujahideen could be involved in the Sunday blasts inPatna. That these revelations expose the lies of irrespon-sible leaders of the Congress, does not appear to matterfor the party, which is desperate to cash in on any inci-dent, howsoever tragic and inimical to national security, toprop up its sagging electoral fortune. Certain leaders ofthe JD(U), which rules Bihar, too have resorted to thedangerous game, and not just because they want to con-demn the BJP and the rest of the Sangh Parivar. TheJD(U) wants to deflect public attention from itsGovernment's lapses. Thus, we have one of its leaderssay that he finds the timing of the blasts suspicious,although he offers no justification for the remark.Since law and order is a State subject, the JD(U) cannotwash its hands of the incident. From all bipartisanaccounts, crowd control and security measures were poorin Patna where lakhs of people had gathered for the rallythe first by Mr Modi in many years in Bihar. The ChiefMinister had on some pretext absented himself from thecity, and returned only after the gravity of the situation hithome. Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad hasalleged that the district administration went back on keyassurances it had given the organisers when they metofficials in the run-up to the rally. There were few ambu-lances at the site to meet an emergency, no or few bombdisposal squads, and no crowd control measures in place.This is shocking, given that every official of the Stateknew beforehand the scale of the event. Political differ-ences will always be there in a robust democracy such asours, but there is no place for violence.

UNREST IN BANGLADESH

Khaleda Zias pre-poll obstinacy fuels violenceThat Bangladesh's political establishment failed this week-end to end the stalemate over the nature of a caretakerGovernment to oversee the 2014 general election, leadingto a wave of violence across the country, is deeply disap-pointing. The historic once-in-a-decade phone conversa-tion between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and herfiercest rival Khaleda Zia on Saturday had raised hopes insome quarters of a resolution. But they collapsed after theOpposition leader refused to budge from her positioneven as Ms Hasina sought to meet her half-way. Ms Ziaand her Bangladesh Nationalist Party continue to insistthat only an election held under the watch of a caretakerGovernment (as has been the case in Bangladesh since1996) can be free and fair, and that, consequently, theincumbent regime must quit office. Prime Minister Hasinahad initially argued, and rightly so, that such an arrange-ment went against the spirit of democracy. Even theSupreme Court of Bangladesh ruled that a caretaker

Government was unconstitutional. Yet, with the Oppositionshowing no signs relenting it threatened to boycott theelection altogether the incumbent Awami Leagueregime offered to have an all-party caretaker Government.But on Saturday, Ms Zia said that even this was notacceptable. She will not take anything apart from a non-party caretaker Government of the kind that was at helmduring the 1996, 2001 and 2008 general elections. Yet, itis this sort of a caretaker Government that has repeatedlyusurped power in Bangladesh, with the support of the mili-tary, and ruled for years at length. Even the last suchregime that oversaw the 2008 general election, was inpower for two years after Ms Zia's second term as PrimeMinister ended in 2006. Thats not being a caretaker.Nevertheless, an obstinate Ms Zia has refused to see rea-son, dismissing even Ms Hasina's offer for dinner and dia-logue at the Prime Minister's residence. Instead, her partyhas gone ahead with its three-day, nationwide shutdownthat began on Sunday and has already claimed more thanhalf-a-dozen lives, including that of a BNP leader. A simi-lar number also died in violent clashes between Fridayand Saturday, after Ms Zia addressed a 1,00,000-strongrally in Dhaka. The situation is particularly bad inOpposition strongholds where BNP activists have come toblows with security personnel, forcing the latter to fire livebullets. Awami League workers have been targeted andthe pre-poll atmosphere vitiated. In response, the Awami

League-led 14-party ruling alliance has announced that ittoo will hold counter-rallies across the country fromNovember 1 to protest the Oppositions anarchy and vio-lence. Bangladesh is on the boil and unless the two lead-ers can come to an agreement soon, the situation will spi-ral out of control. Incidentally, it is exactly this kind of theviolence and viciousness that had led a caretakerGovernment to take charge in 2006.

EDIT-OPED

ED I TOR I A LEVERYBODY WINS EXCEPT

THE COMMON CITIZENS

Syria's chemical weapons have lost whatev-

er deterrent value they ever had. Israel has

acquired anti-missile defences to shoot

down most Syrian missilesThat prize should have been given to

me, joked Syria's President Bashar al-

Assad shortly after the Organisation for the

Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was

awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October

11. The guests gathered in his palace in

Damascus presumably laughed, out of

courtesy to their host, but they all knew that