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Terror attack in Hiranagar, Samba leaves twelve dead, all terrorists killed
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Twin terror attacks aimed to derail peace talks: Omar
RINAGAR: Condemning the "dastardly" twin terror attacks, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said they are aimed at derailing talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif. "Given our history and given the timing as well as location of the attacks, one thing is obvious that the aim of these terrorists is to derail the proposed dialogue between the Prime Minister of India and Prime Minister of Pakistan," he told reporters here. Omar said the forces inimical to interests of Jammu and Kashmir have always tried to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan and the terror strikes were a step in that direction. "These (attackers) are forces that have always been inimical to 8Contd p2

Shohada brigade close to LeT behind the attack

CM meets family members of martyrs, pays tribute

JAMMU, SEP 26: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met family members of the security personnel killed in today's twin militant attack in Jammu region and shared their grief, besides paying tribute to the martyrs. The Chief Minister visited Hiranagar police station area, where five 8Contd p2

Red alert sounded in Jammu region

JAMMU, SEP 26: After the twin terror attack in which 12 people were killed including an army officer on Thursday, red alert has been sounded in the Jammu region. Security has been beefed up outside different army camps and police headquarters. There is increased checking for all route 8Contd p2

JAMMU, SEP 26: At least twelve people, including a lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army, were killed and four injured in twin terror attacks by a single 'fidayeen' suicide squad in Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu region Thursday morning. An unknown outfit Shohada Brigade, suspected to be Lashkar-e-Taiba's shadow or proxy name, has claimed responsibility for the attack. Sami-ul-Haq , spokesman of Shohada (martyrs) Brigade called up local newspaper offices in Srinagar and told them that three of their boys carried the attacks in Kathua and Samba. Indian Intelligence agencies believe that the Brigade is a nom de guerre of Lashkar-eTaiba, the banned Pakistani terrorist group. The twin attacks came ahead of the September 29 scheduled meet between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister

Nawaz Sharif in the United States. Police sources said a suicide squad after attacking a police station in Kathua district, boarded a truck on the national highway and commandeered the driver to arrive at an Army camp in Samba district. The fidayeen killed five Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel at the Kathua police station before striking the second time at 16 Cavalry in Mesar area of Samba. An Army officer identified as Lt Col Bikramjeet Singh and two soldiers were killed in the attack. The gun battle between the fidayeen and the security forces is still going on. No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Police sources said a group of three to four terrorists barged into the Hiranagar police station of Kathua district, around 60 kilometers from Jammu city, at around 06:45 hours. The gunmen fired at the

police station indiscriminately, killing five cops and then fled away towards the highway."A group of militants had reportedly sneaked into the Indian territory from across the International Border (IB), which is close to Hira Nagar police station," sources said. "The terrorists, after the attack at the Hiranagar police station, probably boarded a truck on the national highway, at gun point. They shot dead the conductor and reached an Army camp in Samba district. Then they shot dead the truck driver too," sources told the TOI. On reaching Samba, about 40 kilometers from Jammu city, they entered the Army Camp at Mesar, lobbed a grenade and fired indiscriminately. "A fierce gun battle ensued between the suicide squad and the troops inside the Army base camp in 8Contd p2

Cancel Manmohan-Nawaz talks demands BJP

BJP calls for Jammu bandh on September 27

EW DELHI: Responding on the terror strikes in Hiranagar and Samba on Thursday in which twelve people were killed including a Lt. Col of the army, Bharatiya Janata Party has vociferously demanded the cancellation of talks between India and Pakistan scheduled on 29th September in New York. "I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on police and security forces in Jammu. The terrorists have attacked 8Contd p2

AMMU: The Stat Unit of BJP has called for Jammu bandh on September 27 in protest against the terrorist attack on Police Station in Hiranagar and also on army camp in Samba. A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting held at Party headquarters under State President Jugal Kishore Sharma, alongwith Leader of Legislative Party Ashok Khajuria, National Executive Member Dr. Nirmal Singh and State General Secretary (Org.) Ashok Kaul. Jugal Kishore Sharma, while condemning the terrorist 8Contd p2

US court issues summons against Manmohan Singh

WASHINGTON, SEP 26: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here on a fourday visit, a Sikh rights group hassecured summons against him from a US court in connection with the alleged human rights violations in the counter-insurgency operations in Punjab in the 1990s. PM Singh arrives here today for a meeting with President Barack Obama.

Omar to chair Unified Headquarters Army foils major infiltration bid along Divisive Congress should be thrown out: Modi LoC, 30 dreaded militants trapped meet to assess fidayeen attacks
military and intelligence officials besides Divisional Commissioner Shant Manu. Mr Abdullah condemned the fidayeen attacks that left four policemen and two civilians dead at Hiranagar in Kathua district and later six army personnel, including secondin-command of 16 Cavalry at Samba, close to the international border. He expressed his condolences to the bereaved families. "On the basis of my observation of such incidents in the last 25 years of the militancy, I would speculate that this was a fresh infiltration as that area is known for infiltration but doesn't have history of habouring militants," Mr Abdullah said, claiming that the militants who launched the twin attacks had reached there in the last 12 or 24 hours. He said that the Unified Headquarters meeting would assess the situation and examine how the militants had reached the two camps and carried out the suicide attack. 8Contd p2 JAMMU, SEP 26: On a day when militants dressed in Army uniforms attacked a police station and then an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Army on Thursday foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Keran sector of Kashmir. According to reports, around 30 militants are believed to be holed up in the area and all efforts are being made to flush them out capture them. The security forces have cordoned off the area in over to avoid collateral damage. Troops engaged in the operation, which began on September 24, have reported sighting of 10 to 12 bodies of militants but confirmation about the deaths can be made only after the operation ends, a top Army official said today. "The anti-insurgency operation was started on September 24 and contacts were established with the infiltrating militants at multiple points," the official said. He said based on the pattern of gunfire exchanged with the militants, their number is believed to be more than 30. "The mopping up operation is in progress and we expect to clear up the area in next two to three hours," he said. The official dismissed reports that helicopters were used to target the militants during the operation. "Choppers were only used to airlift the troops from various locations for the operation and not used in the firefight," he added. Army is also carrying out an anti-infiltration operation in nearby Machhil sector since yesterday. One militant was killed in a foiled infiltration bid in the sector on September 8Contd p2

SRINAGAR, SEP 26: Having deputed Principal Secretary Home Suresh Kumar and Director General of Police Ashok Prasad to the site of the ongoing gunfight in Samba, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he would assess the twin fidayeen attacks and the related security scenario at the Unified Headquarters meeting in Jammu in the next 24 hours. General Officer C om ma nding -in -Ch ie f Northern Command Lt Gen Sanjeev Chachra and GOC of

Nagrota-based 16 Corps, among other senior Army, Police and intelligence officials, would participate in the meeting. At a hurriedly called news conference at his Gupkar Road residence in Srinagar, the Chief Minister said he would be flying to Jammu in the afternoon and that the Unified Headquarters meeting would take place either in the evening on Thursday or on Friday morning. Both the Home Secretary and DGP have reportedly arrived in Jammu and are engaged in an interaction with Army, para-

LeT bomb maker Tunda refuses narco test

NEW DELHI, SEP 26: A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed a police plea for permission to conduct brain mapping test of Abdul Karim Tunda after the arrested top Lashkar-e-Taiba bomb expert refused to give his consent for it citing his old age and health problems. Tunda, who was produced before chief metropolitan magistrate Amit Bansal, told the court that he does not want to undergo brain mapping test. "I am a person of about 72 year of age and I am suffering from various ailments. Recently one pacemaker has also been inserted in me and I am also suffering from high blood pressure. In these circumstances and my medical condition, I do not want that brain mapping test be conducted upon me. "I specifically decline my consent for getting conducted the brain 8Contd p2

Divisiveness is in the DNA of the Congress and it has to be ousted to protect India's integrity, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said Thursday. Addressing a huge rally of over 200,000 people, Modi said: "Divisive nature is in the genes of Congress... If the nation's integrity has to be protected, then we have to understand Congress' DNA. Congress is divisive in its thinking, speech and other aspects." Mahatma Gandhi understood this and wanted the Congress to be disbanded soon after independence, said Modi

who began his speech in Tamil and spoke for about two minutes in it before switching over to a mixture of Hindi and English. "If the nation has to be saved, then it should be freed from Congress, its allies and others supporting them," Modi said in the Tamil Nadu town, some 350 km from Chennai, from a dais designed like the Red Fort. He said it was the Congress that gave "separate status" for Kashmir under the Indian constitution. Referring to the attacks on Gujarati fishermen by Pakistan 8Contd p2

MY INDIA: EAGER TO TALK, EAGER TO GET KILLED

HINDSIGHT
ROHIT SINGH RANA The terror attack in Hiranagar and Samba reflects the attitude of My India, being run and ruled by a bunch of peace hungry doves who will go to any extent to ensure that Indians get killed with no response in kind. Call it Indian leadership at its worst or something else, one thing can never be doubted and that is the commitment of Indian leadership to continue to face terrorists from the position of weakness. It is unheard of in any historical parlance, that a country of 1.25 billion people and aspiring to be a world power is continued to be bullied and harassed in a brazen manner for decades and we sit pretty still and do nothing. To put salt on the wounded pride of the armed forces our Moun mohan Singh is more than eager to talk to his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharief in New York. The blood of twelve people including officers and Jawans of Indian army has been spilled but the unruffled Prime Minister and his team of advisers led by Oxford educated Salman khursheed will not display the temerity to show some spine if left and stand up to the Pakistani mischief. Indian blood is so cheap that it has no value left in the eyes of Indian leaders who are out to broker ever eluding peace with Pakistan at anycost. A new kind of diplomacy been written by India. Talk from from top down where it ought to have been from bottom up. Talking directly with Nawaz Sharief will do nothing to promote peace. Instead an evironment ought to have been built from the lowest level so that some tangible results, if any could have come forth. But that was not to be, yet the Prime minister wants to talk with Nawaz. Two persons, from once united Punjab are eager to script peace with each other. While Nawaz knows his cards well our leadership has always floundered and when crisis time comes, it displays weakness and timidity. We did the same in Kandhahar highjacking , Kaluchack, 26/11 , Parliament attack and now in Samba and Hiranagar attack, the same tentativeness is displayed. Why and what for is the question that every Indian is asking. There will be no answer to it, especially from the government as it is overly busy trying to make New York meeting look like summit talks, which will have a great effect on normalizing relations with India. Today we are looked as a forgetful and forgiving nation, repeating the same mistakes, falling into honey traps of talks and meetings. India will have to remember that Nawaz Sharief is a wily fox who knew everything about Kargil operations, yet posed as if he was for peace with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who went to Lahore with fanfare on bus diplomacy tour. Nawaz famously boasted about Pakistans nuclear blasts saying Pakistan ne Bharat ke sath hisab chugta kar liya hai. What will it be called, calumny or treason, while Indian blood was dripping in Hiranagar and Samba, Indian diplomacy was busying itself with finalizing arrangements for the New York summit. There is a strange and astonishing unfolding of events taking place. Sustained firing in Poonch and Rajouri is followed by thirty militants sneaking into Kashmir and then Samba attack takes place. There is pattern in the terror incursions. Hectic preparations are being made in Pakistani terror camps to push in battle hardened Al Badr militants into India with a tacit Pakistani support. Bleed India through thousand cuts, yet India shows peace pipe to Pakistan. Our soldiers are killed, beheaded and then they sneak in to attack a highly sensitive army camp in Samba after killing Police personal in Hiranagar is reflective of our chicken heartedness. The terrorists have sent their message. Indians cannot do anything, we will attack where we like and nobody can stop us. While as the whole nation and its top leadership should have rejected the terror option of Pakistani misadventure on one side, it should have in one voice conveyd to Islamabad that enough is enough and we will not tolerate it any more. Surgical strikes on Pakistani terror camps are accepted even by UN but will India act now is a riddle. Seems unlikely, because we have reduced our national pride to such a low level that even the small island of Maldiiv stares us in the face, not to talk of Pakistan.

MR BEIG WHEN HAD POLITICIANS CREDIBILITY?

It sounds funny from the mouth of one of the most incisive lawyer turned politicians, Muzaffar Hussain Beig saying that the allegations leveled by the former army chief, Gen V K Singh have dented the credibility of the politicians in Kashmir. His statement raises some queries and the most common one is when had the politicians attained credibility. Kashmir is a hazy region and turned murkier by politicians of many hues. Kashmir centric ones, mainstream Kashmir types, fringe politicians and then the separatists, all add to the shrill cacophony of so called Kashmir politics. In this mix of soup where will one find a semblance of credibility? If anybody speaks truth in Kashmir or talks sense, he is dubbed agent of India. Usually all politicians have either been dubbed agents of India or intelligence agencies or even agents of foreign countries There are some politicians who wish to be seen on both sides of the fence. Hunt with the hound and run with the hare is their Mantra for political survival. Beig, one of the ideologues of PDP and great votary of Self Rule will not be able to explain how NCs autonomy or return to pre-1953 position is so different from PDPs Self Rule. Yet a new slogan comes handy to catch the weird fancy of the common Kashmiri. Credibility comes from speaking the truth and talking plain common sense. It comes from championing the cause of diversity and pluralism in simple words. Unfortunately, nobody has done so in Kashmir. Bully India, extract as much pound of flesh from Indian tax payer's money and yet deride the country. Credibility in such circumstances becomes the first causality Mr. Beig. RANASAHIB

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including a Lieutenant Colonel. Prime Minister Singh and Sharif are scheduled to meet on Sunday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York. Omar said there will be political pressure on the Prime Minister not to move ahead in the dialogue process with Pakistan but any such move will mean a victory for the perpetrators of the attacks in Kathua and Samba. "Clearly there will be political pressure brought to bear on the Prime Minister to resist any further movement in the dialogue process. Obviously, it is for the Prime Minister and his advisors to decide how to proceed further in this matter. "As far as we in this state are concerned, we have always been committed to a peaceful resolution of all problems that have existed in this state and we hope that it is the course that is followed," he said. The chief minister said it will be an injustice to those brave soldiers and civilians who laid down their lives if the dialogue process is stalled due to the strikes. "They did not lay down their lives to allow the terrorists to succeed in their designs. They laid down their lives for peace," he said. The chief minister said Pakistan needs to be told in clear terms that it cannot be business as usual if such attacks continue. "But we need to convey this message sitting face-to-face with them," he said. a police station in Jammu region and commandeered a truck which they drove into an Army camp. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said 12 people were killed in the twin attack. Meanwhile BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cancel his talks with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, saying there should not be any "dialogue over dead bodies" following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in which 12 people have been killed. "No dialogue over dead bodies. Pl cancel your meeting with Nawaz Sharif," the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader tweeted. Terrorists from Pakistan carried out brazen attacks in Jammu region Thursday morning. They first attacked a police station and then commandeered a truck which they drove into an army camp where soldiers took them on. But resisting the BJP call to cancel the talks, Manmohan Singh said "such attacks will not deter us and will not succeed in derailing our efforts to find a resolution to all problems through a process of dialogue". part of the UPA to expose Pakistan at International level and get it declared a terrorist state has encouraged it, which is indeed very unfortunate. He said that holding talks for the sake of talks only are not going to yield any positive results and the prime duty of our Union government should be to exert pressure on Pakistan to dismantle terrorist camps from its soil. Chander Prakash Ganga, Vibodh Gupta, Bali Bhagat, MLA Sukhnandan Kumar, Rajiv Jasrotia, Parmodh Kapahi, Mamta Singh, Munish Sharma, Gulam Ali Khatana, Chander Mohan Gupta, Sanjiv Sharma, Balbir Ram, Pt. Ashok Kumar Khajuria, Aseem Gupta, Rajinder Sharma, Naresh Dogra, Rajesh Gupta, Subash Jandial, Sanjay Khanna, Baldev Singh, Surinder Bhagat, P.C. Bhagat, Vijay Choudhary, N.D. Rajwal, Ravinder Gupta, Rajinder Chib, Dinesh Gupta, Balwan Singh, Jaideep Sharma attended the meeting. Earlier, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Ashok Khajuria, Dr. Nirmal Singh, Chander Prakash Ganga, Rajiv Jasrotia, Sanjiv Sharma, Kashmira Singh and other leaders visited Hiranagar and Samba for an on the spot exact assessment of the situation. They interacted with the local people, visited the family of Shopkeeper Suresh Kumar at Hirangar to express sympathies with the bereaved family and also took part in the last rites of Constable Pardeep Singh at Birpur.

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mapping test upon me. I understand the meaning and consequences of this," Tunda told the court. The special cell of Delhi Police had on Wednesday moved an application for court's permission to conduct Tunda's brain mapping test in a bid to unearth the terrorist network of his associates in India and Pakistan. During the arguments on the application, advocate MS Khan, who appeared for Tunda, told the court that an accused cannot be compelled to undergo such a test. He also cited a 2010 judgement passed by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court saying such tests cannot be conducted on the accused in the absence of his consent. Public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan too referred to the same judgement of the apex court saying certain guidelines were framed by the bench in this regard. The court, however, declined the police plea citing Tunda's old age, his health condition and his refusal to give his consent. The police in its plea had said that the test would help them in probing "grand conspiracies" being hatched by "forces inimical to the security and sovereignty of the nation".

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Terror attack ...
which an Army officer (Lt Col) and two jawans were killed and four soldiers got injured," a defence spokesman said. He added that the encounter was still on inside the camp. "The area has been cordoned off while the traffic on Jammu-Pathankot national highway has been suspended due to the ongoing gun battle," the spokesman said. The toll may rise as some of the injured people are critical. In a similar attack on May 11, 2008 militants killed four people including a photojournalist in KailiMandi area of Samba district. On May 14, 2002, fidyayeen killed at least 32 persons, most of them members of families of Army personnel, and injured over 60 at Kaluchak in one of the worst-ever terror attacks in Jammu & Kashmir. Condemning the attacks, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah extended his condolences to the families of those killed. He said the terror attacks were aimed to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan. Terrorists came from across the border, Shinde says The four terrorists who unleashed a fidayeen attack in Samba area of Jammu region, had infiltrated from across Pakistan early on Thursday morning, Union home minister SushilkumarShinde has said. Citing preliminary reports, Shinde revealed that the terrorists crossed over from Pakistan in the early hours and launched the attack - first on a police station and then on an army camp. "As per preliminary information, the four terrorists came from across the border," he told reporters here. The attack is being seen as an attempt by the anti-India forces in Pakistan to derail the peace process with New Delhi ahead of a meeting between Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif in New York. Endorsing this view, minister of state for home R P N Singh on Thursday said the Samba attack was an attempt to vitiate the atmosphere ahead of Indo-Pak talks. "Whenever talks are about to take place, such attacks take place," he said. Singh's observation came even as the BJP demanded cancellation of the Manmohan-Sharif meet in view of the Samba skirmish that has left 12, including 2 civilians, dead. However, the MoS disagreed with the BJP's demand, arguing how the NDA government had talked to the then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf even after the Kargil war. Meanwhile, Union home secretary Anil Goswami said that the encounter between the terrorists and the security forces was still going on in Samba. Goswami said the initial reports with

the Union home ministry said a group of 3 to 4 terrorists struck at a police station in Hiranagar and then attacked an army camp near Samba district headquarters. "The encounter is still going on. We waiting for the detailed report," he said. PM condemns terror attacks, vows to defeat terrorism Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday strongly condemned the "provocative" terror strikes in Jammu region by the "enemies of peace", but said such attacks will not succeed in derailing efforts to resolve all problems through a process of dialogue. Singh, who will be meeting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New York on Sunday for talks, said: "the terrorist menace" continues to receive "encouragement and reinforcement" from Pakistan and India is firmly resolved to combat and defeat such forces. "This is one more in a series of provocations and barbaric actions by the enemies of peace," Singh said in a statement here en route to the US. "Such attacks will not deter us and will not succeed in derailing our efforts to find a resolution to all problems through a process of dialogue," he said, indicating that the talks with Sharif will go ahead as per schedule. "No words are strong enough to condemn the heinous terrorist attack on Hira Nagar police station and Army camp at Sambha in Jammu and Kashmir this morning," Singh said. "I convey my heartfelt condolences to the families of the brave army and police officers as well as the innocent civilian martyred in this cowardly attack," he added. At the meeting on September 29, the Indian side will see what the new Pakistan Prime Minister, who has made "some nice statements" about the relationship, has to offer to address its concerns over ceasefire violations on the Line of Control and International Border, continued terrorism and inaction against the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attack. Bilateral relations soured after five Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control last month. India has also been urging Islamabad to take steps to stop terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil and to prosecute those responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

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attack said that it is total failure on part of the UPA government which has adopted soft approach towards Pakistan during the last 9 years. He said that the State's NC-Congress coalition too is equally responsible as the state Chief Minister himself has been demanding revocation of AFSPA and withdrawal of army. The government functionaries have been encouraging such elements who have been levelling flimsy charges against VDCs and demanding to disband them. He appealed the Bar Association, business, trade, industry, educational and transport organizations to extent their full support to make the bandh successful so that a clear message goes to the government that people are not going to tolerate the approach of the Union government towards terrorism. Ashok Khajuria, on this occasion aid that the nationalist people should get united to make it loud and clear that the continuation of peace talks with Pakistan has prove to be a futile exercise and it should be made clear to Pakistan that enough is enough. He said that and the PM and CM should read writing on the wall, understand their constitutional duty to protect people and the territories. He also appealed for cooperation from all the organizations for bandh call. He expressed hope that the good sense will prevail on the UPA and the state government and they both will shed their soft approach towards Pakistan. Dr. Nirmal Singh, while speaking in the meeting, said that whatever has happened in Hiranagar and Samba is the latest episode of the decades long continuous proxy war waged by Pakistan against India. He said that the failure on

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and Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lanka, he said a weak United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre should be defeated. The rally was held a day after the BJP showed a united face in Bhopal where Modi, L.K.Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh and others addressed a huge gathering. BJP general secretary Muralidhar Rao said even small neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives do not listen to India. "This is the failure of the UPA government. The government considers BJP as its enemy. Instead why not consider Pakistan and China as the nation's enemy?" he asked. According to Rao, the Modi wave is sweeping not only Gujarat but also in other parts of the country. Police rounded up around 100 people protesting against Modi.

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It would be examined how such possible strikes in future could be pre-empted and failed to prevent loss of life. Mr Abdullah said the timing of the twin attacks was significant as these had come just 24 hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement about his proposed first meeting with the Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharief at New York. "Clearly, it is an attempt aimed at derailing the ongoing peace process. Obviously, certain political parties could try to mount pressure on the Prime Minister to change his decision of meeting with the Pakistani Prime Minister", Mr Abdullah said. The Chief Minister said Thursday's attacks were also "an attempt of the forces inimical to peace to keep the turmoil alive in Jammu and Kashmir".

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India almost at will," Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh said in a tweet. "The PM is in a hurry to start dialogue with Pakistan. There should be no talks with Pakistan unless there is a conducive environment," he said. A meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif is likely September 29 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Senior party leaders M Venkaiah Naidu and Yashwant Sinha also spoke on similar lines. "The BJP feels Prime Minister should give up his proposed meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister to convey to Pakistan and also the international community that terror and talks cannot go together," Naidu told TV channels. Yashwant Sinha called the Pakistani government "crippled". "Some people say this has happened because the terrorists want to derail talks. My point is who these terrorists are and who are behind these terrorists? These attacks always happen with the backing of the Pakistan Army," Sinha told. "What is the point in talking to a government which is so crippled? Therefore, I say call off the bilateral talks." Militants on Thursday morning attacked

CM MEETS ...
persons, including four policemen, were killed by militants, and laid wreaths on the bodies of martyrs. Omar met family members of the deceased who had arrived at the police lines, and conveyed his sympathy. Condemning the twin attack and terming them as cowardly and inhuman acts, Omar described the sacrifices of security personnel as the highest degree of commitment towards the country, symbolising bravery and patriotism.

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23. The infiltration bid coincides with the audacious terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and three days ahead of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's meeting with his Pakistani counterpart in the US. Dr Manmohan Singh has called it "one more attack and barbarism by enemies of peace" and made it clear that his plans remain unchanged. "We will not allow it to derail our attempts to find resolution through the dialogue process," he said in a statement.

Twin terror ...

the interests of Jammu and Kashmir ...that have always tried to derail any peace process that is sought to be initiated. They have sought to keep the turmoil in the state on. This is another step in that direction," he said. Terrorists in army fatigues this morning stormed a police station and an army camp in Jammu region killing eight people

RED ALERT ..
buses and additional check-posts have been raised in the Jammu region. At Jammu-Tawi Railway Station, General Bust Stand and Jammu airport security has been heightened.

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STATE

One day convention of National Trade Union Front

Rather, Sham assure sympathetic consideration to employee's demands

SRINAGAR, SEPT 26: Maintaining that Government is well abreast with the problems of the employees and workers, Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather on Thursday said every possible effort is being made to redress their grievances with a positive frame of mind despite limited revenue resources. Speaking at the one-day convention of J&K National Trade Union Front here today, the Finance Minister said that removing hardships of its employees is the prime responsibility of the Government adding that mutual trust, goodwill and coordination between employees and the Government was pivotal for running the system smoothly. He said there is no case where Government has shown rigidity towards redressing grievances of the employees, adding that "it was our Govt in 1999 that implemented recommendations of 5th Pay Commission in the State and again it implemented 6th Pay Commission recommendations in 2009 despite limited revenue resources, though it

3 Mir for developing Mantalai as major tourist destination

UDHAMPUR, SEPT-26:For suggesting measures for preservation and upgrading infrastructural facilities at Mantalai in district Udhampur so as to develop it as popular tourist destination, Minister for Tourism, Mr. G. A Mir who is also the chairman of Consultative Committee for Tourism convened a meeting with members of Consultative Committee at Patnitop here on Thursday. MLA, Chenani, Krishan Bhagat, MLA, Bashir Ahmed Shah Veeri, MLCs, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Rani Garg Blowria and Ravinder Kumar Sharma, Commissioner Tourism, Atal Duloo, Managing Director JKTDC, Director Tourism , Jammu, Soujayna Sharma, Chief Executive Officer PDA, Dr. Raman Kesar, Representative of M/S Jones Lang La Salla Property Consultant were present in the meeting. Responding to the suggestions given by the members of the Consultative Committee for the preserva-

was a most difficult decision. He said that Government has met most of the demands of the employees including lowering qualifying age for getting full pensionary benefits from 33 years to 28 years, conversion of COLA into DA in PSUs which is an unprecedented decision. He said rates of Daily Rated Workers are being enhanced periodically. Responding to the demands of the employees and workers, Mr. Rather said Government would sympathetically consider regularization of left over Daily Rated Workers engaged prior to 1994, provided they qualify the requisite norms. He said demand

regarding enhancement of age limit from 58 years to 60 years has not been rejected, but this issue needs wider consultation with various stake holders in the State. Maintaining that the Government do not want to put curbs on trade union activities, Mr. Rather said that they should not adopt the confrontational approach to seek solution to their problems. He said Government is open to address employees and workers all genuine demands in phased manner within the available resources. He said Government's approach is very positive and employees should understand compul-

sions of the Government. Addressing the gathering, Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Mr. Sham Lal Sharma said Government was serious to address the issues of the employees and daily rated workers adding that all the available resources are being mobilized in this regard. He sought full cooperation of the trade union leaders and employees in addressing their burning issues. Regarding the regularization of leftover daily rated workers engaged after 1994 in PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, the Minister said that the complete information has been gathered in this regard.

tion of property of Late Dhirendra Brahamchari Ashram at Mantalai, the Minister said that Mantalai is suitable for providing major growth impetus for tourism promotion. For the propose, Mir gave directions for preparing detail project report for the renovation of existing infrastructure at Mantalai. He asked the Director Tourism to prepare short term plan for providing basic facilities to the pilgrims and promoting adventure tourism. The Minster directed to make for documenta-

tion regarding the history and life of Late Dhirendra Brahmchari so that it can be available for next generation for references and record. He asserted on making every effort to preserve the photographs available about the Ashram with modern techniques. Responding to the demand of the MLA Chenani, Mir instructed on preapring DPR for the construction of Benisung Karva-Mantalai road for the hortest connectivity to the tourist destination of Mantalai from Tehsil

Chenani. Later, the Minister alongwith members of Consultative Committee visited Mantalai for on spot assessment of property of Late Dhirendra Brahamchari Ashram and took stock of the current status of the land and infrastructure available with the concerned department for developing tourist spot. Earlier, Director Tourism, Soujanya gave power point presentation prepared by State level Project Management Agency for exploration and the development of Mantalai.

Ramzan asks SRTC to increase Rs 10 lakh to be given to revenue, announces 20% DA Panchayats annually: Sagar
SRTC workers Union calls on Minister

KVIB Bhalla inaugurates upgraded Apple Juice conConcentrate Plant at Doabgah Sopore Exhibition cludes at Katra
Initiative aims to benefit fruit growers in a big way
SRINAGAR, SEPT 26: Minister for Horticulture Mr. Raman Bhalla on Thursday inaugurated upgraded and modernized Apple Juice Concentrate Plant of JKHPMC at Doabgah Sopore. The up-gradation and modernization of its various units has turned the 10,000 MT capacity apple juice concentrate plant from manual mode to fully automatic and has thus multiplied its capacity manifold to cater to the requirements of apple growing farmers. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Bhalla said that Government has initiated various measures to rejuvenate and upgrade the postharvest horticulture sector besides development of hygienic and modern infrastructure according to the needs in this industry. He said fruit industry has great significance in the State economy and large sections of people are associated with this industry and government is working hard to uplift and boost the sector to improve financial conditions of people. Mr. Bhalla emphasized upon KATRA, SEPT 26: The three day J&K KVIB exhibition cum sale of Khadi Village and Industries concluded here at Katra. This programme was organised under the PMEGP to boost artisans under PMEGP and also to make general public aware about the activities of the KVIB. On this occasion, Director KVIC Baldari Singh, Deputy Chief Executive Officer KVIB Muzaffar Nase, District Officer KVIB K.L . Koul and members of Hotel association katra were present. The general public and Hotel association Katra lauded the efforts of KVIB for organising the event. On this occasion, Director KVIC said that this event was organised for first line entrepreneurs to overcome the risk of enterprise and unemployment and the department will hold more such programmes in near future throughout the district. SRINAGAR, SEPT 26: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar on Thursday said that the government would be providing funds to each Panchayat additionally for undertaking developmental activities in their respective areas. The Minister was interacting with the deputation of Panches and Sarpanches from Banihal area led by Mr. Sajjad Shaheen. Mr. Sagar said that the Chief Minister has already taken up the issue of providing an additional amount of Rs. 10 lakh each and every Panchayat for developmental works with the Union Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. He said that the same would ensure accelerated development of different Panchayats in the state. The Minister further informed the deputation that government has already constituted a grievance redressal cell within the department which would provide the much needed feedback about the implementation of various centrally sponsored schemes and also redress the complaints if any. Mr. Sagar further maintained that necessary instructions have been passed to the officers to involve Panches and Sarpanches in the implementation of various schemes and appropriate action would be initiated against the officials showing laxity in this regard. The deputation while appreciating the recent step of the government of providing honorarium to the Panchayati Raj Representatives said that it was due to the tireless efforts of the government that MGNREGA and other schemes have registered a phenomenal increase in implementation which has resulted in the improvement of socio-economic profile of people living in rural and farflung areas.

the JKHPMC management to put in additional efforts to give new flip to the Corporation. The Minister underscored the need to revive and strengthen postharvest horticulture facilities of JKHPMC set up earlier in the shape of Walnut Hulling and Drying Centers. Apple Grading, Packing, Sorting and Cold Storage facilities across the valley in a phased manner to meet the urgent demands of Apple Growing Orchardists in preserving

their fruit by using latest grading, packing and cold storage facilities during peak season of their harvesting at a marginal cost. Mr. Bhalla said to create modern processing infrastructure was the need of the hour and such activities will be continued as per the government policy. He stressed upon the JKHPMC management to maintain cleanliness in the plant and keep hygienic atmosphere during the processing system.

SRINAGAR, SEPT 26: Minister for CAPD and Transport Ch Mohammad Ramzan on Thursday called SRTC employees to work towards increasing the revenue of the corporation which has seen an improvement in its annual earnings from 36 cr in 2009-10 to Rs 90 cr during 2012-13. Speaking to a delegation of SRTC employees who called on the Minister here to present their charter of demands for his consideration, Ch Ramzan said that active work culture among the employees will bring vibrancy in the corporation and ensure higher revenue earnings, thereby, directly benefitting the corporation employees by way of meeting expenses out of own resources of the Corporation. Responding to various demands put forth by the SRTC workers Union

including release of DA in favour of the SRTC employees, the Minister announced release of 20% DA in favour of the employees out of own resources of the corporation besides assuring revision in the rates of Trip money for the benefit of the employees. On the issue of gratuity to employees and regularization of consolidated drivers who have completed the prescribed period, the Minister said the matter will be taken up and decided in the next board meeting. He also assured the delegation that, he will take up the matter of enhancement in the budgetary support and Plan fund for SRTC with the Planning and Finance Departments. He said the process of up-gradation of SRTC workshops and depots has already been taken up and it will be further expedited.

DLRC meet convened

Shiv Khori being developed as major pilgrim destination: Div Com

RANSOO, (SHIV KHORI) SEPT 26: Divisional commissioner Jammu, Shantmanu, who is also the Chairman of Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board (SSKSB), on Thursday said that the historic cave shrine of Lord Shiva nested in Shivalik hills in Reasi district would be developed as a major pilgrim tourism destination by creating adequate infrastructure for the visiting pilgrims. "The revered place is fast emerging as second largest pilgrim tourist destination after Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine and government was keen to create dependable facilities for the increasing number of the pilgrims reaching here every year", Div Com said here at Ransoo, the base camp of Shiv Khori Shrine , where he inspected the ongoing developmental works. District Development Commissioner, Reasi, Dr Government for further approval. The Div Com was also informed that the number of pilgrims visiting the shrine is increasing day by day and over 126618 pilgrims have paid obeisance this month and 1396593 have visited cave shrine since January 1 to till date. Later a deputation of people including sarpanchs and panchs of Ransoo also called on Div Com and projected their issue and problems. Div Com assured them that their grievances would be addressed at an earliest. He also issued on spot instructions to the officers to find early solution to the problems of the people. On the occasion, district and sectoral officers from health, PWD, PDD, PHE, Tourism, animal husbandry, RDD and Revenue departments were present.

ADDC reviews performance of banks upto June

Economic base of Municipal committees be strengthened: Jora

Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and other senior functionaries also accompanied the Divisional Commissioner. The Div Com sought details about the ongoing works and the work plan which includes widening of Ransoo bazar, construction of pony stand at cave shrine, alternate road from Bus stand to main market, facilities for pilgrims, development of

park, etc. Vice Chairman SSKSB, Rajinder Singh Tara (ADC Reasi) apprised Div Com that the work on pony stand, residential quarters is under construction, while the work on 500 mts track up to cave from Helipad is nearing completion. He further informed that the Draft Master plan of Ransoo town is already prepared and submitted to

Harsh inaugurates motorable bridge over Haripur nallah

UDHAMPUR, SEPT 26:Former Minister and MLA Ramnagar, Harsh Dev Singh on Thursday inaugurated a motorable bridge over Haripur Nallah in Tehsil Majalta of Udhampur District. Constructed at a cost of Rs. 65.00 Laces the bridge has been completed in a record time by the R&B Department and would benefit over 10000 people of the adjoining villages which include Kheetel, Dangu, Jansal, Jagwal, Haripur and Thial. On the occasion, Harsh Dev Singh issued instructions to the officers of PWD Department to ensure black topping of Kheetel-Jansal Road within three months. During his visit of the Majalta Area he inspected number of road links being constructed under PMGSY which mainly include Larey to Sumal road, Majalta-Chatrari road, PueniTajoor road, Swalta road and Channi-Padey road. On the occasion, he announced three hand pumps for village Dadao, upper Jansal and lower Jansal and Rs. 2.50 Lacs for the construction of Tractor Road at ST Basti from Jansal to Janakha. While inspecting school buildings being constructed under SSA, the MLA instructed the officers of the Education Department for their time bound completion. MLA visited the Mansar Bazar and instructed the concerned officers of PWD to black top the surrounding road of the Bazar immediately so that locals in general and tourists in particulars may not face any inconvenience. He also asked the officers of Rural Development Department to take up different works under MGNREGA and ensure their completion at the earliest. Harsh Dev Singh condemned the attack of militants at Hiranagar and Samba where innocent civilians, army and police officials sacrificed their precious lives. Singh said such acts of antinational elements would not succeed in derailing the efforts to find a resolution to all problems through a process of dialogue.

JAMMU, SEPT 26- A meeting of District Level Review Committee/District Consultative Committee (DLRC/DCC) of Jammu district was convened by the Lead District Manager, State Bank of India, Jammu here today under the chairpersonship of Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Jammu, Sushma Chauhan here today to review the performance of banks in regard to achievement under Annual Credit Plan of 2013-14 and also to review the position of deposits, advances and CD Ratio. R. L. Lochan, Lead District Manager informed that the deposits of the district were Rs.19,976 crores and Advance Rs.6,403 crores as on July 30, 2013 compared to Rs. 19,900 Crores deposits and Rs. 6,285 Crores advance as on March ending 2013. The C.D. Ratio of the district is 32.05 per cent, he added. He further informed that under ACP-2013-14, the achievement of banks of Jammu district at the end of first quarter, June, 2013 was Rs. 746 Crores as against the

annual target of Rs. 4519 Crores, achieving 17 percent. The achievement under ACP 2013-14 in Priority Sector was 11 percent and in Non Priority Sector 24 percent. LDM stressed on all the Banks to achieve the Annual Targets allotted to the Banks which will improve the CD Ratio in the district. Regarding KCCs achievements, 62,500 applications were sponsored by the Agriculture Department to Banks, out of which 46,400 cards were issued covering 73 percent sponsored cases. Ms. Chauhan emphasized for achieving cent percent coverage of KCC by the banks in coordination with agriculture department, and instructed the Chief Agriculture Officer, Revenue authorities and Banks to dispose off pending cases as early as possible. She instructed District Social Welfare Officer to arrange for opening of remaining accounts of beneficiaries under various schemes for implementation of EBT / DBT in co ordination with Lead District Manager and participating Banks.

PULWAMA, SEPT 26Minister for Urban Development and Local Bodies Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora on Thursay chaired a high level meeting at Pulwama to review the performance of 5 Municipal committees of the District and status of various ongoing development works. Giving brief resume of the achievements, the DDC Pulwama Mr. Manzoor Ahmad Lone said that out of Rs 20.27 Crore, an amount of Rs 11.92 Crore has been expended for various development schemes in the 5 munic-

ipalities of the District ending August 2013. Mr. Jora stressed the need for raising revenue of the municipal committees to strengthen their economic base. He also directed for providing timely building permissions to the public besides stressing on sanitation in the town. Director Local Bodies Mr. Shafat Noor Barlas gave detailed presentation on the performance of the municipalities. Joint Director Planning and other officers of the Urban Development and Local Bodies were also present in the meeting.

Gurezi visits remote areas of Gurez, asks for expediting pace of developmental works
GUREZ, SEPT 26: Minister of State for PHE Irrigation and Flood Control Mr. Nazir Ahmad Gurezi on Thursday visited various inaccessible areas of Gurez including Kanzalwan and took stock of problems and developmental needs highlighted by the local public. During his tour several deputations called on the Minister and apprised him about their individual and collective problems which included development Kanzalwan village as a model village, laying of tiles in lanes, construction of protections bunds and drains, up gradation of school buildings, construction of playing fields and opening of animal and Sheep Husbandry Centers in Gurez area. The Minister gave them patient hearing and assured them that their genuine demands will be looked into and will be addressed in a phased manner. Later on, the Minister attended a Public Darbar at Dawar in which hundreds of people included Panches and Sarpanches of Tulail areas participated and projected their demands.

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SPORTS

India thrash Korea 6-1, virtually seal spot in Johor Cup final
JOHOR BAHRU: India thrashed Korea 6-1 in their penultimate round-robin match to virtually seal their place in the final of the Sultan of Johor Cup Under21 hockey tournament in Johor Bahru on Thursday. The Indian colts scored three goal each in either half at the Taman Daya Hockey stadium to continue their unbeaten run in the six-nation tournament. It was Indias fourth win on the trot in the tournament, having defeated England (21), Argentina (3-2) and Pakistan (4-0) in their previous matches. For India, Amit Rohidas (7th minute), Satbir Singh (9th), Talwinder Singh (31st) netted three goals in the first half, while Amon Mirash Tikey (57th), Ramadeep Singh (62nd) and vice-captain Affan Yusof (65th) score sion that Korean goalkeeper Lee Se Young had no answer. India doubled their lead two minutes later through a field goal from Satbir after he was set up by Harjeet Singh. Talwinder made it 3-0 for the Indians four minutes from half time through another field strike. The Koreans, however, managed to pull one back three minutes later when You Seung Ju scored from a penalty corner. India slowed down the pace after the lemon break and conceded a few penalty corners but the Koreans failed to utilise the scoring chances. After a slow start to the second half, India gradually took control of the proceedings and scored three more field goals to run away with the match. Amon Mirash Tikey scored Indias fourth goal in the 57th minute before Ramandeep scored his fifth goal in the tournament five minutes later. Yusof completed the rout for Korea five minutes from the hooter. Indias chief coach Gregg Clark was full of praise for his wards after their sterling performance. It was a good performance and this surely gives me a welcome headache as we have several more players back in India that are fighting for a place in the final 18 to the Junior World Cup, Clark said. We are playing well and credit to the boys who are executing our tactics and plans well on the pitch. As a coach this is something we look towards hence the performance in the last two matches has been on the rise, he added.

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Promising all-rounder Parveez Rasool impressed with a five-wicket haul but West Indies 'A' held the edge as they made inroads into the India 'A' batting line-up after being all out for 429 in the first unofficial Test here today. At stumps on the second day of the match, India 'A' were in a spot of bother at 124 for three, with skipper Chesteshwar Pujara back in the pavilion. The hosts were trailing the Kirk Edwards-led side by 305 runs with seven wickets in hand. Manpreet Juneja was unbeaten on 47 off 77 balls while Harshad Khadiwale was batting on five. Opener Lokesh Rahul made 46 off 100 balls at the Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground. Earlier, Jammu and Kahsmir cricketer Rasool emerged as star of the day by taking five wickets for 116 runs in 45 overs. While the rest of the bowlers struggled to get rid of the West Indies tail-enders, the 24-year-old off-spinner always seemed to

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World junior chess: Gujrathi, Young Indian wrestlers performSethuraman poised for medal ance good in World Championship K O C A E L I
NEW DELHI: The stellar performances of young Indian wrestlers in the World Championships has once again added to the country's growing reputation in sport in the international arena. What, perhaps, has been most satisfying is that Indias second line of grapplers, too, has toed the line of their feted seniors and given hope of swelling the medal tally in the forthcoming major events, particularly in Rio in 2016. A proud Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), in a felicitation ceremony on Wednesday, lavished praise on the medal winning young crop whose performance gave India a sixth place in freestyle competition at the World Championships and a direct qualification to the World Cup. Earlier before entering the competition, we used to search the draw to check where wrestlers from countries like Iran, Bulgaria, Russia, USA are placed. Today it is the other countries which look for Indian wrestlers in the draw, Raj Singh, WFI secretary-general, said. The podium finishes has not only boosted the confidence of wrestlers for next years Commonwealth Games and Asian Games but also stoked the hunger among their fellow grapplers to produce medal-winning performances at international tournaments. Whenever we enter a tournament, the target is always to win gold. The wrestler I lost to in the final, I had beaten him in the Olympics. So I was disappointed. Now our focus is to win medals in Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, said Amit Kumar, who won silver medal in 55 kgs in the World Championships. Bajrang, who won bronze medal in 60 kg category, attributed his success to the preparation before the tournament. The foundations was laid by Sushil (Kumar) bhai and Yogeshwar (Dutt) bhai and with their help we too are able to win medals, said Bajrang. But, the most significant victory has been that of Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, who despite a series of demoralising injuries, went on to win bronze in the Greco-Roman category, which was a first for India at this level. (TURKEY): I n d i a n Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and SP Sethuraman are in medal contention after defeating Jorge Cori of Peru and Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus respectively in the 12th and penultimate round of the world junior chess championship here. The victories took Gujrathi and Sethuraman to nine points out of a possible 12 and at least one of them looks poised to win a medal. Yu Yangyi of China almost assured himself of the gold by beating Samvel TerSahakyan of Armenia. The Chinese top seed took his

be on the lookout for wickets. Resuming at 264 for five, the last five West Indian batsmen frustrated the Indian bowlers by contributing a commendable 192 runs. West Indies 'A' lost their overnight batsman Chadwick Walton in the fourth over of the day. Walton could only add eight runs to his overnight unbeaten 27 before being trapped leg before by pacer Ishwar Pandey. Assad Fadudin (not out 86) and Nikita Miller (49) then thwarted the Indian bowlers, putting on a crucial 88-run partnership for the seventh

wicket. Miller was unfortunately run out by the PujaraRohit Motwani combo. His innings came off 86 balls and was studded with five boundaries. West Indies lost another wicket in the form of Veerasammy Permaul (11), but not before crafting a 42run stand for the eighth wicket with Fadudin. Rasool then quickly packed off Delorn Johnson (0) and Miguel Cummins (6), leaving Fudadin 14 short of what would have been a welldeserved century. He faced 201 balls, hit 10 fours and a six.

Shankar, Chikka take centre-stage in PGTI Golf

PANCHKULA: Kolkata's Shankar Das and Bangalore's S Chikkarangappa took centre-stage in round three of the PGTI Players Championship at Panchkula Golf Club on Thursday. Both golfers ended day three with identical totals of 13-under-203 to be placed in the joint lead. Amardip Sinh Malik of Meerut and Delhi's Shamim Khan were three strokes off the lead in tied third position. Shankar (67-69-67) climbed from overnight tied third to joint first after returning a spirited five-under-67, the day's best score.

Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open: Poor start for Indians

OSAKA: Indian golfers had a rough start to their campaign at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open in Osaka on Thursday as none of the six, who teed up in the first round, were able to come under par. Shiv Kapur (76) was the best in tied 73rd place on the challenging par-72 Ibaraki Country Club. Himmat Rai, Digvijay Singh and Jyoti Randhawa carded five-over 77 each to be tied 85th, while Bangalore duo Anirban Lahiri and C. Muniyapa were even further down with cards of sevenover 79 each in 111th place. As of now the cut looks likely at four or five-over. Japanese star Shingo Katayama fired a flawless eight-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead over Thailands Pariya Junhasavasdikul in the opening round. The flamboyant Japanese got off to a flying start when he birdied the opening three holes before adding five other birdies. Pariya, who won his second Asian Tour title in Malaysia in June, was equally impressive as he carded three birdies and one eagle in his first six holes before adding two more birdies against one bogey for a 65. Japans Masahiro Kawamura, Song Young-han of Korea and Rory Hie of Indonesia, who missed out on an Asian Tour card at Qualifying School earlier this year, was a further six shots back from Katayama at the Y150 million (approximately $1.48 million) event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.

tally to a whopping 10.5 points and a draw as white against Gujrathi in the final round will assure him of the title. In the girls championship, Padmini Rout played out a hard fought draw with Alina Kashlinskaya of Russia and remained with a chance of a medal. Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia defeated Meri Arabidze of Georgia to lead this section on 9.5 points.

CSK vs SRH: Patel, Dhawan get SRH off to a good start

NEW DELHI: Chasing a massive 203, Sunrisers got off to a solid start as both openers Parthi Patel and Shikhar Dhawan took the side past 50 in just 5.1 overs. Suresh Raina smashed a quickfire halfcentury while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni produced a belligerent unbeaten knock of 63 as Chennai Super Kings toyed with a listless Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling attack to post a massive 202/4. Raina's impressive 57-ball 84 was perfectly matched by Dhoni's pyrotechnics as the hard-hitting local skipper broke the spirits of the Sunrisers bowlers with his ruthless batting display, here today. Such was the brutality as neither speed nor spin provided any challenge to Dhoni as he decorated his 19-ball knock with an astonishing eight sixes. There was no mistaking the impact Dhoni's arrival had on the innings and no one could better understand it than Sri the Champions League, reaching the landmark in just 16 balls and surpassing West Indian Kieron Pollard's record (50 off 18 balls). Dhoni played a leader's innings of the finest order and, together with Raina, put on a 60-run partnership in just 23 balls for the fourth wicket. Before Dhoni's arrival, the show belonged entirely to Raina and his powerful stroke-play. Walking in to bat after the dismissal of opener Murali Vijay, Raina took time to get his eyes in and then made the most of the Sunrisers' tactics of utilising pace against him. Raina unleashed an assault on the Sunrisers pacers in the middle part of the innings, launching them over the mid-wicket and long-off boundaries with consummate ease. Raina walked back to the pavillion in the penultimate over of the innings when he singlehandedly caught by Perera at long on off Dale Steyn. Raina's fine knock was decorated with nine fours and a six.

India U-16 team drubs Lebanon in AFC Qualifiers

KUWAIT: India colts produced a clinical performance to rout Lebanon 4-1 in their second encounter of the U-16 AFC Qualifiers at the Sabah Al-Salem Stadium in Kuwait City. Nuruddin (9th minute), Jayananda Singh (43rd), Anirudh Thapa (61st) and Bedashwor Singh (65th) scored for India, while Lebanon could find a solitary goal through Ali Kharoubi in the 58th minute, on Wednesday. Represented by All India Football Federations Regional Academy boys, India now have four points from two matches and are placed second in their group. The U-16 boys got off to a sensational start when midfielder Nuruddin blasted a longranger from 30 yards in the 9th minute which was

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The Supreme Court's restraint order on the Aadhaar card project is a setback to the UPA government which conceived it and has been implementing it for the last five years. The court has made it clear that no citizen can be denied the benefits and services of the state for not possessing the card. It has also barred the issuance of the card to illegal immigrants. The court order has revived the many controversies that have surrounded the scheme from the beginning. Differences over the need for and use of the card have existed even within the government. It has spent thousands of crores of rupees on the scheme and has so far covered almost one-third of the population under it. It is a poor reflection on the government if there is no clarity on some basic aspects of the plan even now. There is no legislative backing for the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) which issues the Aadhaar cards. The enabling draft bill was opposed by a parliamentary committee which suggested many changes about three years ago but the government has not pursued it further till now. The court seems to have taken note of this. If the government thinks there is no need for legislation, why did it bring forward one in the first place? Such confusion marks other aspects of the scheme also. While it has sometimes announced that Aadhaar cards are optional, and not mandatory for availing benefits, some ministries have insisted on linking them to the beneficiaries' bank accounts, as in the case of LPG consumers. The Aadhaar card is claimed to be only a proof of identity, not of citizenship, but there are no strong safeguards against its misuse. There are also widespread concerns over privacy and security of data. These should also be addressed convincingly. The need for a technological tool for effective transfer of benefits to the people cannot be disputed. Direct transfers will minimise wastage and leakage and fraud by eliminating intermediaries. About two crore of the over 14 crore LPG connections in the country are thought to be fake. Some states have much more PDS beneficiaries than their entire population. Apart from effecting large savings for the exchequer the UID scheme can also ensure that the benefits actually reach those for whom they are intended. The court's intervention should prod the government to remove the conceptual, legal and practical deficiencies which have been associated with the scheme now.

INDIA RECLAIMING GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE

RAJENDRASHENDE
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched India's National Action Plan on Climate Change in 2008 and its target to reduce energy intensity, he was hailed as a global leader for taking bold steps to address the issue. More recently, India has received a wake-up call from climate-driven tragedies such as the floods in Uttarakhand and the dire droughts of 2012 and andManmohan Singh is once again returning to a leadership role.Earlier this month, the Indian prime minister joined Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Barack Obama and the other G-20 leaders to support "full implementation of the agreed outcomes under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)" and its ongoing negotiations towards a new UN climate treaty by 2015. India and the other G20 leaders also agreed to support "operationalization of the Green Climate Fund" and to "support...using the Montreal Protocol to phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)...," leaving HFCs within the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol for "accounting and reporting of emissions."There are many benefits to India from supporting the Montreal Protocol strategy. First, with India's leadership, it will now be possible to quickly complete the consensus to phase out HFCs, providing the world with significant near-term climate protection through a treaty that never fails.The HFC phase down will avoid the equivalent of 100 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2050 and up to 0.5 C of warming by the end of the century.Second, the HFC amendment will catalyze improvements in the energy efficiency of refrigerators, air conditioners (both stationary and in vehicles), and other equipment using HFCs as refrigerants.This means using less electricity to operate refrigerators and air conditioners, which means lower fossil fuel use and lower carbon dioxide emissions, giving this strategy a double climate benefit. These efficiency gains will save money for consumers and reduce India's import burden of fossil fuels and the current account deficit, a key parameter for India's recent financial crisis.Third, the HFC amendment will reaffirm the principle of "common but differentiated responsibility" for climate protection. This is a central principle for India and indeed all developing countries during all climate negotiations. Simply put, this principle means that all countries must do their part to solve climate change - our common responsibility - but that some have greater responsibility and capabilities to do more, sooner - the differentiated responsibility.All parties to the Montreal Protocol fully follow this principle. Developed countries act first to phase out their production and use of the CFCs and other ozone-depleting gases, while developing countries are given a grace period of several years to continue their production and use. At the end of the grace period, the developing countries are required to take their own actions to phase out controlled chemicals, with the developed countries paying the agreed incremental costs of implementing the transitions to environmentally friendly substitutes in the developing countries.The Montreal Protocol's dedicated funding mechanism was set up with India's diplomatic leadership in 1990, and so far has paid more than $3 billion dollars to developing countries, including

funding to support national ozone offices in all 147 developing countries. The Montreal Protocol's approach to solving the threat to the ozone layer has phased out nearly 100 dangerous chemicals by nearly 100 percent, saving millions of lives and preventing untold other damage to the planet.Fourthly, success with the HFC amendment under the Montreal Protocol will help build the trust and momentum needed to conclude a successful agreement under the UN climate negotiations in 2015. Leadership on climate policy must come from the heads of state, and the leaders of the large economies must work together to pave the way forward for all countries of the world. The agreement by India, China, and the US, along with the other G20 leaders, shows this is possible.Manmohan Singh is now preparing for a bilateral summit with the US and talks with President Obama endSeptember. He has an opportunity to demonstrate his leadership in climate change in a renewed way.This year India is reclaiming its rightful place as a leader among nations for the essential task of protecting our common climate and the future of humanity.

- An open economy is irreconcilable with Indian democracy

AM KAPOOR
The prime minister has of late been on the defensive, and yet not quite. Yes, things are bad on the economic front, exports have dipped, the rupee has crashed and foreigners are taking funds out. But it was worse in 1991: at that point of crisis 22 years ago, the country's foreign exchange holdings had declined to a level worth barely one month's imports; at the present moment, while no doubt we are in sticky waters, our exchange reserves will see us through at least for six months. If the prime minister enjoys a sense of personal satisfaction over this, he is welcome to it, though what about the party he belongs to that has made him what he is today? For the person who was primarily responsible for the mess in 1991 belonged to the Congress too; his name was Rajiv Gandhi. On the day he was sworn in to replace his assassinated mother as prime minister, the country had no trade deficit in the current account; we exported roughly the equivalent of 5 per cent of our gross domestic product, imports too stayed in that neighbourhood; even if it was a sluggish economy, there was no foreign exchange crisis. The new prime minister wanted to change all that. He had no time for the philosophy of economic self-reliance and wanted rapid infusion of foreign goods and foreign technology so as to transform India overnight into another United States of America. The outcome was spectacular. In the four years of his prime ministerial tenure, imports jumped from 5 per cent to over 10 per cent of the GDP. Exports, however, were static at the same level of 5 per cent of the GDP. His immediate successors had to face the consequences of that exuberance. Scoring such debating points are however a waste of time at this juncture. The need is to sit back and do some quiet introspection on the basic issues underlying today's crisis. The recently installed governor of the Reserve Bank of India is reared in the climate of the Washington Consensus and identifies himself with its tenets. He has taken a number of measures to pep up the stock exchanges. Both shares and the rupee have, as a result, rallied back. The outflow of international institutional capital, so-called, has also stemmed. But there is still no escape from the harsh, hard reality: the share market is not the economy. A substantial proportion of the country's population can barely afford the wherewithal to survive even at the minimum level of existence; the prospect of a spur in domestic demand to make up for falling exports is therefore near zero. Financial investors are no fools; given the global slowdown of economic growth, they are unlikely to sink funds in a country where the domestic market happens to be so close to stagnancy. Should the stock exchanges show some signs of revival, a lot of footloose capital will rather pull out of the productive sectors and concentrate on speculative activities. Rejuvenation of the share markets might then further depress GDP growth. Perhaps the country's finance minister and the relatively green RBI governor are not worried on this score, but the prime minister ought to be. His range of experience is certainly wider. That apart, 22 years ago, he had agreed to be the face of the economic 'reforms' that pledged to yank the economy away from one particular historical course and set it out on hitherto uncharted seas. The pre-independence commitment to build a selfsustaining economy, with the public sector at the fore and an overwhelming emphasis on the well-being of hitherto deprived and exploited sections, was abandoned. Open season was declared for big business and foreign capital, all controls, including on external economic accounts, were either relaxed or abolished, protection for the weaker sections was abandoned, free competition was ordained for every sphere. In an unequal society with a horridly skewed assets structure, the free market in no time reduces itself to an unfair market, and what Ratan Tata has euphemistically described as vested interests, corner the opportunities; they also come to exercise de facto control over crucial areas of the nation's decision-making process. The phenomenon is otherwise known as crony capitalism. The prime minister has much to answer for. Some of us who kept protesting in 1991 against the onslaught of economic liberalization had, of course, some immediate worries such as that in the absence of any obvious potential area of export spurt, opening up the system might provide no tangible solution to the external accounts problem. We were equally pessimistic about the entry of foreign capital. Foreign direct investment is kind of a finicky guest: it takes a hard look at the domestic circumstances in the country it is being called upon to get involved in, its overall political climate, the nature of its economic institutions, and, so to say, the general feel. India's administrative structure, for instance, was littered with too many points of decisionmaking. On most of these grounds, China scored over us and, in fact, the accretion of FDI in that country has been consistently more than 25 times larger than in India year after year for the past three decades. In one area India was lucky; the mathematical aptitude of its educated middle class enabled it to break into the global information technology market. Even here, though, the country's policy-makers were inclined to be myopic. They were enamoured by the relatively easy gains from software exports and shunned the more difficult process of developing a parallel line of hardware. We are now paying the price. We have not quite succeeded in coping with the challenge of fluctuating fortunes in the global outsourcing business. China has, again, performed better because it asked its mathematical brains to concentrate on hardware. Besides, the export boom India enjoyed for a while at the dawn of the new venture was much too dependent on conventional lines, shipping out extracted minerals, agricultural raw materials and relatively lowcost semi-manufacturers. Once the deep recession set in in the West, irrespective of whether it symbolizes the long-term crisis of capitalism or not, it has comprehensively capsized India's ambitions for runaway exportbased growth. From the very beginning, the overarching issue has been the structural malady. A country with a huge land mass and carrying the burden of an equally huge population, riven by linguistic, ethnic, religious, inter-caste fissures, and flaunting a supposedly 'free' and open economy that is perseveres with a multiparty democratic apparatus based on adult suffrage, cannot but live dangerously. The government here does not lead, but follows the signals beamed by private enterprise. The situation does not promote either efficiency or growth. The inherent organic inequalities make a mockery of market perfection and encourage monopolization accompanied by crony capitalism. Monopoly, with its stress on profit maximization, does not promote but restricts growth. It expects and receives special dispensations from the government that are costly to the economy, as so glaringly revealed by the Spectrum, coal allocation and natural gas pricing scandals. Domestic prices, in consequence, continue to rise, leading to spiralling inflation. Subsidies, both in an effort to sustain exports as well as to quieten restless segments of the inflation-hit electorate, add to pressure on the budget, prices rise further and, the standard vicious cycle sets in. With exports already wobbling, the global recession deals the final blow. A stunted domestic market cannot compensate for the debacle in exports. The colossal crisis notwithstanding, crony capitalism demands more and more freebies. The government yields, prices keep soaring, the multitude of common people at the receiving end of inflation and joblessness are on the war path. Even when some growth had been taking place, employment did not rise because of accelerated technological shifts. Now that growth is defunct, there is total eclipse of employment, zero economic growth and zero job accretion. High prices and the naked display of luxury and power by elements enjoying the patronization of the corporate sector constitute a deadly combination of circumstances. The outcome is not just economic chaos, but worse - large-scale breakdown in civil administration alongside outbursts of fierce, disorganized violence. People's anger will spew out. It is out, here, there, everywhere, and it can be in any form, linguistic or ethnic or inter-community or inter-caste feud or something else. Are we not fast approaching that state? This is where, dear prime minister, a summing up is called for. Perhaps one of the worst fallouts of economic liberalization is the enfeeblement of the trade union movement. A protest-and-get-sacked milieu disperses organized labour and dissuades major sections of discontented constituents of the middle and working classes from organized protests. It also disables the political Left. Whatever one's verdict on the general political line of the Left, it tried to foster a broad national outlook in judging issues and problems. The two major national parties are in cohorts in their objective to strengthen the citadels of the free economy and crony capitalism. They experience no political opposition, the Left is no longer there, and the regional parties mostly think caste is the only issue worth fighting for. Mass discontent will, nonetheless, explode in fury. It explodes at unpredictable spots on this or that ground. The administration, both at the Centre and in the states, is failing to cope with the phenomenon. Often those in the position of authority do not have the courage or the will to cope, since we still display the insignia of a parliamentary democracy; elections have to be fought and won. Awareness is growing fast of a distinct possibility. To form a government in New Delhi following next year's LokSabha polls, you might badly need the help of a regional party currently in power in a state. Therefore, even where there is clinching evidence of purposive dereliction of duty by a state administration, those in charge in New Delhi will keep mum. Why not say it, the seeds of anarchy were sown in July, 1991; an open, unregulated economy is irreconcilable with our delicate democratic structure; we either re-do our course, or face the prospect of disintegration.

NO THAW IN CHINA
In spite of the impressive record of economic growth, China remains a closed and arcane world. The Middle Kingdom is one where signs and codes still dominate. Therefore, it will not be unfair to see the trial and the swift and exemplary conviction of Bo Xilai as the signifier of other struggles and developments within the prevailing polity of China. Xi Jinping, the new Chinese president and the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, has launched a campaign, with fresh vigour, to eradicate corruption from the corridors of power in China. This is an effort best described as an attempt to clean the Augean stables. Corruption has been rampant within the CPC, as it always is in any closed system. There are no better illustrations of Lord Acton's dictum, "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely'', than the communist regimes. The despotism of the CPC is no exception. Bo, before his fall from grace, was an important and powerful figure within the communist party. It is also significant that Bo's trial contained all the trappings of being an "open'' one. Bo was allowed to defend himself and the due processes of law were followed. Selected, but large chunks of the transcripts of the trial were made available on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, so that the people of China could inform themselves about the trial and its proceedings. Some of these features would suggest that the days of the show trials followed by executions and purges - the Moscow trials of the late 1930s were the most telling and appalling examples of these -were a thing of the past in China, the biggest communist country today. But such a conclusion would be hasty. The trial was not free from censorship and the foreign media were kept out of the courtroom. The closed system was not made to open completely but it was a partial and controlled opening. The levers of control remained with the leadership of the party. Bo may not have been given a death sentence (he was given life imprisonment), but according to him, his family was threatened and bullied by the authorities. Reports suggest that the powers that be, in a manner reminiscent of Stalin's trials, did stage manage the proceedings. It is evident that while the economy of China is changing fast, its political system and processes remain entrenched in party despotism.

READER SPACE

SC interm order
Dear Sir The interim order of the Supreme Court that essential services and benefits to the public should not be denied on the basis of non-enrolment in the Aadhaar project is welcome. For enrolment in the project, the NPR Number is asked for. For those who have lost/misplaced the Census 2011 slip, it is very difficult to get enrolled. In a country like India it is doubtful that a hundred per cent enrolment is possible. The Centre as usual may go in for appeal as a sizeable amount has already been spent on the project. Personally, I feel the project is unnecessary. Yours Etc. Subash Parihar,Domana

Secret funds
since the leakage of the army inquiry report on the army's Technical Support Division, former army chief V K Singh has only further muddied the waters by adding his own controversial remarks in a frustrating bid to steer clear of the controversy.The man whose middle name has come to be a controversy itself first questioned

the logic of having an inquiry report into the secret fund system at disposal of top army officers and now clumsily wraps it up as a traditional practice of paying money 'not as bribe but to earn goodwill of the people'. If it really was about goodwill, why should it have been funded through secret funding system with no system of accountability in the first place? The army already has in place the Sadbhavna schemes for wooing the local public defying the logic of having secret funds and secret schemes for the purpose. It may not be out of place to mention the massive complaints of some of the ill-planned Sadbhavna schemes and also of irregularities that keep surfacing from the rural areas across Jammu and Kashmir. Depending on the vision of the officers posted in their areas, some of these schemes have met with some success, though without the promise of sustainable development or goodwill. If the secret funds were aimed at goodwill operations, what extra were they expected to achieve beyond the cosmetic Sadbhavna measures and why was the entire operation so covert as to rope in NGOs and ministers for generating goodwill that is being sought to be achieved through secrecy and hush-hush manner. Yours Etc. Purvez Ahmed,Poonch

In one area India was lucky; the mathematical aptitude of its educated middle class enabled it to break into the global information technology market. Even here, though, the country's policy-makers were inclined to be myopic. They were enamoured by the relatively easy gains from software exports and shunned the more difficult process of developing a parallel line of hardware. We are now paying the price. We have not quite succeeded in coping with the challenge of fluctuating fortunes in the global outsourcing business. China has, again, performed better because it asked its mathematical brains to concentrate on hardware. Besides, the export boom India enjoyed for a while at the dawn of the new venture was much too dependent on conventional lines, shipping out extracted minerals, agricultural raw materials and relatively low-cost semi-manufacturers. Once the deep recession set in in the West, irrespective of whether it symbolizes the long-term crisis of capitalism or not, it has comprehensively capsized India's ambitions for runaway export-based growth.

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MANMOHAN SAYS ATTACKS WONT DERAIL DIALOGUE

FRANKFURT, SEP 26: Says Jammu attack was one more in a series of provocations and barbaric actions by the enemies of peace Strongly condemning Thursday morning's terrorist attack on a police station and Army post in Jammu, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said this was "one more in a series of provocations and barbaric actions by the enemies of peace." The latest fidayeen strike comes a few days before Dr. Singh's scheduled meeting in New York with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan and fits a pattern that has become evident in recent years of terrorist groups executing major strikes on the eve of highlevel diplomatic talks as a way of sabotaging the peace process. Expressing his heartfelt condolences to the attacked the United P r o g r e s s i v e Government for "pursuing a weak-need policy towards terrorism." In a statement, BJP president Rajnath Singh said the Prime Minister's upcoming meeting with Mr Sharif should have been called off. The attackers' aim is to provoke a political backlash against dialogue with Pakistan, the official said, adding that he expected they would not succeed this time around. Even as they worked on drafting the Prime Minister' statement early on Thursday morning, PMO officials here took steps to ensure the Congress party's spokespersons also echo the tone and tenor of Dr. Singh's comments, especially the part on not letting terrorists derail the dialogue process.

Will deal with terrorists firmly: Antony

NEW DELHI, SEP 26: Defence Minister A.K. Antony has denounced the terror attack on Thursday in Jammu and said the security forces will deal with the militants with a firm hand. Mr. Antony conveyed his condolences to the family of an officer and the soldiers killed in the attack, an official statement here said. The minister condemned the dastardly attack by terrorists on Indian security posts in Jammu today (Thursday). He conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the family members of the officers and jawans who were martyred in this despicable attack, the statement said. minister said the Indian security establishment will leave no stone unturned in dealing with the terrorists with a firm hand, the statement added. Armed militants on Thursday attacked a police station in Jammu region and commandeered a truck which they drove into an army camp. Jammu and

families of "the brave army and police officers as well innocent civilians martyred in this cowardly attack," the Prime Minister said India had "firmly resolved to combat and defeat the terrorist menace that continues to receive encouragement and reinforcement from across the border." At the same time, he

also made it clear that his government would not allow terrorists to set the agenda. "Such attacks will not deter us and will not succeed in derailing our efforts to find a resolution to all problems through a process of dialogue," the Prime Minister underlined. On its part, the Bharatiya Janata Party has

Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said 12 people had been killed. BJP politicising terror attacks: Govt The government on Thursday accused BJP of politicising the terror attacks in Jammu by asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and said the

opposition party too had invited former President Pervez Musharraf after Kargil war. Defending the Prime Ministers decision to go ahead with talks with Mr. Sharif, Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said India will forcefully raise the issue of terror during the bilateral meeting. BJP has no moral right to

criticise the UPA government. When they were in power, even they invited Kargil war architect Musharraf for talks. BJP should not forget that, he told reporters here. His comments came in the wake of BJP president Rajnath Singh accusing the government of pursuing a spineless diplomacy and demanding that Prime Minister should call off his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York on Sunday in the wake of twin terror strikes in Jammu region. RPN Singh said there were certain people who do not want normalisation of relations between India and Pakistan and whenever any peace initiative is taken, efforts are made to derail it. It is extremely unfortunate that whenever there is an initiative for peace between India and Pakistan, there are attempts to derail the talks. Todays terrorist attack is that only. But we do not need to bog down with it, he said.

NORTH OR SOUTH, GIRL UP riots: 2G scam: Yechury gives Suresh CHILD IS NOT SAFE dissent note on JPC report
Haryana bringing up the rear. Using this method with the data provided by the 2011 census, it appears that all the States in the north and west of India, without exception, show absolutely clear evidence that sexselective abortion is practised to a much greater degree than is generally the case in the States in the east and south, Prof. Sen wrote. Simultaneously, another new set of data has looked at what happens to girls and boys after they are born. Prof. Usha Ram of the Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and the Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR) at the University of Toronto, and Prof. Prabhat Jha of the CGHR led a team of researchers for a study of district-level child mortality in India published in The Lancet Global Health. Among their findings was a disturbing story of excess female mortality in Indias poorer States. Female mortality between 1 and 59 months exceeded male mortality in 430 out of 597 districts, totalling about 74,000 excess deaths among girls in 2012 alone. During the neonatal period, biologically more boys than girls die around the world and in India death rates are equal. Similarly, biologically, 1-59 month mortality should be equal between boys and girls [and is so in most other developing countries]. India is different with higher excess girl deaths, Prof. Jha explained in an email to The Hindu. Biologically, female children are stronger than male children, so once allowed to be born they have a better chance of survival than the male children in the absence of any gender discriminatory practices, Prof. Ram said. Most of the excess deaths are accounted for by pneumonia and diarrhoea, Prof. Jha said, adding the excess female mortality indicated the neglect of girl children and favouring of boy children. [Lo]ts of studies show parents will less often take a sick girl versus a sick boy to a clinic. By contrast, home outreach programmes, most importantly immunisation [or polio drive] dont have this bias they reach girls and boys equally, Prof. Jha said. A comment piece in The Lancet recommended more vaccinations to reduce girl-boy gaps. Nine States classified as poorer by the researchers accounted for 77% of all of Indias excess female child deaths. Five of them Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Assam are, however, in the top half of Prof. Sens list of States that do well on the sex ratio at birth. Among the States classified as richer, Gujarat is the largest contributor to excess female deaths. MUZAFFARNAGAR, SEP 26: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suresh Rana, who was arrested for his alleged role in fanning communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, was on Thursday booked under the National Security Act (NSA). He is the second BJP MLA to be booked under the stringent act after party legislator Sangeet Som. District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said that a warrant of NSA was served on him in the Banda district jail. Mr. Rana was the first legislator to be arrested for his alleged role in the riots. He was arrested from Lucknow on September 20, soon after the conclusion of the monNEW DELHI, SEP 26: Ahead of a crucial meeting of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam, senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury has submitted a dissent note to its Chairman P.C. Chacko, alleging the panel has failed to live up to its mandate by not quizzing the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister on the issue. Claiming that the report of JPC was prepared without consultations with its members, Mr. Yechury, one of the 30 JPC members, strongly objected to the failure of the panel to call all material witnesses, including the Prime Minister, and relying solely on the written submissions of former Telecom Minister A. Raja. Noting that even Mr. Raja was not provided an opportunity to provide oral evidence or face crossexamination by JPC, Mr. Yechury said in the 32-page note that the report has made selective use of the evidence. He said several crucial questions, which were to have been replied by the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister, had remained unanswered as both were not called by JPC. In a covering letter to his note, the CPI(M) leader said JPC had failed to adequately discharge the mandate given to it by Parliament. In his dissent note, Mr. Yechury is believed to have written about the alleged roles played by the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and the

In richer and poorer States, differing periods of danger for girl children: data Last year, 74,000 more girls under the age of 5 than boys died in India, numbers for which there is no biological explanation, researchers say. Moreover, while many richer States abort female foetuses at a higher rate than some poorer States, once the child is born, many poorer States have a worse record in ensuring her survival, two new sets of data show. Low sex ratios at birth are seen as an indicator of sex-selective abortions. While 2011 Census data provides numbers for sex ratios at each year of age, the sex ratio at birth requires separate calculations. Since Indias birth registration data is patchy, demographers and economists use birth rate trends and apply those to official data. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, in a recent article for The New York Review of Books, used agespecific mortality rates and applied these to Census data to work out the sex ratio at birth for Indian States in 2011. Using the lowest number among large European countries 935 girls born for 1,000 boys as a standard, he found that there were only 10 major Indian States above this standard, and they were all in the east and south. They included the poorer States of Chhattisgarh (which at 963 girls for every 1000 boys was Indias best State), West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar, as well as the developed southern States. The 10 States that comprised the bottom half of Prof. Sens calculations were all in the west and north, and included the rich Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab, with

Minister of Communication and IT in the scam. Apart from raising procedural irregularities in JPCs functioning, he is believed to have raised issues relating to undervaluation of Universal Access Service (UAS) licenses

allocated in 2006-08, presumptive losses on account of allocation of these licenses and spectrum in 2007-08, failure to appropriately deal with TRAI recommendations and to examine the issue of disinvestment in private telecom firms.

Rajan panel for end to 'special Thomas warns flour millers against category' status for states encouraging diversion of PDS grains
Dimensional Index (MDI) Giving details of the report Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the committee has suggested that the 28 states be split into three categories -least developed, less developed and relatively developed -- depending upon their MDI scores. As regards the allocation of funds, the report suggested that each state should get a basic fixed allocation and an additional allocation depending on its development needs and development performance. The demand for funds and special attention of different States, Mr. Chidambaram said, would be more than adequately met by the twin recommendations of the basic allocation of 0.3 per cent of overall funds to each State and the categorisation of States that scores 0.6 and above as least developed States. NEW DELHI, SEP 26: Food Minister K.V. Thomas on Wednesday warned roller flour millers against encouraging diversion of food grains from the public distribution system (PDS). About 35 to 40 per cent of the food grains are diverted from fair price shopsand it comes to you, he told roller flour millers. I ask you not to encourage this. Earlier Food Secretary Sudhir Kumar had turned down a request from flour millers to bear the additional cost of 3 paise per kilogram for fortified atta that they want to be sold through the PDS. Now a days we talk of CSR and 3 paisa per kg is no amount to seek from the government, he said. Responding to the demand, Mr. Thomas said: There are provisions in the law to provide nutritional security to pregnant women and children. We have taken the first step. Once it is done, we propose to

NEW DELHI, SEP 26: Ranking Odisha and Bihar as least developed, the report suggests that each state should get a basic fixed allocation and an additional allocation depending on its development needs and performance. The Raghuram Rajan panel report has made a case for ending the special category criteria for providing additional assistance to poorer states, as it

ranked Goa and Kerala as the most advanced state and Odisha and Bihar the least. The committee, headed by the then Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan (now RBI governor) which was set up by the government amid demands for special category status by Bihar, suggested a new methodology for devolving funds on states based on a Multi

provide nutritional security to all. Referring to the sudden rise in the price of wheat this year, he said the Centre is examining the reasons for undue rise in food prices despite high food grains production. Even as food inflation rose sharply to 18.18 per cent in August, the rising price of onions, fruits, vegetables and milk have been a cause for concern for the government. With annual increase in the minimum support price of commodities there, some hike in the prices of agri-commodities but inflation in food grains should not be that sharp when there is enough supply, he said at the 73 AGM of the Roller Flour Mills Federation. Turning to the poor lifting by bulk traders of the 100 lakh tonnes of wheat released under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), Mr. Thomas said the government had relaxed the norms to improve offtake.

India wants Pak to fix accountability for 26/11 attacks

NEW YORK, SEP 26: With the stage set for a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York, India has said it will ask its neighbour to fix the accountability for the 26/11 terror attack that left 166 people dead. The work that we have done on this meeting (between Dr. Singh and Mr. Sharif) includes conveying the expectation of some signal, addressing our concerns, which essentially are accountability for 26/11, people who are involved in planning and executing, who happen to be either in the custody of Pakistan or on their soil. We are looking for accountability, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters in New York. Indo-Pak talks He, however, voiced caution and said the meeting between the two Prime Ministers should not be expected to address all issues and concerns. For us to expect that we will get complete satisfaction in one meeting obviously would be too much to expect but we are expecting, hoping and really we deserve movement on issues that are of great importance both to the government and people of our country, he said on Wednesday. Pak judicial commission Mr. Khurshid said India has facilitated the visit of an eight-member Pakistani judicial commission which will cross examine Indian witnesses and it expects that the evidence collected would now be admissible in Pakistani courts. He also described as a good signal the decision by Pakistan to appoint a new prosecutor to replace late Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali of the Federal Investigation Agency who was assassinated by militants in Islamabad in May. We hope that this will be an appropriate impetus for the matter to proceed with expedition because it is very important, he said. Mr. Khurshid, however, said that still lots need to be done to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage to justice. This is a beginning. There is now no reason why the case cannot proceed more effectively. This is only the tip of the iceberg. There will have to be many steps to be taken. Concerns over continued terrorism Dr. Singh is also expected to convey to Mr. Sharif concerns over continued terrorism emanating from Pakistan. One critical thing for us is dismantling of the infrastructure on terrorism, it is very significant, something that has been going on for a long time in terms of engagement, Mr. Khurshid said. If they have a problem with terrorism at their end, this should really be an incentive for them to come transparently and talk to us, find a joint approach to tackling terrorism...the terrorism that is directed towards India is what we are immediately concerned about. Before departing from India, Dr. Singh announced that he was looking forward to meeting Mr. Sharif in New York on

AAP will move President before going to court

NEW DELHI, SEP 26: Its worrying all parties are one on protecting convicted lawmakers A day after the Union Cabinet decided to bring in an ordinance to protect convicted legislators from disqualification, the Aam Aadmi Party said it would request the President not to ratify it; otherwise, the party would challenge it in the Supreme Court. People are shocked at what the UPA government is doing. We have requested President Pranab Mukherjee to give us a hearing before he signs the ordinance. AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal told a press conference here on Wednesday. Without amending the Constitution, how can you bring back as an ordinance the provision in the Representation of the People Act, which was struck down by the Supreme Court? Convicted legislators will now sit in Parliament and Assemblies and participate in lawmaking that will further their own interests. Questioning the hurry with which the Centre decided on the ordinance, Mr. Kejriwal said what was more worrying was that all parties had such tainted leaders and were one on the issue. The Congress claims that it had consulted the BJP before passing the ordinance. If it is so, the BJP is trying to mislead the people by pretending that it is opposed to the ordinance. Let the party say it will not field any tainted candidate. Lawyer and AAP member Prashant Bhushan said the Constitution does not allow Parliament to make one law for ordinary citizens and another for MPs and MLAs. Deferring disqualification of convicted legislators by three months is unconstitutional. Ordinances are brought only in emergencies. In this case, the Bill [that allowed convicted legislators to continue in office] has been referred to the Standing Committee. If there was no rush when Parliament was in session, why is this haste now?Activist Sanjay Singh quoted a study conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms, which listed legislators with criminal cases in almost all parties. This ordinance is only to give relief to Rasheed Masood [of the Congress] and Lalu Prasad [of the Rashtriya Janata Dal] who face jail terms, he said. At a time when people are looking forward to ridding Parliament of people with criminal antecedents, the ordinance has come as another nail in the coffin of the UPA, said the former Law Minister, Shanti Bhushan.

Sunday, ending days of speculation over whether they would meet in U.S. on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Sharif happy to meet Manmohan Mr. Sharif also said he would be very happy to meet Dr. Singh and pick up the threads from where we left in 1999. Mr. Khurshid said the decision by Dr. Singh to meet will obviously mean an important signal in response to the efforts made by the Prime Minister of Pakistan for a meeting. We have always consistently said it is important that the atmospherics be appropriate. The atmospherics show a clear indication of desire to overcome the elements of negative nature that we have had to encounter over the past few months, he added. Discussion on whole range of issues Meanwhile, a senior Pakistani official said

Pakistani and Indian prime ministers will discuss a whole range of issues in their meeting, expected to take place on September 29. Pakistan believes in the policy of dialogue. The dialogue should remain uninterrupted, the Pakistani media quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry as saying. All issues (between the two countries) are important and would be discussed. Mr. Chaudhry noted terrorism is as much an issue of concern to Pakistan as it is to India. He said tackling terrorism would be effective, if the two countries work together. He expressed hope that the meeting would serve to set guidelines for resuming peace process. We hope composite dialogue process would be resumed, he added.

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wants nuclear deal within months: Report
WASHINGTON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wants to reach an agreement over the country's nuclear programme within three months and has full backing to broker a deal from the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, it has been reported. In an interview with the Washington Post, Rouhani said he was keen to set a three or six-month timetable to seal a nuclear deal, emphasizing that Iran envisioned a process lasting "months not years." "The only way forward is for a timeline to be inserted into the negotiations that's short and wrap it up. That is a decision of my government, that short is necessary to settle the nuclear file. Asked if he had the backing of Khamenei to conclude a deal, Rouhani said "settlement of the nuclear file is one of the responsibilities of my government." The United States, other Western powers

Pakistanis struggle for food, shelter after earthquake

DALBADI, PAKISTAN: Survivors built makeshift shelters with sticks and bedsheets on Wednesday, a day after their mud houses were flattened in an earthquake that killed 370 people in southwestern Pakistan and pushed a new island up out of the Arabian Sea. While waiting for help to reach remote villages, hungry people dug through the rubble to find food. And the country's poorest province struggled with a dearth of medical supplies, hospitals and other aid. The quake flattened wide swathes of Awaran district, where it was centered, leaving much of the population homeless. Almost all of the 300 mudbrick homes in the village of Dalbadi were destroyed. At least 373 people were also injured, according to a statement from the National Disaster Management Authority, which gave the latest death toll. Doctors in the village treated some of the injured, but due to a scarcity of medicine and staff, they were mostly seen comforting residents. The remoteness of the area and the lack of infrastructure hampered relief efforts. Awaran district is one of the and qualified personnel. Awaran district has about 300,000 residents spread out over 29,000 square kilometers (11,197 square miles). The local economy consists mostly of smuggling fuel from Iran or harvesting dates. The area where the quake struck is at the center of an insurgency that Baluch separatists have been waging against the Pakistani government for years. The separatists regularly attack Pakistani troops and symbols of the state, such as infrastructure projects. It's also prone to earthquakes. A magnitude 7.8 quake centered just across the border in Iran killed at least 35 people in Pakistan last April. Tuesday's shaking was so violent it drove up mud and earth from the seafloor to create an island off the Pakistani coast. A Pakistani Navy team reached the island by midday Wednesday. Navy geologist Mohammed Danish told the country's Geo Television that the mass was a little wider than a tennis court and slightly shorter than a football field. The director of the National Seismic Monitoring Center confirmed that the mass was created by the quake and said scientists were trying to determine how it happened. Zahid Rafi said such masses are sometimes created by the movement of gases locked in the earth that push mud to the surface. "That big shock beneath the earth causes a lot of disturbance," he said. He said these types of islands can remain for a long time or eventually subside back into the ocean, depending on their makeup. He warned residents not to visit the island because it was emitting dangerous gases. But dozens of people went anyway, including the deputy commissioner of Gwadar district, Tufail Baloch. Water bubbled along the edges of the island. The land was stable but the air smelled of gas that caught fire when people lit cigarettes, Baloch said. Dead fish floated on the water's surface while residents visited the island and took stones as souvenirs, he added. Similar land masses appeared off Pakistan's coast following quakes in 1999 and 2010, said Muhammed Arshad, a hydrographer with the navy. They eventually disappeared into the sea during the rainy season.

poorest in the country's most impoverished province. Just getting to victims was challenging in a region with almost no roads where many people use four-wheel-drive vehicles and camels to traverse the rough terrain. "We need more tents, more medicine and more food," said a spokesman for the provincial government, Jan Mohammad Bulaidi. Houses made mostly of mud and handmade bricks had collapsed. Walls and roofs caved in, and people's possessions were scattered on the ground. A few goats roamed through the ruins. The Pakistani military said it had rushed almost 1,000 troops to the area overnight and was sending helicopters as well. A convoy of 60

Pakistani army trucks left the port city of Karachi early Wednesday with supplies. Pakistani forces have evacuated more than 170 people from various villages around Awaran to the district hospital, the military said. Others were evacuated to Karachi. One survivor interviewed in his Karachi hospital bed said he was sleeping when the quake struck. my whole body," he said. Local officials said they were sending doctors, food and 1,000 tents for people who had nowhere to sleep. The efforts were complicated by strong aftershocks. Baluchistan is Pakistan's largest province but also the least populated. Medical facilities are few and often poorly stocked with supplies

and Israel suspect Tehran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to develop an atomic bomb, something Iran denies. Rouhani's comments come after signs of improving relations between the United States and Iran following his election earlier this year. The Iranian leader, however, balked at meeting US President Barack Obama at the United Nations on Tuesday. The first major test of several weeks of promising rhetoric

between the foes will come today, as US secretary of state John Kerry and Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif join counterparts from Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia to discuss Iran's nuclear activities at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Rouhani told the Post that Iran was willing to make its nuclear programme "transparent" to assure the international community it was not seeking to build a bomb.

China court jails general's son for 10 years over gang rape
BEIJING: A court sentenced the teenage son of a Chinese general to 10 years in jail for rape on Thursday, court authorities said, after his trial threw a spotlight on the lives of China's elite. Li Tianyi, 17, and four other men were found guilty of raping a woman in a Beijing hotel in February, Beijing court authorities said on a verified social media account. Li's father Li Shuangjiang, a military singer, holds a rank equivalent to general in China's army. The case drew widespread scrutiny in the country, where the children of the elite are often seen as living extravagantly or above the law due to their connections. Li Tianyi had previously triggered controversy in 2011 after he and another teenager, both driving expensive cars, attacked a couple who reportedly blocked their passage, while the victims' child looked on. His father is dean of the music department for the Chinese army's Academy of

Send books not guns, Malala Yousafzai pleads at UN Bombing at Baghdad market kills 21
UNITED NATIONS: With a maturity and poise that belied her tender years, Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education stood by world leaders on Wednesday and called for books not guns. "Instead of sending weapons, instead of sending tanks to Afghanistan and all these countries which are suffering from terrorism, send books," she pleaded. "Instead of sending tanks send pens," she urged, her hair modestly covered by a scarf as she took part in the first anniversary of the Global Education First initiative at the United Nations in New York. In October last year, Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman as she was on her way to school in BAGHDAD: Bombs ripped through outdoor markets in and near Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a deadly wave that has hit Iraq in recent months, officials said. Three bombs went off simultaneously in the Shia village of Sabaa al-Bour, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the Iraqi capital. The explosions two at the market entrance and one inside the shopping area went off as the place was packed with shoppers. Three women and two children were among those killed in the village market, according to police and hospital officials. The attack came shortly after a bomb blast hit the alAthorien market in Baghdad's southern neighborhood of Dora. Police said that seven people, including two women, were killed there and 17 people were wounded. Insurgents in Iraq often target crowded places such as markets, cafes and mosques in order to inflict huge casualties. More than 4,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months. All officials giving the casualty tolls for Thursday's attacks spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks but they bear the hallmarks of al-Qaida's local branch in Iraq, known as the Islamic State of Iraq.

her usual bus in an attack that drew worldwide condemnation. Gravely wounded and close to death, the Pakistani schoolgirl was flown to Britain for surgery. She returned to school in England last March, after recovering from her injuries. Now she has become a global advocate for the right of all children, and in particular girls, to have

a proper education. "Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers," Malala argued at an event attended by Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu, Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina and Croatian premier Ivo Josipovic. According to the United Nations, some 57 million children around the world of elementary school age are denied.

Arts, and is known for singing patriotic songs. His mother, Meng Ge, is also a prominent singer. The court did not state clearly how Li had pleaded during his trial last month. During the hearings, the Beijing News reported that he "did not admit to the sexual assault and did not admit to a relationship, saying he was drunk and did not know anything" about what happened. The other four defendants in the trial were sentenced to between three and 12 years in prison, the court authority said. Internet users had speculated that Li would escape without

a prison sentence. Some celebrated the verdict on Thursday. "Ten years, that's not bad," posted one user of Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Others decried what they saw as too light a sentence for Li. "How much do other gang rapists get? In 10 years he will be released and will be considered a great boy," said a post. It was not immediately clear if Li would appeal the charge. State media quoted Li's legal advisor Lan He as saying ahead of the trial that his family would appeal if the court gave a guilty verdict.

ECONOMY

New bank licences: RBI could ease initial AirAsia India says it has received equity capital requirement of Rs 500 crore NOC from aviation ministry
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India may be open to relaxing the initial equity capital requirement of Rs 500 crore for setting up a bank if it fails to find enough "fit and proper" candidates during the screening process. The intention is to allow a greater number of players qualify, a senior official involved with the process of issuing new bank licences said. Any final decision to tweak the guidelines would be taken by RBI, but the external screening committee headed by Bimal Jalan, former RBI governor, is expected to play a crucial role in recommending suitable changes. RBI, in its 'guidelines for licensing of new banks in the private sector', had specified that the initial minimum paid-up equity capital for a bank shall be 500 crore. basis Earlier, this month RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan had said new licences will be issued by the end of January 2014, adding that RBI is also contemplating 'on-tap' issue of licences. Currently, the central bank issues licence after long intervals. Kotak Mahindra Bank and YES Bank received banking licences in 2003-04. The official also said a relaxation in the Rs 500-crore criterion may be provided on a case-by-case basis. Further, the relaxation may come into play once RBI shifts to the on-top method that is it issues licences whenever an applicant meets the criterion. The central bank is of the opinion that financial inclusion should be the larger focus of all new banks, and corporate lending and other activities should only support this endeavour. CHENNAI: AirAsia India on Thursday announced that it has received a No Objection Certificate from the ministry of civil aviation and would apply for Air Operating Permit to kickstart its operations. Mittu Chandilya, CEO, AirAsia India said, "We will continue with our preparations and get ourselves ready for take-off once the air operator permit is acquired. We look forward to being one of the dynamic contributors to the development of the Indian aviation industry." Chandilya said AirAsia India was confident that it would be able to replicate the success of its counterparts in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. AirAsia India, a joint venture of Air Aisa, Tata Sons Ltd and Telestra Tradeplace, received a formal approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board issues like availability of aircraft, manpower to operate flights as well as on the ground, aircraft parking space at airports and engineering facilities. The NOC would also enable AirAsia India to import the first of the three aircraft to Chennai, which would be its headquarters. AirAsia India, a joint venture between the Malaysian airline AirAsia (which would own 49 per cent stake), the Tatas (30 per cent) and the Telstra Tradeplace owned by Arun Bhatia (21 per cent), plans to start operations within this financial year itself. The start-up airline had been granted security clearances by the Union Home Ministry last month. Currently, AirAsia operates in Thailand and Malaysia and connects Chennai, Bangalore, Tiruchirappalli, Kochi and Kolkata in India.

Asked about the possibility of relaxing the guidelines, the RBI spokeswoman denied any such move was in the works. New bank licences: Reserve Bank could ease initial equity capital requirement of Rs 500 crore According to the senior official directly involved with the new bank licensing process, the limit can be reviewed only after screening applications from the 27 applicants.

He said thinking on this issue was at a nascent stage. "We may look at relaxing the norms to broaden the pool and invite more applicants," the official said. "If the business plan as submitted by the applicant looks viable, it can be reviewed if lowering the capital requirement can further enhance the bank's operations and sustenance," the official said, requesting anonymity. Relaxation on case-by-case

of India in April. The airline currently has a fleet of three Airbus A320 aircraft and over 200 employees. The Malaysian parent company's chief Tony Fernandes terming the development as "very exciting", PTI reported. Though NOC was issued by the ministry last week, this was the first formal statement by the AirAsia CEO on microblogging site Twitter. "I am thrilled to announce that Airasia India has received NOC approval from

the government of India. Very exciting and hugely profitable," Fernandes said in a tweet. With the NOC in hand, AirAsia India would now have to apply to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for its Scheduled Operator's Permit (SOP or the flying permit), which is the final step before it can start its flight operations. The DGCA grants the SOP after vetting the preparations of a start-up airline to launch flights by examining

India flags its concerns over H1-B visas with US

NEW YORK: India has flagged its concerns with the US over much-sought after H1-B visas besides outlining the recent steps it has taken to ease economic concerns raised by American businesses, ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Barack Obama. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid met Secretary of State John Kerry here yesterday and "discussed a range of issues of mutual interest, including "ongoing discussions on the civil-nuke deal." Prime Minister Singh arrives in Washington today for a meeting with President Barack Obama tomorrow. Khurshid said the two sides discussed economic concerns raised by both Indian and US industry and ways to work together on enhancing economic relationship. He outlined steps India has taken to address transfer pricing, retrospective tax regime, notification on safe harbour rules, steps in pension regulation, and opening FDI limits in sectors such as aviation and telecom. "We brought this to their (US) notice, gave them a list of steps that we have taken and we hope that this will be transmitted back to the CEOs forum in the US," Khurshid said. He said, "India looked also very specifically on our concerns which relate to participation in the US economic effort by way of Indian professionals coming to the US temporarily on H1-B non-immigrant visas. These are areas that still need to be addressed." "There is a lot of work that US side has to do with its industry. We have to (work) with them and we have to carry greater conviction with our own industry as well. There is sincere effort on both sides to come together to find a resolution and we are encouraged by the positive response that we have received." Khurshid said further improving bilateral economic ties "requires work" and the two countries have agreed to "work together to see if we can find more satisfactory situation." The two sides also discussed issues like climate change and defence. A senior US State Department official said the two sides talked about their shared concern about the enormous impact of climate change, as well as the role that the US and India can play. They also agreed to continue working to expand their clean energy partnership and discussed efforts to make progress on economic issues. Kerry said: "If India can march forward and embrace reforms, they can see real movement on their economy. And they talked about the importance of finding ways to expand trade relations," the official said.

Rupee hits 1-week high as foreign RBI bans zero interest loans on EMI to credit card holders banks continue to sell dollars MUMBAI: In a move that is the festival sales might get furMUMBAI: The rupee gained for a second straight session to touch its highest level in nearly a week on Thursday as foreign banks sold dollars in the spot market while squaring off their long dollar positions in the offshore nondeliverable forwards. Traders said the large selling seen from foreign banks over the last couple of days was mainly due to offshore flows with banks preferring to not rollover their long dollar outstanding contracts in the nondeliverable forwards. Some foreign banks were also selling dollars in anticipation of inflows with some technology service exporters, two dealers said. "There was huge selling by foreign banks today, possibly for balance sheet management," said Uday Bhatt, a foreign exchange dealer with UCO Bank. The settlement date for today's trade would be Sept. 30, the last day of the first half of the fiscal year. "If 61.80 is broken strongly, likely to dent retailers' festive season sales, the RBI has barred 'zero per cent interest' schemes offered by banks to credit card holders. Banks will now be able to recover dues through equated monthly installments only when customers are billed regular interest charges. Describing the zero per cent interest scheme as a 'pernicious practice' which deters customer protection and accounting integrity, RBI has said that banks should not resort to any practice that would distort the interest rate structure of a product as this 'vitiates transparency in pricing mechanism' and prevents customers from taking informed decisions. Bankers said RBI has indicated that zero interest loans are a violation of its lending norms which prevent loans below a bank's base rate. Retailers said the directive would deprive aspirational consumers of a facility to acquire goods they cannot otherwise afford and expect that ther depressed this year. Banks said that over Rs 1,000 crore of billings out of the monthly credit card billings of Rs 11,000 crore were coming from purchases billed under EMIs. It will approach RBI to see if they agree to the scheme if we communicate to the borrower that the funding is coming through discounts by the manufacturer or retailer," said the head of credit cards at a private bank. RBI had earlier informally asked banks to discontinue such schemes in June this year. However, it decided to issue a complete ban as such lending continued to grow. According to banks, retailers may not agree to disclose the discounted price out of fear that this might lower the brand's worth among those paying upfront. Besides zero interest EMIs that are funded by dealer discounts, RBI has also banned schemes where banks on their own offer cardholders the option to break down their large purchases into EMIs for a processing fee.

then we can see 60 soon," Bhatt added. The partially convertible rupee closed at 62.07/08 per dollar compared with 62.44/45 on Wednesday. The unit moved in a range of 61.98 to 62.37 during the session. Traders said gains in other Asian currencies and the domestic share market also helped sentiment. Thai baht led gains among emerging Asian currencies though investors hesitated to make heavy bets on regional units amid caution over a deadlock in the U.S. budget deal. Indian shares edged higher, despite volatility caused due

to expiry of the September equity derivative contracts, led by gains in Sun Pharma which rose to an all-time high on hopes of higher sales of a key cancer drug. Earlier in the day, the central bank's decision to allow greater flexibility to banks in swapping their overseas borrowings also helped. The Reserve Bank of India late on Wednesday relaxed the minimum maturity tenure for banks' foreign currency borrowings' to one year from three years, in order to use the central bank's swap facility which was set up to support the failing rupee.

MISC 8 Applications for CAT for admissions to IIMs Taj inaugurates Sports Festival at Baramulla Presides over cultural meet at St. Joseph's and other B-schools go down in number
STUDENT AGE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
LUCKNOW, SEPT 26: Applications for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 for admissions to the prestigious Indian Institute of Management(IIMs) and other B-schools across the country have gone down in number. Around 2 lakh candidates applied till a day before the CAT's registration window closes on September 26. Last year, 2.14 lakh candidates had registered for the test. CAT 2013 is being conducted by IIM Indore. The sale of online and traditional vouchers ended on September 24. According to Rohit Kapoor, CAT 2013 convener, 1.16 lakh candidates have bought the online vouchers and nearly 86,000 candidates have purchased the manual vouchers. Total applications should come to around 2 lakh on the last date of registration, said around 5,000 seats. "With less than 10,000 seats across the B-schools that use CAT score, 2 lakh is still a huge number,'' said Kapoor. CAT will be conducted over a period of 20 days - from October 16 to November 11 across 40 cities. Last year, test was held in 36 cities. The number of women appearing for CAT has been increasing steadily - from 53,700 in 2010 to 56,000 in 2011. Last year, more than 60,800 women appeared for CAT. The numbers are expected to go up this year. Additionally, female aspirants are achieving better success on the CAT, with 255 women scoring higher than the 99 percentile in CAT 2012. Apart from the economic slowdown, experts pointed poor placements in IIMs as one of the reasons for shrinking numbers. In few IIMs, only 15-20% students got placement. BARAMULLA, SEPT 26: The 10th North Kashmir Police Sports Festival took off on Thursday with a colorful start. Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services & Sports, Mr. Taj Mohi ud Din inaugurated the festival. The month long sports festival would have participants from all the districts of North Kashmir in different sports disciplines. Addressing the inaugural function, Mr. Taj said the Government intends to upgrade and equip sports infrastructure in the State. He said Government has devised an action plan under which the sports infrastructure in the State would be strengthened and upgraded. The Minister asked youth to take benefit from the sports facilities being provided by the Government and not fall prey to the propaganda by vicious elements. He said knowing fully the limited minute silence was observed by the participants on the occasion in memory of slain jawans. MLA, Rafiabad, Mr. Javid Ahmad Dar, former Minister, Usman Majid, DIG, North, J. P. Singh, S. P. Baramulla, Zubair Khan, senior army officers, prominent citizens and officers of District administration were present on the occasion. Earlier, the Minister visited the historic Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School at Baramulla and presided over the annual sport cum cultural event. In his presidential address, the Minister asked students to take active part in sports activities for shaping up their personalities. He appreciated the role played by St. Joseph School & Hospital in education and health sector in the area. Mr. Taj on his arrival was given a rousing reception by the students of the school.

Kapoor. For the first time, the online process for sale of vouchers was started. The figures show candidates prefer the online method rather than the conventional way of buying vouchers. Except last year, the CAT applications in the past years have been dipping. In 2009, 2.41 lakh candidates applied for the test.

This number dropped to 2.04 lakh in 2010. In 2011, 2.05 lakh candidates registered for CAT followed by 2.14 last year. Kapoor says the downward trend is not much of a concern. Across all IIMs, 115 seats have been added this year making a total of 3,335 seats. Adding the other B-schools who take up CAT score, there are

sports activity in Kashmir during winter months the Government has decided to construct indoor sports complexes at block level. This, he said, would provide youth an opportunity to play during winter months. Mr. Taj said that sports infrastructure is being strengthened in the State and in this connection

recently foundation for a Rs. 18 crore sports complex was laid in the Baramulla and an Astroturf is being laid at Azad Gunj. He appreciated J&K Police for providing sports activities' platform to youth. The Minister paid rich tributes to the jawans and soldiers killed this morning at Hiranagar and Samba. A two

University of Hyderabad in the throes of crisis Mian Altaf inaugurates 2-day Gojri conference
HYDERABAD, SEPT 26: What's ailing the University of Hyderabad (UoH), the biggest central university in the state which has about 500 teaching staff and 5,000 students? It seems nothing is going right for the university - one of its academic partners fails to honour a financial agreement, recruitments are stalled, student fellowships and courses get scrapped and seats lie vacant. A clear picture of the varsity's problems emerged at the academic council meeting held last week. In the meet which lasted for about two hours, vice-chancellor Ramakrishna Ramaswamy was asked to explain the status of a deal struck with Dr Reddy's lab in 2004 concerning the Institute of Life Sciences, which has come up on the university land as part of a public-private partnership programme. The institute has not paid the dues to the tune of Rs 3 crore to the varsity so far, it was alleged. The meeting concluded with the VC agreeing study". The varsity has arbitrarily planned to elevate two of the eight centres, including University Centre for Earth and Space Sciences and Centre for Neutral and Cognitive Sciences, into schools, a decision which was questioned in a recent academic council meeting. Senior faculty members say the university has gone back on a lot of its promises. Even the non-teaching staff is up in arms as the university administration is not honouring a commitment to build a housing project for which 60 acres of land was allotted in 2010. The university, sources said, is also under pressure to implement correctional measures to prevent suicides on campus. The university is yet to hold an academic council meeting on Wednesday as the previous one had to be abandoned due to infightings, sources said. "The administration should not just listen to people's problems, it should also implement resolutions for the benefit of the varsity community," a senior faculty member said. Vice-c han cel lor Ramakrishna Ramaswamy in a written communication with reporters explained that "the financial arrangements between the ILS and the university will be complied as per the MoU and we are monitoring this." On issues of faculty recruitment, he wrote individuals approaching courts is not unusual as several academic institutions are facing similar cases. The scholarship programme is restricted only to needy students "as per the recommendation of a committee appointed by university," Ramaswamy said. On filling of OBC/SC/ST seats, the VC said, "The university announced a special admission drive and some seats were filled through spot admissions on August 30." Decision on the elevation of centres would be taken only after it is debated in appropriate bodies, including the academic council and executive council, he informed.

Assures Support for inclusion of Gojri in 8th Schedule

Amrita University launches centre for spiritual studies

AMRITAPURI (KERALA), SEPT 26: Amrita University in Kerala launched a centre for spiritual studies at its campus in Kollam district, with the aim of strengthening and deepening India's rich spiritual traditions, a spokesperson said. The centre will be officially launched at Amritapuri on Thursday as part of the threeday Amritavarsham 60, the 60th birthday celebrations of Mata Amritanandamayi, also known as the "hugging saint". Celebrations of the birthday began on Wednesday, and are organised by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM). The new centre will engage in academic research and extension activities focused on spiritual, social and cultural development and awareness, the MAM spokesperson said. It will also promote and institutionalise selfless service-oriented education, and give voice to Amma's universal message, "Love and serve". Apart from academic and research collaborat i ons, the centre will engage in collaboration with similar centres of repute in other parts of the world, to offer study programmes in Sanatana Dharma, spirituality and culture at post-graduate and doctoral levels. Research activities into spiritual subjects will include the study of Sanskrit and scriptures, arts, science, technology, literature and astrology, the spokesperson said. Other proposed activities include documentation, dissemination and spread of the universal message of Amma's life and teaching. One area of focus will be what Amma has termed "Vishwamatrutvam" - the quality of viewing every aspect of the universe as a mother views her child, and treating all aspects of creation with the love, patience, compassion and selflessness that a mother shows her children. The centre will also research Amma's charitable, humanitarian and social programmes, to assess their impact. Teaching of meditation and yoga through systems followed at the math, like Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique and Amrita Yoga, will also be conducted at the centre, the spokesperson said. The centre will seek to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western knowledge systems, and institutionalise selfless service activities as part of its credit-based curriculum.

to move court against ILS for allegedly stalling the payment, sources present in the meeting said. The recruitment process undertaken by the varsity was earlier challenged in the AP High Court because of alleged failure of the administration in following the reservation policy and, adding insult to injury, students went on strike, alleging that around 495 of OBC, SC and ST seats were vacant. Besides, the student community is embittered by a sudden rollback of a scholarship

programme under which post graduate students were promised a monthly scholarship of Rs 1,000 each. The fellowship programme is currently limited to only a handful of students. While the administration is caught in a quagmire, academic affairs are hardly anything to write home about. The varsity had kept in abeyance the PG nursing programme after the administration found it unviable. Also, currently there is an order to "examine the question of centres outside the schools of

Uttar Pradesh to recruit 10,000 teachers

LUCKNOW, SEPT 26: The Uttar Pradesh government will recruit 10,000 teachers for its basic education schools, an official said on Thursday. The recruitment process would begin October 15, and would be completed by December 15. The orders were issued by Basic Education secretary Niteshwar Kumar late Wednesday. People eligible for the posts would be selected from special BTC (basic training certificate), the Urdu equivalent of BTC and those who have passed the TET. The basic education council has been directed to complete the process of appointing teachers within two months of the start of the drive and prepare a time table accordingly, officials said.

SRINAGAR, SEPT 26: The 2-day Gojri Language Conference, organized by J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages, started here on Thursday with Minister for Forest & Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmad, inaugurating the major literary even, the first held in Srinagar since 1989. Prominent writers, poets, intellectuals and lovers of Gojri language attended the conference in large number. Asking writers fraternity of Gujjar community to play a stronger role in the overall development of tribal and nomadic society, the Minister said that Government will provide every possible support for promotion of Gojri Language including its inclusion in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Mian Altaf Ahmad said that State Government is com-

mitted to pursue the inclusion of Gojri in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution, adding that matter related to opening of Gojri research centre in the University will be taken up with Jammu University. He said that matter stands already taken up with Education Department. Regarding teaching of Gojri language in J&K Schools, he said that the Government will provide all help to the Academy for promotion of Gojri language and culture in a big way. The Minister appreciated the efforts of the Academy to promote different languages of the State including Gojri. He asked the writers to produce quality literature and supplement the efforts of the Academy. He also assured support to the Academy for holding similar literary activities in Gojri language.

Earlier, welcoming the guests, Khalid also dwelt upon some major initiatives taken by the Academy during the past year including laying of foundation stone of the multi-crore cultural centre, Tehzeeb Mahal, digitization of the Academy's rich collection of manuscripts, paintings, images and artefacts, launching of a comprehensive website and publication of a complete cultural newspaper, Saqafat. Dr. Javaid Rahi, while giving details about the publication programme of Gojri, stated that Gojri section has edited 74 books in last three years, containing around 23000 pages, which is a record in itself. He impressed upon the writers fraternity of Gojri language to come together and develop its tribal language with rich insight and valuable content.

CBSE plans to set up new centre in Gulf

CHENNAI, SEPT 26: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) plans to set up a new centre forschools in the Gulf to provide better services to students there. "The centre will most likely be in Dubai since it has the largest concentration of CBSE schools in the Gulf," said CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi. A sub-regional office would be opened in the Gulf region within three months as the first step, said Joshi. He said the board would start accreditationfor all affiliated schools by sending inspecting teams from India to the Gulf every five years. Two assessors from one of the 12 private agencies selected by the board and one CBSE observer will evaluate the school for two days, and their list of recommendations will be examined by the board. "It will be compulsory for all CBSE schools to get accredited. Schools that fail to receive an accreditation will be given one chance, failing which their CBSE affiliation will be revoked," said Joshi. Human resource development minister M M Pallam Raju, who was speaking with school principals in Dubai via teleconference after inaugurating a two-day workshop for the CBSE schools there, made the formal announcement.

Gazzanfar inaugurated 2 days Review cum Orientation workshop for Northern States on PC & PNDT Act
J&K has taken several initiatives to curb skewed sex ratio: Secretary Health
SRINAGAR, SEPT 26First Review cum Orientation Regional workshop on PC & PNDT organized by MoH&FW in collaboration with National Rural Health Mission, J&K was inaugurated at TRC Nowgam Srinagar on Thursday by Mr. Gazzanfar Hussain, Secretary Health & Medical Education, Mr. Gazzanfar Hussain in his inaugural Speech said Government of Jammu and Kashmir has taken several initiatives for improving the skewed sex ratio through reconstitution of Regulatory bodies, large scale Advocacy programmes including targeting the adolescent groups in the higher secondary schools and colleges, involvement of religious leaders and rewarding informers. He said in the monthly review meetings of health sector, the sex ratio at birth as per the HMIS figures is being reviewed at block level and accordingly action

CBSE board urged to reduce load of social studies on students

al understanding or because of poor reading habits and lack of comprehension. Stakeholders have also been asked to suggest whether allotting more time to the subject, changing the weightage of marks, reducing the content, or making certain sections optional should be considered. Acade mics worry that the proposal, if implemented, could start a trend of putting arts on the back seat. This is already evident, they say, in higher education, where few choose humanities. Art and culture critic Sadanand Menon said that if it came through there would be "lopsided emphasis on preparation of future citizens and reflect on the kind of society we will have to live with". As a teacher, he said, he could already see the effects of lesser importance to social sciences. "I find students less informed of contemporary society and blank when it comes to inequalities in society." M P Damodaran, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Madras, said humanities helped develop the learner's personality at the individual level and helped him/her understand others. "The impact of IT on mass urbanized set-ups like cities have made people crazy about jobs rather than finding themselves and their place in society," he said. Educational consultant K R

plans are prepared for the blocks where the sex ratio is a matter of concern. As per the HMIS report 2012-13, the sex ratio at birth in the State is 913, thereby, meaning that Government efforts have started showing the results. Mission Director NRHM J&K, Dr Yashpal Sharma while giving detailed presentation on the occasion highlighted the best practices adopted by the State for curbing the decline in female sex ratio and informed that this

year has been dedicated to save the girl child and district wise action plans have been prepared which are under execution. The issue being of very sensitive nature States CM, Health Minister and the Chief Secretary are taking periodic review of the issue and suggesting various corrective actions to be taken at each and every level, he said adding that state Government has strengthened the regulatory mechanism and large scale

advocacy on the issue will definitely help in reducing the gap in the Sex ratio. Director Health Services Punjab while speaking on the occasion highlighted various innovations made by Punjab in this regard and suggested for intensive interstate coordination on the issue. The State Nodal Officer Himachal , Haryana, Delhi and Chandigarh also highlighted their State specific initiatives and good practices in the workshop.

CHENNAI, SEPT 26: If some schools have their way, a high score in maths or science could come at the cost of social studies. Many high school students and their parents and teachers have been urging the Central Board of Secondary Education to reduce the social studies syllabus. Devi Academy Senior Secondary School principal Malathy Srinivasan said there was no distinction when it came to allocating marks for subjects. "But, there is an idea that maths has to be worked out daily. And, there's maths phobia. So, a little more importance is given to maths and science," she said. The CBSE has asked those seeking a reduction of syllabus to write whether the burden of syllabus was the result of a casual attitude towards the subject, lack of effective teaching, heavy content and lack of conceptu-

Maalathi said the approach to social studies in school was leading to the death of humanities in higher education. "Schools are only readying children for engineering courses and not giving them a choice. If maths and science are given nine periods a week, social studies is given only six," she added. In India it is stubbornly held that education equals employability. Now parents and teachers want to cut short the time spent on history, geography, political science or economics to make students learn maths, physics or chemistry more. So much for a well-rounded education. As most thinkers point out, the study of liberal arts teaches one how to think and develop strength of mind and intellect. Liberal arts education makes better citizens, contributes to personal happiness, and helps understand society.

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