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WEDNESDAY
28 January
2015
Jammu-India
The will is not free - it is a phenomenon
bound by cause and effect - but there is
something behind the will which is free.
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WORLD
P-8
NATIONAL
Kurds
celebrate
ousting Islamic State
fighters from
Kobani
Gleanings
IS gunmen kill
8 in Libya
23 militants
killed in Pak
Islamabad: At least 23 militants
were killed in airstrikes by the Pakistani
army in the country’s northwestern
tribal area of North Waziristan Tuesday
afternoon, media reported. The troops
backed by jet fighters pounded five
militant hideouts in Datta Khel area of
North Waziristan, a semi-autonomous
tribal area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Xinhua news agency reported citing ARY News. Quoting official
sources, media reported that the killed
militants include local and foreign militants, but their identities have not been
revealed yet. Tuesday’s airstrikes are a
continuation of the Pakistani military’s
armed offensive “Operation Zarb-eAzb” in North Waziristan, in which over
2,000 militants have so far been killed,
according to military sources.
EC snubs
Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi: Taking “serious
note” of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader
Arvind Kejriwal’s repeated remarks
asking voters to accept bribe from
Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) but vote for his party, Election
Commission (EC) on Tuesday directed
him to desist from making such comments in future and warned of stern
action in case of any violation. “The
Commission has taken serious note of
the fact that you have been indulging
in the violations of the model code
of conduct repeatedly despite the
repeated notices to you... In view of the
above statement and undertaking...
and aforesaid violations of the model
code of conduct by you, the Commission hereby directs you to desist from
making these utterances.
Boy injured in accidental gun fire
Jammu: A boy was injured due to
accidental gun fire at village Nali Nika
in Pancheri falling in Udhampur district.
According to police, Mohd Ashraf 19,
son of Bashir Mohammad of village Nali
Nika in Panchari Block District Udhampur was cleaning a local made Single
Barrel Gun accidentally when fire went
off from the gun and the bullet hit his
shoulder. He was immediately shifted
to District Hospital Udhampur where
doctors referred him to GMC Jammu.
Meanwhile, Pancheri police registered
the case and started investigation.
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Vohra hoists tricolour at M. A. Stadium
India will succeed so long it’s not Peace, normalcy imperative
‘splintered’ on religious lines: Obama for sustained growth
AGENCIES, JAN 27|15
New Delhi: Hours before winding up his three-day visit to India, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday made a strong
pitch for religious tolerance.
Invoking Article 25 of the Indian
Constitution that gives every
citizen the right to practice or
propagate his/ her religion,
Obama cautioned India against
efforts to divide society on “sectarian lines”.
It was a politically sensitive
message for India, though there
were no major political leaders
in the select audience of about
1,500 people, which mostly comprised students and scholars.
Addressing the townhall meeting at the Siri Fort auditorium
here, Obama said: “Every person has the right to practice his
faith without any persecution,
fear or discrimination. India
will succeed so long as it is not
splintered on religious lines.”
Obama devoted five minutes of
his 33-minute speech to the issue of religious freedom and diversity. “Your Article 25 says all
Day after winning Gallantary award, Army officer killed
Colonel, cop, 2 HM militants
killed in Tral encounter
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Srinagar, Jan 27|15:
Two
security personnel, including an Army officer, who was
awarded a gallantry medal on
the occasion of Republic Day,
were killed in a fierce gunbattle which also left two Hizbul
Mujahideen militants dead at
Handora hamlet of Tral town in
South Kashmir’s Pulwama district here on Tuesday.
Colonel M M Rai, commanding officer of 42 Rashtriya Rifles,
and a policeman were killed in
the gunbattle at Mindora village of Tral, 36 km from here,
Transfer orders by Guv sending
confusing signals: Omar
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Srinagar, Jan 27|15: Nation-
al Conference working President
Omar Abdullah today said Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N
Vohra ordering transfers
in state administration
and the PDP and BJP
entering into a seat sharing agreement for Rajya
Sabha polls were sending
confusing signals.
“Mixed and very confusing signals in J&K – @
jkpdp and @BJP4India
announce 2 RS candidates each confirming that they
are fighting together,” Omar
wrote on micro-blogging site
Twitter. ”At the same time the
Governor has ordered a massive
list of transfers in the police and
civil administration indicating
he’s staying,” he said.
Omar said if the PDP and BJP
can come together for the Rajya
Sabha polls, why do not the two
parties cement the “marriage of
convenience”. “So what I don’t
get is if the @jkpdp & @
BJP4India can combine
for the Rajya Sabha polls
when not just cement the
marriage of convenience,”
he added. Omar’s last
tweet was an an apparent
reference to the deadlock
over government formation in the state.
The assembly polls, whose results were declared on December
23 last, threw up a fractured mandate. PDP emerged as the single
largest party with 28 seats in the
87-member House. BJP bagged 25
seats, NC 15 and Congress 12.
an Army spokesman said. He
said two militants, both locals,
were also killed in the operation
which left a soldier seriously injured.
Col Rai was among the gallantry medal awardees announced
on the eve of Republic Day. He
was awarded Yudh Seva medal
for his role in a gunbattle with
militants in south Kashmir last
year, the spokesman said. The
encounter broke out when the
police assisted by Rashtriya Rifles of the army launched
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people are equally entitled to the
freedom of conscience and have
the right to freely profess, practise and propagate religion. In
both our countries, in all countries, upholding freedom of religion is the utmost responsibility
of the government, but also the
responsibility of every person,”
he said.
“In both our countries, in almost all countries, upholding
this fundamental right is the responsibility of the government
and also the responsibility of
every person,” he emphasised.
He said that across the world,
there was intolerance, violence
and terror perpetrated by those
who profess to uphold
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BJP declares
candidates
for RS polls
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Jammu, Jan 27|15: BJP has
nominated Shamsher Singh
Manhas and Chander Mohan
Sharma as party candidates
for forthcoming elections to
the Council of States, the Rajya
Sabha, against the seats fallen
vacant.
According to an official communique received from party
Central Office at New Delhi, by
State office, it said that BJP National President Amit Shah has
been pleased to announce Shamsher Singh Manhas and Chander Mohan Sharma as candidates
from Jammu and Kashmir.
Both the candidates have been
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and development: Guv
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Jammu, Jan 27|15: Governor N. N. Vohra the other day
observed that maintenance of
peace and public order are imperative for securing sustained
growth and development.
In his address, after hoisting
the tricolour at the State level
function on the occasion of the
66th Republic Day, at Maulana
Azad Stadium, the Governor
said that because of the consistently negative trans-border factors and recurring challenges
to the maintenance of peace and
normalcy, Jammu and Kashmir
has continued to face varied hurdles in maintaining the required
pace for securing its growth and
developmental goals.
The Governor inspected the
parade and took the salute at
an impressive march past. The
smart contingents participating
in the march past were from the
Army, Border Security Force,
Central Reserve Police Force,
men and women contingents of
the IRP, Jammu and Kashmir
Police, State Disaster Response
Force, J&K Fire and Emergency
Services, J&K Forest Protection
Force, Ex-Servicemen, National
Cadet Corps, Bharat Scouts and
Guides, boys and girls schools
students and Bands of Army,
BSF, J&K Police, Jammu and
Kashmir Armed Police and various schools.
Mrs. Usha Vohra, First Lady;
Mr. Mubarak Gul, Speaker, Legislative Assembly; Mr. Amrit
Malhotra, Chairman, Legislative Council; Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed and Mr. Omar Abdullah,
former Chief Ministers; Vice
Chairmen of various Boards;
Legislators; Acting Chief Justice and Judges of the State
High Court, senior Civil, Police
and Army officers, political and
social activists, prominent citizens, media persons and a large
number of the citizenry were
present on the occasion.
A colourful cultural pageantry
based on national integration
and the glorious composite heritage of the State was presented
by several thousand students
from various local schools on
this occasion. Bhartiyam, in
which students from various
educational institutions
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RS Polls: Azad to be joint candidate of NC, Cong
YASH KHAJURIA
Jammu, Jan 27|15: The Na-
tional Conference (NC) on Tuesday decided to support Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
as the common candidate of the
two parties for a Rajya Sabha
seat from Jammu and Kashmir.
The decision was taken after
a 30-minute meeting between
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
and NC working president
Omar Abdullah in Delhi. A former chief minister of Jammu
and Kashmir and a former Union minister, Azad is the leader
of the Opposition in the Upper
House.
“The two parties have decided to combine forces to field
a joint candidate for RS polls
in J&K to snatch a seat from
the unholy alliance,” Abdullah
tweeted, making a pointed reference to the BJP and the Peo-
ples Democratic Party which
were trying to form a coalition
government in his state. Elections to four Rajya Sabha seats
from the state are due on February 7, coinciding with the Delhi
assembly poll.
The NC offer has put to rest
speculations about Azad’s renomination to the Upper House.
Abdullah’s party has 15 seats
and the Congress has 12 in the
87-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly after the December polls. The PDP is the largest
part with 28 MLAs, followed by
the BJP with 25.
Azad could get the support
of CPM’s Muhammad Yousuf
Tarigami and Peoples Democratic Front’s Hakim Muhammad Yasin. Congress sources
said two more Independents
might back him. The BJP announced its two candidates: former state president Shamsher
Singh Manhas and senior leader Chander Mohan Sharma.
The tenure of the term of the
four Rajya Sabha seats in the
state will expire next month.
The four members whose term
is expiring are Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifud-Din Soz (February 10) and
National Conference (NC) leaders Ghulam Nabi Wani and Mohammad Shafi (February 15).
According to a notification issued by the EC, the polls will be
held on February 7 and counting of votes is scheduled for the
same day. The PDP had named
Nazir Ahmad Laway and Fayaz
Ahmad Mir. Both have narrowly lost last year’s assembly
elections. BJP sources in Delhi
dismissed suggestions of an
agreement with the PDP for the
Rajya Sabha polls, but its leaders in the state the two parties
could win three of the four seats
together.
The elections could provide
the platform to form the next
government in the state, which
is under governor’s rule.
Govt effects huge reshuffle in Police, civil administration
84 Police, 71
Civil officers
transferred
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
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Obama wraps up three-day India visit, departs for Saudi Arabia
Tripoli: At least eight people, including five foreigners, were killed on Tuesday
when gunmen from the Islamic State
stormed a hotel used by Westerners in
Libya, officials said. The five foreigners,
who included two women, died during an
attack on the five-star Corinthia Hotel in
the capital, Tripoli, according to Libyan
security chiefs. Also killed was a Libyan
security officer and two of the gunmen,
who blew themselves up after being
surrounded on an upper floor, Details of
the casualties were given by Mahmoud
Hamza, a senior Libyan security official,
in an interview with al-Naba television.
He did not give the nationalities of the
foreigners, although it is understood that
British citizens were resident in the hotel
at the time of the attack.
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Jammu, Jan 27|15: In a major reshuffle in Jammu and Kashmir, 155 police and civil officials
have been transfered, the first
such move after President’s Rule
was imposed in the state and Governor N N Vohra took charge.
The governor ordered the transfer of 84 senior police officers and
71 civil officials. According to the
order, Sundeep Kumar Nayak,
IAS (JK:88), under orders of repatriation from Central deputation,
has been posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Power
Development Department, vice
Arun Kumar Mehta.
Shaleen Kabra, IAS (JK:92),
Member, J&K Special Tribunal,
has been transferred and posted
as Commissioner /Secretary to
the Government, School Education Department, vice Nirmal
Sharma.
Sarita Chauhan, IAS (JK:99),
awaiting orders of adjustment in
the General Administration Department, has been transferred
and posted as Secretary to the
Government, Higher Education
Department, relieving Mohammad Ashraf Bukhari, IAS, of the
additional charge of the post.
Sanjeev Verma, IAS (JK:01),
Secretary to the Government, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Floriculture and Horticulture Department, has been transferred and
posted as Secretary to the Government, Social Welfare Department,
relieving
Gazzanfar Hussain,
IAS, of the additional charge of
the post.
Raj Kumar Bhagat, IAS (JK:01),
awaiting orders of adjustment in
the General Administration Department, has been transferred
and posted as Member, J&K Special Tribunal, vice Shaleen Kabra.
Nirmal Sharma, IAS (JK:01),
Secretary to the Government,
School Education Department,
has been transferred and posted
as Excise Commissioner, J&K,
vice Zaffar Ahmad Bhat.
Zaffar Ahmad Bhat, IAS (JK:01),
Excise Commissioner, J&K, has
been transferred and posted as
Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, J&K, vice Kifayat Hussain
Rizvi.
Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, IAS
(JK:02), Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Managing
Director, J&K SIDCO, vice J.S.
Dua, who shall report to his par-
ent organization i.e. J&K SICOP.
Shafiq Ahmad Raina, IAS
(JK:02), Director, Rural Development, Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Managing
Director, J&K Housing Board,
relieving Ram Pal Gupta, Secretary, J&K Housing Board of the
additional charge of the post.
Sajad Ahmad Khan, IAS (JK:02),
Deputy Commissioner, Pulwama,
has been transferred and posted
as Special Secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce Department.
Sheetal Nanda, IAS (JK:06),
Managing Director, J&K Medical
Supplies Corporation, has been
transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Samba, vice
Mubarak Singh.
Saugat Biswas, IAS (JK:06), Director, Employment, J&K, has
been transferred and posted as
Deputy Commissioner, Leh, vice
Simrandeep Singh.
Simrandeep Singh, IAS (JK:08),
Deputy Commissioner, Leh,
has been transferred and posted
as Director, School Education,
Jammu, vice Choudhary Rashid
Azam Inqalabi.
Jatindera Kumar Singh, IAS
(JK:08), Deputy Commissioner,
Rajouri, has been transferred
and posted as Additional Chief
Executive Officer, Amarnathji ne
Board, vice P.P. Singh, IFS, who
shall report to his parent department for further posting after
being relieved by the Governor’s
Secretariat.
Sushma Chauhan, IAS (JK:09),
Vice-Chairman, Jammu Development Authority, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, vice Shabir
Ahmad Bhat.
Prasanna Ramaswamy G, IAS
(JK:10), Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, has been
transferred and posted as Deputy
Commissioner, Kargil, vice Mohammad Sadiq Sheikh.
Niraj Kumar, IAS (JK:10), Additional Deputy Commissioner,
Jammu, has been transferred and
posted as Deputy Commissioner,
Pulwama, vice Sajad Ahmad
Khan.
Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, IAS
(JK:10), Additional Secretary to
the Government, Forest Department, has been transferred and
posted as Deputy Commissioner,
Kupwara, vice
Itrat Hussain
Rafiqui.
Farooq Ahmad Shah, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, has
been transferred and posted as
Managing Director, J&K Tourism
Development Corporation, relieving Shamim Ahmad Wani of the
additional charge of the post. He
shall concurrently function as Director, Tourism, Kashmir.
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