NEW DELHI, Aug 8:

The Supreme Court todayagreed to hear the interim bailplea of Vikas Yadav, who isserving a 25-year jail term formurder of Nitish Katara in 2002,on the ground that he has to ful-fil his business obligations.

A bench of justices DipakMisra and C Nagappan said theappeal against Delhi High Courtorder awarding 25 years jail tohim without any remission maybe listed for August 29.

Senior advocate U R Lalitappearing for Yadav, son of for-mer MP D P Yadav, said theapplication for interim bail hasbeen moved as he has alreadyundergone over 14 years of sen-tence.

He sought time from thecourt for detailed hearing of theappeal against the sentenceawarded to Yadav by the HighCourt.

The bench then posted the

matter for further hearing aftersenior counsel Dayan Krishnan,appearing for Delhi government,did not opposed the request foradditional time for hearing onthe matter.

The Delhi High Court had onFebruary 6 rejected the plea fordeath sentence and hadenhanced the life imprisonmentof Vikas Yadav and his cousinVishal to 25 years in jail withoutany remission and an additionalfive years for destruction of evi-dence in the honour killing ofKatara.(PTI)

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police, had helped assuage thefeelings of the people there.

“Why can’t we do this now,”he asked and demanded that thePrime Minister should respondand start the process of diologue.

Describing the situation inKashmir as alarming, D Raja(CPI) said to de-escalate the situ-ation, the use of pellet gunsshould be stopped forthwith andAFPSA repealed.

Also, the “dreaded midnightknocks” should be stopped aswell as the dominating presenceof the Army in civilian areasshould be reduced and securityforces withdrawn, he said.

“Government should initiatepolitical process to win theminds of the people, win confi-dence of people,” Raja said.

Neeraj Shekhar (SP) said 60youths have been killed inKashmir, yet there was no state-ment from the Home Ministerand Prime Minister on the issue.

Home Minister RajnathSingh, he said, went to Kashmirbut could not meet everyone. He

should have taken senior leadersof political parties on his visit.

Sharad Yadav (JD-U) saidthe silence of Government on theissue was painful and demandedPrime Minister make a state-ment.

“Is issue par bhayanak shantihai (there is dreadful peace onthe issue),” he said.

Stating that the Governmentis committed to peace and tran-quility in Kashmir, Minister ofState for Parliamentary AffairsMukhtar Abbas Naqvi said thereshould be no doubts about theGovernment’s commitmenttowards the State.

The Government, he said,was open to discussion on theKashmir situation and it can bescheduled tomorrow or onWednesday.

Deputy Chairman P J Kuriensaid since the House wants thediscussion today, “if possible, doit tomorrow.”

“Government has admittedreadiness for discussion,” he toldthe members. (PTI)

Oppn calls for start of political process in Kashmir

The people from Karkitchoovillage marched to village Latooand cut the water pipes beinglaid in their neighbouring vil-lage. The people fromKarkitchoo alleged that the peo-ple of Latoo have occupied theirland and they will not allow lay-ing down of the water pipes atLatoo unless the territorial andother disputes between the twovillages were resolved by theadministration.

The people of two villagesalso clashed leading to injuriesto four of them. However, thepeople from both the border vil-lages blamed each other for thedispute as well as the districtadministration for not resolving

it amicably and timely.It is worthwhile to mention

here that only few days back, theresidents had marched towardsLoC at Latoo but were stoppedby the troops. The Army hadconvinced them to return to theirvillage on the ground that thedistrict administration wouldresolve the matter.

The Deputy Commissioner,Kargil, when approached forcomments, said the Tehsildarand police officials were on thespot to resolve the matter.

Meanwhile, four civiliansinjured in the clashes have beenadmitted to the local hospital fortreatment but their conditionwas stated to be stable.

LoC villagers clash in Kargil, 4 hurt

Kulgam and posted at HSSManjakote, Aronash KumarSharma from HSS Manjakote toGHSS Dhandkote, MohammadIqbal Ganaie from HSS Hermato HSS Ashmuji, MukhtarAhmed Manhas from HSSAshmuji to GHSS Chrar-e-Sharief, Mushtaq Ahmed Qadrifrom HSS Arreh, Kulgam toHSS Herman, MohammadShabir from HSS Kandi to JSSArreh, Kulgam and MudassirAhmad Wani from HSSFatehgarh to DIET Sopore.

Hoshiyar Singh, under order oftransfer to HSS Sazan has been post-ed at DIET Doda, Farooq AhmedRather from HSS DH Pora, Kulgamto HSS Mahind, MohammadHussain Manda from HSS Mahindto HSS Kandipora, MohammadAyoub Sheikh from HSS Nehama toHSS DH Pora, Kulgam, GhulamRasool Ganie from HSS Manzgamto HSS Nehama, Roof-ul-Aminfrom GHSS Pulwama to BHSSNagam, Niyaz Ali from BHSSNagam to HSS Goshbugh and SyedMohammad Amin from HSSGoshbugh to HSS Palpora.

Mohammad Latief has beentransferred from HSS Lathong andposted at GHSS Pulwama, DeepakKapoor from DIET Poonch to HSSLathong, Abdul Rehman Ratherfrom HSS Chittergul to HSSWanpoh, Ali Mohammad Bhat fromHSS Wanpoh to HSS Salia,Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat fromHSS Salia to HSS Larnoo,Mohammad Shafi Baba fromBHSS Sogam to BHSS Karihama,Nasir Ahmad Ganie from BHSSInzmarg to BHSS Sogam, SanaullahMir, under orders of transfer to DyCEO Budgam has been posted atGHSS Nunnar, Gulzar Ahmad Bhatfrom GHSS Nunnar Ganderbal toHSS Waterhall and Nazir AhmadWani, under order of transfer toDEPO Ganderbal has been posted atDy CEO Ganderbal.

Hanifa Kandhey has been trans-ferred from BHSS Magam,Kupwara and posted at HSSZachaldara, Ghulam MohammadBhat from HSS Zachaldara to DyCEO Handwara, MohammadKhalil Ganai from Dy CEOAnantnag to HSS Gool, GulzarBegum from HSS Gool to HSSSangaldhan, Rajinder Singh fromHSS Sangaldhan to HSS Kandi,Mohammad Maqsood from BHSSGund Sonamarg to GHSS Mendhar,Rabia Bibi from GHSS Mendhar toHSS Mankote, Rashid Ahmed fromHSS Mankote to BHSS Gund

Sonamarg, Ghulam Hassan Bhatfrom BHSS Kangan to BHSSSumbal, Ghulam Hassan Bhat fromBHSS Kangan to BHSS Sumbaland Ghulam Nabi Zarger fromBHSS Sumbal to BHSS Kangan.

Abdul Rasheed Kirmani hasbeen transferred from HSSMaidanpora Kupwara and posted atGHSS Selina, Kishore Kumar fromDIET Kishtwar to HSS Gandhari,Subash Chander from HSSGandhari to HSS Samailpur,Vijaypur, Parkash Lal Thapa fromHSS Smailpur, Vijaypur to HSSMoungri, Vinod Kumar Koul fromHSS Moungri to HSS Purmandal,Sudershan Kumari has been trans-ferred from HSS Purmandal andwill report to DSE Jammu and awaitorders of further posting, JagjeetSingh, awaiting orders of posting inDSE Jammu has been posted atHSS Jangalwar and Shahida Khanfrom HSS Girls Doda to HSS Ghat.

Shaista Tabassum has beentransferred from HSS Ghat andposted at HSS Girls Doda, TahiraParveen, awaiting posting orders(surplus in DIET Jammu) has beenposted at HSS Shastri Nagar,Farida Javed from HSS ShastriNagar to HSS Dablehar, SumanLata from HSS Dablehar to GHSSRehari, Subash Chander fromGHSS Rehari to HSS KilhotranDoda, Tara Chand Sharma fromHSS Kilhotran Doda to HSSMansar Samba, Ganesh DuttRaina from HSS Mansar Samba toHSS Panikhar and Sarsa Ram fromHSS Bhalwal to HSS Barso.

Harbans Lal, under oders oftransfer to DIET Banihal has beenposted at HSS Bhalwal, AminaChauhan, awaiting orders of post-ing has been posted at DIETRajouri, Madan Mohan Khajuria,awaiting orders of posting in DSEJammu has been posted at HSSPouni, Proshatam Dutt Sharmafrom HSS (G) Reasi to HSS Sazan,BL Mangotra from HSS Pouni toHSS (G) Reasi, PushpinderKumar, awaiting orders of postinghas been posted at HSS Marwah,Ashwani Kumar Koul from HSSBhalra to HSS Chilly, SatishKumar from HSS Chilly to HSSBhalra, Mohammad Shafi, underorders of transfer to HSSJangalwar has been posted at HSSKharpora, Anantnag, Om Parkashfrom HSS Forelain to HSS Barwal,Ishwar Dutt Sharma from HSSBarwal to HSS Forelain andGulzar Hussain, under orders oftransfer to GHSS Dhandkote hasbeen posted at DEPO Rajouri.

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ter manner, there was no pro-posal for its relocation.

Inspecting railway infrastruc-ture, including tracks, buildingsand level crossings, Prakash saidall 312 unmanned railway cross-ings in the division would be elim-inated in a phased manner withinthree years.

“From 357, the number ofunmanned crossings has decreasedto 312 and out of these 89 will beeliminated by March 31 next”, hesaid.

He said there was a 2 per centincrease in freight this year com-pared to the previous year.

On the proposal to lay a new

25.47 km long Patti-Firozpur raillink, he said it would soon be sanc-tioned by the Ministry of Railways.

With this proposed track, thedistance between Northern Stateswith Punjab and trade capitals ofGujarat and Maharashtra will getconsiderably reduced.

On the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula rail link project, he saidthat the work was halted becauseof law and order issue in Jammuand Kashmir.

“Our tracks had been damagedthere and the work, which wasalready going behind schedule,was getting further delayed”, hesaid. (PTI)

No separate Rly Div for Jammu

Closure report in Maneka's caseto be considered on Sept 26

NEW DELHI, Aug 8:

A Special Court has fixedSeptember 26 to consider a CBIreport favouring closure of a caselodged against Union MinisterManeka Gandhi and two others forsanctioning Rs 50 lakh grant to atrust allegedly in a "fraudulent"manner in 2001.

The court had earlier refused toaccepted the closure filed by theprobe agency in the case in 2008and had asked the CBI to furtherinvestigate the matter.

However, the CBI had againapproached the court saying "alle-gations levelled against Gandhi andtwo others could not be substantiat-ed".

Senior BJP leader ManekaGandhi is now the Women andChild Development Minister.

An FIR was lodged by CBI in2006 against Maneka Gandhi, Dr FU Siddiqui, former secretary ofMaulana Azad EducationFoundation (MAEF) and Dr VijaySharma, former Managing Trusteeof Gandhi Rural Welfare Trust(GRWT).

The FIR alleged that Maneka, inconspiracy with Siddiqui, had sanc-tioned a grant of Rs 50 lakh toGRWT from MAEF in an irregularmanner to construct a nursing col-lege building at Pilibhit in UttarPradesh and caused undue favour toSharma.

CBI alleged that further anamount of Rs 10.40 lakh was sanc-tioned to GRWT by S K Verma, thethen District Magistrate of Pilibhit,from Maneka's MPLADS(Members of Parliament Local AreaDevelopment Scheme) funds forpurchase of two ambulances and thefund was released to RamakantRampal, the Managing Trustee of

GRWT.It had alleged that Rampal had

purchased two jeeps which had costmuch less than the approved modelsand failed to get them certified bythe chief medical officer. The vehi-cles were also used for personalworks by the managing trustee.

The agency, however, againfiled a closure report, saying "duringthe course of further investigation,the allegations levelled againstManeka Gandhi, Dr F U Siddiquiand Dr Vijay Sharma could not besubstantiated."

"It is, therefore, prayed that theclosure report dated December 30,2008, collectively read with thisreport, may kindly be accepted," itsaid.

The FIR in the case was lodgedfor the alleged offences under sec-tion 120-B (criminal conspiracy)read with section 420 (cheating) ofthe IPC and under relevant provi-sions of the Prevention ofCorruption Act.

In its closure report, CBI saidthat the trust had purchased twojeeps with ambulance fixtures onSeptember 15, 2003 for Rs9,85,008, while the balance amountwas returned to the governmentexchequer as per the terms of sanc-tion.

"As such no financial irregulari-ty could be pointed out in the matterof purchase of ambulances and thechange in vehicle model was foundto be on justified grounds," it said.

"Investigation further revealedthat the DM, Pilibhit, approved pur-chase of two Mahindra Voyagerambulances. A cheque dated July27, 2003 amounting to Rs 10.40lakh was received by GRWT forpurchase of Mahindra ambulancesAC Euro-II.(PTI)

Nitsh Katara murder:SC agreesto hear bail plea of Vikas Yadav