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Decision on AIIMS....72-hours long bandh call," he told media.On reports of few members of the committee expressing reservations about

the talks, Sharma said the members may have differing views in their person-al capacity.

Talking to reporters, former Jammu Bar Association President, B SSalathia said, "We had differences over calling off the bandh. They have actu-ally succumbed before the government."

The AIIMS committee had on June 16 announced three-day Jammu bandhfrom June 19 to intensify the agitation demanding setting up of the premiermedical institute in Jammu, which has reportedly been shifted to KashmirValley.

Chanting pro-AIIMS and anti-government slogans, the members were sit-ting on hunger strike for the past one week.

The AIIMS coordination committee, an amalgam of more than 70 social,religious, political, business and civil society groups including J&K HighCourt Bar Association, Jammu, which is spearheading the campaign.

The group also has the backing of several political parties, includingCongress and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP)

Expressing its annoyance over the decision, the Congress said that the deci-sion to revoke three-day Bandh call has been taken by the AIIMS CC.However, Congress party shall continue to struggle for the rights of the peo-ple.

"We supported the Bandh call given by AIIMS CC and our support will con-tinue with them in future too," said PCC's Chief Spokesperson RavinderSharma, "Our party will continue its struggle for raising the people's issues.

Meanwhile, an official spokesman said that Deputy Chief Minister Dr.Nirmal Singh had convened a meeting with the members of AIIMSCoordination Committee Jammu.

After discussion with Deputy Chief Minister, AIIMS CoordinationCommittee agreed to defer the three day Bandh call given by them.

Minister for Forest Environment & Ecology, Social Welfare BaliBhagat, MLA Jammu West Sat Sharma, MLA Jammu East Rajesh Gupta,MLA Nowshera Ravinder Raina, Senior BJP Leaders Sunil Sethi and FarooqKhan besides Divisional Commissioner Jammu Dr. Pawan Kotwal, DeputyCommissioner Jammu Simrandeep Singh, DIG, Traffic Shakoor A. Wani,Chairman Coordination Committee Abhinav Sharma who is also President ofJammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association Jammu, members ofCoordination Committee and representatives of Chamber of Commerce werealso present in the meeting.

The AIIMS Coordination Committee had given a call for Jammu Bandh forthree days from June 19 to June 21demanding establishment of AIIMS inJammu.

The Deputy Chief Minister impressed upon the members of coordinationcommittee to defer the decision of three days strike as the government hasalready taken up the issue with the Centre.

He also mentioned the achievements made by the coalition government in100 days including projects which have been taken up in the Jammu province.He further mentioned various development works which have been proposedfor the province which include, Multi Storey Parking at Panjtirthi, parkingand shopping complex at Parade Ground, development of Patnitop and adjoin-ing areas as independent tourist destination and development of water sportsat Ranjit Sagar Dam.

On the occasion, Speaker Kavinder Gupta impressed upon the CoordinationCommittee members to defer the proposed Bandh keeping in view the upcom-ing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra and to avoid any inconvenience to Shri MataVaishno Devi pilgrims.

Speaking on the occasion, Bali Bhagat asked the Coordination Committeeto defer the strike as the matter is under discussion with the Centre. He fur-ther asked the committee members to give more time for the said task.

Two killed as vehicle....district of Jammu and

Kashmir, police said.The incident took place in the

morning when the vehicle(JK02BC-1329 ) was on itsway to Jammu from Srinagarand fell into a gorge at Pantiyalarea, police said.

Two persons, including thedriver of the vehicle, died on thespot, they said.

The deceased have been iden-tified as Dalbeer Singh son ofManjeet Singh and Manooj Singh son of Bisham both residents ofGangayal Jammu.

Advani on Emergency....an intention of sending a message to Modi through this interview."BJP spokesperson M.J Akbar also felt it was not aimed at individuals but

at institutions."I think Advanji was referring to institutions rather than to individuals. I

respect his views, but I personally don't see emergency, any chance of anyemergency being reimposed in the country. I think that age is over, Indiandemocracy is too strong, much stronger now," he said.

However, Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan latched on to Advani'sremarks saying the "jury is out" from the ruling party itself and he was indeedhinting at "emergency-like" situation under Modi's rule.

"Today the jury is out. Advaniji is vocal. What he had to say, he has said," hetold reporters.

"It is obvious whom he is talking about, whose government is there, who isthe Prime Minister. He knows it.

But he is a statesman-like leader of the BJP. He did not want to name thePrime Minister. But whoever reads the interview, he/she would understand heis talking about Modi," Vadakkan said.

Quoting from Advani's remarks, he said the veteran leader is "right" when hesays the present situation in the country signals towards emergency.

JD (U) leader K.C Tyagi, who was also imprisoned with Advani during threEmergency, said "I agree with Adavani Ji that circumstances like emergencyand context are still alive and the reasons lead to emergency are not finishedyet."

SP leader Naresh Aggarwal remarked that if Advani has expressed a worrythen it was for the government to consider it seriously as a veteran member oftheir party has expressed a concern like this

"The system that is going on in the country at this time is not democraticand somewhere the dictatorship attitude is reflecting," he said.

Ashutosh, AAP leader, said Advani's statement clearly indicates that he hasno faith in BJP Government and no faith in its leadership.

"He (Advani) clearly visualises that the leadership of Modi and the govern-ment of BJP are every day crushing Indian democracy and creating a situa-tion and ambience where emergency is not far," he said. (PTI)

14 Inspectors....Inspector Sonam Rigzin from Kashmir Zone to Security wing, Inspector

Jatinder Singh from Armed Zone (AWP) to PTTI Vijaypur, Inspector PadmsDurjee from Security to Kashmir Zone, Inspector Vijay Singh from PTTIVijaypur to Armed zone (AWP), Inspector Rajesh Sharma from Crime toJammu Zone, Inspector Sunil Gupta from Jammu Zone to Traffic, InspectorRavinder Singh from SKPAU to Jammu Zone, Inspector Mohd Amin fromSecurity to Jammu Zone, Inspector Ashwani Kumar from SKPAU to JammuZone and Inspector Vijay Singh Choudhary from CID to Jammu Zone.Besides serving in operation police, Inspector Vijay Singh Choudhary has ear-lier served as SHO Bakshi Nagar, Trikuta Nagar, Gangyal, Miransahib,Vijaypur, Hiranagar, R S Pura and other sensitive police stations in twin bor-der districts Rajouri-Poonch. Meanwhile Sub Inspector (SI) Jeet Ram hasbeen shifted from Jammu Zone to PTTI Vijaypur, SI Rakesh Sharma fromJammu Zone to CID, SI Daniesh Maqbool from Armed Zone to I/Z SOG andSI Onkar Singh from CID to Jammu Zone.

Pak wants normalisation....role in the breakup of Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war,

he said the country will take all appropriate actions and measures to protectits national interest.

He said arrangements were being made to bring the Pakistani fishermenwho are expected to be released following the announcement by Modi.

Pakistan and India have been involved in a war of words recently with lead-ers from both sides exchanging sharp comments.

Prime Minister Sharif last week attacked the "irresponsible and imprudent"statements from the Indian political leadership and had vowed to protect hiscountry's "vital interests at all costs".

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan SinghRathore had said in the wake of India's military action in Myanmar that it wasa message to other countries which was interpreted as a warning to Pakistan.

Responding to a question about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, thespokesperson said both the countries are committed to complete the megaproject in time.

The spokesperson rejected the presence of Islamic State militants in thecountry and said that Pakistan was committed to the war on terrorism.

Talking about relations with Russia, he said Russia was an important coun-try and Pakistan wanted to enhance relations in all fields of mutual interests.

"Our relations are on an upward trajectory over the last couple of years.These relations are independent of any influence from any other country," hesaid.

BGSBU employee, J&K Bank....used to delay the disbursement

on one pretext or other. Statements of 13 more stu-

dents have been recorded so farby the SIT.

Investigation conducted so fartranspires the active involve-ments of both the accused inforging the record and misappro-priation of scholarship, messcharges and other miscellaneousfunds of BGSBU.

The modus operandi of accusedwas that Muzaffar Iqbal would pass on the cheque numbers to Aijaz Malik andon this Aijaz Malik used to transfer that amount in the accounts of his rela-tives as well as relatives of Muzaffar Iqbal instead of actual beneficiaries (stu-dents of BGSBU).

It is pertinent to mention here that accused namely Muzaffar Iqbal anemployee of BGSBU was evading his arrest. The High Court has already dis-missed the bail application of accused Muzaffar Iqbal some days back.Custodial questioning of accused persons may unveil some more facts of thecase.

SIT is making effort to obtain all the relevant record from Directorate ofTribal Affairs, Directorate of Social Welfare and Corporate headquarters ofJK Bank which the concerned authorities have so far failed to provide. SITwill also summon some more employees/officials of BGSBU and J&K Bankfor further investigation.

Separatists detained, Srinagar under....diktat of the total closedown of mobile telephony. Government has held "a

breakaway group of Hizbul Mujahideen" responsible and announced cashreward of Rs 20 lakh for the arrest of the two prominent Hizbul Mujahideenmilitants Qayoom Najar and Imtiyaz Ahmad Kandoo, both residents ofSopore.

Meanwhile, according to a local news agency, a formidable militant groupJaish-e-Mohammad claimed on Thursday that it had identified the killers ofthe six civilians. It alleged that the killers were operating on behalf of theIndian agencies and threatened that they would soon "feel the heat".

Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Chairman of the moderate fac-tion Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Prof Abdul Gani Bhat, Aga Syed Hassan and overa dozen others have been placed under "house arrest". Those picked up anddetained in police stations at different places include JKLF Chairman YasinMalik, DFP chief Shabir Shah, National Front head Nayeem Khan, MirwaizUmar's aide Shahidul Islam and others.

Reports from North Kashmir said that restrictions were also imposed in theapple town of Sopore even as no such order had been imposed in Baramulla.

Itarsi Fire: 78 trains....He said around 250 staffers from other stations have reached Itarsi and are

helping them to clear traffic from the station.Meanwhile, Railway Board member (Traffic) Ajay Shukla today rushed to

Itarsi, one of the biggest railway junctions in the country that connects NorthIndia to Central and Western India, and took stock of the situation.

Divisional Railway Manager Alok Kumar said, "Shukla has suggested somemethods to smoothen the traffic and we are applying it."

He said that things will improve in a day or two but the complete traffic sys-tem restoration will possibly take a month's time. Some of the trains cancelledincluded LTT-Gorakhpur Kushinagar Express, CST-Amritsar Express, LTT-Habibganj Express, CST-Jabalpur Garibrath Express. (PTI)

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Wreckage of ill fated vehicle.

Two accused in BGSBU scholarship scamin police custody.

Participate inJagrata in large

number : Mahant STATE TIMES NEWS

REASI : The ReligiousPriest of SiriChand SidhBaba Balak Nath AshramMahant Dr. Ram DheerajDass Ji has appealed to thepeople of district Reasi,Udhampur and Jammu toparticipate in large numberin Jagrata on 25th June,2015 in which eminentmusicians and other artistswill recite the BhajanKirtan to connect theSangat with the divinelight.

Mahant Ji said that thereligious prgramme start-ing from 25th June, 2015will continue up to 18thJuly, 2015 when a RathYatra will be held andBhandara served to thedevotees.

STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: In a glit-tering ceremony held atAyurvigyan Auditorium ofArmy Hospital (Researchand Referral), DelhiCantonment, 14 youngnursing students of the56th batch of probation-ary nurses of College ofNursing, Army Hospitalwere formally commis-sioned as Lieutenant intothe Military NursingService (MNS), onThursday.

Lt Gen M.K Unni,Commandant ArmyHospital (R&R) gracedthe function as ChiefGuest and addressed thenewly commissioned nurs-ing officers. Unni congrat-ulated the lady officersand their proud parents.He emphasised to face thechallenges ahead, work

hard with dedication andtry to be an asset to theorganisation. He urgedthe newly commissionednursing officers to nurturethe ethics of MNS andwork sincerely to maintainthe glorious tradition ofthe service as well as tokeep abreast with the lat-est developments in thefield of medicine and nurs-ing.

Major General SunitaKapoor, Addl DirectorGeneral, MNS in herspeech exhorted the newcommissioned officers toperform their duties withutmost dedication bykeeping the ethos of theservice in mind. At theoutset, Major GeneralSushila Shahi, PrincipalMatron, Army Hospital(R&R) welcomed the dig-nitaries.

14 nursing officers commissioned

STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: Jammu andKashmir government onThursday approved astructured scheme for thefinancing of district planswith a view to moving awayfrom the practice of ad-hocism which used to cre-ate liabilities and led tounfinished projects.

"Under the new modusoperandi, three compo-nents of allocated CapitalPlan will be equally dis-tributed in clearing pastliabilities, completingongoing works and takingup new projects.

"From now on, the expen-diture approved at districtboard meetings will only befor development works andnot salaries, which will laya sound foundation for cre-ation of durable assets,"

said Chief Minister MuftiMohammad Sayeed, whookayed the new financingmethodology while chair-ing the DistrictDevelopment Board meet-ings of Baramulla andKupwara.

At the meeting which washeld in Baramulla, Sayeeddescribed the new systemas a huge step forwardthat would ensure infra-structure development andproper utilisation of capi-tal.

"By separating revenueand capital components,the Capital ExpenditurePlans have been madepotent instruments ofdevelopment," he saidwhile stressing on priori-tising the completion ofabandoned projects.

Lauding state Finance

Minister Haseeb Drabu formaking capital fundingmore meaningful, theChief Minister stressed onutilising modes of institu-tional financing throughschemes implemented byNABARD, AsianDevelopment Bank andWorld Bank.

Linking the devolution ofpower to the strengtheningof institutions at thegrassroots level, Sayeedplaced high priority onproper expenditure.

"For this, a transparentand accountable system ofgovernance has to be firm-ly entrenched," he said.

Reiterating his commit-ment made during a visitearlier this month toKaman Post andSalamabad near the Lineof Control in Uri, the Chief

Minister said the TradeFacilitation Centres atSalamabad and Chakan daBagh will be turned intoreal business hubs throughthe creation of provisionsfor banking and telecom-munications and facilitat-ing trade delegationsacross the LoC.

"The Joint Secretaries ofthe foreign ministry andUnion Home Ministry haveassured us that both theissues will be flagged inthe next meeting of theJoint Working Groupbetween India andPakistan," he said.

Sayeed stressed on tak-ing the cross-LoCConfidence- BuildingMeasures beyond the ritu-al of meetings betweenundivided families.

He also announced four-

laning of the Salamabad-Kaman Post Road at a totalcost of Rs 24 crore, ofwhich Rs 5 crore has beenallocated for the currentfinancial year.

Referring to the demandsput forth by several legisla-tors during the meeting,the Chief Minister observedthat the education andhealth sectors will be thedriving force for progressin all the districts of thestate.

Later on, at the DDBmeeting at Kupwara,besides sanctioning fundsfor completion of ongoingworks and taking up of newprojects, the Chief Ministerannounced construction ofa Maternity Hospital atJaggarpora and a new con-ference hall at the districtheadquarters.

J&K goes for new plan for financing of dist plans