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BEGUILED WE ARE NOT, BY THESE MAI-BAAPSPAGE 5
The political parties and the Chief
Information Commission (CIC) are at
variance at each other with the CIC
terming the political parties as public
authorities as a result they should fall
within the ambit of RTI Act. The politi-
cal parties Right, Left and Centre are
united on their effort to keep them-
selves away from RTI ambit. They are
displaying a rare unity but when per-
sonal interests coalesce and threat of
transparency is common to all of them,
a unity all but sadistic is bound to hap-
pen. Let it be at the cost of the nation or
at the cost of the Indian tax payers
money but united they are, so that
nobody raises any doubt about theirsources of income. Remember, how all
political parties cutting across party
lines were united when they made a
hefty raise of their salaries and other
perks. United they are, when they for ce
the fragile coffers of the country to feed
them from the kitchen of the
Parliament all dainties and choice
dishes at damp cheap cost. All big
political parties are wor th hund reds o f
crore with Congress worth more than a
thousand crore followed by BJP. Here,
differences do not matter, common
cause matters. What a nation it would
have been, had these Parties displayed
the same unity in defeating corruption
and terrorism. But that is least on their
minds. With scams making headlines
everyday, it is obvious where does theinterest of our law makers lie.
RANASAHIB
ARE POLITICAL PARTIES
ABOVE RTI ACT?
R E A D T H E N E E D
SHOULD CITY OF TEMPLES TOLERATE THIS OUTRAGE
ROHIT SINGH RANA
The incident of continuous rape and
sexual assault on poor mentally retard-ed girls in a home that was meant to
safeguard their lives and modesty has
shocked all well meaning people of
Jammu who fortunately still are in
large numbers.
Imagine that moment which people
believe happened many years ago
when a king in search of an auspicious
place for his capital found a spot where
a lion and a goat were drinking water
close to each other. Every eddy of
Tawi River bears witness to that inci-dent. The King thought that the inci-
dent was a good omen for the con-
struction of his capital, selected the
spot and built Jammu. RajaJambulochan never envisaged that in
the course of times, his progeny in the
famed City of Temples will one day
bring ignominy and disrepute to his
name. This is exactly what we the citi-
zens of Jammu are doing at present. As
they say a single sinner sinks the boat
and a stale fish putrefies the wholepond so has happened here in this
famed city. We may not all be respon-
sible for this outrage and despicable
act but if we tolerate such people it will
bring even more shame on us all than
ever imagined.
Meant to safeguard the lives of mental-
ly retarded children especially girls the
Rotary Home in Channi Rama, turned
out to be the very marauders praying
on the flesh of its innocent, ignorant
denizens who neither have any bodyto look after nor any one to cry for.
Destitute and desolate, these girls hud-
dled in a ramshackle place and then
subjected to sexual assault by the
director and other employee of the
Home reflects upon the fast dwindling
standards of morals in our lives.
It is not long ago but a recent incident
that a woman mentally challenged and
physically fra il was subjected to rape
in the dead on night and after some
time gave birth to a baby in SMGS
hospital. The women knew nothingabout the meaning of being raped and
getting pregnant and then giving birth
to a baby. The child it is reported has
been shifted to a orphan home. But the
flesh predators who raped her knew
what they were doing.
If this is the tragic fact in the City of
Temples where there is hustle and bus-
tle and at least some rudimentary
threat of police what should be the
condition of the of the rural areas in
any bodys guess. The incidents ofoutraging the modesty of girls and
women who attend to desolate fields
or to do some other work are choice
target of these brutes out lurking in
any niche and corner to stalk their
prey and drag them to the road of
despondency and perennial mental
assault. The fundamental question is
why the city of temples is getting
slowly converted into a city of rapes
and turning every hour unsafe for our
daughters and sisters. The threat of
police is its elf not a deterrent becausepeople who commit such heinous
crimes eventually get free of the loose
tentacles of law and again return to
their old ways. The City of Temples
which hosts a huge number of pil-
grims across the world can not afford
to be called a city unsafe. It will then
have a highly negative effect on
social, psychological and other param-
eters of the city. There is a need of a
concerted effort to monitor the activi-
ties of orphanages and other asylumsand Homes where children, whether
mentally retarded or otherwise are
kept. In this incident, it is incumbent
upon the police to unravel all interlink
ages in the sinister act and there is a
strong possibility that many other peo-
ple too might also be involved in sexu-
al exploitation of these innocent girls.
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BARACK OBAMA ARRIVES AT RUSSIA
G20 TO PUSH FOR SYRIA STRIKE
HAMIRPUR, SEPT 05:The three-tier border fencingalong the LoC has turned intoa "death trap" for infiltratingmilitants, leading to despera-tion among militant ranksand has prompted repeatedfirings on Indian posts fromacross the border, the Armyhas said."It is impossible for infiltrat-ing militants to cross over thethree-tiered border fencingalong LoC. There is despera-tion in militant leadershipand Pakistani establishmentdue to failure to cross-overthe fencing", Brig ASengupta told a news agency.Commanding the front
brigade deployed to guardthe LoC in forward sectors,Sengupta said, "There is fir-ing on the fencing at timesfrom across due to despera-tion caused as a result of fail-ure to push in armed mili-
tants this side. They are vio-lating ceasefire, targetingIndian forward posts andresorting to mortar firing".Armed with thermal imagers
and surveillance equipment,the fencing from Malu(Akhnoor) in Jammu districtto Kanzalwan in Kupwaradistrict of Kashmir Valleycovering 490 kms of LoCand 190 kms of InternationalBorder from Malu toPathankote in Punjab has
become a major hurdle forinfiltrating militants.As per intelligence reports,there are over 300 militants
waiting across the LoC toinfiltrate for the past three tofour months but they areunable to cross over due tofencing and increased vigi-
lance by troops and groundsurveillance equipment, theArmy officer said."They fire on posts to force
jawans to keep their move-ment restricted to posts sothat they can try and engineerinfiltration of militants," hesaid."Not even a single infiltrationhas taken place this year inthis sector. All infiltration
bids have been foiled", Maj
Gen VP Singh, who is look-ing after operational controlof 220 kms long LoC inRajouri-Poonch region, said.The Army Contd p2
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05:Chief Minister, OmarAbdullah has underlined theneed for enhancing financialresources by IslamicUniversity of Science andTechnology to ensure sus-tained growth withoutdepending on outside help.Chairing the review meetingof the Islamic University ofScience and Technology hereon Thursday, the Chief
Minister who is alsoChancellor of the Universityasked the UniversityManagement to formulateFive Year Plans identifying
roadmap of development andfinancial requirements foracademic activities, strength-ening of faculties and build-ing of benefiting infrastruc-ture.Omar Abdullah also askedthe University to focus onconsolidation and creation ofadequate infrastructure in theUniversity complex. He saidwhatever help possiblewould be extended to the
University for its holisticdevelopment. He appreciatedthe achievements andimprovement shown by theUniversity during the last
some years.In a PowerPoint presentationthe Vice Chancellor of theUniversity, Dr. A. R. Tragstated that the integratedPh.D programme introducedin School of BusinessStudies. He said Ph.D pro-gramme are being offered inSchools of Humanities andSocial Sciences from currentacademic session. He saidAICTE has granted extensionof approval for the period2012-13 to IslamicUniversity of Science andTechnology for technicalcourses.Dr. Trag said that the projectentitled 'establishment ofquality control and food test-ing laboratory' has been sanc-tioned at a cost of Rs. 386.82lakhs by Union Ministry ofFood Processing andIndustries for the University.The Vice Chancellor said thatup to 80 percent construction
has been completed in twoacademic buildings ofElectronics andCommunication Engineeringand Computer Science and
Engineering for which foun-dation was laid by the ChiefMinister last year. He said 50
percent construction has beencomplete in OBC girls hostelfor which foundation waslaid by the Minister forSocial Welfare, ART andTrainings and PublicGrievances in this year.He said that online admission
process has been started cu r-rent year and fully automatedadmission process is on. Hesaid the project proposal forcreation and re-modeling ofdepartments for an integratedMaster's and Doctorate pro-gramme in Nutrition Biologyhas been submitted to theDepartment ofBiotechnology, Governmentof India.The Vice Chancellor said thatthree supernumerary seats
per course in Engineer ingstreams introduced under
NRI quota has been intro-
duced from academic session2013 to enhance ownresource base of IslamicUniversity of Science andTechnology. Contd p2
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05:
Jammu and Kashmir govern-ment has approved ex-gratiaof up to Rs 5 lakh for victimsof riots and other "extra-ordi-nary" law and order distur-
bances for damage ordestruction to immovable
property.The decision was taken onWednesday night in aCabinet meeting chaired byChief Minister OmarAbdullah at Civil Secretariat,an official spokesman said."The Cabinet, in superses-sion of any previous order,approved ex-gratia to the vic-tims of riots and other extra-ordinary law and order dis-
turbances in respect ofdestruction and damage toimmovable property.
"The amount of relief to begranted for destruction anddamage to the immovable
property shall be equal to 50per cent of the actual loss orup to Rs 5 lakh, whichever islesser," the spokesman said.He, however, did not elabo-rate on what would constituteextra-ordinary law and orderdisturbance.The spokesman said the poli-cy would be applicable retro-spectively from April 1 thisyear, but not to the settledcases.He said the assessment of theloss due to destruction ordamage would be made bythe Tehsildar of the area and
it would be verified by theAssistant Commissioner,Revenue. The Contd p2
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05:Two noted Kashmiri poets,including Jnanpith awardeeRehman Rahi, have opposedthe musical concert featuringinternationally renownedconductor Zubin Mehta hereon Saturday and said they
may not attend the high pro-file event. "Many (people)are saying it is ill-timed. I
may not attend the concert,"Rahi, who was awarded the
prestigious Jnanpith award in2007 for his Kashmiri poetry,told a news agency. Anothernoted Kashmiri poet, ZareefAhmad Zareef, was categori-cal in saying he will not
attend the concert as it is"unnatural" to hold such anevent when people Contd p2
GANDHINAGAR, SEP 05:Playing down his prime min-isterial aspirations, Gujaratchief minister NarendraModi on Thursday said henever dreams of holding thetop post as he is bound torespect the mandate given tohim by the people of his statetill 2017."Those who dream of becom-ing something end updestroying themselves. Oneshould not dream of becom-ing something, but oneshould dream of doing some-thing," Modi said when a stu-dent asked him whether hewill come and interact withthem in 2014 after 'he will
become the Prime Minis ter'."I never see such dreams (of
becomin g PM), nor am I
going to see such dreams.People of Gujarat have givenme a mandate to serve themtill 2017 and I have to do thiswith my full strength," Modi
said.The BJP strongman, who isin the race for the party's PM
candidate, was replying toquestions asked by studentswho had gathered at a func-tion for felicitating bestteachers of the state on the
occasion of Teacher's Day.Modi shared the dais withstate Contd p2
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05:Stressing on the need for acomprehensive MissionMode Programme forimprovement of apple pro-duction and its marketing,Chief Minister, OmarAbdullah on Thursday saidthat the concept of SpecialPurpose Vehicle (SPV) forstrengthening the apple valueis an encouraging initiative inthis direction. He directed forconverting the VisionDocument in a viable andfeasible Detailed DraftReport (DPR) taking care ofall aspects and financialimplications.
The Chief Minister said thepresentation on SPV made bythe NABARD is a welcome
step towards addressing theissues of improving produc-tion, productivity and mar-keting of apple on remunera-tive prices. He said the docu-ment needed to be convertedinto a comprehensive DPR sothat it is launched in the Statetaking all stakeholders of thetrade and production on
board.Chairing a high level meetingto receive the brief on vari-ous programmes aimed athorticulture and agriculturedevelopment, the ChiefMinister said that besidesvarious schemes underimplementation in the State
to give boost to farm produc-tion and enhance productionand marketing of horticulture
produce, the concept of SPVfor apple would be yet anoth-er effective measure toachieve the desired results inthe development of horticul-ture sector. Omar Abdullahlaid stress on North-SouthCold Chain Link in KashmirValley adding that investorsneed to be encouraged andsupported to establishControlled AtmosphereStores in industrial estatesand fruit markets in Sopore,Baramulla, Rafiabad andother places to provide facili-ty to the fruit growers to storetheir fruit for timely market-ing. The Chief Minister also
underlined the importance ofadopting modern methods toenhance the Contd p2
KABUL, SEP 05: Indianauthor Sushmita Banerjeewho was settled inAfghanistan was shot dead
by a group of Taliban whobarged into her home tookher outside and pumped bul-lets into her body onThursday.Her memoir about her dra-matic escape from theTaliban was turned into a
Bollywood film.Banerjee, 49, was killed out-side her home in Paktika
province. She was married toAfghan businessman JaanbazKhan and recently moved
back to Afghanistan to livewith him.Taliban militants arrived ather home in the provincialcapital of Kharana, tied upher husband and other mem-
bers of the family, tookBanerjee out and shot her,
police were quoted as saying
by BBC. The milita ntsdumped Banerjee's body neara religious Contd p2
NEW DELHI, SEPT 05:Deepak Sandhu, who has
been an information commis-sioner for the last four yearsat the Centre, on Thursday
became the first womanChief InformationCommissioner of the coun-try. A former IndianInformation Service officerof 1971 batch, she was
administered the oath ofoffice by President PranabMukherjee at a function in
Rashtrapati Bhavan, attendedamong others by VicePresident Hamid Ansari.Sandhu had served in manykey positions like PrincipalDirector General (Media andCommunications) in thePress Information Bureau,Director General of DD(News), Director General(News) All India Radio
before taking over asInformation Commissionerin 2009. She had represented
the country at internationalFilm Festivals in Cannes,Berlin, Venice and Tokyo,International Conference onTerrorism and ElectronicMass Media at Glendzhik(Russia) and Cyprus besidesHeads of News Meetings atAtlanta, USA and Beijing.Speaking to reporters shesaid the RTI journey which
began in 2005 is just a begin-ning and she propose to takeit forward by engaging withvarious stakeholders.The new CIC said her priori-ty would be to reduce the
pendenc y of cases at theCommission. The 64-yearold officer is joining officefor a relatively smaller tenureof nearly three months inwhich her biggest challengewould over 30,000 pendingcases with the Commission.
"We are waiting for newCommissioners which arelikely to be Contd p2
Hike in fuel prices: Air Indiahikes fare by 25 percent
NEW DELHI: faced with aburgeoning cost of fuel billson account of steep rise in airturbine fuel (ATF) Air Indiaon Thursday hiked passengerfares up to 23-25 per cent onall domestic routes. It mayalso raise fares on interna-tional routes. "We havehiked fares by 23-25 per centon all domestic routes. Thishas been done to offset therecent increase in ATF
price," an Air India officialsaid. The rupee depreciationis also a big concern for theairline, said Contd p2
Bhatkal remarks: SPdumps Kamal FarooqiNEW DELHI: Peeved overhis controversial remarksover the arrest of IndianMujhahideen Yasin Bhatkal,
Samajwadi Party (SP) onThursday sacked KamalFarooqi as its secretary .SP general secretary RamGopal Yadav on Thursdayshot off a letter to Farooqiinforming him that partychief Mulayam Singh Yadavhas removed him as secre-tary of the SP NationalExecutive with immediateeffect. Farooqi had saidBhatkal may Contd p2
Child sex abuse: Victims'parents criticize PopeVATICAN CITY: PopeFrancis came under fire fromvictims groups on Thursdayfollowing news that he hadquietly sacked the Vatican'senvoy to the DominicanRepublic over allegations of
paedophilia. "Like all of hispredecessors, Pope Francis isacting belatedly, secretivelyand recklessly," said BarbaraDorris, outreach director forthe US-based Survivors
Network of those Abused byPriests (SNAP). "Catholicofficials Contd p2
NEED TO FOCUS ON HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
OF UNIVERSITIES: OMAR ABDULLAH Three-tier border fencing "deathtrap" for infiltrating militants
News in Brief
Compensation upto Rs 5 Lakhapproved by govt for riot victims
Modi tones down PM aspirations,wants to serve Gujarat till 2017
Zubin Mehta concert opposedby two Kashmiri poets
Omar for North-South Cold ChainLink for horticulture produce
Deepak Sandhu becomes first woman CIC Taliban kill Indian author in Afghanistan
Lays stress on enhancing per hectare productivity, production
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Need to ..He said that the AICTE Tuition Fee Waiver
scheme has been adopted and 44 students
benefited during 2012-13. He said that 12
students have been given special concession
in fees after verifying their credentials for
their poor financial background enabling
them to continue their studies.
Dr. Trag said that the UGC Expert
Committee has remarked about the Islamic
University of Science and Technology stat-ing "the Committee noted with much satis-
faction that the University only in its eight
academic year, exudes vibrance, joiede-
vivre, commitment, effective teacher student
interaction, an open and welcoming admin-
istration and an earnest desire for growth
and development".
The meeting was attended by Minister for
Higher Education, Mohammad Akbar Lone,
Principal Secretary Planning and
Development, B. R. Sharma, Principal
Secretary to the Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas,
Secretary Higher Education and Secretary
Technical Education.
Three-tier bor der ..feels the border fencing along the Indo-Pak
border has virtually turned into a death trap
for ultras, as 28 infiltrating militants were
killed when troops foiled bids this year.
Passing through dense woods, narrow val-
leys and riverine areas along the LoC and
international border, the fence has proved to
a major deterrent against cross-border infil-
tration as it acts as a "round-the-clock"
guard, the Army officers said.
"The Army continues to maintain a state of
high alert along LoC and work on repairing
parts of the fence da maged due to snowfall
continues rapidly to make this round-the-
clock guard more effective," they said.
The Army has also mapped new probable
routes of infiltration and vigilance was being
maintained by soldiers equipped with
ground sensors, thermal imagers and battle-
field surveillance radars, they said.The Line of Control and International
Border in Poonch sector and Jammu frontier
have become hot and active with Pakistani
troops violating ceasefire and repeatedly
attacking forward posts.
Six jawans were killed and 11 people
injured in ceasefire violations and firing by
Pakistan troops on forwards post, civilian
areas and patrolling parties along Indo-Pak
border during August.
People living along the LoC are relaxed as
the fencing has brought down infiltration.
"Earlier, militants used to stay in their hous-es, take food at gunpoint and misbehave
with their womenfolk," they said, adding,
"Now border dwellers are fully supporting
Army against infiltrating militants".
According to intelligence reports, of the
1300-1450 militants set to be pushed into
India, over 1000 were in 21 camps and
launching pads along the LoC and 450 in
four bases along the IB.
These included Bagh, Kahuta, Hazira, Goi,
Jandro, Nikia, Sensa, Mirpur, Khuiratta,
Saman, Zafarwal and Sialkote forward, it
said.
The launching pads are at Bhimber, Bindi,
Samani, Marar, Shakergarh, Dhallapur,
Manana, Nikial, Goi, Sensa, Hajira, Ralaur
and Garnun opposite Kathua in Jammu-
Rajouri-Poonch sector.
Around 300 militants are in Chirat-Kahuta-
Goi area and 150-155 in Sensa-Kotli-Nakial
belt opposite Poonch.
Bhatkal remarks: .have been arrested because he was a
Muslim. He had later apologized for his
remark stating that his comments were mis-
understood.
Farooqi's remarks had kicked up a contro-
versy when he asked whether it is based on
the grounds of crime or religion. Congress
and BJP had slammed Farooqi for his com-
ment calling it ridiculous.
Hike in fuel ..the official, as it has affected the margins of
its international operations.
Compensation upto ..relief would be sanctioned by the Deputy
Commissioner of the district concerned on
the recommendations of a district level
screening-cum-coordination committee, he
said.
The committee would comprise District
Magistrate as Chairman, Superintendent ofdistrict, Additional Deputy Commissioner,
ACR, Tehsildar of district, besides the
Tehsildar assessing the loss, as its members
and any other member co-opted by the
Chairman, he said.
Modi tones ..governor Kamla Beniwal at the function for
the first time after fresh confrontation
between them. Beniwal has returned the
controversial Gujarat Lokayukta Bill for
reconsideration to the government with
stinging remarks.
Modi's comments come at a time when
opposition Congress is gunning for his res-
ignation and has given a call for Gujarat
bandh on Friday after the explosive resigna-
tion letter of suspended IPS officer D G
Vanzara and emergence of a sting operation
CD involving two BJP MPs allegedly trying
to derail the investigation in the Tusli
Prajapati encounter case.
Asked what prompted him to moot the idea
of making 'statue of unity' of Sardar Patel in
the state, Modi said every country in theworld had aspired to build something monu-
mental which assures its name in the world
and India has nothing to boast of anything
like that since independence.
"And the work done by Sardar Patel of uni-
fying the country is considered one of the
greatest in the world. If we want to keep our
nation intact, mantra of unity is important
and that gave me the idea to build a statue of
unity of Sardar Patel," Modi said.
At the function, Ina Solanki from Vadodara
asked Modi how many times he gets angry
in a day and what he does when he gets
angry.
"I am a human being and I have all vices
which any human being has. However, I
don't get angry but many times I feel pain.
Particularly it is very painful for me when
people older then me touch my feet," he
replied.
Modi had informal interactions with school
children who posed questions to him on the
subjects like how kids can convey their
birthday wishes to him, from whom he
learnt yoga and in his opinion which were
the three most important development
works he did in the state of Gujarat.
Earlier in his address to the gathering,
which comprised mostly teachers, he
announced that from the next year his gov-
ernment will also felicitate best teachers
down from the pranth level to district and
state levels.
Taking an indirect dig at the central govern-
ment, he said, "State government is also
intending to increase the amount of awards
to these teachers as at present rupee has lost
its value. Our rupee has been admitted in
ICU (intensive care unit), so we have to
increase the amount so that teachers do not
feel disheartened."
He also appealed to the teachers of the state
to focus more on imparting quality educa-tion in the state.
"Now age of teaching has ended, now its the
age of learning. Today for students there is
only one guru, Google-guru. Teachers have
to compete with this new age guru and
unless they focus on imparting quality edu-
cation no student will value teachers," he
said.
While congratulating recipients of the best
teachers' awards, Beniwal emphasised on
the value of good teachers and their duty to
give back to society.
Zubin Mehta ..of the Valley were suffering miseries due to
non-resolution of Kashmir issue.
"If this concert was to provide a healing
touch to the people of Kashmir, who have
suffered so much over the years, the victims
and sufferers should have been the audience
for this concert. However, it is the elite from
outside who will form the audience for the
concert," Zareef said.
He said if Germany had the welfare of
Kashmiris at its heart, the massive amountof money spent on holding the concert could
have been better utilised in rehabilitating the
victims of violence in Kashmir. German
embassy is organising the event.
The poet said all efforts should be focused
on resolving Kashmir issue so that there is
an end to the suffering of the pe ople. "Once
that is done, we will invite Zubin Mehta and
other renowned musicians from around the
globe to perform here."
Taliban kill Indian .school, police said.
A senior police official said Banerjee, also
known as Sayed Kamala, was working as a
health worker in Paktika and had been film-
ing the lives of local women as part of her
work.
No group claimed responsibility for theattack. Banerjee's book "Kabuliwalar
Bangali Bou" (A Kabuliwala's Bengali
Wife), about her escape from the Taliban in
1995, became a bestseller in India and was
made into the Bollywood film "Escape
From Taliban" in 2003.
The memoir focussed on her life in
Afghanistan with her husband and her
escape from the militants.
The film based on the book starred actress
Manisha Koirala and was billed as a "story
of a woman who dares (the) Taliban".
act only when forced to dChild sex ..o so by
media pressure," she said in a statement
received by AFP.
"When they do act, they act secretively - in
this case, by not disclosing the allegations,
the suspension or the reason for the suspen-
sion."
On August 21 Monsignor Josef Wesolowski,
the papal nuncio in Santo Domingo, was
sacked without the Vatican sharing the news
with the public.
On Wednesday, Vatican spokesman
Federico Lombardi told the I.Media news
agency on Vatican affairs that an investiga-
tion was underway in Rome into allegations
of child sex abuse against him.
The Dominican press said the diplomat had
sex for money with underage boys in the
"Zona colonial", the historic centre of Santo
Domingo.
Wesolowski, a 65-year-old Pole who has
been the papal envoy in Santo Domingo for
five years, was ordained in 1972 by the then
Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Karol
Wojtyla, who later became Pope John Paul
II.John Paul II appointed him nuncio to
Bolivia, his first posting. Wesolowski also
worked in several countries in Central Asia
and was appointed to the Dominican
Republic by Pope Benedict in 2008.
Pope Francis has vowed to crack down
against abuse in the Catholic Church, reiter-
ating the zero-tolerance approach eventually
taken up by his predecessor Benedict fol-
lowing a wave of revelations.
In July, Francis bolstered criminal legisla-
tion against child abuse in the Vatican, issu-
ing a decree that included "a broader defini-
tion of the category of crimes against
minors" including child prostitution, sexual
acts with children and child pornography."
The new laws introduce specific forms of
crime that are indicated in international con-
ventions that the Vatican has already ratified
including against racism and war crimes and
on children's rights.
"The Holy See is finally making up for a
serious lag," the international children's
rights organization Terre des Hommes said
in a statement hailing the changes.
The legislation applies to a few thousand
people who are directly employed by the
Vatican in Rome and abroad. Sex abuse
cases which take place in other countries are
dealt with under national legislations.
Although some observers welcomed the leg-
islation as proof of Francis's commitment to
tackling the paedophilia crisis that has
plagued the Church over the past several
years, the SNAP victims group criticised it
as window dressing, slamming the decree as
"tweaking often-ignored and ineffective
internal church abuse guidelines to generate
positive headlines but nothing more."
Omar for ..per hectare production of apple by rejuve-
nating old orchards and providing high-den-
sity and disease resistant planting material to
the horticulturists.
The meeting among others was attended by
Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan
Mir, Minister for Horticulture, Raman
Bhalla, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal
Khandey, Principal Secretary Planning and
Development, B. R. Sharma, Principal
Secretary Finance, B. B. Vyas,
Commissioner Secretary Agriculture, Asgar
Samoon, representatives of NABARD and
SKUAST, Director Horticulture P&M,
Showkat Ahhmad Zargar, Heads of the
Departments of Horticulture, Agriculture,
SIDCO, J&K Horticulture Produce
Marketing Corporation and various senior
officers.
In a PowerPoint presentation Commissioner
Secretary Agriculture, Asgar Samoon pre-
sented the present status of horticulture and
agriculture scenario in the State and gave
resume of the schemes and programmes in
pipeline to catapult these sectors and
improve the lot of farmers and growers.
The representatives of SKUAST and
NABARD also made presentation in the
meeting on improvement of root stock for
high-density plantation and SPV to address
horticulture in a holistic and comprehensive
manner.
Deepak Sandhu ..appointed soon. It will ease our burden of
disposal of cases and also reduce the pen-
dency at the Commission," she said.
Sandhu will succeed Satyananda Mishrawho demitted office after five-years of
tenure at the Commission yesterday during
which he headed the Bench which declared
political parties to be under the ambit of the
RTI Act.
CONTINUATION
Cancer treatments, likechemotherapy or radiationtherapy, highly hinder bothhormonal production andreproductive potential inwomen, as the treatmentsattack fast growing cells in the
body. However, with anAustralian woman, renderedinfertile by ovarian cancertreatment, expecting twinsafter successfully undergoingovarian tissue transplantation,doctors are expecting that thenew technique could revolu-tionise fertility treatment.Though the procedure had
been carried out previously,
this is for the first time that thetissue has been successfullytransplanted into the abdomeninstead of the ovaries.Ovarian tissue transplant:How it is done Healthy ovari-an cortical tissue is removedusing laparoscopic surgery(keyhole surgery) from the
woman about to undergo can-cer treatment. The minimallyinvasive procedure lastsapproximately 1 hour andrequires general anesthesia.The ovary`s cortex is cut intotiny 1 millimetre thick stripsand then frozen to be used forfuture transplantation. Once
the patient goes into remissionpost cancer treatment and plansto have a baby several slices ofthe previously frozen ovariantissue can then be thawed andimplanted near the fallopian,either orthotopic (on the natu-ral location) or heterotopic (onthe abdominal wall).
Ovarian tissue transplant - A newhope for female cancer survivors
Washington: Almost 12 per-cent of adults in China haddiabetes in 2010, with eco-nomic prosperity driving thedisease to slightly higher pro-
portions than in the UnitedStates, researchers saidTuesday.The overall prevalence ofdiabetes in China in 2010was found to be 11.6 percentof adults -- 12.1 percent inmen, and 11 percent inwomen, according to thestudy published in theJournal of the AmericanMedical Association
(JAMA).In the United States, about11.3 percent of people over20 have diabetes according to2011 data from the USCentres for Disease Control
and Prevention.The disease was more com-mon in China than in theUnited States even thoughthe population was slimmer -- average body mass index, aratio of height and bodyweight, was just 23.7 inChina compared to 28.7 inthe United States."The prevalence of diabeteshas increased significantly inrecent decades," said theJAMA study."These data suggest that dia-
betes may have reached analert level in the Chinese gen-
eral population, with thepotential for a major epidem-ic of diabetes-related compli-cations, including cardiovas-cular disease, stroke, andchronic kidney disease in
China in the near future with-out an effective nationalintervention."
30 percent of Chinese withdiabetes were aware of theircondition, it said.Further, about half of the
population has high bloodsugar, or a condition knownas prediabetes, according to anationally representativesample of Chinese adults.Diabetes has been rising inChina along with the nation`seconomic growth. In 1980,the prevalence of diabetes
was less than one percent ofthe population.The latest findings mark amore than two percentage
point increase over 2007,when a national survey found
a 9.7 percent prevalence ofdiabetes, or about 92.5 mil-lion adults.The current data puts the totalnumber of cases of diabetesin China at 113.9 million.Worldwide, diabetes affectsabout 8.3 percent of the glob-al population, or 371 million
people."China is now among thecountries with the highestdiabetes prevalence in Asiaand has the largest absolutedisease burden of diabetes inthe world," said the study.The Chinese survey included
more than 98,650 people andwas led by Guang Ning, headof the Shanghai Institute ofEndocrine and MetabolicDiseases and colleagues withthe 2010 China Non-commu-
nicable Disease SurveillanceGroup.Diabetes was more commonin urban areas and amongyoung and middle aged peo-
ple who were overweight orobese, and was found to beincreasing along with eco-nomic development.The research suggested thatone cause for the growingtrend could be poor nutritionamong pregnant women andyoung babies, combined withovereating later in life.Type 2 diabetes is the mostcommon form of the disease,
and can be managed withimproved nutrition and exer-cise, as well as medication ifneeded.According to an accompany-ing editorial in JAMA by
Juliana Chan of the ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong,"rapid modernization" hasfuelled an environment thatencourages diabetes "charac-terized by food abundance,
physical inactivity, and psy-chosocial stress." The CDCsays that diabetes is a topcause of blindness, kidneyfailure and amputations ofthe legs and feet, and was theseventh leading cause ofdeath in the US in 2007. Onein three US adults will havediabetes by 2050 if currenttrends continue, according to
the CDC. The disease is char-acterized by the body`s short-age of insulin, or an inabilityto use the hormone efficient-ly for converting glucose intoenergy.
DIABETES RISES IN CHINA, REACHING 'ALERT' LEVEL
NEW DELHI: When amigraine attacks, one has nochoice. Migraine can bedescribed as a chronic neuro-logical disorder epitomised
by moderate to severeheadaches. According toexperts, women get moremigraines than men. Further,there has been a debateamongst experts worldwideif stress can trigger migraine.The answer is yes, no andmaybe, but as per studies,stress may be the biggestcause of a migraine attack. Arecent study suggests thatmigraine raises the risk of
brain lesions, white matter
abnormalities and alters brainvolume compared to peoplewithout the disorder. Here isa list of top 5 reasons that cantrigger a migraine attack: -Alcohol: It is a myth thatconsuming alcohol releasesfrom stress and tension,rather researchers suggest
that alcohol can change theway the body manages stress,leading to a migraine attack. -Caffeine: Consuming caf-
feine in a little amount isokay, but, if used excessively,caffeine can be too stimulat-ing and cause anxiety andsleep problems, ultimatelytriggering a migraine. -Inadequate sleep: Most of usdo not care about our sleep-ing schedule or do not get
adequate sleep. It is actuallybad for our health and cancause mild to severeheadaches. -Weather change:
Studies suggest that extremeweathers like too hot, toocold or too humid can be acause for headaches andmigraine triggers. -Loudnoise: If one is exposed toloud or high-pitched noisefor a long time, then it mightcause severe headache.
Top 5 reasons that can trigger migraine Cataract surgery li nked to longer lifeWASHINGTON: People who have had cataract surgery toimprove their sight live longer than those who choose not toundergo the procedure, according to a new study.The research is drawn from data gathered in the BlueMountains Eye Study, a population-based cohort study ofvision and common eye diseases in an older Australian pop-ulation. A total of 354 persons aged 49 years and older anddiagnosed with cataract-related vision impairment - some ofwhom had undergone surgery and others who had not - wereassessed between 1992 and 2007. Adjustments were madefor age and gender as well as a number of mortality risk fac-tors, including hypertension, diabetes, smoking, cardiovas-cular disease, body mass index and measures of frailty andcomorbid disease. Follow-up visits took place after five andten years since the baseline exam. Jie Jin Wang, Ph.D., of theWestmead Millennium Institute and one of lead researchersof the study, said that their fiodnings suggested that correct-ing cataract patients` visual impairment in their daily prac-tice results in improved outcomes beyond that of the eye andvision, and has important impacts on general health. Wangnoted one limitation of the study is that participants withcataract-related visual impairment who did not have cataractsurgery could have had other health problems that preventedthem from undergoing surgery, and that these other health
problems could partly explain the poorer survival amongnon-surgical participants. The study has been published inthe journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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SRINAGAR, SEPT 05: TheState Government has pre-
pared Rs. 8 crore Plan forCentre funding to create theMughal Road-Poonch touristcircuit via Kashmir Valley to
boost the economic activity
in the area, revealed TourismMinister, Mr. Ghulam AhmadMir while chairing a PoonchDevelopment Authoritymeeting held here onThursday.
The Minister said that anoth-er detailed project report
would be formulated to cre-ate way side amenities along
Mughal Road via Jammu and
directed the concerned
authorities to formulate theDPRs for early submission to
the Centre for approval offunds.
"The creation and the upgra-dation of the necessary
tourist infrastructure facili-
ties are underway. New sce-
nic spots like Pushana,
Doogron, Chadinarh, Sailan,
Bhuriekhat, Buffliaz, Mandi
Phegla, Mandi Laran andBhimber Gali, would be
brought under the jurisdic-tion of the PDA for their
development," he said.Mir said a lake circuit is also
being developed in the areaas a tourist attraction addingthat in this regard the Centrehas approved funding of Rs.4.19 crore and alreadyreleased Rs. 83.82 lakh as afirst installment.
Mir said that the promotionof heritage tourism in thearea is also receiving focusedattention of the government,adding that renovation ofPoonch Fort was taken up at
a cost of Rs. 3.79 crore andGovernment would submitanother project to the Centrefor funding so that completerenovation of heritage sites inthe area is carried out.
Mir said that historicaltourist spots of Poonch dis-trict are also being fully
explored by expending Rs20.00 crore under PoonchTourism DevelopmentAuthority (PTDA), fundedunder Prime MinistersReconstruction Plan
(PMRP). He said touristspots along the way side ofMughal Road like NooriChamb, Peer-ki-Gali, TattaPanni would be developedon priority.
MLA Poonch Aijaz Jan,
Commissioner SecretaryTourism and Culture, Mr
Atul Duloo, District
Development CommissionerPoonch., Special Secretary
Planning Department,
Director Tourism Jammu,
Managing Director CableCar Corporation, Managing
Director JKTDC, ChiefExecutive Officer PDA,
Chief Town Planner, Jammu,
Additional Secretary
Tourism, Joint DirectorPlanning Tourism
Department besides othersenior officers of concerned
departments attended themeeting.
The meeting discussed cur-
rent years action plan being
carried out for constructionof tourism related infrastruc-
ture in the district besides italso reviewed the work done
report of last financial yearof the Authority. The
Meeting also approved cur-rent year's action plan of Rs.
1.50 crore
PDA, DDA authority meets held
Mughal Road-Poonch tourist circuit to be developed: G.A Mir'Doodhpathri promoted as major destination, another project of Rs. 4 crore taken up'
SRINAGAR, SEPT, 05:Minister for Haj, Auqaf,Floriculture and Public
Enterprises PeerzadaMohammad Sayeed onThursday visited Haj HouseSrinagar and took stock of thearrangements put in place forHaj pilgrimage-2013 startingSeptember 7th.
The Minister went round vari-ous sections of the Haj House
and enquired about the facili-ties available for the Haj pil-grims. He directed the con-cerned for maintaininghygiene in and around thecomplex. The Minister saidthat fool proof arrangementsat the Haj House and en-routehave been made for pilgrims
to facilitate their smooth trav-el from various district andtheir stay at S rinagar.Peerzada said that properarrangements have also been
made for smooth transfer ofpilgrims from their place ofstay to the Haj House andfrom there to the Airport. Hesaid besides, other arrange-ments, some nationalized
bank counters have also beenset up for disbursement of for-eign exchange. He said Rs. 50
lakh have been earmarked forfree vaccination of Haj pil-grims, moreover, the pilgrimshave also been provided freeSIM cards, he added.
The Minister said the issue ofconcession in fare for thosewho are going 2nd time to
perform Haj, has already beentaken up with the HajCommittee of India, Civil
Aviation and Ministry ofExternal Affairs. He saidExternal Affairs Ministry hasalso allotted quota of 50 pil-grims to a private agency.Peerzada expressed his grati-tude to the UnionGovernment for not curtailingthe allotted quota of Haj pil-
grims for the State.Meanwhile, the Haj pilgrimshave been advised to reportearly on September 7th at theHaj House. The reporting time
for Ist Flight pilgrims is 9amand for 2nd flight pilgrims at11 am.
The meeting was informedthat the first Haj flight isscheduled to operate fromSrinagar on September 7th tillSeptember 23rd, 2013 andcorresponding return flights
shall operate from October20th to November 5th, 2013.As many as two flights with acapacity of 275 pilgrims eachshall operate daily directlyfrom Srinagar Airport toMadina Munawarah, themeeting was informed.The meeting also decided that
Deputy CommissionersShopian and Pulwama wouldensure restrictions on move-ment of trollies and other loadcarriers plying on Mughal
road during the period for theconvenience of pilgrims fromPoonch and Rajouri.
Peerzada visits Haj House Srinagar,finalizes arrangements for Haj-2013
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05:-
Describing teachers like bea-con lights, Minister of Statefor Health, Shabir Ahmad
Khan on Thursday said thatthey are nation builders andhave pivotal role in shapinglife of students, adding thatthe relation between a teacher
and a student is a sacred rela-tion and we owe a lot to thissacred relationshipThe Minister said this whileaddressing in a functionorganized by Gandhi GlobalFamily in connection withthe Teachers-Day celebra-tions at Tyndale Biscoe
School Srinagar here on
Thursday.Director Health Services,
Kashmir Dr Saleem-ul-Rehman, President GandhiGlobal Family, Mr. S PVerma, Director, Principal,
staff and students of BiscoeSchool were present in thefunction.Mr. Shabir said Teachersshould dedicate themselves
to their job to such an extentthat society perceives a greatregard for teacher, saying thata teacher is an inspiration, arole model, a source of kind-ness and love.The Minister said the great-ness of a teacher cannot beexplained in a few words and
maintained that 'Teacher's
Day on Sept. 5 is celebratedto convey the message that
we care for our teachers andon this day we recognize andappreciate their efforts, hardwork and devotion not just
for their academic lessons butfor the guidance, their help ineach and every sphere oflife". He also lauded the roleof GGF for spreading the
message of peace and loveamong the society.The Minister said that gov-ernment has initiated a healthscheme for the students whofall under the age 18 yearsthrough which they can avail
benefit of free medical treat-ment from the health depart-
ment and asked students to
take maximum benefit fromsuch health schemes .
Teachers nation builders: ShabirFor inculcating sense of respect, responsibility among students
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05:- Toreview the functioning of
PHE Department, a Meetingof Estimate Committee of
Jammu and KashmirLegislative Assembly was
held here on Thursday underthe Chairmanship of Dr.Mustafa Kamal.Threadbare discussions wereheld on the issues pertaining
to the Department. TheMembers gave their valuablesuggestions for its improve-ment and thrust for propersupply of potable drinkingwater.Legislators, Mr. AshokKhajuria, Mr. HarshdevSingh, Ashwani Sharma, Mr.
Nayeem Akhtar Andrabi ,Syed Mohammad RafiqShah, Charanjeet Singh,Peerzada Mansoor Hussainand Mr Nizam-ud-Din Bhatwere present in the meeting.The Committee discussedvarious issues pertaining tothe PHE department andexpressed their grave concern
over the proper supply of safepotable drinking water sup-ply to the mas ses all over theState and people living inmain cities, towns and partic-
ularly in Kandi areas of theState. The Committee direct-
ed concerned PHE authorityto supply potable water sup-
ply through water tankers,engage more man power and
also utilize its resources forthe purpose besides improv-ing the system.The Committee also stressedthe Department to complete
all on-going pendingschemes in stipulated timeframe and also directed theconcerned authorities toimmediately start the repairwork of damaged machinesand replace the old machin-ery, which is not in use andout of order due to recent
rains and floods in the State.During the course of deliber-ation the department apprisedthe Committee that they have
been doi ng their best e ffortsto upgrade the system andcover all on-going schemes.Principal Secretary, PHE,Pawan Kotwal, ChiefEngineers, PHE, Jammu,
Kashmir, ExecutiveEngineers, PHE, senior offi-cers of PHE and AssemblySecretariat attended the meet-ing.
Mustafa chairs EstimateCommittee Meeting
KUPWARA, SEPT 05: An
amount of Rs. 80.56 crores
were provided as financial
assistance for the establish-
ment of 5731 Income
Generating Units in Kupwara
district by the existing finan-
cial institutions upto
September 30, 2013.
This was stated by the Lead
District Manager, Kupwara in
a meeting of District Level
Review Committee held
under the Chairmanship of
District Development
Commissioner, Kupwara, Mr.
Itrat Hussain Rafique to
review the progressive
achieved by the financial
institutions and line depart-
ments' upto June 2013 under
Annual District Credit Action
Plan 2013-14.
The Lead District Manager,
Kupwara, Chief Planning
Officer, Kupwara, JKB
Cluster Head, representatives
of RBI, NABARD, besides
bankers and sponsoring agen-
cies were also present in the
meeting. It was informed in
the meeting that under
Priority Sector Rs. 64.77
crores were credited for
establishment of 4985 income
generating units while under
Non-Priority Sector Rs. 15.79
crores stands provided for
establishing 746 income gen-
erating units in the district
upto June 2013, under AAP
2013-14, for the development
of the area and ameliorating
poverty and unemployment.
Rs. 80.56 crores creditedfor 5731 IGUs in Kupwara
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05: The Speaker,
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative
Assembly Mr. Mubarak Gul while
addressing an international
Parliamentary Conference at South
Africa asserted that the social and eco-
nomic inequality is detrimental to the
health of any society especially when
the society is diverse, multicultural, over
populate d and undergoing rapid but
unequal economic growth. He said that
the desire for healthy family, healthy
society, a healthy country and a healthy
world, at large, drives individuals and
governments alike.
The 15-day conference organized by
Common Parliamentary Association
(CPA) on the theme "Inequitable
Resource-Sharing: A Threat to
Democratic Governance."
The Speaker said that the Government,
parti cularly under the parlia mentar y
democratic system, is supposed to create
set-up that will provide equal opportuni-
ty for an individual to fulfill his desires,
as the democratic governance rests on
the maxim that power and authority are
derived from the people and are used for
the people. The Speaker said global
financial crisis and subsequent recession
have exposed vulnerabilities and struc-
tural imbalances in major economies.
He said that the income levels have
diverged sharply in many developing
countriesand added that stable earning
opportunities, income security and mod-
ern infrastructure amenities still remain
out of reach for hundreds of millions of
people. Mr. Gul said increas ing global-
ization, increasing scarcity of natural
resources, new security challenges,
rapid technological innovation and
demographic shifts affect the economic
perfor mance by undermi ning social
structure, trust and limited sources of
growth by leaving many resources
untapped, adding that the governments
around the world are increasingly under
pressure to re-think conventional eco-
nomic policies and governance strate-
gies in order to understand what is real-
ly required to make the life better of
their citizens.
The Speaker said that developing coun-
tries have to take steps to promote inclu-
sive growth in their respective countries
by reducing inequality a nd poverty and
providing opportunities for improving
quality of life to all segments of society.
Mr. Gul said that the institution of
democracy throughout the globe should
ensure equitable sharing of the resources
for sustainable development of the pop-
ulation. He said parliamentarians irre-
spective of their political ideologies
need to rise to the occasion to suggest
measures to their respective govern-
ments to ensure equal distribution and
sharing of all the available resources.
Gul seeks support for equitable resources sharing for healthy world
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05:While maintaining that the
government has initiated sus-tained development of every
part of the s tate, the Minist erfor Rural Development andPanchayati Raj, Mr. AliMohammad Sagar has saidseveral flagship programmeshave been undertaken whichhave been instrumental inchanging the socio-economic
profile of the rural and far-flung areas. The Minister wasaddressing a huge gatheringafter dedicating to the public,the newly constructed 4-kmroad stretch at Laisoo,Damhal Hanjipora inKulgam district.The Minister for Social
Welfare, Ms. SakinaItoo, leg-islators, Mr. Nasir AslamWani, Mrs. Bimla Luthra, Dr.
B. A. Veeri, Mr. Abdul MajidBhat, besides other senior
officers of district adminis-tration and different depart-ments were present on theoccasion. Asking the peopleto come forward to avail themaximum benefits of the var-ious flagship schemes intro-
duced by the government, theMinister said that by doing sothey would be exhibiting a
participatory involvement intheir implementation, besides
giving the much needed feed-back about them. He said thatseveral schemes have beenlaunched which have con-tributed a lot in ensuring that
the infrastructure creation is
done in rural and far-flungareas, besides ensuring theirsocio-economic upliftment.Mr. Sagar appealed the peo-
ple not to pay heed to thepropaganda being carried ou tby certain political parti es asthey are trying to create con-
fusion in their minds for theirown vested political interests.He said that it is a recordedfact that the present govern-ment has initiated a develop-
mental agenda which has noparallels in the annals of his-tory."We have launched several
progra mmes which have
been instrumental in ensuring
that the people get the muchneeded employment opportu-nities at their doorsteps,
besides also taking care ofthe youth of the state bylaunching schemes likeHimayat, Umeed etc", theMinister said.
Sagar, Sakina dedicate 4-kms road to people at LaisooSustained dev priority of Govt: Sagar
Death of a kashmiristudent of SRM
college GaziabadJAMMU, SEPT 05: Jammuand Kashmir Police has con-
tacted Ghaziabad Police inconnection with death of astudent of SRM collegeGaziabad namely AbdulManan Wani resident ofChannapora, Srinagar.Manan was putting up in a
private hostel. According toSHO police station
Modinagar under whose juris-diction the hostel falls, Policehad received an informationthat a student of SRM collegehad attempted to commit sui-cide by hanging himself inthis hostel room. He wasrushed to hospital but died onway. After taking cognizance,
police h as se nt t he body for
post mortem. The police islooking into the cause of thisextreme step by checking upwith his friends and the call
details of the mobile phone ofthe deceased.
JAMMU, SEPT 05: Two
policemen have been arrestedwith Chinese-made pistolsand ammunition in Rajouridistrict of Jammu andKashmir, police said here onThursday. Acting on specificinformation about suspiciousactivities of some policemen,a team of Special Operation
Group intercepted IshfaqAhmed and Mohd Zakheeron motorcycle, going fromMendhar in Poonch toRajouri yesterday, a policeofficer said.The police team of SOG led
by Deputy SP Azad Sheikhrecovered two Chinese-made
pistols, two magazines and
four live rounds from theirpossession, he said, addingthat both of them were arrest-
ed. A case has been regis-
tered against the duo --Ahmed, of Naika Panjgrain,(Manajakote) and Zakheer, ofRajdhani (TehsilThannamandi) -- in thisregard, he said. The duo has
been sent for questioning andsome more arrests and recov-eries are likely to be effected
in the coming days, the offi-cer said. He did not rule outthe possibility of their linkswith militancy. The accused,who were working as policefollowers, were under thescanner for use of drugs andother activities in the past, hesaid. Zakheer was trans-ferred to Kishtwar from
Rajouri six months back buthe did not join duty there, theofficer said.
Policemen arrested with Chinese-made pistols and ammunition
HAMIRPUR, SEPT 05:
The three-tier border fencingalong the LoC has turned into
a "death trap" for infiltratingmilitants, leading to despera-tion among militant ranksand has prompted repeatedfirings on Indian posts fromacross the border, the Armyhas said."It is impossible for infiltrat-ing militants to cross over thethree-tiered border fencing
along LoC. There is despera-tion in militant leadershipand Pakistani establishmentdue to failure to cross-overthe fencing", Brig ASengupta told a news agency.Commanding the front
brigade deployed to guard theLoC in forward sectors,
Sengupta said, "There is fir-ing on the fencing at timesfrom across due to despera-tion caused as a result of fail-ure to push in armed militants
this side. They are violatingceasefire, targeting Indianforward posts and resortingto mortar firing".Armed with thermal imagersand surveillance equipment,
the fencing from Malu(Akhnoor) in Jammu districtto Kanzalwan in Kupwara
district of Kashmir Valleycovering 490 kms of LoC and190 kms of InternationalBorder from Malu toPathankote in Punjab has
become a major hurdle forinfiltrating militants.As per intelligence reports,there are over 300 militantswaiting across the LoC to
infiltrate for the past three tofour months but they areunable to cross over due tofencing and increased vigi-lance by troops and groundsurveillance equipment, theArmy officer said."They fire on posts to force
jawans to keep their move-
ment restricted to posts sothat they can try and engineerinfiltration of militants," hesaid."Not even a single infiltration
has taken place this year inthis sector. All infiltration
bids have been foiled", MajGen VP Singh, who is look-ing after operational controlof 220 kms long LoC in
Rajouri-Poonch region, said.The Army feels the borderfencing along the Indo-Pak
border has virtually turnedinto a death trap for ultras, as28 infiltrating militants werekilled when troops foiled bidsthis year.Passing through densewoods, narrow valleys andriverine areas along the LoCand international border, thefence has proved to a major
deterrent against cross-bor-der infiltration as it acts as a"round-the-clock" guard, theArmy officers said."The Army continues tomaintain a state of high alertalong LoC and work onrepairing parts of the fencedamaged due to snowfall
continues rapidly to makethis round-the-clock guardmore effective," they said.The Army has also mappednew probable routes of infil-
tration and vigilance wasbeing mainta ined by s oldiersequipped with ground sen-sors, thermal imagers and
battl efield survei llanceradars, they said.
Three-tier border fencing along the LoC turnsinto a "d eath trap" for infiltrating militants
SRINAGAR, SEPT 05: Twonoted Kashmiri poets, includ-ing Jnanpith awardeeRehman Rahi, have opposed
the musical concert featuringinternationally renownedconductor Zubin Mehta hereon Saturday and said theymay not attend the high pro-
file event. "Many (people)are saying it is ill-timed. Imay not attend the concert,"Rahi, who was awarded the
prestigious Jnanpith award in2007 for his Kashmiri poetry,told a news agency.Another noted Kashmiri
poet, Zareef Ahmad Zareef,
was categorical in saying hewill not attend the concert asit is "unnatural" to hold suchan event when people of the
Valley were suffering mis-eries due to non-resolution ofKashmir issue."If this concert was to pro-
vide a healing touch to thepeople of Kashmir, who havesuffered so much over theyears, the victims and suffer-ers should have been the
audience for this concert.However, it is the elite fromoutside who will form theaudience for the concert,"
Zareef said.He said if Germany had thewelfare of Kashmiris at itsheart, the massive amount ofmoney spent on holding the
concert could have been bet-ter utilised in rehabilitatingthe victims of violence inKashmir.
Zubin Mehta concert opposedby two Kashmiri poets
JAMMU, SEPT 05: Taking
serious note of the horrific
practice of sexual exploita-
tion going on in the Rotary
Inner Wheel Home for
Mentally retarded children at
Channi Rama in the outskirts
of Jammu city, BJP State
Spokesperson Dr. Nirmal
Kamal asserted that the State
Government's Social Welfare
Ministry should directly
intervene in the matter.
Expressing shock over the
helpless mentally retarded
innocent girls aging between
10 to 16 years, who took
shelter under a home where
more than 45 boys and girls
are inhabiting, so that they
can be treated to become nor-
mal and live a dignified life,
Dr. Nirmal Kamal questioned
the authorities that when
women of the entire country
and the state are united
against the heinous crime ofsexual assault on women,
how the authorities of such
Protective Homes in con-
nivance with sick members
of society are engaged in
flourishing the anti-social
crime against women?
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INTRODUCTION
Speech pathology and Audiology are allied health
careers where the professionals are qualified by spe-cial training, education, skills and experience to pro-
vide health care service and treatment. While the
field is an allied health field, the practitioners are not
physicians but rather known specifically as speech
pathologists and audiologists. Speech language
pathology and audiology are distinct disciplines, but
are so interrelated that to be fully competent in either,
one should be familiar with both. Both deal with
speech, language and hearing impairments that dis-
rupt the ability of the sufferer to communicate and
interact in various social situations. Speech language
pathologists and audiologists are concerned with the
prevention, identification and rehabilitation of chil-
dren and adults with communication disorders and
hearing impairment. Audiologists examine people of
all ages and identify symptoms of hearing loss, audi-
tory, balance and related sensory and neural prob-
lems. They use specialized equipments like
audiometers, computers and other testing devices to
evaluate and estimate the impact of auditory and bal-
ance problems on the client's daily life. Audiologists
then use the results from these tests to prepare a diag-
nosis and design a course of treatment by using
remedial measures and rehabilitation strategies
depending on what the situation demands.
Speech therapists or speech language pathologists
work with people who have speech disorders like
inability to produce sounds, speech rhythm and flu-
ency problems and also people who have swallowing
disorders due to problems like cleft palate or other
medical conditions which may be congenital, devel-
opmental or acquired. Speech language pathologists'
work involves assessment, diagnosis, treatment and
prevention of speech-related disorders, designing
and employment of augmentative and alternative
communication methods. In India, the first
Audiology & Speech Language Therapy program
was started in 1966 at T.N.Medical College and BYL
Nair Charitable Hospital in Mumbai. The
Government of India established All India Institute
of Speech and Hearing in 1966 at Mysore. Today this
institute is the country's leading institute in the field
of communication disorders. There are about 20 uni-
versities in India which provide Speech Pathology &
Audiology programs which are accredited by
Rehabilitation Council of India.
The job titles for professionals working in this field
include Audiologist, Program Director,
Rehabilitation Counselor, Sign Language Interpreter,
Language Specialist, Linguist, Speech Pathologist
etc. These professions provide essential services to
people of all ages and backgrounds in developing the
vital human skill - communication. They offer a vari-
ety of specialization opportunities, challenges and
have relevance to daily living. As these professionals
help people make their lives more productive and
richer by improving people's communication skills
their career is well respected and gives an opportuni-
ty to make a difference in other people's life.
ELIGIBILITY & COURSE AREAS
To practice audiology, professionals need to have
either Bachelors/Masters degree in Audiology and be
registered with Indian Speech and Hearing
Association (ISHA) or Rehabilitation Council of
India (RCI).
For undergraduate courses the applicants should
have passed the pre-university course or 10+2 from
a recognised institution with science subjects -
Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. The
duration for an undergraduate course is 3 to 4 years.
The various universities may grant admissions either
on the basis of marks of the 10+2 course or they may
conduct specific entrance tests to gauge the merit and
aptitude of the aspirants.
Admission to the 2 year post graduate courses
requires a graduation in speech language pathology
and audiology. Besides the undergraduate/ post grad-
uate courses, several institutes offer diploma courses
of varying durations.
Course Areas : University courses in speech lan-
guage pathology and audiology include acoustics,
anatomy, assessment, counseling, hearing disorders,
hearing aids, language development and disorders,
linguistics, neurology and neurophysiology, nonvo-
cal communication, parent training, psychology,
phonetics, speech disorders, statistics, stuttering,
voice and voice disorders, and a variety of specific
areas (e.g., autism).
Personal Skills: The job is not physically demand-
ing but is emotionally demanding. The professionals
must be able to approach problems objectively and
provide support to patients and their families.
Because a patient's progress may be slow, patience,
compassion, and good listening skills are necessary.
They must have exceptional skills in observation,
concentration, and record keeping. Audiologists
should be able to effectively communicate diagnos-
tic test results, interpretation, and proposed treatment
in a manner easily understood by their patients, rela-
tives and other staff.
JOB PROSPECTS & CAREER OPTIONS
Audiologic treatment may include examining and
cleaning the ear canal, fitting and dispensing hearing
aids, and fitting and programming cochlear implants.
It also includes counseling on adjusting to hearingloss, training on the use of hearing instruments, and
teaching communication strategies for use in a vari-
ety of environments.
Audiologists keep records on the initial evaluation,
progress, and discharge of patients. In other settings,
audiologists may work with other health and educa-
tion providers as part of a team in planning and
implementing services for children and adults, from
birth to old age. Some audiologists specialize in
work with the elderly, children, or hearing-impaired
individuals who need special treatment programs.
Others develop and implement ways to protect work-
ers' hearing from on-the-job injuries. They measure
noise levels in workplaces and conduct hearing pro-
tection programs in factories, as well as in schools
and communities. A few audiologists conduct
research on types as well as treatment for hearing,
balance, and related disorders.
The job of a speech therapist includes diagnosing
communication disorders and swallowing disorders.
Planning and implementing treatment in language,
speech, voice and swallowing disorders. Educating
and counseling individuals, families, co-workers,
educators, and other persons in the community
regarding acceptance, adaptation, and decision mak-
ing about communication, swallowing, or other
upper aero digestive concerns.
Certified Speech Language Pathology and
Audiology professionals can find employment in
Hospitals, Rehabilitation Centers , Nursing Care
Facilities , Industry , Home Health Agencies , Long-
term Care Facilities, Research Labs, Centers for
Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Public or
Private Schools, Private Practice, Community
Clinics, College/University Clinics, Health
Department, State or Government Agencies, Adult
Day Care Facilities and Business.
REMUNERATION
The starting salary for speech pathologist and audiol-
ogist is around Rs 8000/- per month initially and may
go upto Rs 12000/-. The gross emoluments may sum
upto Rs15,000- Rs20,000 per month. Those in the
teaching field may earn between Rs 9000-Rs.15,000
per month. For lecturers the pay scale lies between
14000-18000 and the gross emoluments may go upto
Rs25,000 per month.
CAREER IN SPEECHPATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY
CPMT counsellingscheduled fromSep 9 to 14KANPUR: The second phase of UP-
Combined Pre-Medical Test (CPMT)
counselling is scheduled from
September 9 to 14.Counselling will be held at four centres
across the state, including Ganesh
Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical
College (Kanpur), King George
Medical University (Lucknow), and
medical colleges of Meerut and
Allahabad.
As per the schedule declared by the
authorities of Chatrapati Sahuji
Maharaj University (CSJMU), all the
successful candidates of ST category,
SC students from rank 01 to 1000 can
come for registration on September 9.
The SC candidates ranked above 1001
can appear for registration on
September 10.
On September 11 and 12, g eneral candi-
dates from rank 1 to 400 and 401 to
1000 can appear for registration,
respectively.
On September 13, general candidates
from rank 1001 to 2500 can appear for
registration. All the students will be
given an opportunity to lock the seats
on September 14. The counselling fee is
Rs 300. The students also have to sub-
mit Rs 5,000 as security money.
The students will have to bring docu-
ments like admit card, rank card, high
school pass certificate and marksheet of
Class XII. Photocopy sets of original
certificates, passport size photographs
(photos should be same as used in the
form). Duplicate certificates will not be
accepted. The counselling team will
verify the photograph and signature.
Bio-metric verification will also be
conducted.
The students who have already taken
admission in some other MBBS or BDS
College and have submitted their origi-
nal certificate are required to bring an
application letter from the principal of
that college mentioning the submission
of original certificate. Details regarding
registration fee and others are available
on the university websites
www.upcpmt2013 .
If the documents are found to be fake or
the expert committee is not convinced
about the genuineness of documents
submitted, the students will be debarred
from counselling.
Impersonators will be prosecuted. If the
candidates do not get original docu-
ments/acknowledgments verified from
any other organisation, they will be
rejected.
The medical education department has
not included homeoptahy and Unani
colleges even in the second phase of
UP-CPMT counselling. Hence, coun-
selling of BHMS and BUMS seats will
not be held in the second phase.
About 30 percent of the Chinese population cannot speak
Mandarin, the official language of China, said the ministry of
education Thursday.
Although the remaining population can communicate in
Mandarin, also known as Putonghua, a large number of them do
not speak it well, reports.
Ministry spokesperson Xu Mei said the country still needed to
invest in promoting Mandarin.
The government has been holding a campaign to promote
Mandarin in the third week of September every year since 1998.
This year, the ministry would focus on the remote countryside
and areas inhabited by ethnic minorities, Xu said.
30 percent of Chinesecannot speak Mandarin
JAIPUR: The Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE)
has termed those schools run-
ning as franchisee of principal
institutes as 'commercialized
models' in the recently amended
by-laws which govern its a ffili-
ated schools. The move aims to
keep the school education free
from commercial franchisee
models and to reduce the finan-
cial burden on parents arising
out of heavy franchisee fees.
The order is giving sleepless
nights to franchisee schools run-
ning in the country under the
brand names like Delhi Public
Schools Society, Ryan
International School Society,
Birla Schools, Gems Group,
EDIFY and Bal Vidhya Ashram
Group, to name a few.The board has cleared that such
schools have to provide an affi-
davit that they have not entered
into any such contract to use
name and logo of the parent for
consideration for their fees. The
board has also recom mended
that such schools should delink
themselves from franchisee
arrangements.
The amended rule said that any
franchisee school making pay-
ments to its parent institute for
use of name, motto and logo or
any other non-academic activi-
ties would be termed as com-
mercialization of institution.
Sources said that parent insti-
tutes initially charges ranging
from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh
from franchisees to allow them
use their names, logos or brand
names. In turn, the parent insti-
tutes only support the fran-
chisees in recruitment, setting-
up amenities and management
of schools. The franchiser hasno say in syllabus and course
content.
A senior CBSE official in Delhi
requesting anonymity said,
"Franchise model is a sheer
marketing gimmick."
Such practice involved a lot of
cost factors. Apart from one
time fee, the franchisers also
charges per student amount and
have a certain percentage in
annual profits. In a bid to fulfill
the financial liabilities to be
franchisees, the schools pass on
the money burden to parents by
charging hefty fees. Sources
said a school located along the
Jaipur-Ajmer highway gives
20s% of its fees to the franchis-
er. Parents have a rage for
admitting their children on fran-
chisees with big brand names.
They expect that franchisee
schools are offering the same
quality education as they are
being deliveri ng in the parent
schools, but in reality it turnsout to be poles apart.
Ajmer-based Mayoor School of
Mayo School group has opened
its franchisee schools in Bhopal
and Noida with its brand name
Mayoor School. DPS has three
schools in Rajasthan-Jaipur,
Udaipur and Jodhpur.
Defending the order, the school
owners said that brand name is a
property and is always transfe r-
able. "Brand names and logos
are properties of an individual
group and being used by fran-
chisees is not a commercial
activity. The CBSE is unneces-
sarily exercising its authority in
areas which are not in its
domain," said Damodar Goyal,
preside nt, Society for Privat e
Unaided Schools in Rajasthan.
However, parent associations
have welcome the move and are
expecting such schools to
reduce fees. Such a situation
will also pose a challenge for
states like Rajasthan, TamilNadu an d Punj ab as the respec-
tive state governments has
formed committees to decide
the schools fees on various
paramet ers.
New CBSE rule puts franchisee schools in afix, fee structure to be under scanner
NEW DELHI: Based on year-
on-year accumulation, they now
form nearly 60% of the institu-
tion's teaching resources and
have been vital to the smooth
conduct of academics since 2008.Yet they face misbehaviour from
colleagues and administration
and are discriminated against
even on grounds of caste. For
years they have been living in
constant fear of losing their jobs
which jeopardizes their personal
life.
Yes, this is the story of the ad hoc
and temporary teachers of Delhi
University, according to a survey
conducted by six teachers from
different colleges.
While reforms are meant to bring
in good news, the newly-
launched four-year undergradu-
ate programme has ironically
added to their woes.
The survey conducted online
received 223 responses-cutting
across 27 subjects-from present
and former ad hoc teachers,
which revealed their sorry serv-
ice conditions.
The average age of the respon-dents is 31 years. With over 27%
of irregular faculty being
retrenched in the current academ-
ic session following the introduc-
tion of FYUP, the claims of the
university administration that
there will be no job loss for ad
hocs due to the reforms have fall-
en flat.
Meanwhile, being an ad hoc in
has turned out to be a nightmare
for many teachers. "I've been aDelhi University topper through-
out. Working in Delhi University
was a dream come true. But hav-
ing worked as an ad hoc teacher
for over a year now, I think noth-
ing could be more humiliating
and frustrating. Although my col-
lege renewed my term, I'm living
in constant fear and it is affecting
my personal, professional and
social life.
If after studying (in fact
excelling) in academics for six
years the state can't guarantee me
a dignified permanent job I won-
der what job opportunities would
be avai lable to the current FYUP
batch who ex it a fter two ye ars?"
commented one of the respon-
dents.
While 64% of the respondents
claim that they are constantly
insecure about their job, nine
said they have faced sexual
harassment and 19% faced onekind of social discrimination or
another.
In fact, things have worsened for
those who continued as tempo-
rary teachers in Delhi University
with 42% of the respondents
claiming that their employment
status got diminished-from tem-
porary to ad hoc and ad hoc to
guest.
Adverse work conditions also got
reflected in the personal life ofrespondents with 41% delaying
their marriages and another 26%
the birth of children in view of
uncertain employment. None of
them ever received any medical
leave or benefits even as 33% of
the respondents or their depend-
ents underwent major medical
expenditure during their employ-
ment in Delhi University.
The allegations against the
administration of forcing ad-hocs
to vote en masse for a particular
group has been reflected in the
findings of the survey.
Seventy percent of respondents
said they can't express their
views openly when it comes to
DUTA elections and 46% said
they are obliged to support the
politi cal opinion s of those who
matter in their colleges and
departments.
In fact, one temporary respon-
dent shared at length his case ofvictimization wherein he was
removed after three years of
service immediately after he con-
tested and won the college staff
association elections
Ad hoc teachers get a raw deal
Stabbing incident leavesone dead in US school
WASHINGTON: A 17-year-old student
was stabbed to death and three others
were injured during a fight at a high
school in the US state of Texas early
Wednesday, reported. The stabbing took
place in a hallway leading to a cafeteria on
the Spring High School campus in
Houston area, report. One student died on
the spot and a 16-year-old boy in critical
condition was flown to a medical facility.
The boy's parents told reporters that he is
expected to survive. 2 other students suf-
fered minor injuries and one of them has
been discharged from hospital, the report
said. Officials said all the victims are stu-
dents. Three students have been detainedby authorities. But it's not clear at this
point if they were suspects in the stabbing.
No details have been revealed about the
circumstances of the campus stabbing.
Unconfirmed reports on Twitter indicated
it was possibly a gang fight.
NEW DELHI: The final lists of
contestants for students' union
elections in Delhi University and
Jawaharlal Nehru University
were declared but things didn't
progress too smoothly at JNU.
There was a heated exchange of
words between the election
committee the newly-formed
Concerned Students when a
member had his candidature for
the post of general secretary in
the central panel cancelled. Late
Wednesday evening, the EC
called an all-party meeting todiscuss the issue.
In all, 162 candidates are in fray
for Delhi University Students'
Union Elections for the four
posts, while 22 candidates have
filed nominations for the central
panel of Jawaharlal Nehru
University Students' Union elec-
tions scheduled for Sept 13. The
election offices of both the uni-
versities issued the final list of
candidates on Wednesday. In
DU the candidates will have till
Friday to withdraw their candi-
datures.
Nominations of 44 candidates
have been found valid for the
post of president for DUSU,
while 34 are in fray for the post
of vice-president. For secretary
and joint secretary there are 50and 34 candidates respectively.
Out of 44 candidates, 13 are
female candidates for the post of
DUSU president. The final list
of candidates after the withdraw-
al will be announced on Friday.
ABVP has filed 10 nominations
for the four posts in DUSU, they
will have to withdraw six of the
candidates. NSUI too has filed
around 12 candidates for the
four posts. AISA however has
filed nomination for just four
candidates for the posts and they
are the final candidates.
In JNU, 103 candidates have
made the final list of nomina-
tions for the posts of councilors
in the different schools with the
maximum - 33 - for the School
of Languages. The new groupsthis time include Concerned
Students; and what was JNU-
SFI last year, is now the
Democratic Students' Federation
(DSF). The presidential debate is
on Sept 11 and voting is on 13.
Delhi University, JNU students'
unions finalize list of poll contestants
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