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for attackSrinagar, July 26: A police constable was killed while his four colleagues in-cluding one Inspector of Special Opera-tion Group sustained injuries after mili-tants lobbed a hand grenade and opened indiscriminate firing in Sopore town of Baramulla district.According to KNS correspondent, the firing took place during the intervening night of July 25 and July 26 when a police party of Special Operation Group (SOG) was trying to tackle some stone pelters at Chota Bazar near Jamia Masjid.At around 2 AM, the militants lobbed a hand grenade and opened fire on the SOG party resulting in the on spot death of a constable Mohammad Sayed of Milyal in Kupwara blet number 368/SPR. Four cops including one inspector Dilraj Singh, head constable Yusuful Umar, Constable Anaytullah and Constable Imtiyaz Ah-mad sustained injuries in the attack.All the injured have shifted to sub district hospital Sopore and two out of them were later referred to B B Cant. Soon after the incident army, police and CRPF cordoned off the whole area and launched massive searches to nab the militants. According

to KNS correspondent, tow youths Muda-sir Yasin and Muzaffar Ahmad sustained minor injuries while police was chasing alleged stone pelters in the area.According to a police handout, a police-man was killed while four policemen were injured when militants lobbed a grenade and fired in discriminatorily on a police party who were tackling a stone pelting mob in Sopore.“In the midnight miscreants pelted stones on police, CRPF bunkers at SBI and main Chowk Sopore.

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The stalement and uncertainty in Indo-Pak relations is proving very costly for the people of two coun-tries who want good and cordial re-lations between the two neighboring countries. Of late, the relations have passed through troubled waters due to intermittent firing on the borders which has claimed several precious lives and made the life the people mis-erable one. Though the leadership of both the countries have superficially been posing to make sincere efforts for normalization of relations but actually nothing has been achieved since last two years. Earlier some Confidence

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Lady ends life in Ganderbal

Srinagar, July 26: A lady ended her life by consuming poison at Chittergul in Ganderbal District last evening.A lady (name withheld) resident of Bimdar-Chittergul consumed some poisonous substance at her home, in the jurisdiction of police station Kangan, Ganderbal. She was shifted to SKIMS Hospital where she breathed her last. The body of deceased lady was handed over to her relatives for last rites. Kangan police ahs registered a case in this regard. (KNS)

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Srinagar, July 26: Lieutenant General DS Hooda, Northern Army Commander arrived at Sri-nagar and carried out review of security situation. Army Com-mander was on his way to Udham-pur after attending ‘Vijay Diwas’ function at Kargil, Leh. According to an army statement issued to KNS, on his arrival, Army Commander was received by Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, Chinar Corps Commander. After being briefed on the cur-rent operational situation along the Line of Control and internal security prevailing in the hinter-land, Army Commander visited forward post in Lolab, Kupwara. The Commanders updated the Army Commander on the conduct of recent operations.

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Nation pays homage to martyrs of Kargil War

Srinagar, July 26 : In run up to Eid-ul-Fitr, markets in Kash-mir are wearing a festive look with people in large numbers making stop for the shopping at city centre. Reports received by KNS informed that through-out the day people from all age groups could be seen carrying carry bags with items ranging from kids’ garments to fash-ionable men and women wears and bakery items. The garment sellers and bakery-shop owners have spruced up their shelves with latest and wide range of product varieties. People liv-ing in Srinagar as well as those residing in far areas have all

thronged the markets to shop amidst the rush of jostling and haggling for a bargain price. They buy clothes as well as food items including meat, chicken, vegetables and confectionery.Customer rush was more no-ticeable in the city centre at Lal Chowk. People ask for new va-riety of biscuits, cakes, cookies, and pastry. Firecrackers are also in good demand. With the shopkeepers maintaining that a huge variety of crackers on this Eid as the demand is exempla-ry. At Goni Khan market here the shops selling jewellery, cos-metics, kids’ wears,

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New Delhi July 26: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a website MyGov that aims to help citizens contribute in governance by giving their opinions and views on important issues like clean Ganga or skill development. The inauguration of the peo-ple-centric platform also marks the completion of 60 days of the new government. The Prime Minister said in the past 60 days, the experience of his government was that there were many peo-ple who wanted to contribute to-wards nation-building and devote their time and energy, an official statement said. Modi said MyGov (mygov.nic.in) is a technology-driven medium that will provide citizens

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Customers throng markets for shopping

Militants attack SOG in Sopore

Srinagar, July 26: One person died while twenty two others were injured in different road accidents across the valley.A Bus bearing reg-istration number JK03B/2928 driven by Farooq Ahmed Bhat S/O Ghulam Nabi Bhat hit a pedestrian Abdul Rashid Bhat son of Mo-hammad Shaban Bhat resident of Bangwar, Baramulla near K.B.Po-ra resulting in his on spot death. Baramulla police has registered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, a Tata Sumo bearing reg-istration number JK01L/1289 and Maruti Car 800 bearing regis-tration number JK01G/ 3789 met with an acci-dent at Malik Aangan, in the jurisdictionSee Mishaps On Pg 11

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“What did they do for Horticulture when

in power?’Srinagar, July 26: National Con-ference has said that Mehbooba Muf-ti’s belated, cosmetic and completely misplaced concern in the Parliament about the Horticulture sector in Kash-mir was extremely ironic when seen in the backdrop of PDP’s shockingly dis-mal performance and anti-fruit-grow-er policies in the Horticulture Sector during the tenure of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.“There are some very pertinent and pointed questions that Mehbooba Mufti should answer before waxing eloquent for the cameras in the Par-liament about the Horticulture Sec-tor: What did PDP do for Horticulture when they were in power? Nothing! How many orchards did PDP get va-cated from the occupation of Security Forces? None! Why didn’t they do abso-lutely anything in the field of Post Har-vesting? No vision! What made them stay silent about the exploitation of the fruit-grower by commission agents and pre-harvest contractors? PDP lead-ership’s complicity with horticulture sharks and exploiters! Why did PDP

suffocate and torment the fruit grower by denying him credit opportunities and avenues? Because of PDP’s overt faith in crony-capitalism!” NC Spokes-man Junaid Azim Mattu said, in a statement issued to KNS.“Mehbooba Mufti clearly lacks a nuts and bolts understanding of the Horti-culture Sector in the State. Somebody should tell her that the biggest chal-lenges that were faced by our fruit growers when PDP relinquished power in 2008 was a neo-feudal system of lend-ing by commission agents encouraged by PDP, an anti-grower system of ex-tension of credit to commission agents patronized by PDP and PDP’s planned assault on the rights of the fruit grow-ers as safeguarded under the Agricul-tural Produce Marketing [Regulation] Act of 1997 brought in by a National Conference government. When PDP was in power they deliberately chose to remain on the sidelines on all these issues because of their proximity with, and support to commission agents and pre-harvest contractors in the Horti-culture Sector”, Mattu said. The NC Spokesman said that it was Na-tional Conference took systemic initia-tives in the banking and horticulture sectors aimed at achieving a reframing of lending guidelines to eradicate feu-dal system and usurious lending by commission agents

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PDP left Horticulture Sector in Shambles: NC

Ganderbal, July 26: The late night protests allegedly insti-gated by a local Imam forced au-thorities to impose restrictions in Central Kashmir’s Tulamula area of District Ganderbal. The clashes between gov-ernment forces and protestors left at least 12 persons injured including some cops. A police official said that the situation was under control after the police saved a government em-ployee from the wrath of people. The government employee was caught by people red handed allegedly with a female on Fri-day in Zonal Education Office despite a public holiday. Po-lice arrested the accused and managed to pacify the protes-tors after some law and order problem. Reports said that during late night hours a local Imam alleged accused police of shielding the culprit. The re-marks of local Imam alleged-ly provoked youth who resort-ed to violence and attacked police and CRPF personnel

with stones. Reports said that during the clashes at least 12 persons including some cops were in-jured. Locals alleged that some policemen thrashed local Imam that created trouble in the area. Police according to reports ar-rested four persons for their alleged role in violence and stone-pelting. Addition SP Ganderbal Param Vir told CNS that it was local Imam Abdul Hamid Yousuf who instigated people for vio-lence. This Imam was telling people on loud speaker that police has no right to punish the guilty (accused) as it is the job of people to punish him un-der Sharia. “Police exercised maximum restraint while dealing with the violent pro-testors,” he said. Authorities imposed re-strictions in the area to bring the situation under control. A police official said that situation in the area is under control and people are being al-lowed to move freely. (CNS)

Late night clashes in Tulmula

Srinagar, July 26: The process of issuance of ration cards will be completed within a pe-riod of one month with the date being digitized at the earliest, said the director CAPD Kash-mir, Bilal Ahmad Bhat.Talking to KNS after assuming office, Bhat stated that the process of finalizing the ration card issuance shall be completed within one month period and that the staff has been di-rected to gear up for the challenge.He stated that his pri-orities as the director would be to utilize the available resource so that the department could provide better services to the valley masses. Bhat main-tained that the classifi-cation of BPL and APL ration cards is in the process and that the efforts shall be priori-tized to provide help to the needy.He stated that the dis-tribution of ration will be started at the 26 of this month and shall end by the 10th of next month. He further add-ed that the

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New Delhi, July 26: The 15th anni-versary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was cel-ebrated on Saturday. It was on this day in 1999, the Indian soldiers success-fully took back the territory that was occupied by the Pakistani intruders in Jammu and Kashmir after a 73-day conflict. Various functions were organised across the country to pay tribute to the martyrs of Kargil War. In New Delhi, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley along with the three service chiefs paid homage to the martyrs at India Gate.On the occasion, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will soon finalise the site for construction of a "grand" National War Memorial.After paying homage to martyrs of

the 1999 war with Pakistan, the Minis-ter said he would soon be visiting the Princess Park locality near the India Gate complex here with the chiefs of three Services to take an appropriate decision on the issue."For the war memorial, where names of all those who sacrificed their lives for the country will be written, we feel it is required". "We feel that at the very site (Princess Park), as it is a very large area or some-where close in the vicinity, which is the best site available, it is being short-listed. We will, in a day or two may be visit that site with the chiefs and take an appropriate decision," Jaitley said.He said the construction of the memo-rial "will take some time

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Kargil: July, 25: “The Sit-uation on the Actual Line of Control (ALC) along China is claim and there is some minute problem of trespassing which happens due to the non demar-cation of the lands on the ALC as well as difference in percep-tion, but all these problems are handled very peacefully.” This was stated by the GOC North-ern Command Lt General D S Hooda while interacting with the media Person at Drass War Memorial Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir.Answering the questions rela-tion to the Cease Fire Violation along LOC in J&K he said that there is violation of Cease Fire in J&K but the intensity is low and soldier to soldier contact Army is prepared and are han-dling very peacefully.Genral Hooda answering to a question of increase of Chinese troops in POK told that army has all the information and is keeping a close eye on these

news’s and army is not finding anything very close to the LOC.Talking about the situations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, reports of Taliban using Kashmir as Battle field, Lt Gen Hooda told that Army have to be prepared for any type of contingency and the threat is there and are look-ing forward how to deal with all these contingencies.Lieutenant General D S Hooda

thanked the Media personals and the families of martyrs for their presence at Drass for the Event.The 15th Kargil Vijay Di-was celebration was concluded today.Earlier the day was starts with a solemn wreath laying ceremony at the Drass War Me-morial led by Lieutenant Gener-al D S Hooda, GOC-in-C North-ern Command of the

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Cops killed, 4 injured

Srinagar, July 26 : Peoples Demo-cratic Party (PDP) has strongly con-demned the brutal killing of two po-licemen in Bijbehara in Anantanag district and Sopore of Baramulla district.In a statement, the party president, Mehbooba Mufti, has said the kill-ings have no place in a civilized so-ciety and they only lead to tragedies. Expressing her heartfelt sympa-thies with the bereaved families she prayed for the everlasting peace of the deceased souls. (KNS)

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because we want it to be a grand war memorial and war museum". The Defence Minister said the war museum would be built at the site of Princess Park."It is a large piece of land and I think it is appropriate for the war museum, which is required by India. As soon as details are finalised, they will have to get sanc-tions from all the departments. I think, in principle, that is the arrangement. It will take some time before it is completed," he said.

Indian Army. Executive Councilor LAHDC Kargil Haji Mohammad Shafi, Gallantry award winners of the Kargil Conflict and next of kins of martyrs, Veer Naris, senior army officers and civil dignitaries also paid tributes to the martyrs. This was followed by a pledge taken by all present at the function to rededi-cate themselves to the cause of the Nation.

and dupattas were main attractions for the ladies cus-tomers.Meanwhile, mutton dealers expect a good business in the coming one or two days ahead of Eid. We do ex-pect a business of over Rs 40 crore in next one or two days. Pertinently, the CA&PD department has mobi-lized a number of market checking squads to check black-marketing and hoarding.Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated with religious fervour and traditional enthusiasm all over Jammu and Kashmir, first day of the Islamic month Shawwal, marking the culmination of month-long Ramadan fasting. Shawwal is the 10th month of the lunar Islam-ic calendar.Eid is a day of joy and thanksgiving. Muslims cele-brate this day by thanking Almighty Allah for bestow-ing them with the blessings of Ramadan. They gather with friends and family, prepare delicacies, wear new clothes, give each other gifts and put up lights and other decorations in their homes.On this occasion special Eid prayers will be organized in Eidgahs, masjids and shrines. In their speeches, Is-lamic scholars and clerics are expected to highlight the significance of Eid-ul-Fitr as a thanksgiving for the month-long fasting when Muslims all over the world seek divine blessings and forgiveness. In Sri-nagar, the biggest Eid congregation will be witnessed at the historic Eidgah in downtown city at 10 a.m. Eid congregation is also expected to be organized at Dargah Asar-e-Sharif Hazratbal where the special prayers were held 10.30 a.m. Eid prayers will be also offered at the sprawling TRC Ground in the uptown civil lines area where thousands of devotees will con-gregate. (KNS)

While the stone pelters were being tackled near Cho-ta Bazar Sopore, militants among the stone pelters hurled a grenade and fired upon police party result-ing in on spot death of Constable Mohammad Syed Khan and injuries to 04 police personnel. All the in-jured police personnel were shifted to SDH Sopore and B.B.Cant Hospital Srinagar, where their condi-tion is reported to be stable. The police party exhibit-ed utmost restraint and did not retaliate as there was every apprehension of civilian casualties.”Meanwhile, Baleeg-u-Din, the operational spokesman of Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed the responsibility for the attack in Sopore. In a tele statement issued to KNS, Baleeg-u-Din said: “Our cadres carried out the attack in Sopore.”

of police post Ban Mohallah, Srinagar, resulting in injuries to three persons and partial damage to both the vehicles. All the injured were shifted to hospital for treatment. Srinagar police has registered a case in this regard.In another accident, a Bus bearing registration num-ber JK02E/8421 collided with a Truck bearing regis-tration number JK13B/6875 at Mirgund Chowk, in the jurisdiction of police station Pattan, resulting in injuries to 16 passengers. All the injured were shifted to hospital for treatment. Pattan police has registered a case in this regard. In another accident, a Maruti Car bearing registration number JK09/0394 met with an accident at Ganapora NHW, in the jurisdiction of police station Kralgund, Handwara, resulting in injuries to car driver Za-hoor Ahmed Bhat resident of Gund Kharoo his wife Mehmooda and daughter Rabiya. All the injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment. Kralgund police has registered a case in this regard. (KNS)

in violation of rules and regulations. The NC Spokes-man that it was because of the efforts of National Con-ference that more than a hundred thousand individu-al apple growers in Kashmir don’t have to approach moneylenders and middlemen for loans anymore – a practice of exploitation that was patronized and sup-ported by PDP. “The initiatives of the NC govern-ment has seen tangible returns for the fruit-growers with number of fruit-growers taking loans directly crossing almost one hundred thousand in the last two years. Plans and efforts are underway to finance an-other two lakh growers across the Valley directly and to increase the exposure of the J&K Bank to the fruit economy to more than 4,000 crores in line with Omar Abdullah’s commitment to ensure the Horticulture Sector receives the support on the lines of a thrust, priority sector”, the NC Spokesman said.

digitalization of the date in the department shall be given the top priority and each and every develop-ment taking place within the CAPD shall be avail-able on the official portal. Bhat remarked that there will be no scarcity of ration in valley if the same is distributed in the proper way. “I believe that distribution of ration is not a tough deal; as it is being believed at large. It has to be done with the proper time frame then only masses could have a sigh of relief.” (KNS)

Army Commander’s visit and interaction with troops located in far flung and difficult areas brought cheers to the soldiers and boosted their morale. (KNS)

an opportunity to contribute towards good gover-nance, the statement added. “The platform would bridge gap gulf between people and government. Democracy cannot succeed without people’s partic-ipation in government and this participation should not be limited only during elections,” the Prime Min-ister said. Besides Modi, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, DEITY Secretary R S Sharma were also present at the launch of the portal.National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) will implement and manage the platform.There are multiple theme-based discussions on My-Gov where a wide range of people can share their thoughts and ideas with the government, Sharma told reporters after the launch.“It is also an initiative to build a digital knowledge li-brary. We will guide the people on the topics of nation-al importance on which the government would like to know their views and ideas,” he added.The platform presents an opportunity for the citizens to both ‘Discuss’ and ‘Do’, Sharma said, adding, any idea shared by a contributor will also be discussed on the discussion forums, allowing constructive feed-back and interaction. At present, there are six groups on the platform -- Clean Ganga, Girl Child Education, Clean India, Skilled India, Digital India and Job Cre-ation. “Citizens can also volunteer for various tasks and submit their entries. These tasks would be reviewed by other members and experts. Once approved, these tasks can be shared by those who complete the task and by other members on MyGov,” Sharma said.Each group consists of online and on-ground tasks that can be taken up by the contributors. The objective of each group is to bring about a qualitative change in that sphere through people’s participation, he said.“We will review the working on MyGov in three months and over time the number of groups, tasks and discussions will increase. The platform will also be used as a comprehensive knowledge repository,” Sharma added. The portal can even be extended to act like public audit platform for government projects like citizens giving feedback on status of completed in-frastructure projects or availability of various social sector programmes, he said.

Infrastructure development, strengthening of faculty

focused areas: OmarSrinagar, July 26: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Saturday said that the Government is keen to upgrade infrastructure and strengthen the faculties in higher educational institutions in the State. He said while various faculty blocks have been completed and commissioned in degree colleges and universities in the State during the last over five years, many more are under

various stages of the execution. He said attention is also being paid to construct lecture halls and audito-ria in these institutions.Laying foundation stone of a mod-ern Auditorium at Amar Singh College, Srinagar today, the Chief Minister said that up to the mark infrastructure and well qualified faculties are imperative in impart-ing qality education to the students in a palatable and conducive atmo-sphere.The Auditorium is likely to cost Rs.12.28 crore and its completion is scheduled for August, 2015. The

Auditorium will have the capacity of 500 seats besides an Academic section in the ground floor and backstage facilities at level 2nd and control room at level 3rd. The ground floor area will be on 2608 Sft, 1st floor on an area of 10709 Sft and 2nd floor on an area of 6655 Sft.The Minister for Higher Educa-tion, Mohammad Akbar Lone, Legislator, Nasir Aslam Wani, Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education, Sheikh Mushtaq Ah-mad were present on the occasion among others. (KNS)

Foundation layed for Rs. 12.28 crore Auditorium at Amar Singh College

US disappointed over India's stand

on TFAWashington: Without di-rectly naming India, the US today expressed deep disappointment over the stand taken by the Narendra Modi govern-ment that it will not rat-ify the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the WTO unless its concerns on food security are ad-dressed."Today, we are extreme-ly discouraged that a small handful of mem-bers in this Organisa-tion are ready to walk away from their commit-ments at Bali, to kill the Bali agreement, to kill the power of that good faith and goodwill we all shared, to flip the lights in this building back to dark," Deputy US Trade Representative Michael Punke said referring to India's stand on TFA.US Deputy Trade Rep-resentative and US Am-bassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organiza-tion (WTO) Michael Pun-ke. AFPUS Deputy Trade Representative and US Ambassador and Perma-nent Representative to the World Trade Orga-nization (WTO) Michael Punke. AFPIn a strong message to the World Trade Orga-nization (WTO), India today said it will not rat-ify the trade facilitation pact until a permanent solution is found on food security and other issues of poor nations impacting livelihood of millions."To jeopardise the food security of millions at the altar of a mere anomaly in the rules is unacceptable," India said.Punke, in his remarks in Geneva where the two-day General Council meeting of WTO conclud-ed today, said it is no use to sugar coat the conse-quences of such action or to pretend.Amendment to WTO norms regarding stock-pile of foodgrains is criti-cal for India to implement of its food security plan."Today a small number of WTO members are indi-cating that they may no longer stand by their com-mitments to implement the TFA. Or that they

will honour their com-mitments only if they can now renegotiate the terms and receive new tradeoffs - additional to the ones they negotiated in Bali," Punke said."It is profoundly disap-pointing that we have arrived at this moment... I do want to speak very directly about the issue of public stockholding for food security, because it has been a focal point of attention," he added.The current WTO norms limit the value of food sub-sidies at 10 percent of the total value of food grain production. The sup-port is calculated at over two-decade old prices.India is asking for a change in base year (1986) for calculating food subsi-dies. The US gives about $120 billion as farm subsi-dy compared to India's $12 billion."Many members, includ-ing developing country members, have noted that, if the Bali package fails, there can be no post-Bali. It's with regret that we agree with them," Pun-ke said.While Punke did not name any country, but it was addressed towards India, which has taken a strong stand on TFA, till its concerns on food secu-rity issues are taken care of."We have heard repeated misstatements about ac-tivities in the past seven months, and so it is im-portant to examine the facts in some detail," he said."At Bali, we also all agreed by consensus to work with fellow WTO members to quote 'pre-pare within the next 12 months a clearly defined work programme on the remaining Doha Develop-ment Agenda issues," he noted.Many members, includ-ing the US, he argued have followed through on this commitment scrupulously, meeting in a broad spectrum of formal and informal con-figurations, all with the goal of meeting our col-lective commitment to a work programme by the end of 2014.

Gaza crisis: Toll of operations in Gaza

The number of civilians caught up in Israel's Operation Protective Edge offensive has raised interna-tional concern and condemnation.

During the three weeks since air strikes against Hamas in Gaza began, more than 800 people have been killed on both sides. The UN says the vast majority of Palestin-ian deaths are civilian. But figures from previous operations in the densely populated Gaza Strip over the last six years show it is not the first time civilians have paid a heavy price.Operation Protective EdgeTanks approach GazaThe overwhelming majority of those killed are Palestinians - at least 798 have died since 8 July, including about 185 children and 93 women, Gaza's health ministry says. The UN says around 73% of the Palestinian dead are civilians.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they have killed more than 200 "terrorists" during their assault on Gaza.Israel has also suffered casualties in the operation - 34 members of the Israel Defense Forces have died, as well as three civilians killed by Hamas rockets fired from Gaza.Israel launched Operation Protec-tive Edge on 8 July, with air strikes

targeting militants, weaponry and militant facilities. Days of inten-sive rocket fire and air strikes between the two sides continued and on 18 July, Israel launched a ground offensive, sending troops and tanks into Gaza.Israel has called up 65,000 reserv-ists to support the operation and warned Gaza residents to evacuate areas in which the army was oper-ating. Hamas has continued to fire rockets at Israel, targeting towns and major population centres, in-cluding Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa.Timeline of rocket attacks by Hamas and Israeli strikesThe IDF says Hamas has fired more than 2,078 rockets into Israel, while its own forces have hit at least 2,883 targets in Gaza. A number of UN buildings have also been hit, while people were sheltering inside.UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl said civilians "were paying the highest price of the current military escalation. I condemn this callous shelling and the extensive loss of life".Israel accuses Hamas of firing rockets at Israeli civilians while hiding behind Palestinian civil-ians. It said its forces had "gone to unprecedented lengths to keep Palestinian civilians out of harm's way, including by dropping leaf-

lets, making phone calls and sending text messages", as well as aborting strikes.Operation Pillar of DefenseMembers of Hamas's Qassam Bri-gadesIsrael's last major offensive on Gaza was Operation Pillar of De-fense in November 2012.It began with an air strike that killed the commander of Hamas's military wing, Ahmed Jabari, whom it accused of responsibility for "all terrorist activities against Israel from Gaza" over the past de-cade.Prior to the operation, there had been spates of Palestinian militant groups, including Hamas's Qassam Brigades, firing hundreds of rock-ets into southern Israel and the Israeli military shelling Gaza and carrying out air strikes.An Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, said 167 Palestinians were killed, including 87 civilians. Six Israelis - two soldiers and four civilians - were also killed.Deaths during Operation Pillar of DefenseContinue reading the main story*B'Tselem defines OTHERS as Palestinians killed taking part in hostilities, those killed in targeted killings, police officers and others where it was unclear whether they were involved in the fighting.

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For and on behalf of the Governer, J&K State, e-tenders (in single cover system) are invited on item rate basis from approved and eligible contractors/ SHG’s registered with J&K State Govt, CPWD, Railways and other State/ Cenral Governments for the following works:

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4. Bid Submission End date 04-08-2014 upto 4.00 P.M

5. Deadline for receiving the hard copy(Original DD & EMD)

05-08-2014 at 4.00 P.M in the Office of the R&B Division Ganderba

6. Date & time of opening of Bids (online) 07-08-2014 at 11.00 A.M in the Office of Engineer R&B Division Ganderbal

2. Bids must be accompanied with cost of tender documents in shape of demand draft in favour of Executive Engineer (R&B) Division Ganderbal (tender inviting authority) and Earnest money/ Bid security in shape of CDR/FDR pledged to Executive Engineer (R&B) Division Ganderbal (tender receiving authority).3. The date and time of opening of Bids shall be notified on website www.jktenders.gov.in and conveyed to the bidders automatically through an e-mail message on their e-mail address. The bids of Responsive bidders shall be opened on same website in the Office of Executive Engineer (R&B) Division Ganderbal4. The bids for the work shall remain valid for a period of 120 days from the date of opening of bids. 5. The earnest money shall be fortified, if :a. Any bidder/ tenderer withdraws his bid/ tender during the period of bid validity or makes any modification in the terms and conditions of the bid.b. Failure of successful bidder to furnish the required performance security within the specified time limit. c. Failure of successful bidder to execute the agreement within 28 days after fixation of contract. Sd/ Ex. EngineerDIPK: 4331 R&B Division Ganderbal

‘Lays foundation for tourist’s facilities’

KATHUA, JULY 25:- Minister of State for Fisheries, Cooperatives, Finance and Planning Dr Manohar Lal Shar-ma inaugurated Surara Road in Billawar tehsil today.Dr Sharma was accom-panied by SDM Billawar R.S Charak during the inauguration.After inaugurating the road, the minister ad-dressed a large gather-ing and said that on the inauguration of newly built first phase of Pet-rol pump-Surara road, the road connectivity to Surara village and its adjoining pancha-yats would be provided. He said Government is committed to con-nect every locality with nearest headquarter by

providing road connec-tivity. He disclosed that the road is completed at an estimated cost of Rs. 93 lakh out of total sanc-tioned 179.83 lakh. He di-rected the PWD depart-ment to complete the remaining stretch of the road at an earliest for the convenience of the people.Dr Manohar Lal Shar-ma disclosed the gathering that Gov-ernment has taken various initiatives in providing road con-nectivity to the rural areas, adding that most of the roads and bridges in Billawar are nearing completion. He directed the executing agencies to gear up his men and machinery to complete the ongoing projects with stipulated time frame.

Manohar inaugurates Surara road in Billawar

Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR | SATURDAY 27. 07 .2014

KATHMANDU: Look-ing at further expanding bilateral ties, external af-fairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday held talks with her Nepalese counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey here on a range of issues and resolved to push for more cooperation in areas such as trade, investment and secu-rity.

At the outset, Pan-dey warmly greeted Swaraj and hoped that her visit will help in further cementing ties between the two coun-tries.

In the meeting, both the leaders noted that there is lot of scope for expansion of cooperation between the two nations and agreed to work on in this direction. Foreign

secretary Sujatha Singh and a number of top offi-cials from the ministry of external affairs were also present in the meeting. The detailed discussion on specific issues will be tak-

en up at the Joint Commis-sion Meeting (JCM) which is taking place after a gap of 23 years.

The JCM, to be co-chaired by both Swaraj and Pandey, will have five clusters — political, secu-

rity and border issues; eco-nomic co-operation and infrastructure; TRADE and transit; power and wa-ter resources; and culture, education and media.

Soon after her ar-rival here yesterday, Swaraj had said Ne-pal stands high on the priority list of the new Indian government and the testimony to it is her visit here within two months of assuming office of Ex-ternal Affairs Minis-ter. “The meeting for which I have come, you will be surprised

to know, is taking place af-ter 23 years. It reflects that for the new government, Nepal stands high on pri-ority list. “I have come here with lot of hopes and expectations and I think through the visit.

A Palestinian man looks stag-gered after seeing his home de-stroyed, while visiting the area during a 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighbourhood on Saturday.

AP A Palestinian man looks staggered after seeing his home destroyed, while visiting the area during a 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neigh-bourhood on Saturday.

A Palestinian woman re-acts after seeing her destroyed house during a 12-hour cease-fire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighbourhood on Saturday.

AP A Palestinian woman re-acts after seeing her destroyed house during a 12-hour cease-fire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neigh-bourhood on Saturday.

Palestinians pass by destroyed houses after they salvage usable things in their belongings found

at their destroyed houses during a 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighbourhood on Sat-urday.AP Palestinians pass by de-stroyed houses after they salvage

usable things in their belongings found at their destroyed houses during a 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighbourhood on Saturday.

Palestinians try to dig a body out of the rubble of a destroyed house hit by an Israeli strike during a 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza City’s Shijai-yah neighbourhood on Saturday.

AP Palestinians try to dig a body out of the rubble of a de-stroyed house hit by an Israeli strike during a 12-hour cease-fire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighbourhood on Saturday.

Palestinians salvage us-able things in their belongings found at their homes destroyed by Israel’s recent strike, dur-ing a 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighbour-hood on Saturday.

AP Palestinians salvage usable things in their belong-

ings found at their homes de-stroyed by Israel’s recent strike, during a 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighbourhood on Saturday.

AMETHI: The Gandhi bastion got an extra dose of drama on Fri-day when the local royal family — Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Sinh and three children from his first wife Garima — got engaged in a public battle over the clan’s palace, Bhupati Bhawan.

The day-long drama culmi-nated in an FIR being lodged by Singh’s son, Anant Vikram, against Ram Raj Singh — alleg-edly an aide of Sinh’s second wife Ameeta — and eight others for attacking the family and at-tempting to hold them hostage inside Bhupati Bhawan.

At present, a portion of the heritage ‘palace’ is occupied by Anant Vikram, his wife Shamb-havi and six-year-old son, his sis-ters Mahima and Shaivya, and their mother, the erstwhile ‘Rani’ of Amethi, Garima Singh.

According to Anant Vikram, the family returned to their

Amethi palace on Friday morn-ing to find their living quarters ransacked and devoid of all its belongings. “At 7.30 am, with no

rations in the house, we sent our driver Abhishek to fetch milk for the children in the house,” he said. “When he went out, he found the gates to the palace had been locked from the outside,

holding us captive within. When I asked why the gates were locked, a group of about 10 persons at-tacked the driver. Ultimately,

Rani Garima Singh had to step in to break up the fight.”

The family also alleged that attempts to call for police assistance yielded results only two hours later. “The women in the house are feeling particu-larly unsafe because we have only been given five women constables to keep guard outside the gates,” said Mahima Singh, Sinh’s older daughter.Sinh, who was not in Amethi on Fri-

day, said he was aware of what happened at Bhupathi Bhawan. Making a counter allegation, he said Anant Vikram had made a “forceful and unauthorized” en-try into “his property.”

CHENNAI: Here’s some good news for lawyers. The Bar Council of India has said that lawyers practising in subordinate courts need not wear the long black gown or coat while arguing their cases.

This relief, which would give lawyers respite from the sweltering heat, conveyed to the Tamil Nadu Fed-eration of Women Lawyers (TNFWL), in response to a representation seeking relaxation of dress code for ad-vocates during summer. The Bar Council of India let-ter dated July 16, however, said advocates practising in high courts and the Supreme Court cannot avail them-selves of the dress rule relaxation.

K Santhakumari, president of Tamil Nadu Federa-tion of Women’s Lawyers, wrote a letter to the BCI on June 2, seeking exemption for advocates from wearing gowns during the summer, keeping in mind the heat.

“On an average the temperature touches 40 degree Celcius from April to June. As such the lawyers in Tam-il Nadu are finding it extremely difficult to wear the coat and gown during summer.” Also, labour, criminal and family courts did not have summer vacation. Despite finding it difficult to wear coats and gown in the searing heat, the lawyers had to follow the dress code prescribed by the bar council, Santhakumari said.

She also referred to the exemption given to advocates in Delhi and Punjab from wearing gowns during sum-mer months (from April to June). A similar directive could be issued for Tamil Nadu as well.

SRINAGAR, JULY 26: A delegation of Legislators from Puducherry led by Speaker, Thiru V. Sabapathy, which is currently on study tour of State, met with Speaker, J&K Legislative Assembly Mr. Mubarak Gul today.

Both the Speakers exchanged their views on the development and legislative activities pertaining to their respective states. Mr. Gul extended greetings and protocol to the visiting delegation and expressed his heartiest gratitude for their visit to the State. He apprised them about the culture, languages, arts and other historical facts of the Jammu & Kashmir.

The speaker and Legislators of Puducherry were happy to meet with Mr. Gul and shared their experiences about the J&K State. They also invited Mr. Gul to visit Puducherry in near future.

Gul visits late Altaf’s residence to console family

SRINAGAR, JULY 26: Speaker, J&K Legislative Assembly Mr. Mubarak Gul today visited the residence of Late Altaf Ahmad Ganai, Constable of Tarabal Ei-dgah , who was killed by the unidentified gunman yesterday at Anantnag.

The Speaker expressed his heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul. He assured that the government would extend every possible help to deceased’s family.

Mr. Gul asked the Police authorities to release the death in harness allowanc-es, another dues, besides issuing compensate appointment order to the next of Kins on priority.

Earlier, the Speaker also visited the residence of Arif Ahmad Lone of Wagan-pora of Eidgah, whose gold worth Rs. 3 lakh was robbed yesterday. He directed the Police authorities to expatiate the investigation, for which the FIR has already been registered, to trace the culprits so that such incidents are stopped in future.

Sushma Swaraj meets Nepalese counterpart; discusses a range of issues

Amid uneasy truce, Gazans return to see destroyed lives

Sanjay Sinh, 3 kids locked in battle over family palace in Amethi

Lower court lawyers need not wear gowns

Puducherry Legislators’ delegation calls on Gul

AMETHI: In his most vocal attack yet on the Bharati-ya Janata Party and its leaders, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said the saffron party had a “dangerous ideology” and resorted to the “politics of bullying.”

Expressing his views on Shiv Sena MPs force-feeding a fasting Muslim employee of the Maharashtra Sadan, he said, “It is the ideology of BJP and the Shiv Sena. Poli-tics of bullying people is what they do.

This is extremely damaging to the country and this is what we in the Congress party fight against everyday.”

The Amethi MP, on a day-long visit to his parlia-mentary constituency, also said the incident at the New Maharashtra Sadan reflected the dangerous ideology of the BJP and the Shiv Sena. Both are the two sides of the same coin. Last week, Shiv Sena MP Rajan Vichare was caught on video forcing a catering superviser fasting for Ramzan to eat a chapati.

On Friday, Rahul also accused prime minister Nar-endra Modi of failing to take a tough stand on spiraling prices as well as rampant corruption.

“The universal complaint is that vegetable pric-es are rising and the government is doing nothing,” Rahul said, while adding that the biggest promise that the government in Delhi had made was to con-trol price rise. “People are hiring because of rising prices. It is government’s responsibility to control them,” he said.

BJP, Shiv Sena in politics of bullying: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a web platform - MyGov - which will allow common man and experts from different fields to reach out to the government with their ideas a nd suggestions.

The web platform - www.my-gov.nic.in- is devised in such a way that it allows the citizens to dis-cuss their ideas with experts with-in and outside the government and even earn “credit points” for the tasks which would eventually be approved for implementation by concerned departments\agencies.

The platform will allow flow of ideas\suggestions on various is-sues including Modi’s pet project of cleaning the river Ganga, educa-tion of girl child and job creation.

“ The objective of each group is to bring about a qualitative change in that sphere through people’s participation”, said Modi after launching this ambitious web in-terface of his government.

Stating that in the past, there

used to be a big gap between the people and the processes of gov-ernance, the Prime Minister said that in the past sixty days, the ex-perience of his government was that there were many people who wanted to contribute towards nation-building, and devote their time and energy.

“The only thing they required was an opportunity to shine and showcase their contribution. The MyGov platform is a technology-driven medium that would pro-vide this opportunity to contribute towards good governance””, he said.

I am delighted to invite you to join ‘MyGov’ & contribute towards taking India to greater heights of progress http://t.co/zojklP70KT note of the PMO explains that the web platform presents an oppor-tunity to the citizens to both ‘Dis-cuss’ and ‘Do’. There are multiple theme-based discussions on My-Gov where a wide range of people would share their thoughts and

ideas.Further, any idea shared by a

contributor will also be discussed on these discussion forums, al-lowing constructive feedback and interaction. For those who wish to

go beyond discussions and wish to contribute on the ground, the My-Gov offers several avenues to do so. Citizens can volunteer for vari-ous tasks and submit their entries.

“These tasks would then be re-

viewed by other members and ex-perts. Once approved, these tasks can be shared by those who com-plete the task and by other mem-bers on MyGov. Every approved task would earn credit points for completing the task”, said the PMO statement.

The National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) would imple-ment and manage the platform “MyGov” which would facilitate Citizen Engagement in Good Governance.

Speaking on the occasion of the launch of MyGov, which also marked the completion of sixty days of the new government, the Prime Minister said, “The success of democracy is impossible with-out participation of the people”.

He expressed confidence that the people would welcome this ini-tiative and invited suggestions to strengthen and improve the plat-form.

PM launches unique web platform to get citizens’ ideas for governance

Consider making some plans for a vacation or short getaway, Libra. Looking forward to something fun can make even the tough-est of days far easier to handle. You’ll be amazed how much you can manage when there’s an end in plain sight. Your entire attitude can lighten. So take the bull by the horns and create an incentive for yourself. Do something special to reward the hard work you do day after day.

Don’t judge someone if he or she has a different lifestyle than what you consider to be OK, Scorpio. You probably lean toward the traditional, yet not everyone feels this way about re-lationships, working, or lifestyle. While it may seem impossible to understand and even frighten you, try not to be too harsh on those you deem odd. You’d be better off using that energy to keep your own life on track.

Friends seeking advice or a shoulder to cry on could be plentiful today, Sagittarius. You’re one of best people to give them the support and care they need. Just be sure that you don’t give so much to others that you don’t have anything left for yourself. True friendship is about sharing and the exchange of problems and help. Running yourself down will leave you in a place where you aren’t going to be much help to anyone.

Getting through today shouldn’t pose too big a problem for you, Capricorn. You may feel a huge second wind that can give you the drive and determination to see your chores and projects through. Make some plans for this evening, such as getting to-gether with friends or taking in an event that really intrigues you. Until then, go about your tasks bit by bit. You’ll get things finished before you know it.

Working within boundaries and restrictions could really get to you today, Aquarius. Yours is an independent spirit and your best achievements are often born of doing things your own way. Yet like it or not, we all have to follow guidelines and rules. Do your best to follow suit and finish what needs to be done. Afterward, you may find more freedom to act independently without consequences. Exercise patience and diligence as needed today.

Chances are that you’ll feel upbeat and positive today, Pisces. Consider sharing this energy with those around you who are feel-ing less than content. Your attitude can have a profound effect on friends, partners, spouses, and children. Even neighbors and ex-tended family can pick up on your spirit without you even real-izing it. Share your optimism with everyone you can today. If you see someone hurt or angry.

Feeling the effects of today’s energies, Virgo? Take heart if this is the case, because the end of the tunnel isn’t as far away as it seems. Do your best to take things one step at a time and see about making some plans for a little fun this evening. Get together with friends or take in a movie. Help yourself feel better by staying busy and focused and follow up with some recreation. Before you know it, the aspect will pass and you’ll be back to normal.

Don’t discount your ability to be extremely resourceful if you need to be, Aries. If you don’t have everything you need or all of the required information, take time to think. Who can you ask? What places can you access? Who might know where you can find what you need? Rather than panic because the pieces aren’t all there, instead make a list of contacts and go for it. Trust in yourself.

Try not to let today’s blues get you down, Taurus. While it’s true that some days can seem to drag on, the busier you are the faster time will pass. Get down to finishing any work still before you and then make plans for tonight. If there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, not only will things seem to speed up but you’ll feel better knowing it’s coming.

Dare to be different, Gemini. It can be so easy to fall into a drill. Sleeping at the same time, eating at the same time, wearing the same style, and going about work the same way day after day. Be-fore you know it, you feel like you’re in a rut. The only way to get away from this is to make a decision to break free by doing some-thing unique. Try a new haircut. Wear colors that are unusual for you. If the need is there, consider a new career. Pursue expansion.

If your lifestyle is considerably different than that of others, re-sist feeling self-conscience about it today, Cancer. Try to remember that you chose the life you have for specific reasons. Even if you’ve come to a point where you’re considering a change, there’s no need to feel badly, ashamed, or embarrassed about where you are now. Everyone has to make his or her own way. If this conforms to the norm, that’s fine. If it doesn’t, that’s fine, too.

An enhanced feeling of determination could motivate you today, Leo. Finish the things that aren’t complete and make some plans for this evening. Don’t hesitate to take on something that feels compli-cated or big. Chances are you’ll be able to handle most anything and it will feel great when it’s finished. Enjoy your day by making the most of opportunity.

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Cessation of hostilities

Cementing mutual relations

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”

Quote of the day

George MacDonald

The stalement and un-certainty in Indo-Pak relations is proving very costly for the peo-ple of two countries

who want good and cordial re-lations between the two neigh-boring countries. Of late, the relations have passed through troubled waters due to intermit-tent firing on the borders which has claimed several precious lives and made the life the peo-ple miserable one. Though the leadership of both the countries have superficially been posing to make sincere efforts for nor-malization of relations but actu-ally nothing has been achieved since last two years. Earlier some Confidence Building Mea-sures initiated by two countries had taken the mutual ties many miles ahead as a hope of better cordial and friendly relations had emerged but gradually this hope is diminishing with every passing day due to hostilities at international borders and line of control. Perhaps the leaders of both the countries are aware that the continuing firing is not going to help the cause of the two neighbors and instead it is disturbing whatever relations had been established so far. It is beyond one’s understanding as to why the firing is continuing when every body knows that ex-cept a huge loss to life and prop-erty nothing will be achieved. Infact, it is the desire of the people of both the countries to have stable t relations between the two countries so that every citizen lives in peace and har-mony and the clouds of war and animosity are gone forever. It is unfortunate that some powers on the international level do not want that India and Pakistan should strengthen and cement their relations as it is against their petty interests which are served better when the two are at war path. If the defence bud-get is spent on the progress and welfare of Indian and Pakistani people, they will become pow-ers to reckon with within no time. It is this that is haunting some super powers who want to plunder and exploit the resourc-es of India and Pakistan by way of selling heavy weaponary and lethal arms. The leadership of India and Pakistan should un-derstand this conspiracy and should put an halt to all kind of hostilities particularly cross-border-firing.