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NIFTY 10,74160 || SENSEX 35,387156 || DOW JONES 24,462.47273|| NASDAQ 704520|USD($) 65.170.00 INR || EURO($) 80.040.54 INR || GOLD/10G 30,991184 || SILVER/K 39,86884 SRINAGAR P-5 Saka: 05 Bhadrapad 1940 Bikrami: 05 Bhadrapad 2075 Volume: 05 Issue: 333 www.earthnews.in e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Governor takes stock of Dal Lake conservation measures Jai Mata Di Regd No:JK517/16-18 RNI No:- JKENG/2013/53265 Ear In one word, this ideal is that you are divine. ---Swami Vivekananda FRIDAY 31 August 2018 Jammu-India Pages:12 `3.00 C M Y K Fi di Weather Report 24 °C 24 °C 40 °C 31 °C 10 °C 11 °C 26 °C 16 °C 37% 29% 12% 22% 59% 69% 26% 48% 71 km 84 km 79 km 29 km 34 km 51 km 40 km 25 km - - - - - - - - Trump warns ‘violent change’ Washington : U.S. President Donald Trump warned evan- gelical leaders that if Republi- cans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections, Dem- ocrats will institute change “quickly and violently”, The New York Times has reported. At a meeting with those leaders at the White House on Monday, Mr. Trump said everything was at stake for his conserva- tive agenda if his party loses in November, according to an audiotape obtained by NYT. Democrats “will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently”, said Mr. Trump, according to the NYT report published on Tuesday night. “They will end everything im- mediately.” Kyi Won’t Be Stripped Of Nobel Norway : The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings of Muslim Ro- hingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday. On Monday, U.N. investigators said Myanmar’s military car- ried out mass killings and gang rapes with “genocidal intent”, and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecut- ed for the gravest crimes under international law. Demonetisation a Huge Scam New Delhi : Armed with the RBI report on demonetisation, Con- gress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a scath- ing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the entire exercise and said it was nothing but a huge scam. Gandhi said Modi had promised to the na- tion that with demonetisation, black money, fake currency and terror financing would end, but the RBI report has established that it completely failed on all the three counts. “The result has been that all the money came back to the RBI. National Lok- on Sept 8 Srinagar : In this behalf, Pre- Lok Adalat sessions are com- mencing from September 01, 2018 in all courts across the State on several subject matters. Hence, all the litigants, who are desirous of getting their cases listed and settled in the National Lok Adalat, are re- quested to immediately contact the Registrars Judicial of the concerned wings or Secretary HCLSC in case the matters are pending before either wing of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir or Presiding Offic- ers of the courts/Tribunals concerned where ever the par- ticular matters are pending. In the cases of pre-litigation matters, the applicants shall contact the chairpersons of DLSAs/TLSCs concerned (Principal District & Ses- sions Judge/Area Magistrate). GLEANINGS Mostly cloudy. A few show- ers. High level clouds. Mostly cloudy. Mostly cloudy. A few show- ers. High level clouds. Mostly cloudy. EARTH NEWS SERVICE Hajin, Aug, | 30| 18: Two terror- ists were killed while a civilian was injured during an encoun- ter at Parr Mohalla Hajin here North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. A police official said that during the searches, terror- ists fired upon the search party, which was retaliated leading to an encounter. In the ensuing encounter two terrorists were killed. “Huge quantity of arms and am- munition in- cluding rifles, magazines, pouches and incriminating material was recovered from the site of en- counter,” the official said. He said from the incriminating material seized from the site of encounter, it is learnt that both the killed terrorists were for- eigners from Pakistan and iden- tified as Rizwan alias Jindaal and Ali alias Maaz. Both were affiliated with Contd on Page 2 STATE P-3 Administra- tion to act tough against encroachers Advisor Ganai INTERNATIONAL P-8 ‘Real hero’ Crowds brave Arizona heat to honour John McCain C M Y K NATIONAL P-7 JPC deadline on Rafale running out, Rahul Gandhi tells Jaitley BUSINESS P-9 Jet Airways plans to cut non- fuel costs by 12-15% in 2 years SCEINCE & TECHNOLOGY P-11 Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants EARTH NEWS SERVICE Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Unprec- edented shutdown ahead of Fri- day’s hearing in the Supreme Court on a batch of petitions challenging the validity of Arti- cle 35A of the Constitution that guarantees special privileges to Jammu and Kashmir crippled life across Kashmir Valley. Kashmir capital Srinagar and other parts woke up to deserted roads and markets as business- es and shops were closed and public transport remained off the roads amid heavy deploy- ment of forces in restive areas. Even Auto Rickshaws were not seen on the roads while shi- karas in Dal Lake lay moored in the jetties. Separatist leadership compris- ing Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have called for the two-day shut- down on Thursday and Friday across the state, blaming “the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and RSS (Rashtriya Swayam- sevak Sangh) of attempts to change the demography of the state. The strike call was supported by many organisations, includ- ing trade, travel and tourism bodies and civil society mem- bers, who have also threatened mass protests. Hurriyat (M) chairman Mir- waiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest last night to prevent him from leading any protests in support of Article 35-A, said a spokesman. Syed Ali Geelani continues to remain under house detention. Jam- mu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik and Chairman Peoples Political Party Hilal Ahmed War have gone into hiding. Reports said that contingents of paramilitary forces were deployed at various sensitive points in Srinagar particularly old city areas. Train services remain suspend- ed across Kashmir, keeping in view of the shutdown call. “We have suspended all trains between Srinagar-Budgam-in Contd on Page 2 Amid shutdown Kashmir protests against legal challenge to Article 35A Two non-local Lashkar terrorists killed in Hajin encounter India, China in talks to establish hotline between defence ministries: Beijing PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Beijing , Aug, | 30 | 18: In- dia and China are holding talks to update a 12-year-old defence agreement and es- tablish a hotline between the two defence ministries as part of the confidence build- ing measures, a top Chinese defence ministry official said today. During Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Feng- he’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi last week, the two sides had in-depth dis- cussions on how to further implement the important consensus reached between Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Wu Qian said. Modi and Xi, during their first-ever informal summit in Wuhan in April, reached a consensus on managing various aspects of India-Chi- na relations including the two militaries, especially in the backdrop of the Doklam standoff. The hotline between the two militaries was regarded as a major Confidence Build- ing Measure as it would en- able both the headquarters to intensify communication to avert tensions between border patrols and to avoid standoffs like Doklam. Tensions between India and China reached their peak during a 73-day standoff in Doklam near Bhutan over Beijing’s construction of a road in the area. The stand- off ended after both sides agreed to disengage. Wu said both the countries are also in consultations to work on a new Memo- randum of Understanding (MoU) between the defence ministries. “In 2006, India and China signed an MoU on defence exchanges and cooperation. The Indian side conveyed its willingness to sign a new version of the MoU. China holds a positive attitude Contd on Page 2 EARTH NEWS SERVICE Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a pre-dawn raid arrest- ed Syed Shakil Ahmed Shah, the eldest son of Hizbul Muja- hideen chief Syed Salahuddin from his Ram Bagh residence in Srinagar. Shakeel has been living in a separate house in Ram Bagh from past three decades. Sources said that a joint team of NIA, CRPF and local raided his house and detained him. He was shifted to JIC Humhama. An NIA official said that Sha- keel was questioned on several occasions about funding case in the past one year but he didn’t show up for questioning after June 30, even after fresh summons. Yusuf works as a medical as- sistant at Sher-i-Kashmir In- stitute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar. Pertinently, in November 2017, the NIA had arrested Syed Shahid Yousuf, another son of Salahuddin. He was working in the agricultural department of the Jammu and Kashmir gov- ernment and is presently in Tihar jail. Meanwhile a police officer’s fa- ther was allegedly thrashed by cops on Thursday in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. According to a source, Contd on Page 2 Kiki challenge lands boys in jail EARTH NEWS SERVICE Jammu, Aug, | 30| 18: Jammu & Kashmir Police has booked and arrested two boys in Ra- jouri for taking the ‘Kiki Chal- lenge’ and dancing on road along a moving car under the trend on Wednesday. Rajouri police was intimated about the two boys participating in the Kiki Challenge and sharing the video recorded on Facebook. Following the usual trend, the boy got out of the car from the shotgun seat as it continued to be driven forward and started dancing along to Canadian Contd on Page 2 EARTH NEWS SERVICE Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Pay- ing rich tributes to Martyrs of Hajan and Kulgam, All Parties Hurriyat Conference chair- man, Syed Ali Geelani today said “our youth lay their lives to end the age-old slavery of their nation and for right to self- determination. In a telephonic address to mourners, Syed Ali Geelani paid glorious tributes to slain youth Shaheed Umar Rashid Wani and reiterated his pledge to take the ongoing move- ment to its logical end. We will never allow any body to barter with the precious blood of mar- tyrs, said Syed Ali Geelani. We need to be aware of this and we are duty bound to safe guard their sacrifices and should de- sist from such activities which prove harmful for our move- ment, added Geelani. Hailing the sacrifices rendered by youth, Geelani said that their blood is precious than Haram-e-Paak and the people who bargain these sacrifices for their personnel gains are those consciousness people who betray their milli interests and will definitely get punished for such deeds in hereafter. He further said that aggressive measures by occupying forces, luring the youth with jobs, perks and privileges will never succeed in deterring us from pursuing our cause. Geelani said that since past 71 years our nation has rendered unparalleled sacrifices, thou- sands were caged and brutally tortured, properties worth bil- lions razed to ground and loot- ed, and sexual assault and rape used as war weapon. But India Contd on Page 2 Geelani urges people to boycott upcoming elections Terror Funding Case:NIA arrests eldest son of Hizb Chief EARTH NEWS SERVICE Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Po- lice detained the father of Hizb Commander Riyaz Nai- ko during a nocturnal raid in Beighpora Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pul- wama district. A top police official while confirming it said that As- sadullah Naiko has been de- tained for questioning. Riyaz Naikoo alias Muham- mad Bin Qasim is the Chief Operational Commander of local militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen whose audio messages frequently go viral on social media networking sites. In his latest audio mes- sage, Riyaz Naikoo threat- ened media personnel for taking sides while he also threatened action against those who will participate in upcoming Panchayat polls. Meanwhile, Forces arrested seven persons in multiple nocturnal raids in Muran area of South Kashmir’s Pul- wama district. The detained persons have been identified as Mohd Isahaq Wani (17) son of Mohd Yousuf, 11th class, Ir- fan Wani (24) son of Abdul Rashid (bread maker), Amir Ahanger (19) son of Abdul Hamid (painter), Muaham- mad Ashraf Mir (32) son of Bashir Ahmad Mir (carpen- ter), Suhail Tramboo (18) son of Muhammad Ahsan, Sameer Sheikh (18) son of Abdul Lateef and Tauseef Shiekh (18) son of Abdul Salam (painter), all persons are the residents of Muran village. As many as 18 youth Contd on Page 2 Police picks up Hizb Commanders father for ‘questioning’ EARTH NEWS SERVICE Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thurs- day castigated state BJP chief Ravinder Raina for the statement in which he was quoted by the re- ports as having said that the new Jammu and Kashmir Governor was BJP’s very own man. In a statement issued here, PDP’s General Secretary and former minister Ghulam Nabi Lone Han- jura said the remarks made about the new Governor by the state BJP chief were unprecedented, uncalled for and unnatural to the core. He added that by making such a statement, Raina has not only undermined the constitutional authority of the state but has also tried to belittle the office of a Gov- ernor. ”We are in possession of a firm and unshakeable belief that the Governor’s office is impartial and functions sans any prejudice or partiality for the people and for their welfare,” said PDP general secretary. He added that by making such a ludicrous and bizarre statement, the state BJP chief has shaken the trust of the people of the state they repose in such vital institutions who have been serving the coun- try with utmost sincerity and im- partiality since independence. Hanjura further stated that his party hopes that the new Governor would prove the BJP chief wrong and his office will work towards the betterment of the state while ensuring equitable growth and de- velopment in all the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir. “The people of the state are in dire need of equitable growth and de- velopment. They have been yearn- ing for tranquility and peace Contd on Page 2 PDP castigates Raina calling Governor BJP’s own man Jmu-Sgr trafc restored EARTH NEWS SERVICE Banihal, Aug, | 30| 18: Traffic was restored on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday afternoon after remaining suspended for several hours following a land- slide. An official said that traffic started moving on the road after a land- slide was cleared from the high- way. The road was blocked today morning following a landslide near Battery Cheshma in Ramban district. Earlier the strategic Srinagar- Jammu highway was blocked af- ter a landslide in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thurs- day. An official said that the traffic movement was disrupted on the highway following a landslide near Battery Cheshma in Ram- ban. EARTH NEWS SERVICE Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Gover- nor Shri Satya Pal Malik was today presented ceremonial Guard of Honor by Jammu and Kashmir Police on his arrival at the Civil Secretariat here for the first time after assuming of- fice last week. Governor was received at the Civil Secretariat Lawns by his Advisors, B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar & Khurshid Ahmad Ga- nai, Chief Secretary, BVR Sub- rahmanyam, Director General of Police, Dr S P Vaid, Financial Commissioners and Adminis- trative Secretaries and other senior officers of the civil and police administration. Governor presented ceremonial Guard of Honor at Civil Secretariat India counters Pakistan after Maleeha Lodhi raises Kashmir issue at UN PRESS TRUST OF INDIA United Nation , Aug, | 30 | 18: While coun- tering Pakistan’s latest attempt to raise the Kashmir issue at the Security Council, In- dia has said that it hopes the new govern- ment of Prime Minister Imran Khan would work constructively to build the region and free it from the ‘scourge of terrorism.’ “Pacific settlement (of disputes) requires pacific intent in thinking and pacific con- tent in action,” India’s Permanent Repre- sentative Syed Akbaruddin said Wednesday Contd on Page 2 Row on scrapping of Article 35 A

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SRINAGAR P-5

Saka: 05 Bhadrapad 1940 Bikrami: 05 Bhadrapad 2075 Volume: 05 Issue: 333 www.earthnews.in e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Governor takes stock of Dal Lake conservation measures

Jai Mata Di

Regd No:JK517/16-18RNI No:- JKENG/2013/53265

EarIn one word, this ideal is that you are divine.

---Swami Vivekananda

FRIDAY31 August

2018Jammu-India

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Trump warns ‘violent change’Washington : U.S. President Donald Trump warned evan-gelical leaders that if Republi-cans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections, Dem-ocrats will institute change “quickly and violently”, The New York Times has reported.At a meeting with those leaders at the White House on Monday, Mr. Trump said everything was at stake for his conserva-tive agenda if his party loses in November, according to an audiotape obtained by NYT. Democrats “will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently”, said Mr. Trump, according to the NYT report published on Tuesday night. “They will end everything im-mediately.”

Kyi Won’t Be Stripped Of Nobel Norway : The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings of Muslim Ro-hingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday. On Monday, U.N. investigators said Myanmar’s military car-ried out mass killings and gang rapes with “genocidal intent”, and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecut-ed for the gravest crimes under international law.

Demonetisation a Huge ScamNew Delhi : Armed with the RBI report on demonetisation, Con-gress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a scath-ing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the entire exercise and said it was nothing but a huge scam. Gandhi said Modi had promised to the na-tion that with demonetisation, black money, fake currency and terror financing would end, but the RBI report has established that it completely failed on all the three counts. “The result has been that all the money came back to the RBI.

National Lok- on Sept 8Srinagar : In this behalf, Pre-Lok Adalat sessions are com-mencing from September 01, 2018 in all courts across the State on several subject matters.Hence, all the litigants, who are desirous of getting their cases listed and settled in the National Lok Adalat, are re-quested to immediately contact the Registrars Judicial of the concerned wings or Secretary HCLSC in case the matters are pending before either wing of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir or Presiding Offic-ers of the courts/Tribunals concerned where ever the par-ticular matters are pending.In the cases of pre-litigation matters, the applicants shall contact the chairpersons of DLSAs/TLSCs concerned (Principal District & Ses-sions Judge/Area Magistrate).

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EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Hajin, Aug, | 30| 18: Two terror-ists were killed while a civilian was injured during an encoun-ter at Parr Mohalla Hajin here North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. A police official said that during the searches, terror-ists fired upon the search party, which was retaliated leading to an encounter. In the ensuing

encounter two terrorists were killed. “Huge quantity of arms and am-munition in-cluding rifles, m a g a z i n e s , pouches and incriminating material was recovered from the site of en-

counter,” the official said.He said from the incriminating material seized from the site of encounter, it is learnt that both the killed terrorists were for-eigners from Pakistan and iden-tified as Rizwan alias Jindaal and Ali alias Maaz. Both were affiliated with

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STATE P-3

Administra-tion to act

tough against encroachers

Advisor Ganai

INTERNATIONAL P-8‘Real hero’ Crowds brave Arizona heat to honour John McCain

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BUSINESS P-9Jet Airways plans to cut non-fuel costs by 12-15% in 2 years

SCEINCE & TECHNOLOGY P-11

Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Unprec-edented shutdown ahead of Fri-day’s hearing in the Supreme Court on a batch of petitions challenging the validity of Arti-cle 35A of the Constitution that guarantees special privileges to Jammu and Kashmir crippled life across Kashmir Valley.Kashmir capital Srinagar and other parts woke up to deserted roads and markets as business-es and shops were closed and public transport remained off the roads amid heavy deploy-ment of forces in restive areas. Even Auto Rickshaws were not seen on the roads while shi-karas in Dal Lake lay moored in the jetties.Separatist leadership compris-ing Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz

Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have called for the two-day shut-down on Thursday and Friday across the state, blaming “the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and RSS (Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangh) of attempts to change the demography of the

state.The strike call was supported by many organisations, includ-ing trade, travel and tourism bodies and civil society mem-bers, who have also threatened mass protests.Hurriyat (M) chairman Mir-

waiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest last night to prevent him from leading any protests in support of Article 35-A, said a spokesman. Syed Ali Geelani continues to remain under house detention. Jam-mu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik and Chairman Peoples Political Party Hilal Ahmed War have gone into hiding. Reports said that contingents of paramilitary forces were deployed at various sensitive points in Srinagar particularly old city areas.Train services remain suspend-ed across Kashmir, keeping in view of the shutdown call.“We have suspended all trains between Srinagar-Budgam-in

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Amid shutdown Kashmir protests against legal challenge to Article 35A

Two non-local Lashkar terrorists killed in Hajin encounter

India, China in talks to establish hotline between defence ministries: Beijing

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Beijing , Aug, | 30 | 18: In-dia and China are holding talks to update a 12-year-old defence agreement and es-tablish a hotline between the two defence ministries as part of the confidence build-ing measures, a top Chinese defence ministry official said today.During Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Feng-he’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi last week, the two sides had in-depth dis-cussions on how to further implement the important consensus reached between Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Defence Ministry

spokesman Colonel Wu Qian said.Modi and Xi, during their first-ever informal summit in Wuhan in April, reached a consensus on managing various aspects of India-Chi-na relations including the two militaries, especially in

the backdrop of the Doklam standoff.The hotline between the two militaries was regarded as a major Confidence Build-ing Measure as it would en-able both the headquarters to intensify communication to avert tensions between

border patrols and to avoid standoffs like Doklam.Tensions between India and China reached their peak during a 73-day standoff in Doklam near Bhutan over Beijing’s construction of a road in the area. The stand-off ended after both sides agreed to disengage.Wu said both the countries are also in consultations to work on a new Memo-randum of Understanding (MoU) between the defence ministries.“In 2006, India and China signed an MoU on defence exchanges and cooperation. The Indian side conveyed its willingness to sign a new version of the MoU. China holds a positive attitude

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EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a pre-dawn raid arrest-ed Syed Shakil Ahmed Shah, the eldest son of Hizbul Muja-hideen chief Syed Salahuddin from his Ram Bagh residence in Srinagar.

Shakeel has been living in a separate house in Ram Bagh from past three decades.Sources said that a joint team of NIA, CRPF and local raided his house and detained him. He was shifted to JIC Humhama.An NIA official said that Sha-keel was questioned on several

occasions about funding case in the past one year but he didn’t show up for questioning after June 30, even after fresh summons.Yusuf works as a medical as-sistant at Sher-i-Kashmir In-stitute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar.Pertinently, in November 2017, the NIA had arrested Syed Shahid Yousuf, another son of Salahuddin. He was working in the agricultural department of the Jammu and Kashmir gov-ernment and is presently in Tihar jail.Meanwhile a police officer’s fa-ther was allegedly thrashed by cops on Thursday in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. According to a source,

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Kiki challenge lands boys in jail

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Jammu, Aug, | 30| 18: Jammu & Kashmir Police has booked and arrested two boys in Ra-jouri for taking the ‘Kiki Chal-lenge’ and dancing on road along a moving car under the trend on Wednesday. Rajouri police was intimated about the two boys participating in the Kiki Challenge and sharing the video recorded on Facebook.Following the usual trend, the boy got out of the car from the shotgun seat as it continued to be driven forward and started dancing along to Canadian

Contd on Page 2

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Pay-ing rich tributes to Martyrs of Hajan and Kulgam, All Parties Hurriyat Conference chair-man, Syed Ali Geelani today said “our youth lay their lives to end the age-old slavery of their nation and for right to self-determination. In a telephonic address to mourners, Syed Ali Geelani paid glorious tributes to slain youth Shaheed Umar Rashid Wani and reiterated his pledge to take the ongoing move-ment to its logical end. We will never allow any body to barter with the precious blood of mar-tyrs, said Syed Ali Geelani. We need to be aware of this and we are duty bound to safe guard their sacrifices and should de-sist from such activities which prove harmful for our move-ment, added Geelani.

Hailing the sacrifices rendered by youth, Geelani said that their blood is precious than Haram-e-Paak and the people who bargain these sacrifices for their personnel gains are those consciousness people who betray their milli interests and will definitely get punished for such deeds in hereafter.He further said that aggressive measures by occupying forces, luring the youth with jobs, perks and privileges will never succeed in deterring us from pursuing our cause.Geelani said that since past 71 years our nation has rendered unparalleled sacrifices, thou-sands were caged and brutally tortured, properties worth bil-lions razed to ground and loot-ed, and sexual assault and rape used as war weapon. But India

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Geelani urges people to boycott upcoming elections

Terror Funding Case:NIA arrests eldest son of Hizb Chief

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Po-lice detained the father of Hizb Commander Riyaz Nai-ko during a nocturnal raid in Beighpora Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pul-wama district.A top police official while confirming it said that As-sadullah Naiko has been de-tained for questioning.Riyaz Naikoo alias Muham-mad Bin Qasim is the Chief Operational Commander of local militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen whose audio messages frequently go viral on social media networking sites. In his latest audio mes-sage, Riyaz Naikoo threat-ened media personnel for taking sides while he also threatened action against those who will participate in

upcoming Panchayat polls.Meanwhile, Forces arrested seven persons in multiple nocturnal raids in Muran area of South Kashmir’s Pul-wama district.The detained persons have been identified as Mohd Isahaq Wani (17) son of Mohd Yousuf, 11th class, Ir-fan Wani (24) son of Abdul Rashid (bread maker), Amir Ahanger (19) son of Abdul Hamid (painter), Muaham-mad Ashraf Mir (32) son of Bashir Ahmad Mir (carpen-ter), Suhail Tramboo (18) son of Muhammad Ahsan, Sameer Sheikh (18) son of Abdul Lateef and Tauseef Shiekh (18) son of Abdul Salam (painter), all persons are the residents of Muran village. As many as 18 youth

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Police picks up Hizb Commanders father for ‘questioning’

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thurs-day castigated state BJP chief Ravinder Raina for the statement in which he was quoted by the re-ports as having said that the new Jammu and Kashmir Governor was BJP’s very own man.In a statement issued here, PDP’s General Secretary and former minister Ghulam Nabi Lone Han-jura said the remarks made about the new Governor by the state BJP chief were unprecedented, uncalled for and unnatural to the core.He added that by making such a statement, Raina has not only undermined the constitutional authority of the state but has also tried to belittle the office of a Gov-ernor. ”We are in possession of a firm and unshakeable belief that the Governor’s office is impartial

and functions sans any prejudice or partiality for the people and for their welfare,” said PDP general secretary.He added that by making such a ludicrous and bizarre statement, the state BJP chief has shaken the trust of the people of the state they repose in such vital institutions who have been serving the coun-try with utmost sincerity and im-partiality since independence.Hanjura further stated that his party hopes that the new Governor would prove the BJP chief wrong and his office will work towards the betterment of the state while ensuring equitable growth and de-velopment in all the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir.“The people of the state are in dire need of equitable growth and de-velopment. They have been yearn-ing for tranquility and peace

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PDP castigates Raina calling Governor BJP’s own man

Jmu-Sgr traffi c restored

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Banihal, Aug, | 30| 18: Traffic was restored on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday afternoon after remaining suspended for several hours following a land-slide.An official said that traffic started moving on the road after a land-slide was cleared from the high-way.The road was blocked today morning following a landslide near Battery Cheshma in Ramban district.Earlier the strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway was blocked af-ter a landslide in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thurs-day.An official said that the traffic movement was disrupted on the highway following a landslide near Battery Cheshma in Ram-ban.

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 30| 18: Gover-nor Shri Satya Pal Malik was today presented ceremonial Guard of Honor by Jammu and Kashmir Police on his arrival at the Civil Secretariat here for the first time after assuming of-fice last week.Governor was received at the

Civil Secretariat Lawns by his Advisors, B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar & Khurshid Ahmad Ga-nai, Chief Secretary, BVR Sub-rahmanyam, Director General of Police, Dr S P Vaid, Financial Commissioners and Adminis-trative Secretaries and other senior officers of the civil and police administration.

Governor presented ceremonial Guard of Honor at Civil Secretariat

India counters Pakistan after Maleeha Lodhi raises

Kashmir issue at UN

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

United Nation , Aug, | 30 | 18: While coun-tering Pakistan’s latest attempt to raise the Kashmir issue at the Security Council, In-dia has said that it hopes the new govern-ment of Prime Minister Imran Khan would work constructively to build the region and free it from the ‘scourge of terrorism.’“Pacific settlement (of disputes) requires pacific intent in thinking and pacific con-tent in action,” India’s Permanent Repre-sentative Syed Akbaruddin said Wednesday

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