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Speakers decision a welcome step: PadgaonkarSoz uttered truth: PDP

Srinagar, October 11:

A day after Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief Saif-ud-Din Soz said that corruption is rampant in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference on Friday said issuing such kind of a state-ment is unfortunate and an at-tempt to defame National Confer-ence.“Such kinds of allegations are unfortunate and can prove un-healthy for the collation govern-ment. I feel it is just an attempt to malign the image of National conference,’ Dr Mustafa Kamal, Additional General Secretary of National conference told KNS.The National Conference fire-

brand leader said that Soz has tried to address the issue in a wrong way which has only spoiled the image of the coalition govern-ment. “Saif-ud-Din Soz should be-have like a mature politician and should desist from issuing such kind of statements,” the NC leader suggested. He further said that if Soz feels that the corruption is rampant in government departments then why he should not come forward with a proof to substantiate his argument. “The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has created a grievance cell where anyone can file his compliant. Moreover we have a number of anti corruption wings like Vigilance Commission, State Accountability commission, where people can put forth their grievances in a proper way. But issuing the statements like Soz Sahib is completely irrational,” he said.

He added that Soz should not play a blame game as congress itself is a part of coalition government. “This way he has levelled allega-tions against his own party also. If he really feels that the corrup-tion prevails in any government department then he should take up this matter with the govern-ment and find a proper solution,” he said.Naeem Akhter, MLA and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief spokesman told KNS that whatev-er Soz said is based on facts. “He has spoken truth but I wish his statement has any impact on the functioning of this government. Nevertheless, Congress itself cannot escape from its responsi-bility as it is in the government and there are many ministers of this party who face the criminal charges.”Akhter said that whatever, Soz

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Poonch, October 11:

Maintaining that the government has already put in place a mecha-nism for ensuring sus-tained development of the Rural and far-flung areas, the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that remark-able progress has been registered in elevating socio-economic profile of the people as a result of which certain oppo-sition parties have got

frustrated. The Minister was ad-dressing a huge public gathering at Poonch

today, Minister of State for Technical Educa-tion, Power, Rural De-velopment, Mr. Vikar

Rasool, legislators Ajaz Jan, Jehangir Mir, Deputy Commissioner, Poonch, Mr. Sajad Ah-mad Khan, Director Rural Development, Jammu, panches, Sar-panches and other se-nior officers of the de-partment were present on the occasion. The Minister said that ever since the present government took over it has been the endeavor to ensure that the pace of development in vari-ous areas of the state

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Lunching a scathing at-tack on Congress party, senior BJP leader and former union minster Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Friday said that congress is the root cause of all the problems existing in the state of Jammu and Kash-mir.“Congress is the mother of all the problems wheth-er political or develop-mental. The party has an anti-Kashmiri and in fact an anti-people mind set,” Naqvi told KNS over phone from Delhi.

He accused the Congress of being divisive by na-ture and called upon the Jammu and Kashmir people to ‘throw out’ the UPA government which “has divided the country” in several ways since in-dependence. “Congress is the most communal politi-

cal party. Most of the com-munal tensions and riots were reported during the tenure of Congress govern-ments,” he said.Terming the present gov-ernment of Jammu and Kashmir as a complete failure he said, “The

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Disappointment in Kashmir over Malala

missing the Nobel

All round development of State a priority: Taj


Welcoming the decision of Jammu and Kashmir As-sembly to summon former Indian Army Chief over payoff controversy, former interlocutor Dileep Padga-onkar Friday said that General V.K.Singh should be made accountable for his remarks and he should be forced to clear his posi-tion and made account-able.In a chat with Srinagar based news agency CNS, Padgaonkar said that Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has taken a good decision, as it would stop other ‘persons’ from uttering ‘rubbish’ in future. “Legislative As-sembly has right to sought

explanation from Singh because his remarks and comments have done seri-ous damage to democratic set up of India,” he said. “Let Singh clear his po-sition and make things

clear. There are so many doubts, which need to be cleared. Speaker, Legisla-tive Assembly Jammu and Kashmir has taken appro-priate decision and we all should welcome it,” Padga-onkar said.

To a query, Padgaonkar said that he can’t comment whether 2010 agitation was orchestrated or not. “I believe in facts and the fact is that thousands of people came on roads in 2010 seek-ing political resolution of Kashmir. More than hun-dred innocent youth laid their lives. Summer Agi-tation 2010 was tragic. No care was taken to avoid innocent killings,” he said. While replying to a ques-tion, he said that certain recommendations made by interlocutors on Kash-mir are in pipe line and the Government of India sooner or later would im-plement them. “There is a need to address the political aspirations

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Uri, October 11:

Asking people to extend a helping hand to Gov-ernment in its develop-ment agenda, Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services & Sports, Taj Mohi ud Din today said the all round de-velopment of the State has been a priority with present Government and many big ticket projects and schemes were opera-tionalised during the last five years.Addressing a series of public meetings at Jabla and Gawalan, just a few kilometers inside the LoC, the Minister asked

people to stand guard these achievements and they should look through the designs of vested in-terest elements which have no sympathy with

them and are in fact harming their interests.Responding to local de-mands, the Minister as-sured the people that he would get the establish-

ment of some middle and primary schools in the area in view of growing number of students exam-ined by the concerned

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Panic gripped in Quoil hamlet of South Kashmir’s Pulwama town when a po-lice party resorted to aerial firing to foil an alleged bid of militants to attack them.Police sources told CNS that four to five militants appeared in Quoil village where a police post is pres-ent to safeguard the prop-

erties and lives of minority community.Sources said that before the militants could attack the post, policemen fired upon them who fled from the spot in a jiffy leaving behind a riffle that was seized by policemen.Police sources said that the militants left the same Insas riffle that was

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From separatists to mainstream politi-cians and human rights activists, ev-erybody in Kashmir seems to be on the same page on this.Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yusufzai missing the Nobel Prize has dis-appointed everybody across the party lines. While moderate Hur-riyat chairman said this should not disap-point her as she has a "long way to go", main-stream politician and

spokesman of Kash-mir's main Opposition Nayeem Akhtar called her a "refreshing voice from Islamic world". "Irrespective of her young age, she is a re-freshing voice and a young crusader and Islamic world needs more voices like her," Akhtar added. "I was looking forward to a Nobel for her and am disappointed," he said.Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is also valley's head cleric said that Malala's struggle is in tune with the

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SATURDAY October 12 | 2013 | 06 Zul Hijjah 1434 AH | PAGES 12 | VOL NO: 3 | ISSUE NO: 257 | RS: 2/- (AIR SURCHARGE FOR JAMMU /DELHI/LEH 50 PAISA)Pen For JusticeLargely Circulated, No. 1 Bilingual Daily of J&K

Kamal terms Soz’s corruption remarks as unwarranted


BJP prime ministe-rial candidate Narendra Modi’s remark that he was a ‘Hindu nationalist’ stirred a debate earlier this year, but the Jammu and Kashmir high court has ruled that any person claiming affiliation with any form of religious na-tionalism shall be barred from contesting elec-tions.“In our constitutional scheme, a citizen of India is only an Indian. No per-son can claim himself to be a Hindu nationalist, Muslim nationalist, Sikh nationalist, Buddhist na-tionalist or a Christian

nationalist,” justice Mu-zaffar Hussain Attar said in the ruling on Thurs-day.“The constitutional pro-vision is loud and clear (about it) and in unam-biguous terms forbids using such expression,” he added. Justice Attar said a very serious and potential threat is posed to the very existence of the idea of India by “the fringe el-ements, who take cover under various types of ‘isms’ other than Indian-ism”.Attar’s observation came while hearing a petition filed by Sanjay Tickoo, president of the Kash-

miri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS), a body of Kashmiri Pandits who stayed back in the valley in the face of armed re-bellion in 1990s.Tickoo had moved a peti-tion on safeguarding the Hindu temples in the val-ley saying “the ‘secular’ character of the Consti-tution would require the state and its authorities to protect the religious places”.The petition said some non-Kashmiri Mahants had illegally allowed use of religious proper-ties for commercial pur-poses and sought action against them.

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Innocent killings in 2010 could have been avoided

Police foils militant attack, seizes riffle

No person can claim to be a Hindu or Muslim nationalist: Court

Mechanism for ensuring sustained dev put in place: Sagar

Congress mother of all problems in Kashmir: BJP

Healthcare, edu facilities in villages near LoC would be further strengthened

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House adjourned sine-die Srinagar, October 11: Chair-man, J&K Legislative Council Mr. Amrit Malhotra today adjourned the House sine-die.

1 dies, 6 injured in road mishapsSrinagar, October 11: One person died and six others were injured in different road ac-cidents across the valley.A truck bearing registration number JK01A/8544 on way from Jammu to Srinagar hit a person Anwar-ul-Haq son of Abed–ul-Rehman resident of Goolpanda Bengal, resulting in his on spot death. Kulgam police has registered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, five persons were injured when a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK05/5741, turned turtle at Batergam near petrol pump, in the jurisdiction of police sta-tion Kupwara. All the injured were shifted to hospital for treatment. Kupwara Police has registered a case in this regard.In another accident, a Santro car bearing registration num-ber DL8CG/2430 hit and injured Mohammad Ramzan Mir son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din resident of Rakhi Litter, at Lassipora, in the jurisdiction of police station Pulwama. The injured was shifted to hospital for treatment. Pulwama Police has registered a case in this regard.

Man found dead in SrinagarSrinagar, October 11: Vivek Thakar son of Prabhu Dass resident of Pradi Ahmadabad was found dead in suspicious circumstances in the house of Ghulam Baba resident of Jawa-hir Nagar, in the jurisdiction of Police station Rajbagh.Srinagar police has initiated inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC o ascertain the cause of the death.

House gutted in PulwamaSrinagar, October 11: Fire broke out in the residential house of Mohammad Yousf Wagay son in law of Abdul Ahad Sharoo resident of Agri check, Pulwa-ma, in the jurisdiction of police station Rajpora. The house was gutted completely. Fire was brought under control with the help of fire tenders and local Police.

JK Bank holds finan-cial literacy camp at Chandigam, LolabSrinagar, October 11: Jammu and Kashmir Bank is fast spreading its network to the unbanked areas in the state of Jammu and Kashmir to reach to the unreached with world class banking products and ser-vices. With its motto ‘serving to empower’, the bank has tailored products, deposit as well as loan schemes, suiting to local econo-mies to bring economic

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Srinagar, October 11: With successful campaign for in-troduction of Kissan Credit Cards(KCC) among the farm-ers, Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir today said that out of 12 lakh farmer families 7 lakh KCC’s has been issued in the state till date.

The Minister said this while reviewing the progress of imple-mentation of KCC scheme in the state. The aim of the scheme is to provide easy credit facilities to the margin-al farmers of the state.

The Meeting was attended by Commis-sioner Secretary Agri-culture production, Dr. Asgar Samoon, Director Agriculture, Kashmir, Peerzada Mushtaq, Deputy Genral Manager, NA-BARD and representative of Jammu & Kashmir Bank and other senior officers of agricul-ture and revenue department.

The Minister directed the revenue and bank authorities to clear all the pending cases as early as possible which are necessary for achieving the 100% percent target. The direction was also passed to bank authorities to explore the

possibilities to cover the co-coon growers and those farm-ers with no land holding but perform farming on tenancy basis, under the KCC’s scheme.

The Minister said that easy availability of credit facilities to the farmers particularly

marginal farmers will help boost the agriculture activi-ties in the state adding that it will also help in introduction of farm mechanization in the sector.

The Meeting was informed that Rs 595 cr credit facilities

have been provided to those 1.71 lakh Kissan Credit Card holders who opted to avail the benefit in 12 districts of Kashmir division. The Minister called upon all KCC holders to come forward and avail the benefits under the scheme.

Srinagar, October 11: The Minister of State for CA&PD, Information and Power, Mr. VikarRasool today directed the officers to ensure adequate availability of foodgrains and conduct regular inspection of markets to regulate the market rates especially in view of Id-ul-Zuha festival.

The Minister was ad-dressing officers during a review meeting convened to take stock of availability of foodgrains in view of the Id-ul-Zuha and Mouharam. Secretary CA&PD, Mr. Mo-hammad Abbas Dar, Direc-tor CA&PD, Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed, Joint Controller Legal Metrology, Deputy Di-rector CA&PD, Jammu, Assis-tant Directors of different dis-tricts, representatives of IOCL, VPCL and HPCL attended the meeting. Mr. Vikar directed the officers to keep the ration depot and fair price shops and godowns open even during

holidays as well to ensure the distribution of foodgrains to the people. He said that we have to ensure that the people do not face any inconvenience on account of availability of essential especially during

the Id-ul-Azha. The Minister also asked the officers of Legal Metrology to conduct regular market checks to ensure that the goods are not sold at exor-bitant rates and directed them to ensure the stability of price of various essential commodi-ties. He said that strict action

under rules should be taken against the shopkeepers found indulging in profiteering and black marketing. The meeting was told that various man-dies have been established on temporarily basis for selling of

sacrificial animals which includes Idgah, Rowalpora, Zaindshah Masjid, Rain-awari etc. in Srinagar and similarly measures have been taken in other dis-tricts and Jammu division. It was also given out that the rates of mutton and other food items has also been fixed by the CA&PD department. Mr. Vikar also asked the representa-

tives of various Oil Companies to ensure adequate availability of LPG. He also asked the of-ficers to ensure that special thrust is also is given to the ru-ral, far-flung and hilly areas to ensure adequate availability of essential commodities to the people.

7 lakh KCC’s issued out of 12 lakh farmers in J&K: Mir

Vikar for ensuring availability of foodgrains

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You may feel extra passionate today, Libra, so don’t be surprised if you take things to extremes even more than usu-al. There’s an aggression within you that’s working to help keep you in control of every situation. Remember that you must be prepared to receive whatever you dish out. There’s a warring instinct in everyone that’s likely to emerge on a day like this.

Find your strength from within, Scorpio. There’s a great deal of it in there, and it’s ready to erupt like a volcano. Let your passion drive your engine today and you’ll be amazed at the incredible places you can go. Don’t be afraid to take things to extremes. Your fantastic good luck will pull you out of any sticky predicament.

Your strong yet steady pace may get a lift today, Sagittar-ius. It might seem like there’s a fire under your feet, and you probably need to keep moving in order to keep yourself from getting burned. Use your independent streak to get things done the way you want them. This could be a powerhouse day for you!

There’s excitement today that indicates that things are happening, things are changing. Stay alert and in tune with what’s going on around you, Capricorn. There’s a wonderful energy charge urging you to push the boundaries of every-thing going on around you. Do your part to help the world evolve to a happier, more peaceful place.

You’re the sensitive one in a sea of anger today, Aquarius, so keep your guard up. Don’t be tempted or seduced by any rage around you. Be wary of people who seem motivated by fear. You’ll be much better off when you align yourself with those who act from a point of neutrality and self-confidence. Model your behavior after the people you see as superheroes in your world.

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Tension is building today that may wreak havoc with your harmonious nature, Virgo. The key for you now is to see the opportunity instead of conflict in each situation. This is a good time to gain a greater perspective on certain things. A bit of internal transformation may take place when you see things from the other side of the fence.

Things may be happening too fast around you today, Ar-ies, but that doesn’t mean you necessarily have to join the frenzied pace. You’re probably much better off sticking with your methodical approach. Take the time to collect the facts you need before you jump into a major decision or plan of attack. People may be a bit jumpy, so do your best to be the stable one in the group.

Make sure you aren’t projecting a picture of yourself that doesn’t represent the real you, Taurus. It’s important that you remain true to your soul or you’ll end up in situations that make you uncomfortable and frustrated. There’s a strong transformative force working against you today, but you’ll have the leadership and confidence to stand up for yourself in whatever way you need.

Remind yourself of all the positive things you have going on in your life now, Gemini. It’s possible that you’ll be met with tension and challenges today that are threatening your sense of self. Arguments may break out around you, and you may have questions regarding what it is you stand for. Don’t lose touch with your nurturing qualities and sixth sense.

The fire within you is burning extra hot, Cancer, so make the most of this incredible internal furnace. Treat yourself to some new attire and proudly show it off tonight. Take the lead on projects that might be floundering. You have power behind your words and actions today, so use it for the high-est good.

You may feel the urge to get up and go today, Leo, but at the same time you may feel like you aren’t prepared. Perhaps you don’t feel you’re on solid enough ground to take the next step. Don’t let the pressure of the outside world move you to a place you aren’t ready to go. Take things at your own pace, and be tolerant of those who choose to go at theirs.


The Minister for Finance and La-dakh Affairs, Mr Abdul Rahim Rather today called for a vibrant internal audit mechanism in the Funds Organization with emphasis on regular inspections and periodic reconciliation with Draw-ing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) to ensure issuance of complete and accu-rate annual account statements to the subscriber without any delay.

Speaking at a review meeting of the J&K Funds Organization held at Ban-quet Hall Srinagar today, the Minister asked the concerned employees to en-sure compilation of monthly G.P. Fund and State Life Insurance (SLI) Accounts adding that no subscriber should feel any kind of inconvenience for settle-mentof his final G.P. Fund refund case and Insurance maturity claims at the time of retirement. Underscoring the importance of Funds Organization, the Minister said in-fact the Organi-zation is custodian of the hard won money of an employee which he saves hardly to meet the future and unseen requirements. He said the employees

of the organization have an onerous re-sponsibility to ensure that no account remains missing or un-posted in the ledger.

“It is to be ensured that the confi-dence of the subscribers remains high that money lies in the safe-hands”, Mr Rather added. He asked the employees of the Organisation to ensure clearance of all pending un-post and missing credits and deposits in a time bound manner.

The Minister assured the em-ployees that the Government is well abreast about the shortage of staff and directed the concerned officers to immediately fill up all the vacan-cies in the Organization falling under promotion quota. He directed that the vacancies under direct quota should be referred to the concerned recruitment agencies for selection as early as pos-sible. He asked the Director General Accounts and Treasuries to keep ac-commodation provision for the funds organisation also while constructing new Government accommodations for various Government treasuries all over the State, adding that the Finance De-

partment was keen to provided better and congenial working conditions to its employees.

The Director General Funds organ-isations, Mrs Pushpa Devi in his wel-come address highlighted the achieve-ments and performance of the J&K Funds Organisation, adding that the Organisation maintains individual led-ger accounts of about 4 lakh GPF sub-scribers and one and a half lakh Insur-ance subscribers through its network of offices. She said 28 out of 30offices of the Organisation have been comput-erized which has helpedin improving working of the Organisation consider-ably. She said there are about 538236 GPF subscribers both Civil and Police in the State.

The Director General Accounts and Treasuries, Mr. MajidJehangir, Director, Accounts and Treasuries, Kashmir, Mr Altaf HussainMirza, Director Audit and Inspections, Mr LochanDass, Director National Informatic Centre, Mr Raman Gupta, Joint Director Funds Organisa-tion, Mr Mohammad Rafiq and con-cerned district officers were present in the meeting.

Budgam, October 11: Minister for Roads & Buildings and Me-chanical Engineering Mr. Abdul Majid Wani today laid the foun-dation of Bridge at Sail Arizal, Budgam.

The 3X 20 metre span steel plate girder bridge would be con-structed at an estimated cost of Rs. 3.51 crore over Sukhnag nal-lah and is expected to be completed by November, 2015.

Addressing the public gather after foundation laying ceremo-ny, the Minister reiterated the commitment of Government for providing road connectivity to the unconnected hamlets of the state, saying that all the left-out habitations would be connected through PMGSY, the flagship programme launched by the Union Government. He said that with the construction of bridge at this point, a long pending demand of the people would be fulfilled. He said the bridge would provide connectivity to dozens of vil-lages of the area including Rawatpora,Khag Drung, Sutharan, Habbar, Lassipora and Sail, besides provide easy access to the people during rainy season.

The Minister termed peace and normalcy pre-requisite for development, saying that the tempo of development can be carry forward only when there is peace.

Highlighting the importance of road connectivity, Mr. Wani said that roads acts as arteries to promotes trade and commerce activities in the area and help in ameliorating the socio-econom-ic conditions of the people. The road connectivity helps in ex-change culture and socials values from one place to another, he maintained.

Referring to construction of Mughal road, the Minister said that its construction has provided easy access to the people of twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri, besides an alternative route to Kashmir and Jammu divisions of the State.

Wani lays foundation of bridge, guest house

in Budgam

Sahai reviews arrangements for Police Commemoration Day

G. A. Mir inaugurates Kargil, Zanskar Festivals

Rather urges for safe guarding interests of GPF, SLI subscribers

Governor urges Vice Chancellors to develop J&K universities as centres of excellence

Srinagar, October 11: Rich tributes would be paid to police martyrs, who laid their lives in the service of nation at a Commemoration Day Parade being held on October 21, 2013. In this connection state level function would held at Armed Police Complex (APC) Zewan, besides oth-er functions at all district headquarters in the State.

This was disclosed by Additional Di-rector General of Police (Armed) J&K, Mr. S. M. Sahia at an officers meeting held at Armed Police Headquarters today. The meeting was convened to review the ar-rangements for the state level function being held at APC Zewan.

Addressing the meeting, Mr. Sahai disclosed that contingents of Jammu and Kashmir Police and other para-military forces (PMFs) would be participating in the parade. The sacrifices of the martyrs who laid down their lives in the service of the nation would be remembered and a wreath ceremony would also be held at the martyrs memorial to pay homage

to them. The families of police martyrs would be invited to attend the function, he added. The meeting discussed various arrangements for the function includ-ing police bundabast in and around the venue, security and traffic arrangements, deployment of man power on the route leading to Zewan and availability of basic facilities at the venue. It was decided that efficient arrangements would be made to conduct the function smoothly. The meeting also decided that blood donation camp would be held at Zewan for which registration of donors would be started forthwith. A Team of Para-medical staff from Police Hospital, Srinagar is to be deployed to facilitate blood donation by the donors. The ADGP stressed upon the members of various committees consti-tuted to coordinate with each other and make the arrangements in a befitting manner. He said that necessary transport should be made available to bring the families of martyrs for their participation in the function.

Kargil, October 11: Describing J&K a sym-bol of unity in diversity, the Minister for Tour-ism Mr G. Ahmad. Mir today said that despite having varied cultures, religion and languag-es all the three regions of the State -Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh- is a single entity.

Speaking at the inaugural function of the Kargil and Zanzkar Festivals during his tour to the district, the Minister said that Jammu and Kashmir is famous all over the world for its distinct tourism potential and hospitality adding that all out efforts are being made to market vast tourism potential of the State in the world of Tourism.

Thousands of audiences and a large num-ber of foreign as well as domestic tourists witnessed the highlights of the festivals, that depicts the rich cultural ethos besides mag-nificent splendour of the region which mes-merized the audience and received applause from every one present on the occasion. Min-ister of State for Information Technology, Mr Feroze Ahmad, Chief Executive Councillor, Kargil Hill Development Council, Haji Asgar Karbalie, Executive Councillor, Tourism, Sky-zalng Wangyal, Director Tourism Kashmir, Chief Executive Officers of Kargil and Zanskar Development Authorities besides Officers of

district administration were present on the occasions. Complimenting people of Kargil, especially the Hill Development Council, Tourism Department and concerned tourism Development Authorities for organizing the festival-presenting the true colour of the rich cultural heritage of Kargil-Zanskar, the Min-ister said that Ladakh’s beauty and charm is unique and incomparable. He urged upon the people to safeguard the matchless heritage of Ladakh for the posterity.

Giving details about upcoming tourism infrastructure in Kargil, the Tourism Minis-ter said that the region possess God’s gifted bounty with amazing panoramic landscape and enchanting rugged terrain with Nature expressing its different moods to match each season and urge of visitors. He asked the peo-ple of Kargil to show good hospitality so that more tourists visit this place which will help to give impetus to socio-economic activities in the region. He also thanked UPA, Chairper-son Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for their constant sup-port to this region. The Minister said that for promotion of tourism the government has expended Rs. 32 cr through various Tourism Development Authorities.


Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, has called upon the Vice Chancellors of Jammu and Kashmir Universities to develop these institutions as centres of excellence through sus-tained enhancement of the stan-dards of teaching and research to bring them among the 200 best in-stitutions of higher learning across the world. In this context, the Gov-ernor asked the Vice Chancellors of both the Universities to take all required initiatives for attaining this objective. The Governor made these observations while chairing the University Council meeting of the Kashmir University held at Raj Bhavan here today.

The Governor, who is Chancel-lor of the Kashmir University, sug-gested to the Vice Chancellors of both the Kashmir and Jammu Uni-versities to devote greater focus on research in humanities alongside the science subjects and other streams for ensuring that quality

research papers are published on a continuing basis in known nation-al and international journals. He observed that the Faculty, scholars and students in the entire arena of humanities need to be encouraged to undertake more research and intensify their efforts to get high class papers published.

Emphasizing the need for Fac-ulty development, the Governor observed that this was an essen-tial element for bringing about all round improvement in teaching and research. He also laid greater emphasis on making the universi-ties hubs of varied academic and extra-curricular activities for se-curing the objective of balanced personality development of stu-dents to equip them with the req-uisite knowledge and build their capacities to contribute in a big way towards the development of the State and the country. Stress-ing the need for continuously im-proving the quality of teaching at the under-graduate level, the Gov-

ernor observed that this would in turn enhance the quality and stan-dards of teaching and research at the university level. Referring to the functioning of B. Ed. Colleges and other private institutions af-filiated to the Kashmir and Jammu Universities, the Governor sug-gested for putting in place a moni-toring mechanism so that high standards of teaching are ensured in all the institutions functioning

in the State.While reviewing the infra-

structure development at the various off-site campuses of the Kashmir University, the Chancel-lor observed that all the upcoming buildings and other infrastructure development must be completed within the envisaged schedules.

Reviewing the functioning of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies, the Governor observed that the

contents of courses offered by it should adequately reflect the aims and objectives of establishing this Institute. Mr. Mohammad Akbar Lone, Minister for Higher Educa-tion, put forth various suggestions for improving the quality of teach-ing and research on sustainable basis and making the universities and other institutions of higher education in the State centres of excellence. Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, University of Kash-mir, in his comprehensive power point presentation, dwelt on the status of various ongoing research projects and those in the pipeline, achievements of the University in varied fields since the last meet-ing of the Council, various courses introduced and other initiatives in the pipeline. He also gave details of the functioning of the off-site Campuses of the University and the courses offered.

The meeting approved the pro-posal regarding implementation of Choice-Based Credit System by

both the Kashmir and Jammu Uni-versities from the next academic session. Regarding adoption of the 2nd Amendment of the UGC Regu-lations (on Minimum Qualification for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universi-ties and Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education 2010), as no-tified by the UGC on 13th June 2013, and published in the Gov-ernment of India Gazette on 25-9-2013, the Council discussed the issue and resolved to constitute a Joint Committee of both the Kashmir and Jammu Universi-ties to look into the matter in detail, also associating the Vice Chancellors of other Universities functioning in J&K, and come up with its recommendations in the next 3 months. The Council further decided to upgrade the Post-grad-uate Diploma in Disaster Manage-ment offered by the University to a Post-graduate programme in Di-saster Management.

HEALTH AND FITNESS

ZABARWAN TIMES Saturday 12 October 2013

Eat purple cabbage for great skin

Is Binge Eating a Mental Disorder?

According to the latest draft of the Diagnostic and Sta-tistical Manual of Mental

Disorders (DSM) in the American Psychiatric Association (APA), binge eating is a mental disorder. Health professionals refer to this document to conclude whether an individual is suffering from a men-tal disorder or not. In the manual, binge eating shares place with grave medical conditions such as

substance-related disorders, sleep disorders and anxiety disorders. But does this mean that if you chug cheese burgers, you are suf-fering from a clinical eating disor-der? Let's find out...

Binge eating depicts a lack of control over one’s eating habits, a feeling where one has no con-trol over how much or how many times one is eating.

The top characteristics which distinguish binge eating from nor-mal eating are:

•Eating food much more quickly than normal.

•Eating food until feeling awk-wardly full.

•Consuming large amounts of food when not feeling hungry.

•Consuming food in a separate room, or in isolation so as not to feel embarrassed by the quantity or style

of eating.•A binge eater tends to feel very

appalled with oneself. A deep feeling

of depression or guilt lingers on after the completion of an eating spree.

Here are a few tried and test-ed ways to avoid binge eating:

•Distract yourself from the food and indulge in an activity you love. Rush for a warm water bath when you think food is overpow-ering you. Go for a nice chocolate pedicure session or may be light some nice scented candles in your room and play some light music rather than eating.

•In other times, you might find this a tad bit boring, but sip small amounts of water whenever you feel you are in the mood to in-dulge.

•Always choose healthy food and drink. Ensure that something healthy is always available to you, like a glass of milk, whole grain pasta, reduced fat cheddar cheese, eggs, lean meats, fruits and veg-etables. These good foods will en-courage fullness by keeping you

energized all throughout the day. •Trick your mind into eat-

ing something that is healthy in the middle of your binge. For ex-ample, if you start by munching on a handful of cookies, gather the strength to add a pear and nut but-ter in between your cookie eating act. This will switch things in your mind for a bit and will ultimately keep binge eating at bay.

•In the end, have a backup plan. Binge eating is normal. We all do it sometimes. Once a binge begins, it is difficult to control it, so stay away from triggers and avoid that in-between compulsive bite.

If your top four weaknesses in food are pizza, ice cream, deep fried snacks and chocolates, here's how to deal with them in a healthy way:

•Pizza: Go for healthy topping pizza such as healthy eggplant piz-za recipe and healthy mushroom and gouda pizza recipe.

•Ice cream: Who doesn’t love ice cream? Made from dairy prod-ucts, artificial preservatives and white sugar, they only wreck your weight loss plans. Go for healthy probiotic varieties which are made using skimmed milk and light sug-ar substitutes.

•Deep fried snacks: Re-place deep friend evening or mid-morning deep fried snack temptations by eating roasted vegetables, roasted moong dal, roasted or boiled tangy channa, plain murmura.•Chocolates: Often considered healthy, too much of this deadly sin is sure to show on the luxury of your waistline. Go for dark varieties of chocolate if you want to eat one as it helps in low-ering blood pressure by improving your concentration levels. Replace sweet temptations with healthy yogurt recipes, which are not only healthy but will satisfy your sweet tooth too.

If you think you are too young to be afflicted by cancer of the colon and rectum, here's some expert advice - Colon cancer can strike anyone. A check-up to detect colorectal cancer can diagnose early symptom-less cancers - or even pre-cancers when they are in highly curable stages.

Here's a list of risk fac-torsEnvironment : The inci-dence of the disease is much greater in industrialized countries.

Family History : The risk of developing colorectal cancer is greater if there is a history of cancer incidence in close relatives (parents, children or siblings)

Age : Beginning at age 50.Preventive measures

Early-detection test : Don't delay getting the screening test.

Estrogen Replacement

Therapy (ERT): Women who take ERT to alleviate symptoms of menopause may have a significantly lower risk of fatal colon cancer. Take your physi-cian's advice before getting it done.

Aspirin : People taking an aspirin every other day for 20 years may cut the risk of colon cancer almost in half, according to a study published in The New Eng-land Journal of Medicine. However, consult a doctor before taking any medica-tion.Exercise and Weight Control : The risk of devel-oping colon cancer may be lower inwomen who enjoy regular physical activity and avoid obesity.Eating Hab-its : Research suggests that eating low-fat, high-fiber foods would help lower the chances of developing colon cancer.

Early cancer detection is the key

Diabetics, watch out this summer!The season can give diabetics, skin and foot infections, bad breath and excessive sweating. Here’s how they can avoid these and breeze through

the monthsThe heat wave is damaging

enough for anybody, but if you’re diabetic then you need to be twice as cautious. Diabetologist Sonali Patange says, “The metabolic rate among dia-betics is high because of which they sweat a lot and feel constantly hungry. This gets aggravated in the summer. But if they take a few precautionary measures, they can breeze through the excruciating heat.”

Skincare People suffering from uncon-

trolled diabetes are easily susceptible to various skin infections such as car-buncles, boils, abscesses, furuncles, which range in severity. Patange says, “Also, because of excessive sweating, most diabetic men tend to develop candidiasis around their groin.

Women, on the other hand, are prone to urinary tract infection.”But these skin issues can be nipped in the bud by taking simple precautionary

measures. Take a bath twice a day as it can prevent bacteria from growing on the skin. Avoid synthetic clothing and stick to only lose breathable cot-ton clothes. “But most importantly, maintain proper blood glucose level through diet, exercise and correct medication. People with uncontrolled diabetes can even catch respiratory in-fection very easily,” says Patange.

Foot care Those with long-standing diabe-

tes mellitus are predisposed to foot in-jury, ulceration and infection because they have poor glycaemic control, es-pecially in adverse temperatures (ex-treme cold or heat).

So diabetics must pay special at-tention to their feet and beware of de-veloping interdigital foot infection or cellulite. Patange says, “Air your legs as much as you can and always ensure that you wash your feet, dry and regu-larly examine them.”

Dehydration As diabetes leads to an increase

in the body’s excretion of urine when blood sugar rises, most diabetics fail to maintain adequate level of hydration in hot weather. The humidity also causes the body to sweat. Extreme sweating can result in dehydration. If the con-

dition persists, then dehydration can lead to a dry mouth, reduced sweating, and a decrease in urine output. “If the patients are not taking enough water, this will cause the water composition in the blood to reduce and will produce ketones. This will lead to bad breath and can be aggravated through dehy-dration,” says Patange.

In severe cases, dehydration can result in damage to the brain and other organs. Drinking plenty of water is enough to counterbalance the mild dehydration that occurs when you’re outside in the summer heat. If sodium and other electrolytes are lost through prolonged or heavy exercise, they must be replaced. Staying well-hydrated can help prevent fluctuations in blood glu-cose levels as well as heatrelated com-plications such as heat exhaustion or heat stroke. So drink adequate water, but steer clear of aerated drinks, fruit juices, alcohol and caffeine. Chaas and nimbu paani are safe options. Exercise is an essential part of the management of type 2 diabetes. Most people contin-ue to indulge in outdoor activities even when it’s hot outside, which may again lead to dehydration. In this weather, it’s a good idea to try swimming and yoga.

A new study has provided evidence to explain why some people are

more prone to developing kidney stones than others.

The discovery by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis opens the door to find-ing effective drug treatments and a test that could assess a person’s risk of kidney stones.

“Now, we finally have a more complete picture detail-ing why some people develop kidney stones and others do not,” said senior author Jian-ghui Hou, PhD, assistant pro-fessor of medicine.

“With this information, we can begin to think about better treatments and ways to determine a person’s risk of the con-dition, which typically increases with age,” Hou stated.

The research was conducted in mice. Because kidneys function the same way in mice as in humans, the new findings can help scientists under-stand the root causes of kidney stones

in patients.The mouse model used in the

study can also serve as a platform for the preclinical testing of novel treat-ments for the condition, the research-ers noted.

Most kidney stones form when the urine becomes too concentrated,

allowing minerals like calcium to crys-tallize and stick together.

Diet plays a role in the condition - not drinking enough water or eating too much salt (which binds to calcium) also increases the risk of stones.

But genes are partly to blame. A common genetic variation in a gene

called claudin-14 recently has been linked to a substantial increase in risk - roughly 65 per cent - of getting kidney stones. In the new study, the research-ers have shown how alterations in the gene’s activity influence the develop-ment of stones.

Typically, the claudin-14 gene is not active in the kidney.

The new research shows that its expression is dampened by two snippets of RNA, a sister molecule of DNA, that essential-ly silence the gene.

When claudin-14 is idled, the kidney’s filtering system works like it’s supposed to.

Essential minerals in the blood like calcium and mag-nesium pass through the kid-neys and are reabsorbed back into the blood, where they are transported to cells to carry out basic functions of life.

But when people eat a diet high in calcium or salt and don’t drink enough water, the small RNA mole-cules release their hold on claudin 14.

An increase in the gene’s activity prevents calcium from re-entering the blood, the study showed.

Mystery of kidney stone solved

We Mumbaikars fly through our lives fighting time. Among other compromises, this often translates into limited time for meals, and thereby little or no time for that most overlooked ritual: Chewing. Our fascination or obses-sion with what to eat has drowned out this equally important facet of nutrition.

When Mahatma Gandhi said - Chew your drink and drink your food - he was stressing on the scien-tifically proven benefits of chewing.

How it worksA series of recent studies con-

ducted on chewing have established a few facts beyond an intimate connection between chewing and weight control. Speed eating, gorg-ing and binge eating were found to majorly contribute to unhealthy weight gain. The studies confirmed chewing every mouthful for longer helps you lose weight because it allows your brain more time to re-ceive signals from the stomach that it's full. Therefore, the slower you chew, the lesser you eat. Besides, when you chew thoroughly, your digestive system is told of incom-ing food. This triggers it to produce digestive acids and help the body absorb nutrients.

Inadequately digested food means inadequate absorption of nutrients, which is like paying for gourmet chocolates but getting a toffee. The leptin, ghrelin and cho-lestokinnen hormones, which are responsible for signaling satiation, don't reach their peak until 20 to 40 minutes after food is ingested.

Speed eaters beat their body's sig-nalkeepers by wolfing it down.

To make matters worse, un-chewed food particles are not wel-come in your stomach.

Sloppily chewed food pro-motes intestinal bacteria, causing flatulence, bloating, constipation, stomach ache, cramps and even di-arrhea.

Nutritionist Naini Setalvad, who considers correct chewing as the first mantra of healthy eating, faults parents for inculcating the gulping-down habit. "Mothers keep telling their children to finish what's on their plates fast so to catch the school bus, classes or anything.

The most common refrain is 'Jaldi karo... why are you taking so long to eat?' Our health entirely de-pends on what we eat and how well our body absorbs it. Incomplete chewing ruins the digestion process and leads to irritable bowel syn-drome and flatulence, among other problems." Where it starts

Digestion begins in your mouth. Efficient chewing increases the surface area of foods, affording a thorough breakdown by enzymes.

Saliva also contains lingual lipase, a fat metabolising enzyme, which breaks down fat before it reaches the stomach. If the fat reached the stomach inadequately chewed,

brace yourself for digestion prob-lems. The longer your food stays in touch with your saliva, the better it gets lubricated and lesser the stress on your esophagus. Even digesting carbohydrates starts with chewing right as your saliva detaches chemi-cal bonds that connect the starch-containing simple sugars. When you don't chew well, these enzymes can't break down starches or digest fats, inducing sluggishness and loss of energy.

Setalvad says, "Almost ev-eryone who comes to me does not chew their food properly. The first thing I do to ensure they chew well is to add a salad or raw vegetables to their meals. I know if they aren't chewing properly when they return with constipation or irritable bowel syndrome."

Pleasure principleRushing through a meal bars

you from enjoying it to its maxi-mum, leading to a sense of dissat-isfaction. Mindful eating is about

experiencing food more intensely - especially the pleasure of it - and chewing plays the protagonist in this show. We live to eat, or at least we live because we eat. So good

food assiduously chewed for a good time will ensure that you'll love your food the most it can be loved.

FletcherismaAn American health-

food guru of the late 1800s, Horace Fletcher, was known as 'The Great Masticator'. He recommended chewing food at least once for every tooth or 32 times per mouthful before swallowing. Fletcher, who would chew a morsel 100 times a minute before swallowing, believed that his method held the secret to unlocking hidden strengths. Fletcher's war-cry was 'Na-ture will castigate those who don't masticate' and he ac-quired a legendary status with his set of experiments at the Yale Gymnasium. At

58, he competed with college stu-dents in exacting tests of strength and endurance such as deep-knee bending, holding out arms horizon-tally for a length of time, and calf-raises on an intricate machine - and beat the Yale athletes in all events. Fletcher attributed his feat to studi-ous grinding and gnawing.

- Mash slowly and steadily.- Keep the ambience

relaxed rather than loud or dis-tracting. That means no sitting

in front of the TV.- Eat smaller morsels;

smaller the bites, the better you will chew.

- Stop only when the mouthful is totally liquid and

has lost its texture.- Take another bite only

when you have finished chewing completely and swallowed.

- Drink water or fluids only after your mouth is empty.

Apart from lending itself to salads and main dishes, purple cabbage with its anti-oxidant properties also works wonders for the skin

This is a salad lover's delight! Thinly cut strips of purple cabbage with a drizzle of bal-samic vinegar or Greek olive oil can create a fun, healthy dish. Purple cabbage is also pickled and added to stir-fries!

Health benefit: Cabbage is a great store of vitamin C and vitamin K. The rich deep colour of this vegetable is due to a high concentration of anthocyanin polyphenols (strong dietary antioxidants, possessing anti-inflammatory properties), making it have even more phytonu-trients than a green cabbage. A few studies also show that anthocyanins may help reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and certain types of cancer. It is rich in anti-oxidants which makes skin supple and clear.

How to store: Keep the purple cabbage in a plastic bag and place it in the refrigerator. It will stay fresh for up to two weeks.

Sweet and Sour CabbageIngredients:Purple cabbage, thinly sliced: About 8 cupsButter: 2 tbspSugar: 3 tbspBalsamic vinegar: 1/4 cupSultanas and pine nuts: A handfulMethod: Take a large saucepan and melt the butter in it. Now, add the cabbage and saute this for

a few minutes. Sprinkle the sugar and add the vinegar. Reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes. Take off the heat, season, add the sultanas and nuts. Serve.

Vitamin D: Vital for a HEALTHY CHILDHOOD

Vitamin D: Vital for a healthy childhoodLack of vitamin D hinders calcium absorption resulting in poor bone

health and overall development

Does your child shun the sun?Does your child suffer from any milk allergy?Is your family strictly vegetarian?

Well, your child could run the risk of suffering from vitamin D deficiency.Why does your child require vitamin D?

This is an important vitamin for the strong development of bones. Research has re-vealed its importance in protecting the body against several health problems.

What is vitamin D?

Vitamin D is a steroid vitamin, a group of fat-soluble prohormones, which encourages the absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorous in the body. In other words, it is an or-ganic compound required as a vital nutrient in tiny amounts by us. It is nicknamed the 'Sunshine Vitamin' because Vitamin D is produced by the body through exposure to sunlight. While this is common knowledge amongst most mothers, as per a survey conducted by reputed market research agency Ipsos Research, what is not known is that it can be obtained from food sources and supplements as well. In fact, there are products in the market now like Cadbury Bournvita that come with Vitamin D specially added to it.Vitamin D is crucial to health as it is essential for the absorption of calcium from plain milk. However, as per the survey conducted by Ipsos, over 50 per cent of the mothers who were spoken to were unaware of this benefit of Vitamin D.

What happens if we have less vitamin D?

In most children and even adults, vitamin D deficiency does not show up for years. It has no initial symptoms. "Difficulty in waking up early, irritability and tooth decay are some of the early signs you should watch out for," says leading physician and dermatologist, Dr Apratim Goel. Apart from these symptoms, if your child is prone to infections, especially respiratory ones and complains of muscle cramps, breathing difficulties and seizures.

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New Delhi: The Group of Ministers (GoM), set up to look into the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, will focus its deliberations on the recommendations of Justice B N Srikrishna Com-mittee that gave an exten-sive report on Telangana in 2010.

“Srikrishna Commit-tee’s report will be the ba-sis of the whole exercise,” Home Minister Sushilku-mar Shinde, who heads the seven-member ministerial panel, told reporters here.

However, the option -- bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and Seemandhra with Hyder-abad as the capital of Telan-gana and Seemandhra hav-ing a new capital -- given by the central government was not the most preferred one of the committee.

“After taking into ac-count all the pros and cons, the committee did not think it to be the most preferred, but the second

best option. Separation is recommended only in case it is unavoidable and if this decision can be reached amicably amongst all the three regions,” the five-member Srikrishna Com-mittee, headed by Justice (retd) B N Srikrishna, had said.

The committee said if this option is exercised, the apprehensions of the coast-al Andhra and Rayalaseema people and others who have settled in Hyderabad and other districts of Telan-gana with regard to their investments, properties, livelihood and employ-ment, would need to be adequately addressed and confidence instilled that their safety and security would get highest priority from the new dispensation.

“Considering all aspects, the committee felt that while creation of a separate Telangana would satisfy a large majority of people from the region, it would also throw up several other serious problems... The im-

plications for the other two regions also cannot be ig-nored,” it had said.

The Srikrishna Commit-tee said this option implies accepting the full demands of a large majority of Telan-gana people for a separate state that will assuage their emotional feelings and sen-timents as well as the per-ceived sense of discrimina-tion and neglect.

The committee’s im-pression, gained during its extensive tours of Telanga-na region, indicated that a very large number of peo-ple from Telangana were highly supportive of the de-mand for a separate state. The panel had said the im-plications of this option are that (i) if earlier agitations are anything to go by, this decision will give rise to serious and violent agita-tions in the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, where the backlash will be immediate.the key issues being Hyderabad and shar-ing of water and irrigation resources.

SATURDAY OCTOBER | 12 | 2013ZABARWAN TIMES 7

Yercaud byelection: DMK announces can-

didate’s nameCHENNAI: The DMK on Friday

announced the name of its Salem district youth wing functionary V Maran as party’s candidate for the byelection to the Yercaud reserved constituency, scheduled to be held on December 4.

Party chief M Karunanidhi an-nounced Maran’s name after in-terviewing the aspirants at the party headquarters here. “Maran has been fielded for the Yercaud byelection with the support of al-liance parties,” he told reporters.

Maran, 36, hailing from Poovanur village in Salem, is an MBA graduate and has been ac-tively working for the party’s youth wing. He pursued his grad-uation at Loyola College, Chennai, and postgraduation at PSG Col-lege, Coimbatore.

The byelection was necessi-tated following the death of ruling AIADMK MLA C Perumal in July. The ruling party has not yet an-nounced its candidate.

Karunanidhi has requested all the opposition parties, includ-ing the Congress, Vijayakanth’s DMDK, the BJP, left parties and PMK, to extend support to his par-ty’s candidate.

LK Advani to skip Narendra Modi’s Patna rally

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Veteran BJP leader L K Advani, who shares a warm relation with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar notwithstanding the severing of ties with the JD(U), will skip the party’s October 27 rally in Patna. The rally, to be held at Gandhi Maidan, would be the first public engagement of BJP’s prime min-isterial candidate Narendra Modi in Kumar’s home turf. “Advaniji will not be there on October 27 Hoonkar rally in Patna which will be addressed by party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi,” party general secretary An-anth Kumar here to review prepa-rations for the rally, told reporters.

LK Advani to skip Narendra Modis Patna rally Besides Modi, BJP President Rajnath Singh and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley will address the rally in Patna, Kumar said. Facing questions on Advani’s ab-sence from the rally, he sought to downplay it saying it was party’s strategy and plan. “All the top leaders (of BJP) cannot attend the 100 rallies the party has planned to hold across the country before 2014 parliamentary elections.

Advaniji had attended the Bhopal rally and will participate in some more in future also,” said Kumar, who is also BJP Parliamentary Board member. Asked if Advani’s absence was due to his personal relations with Bihar chief minister, he said “It is all speculation...BJP is one and all the leaders are working towards a common goal of setting the country free of Congress.” Ad-vani had resisted Modi’s elevation first as party’s campaign commit-tee chief and later as prime minis-terial candidate. JD(U) has openly spoken of its respect for the BJP patriarch, who was the architect of the tie-up between the two NDA allies for long 17 years before the split in June. During the recent

National Integration Council meeting in Delhi, Kumar and Ad-vani were seen greet-ing each other which set tongues wagging in political circles.

Ananth Kumar, who was flanked by BJP general secretaries Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Dharmendra Pradhan and Leader of Opposi-tion in Bihar Assembly Nand Kishore Yadav,

besides senior leader Sushil Ku-mar Modi charged Nitish Kumar with playing ‘opportunistic’ poli-tics. “Nitish Kumar who claims to be being a disciple of socialist leader Jayprakash Narayan is now sitting in the lap of Congress...He is playing opportunistic politics,” he said. Ridiculing the proposed third front, he said it was a “flop idea of some opportunistic politi-cians” and would never become a reality. He said the third front which might take shape after the Left parties’ October 30 rally, in which Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Nitish Kumar would participate, is “anti-people.”

GoM on Telangana to consider Srikrishna Committee’s report

Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case: CBI’s final ar-

guments on October 15

‘Govt distributing poison under free drug garb’

Agencies

Ghaziabad: The prose-cution’s final arguments in the Aarushi-Hemraj mur-

der case did not resume today as the Central Bu-reau of Investigation (CBI) sought a four-day adjourn-ment in absence of their senior counsel RK Saini.

After placing his argu-ments in the case for a hour and a half on Thursday, Mr Saini had asked the court to allow him to conclude the next day, but was not present as proceedings be-gan today. On the prosecu-tion’s request, Special CBI Judge S Lall adjourned the hearing till October 15.

Satyaketu Singh, lawyer

for the accused - Aarushi’s parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar - had yesterday sought time till October 21 to place results of some

forensic tests of servants on record, but the special judge turned down his plea and al-lowed the pros-ecution to begin its arguments.

The CBI had on Thursday told the court that circumstantial

evidence showed that the blunt injury on the teen-ager’s body was inflicted by a golf club, which was later recovered from the Talwar household.

Citing the evidence of the Talwars’ driver that no one except the family members and Hemraj had been seen in the house be-fore the murders, the pros-ecution contended as there were no signs of any out-sider’s entry, so the parents were the only ones who could have committed the murders.

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Former chief minister Va-sundhara Raje on Friday said BJP has yet not finalised on can-didates for any of the assembly seats for the forthcoming elec-tions.

Having returned from Sawai

Madhopur after a meeting with RSS leaders, the state BJP presi-dent on Thursday addressed party workers at different func-tions in Jaipur. While addressing a gathering of the state party’s legal cell, Raje denied reports that the party has finalised can-didates on some of the assembly constituencies and that RSS had handed over a list of probable candidates to the party.

“The candidates would be decided on the basis of the sur-vey conducted by the party and keeping in mind the voters’ sen-timents. Candidates have not

been finalised yet. Any member who tries to buy a ticket will be immediately rejected,’’ said Raje, addressing the gathering.

Earlier in the day, Raje had addressed a gathering of the media cell where she lashed out at the ruling party and its flag-ship programmes, including the

free medicines scheme.

Addressing a gathering of the party’s medi-calcell atBirla Auditorium, she alleged that the state govern-ment was dis-tributing poison in the name of free medicines. “There are com-plaints from across the state that drugs which

are past their expiry dates are being distributed in the name of free medicines. If the scheme is doing so well, why has the state been pushed to 15th rank in terms of medical facilities ?’’ she said.

Raj criticised the govern-ment for the maternity deaths in Jodhpur, rise in deaths due to swine flu and several cases of fake drugs coming to light. She called for the medicos to sup-port the party to bring about a change for thebetter,including medical facilities in the state.

Left, SP, JD(U) join hands to form non-Congress, anti-BJP front

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NEW DELHI: The concept of Third Front may have lost its ap-peal among the votaries of a non-Congress, non-BJP experiment, but the idea of bringing together non-

Congress parties against the BJP endures and on Thursday led four parties to bind together on a “secu-lar” platform.

The two Communist parties, Samajwadi Party and JD(U) an-nounced their plans on Thursday to hold a convention against commu-nalism on October 30 in what was seen as the start of a new initiative

to try erecting a new non-Congress, anti-BJP platform.

That the objective may stretch beyond debating the threat of “communalism” was evident from the remarks of Sitaram Yechury (CPM), Ramgopal Yadav and K C

Tyagi (JD-U) as they ex-pressed their desire for roping in two other anti-Congress formations, Biju Janata Dal and AIADMK.

The initiative is signifi-cant as the participants, existing as well as likely ones, have the potential of netting 100-odd seats: a crucial number in a hung scenario and for deter-mining the make up of the next “secular” coalition at the Centre.

However, given the fate of similar pre-poll maneuvers in the past, the parties concerned sought to tamp down the sug-gestion that the conven-tion would be a prelude to the formation of a front. After their meeting, lead-ers of Left parties, SP and

JD(U) ruled out forming a front for the 2014 polls. They said their focus was on holding the December 30 convention.

“We have learnt from our 2009 experience. This time we look for-ward to post-poll alliances,” a se-nior Left leader said, referring to the collapse of a Left-anchored front immediately after elections.

But the desire to cast the net wide stood out. There is a talk of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar attending the convention, and Ye-chury said the response from BJD boss and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik and AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa was positive. Jagan-mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress is also being roped in and may take the place of TDP in the “non-Congress, non-BJP” tent as the representative of AP.

The organizers, however, con-ceded that they were not sure of a full house on October 30, but that has not deterred Left, the usual sheet anchor for such experiments, to pull out all stops for the rally.

While the original idea was to keep the convention a modest af-fair, Left parties, eager to send a political message across, decided in favour of the larger Talkatora Stadi-um. “Left parties have spent a lot of money for the convention. The con-vention could become a stepping stone for a political alignment,” a Left leader said.

Yechury, K C Tyagi (JD-U), Ama-rjeet Kaur (CPI) and Ramgopal Ya-dav (SP) have been entrusted the task of reaching out to more secular political and non-political outfits and individuals for the convention. Blaming certain political parties for raking up communal issue like Ram temple before every election, Tyagi said the country’s secular, demo-cratic soul was under threat. “If there is no India, there would be no political parties,” he said.

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HYDERABAD: Talks between Andhra PraMeira Kumar, Speaker of the Lok Sab-ha, India’s lower house of parliament, has said that there is no room for religious politics in the world’s largest democracy.

“Indian democracy is grown up to en-gage with real political issues than reli-gion,” Meira Kumar told a large gathering at the prestigious Cambridge University in England Thursday.

“I firmly believe that any communal approach or activity is not beneficial for our secular fabric. Like everywhere else, in India too, development and welfare is-sues are important and therefore are dis-cussed openly on stage in public meet-ings.”

General elections will be held in India next year and the ruling Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance is facing a tough race against right-wing Hindu na-tionalist Bharatiya Janata Party.

The Indian parliament with 543 elect-ed members represents 1.2 billion peo-ple, one fifth of humanity.

The speaker, daughter of late Babu Jagjivan Ram, former deputy prime min-ister and India’s most decorated Dalit leader, condemned the caste-based vote bank politics and said “the system needs to be destroyed”.

“I have heard some friends argue that consolidation along caste lines dur-ing elections leads to empowerment of Dalits,” the speaker said.

“They get an opportunity to assert themselves. Consequently, some may reach decision-making positions and in

turn benefit other Dalits. I beg to differ. This is a mirage,” she added.

Accroding to Kumar, the caste system has caused and is continuing to cause un-imaginable harm to the society.

“It needs to be destroyed completely and not encouraged to tighten its grip on our electoral system. What has been poi-son for so long cannot suddenly become nectar of life,” she said.

The august audience, which included Cambridge University Vice-Chancel-lor Leszek Borysiewicz, applauded the Speaker’s comment on India’s religious harmony.

“The cliche is that India is a land of re-ligious tolerance. No, I disagree,” Kumar, a former member of India’s diplomatic service, said.

“Tolerance is a negative word. It im-plies that we merely endure and suffer one another. It suggests an uneasy co-existence. India is far, far more than that,” she said, adding, “we respect each other, admire and appreciate our diversity”.

“We engage and celebrate each oth-ers’ religious practices. Otherwise, in my husband’s village Jagdishpur in Bihar, the Hindu community would not take part in the Tazia procession during Muharram. Or, the Muslim scroll painters of West Bengal would not paint icons of gods and goddesses. There are thousands of such examples,” Kumar stated.

The visiting Indian leader, who holds one of the toughest jobs in a democratic institution, said Indian democracy was going through a transition phase of coali-tions and in the very near future it would attain a new stage when regional politi-

cians would start giving priorities to na-tional issues.

“The decline of one-party dominance has given way to a multi-party system, representing a wide range of India’s di-versity,” the speaker said.

“It has brought a perceptible change in the representativeness of the parlia-ment as well as the state legislatures. Since 1989, our political system has ac-cepted the inevitability of coalitions. It has evolved its own mechanism of con-sensus as a way to govern.”

Mmeira Kumar said critics believed

that smaller parties often wielded an in-fluence disproportionate to their support base and that regional issues, at times, took precedence over national interests.

“However, this is a transitional phase, a part of the churning process. Given the maturity of our representative polity, it is highly unlikely that parochial concerns will be allowed to override the national priorities,” she said.

At present, the Election Commission of India recognises six national parties, 44 state parties and has registered 1,415 unrecognised parties.

No room for religious politics in India: Meira Kumar

Guj police gets Asaram’s custody,

son seeks anticipa-tory bail

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Gujarat police were today granted custody of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu by a Jodh-pur court for questioning in sexual assault case lodged by two sisters against him and his son Na-rayan Sai who filed an anticipatory bail plea in a Surat court. “The court permitted the Gujarat po-lice to take him (Asaram) with them for interro-gation,” said Manish Vyas, counsel for the victim whose rape complaint in Jodhpur led to Asaram’s arrest in August. Extending the judicial custody of 72-year-old Asaram and other four co-accused for 14 days in the Jodhpur case, District and Ses-sion Judge Manoj Kumar Vyas directed the Jodh-pur Central Jail to ensure they appear in court on October 25.

Meanwhile, Sai, against whom Gujarat police have issued a look-out notice, has filed an antici-patory bail plea in connection with the complaint of sexual assault against him by the two Surat-based sisters. “We have moved a Surat court for anticipatory bail for Narayan Sai in connection with the sexual assault case lodged against him in Jehangirpura police station,” his lawyer Kalpesh Desai told PTI. The application, which may be heard next week, questions the delay in filing of FIR and alleges that the complaint is bogus.

Surat police had recently registered two com-plaints against them of rape, sexual assault, ille-gal confinement and other charges on the com-plaint by the two sisters.

The elder of the sisters has accused Asaram of repeated sexual assaults between 1997 and 2006 when she was living in his ashram here.

The younger sister has accused Sai of repeated sexual assaults between 2002 and 2005 when she was living in Asaram’s Surat ashram.

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With the headline ‘Tendulkar departs as a deity of cricket’, Sydney Morning Herald said that the Indian batsman combined brilliance with incredible longevity and none of his contemporaries commanded god-like status like he did.

Sachin Tendulkar’s impending retirement from Test cricket evoked unreserved admira-tion for the batting icon from the Australian media which described him the “deity of cricket” and one of the history’s two greatest batsmen along with Don Bradman.

With the headline Tendulkar departs as a deity of cricket, Sydney Morning Herald said that the Indian batsman combined brilliance with incredible longevity and none of his contemporaries commanded god-like status like he did.“A batting genius who has played the game for almost a quarter of a century, he combined brilliance with incredible lon-gevity. He outlasted fellow greats such as West Indies champion Brian Lara, Australian legend Ricky Ponting and Indian teammate Rahul Dravid, and inspired a new generation of players who wanted to be like him,” the newspaper said.

“The others were all champions, and South Africa’s relentless all-rounder Jacques Kallis is still going, but none of his contem-poraries commanded Tendulkar’s god-like

status, which coincided with India’s rise as a cricket superpower,” it said.

There were several write-ups, columns and video footages of the past which had comments made by experts and former players over the years during Tendulkar’s long career of 24 glorious years, all leading to one conclusion that he is the number one contemporary batsman, equal in greatness only to Bradman in the history of the game.

‘Daily Telegraph’ said it’s now accepted by the cricketing world that Tendulkar and Bradman are the greatest batsmen in the his-tory of the game.

“The cricketing cognoscenti are largely united when it comes to naming history’s two greatest batsmen: Sir Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar. But as for identify-ing the greatest of the pair? That remains one of the game’s most polarising debates,” the newspaper said.“Many have attempted to anoint a winner. A Griffith University re-searcher, Dr Nicholas Rohde, crunched the numbers two years ago and determined Tendulkar was superior to Bradman. Oth-ers, like Steve Waugh, have relied on less scientific and more subjective measures to declare Bradman’s brand of batsmanship as cricket in excelsis,” the SMH said.“We look at some of factors that, by any standard, have propelled Bradman and Tendulkar beyond all-comers,” it said.“His retirement will leave a massive hole in the game.Cricket, in its mdern guises, is unlikely to produce another player like him,” it added.The newspaper said Brian Lara might be a more damaging batsman when he was on song but Tendulkar was more consistent.“The Indian’s record against Australia -- 3630 runs at 55 -- and in Australia -- 1809 at 53.21 -- is a testament to that. His affinity with the SCG lasted his whole career; he averages 157 there, and Englishman Walter Hammond is the only touring batsman to have made more runs at the ground,” said the newspaper which also put up several Tendulkar’s photos during his tours in Australia.

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Sebastian Vettel headed Mark Webber in a Red Bull one-two in Friday practice at the Japa-nese Grand Prix.

Vettel, who had been third behind the two Mercedes cars in the first session, outpaced Webber by 0.168 seconds.

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg was third fastest, 0.262secs off Vettel, and ahead of Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was sixth and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso 10th after a spin at the Degner corners.

Ayrton Senna collides with Alain Prost at the first corner of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix

Is Suzuka F1’s most emotive circuit?Minutes before the end of the second ses-

sion, it emerged that former Marussia test driv-er Maria de Villota had been found dead in her hotel room in Seville.

Suzuka lived up to its reputation as one of the most difficult tracks in the world, catching

out even the best drivers, with Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton and Raikkonen all having moments of varying severity.

“The balance is decent,” said Vettel. “I think we can still im-prove the car, especially look-ing after the tyres, which will be crucial for the race.

“It’s tricky. We’ve seen a lot of drivers struggling, it’s a difficult track.”

Alonso, who must finish eighth or better on Sunday if Vettel wins to prevent the Ger-man from winning the title, promised on Thursday that he would “attack” for the rest of the season now his title hopes were all but over and he had an uncharacteristically messy day.

He ran wide at both the Hairpin and Spoon Curve in the first session and then had a spin on

his first flying lap on the faster ‘medium’ tyre, ensuring he did not set a representative time and ended the session 0.389secs slower than team-mate Felipe Massa.

It was a sobering day for Alonso, for a glance at the times suggests that finishing eighth may not be that easy.

That is the position where Massa ended up - behind the Red Bulls, the Mercedes, the Lotuses and the sur-prise Toro Rosso of Daniel Ricciardo.

Alonso’s struggles appeared to confirm the impression that Ferrari have slipped backwards in the last few races.Hamilton and Vettel joined Alonso in having incidents.

The Englishman got his Mercedes on to the exit kerb at Degner Two but rescued the car, while Lotus’s Romain Grosjean had a very similar moment a few minutes later.

And Vettel had a brief off-track excursion at Spoon Curve before rejoining.

Raikkonen got in his medium tyre qualifying simulation run but then spun in the middle of the fast Dunlop Curve and beached the car in

the gravel during his race-simulation run.Both McLaren’s Sergio Perez and Williams’s

Pastor Maldonado crashed early in the session, and missed out on both their qualifying and race-simulation runs.

Maldonado lost his car at the tricky Degner Two corner, where Marussia’s Jules Bianchi and Caterham’s Giedo van der Garde had both crashed in the first session.

Perez then spun at the entry to Spoon Curve after letting his outside wheels stray partially off the track as he turned in at about 120mph.

The McLaren hit the barrier heavily side-on but Perez, who is under pressure because he has still not had his contract renewed for next sea-son, was unhurt.

“On the entry I put a wheel on the asphalt and I lost the back end,” said Perez. “There is not much room so I went straight into the wall.”

McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale said “internal discussions” were still taking place over Perez’s future, but confirmed that Button, who was ninth, was under contract.

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Japanese GP: Sebastian Vettel heads practice for Red Bull

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(Xinhua) -- Lionel Messi would be the first player chosen by retired legend Ronaldo if he could include a foreign player in Brazil’s national team.

The 37-year-old World Cup winner said Thurs-day he had no problem with players switching al-legiances if they hold dual nationality.

“If Messi did not play for Argentina, I would love to have him (with us). I would prefer Messi to Diego (Maradona), even though Diego is also my friend,” Ronaldo said during a press conference in Rio.

Ronaldo’s comments come after Brazil-born At-letico Madrid striker Diego

Costa earlier this week con-firmed his desire to play for Spain.

The move has been backed by the Spanish football federation (RFEF), which has already submit-ted a request for approval from football’s governing body FIFA.

England midfielder Jack Wilshere stirred contro-versy this week by claim-ing only English players should represent the na-tional team.His comments followed reports that Eng-land’s Football Association had sought to convince Manchester United winger Adnan Januzai to play for the country.

Agencies

Seeking to end the deadlock over the much-anticipated India’s tour of South Af-rica, BCCI President N Srinivasan will meet his Cricket South Africa counterpart Chris Nenzani here tomorrow for discussions on the bilateral series.

Nenzani would be giving CSA’s Annual General Meeting a miss to hold parleys with Srinivasan and work out a possible schedule for the series.

The BCCI did not invite CSA’s newly-appointed CEO Haroon Lorgat for the discussion due to its differences with the former ICC CEO.

The India-South Africa series has generated much controversy after CSA released its schedule without consulting the BCCI. Mat-ters came to a head when CSA ap-pointed Haroon Lorgat as its CEO despite the BCCI’s reported objec-tions.

According to the original schedule re-leased by the CSA, India were supposed to begin their tour of South Africa with a warm-up game on November 18 and end it with a Test on January 15. The series originally

comprised three Tests, seven ODIs and two T20 Internationals. India, on the other hand, wanted a shorter itinerary.

Now, India’s home series against the West Indies ends on November 27 while their tour of New Zealand begins from January 19.

Effectively this has compressed the tour

of South Africa to a point where it will be impossible to go with the original schedule. Having said that, the 26-year-old from Guy-ana was lucky to have survived two dropped chances.

Ronaldo: I’d love Messi to play for Brazil

BCCI-CSA meet tomorrow to work out bilateral series

Agencies

Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn have been recalled for South Africa’s two-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan to be played in the UAE next month.

Amla, who is rated the world’s top batsman in both Test and one-day in-ternationals returns after a self-im-posed exile, having played the last of his 15 matches at the last of the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka last year.

Fast bowler Steyn, the world’s lead-ing Test bowler, returns from injury in place of Rory Kleinveldt.

Cricket South Africa’s Andrew Hud-son said: “Hashim is a world class player across all the formats. His ex-perience and stability at the top of the order are qualities that we believe will strengthen the squad in a key area.

“It is great to have Dale back as it means we now have all our senior play-ers available again.”

The T20 series, to be played on No-vember 13 and 15 in Dubai, follows a two-Test series and five one-day inter-nationals. The first Test starts in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

South Africa Twenty20 squad: F du Plessis (capt), H

Amla, H Davids, Q de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, I Tahir,

R McLaren, D Miller, M Morkel, W Parnell, A Phangiso, D Steyn,

L Tsotsobe, D Wiese.

South Africa recall Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn for T20 series with Pakistan

Jwala thanks well-wishers for standing behind her

Sachin Tendulkar greatest contemporary cricketer: Australian media

Agencies

Elated with Delhi High Court’s order to al-low her to take part in national and international tournaments, top doubles shuttler Jwala Gutta on Friday thanked everyone who stood by her dur-ing the hour of crisis.“I am very happy that the order of the honourable judge was in our favour. Happy that I am allowed to play. My whole life I have done nothing but played badminton. I just hope I continue to do that and bring laurels to the country, and make everyone proud,” said Jwala.Extending her gratitude to her doubles partner Ashwini Ponnappa and her coaches, Jwala said, “I am thankful to Clean Sports India (CSI) who openly lend its support and to Ashwini, who was also go-ing through a lot of stress because it was not only my entry that was withdrawn from the Denmark Open but also hers. So I am really glad that she understood me and stood by me. That makes me really very strong.

“In fact, I want to thank (Banga Beats coach) Vimal Kumar Sir, (coach Syed Mohammad) Arif Sir, all my friends and everyone stood who by me. Even one line messages from them were enough to give me strength to win the battle,” she insist-ed.The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked Bad-minton Association of India (BAI) to allow Jwala to participate in upcoming tournaments till the disci-plinary authority takes a final decision on the issue of her alleged indiscipline.The two upcoming badmin-ton tournaments in which Gutta was to participate were Denmark Open scheduled from October 15 to

20 and French Open from October 22 to 27.The BAI, however, had withdrawn the selection of Jwala and her doubles partner Ashwini Ponnappa from Den-mark Open.The BAI’s disciplinary committee has rec-

ommended a life ban on Jwala for trying to stop some players of her franchise Krrish Delhi Smashers from playing a match against Banga Beats in the Indian Badminton League in August this year.

Sachin Tendulkar's retirement an emotional time for India: Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh said it was an emotional moment for the country when an iconic cricketer like Sachin Tendulkar retires and added that he did not want to see him leave the game At 2.30 pm, Sachin Ten-dulkar called board; They asked, 'Are you sure?'He should have been on cloud nine after smashing a match-winning unbeaten 77 against Australia in the one-off T20 International in his comeback match, but Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh said he had mixed feel-ings as it came on the day Sachin Tendulkar retires from Test cricket.An emotional Yuvraj, who guided India to a six-wicket win over Australia here, dedi-cated his unbeaten innings to Tendulkar who yes-terday announced that he would quit Test cricket after playing his 200th match against the West Indies next month."Well I don't know if I am happy or sad. Happy that I hit the ball and sad day that Sachin is re-tiring. But really happy the way I hit the ball and how I continued to play well since the India A and West Indies A series," Yuvraj said at the post-match press conference."Definitely, I would like to dedicate it to Sachin and hopefully, maybe tell him on the phone as well. That is the least I can do, dedicate this knock to him. I will also like to dedicate this knock to my mother who prayed a lot for my comeback. Everyday she has been praying for me," he said.The 31-year-old batsman, who last played an international match in January, was recalled to the national team after a string of fine performances for India A against West Indies A and a solid display for India Blue in the NKP Salve Challenger Series.

"Yuvi is back my friend," he told the media.Yuvraj said it was an emotional moment for the country when an iconic cricketer like Tendulkar retires

and added that he did not want to see him leave the game.

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