Telugu Desam Party Ministers to quit NDA Cabinet

HYDERABAD | NEW DELHI: YSR Congress Andhra Pradesh s principal opposition party today backed ruling TDP on special category status for the state. The party insisted that TDP move a no-confidence motion in Parliament against Modi government. Earlier Finance minister Arun Jaitley s promise to give monetary equivalent of a special category status to Andhra Pradesh had failed to pacify Telugu Desam Party which announced late on Wednesday that it would withdraw its two ministers from the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government. The announcement was made by Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu after an hour-long meeting with party MPs MLAs and cabinet colleagues. Civil aviation minister A Gajapathi Raju and minister of state for science and technology YS Chowdary will submit resignations to the prime minister on Thursday. Naidu said he had tried to reach out to https://www.free-ebooks.net/profile/872089/ahmed-khan PM Modi to convey his party s decision before publicly announcing it but in vain. We have shown patience for four years. I tried to convince the Centre The Centre is not in a mood to listen he told reporters in Amravati the capital of Andhra. Asked if TDP would sever ties with NDA the TDP supremo said his party will decide the future course of action based on the response from BJP. Naidu said FM Jaitley had given the impression that TDP was asking for too much . FM Jaitley today not only de nied special category status to Andhra Pradesh as promised under the state reorganisation Act but also spoke in a way of insulting and humiliating the state by trying to project as if we were making unjustified demands against national interests said the Andhra CM. Naidu who spoke in the state assembly earlier on Wednesday reiterated the demand for special category status benefits for the state rebutting the central government s claim over implementation of promises made under the state reorganisation Act. He said it was BJP s moral responsibility to fulfil the promises made during the bifurcation of the state. TDP s decision to withdraw ministers could be a last ditch attempt to bargain with the NDA regime at the Centre. It also sends the message to the people of Andhra Pradesh that the party tried its best to wrest special category status for the state but was let down. The TDP announcement comes a year before Andhra Pradesh polls that will be held along with the 2019 general elections. The party was under pressure in the state as rival YSR Congress Party had often alleged that despite being an ally of the ruling BJP at the Centre TDP had failed to get special category status for Andhra. TDP s decision would be a déjà vu for BJP as the southern party had similarly walked out in 2004 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister. BJP s allies have been unhappy with it for the past few months. Shiv Sena has declared that it will contest the next general and state elections without an alliance with the BJP while Shiromani Akali Dal has complained that the saffron party does not respect its allies. Tension had been brewing between TDP and the Modi government for some months. Naidu had made 29 trips to New Delhi before he could have a structured meeting with Modi in January this year. On its part the Centre said it was bound by the 14th Finance Commission directive that no state could be given special category status barring the three hill states and the North-East states. Sources at the Centre also rued that the Naidu government was demanding huge funds for building Amravati and the Polavaram project. Finance Minister Jaitley had held several meetings with Telugu Desam Party ministers but without any result. Earlier on Wednesday evening Jaitley held a press conference in New Delhi emphasising that the Centre was committed to giving monetary equivalent of special category status to Andhra Pradesh where it would bear 90% of the funds for centrally sponsored schemes and also grant other financial benefits to the state.
Telugu Desam Party leader YS Chowdary who resigned from the Union Cabinet on Thursday ruled out the possibility of his outfit breaking away from the National Democratic Alliance despite their differences on granting Andhra Pradesh special category status PTI reported.Chowdary who was the minister of state for science and technology and earth sciences and his TDP colleague Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju resigned from their positions in the Union Cabinet on Thursday. They met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and handed in their resignations on Thursday evening.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday announced that Telugu Desam Party leaders would resign from the Union Cabinet hours after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the state could only get a special package not special category status.Chowdary on Thursday compared the decision to an unfortunate divorce and said the two TDP leaders had to resign from their Cabinet positions because of unavoidable circumstances . He clarified that the party will continue to be part of the NDA but no leader will take up any ministerial position at the Centre. We are stepping down as ministers but our president Chandrababu Naidu has said we will continue to be part of the NDA he told reporters. When they are in responsible positions they will have to balance such things and during the process of balancing they will have to face such situations. Ashok Gajapathi Raju said Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated unscientifically. Those who did it say this even today and it needs corrective action he said. That is what we are requesting now. Aviation Minister and TDP MP Ashok Gajapathi Raju s resignation letter to PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/DXFbagSzWs ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 With 16 MPs in the Lok Sabha the Telugu Desam Party is the NDA s third-largest constituent in the Lower House and its only southern ally.The TDP s decision came after weeks of protests by legislators from Andhra Pradesh demanding special category status for their state. The Budget Session of the Parliament has been repeatedly adjourned over their demand. The lawmakers had also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government of not allocating enough funds for Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget this year.States with special category status are entitled to higher funds from the Centre than other states. Although Andhra Pradesh does not qualify for the additional funds former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had promised five years of special category status to Andhra Pradesh after its bifurcation. Although the BJP had said it would extend the special status to 10 years this has yet to happen.
HYDERABAD: Former minister and Telangana Telugu Desam Party politburo member Motkupalli Narasimhulu has come out openly in favour of an alliance between the T-TDP and the TRS in Telangana for the 2019 polls. Narasimhulu on Friday said N Chandrababu Naidu should tour Telangana to strengthen the T-TDP. He blamed Revanth Reddy for bringing disrepute to Naidu through the infamous cash-for-vote scam. Most of the TDP leaders who were given political life by the party s founder NT Rama Rao are now in TRS. It would be a tribute to NTR if T-TDP allies with TRS he said. tnn
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha failed to transact any legislative business for the fourth consecutive day today as members from parties including NDA ally Telugu Desam Party AIADMK and Trinamool Congress continued their protests on various issues.Members from the TDP AIADMK TRS and TMC trooped into the Well with many holding placards and raising slogans.While the TDP was demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh the AIADMK sought immediate setting up of Cauvery River Management Board.AIADMK members were also seen holding placards of Dravidian movement founder Thanthai Periyar. Members from the TRS were demanding an increase in quota.Amid the noise Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal moved the Supplementary Demands for Grants seeking Parliament nod for additional cash spending of Rs 85 315 crore.As the House met for the day Speaker Sumitra Mahajan extended greetings on International Women s Day being celebrated today and also read out a message.Soon after members from Trinamool Congress Telugu Desam Party TRS YSR Congress and AIADMK trooped into the Well raising slogans.Members from opposition Congress who have been protesting vociferously over the Rs 12 700 crore fraud at PNB were also on their feet.TMC members also continued to press the government to respond on the fraud case in which Letters of Undertaking (LoU) were allegedly fraudulently issued by one branch of PNB to diamantaire Nirav Modi.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar requested the Speaker to continue with the Question Hour. We are ready to discuss irregularities in the banking (sector) the minister said.Under Rule 193 a discussion on alleged systemic irregularities in banking sector over the years and its impact on Indian economy was scheduled for today in the House.As the protests continued Ms Mahajan adjourned the proceedings till noon and thereafter for the entire day.TDP leader and Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju was not present in the House even though it was the question day of the ministry. However Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha was present. CommentsDisappointed over the Centre not granting special status to Andhra Pradesh the TDP had late last night announced that the party s two ministers -- Raju and YS Chowdary -- would resign from the central government.The protesting members were wearing stoles of their party colours. While TDP members were sporting yellow stoles and T- shirts with picture of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu those from TRS donned pink scarves. AIADMK members were wearing stoles in hues of white black and red.
In the politicking around the Punjab National Bank fraud allegedly perpetrated by the billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi essential details have become muddled. The barrage of often-contradictory articles about raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate and recovery of the jeweller s assets has not helped. With the Narendra Modi government s attempts to blame everyone but itself nobody is any wiser about to what is being done if anything to contain the damage to India s banking system. The central characters in the unfolding tragicomedy meanwhile are playing cat-and-mouse. While Nirav Modi reported to be living it up in New York after fleeing India has all but refused to return his loans estimated at Rs 11 400 crore the PNB has accused him of laundering money and directed him to come up with a repayment plan . (What it could possibly do if he does not oblige is not known.)Here then cutting through the noise is a primer on the fraud and what is being done about it. What s the PNB fraud?On Valentine s Day the PNB informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it had detected fraudulent and unauthorised transactions amounting to Rs 11 400 crore at its Brady House branch in Mumbai. The share price of the country s second-largest public sector bank immediately plunged 9.81% dragging down shares of other public banks as well. Over the following week PNB s shares fell 28%.The fraudulent transactions involved PNB officials handing out Letters of Undertaking to companies associated with Nirav Modi allowing him to access massive foreign exchange loans that were completely unsecured.What has the government done about it?On January 28 the PNB had complained to the CBI about the fraud. The agency in turn approached Interpol to issue a notice for locating Nirav Modi his wife Ami brother Nishal and uncle Mehul Choksi all of whom had left India early in January. Soon after the Indian government suspended the passports of Nirav Modi and Choksi. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not spoken about the fraud Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sought to pass the buck. A question for managements itself is whether they were found lacking? And on the face of it the answer seems to be yes they were he was quoted as saying by The Economic Times. They were also found lacking in being able to check who among them was a delinquent. Speaking at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Association of Development Financing Institutions In Asia and the Pacific on February 20 Jaitley asked What were the bank s auditors doing? If both internal and external auditors have looked the other way and failed to detect the fraud then chartered accountants must introspect. It was left to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to publicly articulate the government s position. She tried to throw the fraud at the Opposition s door by suggesting the wife of Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi was a shareholder in a realty firm that had leased premises to a company associated with Nirav Modi.Curiously the government has opposed petitions in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored enquiry by a Special Investigation Team into the fraud. Attorney General KK Venugopal argued that an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation was already underway so there was no need for another one. The court directed the government to file a reply and adjourned the matter to March 16. Indeed the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate have been quite active raiding properties associated with Nirav Modi and Choksi sealing stores and seizing everything from luxury cars to boxfuls of imported watches. There were reports of the agencies recovering Rs 5 100-crore worth of Nirav Modi s assets but they appeared to be of doubtful veracity.The CBI has booked Nirav Modi for fraud and arrested five officials of companies associated with him and Choksi Vipul Ambani and Arjun Patil of Firestar International Kapil Khandelwal of Nakshatra Group Niten Shahi of Gitanjali Gems and Kavita Mankikar the authorised signatory of three companies accused of fraud. It has also arrested three PNB officials Gokulnath Shetty a deputy manager at Brady House branch Manoj Kharat who operated the SWIFT financial messaging system and Rakesh Jindal head of the bank s Brady House branch from 2009 to 2011 and currently general manager of credit at the bank s head office in Delhi. They had issued Letters of Undertaking without getting proper approvals and without making entries in the core banking system the software used to support a bank s most common transactions and which acts as a record keeper Mint reported quoting the PNB s complaint.On Friday the Enforcement Directorate issued fresh summons to both Nirav Modi and Choksi asking them to appear before it on February 26. Replying to an earlier summons Nirav Modi had informed the agency he could not appear before it because his passport had been suspended reported PTI. What has the PNB done?In a letter to the PNB on February 15 a day after the bank acknowledged the fraud publicly Nirav Modi claimed the bank s overzealousness had hampered his ability to clear his dues. The erroneously cited liability resulted in a media frenzy which led to immediate search and seizure of operations which in turn resulted in Firestar International and Firestar Diamond International effectively ceasing to be going-concerns he wrote according to PTI. This thereby jeopardised our ability to discharge the dues of the group to the banks. Replying to the letter on Thursday PNB accused Nirav Modi of laundering money. You were getting LoUs issued illegally and in an unauthorised way through few bank officials The Economic Times quoted the bank as having written. At no stage such facilities were extended by our bank to the three partner firms. When these illegal activities surfaced they pointed out towards apparent violation of FEMA and money laundering aspect. It also asked Nirav Modi to come up with a plan to return the money. Your commitment and undertaking for sparing of the total liability was not backed by providing upfront amounts and timelines the bank said in its letter NDTV reported quoting PTI. However should you have any concrete and implementable plan do revert. Separately in a clarification to stock exchanges the bank claimed it had followed all lawful avenues available to us as per law of land to recover our dues .The bank has now appointed the auditor Pricewaterhouse Coopers to investigate the alleged fraud The Economic Times reported asking it to collect evidence against Nirav Modi and quantify the bank s losses from the alleged fraud.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Thursday for the fourth day in a row as members of the Telugu Desam Party an ally of the National Democratic Alliance continued to disrupt proceedings over their demand for special status for Andhra Pradesh. The Lok Sabha was adjourned at noon after protests by the TDP members and by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MPs from Tamil Nadu calling for a Cauvery management board to be set up.The Rajya Sabha was first adjourned till 2 pm. It reconvened only to be adjourned soon after amid sloganeering and protests. However unlike the Lower House the Rajya Sabha managed to have a one-hour discussion with members speaking about the achievements of women in India and ways to ensure their development on the occasion of International Women s Day. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad remarked that it was nice to see the House cutting across party lines for the discussion. However the discussion did not lead to any concrete plans.In the Lok Sabha Telugu Desam Party legislators stormed the Well of the House waving placards and shouting slogans. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananthkumar requested the Speaker to continue with Question Hour even as protests continued in the Lower House. We are ready to discuss irregularities in banking sector he said. However when the commotion continued Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the proceedings till 12 pm. When the House reconvened the uproar continued and the session was adjourned for the day. The demand for special status for Andhra Pradesh also prompted YSR Congress MPs to protest outside Parliament. Meanwhile AIADMK legislators staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi s statue inside Parliament premises demanding the formation of the Cauvery management board.Delhi: TDP MPs protest inside Parliament premises over special category status to Andhra Pradesh pic.twitter.com/tKNTOyPq9f ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 Delhi: YSR Congress MPs protest outside Parliament over special category status to #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/GqZE9wVeP2 ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 Delhi: AIADMK MPs stage protest in front of Mahatama Gandhi statue inside Parliament premises over #Cauvery issue (formation of Cauvery management board) pic.twitter.com/PDrLyEttw6 ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 Broken alliance?On Wednesday Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the Telugu Desam Party has asked its legislators to resign from the Union Cabinet. The Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to reach out to the TDP on the special category status issue the chief minister said adding that the party will take a decision on the alliance soon. On Thursday afternoon two TDP MPs Union aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju and YS Chowdary met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and handed over their resignations. The TDP however said it will decide soon whether it will leave the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
14:02 (IST) Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day
New Delhi: HighlightsBJP s alliance troubles are threatening to spread to Bihar JDU now mirroring Andhra Pradesh s demand for special status Earlier the Bihar chief minister had also sat on a protest in Patna The BJP s alliance troubles are threatening to spread to Bihar with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar s party mirroring Andhra Pradesh s demand for special status.Two ministers of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are set to quit the central government and two BJP ministers have already left the Naidu government.Now Nitish Kumar s Janata Dal United has pressed for special status which ensures a vast infusion of central funds into a state. Bihar cannot progress without special status. We support Andhra Pradesh s demand. Today Andhra Pradesh is at the same place where Bihar was after its bifurcation. All the resources have gone to Telangana said Janata Dal United leader KC Tyagi.Nitish Kumar has repeatedly demanded special status for Bihar and has also appealed directly to Prime Minister Narendra https://journals.fotki.com/kkflipkart/flipkart-offers/ Modi. Even after achieving double digit growth rate during the last many years we are still behind the national average on major developmental parameters - poverty line per capita income industrialisation and social and physical infrastructure the Chief Minister wrote in a letter to the PM in May last year.Earlier the Chief Minister had also sat on a five-hour protest in Patna.In July Nitish Kumar dramatically walked out of the grand alliance with Lalu Yadav s RJD and the Congress and reunited with his party s 17-year-old partner BJP. Since then he has often talked about special status for his state. CommentsSpeaking on the demand by team Nitish Kumar Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan who is also from Bihar said: Nitish Kumar s government has been demanding special status for Bihar for long and we ve got a special package which is monetarily as beneficial as special status. But despite this some people aren t satisfied and to them I will just say that India can only grow in NDA s regime. Last evening Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said the Centre was happy to give Andhra Pradesh funds but special category status as demanded by Mr Naidu was not possible.

Andhra Pradesh special status row: Chandrababu Naidu takes calculated risk, TDP quits Centre but not NDA

TDP locating itself in right national political context was critical for 2014 mandate. This was the time when people of the state strongly felt that they needed Centre s handholding. At a time when the Narendra Modi wave was sweeping the nation Chandrababu Naidu joining NDA made perfect political sense for TDP. But now Naidu took a calculated political risk by pulling his ministers out of the NDA government. He cannot join the Congress initiated grand opposition alliance as he accused the party to be the villain of bifurcation. Third Front is colourless shapeless odourless and tasteless. How will Naidu construct his national political context in 2019 is a test for his political sagacity. File photo of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu. https://kkmyntra.livejournal.com/profile AFP In 2014 the circumstances and the manner in which the state was divided created a sense of helplessness among the people of Seemandhra who now constitute the state of Andhra Pradesh. The building of infrastructure in the new state and setting up of a new capital city dominated the political discourse. This was the context in which elections were held in the Seemandhra region in 2014. This author in his article Chandrababu Naidu s Comeback in Economic and Political Weekly 12 July 2014 wrote The Modi Factor: The sense of helplessness strongly instilled in the Seemandhra electorate in turn also generated a feeling that the residual state of Andhra Pradesh desperately needed help from the central government... Chandrababu Naidu demonstrated consummate political skills by arriving at an early understanding with the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and converted the threat into an opportunity. The strong Modi sentiment evident across the country convinced the average voter in the Seemandhra region that Chandrababu Naidu could form a part of winning combination at the centre and could deliver for the truncated state without a capital. The Modi factor thus helped Chandrababu Naidu to further galvanise his campaign. The TDP won the mandate in 2014 by a slender margin of over six lakh votes or 2.06 percent. Thus the Modi factor has certainly helped the TDP to reap the mandate. Perhaps this statistical account might have emboldened the BJP to take TDP s support for granted. In fact the possible political fall out of estrangement with BJP was the principal reason for Naidu s hesitation to quit NDA. Even now he left a window for the BJP to respond by pulling out ministers but not quitting the NDA formally. This is an attempt to create an impression among the electorate that Naidu left no stone unturned to convince the BJP-led Central government to help the state. But the BJP calculations are misplaced. Politics do not follow arithmetic. Politics resemble chemistry more than maths. Numbers in elections need not necessarily follow a linear progression or regression. In fact analysing the 2014 mandate this author said in Chandrababu Naidu s Comeback Economic and Political Weekly 12 July 2014 ... it is wrong to conclude that Chandrababu Naidu could ride to success only due to the Modi factor. This was evident from the fact that TDP performed well even in the elections to the local bodies much before an alliance with BJP was formalised and before popular film actor Pawan Kalyan joined the TDP-BJP bandwagon. More recently the TDP won a massive mandate in Nandyal by-elections even after keeping BJP almost aloof. Thus the TDP might have come to a conclusion that divorcing BJP would not be counterproductive for TDP given the fact that the saffron party hardly has any popular base in this state. The Hindi-Hindu political narrative of BJP is unpalatable for Telugus of this region that never saw any large scale politico-religious mobilisation. There is no popular leader in the state BJP who can convince the electorate that the Modi government did what it could do for the people of Andhra Pradesh. More than the urge of Centre s handholding an emotional sense of being let down sweeps the state of Andhra Pradesh today. While the Congress was the target of Seemandhra people s anger in 2014 due to what they believed to be an arbitrary bifurcation the BJP is now considered as a party that reneged on its promises as the party has little or no political stakes in Andhra Pradesh. The manner in which the special status discourse was crafted in the recent past and the sentiment was nurtured by the political parties with a competitive spirit it becomes rather suicidal for the YSR Congress to have any pre-poll alliance with the BJP thus benefitting TDP electorally. Pawan Kalyan s Jansena is most likely to ally with the TDP that shall compensate to an extent the loss of BJP vote. Though Jansena supported TDP-BJP combine in 2014 without contesting the party will now be in the electoral fray. Surveys conducted by respective political parties in the state reveal a surge in support for Congress in the parliamentary seats. But the people are not ready to forgive and forget the Congress in the Assembly elections. The Congress promising special status if voted to power in 2019 and the BJP s blunt denial of the same might be the reason for this change in the people s mood. But this contradictory perception among electorate towards Congress makes any electoral prediction for the party uncertain. Even the TDP cannot so easily arrive at any pre-poll understanding with Congress as the latter is still portrayed and perceived as the villain of bifurcation. Thus the state will certainly witness multi-cornered contest and the TDP leadership is pretty confident that it could win the mandate even without the support of BJP in such a contest. The sliding fortunes of BJP in the states where it is in power like Rajasthan further strengthen the belief in the TDP circles. Now Naidu would aggressively sell the hurt pride of Telugu people and the regional sentiment. Thus though the TDP does not have a perfect national political context available for 2019 Naidu a veteran of many poll battles has come to an understanding that the party has no choice except to distance itself from the NDA. And henceforth the calculated risk he took in doing so. The writer is former MLC in Telangana former editor The Hans India and Professor Journalism Osmania University.
Andhra Pradesh government today presented a Rs 1.91-lakh-crore budget with a projected revenue surplus of Rs 5 235 crore for financial year 2018-19 vowing to make every citizen in this state a happy person . The budget estimates entail an overall increase of around 21.69 per cent over Rs 1.56 lakh crore in 2017-18. Presenting his last full budget in the election year finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the state s fiscal deficit was expected to touch Rs 24 205 crore which would be over Rs 3 000 crore less than 2017-18. He also said that the per capita income of the state rose to Rs 1 42 054 in 2017-18 from Rs 1 23 664 in 2016-17 registering a jump of 14.87 per cent. General education got the lion s share in the latest budget with an allocation of Rs 24 185 crore followed by rural development with Rs 20 815 crore. While a total of Rs 13 722 crore has been earmarked for welfare schemes an increase of 20.78 per cent irrigation got Rs 16 978 crore and agriculture and allied services were allotted Rs 12 355 crore. Substantial increases were made in allocations to different departments and specific schemes as the state faces general elections in April next year. In 2018-19 I propose a revenue expenditure of Rs 1.50 lakh crore (increase of 19.35 per cent) and a capital expenditure of Rs 28 678 crore (increase of 30.60 per cent) including Rs 9 351 crore towards principal repayment of public debt the finance minister told the Legislative Assembly. The state s fiscal deficit that was estimated to be 3.48 per cent of the gross state domestic product in 2017-18 was expected to come down to 2.78 per cent in the next fiscal. We are at the crossroads of development and deficit perpetuated by the increasing indifference of the Central government in extending our entitlements as per the AP Reorganisation Act 2014 and the assurances made by the then Prime Minister on the floor of Rajya Sabha (in February 2014). Our government has approached the situation with a clear vision and meticulous execution. We moved from despair to hope disillusionment to confidence and deprivation to growth Yanamala pointed out. The minister said the government is striving hard to ensure that all assurances are fulfilled and the state comes on a level-playing field with its neighbouring states. The state government s commitment to withstand difficulties and come out with specific growth strategies has started yielding fruitful results with double digit inclusive growth strategy he said. During 2016-17 also the state continued its double digit growth trajectory by achieving 11.01 per cent against all-India growth rate of 7.1 per cent he pointed out. The government has recognised that maintaining an impressive economic growth rate is imperative for sustained development leading to a happy society. The budget proposals are in the direction of making every citizen in the state a happy person Yanamala remarked. A happy state is to be built on the pillars of sustainable and equitable socio economic development environment conservation preservation and promotion of culture and last but not the least good governance. AP is the only state that has the power and knowledge to create an ecosystem of knowledge economy that is innovative and futuristic the finance minister summed up. DBV SS SS SDM
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh government today presented a Rs 1.91-lakh-crore budget with a projected revenue surplus of Rs 5 235 crore for financial year 2018-19 vowing to make every citizen in this state a happy person .The budget estimates entail an overall increase of around 21.69 per cent over Rs 1.56 lakh crore in 2017-18.Presenting his last full budget in the election year finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the state s fiscal deficit was expected to touch Rs 24 205 crore which would be over Rs 3 000 crore less than 2017-18.He also said that the per capita income of the state rose to Rs 1 42 054 in 2017-18 from Rs 1 23 664 in 2016-17 registering a jump of 14.87 per cent.General education got the lion s share in the latest budget with an allocation of Rs 24 185 crore followed by rural development with Rs 20 815 crore.While a total of Rs 13 722 crore has been earmarked for welfare schemes an increase of 20.78 per cent irrigation got Rs 16 978 crore and agriculture and allied services were allotted Rs 12 355 crore.Substantial increases were made in allocations to different departments and specific schemes as the state faces general elections in April next year. In 2018-19 I propose a revenue expenditure of Rs 1.50 lakh crore (increase of 19.35 per cent) and a capital expenditure of Rs 28 678 crore (increase of 30.60 per cent) including Rs 9 351 crore towards principal repayment of public debt the finance minister told the Legislative Assembly.The state s fiscal deficit that was estimated to be 3.48 per cent of the gross state domestic product in 2017-18 was expected to come down to 2.78 per cent in the next fiscal. We are at the crossroads of development and deficit perpetuated by the increasing indifference of the Central government in extending our entitlements as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 and the assurances made by the then Prime Minister on the floor of Rajya Sabha (in February 2014).Our government has approached the situation with a clear vision and meticulous execution.We moved from despair to hope disillusionment to confidence and deprivation to growth Mr Yanamala pointed out.The minister said the government is striving hard to ensure that all assurances are fulfilled and the state comes on a level-playing field with its neighbouring states. The state government s commitment to withstand difficulties and come out with specific growth strategies has started yielding fruitful results with double digit inclusive growth strategy he said.During 2016-17 also the state continued its double digit growth trajectory by achieving 11.01 per cent against all-India growth rate of 7.1 per cent he pointed out. The government has recognised that maintaining an impressive economic growth rate is imperative for sustained development leading to a happy society.The budget proposals are in the direction of making every citizen in the state a happy person Mr Yanamala remarked. Comments A happy state is to be built on the pillars of sustainable and equitable socio-economic development environment conservation preservation and promotion of culture and last but not the least good governance.Andhra Pradesh is the only state that has the power and knowledge to create an ecosystem of knowledge economy that is innovative and futuristic the finance minister summed up.
The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday presented a Rs 1.91 lakh crore Budget with a projected revenue surplus of Rs 5 235 crore for the 2018- 19 financial year PTI reported. The state promised that the Budget would make every citizen of Andhra Pradesh a happy person .The 2017- 18 budget had an expenditure outlay of Rs 1.56 lakh crore. State Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu presenting his last full Budget before the 2019 Assembly elections said the fiscal deficit would touch Rs 24 205 crore more than Rs 3 000 crore less than in 2017- 18.The fiscal deficit was estimated to be 3.48% of the state s Gross Domestic Product in 2017- 18 and is expected to reduce to 2.78% in the next financial year.In the 2018- 19 Budget Rs 24 185 crore the most for any sector has been allocated to education and Rs 20 815 crore to rural development. A sum of Rs 13 722 crore has been earmarked for welfare schemes an increase of over 20% and Rs 16 978 crore for irrigation and Rs 12 355 crore for agriculture and allied services. We are at the crossroads of development and deficit perpetuated by the increasing indifference of the Central government in extending our entitlements as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and the assurances made by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Ramakrishnudu asserted while presenting the Budget. On Wednesday Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu announced that the two Telugu Desam Party MPs serving as Union Cabinet ministers would pull out after the Centre did not agree to Andhra Pradesh s demands to be given special status.Ramakrishnudu said the state government was striving hard to ensure that all assurances to the people were fulfilled and that Andhra Pradesh achieves a level-playing field with other states.
When Gauri was twelve years old her mother s truck driver partner tried to rape her. The horrified girl managed to escape by finding shelter in a neighbour s house. When her mother Ratna amma a sex worker by profession heard of this incident she decided to move her daughter out of the house. She chose to do so because she realised she could not throw her partner out of the house since he protected her from her often violent and drunk clients. The question before her was where she could move her daughter given that her parents had refused to take care of her? Being a member of the community-based organisation Ushodoya being run by sex workers in Kalyandurg in the district of Anantapur she consulted the office-bearers who advised her to get her daughter admitted into a Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) a free residential school that provided a safe nurturing environment for girls. The school principal informed Ratna amma that admissions had closed in March and she would have to wait another nine months before admissions reopened. The crestfallen mother would have accepted the answer but members of Ushodoya put so much pressure on the principal that she finally had to relent. The girl has never looked back. Not only did she do well in her class twelve board exams but she has gone on to study in a residential government college being run in Anantapur. Representational image. Reuters Ravi Kiran senior project associate working with Centre For Advocacy and Research (CFAR) has played a key role in helping to organise these women and has remained in touch with this student over the years. Meeting this student who is presently in her second year of college was an extremely moving experience. The girl who was extremely candid in her views told this reporter I have never gone home since that day nine years ago. My mother does not think it is safe for me to come home. She comes to meet me in school and during our vacations the school organises summer camps for us so we get a chance to travel around. I have been living in a hostel first in school and now in college for the last nine years she said. The KGBV s are run in every mandal in Andhra Pradesh. The teaching is done in English and since they cater to girls from deprived socio-economic backgrounds the state government has ensured they are linked to good colleges in order to ensure a system of automatic admission for these students. What would she like to do after she completes her college education? I would like to get a job so I can ensure my mother no longer has to do sex work she said a faint smile spreading across her face. Another young girl from a similar background has ensured just that. The daughter of Gauri amma was admitted to the KGBV because the mother saw that many of her clients had begun to eye her daughter in a lascivious manner. This is the biggest problem we face. After our girls become eight to nine years old it is very difficult to keep them in our homes for fear that they will be molested. It is for this reason that the KGBV s are a boon for us. Our daughters get a chance to study and grow up in a happy environment said Gauri amma. Ever since Gauri amma s daughter Avantika (name changed) was admitted into the KGBV in Anantapur her teachers found that she was good at embroidery and stitching. She was encouraged to learn tailoring along with her studies and after completing her studies she received training in garment making. To Gauri amma s delight Avantika has managed to get a job in a garment making factory in Bengaluru and is presently living there. Rishi Kant is in touch with her. During the course of a telephonic interview she admitted that she had been fortunate to have discovered her ouvre as a garment cutter and hoped to move up in her profession so that her mother and brother could move in with her in Bengaluru. Not all the girls are so lucky. A large number of girls of sex workers do end up being molested and raped and several sex workers admit they have sometimes to deal with the problem of teenage pregnancies with their daughters. Asha a former treasurer of Ushodoya describes how recently the organisation had to deal with a case of a young girl who had been molested by a client. The girl was left traumatised and it took many months of counselling for her to come to terms with what had happened. Even though we got her admitted to a KGBV in Hyderabad she retreated into a shell and it took a long time for her to come to terms with the situation said Asha. The fact that their mothers are all members of CBOs and are also running a NGO has given the sex workers a new standing in society. This has helped the daughters see their mothers in a new light. Asha said People in all the neighbouring districts have heard about us and have begun to contact us for their problems. This has given us a new status. Recently we were in search of a new office and we were short of funds. The local police officials and our local MLA were the first to come forward and donate money to us. Other sex workers vouch for how their training as para legal volunteers has ensured that the district authorities use them for their outreach programs. Recently the social audit director visited Kalyandurg and asked them to do an audit of the MNREGA and pension schemes to ensure there was no misuse of funds. Rohini amma another office bearer at Ushodoya said We recently conducted an assessment of the pension scheme and found several rich farmers accessing the pension. Farmers with over 7 acres of land are not entitled to avail of pension. One family had illegally received Rs 48 000 and that was immediately stopped. The sex workers are also assisting in stopping child marriages dowry deaths and also in helping resolve cases of domestic violence. They receive Rs 250 for every case they report to the district authorities. Before any audit is undertaken we are given a list of the beneficiaries which we need to check in order to find out whether payments match the number of days the individual has worked under MNREGA she added. Sex workers in Kadiri have conducted an informal survey on the number of sex workers operating in their district. This has also helped them draw up a list of the number of girls that need admission in the KGBV and in SOS schools operating in that region. Very recently the members of Ushodoya had a new kind of case to deal with. An eight-year-old girl was forced out of school by her maternal uncle so that she could baby sit his two children. Asha amma said The girl s mother is a devadasi and was scared to make a complaint. We took up the matter and got the girl admitted to an SOS school in Tirupati thanks to the intervention of the local MLA and police. At least now we know that the girl will lead a better life now. She will get a chance to study and play and not be subject to the kind of sexual exploitation we faced when we were young.
14:02 (IST) Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day
In the politicking around the Punjab National Bank fraud allegedly perpetrated by the billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi essential details have become muddled. The barrage of often-contradictory articles about raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate and recovery of the jeweller s assets has not helped. With the Narendra Modi government s attempts to blame everyone but itself nobody is any wiser about to what is being done if anything to contain the damage to India s banking system. The central characters in the unfolding tragicomedy meanwhile are playing cat-and-mouse. While Nirav Modi reported to be living it up in New York after fleeing India has all but refused to return his loans estimated at Rs 11 400 crore the PNB has accused him of laundering money and directed him to come up with a repayment plan . (What it could possibly do if he does not oblige is not known.)Here then cutting through the noise is a primer on the fraud and what is being done about it. What s the PNB fraud?On Valentine s Day the PNB informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it had detected fraudulent and unauthorised transactions amounting to Rs 11 400 crore at its Brady House branch in Mumbai. The share price of the country s second-largest public sector bank immediately plunged 9.81% dragging down shares of other public banks as well. Over the following week PNB s shares fell 28%.The fraudulent transactions involved PNB officials handing out Letters of Undertaking to companies associated with Nirav Modi allowing him to access massive foreign exchange loans that were completely unsecured.What has the government done about it?On January 28 the PNB had complained to the CBI about the fraud. The agency in turn approached Interpol to issue a notice for locating Nirav Modi his wife Ami brother Nishal and uncle Mehul Choksi all of whom had left India early in January. Soon after the Indian government suspended the passports of Nirav Modi and Choksi. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not spoken about the fraud Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sought to pass the buck. A question for managements itself is whether they were found lacking? And on the face of it the answer seems to be yes they were he was quoted as saying by The Economic Times. They were also found lacking in being able to check who among them was a delinquent. Speaking at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Association of Development Financing Institutions In Asia and the Pacific on February 20 Jaitley asked What were the bank s auditors doing? If both internal and external auditors have looked the other way and failed to detect the fraud then chartered accountants must introspect. It was left to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to publicly articulate the government s position. She tried to throw the fraud at the Opposition s door by suggesting the wife of Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi was a shareholder in a realty firm that had leased premises to a company associated with Nirav Modi.Curiously the government has opposed petitions in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored enquiry by a Special Investigation Team into the fraud. Attorney General KK Venugopal argued that an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation was already underway so there was no need for another one. The court directed the government to file a reply and adjourned the matter to March 16. Indeed the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate have been quite active raiding properties associated with Nirav Modi and Choksi sealing stores and seizing everything from luxury cars to boxfuls of imported watches. There were reports of the agencies recovering Rs 5 100-crore worth of Nirav Modi s assets but they appeared to be of doubtful veracity.The CBI has booked Nirav Modi for fraud and arrested five officials of companies associated with him and Choksi Vipul Ambani and Arjun Patil of Firestar International Kapil Khandelwal of Nakshatra Group Niten Shahi of Gitanjali Gems and Kavita Mankikar the authorised signatory of three companies accused of fraud. It has also arrested three PNB officials Gokulnath Shetty a deputy manager at Brady House branch Manoj Kharat who operated the SWIFT financial messaging system and Rakesh Jindal head of the bank s Brady House branch from 2009 to 2011 and currently general manager of credit at the bank s head office in Delhi. They had issued Letters of Undertaking without getting proper approvals and without making entries in the core banking system the software used to support a bank s most common transactions and which acts as a record keeper Mint reported quoting the PNB s complaint.On Friday the Enforcement Directorate issued fresh summons to both Nirav Modi and Choksi asking them to appear before it on February 26. Replying to an earlier summons Nirav Modi had informed the agency he could not appear before it because his passport had been suspended reported PTI. What has the PNB done?In a letter to the PNB on February 15 a day after the bank acknowledged the fraud publicly Nirav Modi claimed the bank s overzealousness had hampered his ability to clear his dues. The erroneously cited liability resulted in a media frenzy which led to immediate search and seizure of operations which in turn resulted in Firestar International and Firestar Diamond International effectively ceasing to be going-concerns he wrote according to PTI. This thereby jeopardised our ability to discharge the dues of the group to the banks. Replying to the letter on Thursday PNB accused Nirav Modi of laundering money. You were getting LoUs issued illegally and in an unauthorised way through few bank officials The Economic Times quoted the bank as having written. At no stage such facilities were extended by our bank to the three partner firms. When these illegal activities surfaced they pointed out towards apparent violation of FEMA and money laundering aspect. It also asked Nirav Modi to come up with a plan to return the money. Your commitment and undertaking for sparing of the total liability was not backed by providing upfront amounts and timelines the bank said in its letter NDTV reported quoting PTI. However should you have any concrete and implementable plan do revert. Separately in a clarification to stock exchanges the bank claimed it had followed all lawful avenues available to us as per law of land to recover our dues .The bank has now appointed the auditor Pricewaterhouse Coopers to investigate the alleged fraud The Economic Times reported asking it to collect evidence against Nirav Modi and quantify the bank s losses from the alleged fraud.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Thursday for the fourth day in a row as members of the Telugu Desam Party an ally of the National Democratic Alliance continued to disrupt proceedings over their demand for special status for Andhra Pradesh. The Lok Sabha was adjourned at noon after protests by the TDP members and by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MPs from Tamil Nadu calling for a Cauvery management board to be set up.The Rajya Sabha was first adjourned till 2 pm. It reconvened only to be adjourned soon after amid sloganeering and protests. However unlike the Lower House the Rajya Sabha managed to have a one-hour discussion with members speaking about the achievements of women in India and ways to ensure their development on the occasion of International Women s Day. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad remarked that it was nice to see the House cutting across party lines for the discussion. However the discussion did not lead to any concrete plans.In the Lok Sabha Telugu Desam Party legislators stormed the Well of the House waving placards and shouting slogans. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananthkumar requested the Speaker to continue with Question Hour even as protests continued in the Lower House. We are ready to discuss irregularities in banking sector he said. However when the commotion continued Speaker Sumitra https://issuu.com/kkamazon Mahajan adjourned the proceedings till 12 pm. When the House reconvened the uproar continued and the session was adjourned for the day. The demand for special status for Andhra Pradesh also prompted YSR Congress MPs to protest outside Parliament. Meanwhile AIADMK legislators staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi s statue inside Parliament premises demanding the formation of the Cauvery management board.Delhi: TDP MPs protest inside Parliament premises over special category status to Andhra Pradesh pic.twitter.com/tKNTOyPq9f ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 Delhi: YSR Congress MPs protest outside Parliament over special category status to #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/GqZE9wVeP2 ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 Delhi: AIADMK MPs stage protest in front of Mahatama Gandhi statue inside Parliament premises over #Cauvery issue (formation of Cauvery management board) pic.twitter.com/PDrLyEttw6 ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 Broken alliance?On Wednesday Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the Telugu Desam Party has asked its legislators to resign from the Union Cabinet. The Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to reach out to the TDP on the special category status issue the chief minister said adding that the party will take a decision on the alliance soon. On Thursday afternoon two TDP MPs Union aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju and YS Chowdary met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and handed over their resignations. The TDP however said it will decide soon whether it will leave the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

Four Army Personnel Dead in Pakistani Firing in J&K's Rajouri District

Written by Arun Sharma Sushant Singh | Jammu | Updated: February 5 2018 1:01 pm Earlier in the day a 15-year-old girl was injured after Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling (File Photo) An Army Captain and three jawans were killed in a ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber Gali sector of Rajouri district on Sunday afternoon. Army sources said the Pakistani troops used indirect firing weapons of higher calibre which means either anti-tank missiles or artillery guns. The use of small arms sources said would not lead to such high casualties. The dead officer and jawans of 15 JAKLI Battalion of 25 Infantry Division have been identified as Captain Kapil Kundu 23 of Ransika village in Pataudi tehsil of Haryana Havildar Roshan Lal 43 of Samba district in J&K Rifleman Ram Avtar 28 of Baraka village in Gwalior and Rifleman Shubam Singh 23 of Kathua district in J&K. ALSO READ: J-K: Teen girl injured as Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Poonch According to Army sources the incident occurred at around 3.30 pm. A jawan Lance Naik Iqbal Ahmed and a BSF Sub-Inspector were also injured in the heavy mortar shelling https://kkmobik.wordpress.com/ from across the border. Sources said another soldier was injured along the LoC in Shahpur area of Poonch district. Two children Gulnaz Begum 15 and Yasir Arif 6 were also injured in Poonch district. According to sources the shelling on Sunday started in Shahpur area of Poonch district around 11.15 am spreading to Balakote sector in Mendhar and Manjakote in Rajouri district by 3.30 pm. An Army spokesperson said the Indian troops were retaliating strongly and effectively inflicting heavy damage on Pakistani posts . The martyrdom of Indian Army soldiers will not go in vain and the Pakistani Army will be given a befitting response the spokesperson said. Ceasefire violations are at an all-time high this year. According to sources there have been over 160 ceasefire violations along the LoC since the beginning of the year. There were 860 ceasefire violations along the LoC last year including 147 in December. There were 271 ceasefire violations in 2016 a climbdown from 387 violations in 2015. RELATED REPORT: Rajnath Singh: India will meet one Pakistani bullet with countless bullets The shelling on Sunday came days after BSF personnel foiled an infiltration bid in Samba district on Thursday night. Meanwhile all the 84 schools in the border areas from Subderbani to Manjakote in Rajouri district have been closed for the next three days. Expressing grief over the death of soldiers Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti conveyed her condolences to their families. In the past infiltration during the snow-bound winter months has remained low. Consequently there are fewer ceasefire violations which are used by the Pakistani Army to provide covering fire to infiltrating groups of militants. But this year the snowfall has been among the lowest ever. The Indian Army has also been proactive in targeting Pakistani Army posts which act as launching pads for militants. This has led to a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations and in the calibre of weapons used by both sides. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Tags: Pakistan ceasefire violation Michelle:: Vedic::humanFeb 5 2018 at 12:36 pmFilthy --Bible quotes:--Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters--brothers and sisters married and had S-E-X with each other--as they obeyed God s command to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth Adam lived to age 930 so he could have had hundreds of sons and daughters. Many sons married their own sisters and other sons married nieces or gra-nd-nieces to begin filling the earth. How else could two people carry out God s command Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth If brothers had not married sisters mankind would have died out in one generation -I am against you declares the LORD Almighty. I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame ------NA 3:5---Genesis 1:27-28 Jai hind.(2)(15) Reply Michelle:: Vedic::humanFeb 5 2018 at 12:35 pmThe prophet Muhammad practiced THIGHING on his child bride According to the fatwa prophet Muhammad could not have s-e-x with his fiancée Aisha when she was six due to her small size and age the fatwa said that at age six he would put his p-e-n-is between her thighs and massage it gently because he did not want to harm her. Imagine a man of fifty-one removing the clothes of a six-year-old girl and slipping his erect p-e-n-is between her thighs rubbing her until he ejaculated and his se-m-en ran down her thighs. To this day this is considered a benevolent act on the part of the adult male not wanting to harm her. What harm could be inflicted upon a young girl mentally and emotionally a grown man showing his p-e-n-is and stripping off her clothes and rubbing his male organ between her legs? ---Sahih al Bukhari book 62 Hadith no.89 --Fatwa 31409 --Jai hind.(3)(1) Reply Michelle:: Vedic::humanFeb 5 2018 at 12:32 pmRYAN BUSTER---it s heartening to see ----When MULLASS MUZZIES and VETI-C-U--Nts invaded India ---instead of fighting back the invaders --your great g-r-a-n-D mother was the first who bent over and spreaded her BUNG-H0LE and got her A-S-S H0LE poked and BUSTERED ---than out came your G-R-A-Nd mother than out came your mother than out came you a product of a rape child --today you are licking the CELIBATE G-A-Y-KING RA-H0LEs lollypop who is half MULLASS MUZZIE and half VETI-C-U-Nt --the descendant of the same invaders who tormented your ancestors ----and you were named by your mother as RYAN BUSTER because of your great G-r-a-n-d mothers bung-h0le--BUSTERED REAR ----Jai hind(4)(3) Reply DDillip PatnaikFeb 5 2018 at 11:55 amIt is time for PM and DM to resign. India needs strong diligent leadership.(10)(2) Reply Ryan:Hindu Terrorist Buster RyanFeb 5 2018 at 11:55 amA video clip from India has become the latest sensation on the internet as some women are seen worshipping a kangaroo dustbin placed for the first time outside the premises of a temple apparently mistaking it for deity. Women dressed in sari are seen anointing it with water applying tilak and paying floral tribute to the kangaroo dustbin. People assume that the women might have mistaken the kangaroo dustbin for a deity as animals are venerated in Hinduism. But what has taken everyone by surprise is that exotic kangaroos unlike cows or other animals have little connection with the Hindu mythologies. The act of Kangaroo worship seemed as if it is just out of Aamir Khan movie PK where he demonstrates how a simple stone gets converted into a god which turned controversial. According to this report by The Hindustan Times thousands of people had thronged a magical handpump in Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab in 2016 with the belief that its water can cure all their ills and end a(14)(0) ReplyMichelle:: Vedic::humanFeb 5 2018 at 12:32 pmRYAN BUSTER---it s heartening to see ----When MULLASS MUZZIES and VETI-C-U--Nts invaded India ---instead of fighting back the invaders --your great g-r-a-n-D mother was the first who bent over and spreaded her BUNG-H0LE and got her A-S-S H0LE poked and BUSTERED ---than out came your G-R-A-Nd mother than out came your mother than out came you a product of a rape child --today you are licking the CELIBATE G-A-Y-KING RA-H0LEs lollypop who is half MULLASS MUZZIE and half VETI-C-U-Nt --the descendant of the same invaders who tormented your ancestors ----and you were named by your mother as RYAN BUSTER because of your great G-r-a-n-d mothers bung-h0le--BUSTERED REAR ----Jai hind(0)(9) ReplyMohammad DarFeb 5 2018 at 10:53 pmhinduism supers ion of a hindu stupidest low.(0)(0) Reply Load More Comments
Pak ceasefire violation: On February 10 Captain Kundu would have turned 23.New Delhi: After four soldiers were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district on Sunday schools in the region have been closed. Pakistan intensified firing at Indian military posts and villages along the Line of Control or LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts. One solider was injured in the filing. A teenage girl and a soldier were injured in Poonch.Here are the updates after Pak firing in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri: Feb 05 201813:51 (IST)Will continue to give a befitting reply : Army vice chiefIndia will continue to give a befitting reply and its action will speak for itself the Army s vice chief said today.The Pakistani Army has been supporting infiltration by terrorists along the border Army Vice Chief Sarath Chand said. We will continue with our process of giving a befitting reply he told reporters. (Our) action will speak for itself Chand added in response to a question on yesterday s incident.Feb 05 201813:19 (IST)Captain Kapil Kundu was just six days short of his 23rd birthdayCaptain Kapil Kundu was just six days short of his 23rd birthday. His Facebook page intro speaks volumes about his incredible spirit: Life should be big instead of being long... On February 10 Captain Kundu would have turned 23. According to reports he had booked a ticket to go home for his birthday and celebrate with his mother and younger sister who live in Pataudi in Haryana. On his last visit not too long ago he had been held up by villagers as a hero. Feb 05 201812:26 (IST)Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has condemned the firing across the LoC.Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has condemned the firing across the LoC. We will not forgive Pakistan s actions. It will prove to be Pakistan s foolishness and will cost them dearly Hansraj Ahir Minister of State Home Affairs said.Feb 05 201810:24 (IST)I study in the Govt. Middle School Khorinar & had come to attend classes but I am returning to home now as school has been closed after heavy shelling last night : Amreena Kausar student #JammuAndKashmirpic.twitter.com/hpdaAcQA0E- ANI (@ANI) February 5 2018Feb 05 201810:06 (IST)It s a very sad news that 4 of our brave jawans including Army Captain hv bn martyred in ceasefire violation by #Pakistan. My thoughts are with families of martyrs. #Ceasefireviolations by Pakistan continues...does NDA has any plan to deal with this..?#Rajouri#JammuAndKashmirhttps://t.co/aQ940L6qU1- Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) February 5 2018Feb 05 201810:05 (IST)84 schools closed as a precautionary measure after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector yesterdayFeb 05 201809:49 (IST) This time they (Pakistan) have used guided missiles and mortors. Heavy firing was done by Pakistanis. We are also retaliating and giving them a befitting reply. The fact remains that how far the Pakistanis are going to continue this firing. We must give a solid reply so that they don t repeat these kind of actions again Defence expert Sunil Deshpande was quoted by news agency ANI.Feb 05 201809:30 (IST)Captain Kapil Kundu 22 was one of the soldiers killed in the firing.Feb 05 201809:28 (IST) The soliders killed were identified as Captain Kapil Kundu 22 Rifleman Ramavatar 28 Rifleman Subham Singh 22 and Havilder Roshan Lal 42.Feb 05 201809:19 (IST) 84 schools closed as a precautionary measure after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector yesterday. Four Army personnel lost their lives and one was injured in the ceasefire violation; Latest visuals from Manjakote area.No more content CommentsClose X
Written by Arun Sharma | Updated: February 6 2018 7:26 am A day after Havildar Roshan Lal was killed in shelling by Pakistani forces in Rajouri his grieving father Desraj 85 and younger brother Darshan Lal at Nichla village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday. (Express Photo: Arun Sharma) Top News Bengaluru: Students sell pakodas in convocation robes to protest PM Modi s comments on employmentNot fair to others says Rahul Dravid as he questions his Rs 50 lakh rewardAbducted on R-Day from bus Delhi boy rescued; one kidnapper shot dead another injuredWaiting to receive bodies of their sons felled by Pakistani bullets people in two villages of neighbouring Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu region of the state had a message for the Central government on Monday: either engage Pakistan in dialogue or engage it in a full-fledged war to get lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir. Akhir kab tak hamarey bacchey border par shaheed hotey rahengey? Yeh ek purana masla hai yeh masla khatam hona chahiye aur iskey liye sirf do hi rastey hein: ya aap baat karo ya jang lado (How long will our children die on the border? This is an old issue and there are only two ways to solve it: either hold talks or go for war) said Desraj Prasher 84 whose eldest son Havildar Roshan Lal was among the four Indian soldiers killed in Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Rajouri district s Bhimber Gali sector on Sunday. His nephew Sanjay Sunny said We know that war is no solution to any issue but what has been going on between the two countries at present is also not leading us anywhere. They (Pakistani troops) fire; we (Indian soldiers) retaliate. In this process our children are being killed. He said a war will at least give people a feeling that Pakistan has been taught a lesson. With a population of 300 Nichla village in Samba district has more than 40 soldiers. Havildar Roshan Lal 42 who became the first soldier from the village to die on duty is survived by wife Asha Devi son Abhinandan 15 and daughter Artika 13. Abhinandan said his father had called home on Saturday night asking about his preparations for Class X Boards. Some 40 km away at Mukandpur in adjoining Kathua locals waited to receive the body of Rifleman Subham Singh (23). Worried about the upcoming wedding of his elder sisters Arti and Sushma Subham had seen to it that construction of their house was completed before he left for Rajouri on January 28 after one-month leave his brother Rajat (19) said. Rajat said the government should either hold dialogue with Pakistan or go to war. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Top News Kapil Sharma to be back on Sony TV in March to shoot promo today Brahmin outfit threatens stir against Manikarnika Rakesh KumarFeb 6 2018 at 7:38 amIslam s borders are always bloody. Muslims even kill in Western nations. It is part of Mohamed s supremacist ideology.(0)(0) Reply Tharanath AkulaFeb 6 2018 at 7:20 amThe dialogue has been going on for over 50 years and therefore it is ripe to go to war that should settle all problems facing the sub continent once and for all.(2)(0) Reply Tejinder Paul WaliaFeb 6 2018 at 7:13 amMody must spend at least a week in kashmir at loc to soak in the CALL OF THE WOODS. This aggression at boarder is not effective enough. However difficult get the bigger booty any which way hafeez n masood israeli way? Or risk status quo mind it NCP Congress is drooling .! BJP will not get a second chance and U know it.(2)(1) Reply
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: https://www.columbusmagazine.nl/reisreporter/kkdomino/home.html February 1 2018 10:55 am Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district on Thursday. (Source: ANI) Related News 97 people killed in 834 ceasefire violations in three years: Jammu-Kashmir govtArmy hints at action against killing of four army men by PakistanWill continue giving befitting reply: Army vice chief Sarath Chand on ceasefire violation Pakistan violated ceasefire on Thursday in Nowshera sector of J&K s Rajouri district prompting about 71 schools to close for the day. The violation comes after the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistani Rangers held a flag meeting last week where India lodged a strong protest over unprovoked firing by Pakistan along the International Border (IB). The incident occured at 9 am in Lam area of the Nowshera sector. Shahid Chowdhary DC Rajouri said 71 schools were shut down and children asked to go home due to heavy shelling from the Pakistani side. He said measures were being taken for ensuring safety of the people. 71 schools have been closed due to heavy shelling in Lam area of Nowshera. Measures being taken for safety of people ANI quoted Chowdhary as saying. ALSO READ: January likely to record most violations of ceasefire on the LoC since 2003 From just eight in January 2017 ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in January this year are already up to 134 according to data with the Ministry of Defence. With 860 ceasefire violation recorded in 2017 January is likely to record the highest number of ceasefire violations along the LoC in 14 years. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistan resorts to unprovoked shelling in Poonch January likely to record most violations of ceasefire on the LoC since 2003 Tags: ceasefire violation No Comments.
Srinagar: India has lodged a strong protest with the Pakistani foreign office a day after four soldiers including a Captain were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district. Home Minister Rajnath Singh also condemned the firing by Pakistan. Have full faith in the valour of our soldiers and they shall give proper reply Mr Singh told reporters today.People familiar with the matter told NDTV that the four soldiers died after a Pakistani mortar shell struck near the entrance to a bunker which could not absorb the intensity of the blast.The bodies of Captain Kapil Kundu 22 Rifleman Ramavatar 28 Rifleman Subham Singh 22 and Havilder Roshan Lal 42 will be sent to their hometowns after a tribute in Jammu. We will not forgive Pakistan s actions. It will prove to be Pakistan s foolishness and will cost them dearly Hansraj Ahir Minister of State Home Affairs said.Pakistan intensified firing at Indian military posts and villages along the Line of Control or LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts on Sunday morning. A teenage girl and a soldier were also injured in Poonch. Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively and heavy damage has been inflicted on Pakistani Army posts said a defence statement. (Left to right) Havilder Roshan Lal Rifleman Ramavatar and Rifleman Subham Singh.There have been 240 incidents of ceasefire violations along the LoC and the International Border in a little over a month this year which is more than the violations in all of 2015 and 2016 at 152 and 228 respectively. Pakistani forces violated the ceasefire 860 times in 2017. Nine soldiers have died since January. Pakistan Army along the border has been supporting infiltration by terrorists said Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Sarath Chand.The shelling has stopped for now and the forces are keeping a close watch. Over 80 schools in the district are closed and people have been told to stay indoors. CommentsClose X The Army said that Pakistan troops fired five or six anti-tank guided missiles indiscriminately in the area. The incident took place at an altitude of 3 000 feet in a densely forested part of the LoC in Bhimber Galli in the Rajouri district.It was the second time in three days that the Pakistani Army targeted Poonch. They had attacked military and civilian facilities in nearly a dozen areas of the Balakote sector last week.
Pakistani Army on Tuesday opened fire on forward and civilian areas along the Line of Control in Nowshera area of Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district PTI reported. The Pakistani troops lobbed mortars and started firing however no casualties have been reported so far.Pakistani troops targeted Indian positions in Kalal Kalsian Jhanger and Baba Khori sectors the Greater Kashmir reported quoting unidentified officials.The firing and shelling began at 7 am on Tuesday Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary told PTI. All schools in the border areas have been closed.A day earlier the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid by militants in Baramulla district s Uri sector IANS reported.Quoting defence ministry sources the report said Indian troops noticed suspicious movement in the Gohalan area on Monday and forced the militants to go back.
By: PTI | Chandigarh | Published: January 30 2018 11:06 pm Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Source: ANI) Related News Have full faith in valour of Army they shall give proper reply to Pakistan: Rajnath SinghResolution of Kashmir issue must for peace says PakistanShiv Sena on Pakistan ceasefire violation: Are our missiles just exhibits for January 26?Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for continuously violating the ceasefire agreement with India despite giving assurance not to do so saying Islamabad should not misinterpret powerful India s decency . Pakistani shelling along the border in Jammu and Kashmir has increased over the past two weeks. Fourteen people including eight civilians have been killed in the shelling since January 18 according to the state police. On Tuesday Pakistani troops opened fire and lobbed mortars on forward and civilian areas along the LoC in Rajouri district. No casualties have been reported reports PTI. Three-four days ago Pakistan Rangers held a flag meeting with our BSF DG. (The Rangers) assured that the ceasefire violation would not take place. But despite this Pakistan has been violating ceasefire Singh said. Not saying much I just want to say our politeness and decency has a limit and we want to maintain good relations with all and also with our neighbors. But our decency should not be wrongly interpreted he said. India is no more a weak country. India has now become a powerful country. Singh said Pakistan being a neighbour should have a friendly attitude towards India but added that the fencing of the Indo-Pak border was underway at a rapid pace. Singh was in Chandigarh to address members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He was accompanied by Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher and Chandigarh BJP unit chief Sanjay Tandon. Asked about the case registered against Army personnel following the death of two civilians in firing in Kashmir s Shopian district last week the minister praised the Army. I can say that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has turned far normal compared to what it was. Our security forces and Army personnel were working effectively. J&K is ours it will always be ours and people of J&K are also ours he said. To a question related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots he said the Supreme Court recently gave a verdict and an SIT was being formed to follow the order. On January 11 the court ordered to set up a three-member special investigation team to supervise further probe into 186 anti-Sikh riot cases in which investigations were closed. Asked about the incidents of violence over caste and religion he said all people in India are safe irrespective of their caste creed and religion. Asked to comment on a reported statement of J-K s deputy grand mufti Basher-ud-din that Muslims of India should demand a separate nation for themselves Singh said: I also want to appeal to those plagued with mentality of casteism religion and minority should come out of it and they need to ponder over it. All should believe that we are Indian. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News Lotus to bloom in Tripura after Assembly polls: Rajnath Singh Pakistan theatre actress killed for refusing to perform at event Tags: Pakistan rajnath singh Ben MorganJan 31 2018 at 1:06 pmTO WHOM MAY BE INTERESTED THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO BE RICH. SHIFA HOSPITAL SEEKS HEALTHY DONORS WE ARE GOING TO OFFER YOU (2CRORE) INTERESTED DONORS SHOULD CONTACT US VIA EMAIL (shifamedicalhealthcare ) THANKS AS WE AWAITS YOUR RESPONSE REGARDS DR BEN MORGAN NUMBER. 917411951612 WHATSAPP NUMBER: 917411951612(0)(0) Reply Sathya ServiceJan 31 2018 at 10:01 amDo you want to donate your organ? We are here to help you with good cash to do anything you wish Contact us if you are interested in donating your organ. Contact (sathyahome2018 ) call us or Whatsapp Number 918496850589(0)(0) Reply Nilesh JainJan 30 2018 at 11:17 pmCome world harass our people kill our people and we will give you full support. come people humiliate our own people and we will help you.(0)(1) Reply Nilesh JainJan 30 2018 at 11:16 pmWORLD IS LAUGHING AT YOU INDIANS INCLUDING U.S. see how these cheap people sell their own people for MONEY. SEE HOW THEY HELP US IN HARASSING THEIR OWN PEOPLE.(0)(1) Reply Nilesh JainJan 30 2018 at 11:15 pmAnd you all can https://kkcominos.dreamwidth.org/profile loot me ? harass me ? just because you know to write this nonsensical articles ? what level of people are you Indians ? you live in India and own people ?(0)(1) Reply Load More Comments
ALSO READ Heavy Pak shelling along LoC in Rajouri 71 schools closed Pakistani troops shell border areas in Rajouri Soldier injured in Pakistan firing on LoC in J&K India Pakistan trade fire on LoC Indian Pakistani troops trade fire on LoC span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Pakistan again violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Manjkote block of Rajouri district on Sunday according to locals living in the area. Earlier in the day Islamabad violated ceasefire in Poonch district.No loss of life or property has been reported till now.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Army Captain among four soldiers killed in Pakistan firing along LoC in J-K's Rajouri

NEW DELHI: In the absence of any diplomatic detente the deadly war of attrition between India and Pakistan along the 778-km Line of Control (LoC) and 198-km International Boundary (IB) in Jammu & Kashmir has taken a sharp turn for the worse ever since the surgical strikes of September 2016. There were as many as 860 ceasefire violations (CFVs) along the LoC and another 120 along the IB in 2017 the highest-ever such tally in over 15 years. The number of CFVs has already touched 241 across the LoC in the first 36 days of this year claiming the lives of nine Indian soldiers as per Army statistics. Army chief General Bipin Rawat says the Pak Army is suffering three to four times the number of casualties compared to us in the CFVs. Given the current mood these long and bloody tit-for-tat fire assaults across the border with even light artillery guns heavy mortars and anti-tank guided missiles often coming into play from both the sides are not going to ebb anytime soon. A day after a young captain and three soldiers were killed in heavy shelling by Pakistani forces in Rajouri district Army vice-chief Lt-General Sarath Chand on Monday warned of strong retaliatory action to avenge the losses https://growthhackers.com/members/kkdomino. That (retaliation) goes without saying. I think I don t have to say that. (Our) action will speak for itself he said. Added another senior officer Pakistan is hurt more than us...that s why the Pak Army refuses to give its casualty figures to its own Parliament. We estimate 130-140 Pak soldiers were killed in our cross-border firings and tactical operations last year. But Indian soldiers have also paid a heavy price. Of the 62 who laid down their lives in J&K last year 15 were killed in CFVs 17 in infiltration and other incidents along the LoC and 30 in counter-terrorism operations in the hinterland. I don t think the situation will get better in the short term. The atmosphere has been completely vitiated by the Pak Army strategy to send terrorists across to carry out IED blasts mutilate our soldiers and attack garrisons. It leaves no space for any confidence-building like a ceasefire agreement said former Northern Army Command chief Lt-Gen D S Hooda (retd) who oversaw the surgical strikes on September 29 2016. Indian Para-Special Forces had conducted the surgical strikes against terror launch pads close to Pak Army posts in four different locations in PoK to avenge the killing of 19 Indian soldiers in a suicide attack at the Army camp in Uri earlier that month. That in effect triggered the sharp escalatory spiral with Pakistan indulging in 78 and 88 CFVs in October and November 2016. India also began to pro-actively dominate the LoC with pre-emptive and punitive fire assaults on Pak Army posts aiding infiltration which became all the more fiercer after two of its soldiers were beheaded in a BAT (border action team) operation in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch on May 1 last year. The Pak Army was obviously not about to roll over and play dead. It responded in full measure sometimes deliberately targeting civilian centres in the Jammu region. JAMMU: Pakistani troops opened fire and lobbed mortars at Indian positions along the International border and LoC in three sectors of Jammu and Rajouri districts overnight a BSF officer said today. Yesterday a civilian was killed and two persons were injured in the Pakistani shelling along the IB in Kanachak belt of Jammu district raising the death toll in the ceasefire violations since Thursday last to 12 and injuries to over 60. Schools continue to remain closed along the LoC and IB in Jammu region. There was night-long firing along the IB in Pargwal Math R S Pura Arnia and Ramgarh sectors (of Jammu and Samba districts). It stopped at 0545 hours today the officer said. Pakistan Rangers resumed shelling along the IB in Kanachak sector of Jammu last night he said. Pakistan troops also resumed heavy shelling along the LoC in Bhawani Karali Said Numb and Sher Makri areas of Rajouri district last evening officials said. Seven civilians three Armymen and two BSF personnel have so far been killed in the ceasefire violations. While a BSF jawan and a teenage girl were killed on Thursday four persons including two civilians and one BSF jawan and an Army jawan were killed and over 40 others injured in the Pakistani firing on Friday. Three civilians and an Army jawan were killed and 16 others injured in the ceasefire violations on Saturday. BSF officials said authorities were keeping a close eye on the situation and have rushed police teams to affected areas to ensure prompt assistance to the people. People have been asked to stay indoors and not to touch any suspicious object in their area as it could be an unexploded mortar shell he said. Firing from across the border started on Thursday last and has forced 40 000 people to flee their homes and take shelter in rehabilitation camps or with their relatives. India begins talks for missile shield with Russia By: Express News Service | Jammu | Published: January 21 2018 10:19 am A villager in R S Pura Jammu trying to salvage his belongings after his home was hit. (Source: PTI photo) Top News Bengaluru: Students sell pakodas in convocation robes to protest PM Modi s comments on employmentNot fair to others says Rahul Dravid as he questions his Rs 50 lakh rewardAbducted on R-Day from bus Delhi boy rescued; one kidnapper shot dead another injuredAs guns fell silent on both sides a tenuous calm prevailed along the international border from Pargwal to Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir since Saturday evening. Border was almost calm except a few rounds/shells in Arnia area official sources said. However BSF troops were maintaining alert they added. Meanwhile the death toll in Saturday s exchange of fire along the border has risen to five as one more army personnel succumbed to injuries at the hospital. With this the death toll on the Indian side in January this year has risen to 12 including three Army men three BSF personnel and six civilians with injuries to nearly 50 others. Of them ten have died during the last four days. Also Read: J-K: Four more killed in Pakistan border firing January toll almost equal to all of 2017 The death toll has been almost equal to the number of casualties on the Indian side during entire 2017 when nearly a dozen people including security force personnel were killed and less than three dozen injured on the entire border from Kathua to Poonch district. Most of the villages along the international border continue to bear a deserted look as nearly the entire population had shifted to safer places in view of escalation along the border during the past four days. Sources said most people had shifted to their relatives. Among those killed on Saturday were Sepoy Mandeep Singh of Punjab s Sangrur district posted in K G Sector in Poonch district and Ghara Singh 17 of Kapoorpur village Ghar Singh 35 of Bera Suchetgarh village and Tasem Lal 35 of Gajansoo village in Kanachak sector. Apart from BSF ASI Jarnail Singh posted in Suchetgarh and an SSB jawan at the Kanachak police station the injured included civilians in Suchetgarh Samka village Gulabgarh Basti Abdal village and Gajansoo village. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Top News Kapil Sharma to be back on Sony TV in March to shoot promo today Brahmin outfit threatens stir against Manikarnika No Comments. RS PURA: Living with the constant fear of Pakistani shelling displaced border dwellers are scared of returning to their homes and are demanding early sanction of the promised piece of land in safer zones and construction of bunkers. The demands were made by people putting up at three relief camps set up by the state government here for border dwellers who have been bearing the brunt of heavy Pakistani shelling. 12 persons including five security personnel have been killed and over 50 others injured in the unprovoked and indiscriminate firing by Pakistan in the five districts of Jammu Kathua and Samba along the IB and LoC since Thursday last. Last month the Centre gave a sanction for construction of 14 460 underground bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore for safety of people living along the LoC and the IB in Jammu division. The BJP had promised five marlas (1361.25 sq ft) of land for border villagers during the election campaigning in the state ahead of forming a government with the PDP in 2015. However last year the government informed the state legislative assembly that it had decided to construct bunkers in border districts instead of allotting five marlas of land to each family as shifting of population to another place would not be in the interest of the state or nation. What we are getting is only hollow promises and unabated firing from Pakistan over the last four years. The government needs to act and provide us the promised five marlas of land away from the firing zone for our safety Sudesh Kumari a resident of Beghwara Choga told PTI. Kumari is among 150 border residents camping at the Indian Training Institute (ITI) complex in this sector after one of her relatives lost his life in the Pakistani shelling along the International Border in Bhera village on Saturday. Hamara Jeena Haraam Ho Gaya hai (Our life has become a hell) she said as nearly three dozen women gathered to condole the demise of her brother-in-law Ghar Singh in the Pakistani shelling second the view. Singh was among six persons killed in R S Pura and Arnia sectors while 32 others were injured.The dead included a BSF jawan. Suneeta said We are living a life of uncertainty with no future. During firing we are even unable to help our children to move to safety she said adding the lurking threat of Pakistani shelling is taking a toll on our mental health. Making a passionate appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi 75-year-old Krishna Devi from Abdullian said With folded hands we want to say that we are not even safe in our homes as shells pierce the roof and walls and we should be helped on humanitarian grounds. Her grandson Pankaj Kumar said they are afraid to go back to their homes. The firing was intense (over the past week) and we fear it might continue till Republic Day he said. Kumari said they had a narrow escape while fleeing the village as a mortar shell missed them and landed on a tree. Had the shell not landed on the tree it would have hit the vehicle we were travelling in from the village to the rehabilitation camp she said. Kanta Devi a resident of Kapurpur and putting up at government boys higher secondary school said The truth is bitter - the government is not doing enough for our safety and security while the firing from across the border had increased manifold over the years . What we are going through we pray nobody else should face such a situation she said. Kastoori Lal said many VVIPs including deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh and Relief and Rehabilitation minister Javaid Mustafa Mir visited the camp since Saturday and extended condolences to families who lost their dear ones in the Pakistani firing and assured all possible help. How long we will stay at the camps? We want government to fulfil our demand of allotment of land at safer places and early construction of bunkers he said. He said there is no alternative to peace. We want peaceful atmosphere to return by strictly implementing the 2003 ceasefire agreement between the two countries as innocent people are getting killed and displaced on the either side. Health Minister Bali Bhagat said India has taken many initiatives to normalise relations with Pakistan but the neighbouring country needs to understand the futility of violence and reciprocate positively. Not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir but the entire country wants good neighbourly relations between India and Pakistan he said. However he said it is unfortunate that the firing from across the border is going on killing innocent persons and resulting in displacement of the people. The government was doing its best to provide relief to border residents displaced by the Pakistani firing. We have already issued a high alert all along the 449 km stretch from Kathua to Poonch-Rajouri comprising both IB and LoC.We have deployed 197 ambulances and identified 25 health institutions which are very close to villages affected by the firing he said. He said despite tasting defeat at the hands of India many times Pakistan continues its mischief. I am of the opinion that the central government is going to take a strong measure in coming days...from former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to Prime Minister Narendra Modi we extended the hand of friendship keeping in mind the doctrine that friends can be changed but not neighbours. When we are getting shells from Pakistan we are compelled to direct that if they fire one shell respond it by 10 shells he said. The minister said the world understands that India is a powerful country and its Army has the capability to cross the border and hit terrorist targets and return without the knowledge of their counterparts. NEW DELHI: The Army today killed seven Pakistani soldiers and injured four in areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in retaliation for the killing of an Indian solider in Pakistani firing on Saturday. The Army s action occurred in the forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir s Poonch district. The action comes after an Indian https://www.dynomighty.com/user/kkfirstcry/ solider was killed in Pakistani firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district on Saturday. Dhule jawan killed in Pak firing at LoCThe soldier was from Khalane village of Dhule district in Maharashtra.He was the sole breadwinner of his family. Meanwhile the Pakistan army said in a statement that four of its soldiers were killed along the LOC in the Jandrot Kotli sector. Separately the Army today also killed six Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terrorists. We have recovered five bodies from the spot. I think six have died one body is being searched. They belonged to Jaish-e-Mohammed and information was that they are suicide attackers said SP Vaid director general of police Jammu and Kashmir. Vaid laid out how the action unfolded. Since past few days we were getting inputs about possible attempts to infiltrate from Uri sector. So ambushes were laid out in that area by Army J&K police & CRPF. In the morning exchange of fire took place in one of the ambushes said Vaid. Separately addressing Army members at an event of the 70th Army Day Army Chief General Bipin Rawat warned Pakistan to not compel India to step up its military offensive. Pakistan Army has been continuously trying to help terrorists sneak into India along LoC in J&K. We are using our might to teach them a lesson. If we are forced then we may resort to other action by stepping up military offensive he said. The Army chief also talked about Pakistan s non-stop ceasefire violations. Ceasefire violations by Pakistan happen frequently to which we respond effectively. We will take even stronger steps against our enemies if we are compelled to do so said General Rawat. Any anti-India activities will not be allowed to succeed he added. Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the International Border (IB) and the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir more than 720 times last year the highest in the past seven years. According to data compiled by the Union Home Ministry Pakistani forces have violated ceasefire 724 times along the IB and the LoC till October in comparison to 449 times in 2016. As many as 12 civilians and 17 security personnel were killed in the firing from across the border until last October. Last week Rawat said Pakistan s nuclear bogey will be thoroughly exposed were there to be war with the western neighbour which often brandishes its short-range Nasr (Hatf-IX) nuclear missiles as a battlefield counter to India s Cold Start strategy of swift high-intensity conventional attacks into enemy territory. We will call their bluff. If given the task we will not say we cannot cross the border because they have nuclear weapons said Rawat. General Rawat also said that disputes along Line of Actual Control in the country s northern border with China are continuing with regular transgressions occurring. We are working to stop them said General Rawat. As for the Eastern front the Army chief said terrorism there has been limited. Read this story in Gujarati Our intelligence based and people-friendly operations in the north-east have managed to limit terrorism to a large extent he said. (With inputs from Agencies) Read this story in Bengali Read this story in Marathi By: Express News Service | Jammu | Updated: January 13 2018 10:26 pm Lance Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane. (source: ANI) Related News Charges filed against six for killing six J-K cops last JuneJ-K: Youth injured during Army firing in Kulgam cops file caseMilitants attack Army camp in J&K s KakporaAn Indian Army soldier was killed as Pakistani troops in yet another incident of ceasefire violation along the Line of Control on Saturday opened unprovoked firing on forward Indian positions in Sunderbani area of Rajouri district. Identifying the deceased as Launce Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane 28 sources said the Indian troops retaliated strongly and effectively. However during the exchange of fire he was grievously injured and succumbed to his injuries. Hailing from Maharashtra s Khalane village in Dhule district he is survived by his wife Punam Yogesh. Lance Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane was a brave and sincere soldier an army spokesperson said adding that the nation will always remain indebted to him for the supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty. Meanwhile a 12-year-old boy was seriously injured when an unexploded mortar shell went off near the LoC in Poonch district. Identified as Mohammad Iqbal 12 a resident of Shahpur he found the shell in an open field near Qasba village around 11:45 am and began fiddling with it sources said. The boy lost both his hands in the explosion. The mortar shell was apparently fired by Pakistani troops during cross-border shelling in the recent past and it had remained undetected sources said. 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Phir humbhi bitayeghe kuch din Gujarat ma dekhne k lia Kya ha is mitti ma.(1)(5) Reply Load More Comments Written by Man Aman Singh Chhina | Published: February 4 2018 3:25 am Feroza Bi at home in Jammu s Degwar village located between LoC and border fence. (Express photo) Related News Trade and gunfire go hand-in-hand at LoCCross-border travel suspended as tension grips LoC in Jammu & KashmirFour months on cross-LoC travel and trade via Poonch-Rawalkote to resume next weekThe Line of Control (LoC) is 100 metres in front the border fence about 900 metres behind. Somewhere in the middle are Feroza Bi and her 70 goats. Every time the guns boom from across the border like they had in recent weeks Feroza Bi follows a drill: I have no fear. What use is fear? When the firing starts I just round up all the goats and stay put in my house with them. What else can I do? she says. Feroza Bi lives alone in her house in Jammu s Degwar village that sits right at the edge of the LoC. In this village of about 3 000 people it s her house that is closest to what s considered one of the most dangerous borders in the world. The LoC cuts right through her field on which she grows maize and paddy. Here there is nothing to mark the LoC since Degwar village is located well ahead of the border fence that has been set up to prevent infiltration from across the Pakistan border. The hills bordering Feroza Bi s fields fall in Pakistan (Express photo) Feroza Bi isn t sure of her age. 60-70 maybe more. I do not know. I have been staying in this village for about 50 years she says her wrinkled face breaking into a smile. Her husband passed away four years ago and since then she has been on her own. She has four sons two of whom are with the Jammu and Kashmir Police and posted in Poonch and one in Saudi Arabia. Her eldest son lives with his family in nearby Poonch town. She says her sons keep asking her to leave the village and move in with them but she has always said no. I have 400 kanals of land here in the village and I have my 70 goats. Who will look after all this if I leave? I am going to stay here till the end of my life she says. Her daily routine stretches to fill in the hours. I have a lot of work. I clean my house tend to my animals and my fields. I hire boys from the village to work on my fields but I do everything else myself. Sometimes I go out of the village to attend family functions she says sitting in the courtyard of her mud house that s called a dhok in these parts. Her eldest son Rasheed says he often drops in to help his mother. My mother is attached to the land after all this is the land of our forefathers. So I don t force her to leave. I help my mother in whatever way I can says Rasheed giving only his first name. She says neighbours drop in to keep her company. (Express photo) Feroza Bi says that besides neighbours who drop in to keep her company the Army personnel help too. Seeing the Commanding Officer of the local battalion in the village she exchanges greetings. Pakistan Army post hamare sar ke upar hai (Pakistan Army post is right here at an elevation). But the Colonel sahib and Major sahib (Commanding Officer and Company Commander) make sure I am safe and provide us all the help they can they hold medical camps for the villagers and let us leave the village when we have to. What if the government insists on moving her to a safer place? How can they? Who will pay for my land my house and my goats? Iski keemat koi nahin de sakta (No one can put a price on them) she says. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News Army commanders of India Pakistan meet at LoC; agree to have mechanism for durable peace Pakistan violates ceasefire again Tags: LoC Prakash ShahFeb 4 2018 at 4:41 pmThese old men and women have emotional ties with their native farms animals and neighbors...They will never leave all these even if their family members sons provide them five star facilities in the city....They all prefer to live in their native till they are healthy and can walk and do daily works... And also it is good.(0)(0) Reply Pak ceasefire violation: On February 10 Captain Kundu would have turned 23.New Delhi: After four soldiers were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district on Sunday schools in the region have been closed. Pakistan intensified firing at Indian military posts and villages along the Line of Control or LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts. One solider was injured in the filing. A teenage girl and a soldier were injured in Poonch.Here are the updates after Pak firing in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri: Feb 05 201813:51 (IST)Will continue to give a befitting reply : Army vice chiefIndia will continue to give a befitting reply and its action will speak for itself the Army s vice chief said today.The Pakistani Army has been supporting infiltration by terrorists along the border Army Vice Chief Sarath Chand said. We will continue with our process of giving a befitting reply he told reporters. (Our) action will speak for itself Chand added in response to a question on yesterday s incident.Feb 05 201813:19 (IST)Captain Kapil Kundu was just six days short of his 23rd birthdayCaptain Kapil Kundu was just six days short of his 23rd birthday. His Facebook page intro speaks volumes about his incredible spirit: Life should be big instead of being long... On February 10 Captain Kundu would have turned 23. According to reports he had booked a ticket to go home for his birthday and celebrate with his mother and younger sister who live in Pataudi in Haryana. On his last visit not too long ago he had been held up by villagers as a hero. Feb 05 201812:26 (IST)Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has condemned the firing across the LoC.Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has condemned the firing across the LoC. We will not forgive Pakistan s actions. It will prove to be Pakistan s foolishness and will cost them dearly Hansraj Ahir Minister of State Home Affairs said.Feb 05 201810:24 (IST)I study in the Govt. Middle School Khorinar & had come to attend classes but I am returning to home now as school has been closed after heavy shelling last night : Amreena Kausar student #JammuAndKashmirpic.twitter.com/hpdaAcQA0E- ANI (@ANI) February 5 2018Feb 05 201810:06 (IST)It s a very sad news that 4 of our brave jawans including Army Captain hv bn martyred in ceasefire violation by #Pakistan. My thoughts are with families of martyrs. #Ceasefireviolations by Pakistan continues...does NDA has any plan to deal with this..?#Rajouri#JammuAndKashmirhttps://t.co/aQ940L6qU1- Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) February 5 2018Feb 05 201810:05 (IST)84 schools closed as a precautionary measure after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector yesterdayFeb 05 201809:49 (IST) This time they (Pakistan) have used https://www.studiopress.com/forums/users/payrecharge/ guided missiles and mortors. Heavy firing was done by Pakistanis. We are also retaliating and giving them a befitting reply. The fact remains that how far the Pakistanis are going to continue this firing. We must give a solid reply so that they don t repeat these kind of actions again Defence expert Sunil Deshpande was quoted by news agency ANI.Feb 05 201809:30 (IST)Captain Kapil Kundu 22 was one of the soldiers killed in the firing.Feb 05 201809:28 (IST) The soliders killed were identified as Captain Kapil Kundu 22 Rifleman Ramavatar 28 Rifleman Subham Singh 22 and Havilder Roshan Lal 42.Feb 05 201809:19 (IST) 84 schools closed as a precautionary measure after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector yesterday. Four Army personnel lost their lives and one was injured in the ceasefire violation; Latest visuals from Manjakote area.No more content CommentsClose X