Evening News Bulletin August 2, 2014 Headlines 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Nepal begins from tomorrow. 2. The first batch of over 2,500 pilgrims pays obeisance at Shri Budha Amarnath in Poonch. 3. BJP, JKNPP criticise the NC-Congress coalition government for alleged not allowing of Kousar Nag Yatra. 4. Israel carries out fresh attacks on southern Gaza Strip-new wave of violence raises the Palestinians toll to 1650. ORDER: PM Nepal News Reader: Suneela Sharma CAG News Reader: S.K Mengi RS Bill Others : Chander Kant Sharma Yatra Poonch (Byte 26 Sec)Tech.Asst. : Vishaka Breast feeding D.E.O : Rajni Devi DC Reasi (Byte 20 Sec) Group ‘D’ : Tarsem Lal Break………… Editor : Yogesh Sharma BJP Yatra (Byte 41 Sec) No. of UNI Stories used: Nil JKNPP Yatra No. of Stories filed by PTCs: 03 Azad Yatra (Byte 20 Sec) No. of PTI Stories used: 01 Kashmir Restrictions No. of Stories filed by Correspondent: 01 Gaza No. of NSD/PIB/Inf/release used: 07 Camp Udhampur Weather TARIQ A. RATHER Incharge, RNU, Jammu Evening News Bulletin August 2, 2014 Headlines 1. In a citizen-friendly initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocates a shift towards self-certification of documents. 2. In Kashmir, Army foils a major infiltration bid in Keran sector-- Guns down four militants. 3. The first batch of over 2,500 pilgrims pays obeisance at Shri Budha Amarnath in Poonch. 4. BJP, JKNPP criticise the NC-Congress coalition government for alleged not allowing of Kousar Nag Yatra. ORDER: PM Attestation News Reader: Maqbool Ahmed PM Nepal News Reader: Azmit Begam Infiltration News Assistant: Anwar Hussain KAS Tech.Asst. : Vishaka Breast feeding D.E.O : Nazia Agzar RS Bill Group ‘D’ : Tarsem Lal CAG Editor : Yogesh Sharma Break………… Yatra Poonch (Byte 26 Sec) No. of UNI Stories used: Buddha Amarnath No. of Stories filed by PTCs: Yatra No. of PTI Stories used: BJP Yatra (Byte 41 Sec) No. of Stories filed by Correspondent: JKNPP Yatra No. of NSD/PIB/Inf/release used: Kashmir Restrictions DC Reasi Camp Udhampur Gaza TARIQ A. RATHER Incharge, RNU, Jammu RS-Bill Source-NSD Several political parties have given notice to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari for referring Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill to Select Committee. These parties include Congress, CPI (M), CPI, SP, BSP, DMK, JD(U), Trinamool Congress and RJD. The government proposes to bring the Bill in Rajya Sabha on Monday which seeks to raise the ceiling of Foreign Direct Investment in insurance sector to 49 percent from the current 26 percent. Sources said that it has been agreed upon among the Opposition parties that as soon as the government moves the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, they will move a motion pressing for referring it to the Select Committee. PM-Nepal Source-NSD Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day visit to Nepal from tomorrow. Briefing media about the visit, MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said, Mr Modi will hold delegation level talks with his Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala in Kathmandu and discuss the entire gamut of bilateral relations. On the same day, he will address Nepals Constituent Assembly. Akbaruddin said the Prime Minister will also meet the leaders of opposition parties in the Himalayan nation. He will pay obeisance at Pashupatinath Temple on Monday. This will be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Nepal after seventeen years. It will be Modis second visit to a SAARC country. After becoming Prime Minister, he visited Bhutan on his first foreign tour. The visits indicate high priority India attaches to its neighbor countries. CAG Source-NSD The Comptroller and Auditor General, CAG has found irregularities and lack of financial transparency in various departments of Delhi government causing a revenue loss of crores of rupees. In its report, which was tabled in Parliament yesterday, the CAG said that test check of the records of 96 units of departments of Trade and Taxes, State Excise, Transport and others conducted during the year 2012-13 showed a revenue loss aggregating to over two thousand crore rupees. amenities and facilities such as drinking water,sanitation, drainage and electric fittings were absent or of sub-standard quality. PM-Attestation Source-NSD In a citizen-friendly initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advocated a shift towards self-certification of documents and minimum use of affidavits in a bid to save the common man from hassles. All ministries and departments at the Centre and in states have been asked to make a provision for self-certification of documents in place of affidavits. A statement from the Prime Ministers Office said that the requirement of attestation by gazetted officers is sought to be replaced by self-certification by the citizen. Under the self-certification method, the original documents are required to be produced at the final stage. In case of false self-certification, the person can be booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. Budda Amarnath Source-AD News On the 2nd day of annual pilgrimage of Shri Budda Amarnathji Yatra in Poonch district, 278 pilgrims left from Jammu in the wee hours today. The Base Camp sources told Incharge RNU Tariq Rather that the 2nd batch including 220 men, 48 women and 10 children left from Bhagwati Nagar base Camp in Jammu at 5:10 A.M., for its destination in Mandi-Rajpora town in Poonch district of Jammu region. The 10 day annual pilgrimage of Shri Budda Amarnathji Yatra commenced yesterday morning with first batch of over 1200 yatries reaching Poonch late last night. Yatra Source-AD News Over 3 lakh 58 thousand yatries had darshan (glimpse) of Ice Shiv Lingam at the Holy Shri Amarnathji Cave till yesterday evening with the annual Yatra entering 36th day today. Amid tight security, the 37th batch of 293 pilgrims today left for the Amarnath cave shrine from Jammu, which includes 155 men, 46 women, one child, 82 Male Sadhus and 09 Female Sadhus, left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu in a cavalcade of 8 vehicles at 4:20 in the morning. With todays batch, a total of 53, 444 pilgrims have so far left from the Jammu base camp for the shrine. The convoy on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway would reach their destinations at Baltal and Pahalgam base camps by this evening.Meanwhile, the traditional Chhari-Pujan was performed last evening at Dashnami Akhara Temple in Srinagar with religious fervour and gaiety under the supervision of Shri Mahant Dependra Giri Ji. Talking to RNU Incharge Tariq Rather in Srinagar, Shri Mahant Dependra Giri Ji said the age old tradition Charri Pujan is performed every year at Dashnami Akhara temple on the day of Nag Panchhami. INFILTRATION SOURCE: NSD In Kashmir, Army yesterday foiled a major infiltration bid in Keran sector of frontier district of Kupwara by gunning down four militants. The encounter had started on Thursday when a group of militant infiltrated into the Indian side of LoC and was intercepted near the Shundi Gali some 50 kilometre away from Kupwara. Two militants were killed on Thursday while two others got killed yesterday in the fierce encounter. A senior army officer based in Kupwara told AIR that during this infiltration bid four militants were killed. Eight AK 47 rifles, 500 AK rounds, two UBG Launchers, UBG grandees, fifteen hand grenades and two radio sets have been recovered. KAS SOURCE: INFO The Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday declared the result of the Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination 2013. The PSC has notified the list of 99 candidates. Ms. Saba Noor has topped in the examination. 30 female candidates figure in the list. 13 candidates belonging to reserved categories have found place in the open merit category. Total, 20236 candidates appeared in the Preliminary Examination. BJP-Yatra Source-Correspondent The State Unit of BJP today criticised the NC-Congress coalition government for banning the age-old Kounsar Nag Yatra and alleged that government has been doing so for appeasing the separatists. Addressing media persons in Jammu the BJP state general secretary Bali Bhagat urged the state government to allow the yatra from the original route. The BJP leader said……..byte….. Kashmir-Restrictions Source-PTI Prohibitory orders were today imposed in parts Srinagar in the wake of a strike call by hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani over the issue of Kounsarnag yatra in South Kashmir. According to police the restrictions on gathering of people under Section 144 CrPC have been imposed in Khanyar, Nowhatta, Rainawari, M R Gunj and Safakadal police station areas of the city as a precautionary measure. Security forces have been deployed in strength in sensitive areas to prevent any law and order situation. Breastfeeding Source-PR The World Breast Feeding Week started at Military Hospital Satwari with a great enthusiasm and overwhelmed participation by admitted mothers and families of Jammu and Nagrota Garrison, today. The programme was inaugurated by Mrs Rita Guha, Zonal Vice President AWWA White Knight Corps. The theme for this year given by World Alliance on Breast Feeding Action (WABA) is “Breast Feeding : A Winning Goal for Life”. Camp-Udhampur Source-PTC Like other parts of state, special camp days for enrolment of new and eligible voters of Udhampur district on 3rd and 9th August at every polling station has been ensured by the district election officer. Our Udhampur Correspondent Anil Dubey reports that permanent resident of the district, apart from new voters, the existing voters can made amendment in their voter cards if required any by visiting polling booth of their respective areas. This was disclosed by the District Electoral officer Yasha Mudgal today addressing a press conference. JKNPP-Yatra Source-PR Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of National Panthers has expressed concern over incident of alleged stopping of ‘Kaushar Nag Yatra’ by the State government. In a press release issued today , the JKNPP leader said that government has done so under the excuse of maintaining law and order in the Valley. He said that there are three main Hindu religious activities in Kashmir which include the Amarnath Yatra, festival of Kheer Bhawani and the well-known Kausar Nag yatra. He appealed people of Kashmir for active cooperation to make these three events big and memorable events each year. Gaza Source-PTI Israel today carried out fresh attacks on southern Gaza Strip amidst a hunt for one of its missing soldiers believed to be captured by Hamas, as the new wave of violence has raised the Palestinians toll to 1650. At least 50 people were killed overnight in Israeli strikes, most of them in Rafah. Gaza health officials that 8,900 Palestinians have been injured so far. Massive Israeli artillery shelling yesterday killed 160 Palestinians across the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip following the collapse of a 72-hour truce just two hours after it began. DC-Reasi Source-PTC In an effort to ensure peaceful atmosphere in Reasi district, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Reasi Shabir Ahmad Bhat convened a meeting of prominent citizens to discuss necessary measures for continued tranquility across the district and sought their cooperation for evolving a conducive atmosphere for development in the district. A report from our Reasi district Correspondent……….byte……… Yatra-Poonch Chanting ‘Bum Bum Bole’ and ‘Har Har Mahadev’, the first batch of annual Shri Budha Amarnath pilgrimage comprising over 2,500 pilgrims paid obeisance at Shri Budha Amarnath, Rajpura Mandi in Poonch today. The first batch was welcomed by a reception committee late last evening at Poonch by the religious organizations and district administration.Buddha Amaranth shrine of Lord Shiva is located in picturesque mountain belt of Mandi area near Indo-Pak border in Poonch District. Giving more details about the yatra Jagdish Singh-the Yatra Officer told our Poonch Correspondent Darshan Bharati………byte……. The Yatra will conclude on August 10th – the day of Sharvan Purnima (Raksha Bandhan day). Evening News Bulletin August 2, 2014 Azad-Yatra Source-PTC The leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that when election time comes trouble starts in Jammu & Kashmir. Addressing media persons after a party function in Udhampur today Azad said that last time while it was Amarnath controversy this time efforts are going on to make Kosarnag a controversy. He added that congress condemn and will oppose such type of incidents. A report from our Udhampur Correspondent Anil Dubey……….
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