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To preserve the "divine right of kinga" autocracy and religion joined hands.

Will Governor, Arunachal Pradesh be removed?
After the indictment by SC Rajkhowa, Governor, Arunachal Pradesh is likely to be removed.

Ms Kejeriwal Likely to be AAP candidate for RS
In the political circles, hot topic is that now Sunita Kejeriwal will be AAP's candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat election for which will be held in a couple of months. Her Voluntary Retirement is effective from July 15,2016.

I&B & PIB in Modi regime
Shocking but true. Press Information Bureau (PIB) which works under Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry does not have the photographs of individual Union Ministers. They are not available on the official website of PIB either. When asked for the same, pet came the reply that photographs of Ministers can be obtained from their respective ministries.

BUREAUCRACY

Search Committee to select new CRB ?
A search committee has been formed to select the new Chairman, Railway Board (CRB). According to sources committee will see different criteria before selecting new CRB. It is said that perhaps this is for the first time that such committee has been formed to select the Chief.

Sanjeev Gupta appointed Additional Secretary, DIPP
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Sanjeev Gupta, lAS (HP:1985), presently in his Cadre, as Additional Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy (DIPP) and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Vandita Sharma appointed Member (Finance), Atomic Energy
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Ms Vandita Sharma, lAS (KN:1986), presently in her Cadre, as Member (Finance),Atomic Energy, Space, Earth Commission for a period of two years or till further orders.

Anshu Prakash appointed Additional Secretary, Heavy Industry
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Anshu Prakash, lAS (UT:1986), Joint Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as Additional Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry.

Utpal Kumar is AS, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Utpal Kumar Singh, lAS (UK:1986), Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
(We said this on July 5 )

Jayashree Mukharjee appointed Additional Secretary, Information and Broadcasting
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Ms Jayashree Mukharjee, lAS (MH:1986), presently in her Cadre, as AdditionalSecretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Alok Tandon is now Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Alok Tandon, lAS (UP:1986), Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
(We said this on July 4)

Alok Vardhan appointed Additional Secretary, Commerce
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi lAS (BH:1986), Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Pramod Kumar Das appointed Additional Secretary, Expenditure
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Pramod Kumar Das, lAS (MP:1986), Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions as Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

Gajendra Bhujbal appointed AS & FA, Fertilizers
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Gajendra Bhujbal, IES (1981), presently in his Cadre, as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser (AS & FA), Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

Inder Jit Singh appointed Additional Secretary, New and Renewable Energy
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Inder Jit Singh, lAS (KL:1985), presently in his Cadre, as Additional Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, for a period of two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha's post upgraded to AS level
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Umesh Sinha, lAS (UP:1986), Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India as Deputy Election Commissioner (Additional Secretary level), Election Commission of India by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Anil Kumar Khachi appointed Additional Secretary, Financial Services
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Anil Kumar Khachi, lAS (HP:1986), Chief Vigilance Officer, Food Corporation of India as Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance by upgrading the vacant post of Director to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.


Bipin Bihari Mallick appointed Additional Secretary, Home Affairs
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Bipin Bihari Mallick, lAS (MH:1986), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.


Balwinder Singh Bhullar is now Additional Secretary, Civil Aviation
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Balwinder Singh Bhullar, lAS (UP:1986), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Guruprasad Mohapatra appointed Chairman, Airports Authority of India
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Guruprasad Mohapatra, lAS (GJ:1986), Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Chairman, Airports Authority of India.


S P Singh Parihar appointed Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of S P Singh Parihar, lAS (MP:1986), Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat as Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board.

Suresh Kumar is now Additional Secretary, Defence
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Suresh Kumar, lAS (JK:1986), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Ms Veena Ish appointed Member (Administration), NHAI
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Ms Veena Ish, lAS (AP:1985), presently in her Cadre, as Member (Administration), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi appointed CBSE Chairman
Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi, Madhya Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative Service officer of 1987 batch, has been appointed Chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Vijay Kumar Dev appointed Deputy Election Commissioner
Vijay Kumar Dev, UT cadrer IAS officer of 1987 batch, has been appointed Deputy Election Commissioner.

Sunil Kumar appointed Joint Secretary, Commerce
Sunil Kumar , UP cadre IAS officer of 1987 batch, has been appointed Joint Secretary, Commerce.

Rupinder Singh appointed DDG, UIDAI
Rupinder Singh, Maharshtra cadre IAS officer of 1996 batch, has been appointed Deputy Director General (DDG), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Sudesh K. Shahi appointed DDG (C&A), Telecommunications.
Sudesh K. Shahi of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) has been appointed Deputy Director General (C&A), Telecommunications.

Gyaneshwar K Singh appointed Joint Secretary, Corporate Affairs
Indian P&T Finance & Accounts Service officer of 1992 batch Gyaneshwar K Singh has been appointed Joint Secretary, Corporate Affairs.

K. Moses Chalai appointed Joint Secretary, Women & Child Development.
K. Moses Chalai, MT cadre IAS officer of 1990 batch, has been appointed Joint Secretary, Women & Child Development.

A Jayathilak appointed Chairman, MPEDA
A. Jayathilak , Kerala cadre IAS officer of 1991 batch, has been appointed Chairman of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Kochi.

Ajay Ramesh Sule appointed Joint Secretary, Home Affairs
Ajay Ramesh Sule , Indian Defence Accounts Service , 1993 has been appointed Joint Secretary, Home Affairs.

Stephen Mervin Alexander appointed Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy
Indian Postal Service officer of 1987 batch Stephen Mervin Alexander has been appointed Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy.

Ms. Vidyavathi V appointed Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Karnataka cadre Indian Administrative Service officer of 1991 batch Ms. Vidyavathi V has been appointed Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.

G. Dev Tripathi appointed Joint Secretary, DoPT
AM cadre Indian Administrative Service officer of 1998 batch G. Dev Tripathi has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Personal and Training (DoPT).

Vijayndra appointed Joint Secretary, Defence Production
AM cadre Indian Administrative Service officer of 1991 batch Vijayndra has been appointed Joint Secretary, Defence Production.

Bharat H. Khera appointed Joint Secretary, Defence
Himachal Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative Service officer of 1995 batch Bharat H. Khera has been appointed Joint Secretary, Defence.

M. Subbarayan appointed Joint Secretary, Defence
M. Subbarayan of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) has been appointed Joint Secretary, Defence.

Jan-e-Alam appointed Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs
Indian Administrative Service officer of 1991 batch Jan-e-Alam has been appointed Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs.

Rajnish Kumar repatriated to parent cadre
Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer of 1985 batch Rajnish Kumar has been repatriated to his parent cadre.

Ms. Vandana Kumar appointed Joint Secretary, DIPP
Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer of 1992 batch, Ms. Vandana Kumar , has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under Ministry of Commerce & Industry.


Sanjay Kundu appointed Joint Secretary, Water Resources.
Himachsal Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1989 batch Sanjay Kundu has been appointed Joint Secretary, Water Resources.

Pranav Khullar appointed Joint Secretary, Culture.
Indian P&T Finance & Accounts Service officer of 1993 batch Pranav Khullar has been appointed Joint Secretary, Culture.

VK Gauba appointed Joint Secretary, Health Research
VK Gauba of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) has been appointed Joint Secretary, Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Shyam Kapoor appointed CMD, NSCFDC
Shyam Kapoor of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director, National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSCFDC).

Dr. P Srivastava appointed Member Secretary, NCPCR
Dr. P Srivastava of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) has been appointed Member Secretary, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

Ms. Neerja Adidam appointed Managing Director, NFSM
Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service officer of 1990 batch, Ms. Neerja Adidam has been appointed Managing Director, National Food Security Mission (NFSM).

Satya Narayan Pradhan appointed Joint Secretary, DoNER
Jharkhand cadre Indian Police Service of 1988 batch Satya Narayan Pradhan has been appointed Joint Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).

RK Gupta appointed Joint Secretary, Labour and Employment
Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer RK Gupta has been appointed Joint Secretary, Labour and Employment.

B Rajender appointed Joint Secretary, Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service officer of 1995 batch, B Rajender has been appointed Joint secretary, Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.

Ms. Vandana Sharma appointed Secretary, PNGRB
Ms. Vandana Sharma of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) has been appointed Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).

Devyani Khobargade is PS to Athawale
Former Deputy Consul-General of India in New York Devyani Khobragade has been appointed Private Secretary to newly appointed MOS Ramdas Athawale.


BB Sinha's additional charge period as CMD, SCI extended
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for extension of additional charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) to Capt. B.B. Sinha, Director (Personnel & Administration), SCI for a further period of three months with effect from June 1, 2016

Tenure of Tripathi as Regional Resident Public Financial Mgt Adviser, IMF extended
The tenure of Amitabh Tripathi as Regional Resident Public Financial Management Adviser with International Monetary Fund (IMF), East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Centre, Dar-es-Salam, Tanzania, has been extended upto May 2017. He is a 1992 batch ICAS officer.

47 AGM's promoted as GM in SBI
As many as 47 DGMs have been promoted to the rank of GM in the State Bank of India soon.

Sawant appointed as CGM, Mgmt Audit I, Corproate Centre, Hyderabad
Subodh Balkrishna Sawant has been appointed as Chief General Manager, Management Audit I, Inspection & Management Audit Department, at Corporate Centre State Bank of India Hyderabad.

Arun Bhat is again OSD to Madhya Pradesh CM
Former 1993 batch IAS officer Arun Bhat has again taken over as OSD to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, I&B rising in July
A vacancy of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is arising in July.

A C Verma is also MD, DSFDC
Ashish Chandra Verma has been given the additional charge of the post of Managing Director DSFDC in Delhi Government. He is a 1994 batch IAS Officer of AGMUT cadre.

Two Under Secretaries given new postings in GoI
A K Ghosh has been posted to the Ministry of Minority Affairs while NP Shukla was transferred to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in Government of India.

Minor reshuffle of IPS Officers in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 4 IPS Officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, K S P Kumar has been appointed as IG, Allahabad Zone while R K Chaturvedi was posted as IG, Intelligence. Similarly, Mutha Ashok Jain has been posted as IG, Security while Pramod Kumar Mishra was appointed as IG, Public Grievances.

Five IAS Officers given new postings in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as 5 IAS Officers have been given postings on completion of their executive training. Accordingly, V P Thanapani has been appointed as Sub Collector, Ponneri while M Vijayalakshmi was posted as Sub Collector, Coimbatore. Similarly, V Anbuselvan has been posted as Sub Collector, Madurantakam while P Ponniah was appointed as Sub Collector, Tondiarpet and K Rajamani has been given the posting of Sub Collector, Dharapuram.

15 IRS-Customs officers at Principal Commissioner level transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 15 senior IRS officers in the grade of Principal Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transfered and posted to different places. Accordingly, John Joseph has been posted to PC, Nhava Sheva-I Cus Mumbai-II Cus with additional charge of CC, Mumbai zone-II cus while Pawan Kumar Jain is shifted to PC, CC AR Delhi and Devendra Mishra was appointed to PC, Meerut CX. Similarly, Sandeep Mohan Bhatnagar has been transferred to PC, Hyderabad-I, CX; S Rajkumar to PC Mysore Audit CX;Rajiv Tandon to PC, Mumbai IMport-I Cus Mumbai zone-I cus; Wilson L Hangshing to Pr ADG, DG PM, Mumbai; Manoranjan K to PC Delhi Cus Prev; Bankey Behari to Pc, Hyderabad Cus; Debi Prasad Dash to PrADG, DGRI Delhi Zu; Amrit Pal Singh to PC, Mumbai ST-II; Prasanna Kumar Dash to PrADG, NACEN, Delhi; Pullela Nageswara Rao to PC, Cochin CX; Syed Hyder Hasan to PC, NOIDA-ICX and Sungita Sharma was posted to PrADG, DG Vigilance Mumbai ZU.

68 IRS-Customs officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many s 68 IRS-customs officers in the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Ashok has been shifted to Trichy Cus (P) while B V V T Naik was posted to Hyderabad Appeals ST and Bijoy Kumar Kar is being moved to Belgaum CX. Similarly, D Krishna Srinivas has been appointed to Vizag Audit CX; Gopi Nath to Bhopal Appeals-II CX; K C Johny to Hyderabad Appeals CX; K Chandra Sekhar to ADG, DG Audit Hyderabad; M Mathew Jolly to Goa Customs; M R R Reddy to ADG DG Systems Delhi; M V S Chaudhary to Pune Cus; N Sridhar to Pune ST; Pramod Kumar Agarwal to Jabalpur CX; prem Nath Tiwari to Allahabad CX; Rajiv Kapoor to Mumbai-III Appeals Cus Mumbai Zone-III Cus to be reviwed in next AGT; Samanjasa Das to Meerut Appeals-I CX; Simmi Jain to Jodhpur Cus Prev; V Rama Mathew to Mumbai Cus I AP; Dr Veluru Santosh to Thiruvananthapuram CX; M M Pathibhan to ADG, DG Vigilance Chennai SZU; S K Vimalanathan to Thane-I CX; Anuj Gogia to Dehradun CX; Rajeev Gupta to Rajkot Appeals; Virendra Kumar Chaudhary to Surat CX I; Ajay Saxena to Bangalre AppealsII CX; Pawan Kumar Sinha to ADG, DG NACEN Vadodara; Mallika Mahajan Sinha to Anand CX; Bodduluri Hare Ram to Vizag-III CX; Madur Sreedhar to Chenna Audit ST; Vasa Sesha Giri Rao to ADG, DG NACEN, Chennai; C R Meena to Jodhpur CX; Chandra Prakash to CCF Delhi; Pradeep Kumar to Mumbai Appeals-II; Reshma Lakhani to Silvassa CX; Shrawan Kumar toNhava Sheva-III Cus; Vandana Jain to Pune Audit ST; Manoj Kumar Srivastava to Jamnagar Cus P; Sanjay Rathi to Nagpur CX Audit-I; Satyajit Singh to Delhi Audit-I ST; Ranjan Kumar Sahoo to Ranchi-I CX; M R Mohanti to Nhava Sheva-II Cus; P V N Suresh Babu to Calicut CX; Yogpal Singh to Kolkata-IV CX; Ajay Dixit to Lucknow Appeals CX; Sanjay Pant to Bangalore Appeals Customs; J R Panigrahi to Delhi Appeals Cus; Raj Kumar to Kolkata Audit ST; Vimal Kishore Verma to Vadodara Appeals-II, CX Surat; M Srinivas to Hyderabad-III CX; Sanjeev Srivastava to Delhi-III CX;, Madan Mohan Singh to Meerut-II Appeals CX NOIDA; Y D Banga to Chandigarh, Appeals-II CX Ludhiana; C Dhanasekaran to Mumba ST VII; Rajendra Singh to Ghaziabad CX; Rajesh Nandan to ICD, Tuglakabad Import Cus Delhi; Manoj Krishna to Mumbai Appeals-II ST; KI N Raghavan to Cochin, Audit CX; Shayam Raj Prasad to Mumbai ST-VI; V Valte to Lucknow CX; Seema Jere Bisht to ADG, RMD Mumbai; Aruna Narayan Gupta to Delhi ST II; Jayant Kumar Jha to Ranchi Appeal CX; G D Lohani to Tax Policy Research Unit, TPRU, DOR Delhi; Satish Kumar Agarwal to aDG, DGCEI HQ, Delhi; Vivek Chaturvedi to ADG DGRI, HQ Delhi; J M Kennedy to ADG, DGRI, Chennai ZU; S Kannan to Salem CX; Kulkarni Narendra Vishwanath to Raigard CX Mumbai zone-II CX and Sanar Chand was posted to Kanpur CX.

SAIL supports Yogeshwar Dutt to Rio Olympics (UPDATED)
Minister for Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh conferred the SAIL logo on Rio Olympics Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, in New Delhi on July 15, 2016. Chairman SAIL, P K Singh was also present on the occasion. Chaudhary Birendra Singh, while felicitating the Olympic going athlete said, "It is a matter of great pride that the largest contingent of Indian athletes is participating in the Rio Olympics this time. Yogeshwar is an athlete in whom we all have lot of trust and hope. I assure all help to Yogeshwar Dutta and give my best wishes to the entire Rio contingent. SAIL has decided to support Yogeshwar for the Rio Olympics. We will continue to provide him our support even after the Olympics and will again felicitate him after he wins a medal in the games." A few days ago Prime Minister, Narendra Modi had wished the Indian Olympic contingent the very best.

Ashok Kumar Singh joins as MD, BCPL (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Singh, GM, BCPL, has taken over the charge as Managing Director, Brahmaputra Crackers & Polymers Limited (BCPL).
(We said this on Aug 19, 2015)

Etv Q1 revenue result (UPDATED)
According to the recently released first quarter report by Panorama Television Pvt. Limited, ETV network has registered an unprecedented Advertisement revenue growth of 75% over the previous year (FY 15-16). This year's First quarter collections are 56.93 crore against the previous year figure of 32.61 crore.

CEO of ETV News Network Mr. Jagdish Chandra said, "ETV is the voice of nation for quiet sometime but now it has started reflecting in its P&L also. Now we are the largest regional television news network in the country, with 13 channels in 23 states with a combined viewership of more than 25 crores. I am proud of my team"

Panorama Television Private Limited is a part of TV 18 group, which is owned by Reliance Industries Ltd.

CORPORATE

Thakur appointed as Director (HR) of NALCO
Basant Kumar Thakur has been appointed as Director (HR) of National Aluminium Company Limited.

Dholakia appointed CS of Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited has appointed Shailesh Dholakia as Company Secretary of the company.

Purushothaman resigns as Director of Empee Distilleries Ltd
Shaji Purushothaman has resigned as Director of Empee Distilleries Limited.

Ms Tuli appointed CS of SPL Industries Ltd
SPL Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Kirti Tuli as Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Sejwani appointed Non-Exe. and Independent Director of Transoceanic Properties Ltd
Transoceanic Properties Ltd has appointed Ms Palak Sejwani as Non-Executive and Independent Director of the company.

Gosar resigns as CS of Gujarat Foils Ltd
Dipesh U Gosar has resigned as Company Secretary of Gujarat Foils Ltd.

No cash transactions above Rs 3 lakhs, cash holding limit Rs 15 Lakhs
The SIT in its fifth report has recommended that there should be a total ban on cash transactions above Rs. 3, 00,000 and an Act be framed to declare such transactions as illegal and punishable under law. It has further suggested an upper limit of Rs. 15 lakhs on cash holding.In case any person or industry requires holding more cash, it may obtain necessary permission from the Commissioner of Income tax of the area. The Fifth SIT report has been submitted before the Supreme Court by the SIT.

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Is the valley not slipping away?

The situation in Kashmir, after the killing of militant Burhan Wani is really grim and worrisome. It seems the valley is slipping away from the country. What else can you conclude when there is so much alienation and people in hordes attend the funeral of militants killed in encounters and attack security personnel with stones, grenades and what not. While our neighbor is responsible for fanning such anger against India, we ourselves are also to be blamed. Our policies have been flawed from day one. We have let the separatists have their way. They enriched themselves by being paid by Pakistan and played a nefarious role in brainwashing the youth by their pro-Pak propaganda. We silently watched and did not take any action to stop them in their tracks. Then our security forces under AFSPA committed many wrongs on the civilian population antagonizing them further. Even the present situation has become a vicious circle. While our Jawans and officers face an unprecedented threat to their life, they are using force which has caused many deaths and injuries. Besides more than 30 people having been killed in the past week pellet injuries have left scores of young people blind causing more anger and antagonism. The healing touch is missing. Should we not do something to help those blinded by pellets. Airlift them to the best hospitals in the country and get them treated to restore their eyesight?

Also a word for those who talk of violation of human rights of Kashmiris. Are the policemen and those in the Army and paramilitary forces not human beings. What about their rights ? Was it not the violation of human rights when the driver of the police van was thrown by the protesters in the Jhelum river along with his vehicle and killed him. The so-called intellectuals and liberals are just hypocrites.

Aarti Khosla

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