This brave policeman without any bullet proof is fighting against terrorists in gurdas pur ,Punjab .
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Monday, 13 July 2015
RACE ISSUE; Sikh postman accuses Disney World of discrimination by segregating routes
Gurdit Singh, with help of American Civil Liberties Union, won right to drive regular routes after alleging Florida theme park restricted his work
Gurdit Singh, a Disney World postman, claims the theme park discriminate against him based on his religious faith. Photograph: ACLU
When people hear that Gurdit Singh is a postman at Disney World, Florida, visions might come to mind of a man waving to Mickey Mouse and Snow White on his daily delivery route.
But at a theme park where dreams supposedly come true, the postman has claimed segregation from Disney customers and its staff because of his turban and beard.
Now Singh, a Sikh, has won the right to drive regular routes – even in this most irregular of postal delivery codes, free of discrimination.
Singh has worked as a private postman at Disney World in Florida since 2008, but he says he only drove an out-of-sight route while other park delivery workers switched routes every few weeks. He attempted to get Disney to switch him to the regular rotation with no success before contacting the American Civil Liberties Union and the Sikh Coalition.
“Where companies have these look policies or other uniform standards, it’s especially difficult for individuals of minority faiths to meet the requirements and so it disproportionately affects them,” Heather Weaver, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU, told the Guardian.
In May, the ACLU and the Sikh Coalition wrote a letter to Disney demanding that Singh be granted religious accommodation, so that he could drive in the regular rotation and follow his faith.
“My turban and beard serve as a constant reminder of my commitment to my faith ... these articles remind everybody that we’re all equal,” Singh told the BBC. “That’s not just a Sikh value, that’s an American value.”
Weaver told the Guardian that Disney responded to their letter quickly.
“They immediately recognized that their previous denials of religious accommodation had been wrong and started to take steps to make sure he worked all the mail routes,” she said.
“I think this is a great first step to ensuring that Disney’s workforce is religiously diverse and that customers see that in their interactions with Disney’s employees.”
In the letter, Disney not only granted Singh’s request but defended its position as a non-discriminatory company.
“Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US Inc is an employer of choice that is committed to diversity and prohibits discrimination based upon religion,” they wrote.
But Gurjot Kaur, a lawyer for the Sikh Coalition, told the BBC that Singh had faced issues with Disney before. He first applied for a job in 2005, the attorney said, and was told he would have to work in the back because of his turban and beard. He said Singh later applied to be a doorman with the company in 2008 and was rejected “because his ‘costume’ did not match the ‘costume’ necessary”. Singh believed the company was referring to his turban and beard.
Disney did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Saturday, 11 July 2015
DON’T KILL YOUR DAUGHTERS, GIVE THEM TO ME AND I WILL RAISE THEM : BIBI PRAKASH KAUR:
Long before the show “Satyameva Jayate” The Bhai Ghanayya Ji Charitable Trust was established on May 17th 1993 running as ‘Unique Home’ which looks after unwanted, unclaimed or orphan children whom society shuns.
The baby girls are found by road sides, dumped by running water, or even left during the night in the baby cradle outside the home. Unique Home with an aim “Moral, Social, Cultural and Economic uplift of orphan children without any distinction of Caste, Creed and Religion”.
To raise these children as enlightened and self respecting citizens and restore them their due place in society is a very hard task that required a mass, social effort. We appeal to all kind hearted people to come forward with all possible means.
The main spirit behind this institution is Bibi Prakaash Kaur, whose aim is to rehabilitate those people whom society has disowned. The current seva is being done by Bibi Gurdip Kaur, who is the President of Bhai Ghanayya Ji Charitable Trust. Despite her old age, she is fully devoted to the service of the children.
In a state infamous for female foeticide, Prakash Kaur is mother to 60 abandoned girls. She’s given them a life to look forward to; when their own parents wished them death. Every girl here at the Unique Home in Jalandhar is getting a shot at good education and a secure future; all thanks to the woman they proudly call their mother.
The woman behind the home is Prakash Kaur, who was herself left on the streets as a baby 60 years ago. Since 1993, she has dedicated her life to the noble but onerous mission of rescuing unwanted and unclaimed newborn girls and giving them a secure home and future.
Today, Unique Home for Girls has 60-odd residents who call Prakash Kaur mother. “They are my own children,” the lady says. “They are never made to feel like abandoned children.”
As we walk around the home, it is easy to see that her claim is quite well-founded. Even as her ‘family’ expands and her responsibilities grow, Prakash Kaur’s fount of maternal compassion shows no signs of drying up.
She has touched the lives of many who’ve been cruelly shunned by their own. Siya was only a few hours old when she was found in a drain, wrapped in a black polythene bag. Reva was a newborn when her parents decided to dump her near the highway off Kapurthala. Razia and Rabiya were just a few days old when they were discovered in the fields outside Jalandhar.
These girls have all found shelter in Unique Home, where they now enjoy the real family experience that their pitiless parents chose to deprive them of simply because of their gender. The girls who live here range from the age of four days to 19 years.
Unique Home is run by a trust named after Bhai Ghanayya Ji, a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh. The trust aims to raise these children as healthy individuals and arm them with all the social skills and educational qualifications that they need to face life on their own terms. The girls could not have found a better person than Prakash Kaur for the job of providing them with support and succour.
Most of Unique Home’s inmates arrive here as hapless, barely alive foundlings. So they have no recollections of how they are brought here. But those that have grown up in the life-affirming warmth of this home are proud that they belong here.
Under Prakash Kaur’s care and tutelage, these girls are all well adjusted individuals willing and able to take their rightful place in a society that still seems to harbour a strong aversion to children of their gender.
Prakash Kaur is acutely aware of the challenges that lie before her, but she has faith. “Yeh uparwaale ka kaam hai. Jab ussney yeh zimmedaari di hai to himmat bhi wohi dega. Jab aaj tak mujhe koi mushkil nahin aayee to aagey bhi nahin aayegi. Neki key kaam mein kabhi koi rukawat nahin aati,” she says. She is obviously getting on in years but she still retains the strength to make chapatis for all the inmates of the home three times a day and seven days a week.
The first thing that strikes one in Unique Home is a small hatched box near the entrance. It is called the “cradle”. Flip open the hatch and you see a shelf built into the wall. When a rescued child is placed on the shelf, it sets off an alarm that tells the staff that they have a new girl to take care of. When it comes to christening the new arrivals, names are drawn from all the religions of India. So at Unique Home, girls have Hindu, Muslim and Christian and Sikh names and faith has no restrictions.
Although we visited Unique Home without any prior notice, Prakash Kaur ensured that we were made to feel at home. Not surprising at all coming from a lady who has dedicated her life to dispelling a bit of the darkness that engulfs Punjab, indeed all of India. The girls brought to Unique Home grow up with a sense of belonging. This is the only home they know.
For a home that houses 60-odd girls, the place looks a bit too small. The rather cramped space has limited amenities for the girls, including three small rooms that serve as bedroom, dining area and playroom, in addition to a small kitchen and an office for visitors.The room that is meant for infants has three big cradles. Each has four to five babies sleeping in them. Unique Home has now acquired a new site and expansion plans are in place.
But living space is the least of the home’s problems for the hearts here are big. This is like a huge family where the older girls take care of the younger ones. We are told by the founder that the girls go to good English medium schools like Saint Mary’s in Mussoorie. A few have since been married into suitable homes. But Prakash Kaur’s responsibility does not end there.
She continues to keep a watch over the girls even after they are married. She fights for their rights if the in-laws prove to be difficult. Take the case of former Unique Home inmate Alka. When her husband died prematurely, her in-laws grabbed all her property and threw her out of the house. Prakash Kaur intervened and fought tooth and nail. She eventually managed to secure for Alka her rightful share in the family property.
So far Prakash Kaur has organised the marriages of 17 of the Unique Home inmates. While a few of these girls graduated from college before they got married, the remaining tied the knot after passing out of high school. However, several of the older girls here have decided not to marry and instead dedicate themselves, like Prakash Kaur, to the service of Unique Home.
April 24 is a very special day at Unique Home. It is the day when the children here collectively celebrate their birthday. A huge 100-kg cake is cut and the day is marked by much merriment. That apart, once every year, during the summer holidays, the inmates of Unique Home go on a trip to Darjeeling.
On our visit to the home, we ate lunch with the children. The food was simple but delicious: rice, chapatis and aloo gobhi. Prakash Kaur made fresh chapatis for all the 60 children.
“We don’t want to give our kids up for adoption. People come to us but we refuse,” says Prakash Kaur. Although she did not give us any specific details, she told us that she knows of many cases in which adopted girls have been ill treated.
Prakash Kaur herself has no idea who her parents were. She was found abandoned and grew up in a Nari Niketan. She describes the work she does today as “the lord’s work”.
Asked if she ever faced any mistreatment in the Nari Niketan where she grew up, she smiles and says: “I will never allow my daughters to work as maids anywhere.”
The most essential part of this home is that the children are aware of the fact that their real parents have abandoned them because they are obsessed with boys. But this poisonous truth has only strengthened their resolve to prove themselves. Sheeba, who studies in a convent school in Mussoorie, wants to be a successful neurosurgeon.
“I want my real mother to know that the daughter she threw out of her life is well established. I want to be very famous. I want to prove to her that girls are not a burden,” she says. Sheeba has always stood first in her class with A-plus grades. She is determined to make it to a good medical college.
Lucy is 19 years old. She wants to be a professor of English. “I believe that education is the only way forward in this society which discriminates against girl children,” she says.
Punjab has one of India’s most skewed sex ratios. The percentage of women in the state’s population keeps dipping every year. A growing shortage of marriageable girls has forced men here to find partners in different cultures and states.
“When French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni came to India, they prayed for a boy. I was shocked. I used to think that Westerners treat both genders equally. He could have asked for a girl. It would have sent out a message to the people of India. It’s rather sad,” says Prakash Kaur. The French first couple prayed for a son at the Fatehpur Sikri dargah of Sufi saint Salim Chishti.
Female foeticide is on the rise, especially among the educated class and in higher strata of society. It has assumed alarming proportions. According to NGOs working with issues related to women, every year, 10 lakh cases of female foeticide take place in the country with the help of gender determination tests. The death of young girls in India exceed those of young boys by over 300,000 each year and every 6th infant death is specifically due to gender discrimination.
According to Anjalee Shenoy of Sama Resource Centre for Women and Health, new techniques like PGD (pre-implant genetic diagnosis), a method that involves producing embryos through IVF, cannot just help you decide the gender of the child but the colour of skin and hair. And there is no effective law in place right now to stop this practice. “This falls under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, but it is going undetected,” says Shenoy.
But there is hope yet. If only Prakash Kaur’s selfless spirit would rub off on society at large.
Friday, 10 July 2015
INDIA :: Where only VVIPs matter
Political Delhi is in the throes of VIP
aka Very Important Person tremors
once again. Three incidents which
showcase the ugly, uglier and the ugliest
of our aaj ke rajneetas. Main VIP hoon,
tum kaun?
Which translates in to boorish behaviour, shrilling lal batti sirens, posy of mean-looking gun-wielding security, retinue of chamchaas et al. The kind that spells bad news for the poor aam aadmi. Toh kya? First, the Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis delayed an Air India flight to US with 250 passengers by one hour as his Principal Secretary forgot to get his passport which had the valid visa. Shockingly, the missing visa was discovered only at the boarding gate by a vigilant officer. How and why was the official allowed to go through by the immigration and customs authorities? Why should our law makers be exempt from security checks? Obviously, all were busy in jee huzooring instead of doing their duty! Worse, Fadnavis threw a tantrum and refused to travel without his Secretary, who could jolly well have taken the next flight instead of delaying and inconveniencing passengers. Of course, VIPs don't believe in extending basic courtesies. Power is always right. Second, the Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju did one better. He not only delayed the Leh-Delhi flight by around an hour but also three passengers were deboarded to accommodate him and two others. Okay, to be fair he was only informed on boarding, but nothing prevented our Mantri from deplaning and insisting the family be reallocated their seats. Three, film star-MP Hema Malani's Mercedes collided with an Alto near Jaipur injuring her and four in the other car. While our Right Honourable with minor injuries was taken post haste to the nearby Fortis hospital in Jaipur, the critically injured family had to wait for an ambulance and then driven to a Sarkari hospital one-and-a-half hours away in Dausa. The delay resulted in the death of the two-year old girl. Questionably, wasn't it our jan seveka's duty to ensure the critically injured were attended too immediately? Why didn't she take them along with her to the hospital? Simply, because the aam aadmi is just aam. The crowning glory is that while our valiant ex-servicemen staged an unprecedented dharna in Delhi demanding the implementation of the promised one-rank-one-pension scheme, our MPs demand a 100 per cent pay hike from Rs 50,000 per month to Rs one lakh, doubling of constituency allowance from Rs 45,000 to Rs 80,000, increase in personal staff salary from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000, pension from Rs 20,000 to Rs 35,000. This is not all. Enhancement of daily allowance from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000, official vehicle for MPs, 48 air tickets up from 34, canteen facilities for grocery items, 10 air tickets to ex-MPs, CGHS facilities for their dependents including grand children etc. Why do they need a raise? Everything is paid by us, taxpayers anyway. Think. Our netagan live in tony Lutyens' Delhi replete with seven-star bungalows with manicured lawns, growing wheat and vegetables. They get free furniture, airconditioners, fridges and maintenance to boot, down to a tube-light, aggregating over Rs 60 crore annually. It doesn't end just there. Each MP is entitled to free water upto 4000 kl per annum and electricity upto 50,000 units. Beside, 1,50,000 local calls for 3 telephones and 50,000 free local calls for internet annually. Down to washing of sofa covers and curtains every three months! As also a guard. Do our jan sevaks need a sepoy to protect them from their janata they profess to serve? Even as their constituents continue to grovel outside soliciting a favour from their undata. Isn't it absurd that they self-decide when and how much raise they want! Raising a moot point: Can our poor country afford expensive legislators? Haven't we had enough? Why should our post-Independence ruling mai-baaps nurse a feudal mindset and demand differential treatment? Do they actually deserve this extra importance? Are these people the representatives of the common man or are they peers of a new realm they have created? Considering, most netas barely discharge their responsibilities honestly and honourably? Why should the ever-ballooning list of VIPs feel their selfhoods are at stake when asked to follow the rules? Whatever happened to democracy by the people, of the people, for the people? Alas, we seem to live in an India where only VVIPs matter. Wherein there is a wide chasm between the aam aadmi and our khaas aadmis. Leading to increasing frustration, disconnect and contempt for the leaders which results in defiance by people at large. Moreover, they are afflicted by two diseases: Acute Orwellian disorder of "some are more equal than others" and Oliver's disease, "always asking for more". They are two sets of laws: rule of law for us where innocents are jailed for trivial crimes and rule by law for them whereby the 'more equals' play havoc with the people and get away with it. No IDs', no frisking and long queues, cars jumping red lights to exhibit their 'power' might. God forbid, if anyone questions their misdemeanor, be prepared for open fury. But it doesn't end just there. Recently, Lok Sabha witnessed an ugly scramble for VIP status. Livid MPs yelled blue murder over the downgrading of their security cover. "We are vital for the country… you will have blood on your hands…," they yelled. Really? The tragedy is that in 21st century India our ruling neo maharajas hang on to the vestige of 19th century. Bruised by a feudal oligarchy, colonial hangover and pummeled self-esteem our leaders have combined the power of democracy, vote-bank politics and populism to become a force to reckon with for acquiring and retaining power. Barricading themselves from growing public anger with more security and erecting metal nets at rallies. Clearly, Modi needs to cry a halt to this VIP racism. Stop all unnecessary privileges, financial pampering and perks to our legislators, make their incomes and salaries taxable and stop pensions to ex-MPS. Our polity to realize that any increase in privileges is coterminus with an increase in accountability. Time to adopt the American model where the US House and Senate members salary $174,000 per year, lower than private mid-level executives. Or the Japanese and French form where MPs salaries are fixed to the highest paid bureaucrats. In Germany, MPs get remuneration adequate to ensure their independence. In UK the Review Body on Senior Salaries advises the Prime Minister on the pay and pension of MPs and Ministers. In Switzerland MPs do not get any salary or allowance; they just get paid leave from their employers on the days of Parliament's session. Importantly, our Right Honourables need to recognize that they must deserve before they can desire. It remains to be seen whether our polity will continue to live life Maharaja-size and reduce humtoh-janata-ke-sevak-hain to mere tokenism? Prime Minister Modi calls himself Pradhan Sevak. Will his MPs practice what he preaches? Truly and urgently? INFA W
Author: Poonam I Kaushish
Source: http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com/?id=MzU2NzE=
Which translates in to boorish behaviour, shrilling lal batti sirens, posy of mean-looking gun-wielding security, retinue of chamchaas et al. The kind that spells bad news for the poor aam aadmi. Toh kya? First, the Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis delayed an Air India flight to US with 250 passengers by one hour as his Principal Secretary forgot to get his passport which had the valid visa. Shockingly, the missing visa was discovered only at the boarding gate by a vigilant officer. How and why was the official allowed to go through by the immigration and customs authorities? Why should our law makers be exempt from security checks? Obviously, all were busy in jee huzooring instead of doing their duty! Worse, Fadnavis threw a tantrum and refused to travel without his Secretary, who could jolly well have taken the next flight instead of delaying and inconveniencing passengers. Of course, VIPs don't believe in extending basic courtesies. Power is always right. Second, the Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju did one better. He not only delayed the Leh-Delhi flight by around an hour but also three passengers were deboarded to accommodate him and two others. Okay, to be fair he was only informed on boarding, but nothing prevented our Mantri from deplaning and insisting the family be reallocated their seats. Three, film star-MP Hema Malani's Mercedes collided with an Alto near Jaipur injuring her and four in the other car. While our Right Honourable with minor injuries was taken post haste to the nearby Fortis hospital in Jaipur, the critically injured family had to wait for an ambulance and then driven to a Sarkari hospital one-and-a-half hours away in Dausa. The delay resulted in the death of the two-year old girl. Questionably, wasn't it our jan seveka's duty to ensure the critically injured were attended too immediately? Why didn't she take them along with her to the hospital? Simply, because the aam aadmi is just aam. The crowning glory is that while our valiant ex-servicemen staged an unprecedented dharna in Delhi demanding the implementation of the promised one-rank-one-pension scheme, our MPs demand a 100 per cent pay hike from Rs 50,000 per month to Rs one lakh, doubling of constituency allowance from Rs 45,000 to Rs 80,000, increase in personal staff salary from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000, pension from Rs 20,000 to Rs 35,000. This is not all. Enhancement of daily allowance from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000, official vehicle for MPs, 48 air tickets up from 34, canteen facilities for grocery items, 10 air tickets to ex-MPs, CGHS facilities for their dependents including grand children etc. Why do they need a raise? Everything is paid by us, taxpayers anyway. Think. Our netagan live in tony Lutyens' Delhi replete with seven-star bungalows with manicured lawns, growing wheat and vegetables. They get free furniture, airconditioners, fridges and maintenance to boot, down to a tube-light, aggregating over Rs 60 crore annually. It doesn't end just there. Each MP is entitled to free water upto 4000 kl per annum and electricity upto 50,000 units. Beside, 1,50,000 local calls for 3 telephones and 50,000 free local calls for internet annually. Down to washing of sofa covers and curtains every three months! As also a guard. Do our jan sevaks need a sepoy to protect them from their janata they profess to serve? Even as their constituents continue to grovel outside soliciting a favour from their undata. Isn't it absurd that they self-decide when and how much raise they want! Raising a moot point: Can our poor country afford expensive legislators? Haven't we had enough? Why should our post-Independence ruling mai-baaps nurse a feudal mindset and demand differential treatment? Do they actually deserve this extra importance? Are these people the representatives of the common man or are they peers of a new realm they have created? Considering, most netas barely discharge their responsibilities honestly and honourably? Why should the ever-ballooning list of VIPs feel their selfhoods are at stake when asked to follow the rules? Whatever happened to democracy by the people, of the people, for the people? Alas, we seem to live in an India where only VVIPs matter. Wherein there is a wide chasm between the aam aadmi and our khaas aadmis. Leading to increasing frustration, disconnect and contempt for the leaders which results in defiance by people at large. Moreover, they are afflicted by two diseases: Acute Orwellian disorder of "some are more equal than others" and Oliver's disease, "always asking for more". They are two sets of laws: rule of law for us where innocents are jailed for trivial crimes and rule by law for them whereby the 'more equals' play havoc with the people and get away with it. No IDs', no frisking and long queues, cars jumping red lights to exhibit their 'power' might. God forbid, if anyone questions their misdemeanor, be prepared for open fury. But it doesn't end just there. Recently, Lok Sabha witnessed an ugly scramble for VIP status. Livid MPs yelled blue murder over the downgrading of their security cover. "We are vital for the country… you will have blood on your hands…," they yelled. Really? The tragedy is that in 21st century India our ruling neo maharajas hang on to the vestige of 19th century. Bruised by a feudal oligarchy, colonial hangover and pummeled self-esteem our leaders have combined the power of democracy, vote-bank politics and populism to become a force to reckon with for acquiring and retaining power. Barricading themselves from growing public anger with more security and erecting metal nets at rallies. Clearly, Modi needs to cry a halt to this VIP racism. Stop all unnecessary privileges, financial pampering and perks to our legislators, make their incomes and salaries taxable and stop pensions to ex-MPS. Our polity to realize that any increase in privileges is coterminus with an increase in accountability. Time to adopt the American model where the US House and Senate members salary $174,000 per year, lower than private mid-level executives. Or the Japanese and French form where MPs salaries are fixed to the highest paid bureaucrats. In Germany, MPs get remuneration adequate to ensure their independence. In UK the Review Body on Senior Salaries advises the Prime Minister on the pay and pension of MPs and Ministers. In Switzerland MPs do not get any salary or allowance; they just get paid leave from their employers on the days of Parliament's session. Importantly, our Right Honourables need to recognize that they must deserve before they can desire. It remains to be seen whether our polity will continue to live life Maharaja-size and reduce humtoh-janata-ke-sevak-hain to mere tokenism? Prime Minister Modi calls himself Pradhan Sevak. Will his MPs practice what he preaches? Truly and urgently? INFA W
Author: Poonam I Kaushish
Source: http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com/?id=MzU2NzE=
Heavy Rain fall causes flood in most of of Jammu district of jammu and kashmir J&K
Heavy rains and flood in many nallahs in Jammu area wrecked havoc during early hours today as the water entered many city localities and its outskirts, causing extensive damage to the houses, vehicles and other property while Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained blocked due to landslides near Udhampur and Ramban.
River Chenab was flowing near alert mark at Akhnoor during morning while many seasonal nallahs over flooded and caused extensive damage to the public properly. Several link roads and culverts were also damaged due to flood in the nallahs and the vehicular traffic also remained suspended for several hours during morning hours in many area of Akhnoor, Jammu and parts of Samba and Kathua.
River Chenab was flowing near alert mark at Akhnoor during morning while many seasonal nallahs over flooded and caused extensive damage to the public properly. Several link roads and culverts were also damaged due to flood in the nallahs and the vehicular traffic also remained suspended for several hours during morning hours in many area of Akhnoor, Jammu and parts of Samba and Kathua.
image source: daily excelsior jammu newspaper
source: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/rain-flood-wreak-havoc-in-jammu-water-enters-many-city-localities/
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Hema Malini blames little girl's father for her death, causes outrage
The blame game for the car accident that caused injuries to veteran Bollywood actor and BJP legislator Hema Malini and led to the death of a two-year-old girl has begun.
After being discharged from the hospital, the actor thought it was best to take to Twitter and blamed the girl's father for 'not following traffic rules' hence causing the tragic death of the child.
The little girl, Sonam, passed away after the car she was travelling in collided with Malini's Mercedes-Benz. While Malini suffered a nasal fracture, with other injuries on her forehead, cheeks and legs, Sonam's parents, brother and aunt were also seriously injured.
Sonam's father had earlier stated that his daughter might have made it out alive had she been taken to the hospital along with the parliamentarian.
Hema Malini also thanked her family, friends and fans for praying for her and said the ''years spent at entertainment industry brought her goodwill".
Following the accident, media had been abuzz with criticism of the legislator for not giving priority to the child by taking her to the hospital. Malini's case is not first such instance as popular actor Salman Khan also frequents courts for his hit-and-run case.
Although some backed her up, it seems that Malini's words have caused many oppose her 'victim-blaming' tactic:
source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1193152/hema-malini-blames-little-girls-father-for-her-death-causes-outrage
Jammu University Lecturer Recruitment 2015
Bumper Jammu University Recruitment Notification Out : Apply for Lecturer posts in 2015
Today, Jammu University had issued the first major Recruitment Notification for 2015 and invited applications for various posts. In this post, we are going to share the Complete Details of Jammu University Recruitment 2015.
Unlike, State Govt Jobs, that takes ample time to complete the Recruitment process, Jammu University completes it in Fast Track manner.
It is worth mentioning here that these are contractual posts and the appointee cannot claim for permanent job . The salary will be paid as per the University norms.
If you are looking for a permanent Job such as That of Assistant Professor and College Lecturer Or School Lecturer. Then, we have a good news for you, as the state Govt. had already referred over 2200 posts to the JKPSC. Not, only this, Govt is planning to advertise 7500 various posts for which recruitment is to be completed on Fast Track basis. (With in 3 Months)
For more information, on Fast track Recruitment's, Read our previous article on J&K's New Recruitment Policy 2015
Jammu University Lecturer Recruitment 2015
A secret to IS success: shock troops who fight to the death
BAGHDAD: Bearded and wearing bright blue bandanas, the Islamic State (IS) group's “special forces” unit gathered around their commander just before they attacked the central Syrian town of al-Sukhna. “Victory or martyrdom,” they screamed, pledging their allegiance to God and vowing never to retreat.
The IS calls them “Inghemasiyoun,” Arabic for "those who immerse themselves". The elite shock troops are possibly the deadliest weapon in the extremist group's arsenal: Fanatical and disciplined, they infiltrate their targets, unleash mayhem and fight to the death, wearing explosives belts to blow themselves up among their opponents if they face defeat.
They are credited with many of the group's stunning battlefield successes ─ including the capture of al-Sukhna in May after the scene shown in an online video released by the group.
“They cause chaos and then their main ground offensive begins,” said Redur Khalil, spokesman of the US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units, which have taken the lead in a string of military successes against the IS in Syria.
Though best known for its horrific brutalities ─ from its grotesque killings of captives to enslavement of women ─ the Islamic State group has proved to be a highly organised and flexible fighting force, according to senior Iraqi military and intelligence officials and Syrian Kurdish commanders on the front lines.
Its tactics are often creative, whether it's using a sandstorm as cover for an assault or a lone sniper tying himself to the top of a palm tree to pick off troops below.
Its forces nimbly move between conventional and guerrilla warfare, using the latter to wear down their opponents before massed fighters backed by armoured vehicles, Humvees and sometimes even artillery move to take over territory.
The fighters incorporate suicide bombings as a fearsome battlefield tactic to break through lines and demoralise enemies, and they are constantly honing them to make them more effective. Recently, they beefed up the front armour of the vehicles used in those attacks to prevent gunfire from killing the driver or detonating explosives prematurely.
Those strategies are being carried over into new fronts as well, appearing in Egypt in last week's dramatic attack by an IS-linked militant group against the military in the Sinai Peninsula.
Andreas Krieg, a professor at King's College London who embedded with Iraqi Kurdish fighters last fall, said IS local commanders are given leeway to operate as they see fit.
They "have overall orders on strategy and are expected to come up with the most efficient ways of adapting it," he said. The group "is very much success oriented, results oriented".
That's a strong contrast to the rigid, inefficient and corrupt hierarchies of the Iraqi and Syrian militaries, where officers often fear taking any action without direct approval from higher up.
IS fighters are highly disciplined ─ swift execution is the punishment for deserting battle or falling asleep on guard duty, Iraqi officers said. The group is also flush with weaponry looted from Iraqi forces that fled its blitzkrieg a year ago, when IS overtook the northern city of Mosul and other areas.
Much of the heavy weapons it holds ─ including artillery and tanks ─ have hardly been used, apparently on reserve for a future battle. Iraqi army Lt Gen Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi said IS also stands out in its ability to conduct multiple battles simultaneously.
"In the Iraqi army, we can only run one big battle at a time," said al-Saadi, who was wounded twice in the past year as he led forces that retook the key cities of Beiji and Tikrit from IS.
Even the group's atrocities are in part a tactic, aimed at terrorising its enemies and depicting itself as an unstoppable juggernaut. In June 2014, the group boasted of killing hundreds of Shias in Iraq's security forces, issuing photos of the massacre.
It regularly beheads captured soldiers, releasing videos of the killings online. It is increasing the shock value: recent videos showed it lowering captives in a cage into a pool to drown and blowing off the heads of others with explosive wire around their necks.
The number of IS fighters in Iraq and Syria is estimated between 30,000 to 60,000, according to the Iraqi officers. Former army officers of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein have helped the group organise its fighters, a diverse mix from Europe, the United States and Arab and Central Asian nations.
Veteran jihadis with combat experience in Afghanistan, Chechnya or Somalia have also brought valuable experience, both in planning and as role models to younger fighters.
"They tend to use their foreign fighters as suicide bombers," said Patrick Skinner, a former CIA officer who now directs special operations for The Soufan Group, a private geopolitical risk assessment company. "People go to the Islamic State looking to die, and the Islamic State is happy to help them."
The group's tactics carried it to an overwhelming sweep of northern and western Iraq a year ago, capturing Mosul, Iraq's second-biggest city. Shortly thereafter, IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the self-styled Islamic State — spanning its territory in Iraq and Syria.
The elite shock troops were crucial in the capture of Ramadi. First came a wave of more than a dozen suicide bombings that hammered the military's positions in the city, then the fighters moved in during a sandstorm. Iraqi troops crumbled and fled as a larger IS force marched in.
“The way they took Ramadi will be studied for a while,” Skinner said. “They have the ability to jump back and forth between traditional [military operations] and terrorism.” He said a similar combination of suicide bombings ahead of ground forces was used in last week's Sinai attacks in Egypt.
Since US-led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq have made it more difficult for the group's forces to advance, IS has lost ground. Iraqi troops and Shia militiamen retook areas to the south and northeast of Baghdad, the oil refinery city of Beiji and Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit north of the capital.
In Syria, Kurdish fighters backed by heavy US airstrikes wrested the border town of Kobani from the IS after weeks of devastating battles. More recently, IS lost Tal Abyad, another Syrian town on the Turkish border.
Despite that loss, IS shock troops attacked Kobani last month. Around 70 of them infiltrated and battled a much larger Kurdish force for two days, apparently on a mission not to retake the town but to cause chaos.
They were all slain, but not before killing more than 250 civilians, including roughly 100 children, and more than 30 Kurdish fighters. At the same time, they attacked the northeast Syrian city of Hassakeh, driving out thousands of people and still holding out in parts of the city despite continued fighting.
Last week, they carried out a bloody incursion into Tal Abyad, again fighting until they were all killed but demonstrating their relentlessness.
"We are still nursing our wounds in Kobani," said Ghalia Nehme, a Syrian Kurdish commander who fought in last month's battle. "From what we saw, they weren't planning to leave alive. It seems they were longing for heaven," she said.
The use of suicide bombings has forced the group's opponents to adapt. Al-Saadi defied his own Iraqi military commanders who demanded a fast assault to retake Beiji.
Instead, he adopted a slow, methodical march from a base near Tikrit, moving only a few miles each day while clearing roads of explosives and setting up barriers against suicide attacks. It took him three weeks to go 25 miles to Beiji, fighting the whole way and fending off more than two dozen suicide attacks, then another week to take Beiji, but he succeeded with minimal casualties.
IS also has adapted, and recently began using remote controlled aircraft fitted with cameras to film enemy positions. It is believed to have agents within the military. It also has superior communications equipment, using two-way radios with a longer range than the Iraqi military's, said Maj Gen Ali Omran, commander of Iraq's 5th Division.
Omran said that when the extremists figured out the military was listening in on its radio frequencies, it switched to more secure lines but continued using the infiltrated frequencies to feed the military false information.
Even IS supply chains are robust. Its fighters' rations often include grilled meat kebabs and chicken, better than what Iraqi troops eat, Omran said.
But IS has its vulnerabilities, noted Skinner. It has no air force. And its open, state-like organisation gives an opportunity for spies to infiltrate, something the group clearly fears given the many killings of people it suspects of espionage.
It also faces internal strains, trying to control and direct its multi-national personnel.
"We think of them as this spooky faceless organization that runs seamlessly,” Skinner said. “I imagine it's probably the hardest organisation to run, because it's staffed with unstable, violent people.”
source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1193151/a-secret-to-is-success-shock-troops-who-fight-to-the-death
source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1193151/a-secret-to-is-success-shock-troops-who-fight-to-the-death
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
A sikh Truck Driver attacked by MOB
A Sikh truck driver was stopped by a mob after a vehicle collided with his truck. The truck driver repeatedly says he didn’t slam into the vehicle but instead the vehicle slammed into his truck.
The mob approached the Sikh and tried pull him out of the truck. 3 individuals can be seen assaulting the Sikh man. A dramatic turn of events occur after the Sikh defends himself by pulling out a Kirpan.
The mob disperses quickly and the truck driver went on his way. The incident teaches a lesson to be alert and active in defending oneself as the mob could have dragged the Sikh driver out and beaten him but the quick thinking of the truck driver caused him to save his life.
Sunday, 5 July 2015
world war 2 : sikh soldiers captured at singapore by japanese:
