Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 1: Doctor’s at Kangan Trauma Hospital in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district had to conduct surgery of a woman patient twice in a week as they had left blade inside the patient’s abdomen while conducting her first surgery.
Locals said that a patient identified as Mubeena Jan, wife of Riyaz Ahmad of village Wussan was admitted in Trauma Hospital Kangan for an operation three days back. “After the operation the patient was continuously loosing blood, I requested doctors to examine the patient again,” said Riyaz.
After frequent requests by Riyaz, husband of the patient, the doctors operated her twice and finally found a blade left inside her at the time of her surgery.
Later, the doctors preferred to admit the patient for few more days in the hospital. The patient is presently in the Kangan Hospital. No official from the hospital was ready to speak about the incident.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 1: Army today detected and defused five Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) at village Shikari Top in Mahore area of Reasi district.
Reports said troops of Rashtriya Rifles conducted a search operating in the heights of Shikari Top and recovered four IEDs, weighing one kg, with detonators in metallic cylinders and one IED, weighing 500 grams.
The IEDs were taken to safe area and defused by the bomb disposal squad.
A major tragedy has been averted with timely detection of the IEDs and defusing them by the troops, reports said.

NEW DELHI, Feb 1:
Activist Anna Hazare today accused the Government of betrayal on the issue of making Lokpal a strong tool to curb corruption and dismissed the proposed legislation as “ineffective”.
Demanding making CBI and CVC as independent bodies on par with Election Commission, Hazare said if required he may again go back to the Ramlila Maidan to press for an effective Lokpal.
“The Government has been betraying us and people of the country repeatedly….If required I will go back to Ramlila Maidan to demand a strong and effective Lokpal Bill,” Hazare said addressing a press conference.
Rejecting the Lokpal Bill cleared by the Cabinet yesterday, Hazare said the fight against corruption will not be effective if Government did not relinquish its control over CBI and CVC.
“Due to Government’s control over CBI and CVC, corruption has increased. Both these bodies must be made autonomous like the Election Commission,” he said.
Hazare also criticised Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh accusing him of failing to keep his promise on specific demands based on which he had ended his 12-day-long fast in August 2011.
The Union Cabinet yesterday amended the controversial Lokpal Bill, delinking it from the setting up of Lokayuktas in the States and transferring powers of sanction of prosecution against public servant to the ombudsman.
The Cabinet accepted 14 of the 16 recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee, which was set up in May last year amid sharp differences among political parties because of which the legislation was stuck in the Upper House since December 2011.
The approval of the official amendments paves the way for consideration of the bill afresh by the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session expected to begin towards the end of February.
Hazare said he will travel across the country to make people aware about “Government’s betrayal” and to motivate them to elect those with clean image in the 2014 general elections.
Hazare alleged that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has failed to keep his written promises on Lokpal, which he gave in August 2011, specially on three issues of bringing class I, II, III, IV employees under the purview of Lokpal, forming Lokayuktas in states and citizen’s charter.
“In his letter, the PM had said that class I, II, III and IV officers would be brought under the Lokapl, Lokayuktas would be formed in States and citizen’s charter would be prepared. But all these three points are missing from the one passed by the Union Cabinet,” he said.
The Gandhian also said the Government had not been true to its promises since he started his agitation on the issue two years back. “If Government will keep on telling lies then what will happen to the country.”
Asked about Rahul Gandhi’s statement that “power is poison”, he said if it is poison, then “why the Government and the parties are after it and why don’t they leave it.
“It’s not poison but it is like addiction.”
On the issue of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi being projected as future Prime Minister, the activist said, “I have doubts that if he becomes Prime Minister then he would do any good for the country… He had not appointed a Lokayukta in his State then, how can we expect a Lokpal from him”.
On his future course of action, Hazare said that he would tour the country in next one-and-a-half year and find out people with good character and motivate them to work for the country.
On being asked about supporting his old colleague Arvind Kejriwal, who formed Aam Aadmi Party, he said, “I will not support him or his party or any party. I will support any individual who has a good character and a clean image.”
He also made it clear that he would not support Kejriwal’s party or any other party if its members don’t have a clean image.
He said that dynastic rule in democracy was very dangerous as it would promote a system which was prevailing during monarchy in the country.
It will give rise to a corrupt system of “power through money and money through power”, he warned.
When pointed out that the Lokpal was being cleared by Members of Parliament who were elected representatives of people, he said “if they are elected representatives then why aren’t they coming up with a legislation which the people are demanding”. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, Feb 1:
The Union Cabinet today approved promulgation of an ordinance to give effect to the Justice Verma Committee report on making laws on sexual crime against women more stringent.
The Cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had been specially convened for the purpose.
The Prime Minister had in letter to Justice J S Verma two days ago said the Government would be prompt in pursuing the recommendations of the Committee.
The Committee had submitted its report on January 23.
The three-member panel headed by Justice Verma with Justice (Rtd) Leila Seth and former Solicitor General of India had been constituted in the wake of the nationwide outcry against the gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedic in the capital on December 16, and later her death.
The main recommendations of the committee included increasing the punishment up to 20 years of imprisonment for rape and murder and life term for gang rape.
It, however, did not go for death penalty as demanded by various bodies and political parties.
The Committee had suggested a number of amendments to the criminal law for providing higher punishment for the guilty of rape, including police and public servants.
The new offences like disrobing a woman, voyeurism, stalking and trafficking have been included in the sexual crimes.
At present, rape laws provide for seven years to life imprisonment for rape.
The Justice Verma Committe has recognised the need to curb all forms of sexual offences. It is for upto seven years of punishment for voyeurism, up to three years for stalking or attempts to contact a person repeatedly through any means.
Acid attacks would be punished by up to seven years of imprisonment, and trafficking with RI for seven to ten years.
The Committee also provides for punishment for any officer who fails to register a case of rape reported to him. (UNI)

NEW DELHI, Feb 1:
The main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party will boycott Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in and outside Parliament for his “Hindu terror” remark.
“…Mr Shinde has insulted Hindus by his remark. He said the BJP and the RSS are promoting Hindu terror. The BJP core group condemned his statement,” BJP leader Ananth Kumar today told reporters after the party’s core group meeting at the party headquarters here.
The meeting, which lasted for about two hours, was attended by BJP president Rajnath Singh, senior party leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and others.
“From tomorrow, the BJP workers will show black flags to Mr Shinde where ever he travels in the country,” Mr Kumar said.
He said the BJP will also boycott every meeting called by Mr Shinde, who is also Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha.
“The BJP will have no communication with Mr Shinde,” the BJP leader added.
Mr Kumar demanded that Mr Shinde must apologise for his remark and withdraw it.
“The statement of Mr Shinde shows the Congress’ anti-Hindu mentallity. The BJP will not tolerate this,” he alleged.
At the Congress “Chintan Shivir” in Jaipur recently, Mr Shinde had accused the Rashtriya Syayamsevak Sangh and the BJP of promoting “Hindu terror” at their training camps.
The BJP has alleged that Mr Shinde had made the comments because of vote-bank politics.
The BJP’s decision to boycott Mr Shinde is likely to create ‘trouble’ for the ruling Congress-led UPA Governent during the Budget Session of Parliament which will start from February 21.
The Government needs the Opposition’s support on several important legislations.
On BJP’s National Council meeting, Mr Kumar said the date and place for the meeting will be announced tomorrow. (UNI)