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Excelsior daily REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 RNI No. 28547/65 Vol No. 54 No. 320 JAMMU, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2018 16 Pages ` 5.00 Police crackdown on militant propagandists on social media Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, Nov 19: Jammu and Kashmir Police with the help of service providers have launched a major crackdown against those who are doing militant propaganda on social media. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a wreath laying of a Central Reserve Police Force personnel who was killed last night at Pulwama in a militant attack, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, S P Pani, said that with the help of the service providers police will nab those who are doing militant propaganda on social media. Pani said that the propaganda on social media of recent crimes is equal to these crimes commit- ted by the militants. "The killings are the reflection of the terror crimes and these are grue- some crimes of the terrorists and who else is doing propaganda on social media about these killings is also committing a crime", he said. The IGP said that the Police will nab these social media pro- pagandists with the help of serv- ice providers. "The case has been registered and whosoever is propagating the content as there are some handlers that are propagating it, we are investi- gating it and I am sure that with Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed situation in the aftermath of blast in Amritsar, which reportedly had the backing of Kashmir militants, in which three civilians were killed and 10 others, all belonging to a religious sect, were injured even as reports surfaced that grenades used by the militants might have been supplied to Punjab from the Valley. Official sources told the Excelsior that top brass of Home Ministry, Intelligence and secu- rity agencies attended the meet- ing called by Singh to review the situation arising out of terror attack in Amritsar and possible link of the attack with Kashmir militants and steps required to prevent any flare up of militant activities in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. They also briefed the Home Minister on the explosion at a religious gathering. The Home Minister directed the officials to provide all assistance to the Punjab Government in their investigation to nab the perpe- trators of the crime, sources said. Singh was told that a team of the National Investigation Agency has already visited the blast site along with their inves- tigators and explosive experts. According to sources, securi- ty and Intelligence agencies were investigating as to whether an Innova car hijacked by unidentified gunmen at Madhopur after being hired from Jammu Railway Station carried the Kashmir militants, who might have supplied con- signment of arms and explosives to the local militants in Punjab, who executed the terror attack. Only few days back, four B Tech students from Kashmir, studying in Jallandhar college, Avtar Bhat UDHAMPUR, Nov 19: BJP today received a short in arm after winning the post of chairman and vice chairman of the prestigious Udhampur Municipal Council (UMC) and posts of presidents and vice presidents of twin Municipal Committees of Chenani and Ramnagar in the Udhampur district. In a tough contest for the post of chairman and vice chair- man of UMC, the elections of which were held here today, BJP humbled the Opposition NPP- Congress combine. The BJP candidate, Dr Yogeswar Gupta was declared elected for the post of chairman of UMC by securing 11 votes out of total 21. He defeated his rival and JK National Panthers Party(JKNPP) candidate, Sunil Paroch by one vote while for the post of vice chairman, BJP can- didate, Surinder Singh Khalsa defeated the opposition candi- date, Preeti Khajuria by five votes. Khalsa got 13 votes while the opposition candidate got eight votes only. It may be recalled that BJP which had won four seats only increased its tally in UMC to nine after five members of MLA Pawan Gupta faction led by Dr Yogeshwar Gupta joined the party yesterday. The party also managed to win the support of two Independent candidates to sail through in the elections which were conducted under the Party humbles NPP, Cong combine BJP receives shot in arm, controls all 3 MCs in Udhampur Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Nov 19: In seri- ous embarrassment for Central as well as State unit leaders of the party, BJP sen- ior leader from Ladakh, Thupstan Chhewang, who had recently resigned from party's membership as well as Lok Sabha seat, has shot off two letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP pres- ident Amit Shah charging the party with let down of the peo- ple of Ladakh by not meeting the assurance held out to them at the time of 2014 Parliamentary elections. Chhewang came down heav- ily on BJP national general sec- retary, Ram Madhav, who hap- pens to be the party's pointman on Jammu and Kashmir and State unit chief, Ravinder Raina for taking what he called "unwise decisions'' pertaining to Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils, Leh and Kargil. Chhewang’s resignation has- n’t been accepted so far either by the BJP or the Lok Sabha Speaker. In his letter written to the Prime Minister, Chhewang referred to the assurance made by the Central party leadership for grant of Union Territory sta- tus to Ladakh "within six months'' during 2014 Lok Sabha elections and inclusion of Bhoti language in eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution saying both the assurances weren't ful- filled though he repeatedly took up them with the Central leaders Chhewang writes to PM, Shah; says Ladakh badly let down Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: Polling for Phase-II of Panchayat polls will be held tomorrow at 2179 polling stations across the State, including 828 in Kashmir and 1351 in Jammu division. The timing for polling is from 8 am to 2 pm. According to official sources, 4014 candidates are in the fray for 281 Sarpanch and 1286 Panch seats in Phase-II. He said 90 Sarpanchs and 1069 Panchs have already been elect- ed unopposed in Phase-II. Soruces said 601 polling sta- tions have been categorized as hypersensitive including 490 in Kashmir division and 111 in Jammu. They said in the areas going to polls in the Phase-II, elec- torate of 3,29,818 will be voting for Sarpanch constituencies and 2,07,796 for Panch constituen- cies. He said Photo Voter Slips have been distributed among the voters to inform them of their polling station. In the Phase-I of Panchayat Polls, 74.1% polling was record- ed across J&K including 64.5% in Kashmir division and 79.4% in Jammu division. Repoll was held for Ward No: 3 - Atholi-C of Panchayat Atholi, Block Padder, Kishtwar yesterday. Results have been announced for all these by the respective Returning Officers. Repoll is also being held for Sarpanch constituency of Panchayat Nambla-B, Block Uri in district Baramulla and for Sarpanch Constituency of Panchayat Halqa Upper Sanai, Block Surankote in district Poonch. Also, in two Panch con- stituencies, namely PC-III & PC-IV of the Panchayat Halqa 4014 in fray for Phase-II Panchayat elections today Ranchi court’s notice to Farooq RANCHI, Nov 19: The Ranchi Civil court today issued a notice to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and asked him to appear before the court in person on December 4 or present his side through his lawyers. Principal Judge of the Civil Court Navneet Kumar issued the notice to the former Chief Minister after lawyer Ranjeet Kumar Singh had filed a peti- tion against Abdullah's anti- national comments at a function Suleman shifted to Home, Jigmet goes to Centre Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: The State Government has repatriated M Suleman Choudhary, SSP Anti- Corruption Bureau, to the Home Department for further posting. An official order to this effect was issued today. Meanwhile, services of Jigmet Lhundup, DySP, J&K Police, have been placed at the disposal of Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi for his appointment on deputation basis to the grade of Senior Field Officer in the Junior Executive Cadre of the Cabinet Secretariat for a period of four years. HC seeks response on food adulteration Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 19: The High Court today sought response from amicus to the sta- tus report filed by Food Safety Commissioner about steps taken by the Government to tackle food adulteration in the State. The Division Bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Sanjeev Kumar while hearing a Public Interest Litigation against the food adul- teration asked the amicus to the PIL to respond the status report Govt taking HC orders casually Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: High Court today took serious note of casual approach of the Government towards its direc- tions and directed the Chief Secretary to take effective steps for ensuring compliance of directions/orders. The order was passed in a contempt petition filed by Kiran Sharma. After hearing Advocate Sudershan Sharma appearing for the petitioner whereas AAG Ravinder Gupta appearing for the State, Justice Tashi Rabstan observed, "vide order dated April 7, 2018, two weeks time as last indulgence was given to the respondent to file compli- ance report, failing which he was directed to appear in person before the court on 26.04.2018". "On 04.05.2018 time was again extended for filing com- pliance report and personal appearance of the respondent was also exempted. However, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer concerned was directed not to release the salary of respondent for the month of Ex-CS Khandey passes away Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 19:Former Chief Secretary Mohammad I q b a l Khanday passed away here today after battling cancer. He was 63. Khanday, a 1978-batch IAS officer, took premature retirement from serv- ice just few months before his superannuation in 2015. He is survived by wife, Judge Kaneez A poll party which was deployed in Lingshed block of district Leh for Phase-I of Panchayat polls on its way back to Khaltse. JAMMU : Partly cloudy TEMPERATURE Max: 27.4 Degree C Min: 12.5 Degree C RELATIVE HUMIDITY RH-I (Morning): 80.0 per cent RH-II (Evening): 70.0 per cent Sunset on Tuesday: 05.29 p.m. Sunrise on Wednesday: 07.06 a.m. SRINAGAR: Possibility of light rain/thundershowers TEMPERATURE Max: 15.6 Degree C Min: 4.6 Degree C RELATIVE HUMIDITY RH-I (Morning): 81.0 per cent RH-II (Evening): 54.0 per cent LEH: TEMPERATURE Max: 6.9 Degree C Min: -1.9 Degree C WEATHER (Contd on page 6 Col 3) HC shoots self at DGP residence Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: A police- man deployed on guard duty at official residence of DGP at Bikram Chowk was injured today after he shot self with his service weapon. "Head Constable Subash Chander (Belt No 183/IR, PID No: 871535-ARP) of IRP 12 Battalion, shot self with his service rifle today at about 10:30 am, when during conver- sation with one of his family members on phone, he lost his temper and became aggressive", (Contd on page 6 Col 7) BSF officer killed, 4 hurt in blast Excelsior Correspondent SAMBA, Nov 19 A BSF Assistant Commandant was killed and four others were injured in a blast at a Border Outpost (BOP) Mangu Chak along the International Border (IB) in Samba district today, an officer said. “A blast has taken place at a BOP in Samba sector. One BSF officer has died and four others were injured,” he said. An Assistant Commandant was killed and four jawans were injured in the blast in Mangu Chak, said Additional District Development Commissioner (Contd on page 6 Col 1) Leh NH closed Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 19: Srinagar-Leh National Highway was closed for traffic after heavy snowfall in Zojila while Mughal road was re-opened for traffic after one week today. Police launched a massive rescue operation after a fresh spell of heavy snowfall at Zojila and evacuated several stranded vehicles and passengers. Rescue teams of police assisted by the Beacon person- nel started the rescue operations on Srinagar- Leh National Highway at Zojila after several vehicles and passengers got stranded due to heavy snowfall in the area. (Contd on page 6 Col 7) HC stays transfer of A&PP Divn to Finance Deptt Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: High Court has stayed the Government order whereby Area and Perspective Planning Division of Planning (A&PP) Development and Monitoring Department has been trans- ferred to the Finance Department. The order was passed in a petition filed by Kamal Kumar Sharma and others, who chal- lenged the Govt Order No. 470- FD of 2018 on various grounds. (Contd on page 6 Col 5) Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Nov 19: Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has sought Action Taken Report from Jammu and Kashmir Government on the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India find- ings whereby it had painted dismal scenario vis-à-vis implementation of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) in this State. In its Report No.15 of 2018 relating to performance audit of National Rural Drinking Water Programme of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation for the period between 2012 and 2017, which was tabled in the Parliament on August 7, 2018, the Comptroller and Auditor General had pointed out short- comings in 34 paragraphs in respect of Jammu and Kashmir State. The supreme audit institu- tion of the country had also made a number of recommenda- tions so as to overcome deficien- cies by the Jammu and Kashmir Government and to achieve the intended objective of the scheme. “Thereafter, the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation vide communication dated August 21, 2018 had asked the State Government to go through the report, take nec- essary corrective and preventive actions and send Action Taken Report (ATR) on 34 audit paras to the Ministry by September 4, 2018”, official sources told EXCELSIOR. However, neither the State Government acted on the rec- ommendations of the CAG nor submitted Action Taken Report to the Union Ministry within the stipulated time- frame. Now, taking serious note of the same the Union Union Ministry seeks Action Taken Report on CAG findings from J&K Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: Ridiculing the oft repeated statements of National Conference (NC) lead- ers that party wants to prevent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from backdoor entry and hence they will not boycott Assembly and Lok Sabha elec- tions in the State, Union Minister in PMO with inde- pendent charge of North Eastern States, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that NC rule of last three decades was "through backdoor entry" as the party monopolized the democratic scene in the State over these years. Talking to media persons here today, Dr Jitendra Singh asked the NC leaders to have an introspection instead of making allegations against BJP and go through their past record. He said the grass root democracy has been strength- ened in the country after Narendra Modi took over the reigns in 2014 and spell a doom for dynastic parties. He said the people of Kashmir in the recent Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elec- tions have not only voted for strengthening of grass root democracy but also dynastic free democracy. He said in future such a political combination is evolv- ing in the State in which the dynastic parties will have no role to play and common masses will be at the helm of affairs and power will vest in their hands. He said the NC and other parties who claim to stop the entry of BJP are challenging the democratic credentials of India, the authority Election Commission of India and mandate of the people. Lambasting the NC leaders for taking U turn on Article 35 A, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the party which boycotted the ULB and Panchayat polls by taking a stand on Article 35 A took a U turn suddenly and said that they want to stop BJP from abrogating Article 35 A. This is totally a contradictory statement. Earlier they said that they are boycotting the ULB and Panchayat elections to protect the 35A and now they say that they will take part in Assembly poll regardless whether 35A is NC rule of last three decades was through backdoor: Dr Jitendra (Contd on page 6 Col 3) (Contd on page 6 Col 3) (Contd on page 6 Col 7) *Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com *Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com *Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com HM reviews situation as Intl agencies see Kashmir-Punjab ultras’ nexus (Contd on page 6 Col 5) (Contd on page 6 Col 1) Probe on into supply of grenades from Valley (Contd on page 6 Col 3) Pic on page 6 Another kidnapped in Shopian (Contd on page 6 Col 3) Launches direct attack on Madhav, Raina (Contd on page 6 Col 7) (Contd on page 6 Col 7) Flaws in implementation of Rural Drinking Water Programme Expresses concern over no response to earlier communiqué (Contd on page 6 Col 5) Text of the letter written by Thupstan Chhewang to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 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REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20RNI No. 28547/65Vol No. 54 No. 320 JAMMU, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2018 16 Pages `̀ 5.00
Police crackdown on militantpropagandists on social media
Fayaz BukhariSRINAGAR, Nov 19:
Jammu and Kashmir Policewith the help of serviceproviders have launched amajor crackdown againstthose who are doing militant
propaganda on social media.Speaking to reporters on the
sidelines of a wreath laying of aCentral Reserve Police Forcepersonnel who was killed lastnight at Pulwama in a militantattack, Inspector General ofPolice (IGP) Kashmir, S P Pani,said that with the help of theservice providers police will nabthose who are doing militant
propaganda on social media.Pani said that the propaganda
on social media of recent crimesis equal to these crimes commit-ted by the militants. "Thekillings are the reflection of theterror crimes and these are grue-some crimes of the terrorists andwho else is doing propaganda onsocial media about these killingsis also committing a crime", hesaid.
The IGP said that the Policewill nab these social media pro-pagandists with the help of serv-ice providers. "The case hasbeen registered and whosoeveris propagating the content asthere are some handlers that arepropagating it, we are investi-gating it and I am sure that with
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 19: UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singhtoday reviewed situation in theaftermath of blast in Amritsar,which reportedly had thebacking of Kashmir militants,in which three civilians werekilled and 10 others, allbelonging to a religious sect,were injured even as reportssurfaced that grenades usedby the militants might havebeen supplied to Punjab fromthe Valley.
Official sources told theExcelsior that top brass of HomeMinistry, Intelligence and secu-rity agencies attended the meet-
ing called by Singh to review thesituation arising out of terrorattack in Amritsar and possiblelink of the attack with Kashmirmilitants and steps required toprevent any flare up of militantactivities in Punjab and Jammuand Kashmir.
They also briefed the HomeMinister on the explosion at areligious gathering. The HomeMinister directed the officials toprovide all assistance to thePunjab Government in theirinvestigation to nab the perpe-trators of the crime, sourcessaid.
Singh was told that a team ofthe National Investigation
Agency has already visited theblast site along with their inves-tigators and explosive experts.
According to sources, securi-ty and Intelligence agencieswere investigating as to whetheran Innova car hijacked byunidentified gunmen atMadhopur after being hiredfrom Jammu Railway Stationcarried the Kashmir militants,who might have supplied con-signment of arms and explosivesto the local militants in Punjab,who executed the terror attack.
Only few days back, four BTech students from Kashmir,studying in Jallandhar college,
Avtar BhatUDHAMPUR, Nov 19:
BJP today received a short inarm after winning the post ofchairman and vice chairmanof the prestigious UdhampurMunicipal Council (UMC)and posts of presidents andvice presidents of twinMunicipal Committees ofChenani and Ramnagar in theUdhampur district.
In a tough contest for thepost of chairman and vice chair-man of UMC, the elections of
which were held here today, BJPhumbled the Opposition NPP-Congress combine.
The BJP candidate, DrYogeswar Gupta was declaredelected for the post of chairman
of UMC by securing 11 votesout of total 21. He defeated hisrival and JK National PanthersParty(JKNPP) candidate, SunilParoch by one vote while for thepost of vice chairman, BJP can-didate, Surinder Singh Khalsadefeated the opposition candi-
date, Preeti Khajuria by fivevotes. Khalsa got 13 votes whilethe opposition candidate goteight votes only.
It may be recalled that BJPwhich had won four seats onlyincreased its tally in UMC tonine after five members of MLAPawan Gupta faction led by DrYogeshwar Gupta joined theparty yesterday. The party alsomanaged to win the support oftwo Independent candidates tosail through in the electionswhich were conducted under the
Party humbles NPP, Cong combine
BJP receives shot in arm, controls all 3 MCs in Udhampur
Sanjeev PargalJAMMU, Nov 19: In seri-
ous embarrassment forCentral as well as State unitleaders of the party, BJP sen-ior leader from Ladakh,Thupstan Chhewang, who hadrecently resigned from party'smembership as well as LokSabha seat, has shot off twoletters to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and BJP pres-ident Amit Shah charging theparty with let down of the peo-ple of Ladakh by not meetingthe assurance held out to themat the time of 2014Parliamentary elections.
Chhewang came down heav-ily on BJP national general sec-retary, Ram Madhav, who hap-pens to be the party's pointmanon Jammu and Kashmir andState unit chief, Ravinder Rainafor taking what he called"unwise decisions'' pertaining toLadakh Autonomous HillDevelopment Councils, Leh andKargil.
Chhewang’s resignation has-n’t been accepted so far eitherby the BJP or the Lok SabhaSpeaker.
In his letter written to thePrime Minister, Chhewangreferred to the assurance made
by the Central party leadershipfor grant of Union Territory sta-tus to Ladakh "within sixmonths'' during 2014 Lok Sabha
elections and inclusion of Bhotilanguage in eighth schedule ofthe Indian Constitution saying
both the assurances weren't ful-filled though he repeatedly tookup them with the Central leaders
Chhewang writes to PM, Shah;says Ladakh badly let down Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 19: Pollingfor Phase-II of Panchayatpolls will be held tomorrow at2179 polling stations acrossthe State, including 828 inKashmir and 1351 in Jammudivision. The timing forpolling is from 8 am to 2 pm.
According to officialsources, 4014 candidates are inthe fray for 281 Sarpanch and1286 Panch seats in Phase-II. Hesaid 90 Sarpanchs and 1069Panchs have already been elect-ed unopposed in Phase-II.
Soruces said 601 polling sta-tions have been categorized ashypersensitive including 490 inKashmir division and 111 inJammu.
They said in the areas goingto polls in the Phase-II, elec-torate of 3,29,818 will be votingfor Sarpanch constituencies and2,07,796 for Panch constituen-cies. He said Photo Voter Slipshave been distributed among thevoters to inform them of theirpolling station.
In the Phase-I of PanchayatPolls, 74.1% polling was record-ed across J&K including 64.5%in Kashmir division and 79.4%in Jammu division.
Repoll was held for WardNo: 3 - Atholi-C of PanchayatAtholi, Block Padder, Kishtwaryesterday. Results have beenannounced for all these by therespective Returning Officers.
Repoll is also being held forSarpanch constituency ofPanchayat Nambla-B, Block Uriin district Baramulla and forSarpanch Constituency ofPanchayat Halqa Upper Sanai,Block Surankote in districtPoonch. Also, in two Panch con-stituencies, namely PC-III &PC-IV of the Panchayat Halqa
4014 in fray for Phase-IIPanchayat elections today
Ranchi court’snotice to Farooq
RANCHI, Nov 19: The Ranchi Civil court
today issued a notice to formerJammu and Kashmir ChiefMinister Farooq Abdullah andasked him to appear before thecourt in person on December 4or present his side through hislawyers.
Principal Judge of the CivilCourt Navneet Kumar issuedthe notice to the former ChiefMinister after lawyer RanjeetKumar Singh had filed a peti-tion against Abdullah's anti-national comments at a function
Suleman shiftedto Home, Jigmetgoes to CentreExcelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Nov 19: The State
Government has repatriated MSuleman Choudhary, SSP Anti-Corruption Bureau, to the HomeDepartment for further posting.
An official order to thiseffect was issued today.
Meanwhile, services ofJigmet Lhundup, DySP, J&KPolice, have been placed at thedisposal of Cabinet Secretariat,New Delhi for his appointmenton deputation basis to the gradeof Senior Field Officer in theJunior Executive Cadre of theCabinet Secretariat for a periodof four years.
HC seeksresponse on food
adulterationExcelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Nov 19: The
High Court today soughtresponse from amicus to the sta-tus report filed by Food SafetyCommissioner about stepstaken by the Government totackle food adulteration in theState.
The Division Bench ofJustice Ali Mohammad Magreyand Justice Sanjeev Kumarwhile hearing a Public InterestLitigation against the food adul-teration asked the amicus to thePIL to respond the status report
Govt taking HCorders casually
Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Nov 19: High
Court today took serious note ofcasual approach of theGovernment towards its direc-tions and directed the ChiefSecretary to take effective stepsfor ensuring compliance ofdirections/orders.
The order was passed in acontempt petition filed by KiranSharma.
After hearing AdvocateSudershan Sharma appearingfor the petitioner whereas AAGRavinder Gupta appearing forthe State, Justice Tashi Rabstanobserved, "vide order datedApril 7, 2018, two weeks timeas last indulgence was given tothe respondent to file compli-ance report, failing which hewas directed to appear in personbefore the court on26.04.2018".
"On 04.05.2018 time wasagain extended for filing com-pliance report and personalappearance of the respondentwas also exempted. However,the Drawing and DisbursingOfficer concerned was directednot to release the salary ofrespondent for the month of
Ex-CS Khandeypasses away
Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Nov
19:Former Chief SecretaryMohammadI q b a lK h a n d a ypassed awayhere todayafter battlingcancer. Hewas 63.
Khanday,a 1978-batch IAS officer, tookpremature retirement from serv-
ice just few months before hissuperannuation in 2015. He issurvived by wife, Judge Kaneez
A poll party which was deployed in Lingshed block of districtLeh for Phase-I of Panchayat polls on its way back to Khaltse.
JAMMU : Partly cloudy
TEMPERATUREMax: 27.4 Degree C Min: 12.5 Degree C
RELATIVE HUMIDITYRH-I (Morning): 80.0 per centRH-II (Evening): 70.0 per centSunset on Tuesday: 05.29 p.m.Sunrise on Wednesday: 07.06 a.m.
SRINAGAR:Possibility of light rain/thundershowers
TEMPERATUREMax: 15.6 Degree C Min: 4.6 Degree C
RELATIVE HUMIDITYRH-I (Morning): 81.0 per centRH-II (Evening): 54.0 per cent
LEH: TEMPERATURE
Max: 6.9 Degree C Min: -1.9 Degree C
WEATHER
(Contd on page 6 Col 3)
HC shoots self atDGP residence
Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Nov 19: A police-
man deployed on guard duty atofficial residence of DGP atBikram Chowk was injuredtoday after he shot self with his
service weapon."Head Constable Subash
Chander (Belt No 183/IR, PIDNo: 871535-ARP) of IRP 12Battalion, shot self with hisservice rifle today at about10:30 am, when during conver-sation with one of his familymembers on phone, he lost histemper and became aggressive",
(Contd on page 6 Col 7)
BSF officer killed, 4 hurt in blast
Excelsior CorrespondentSAMBA, Nov 19 A BSF
Assistant Commandant waskilled and four others wereinjured in a blast at a BorderOutpost (BOP) Mangu Chakalong the International Border(IB) in Samba district today, anofficer said.
“A blast has taken place at aBOP in Samba sector. One BSFofficer has died and four otherswere injured,” he said.
An Assistant Commandantwas killed and four jawans wereinjured in the blast in ManguChak, said Additional DistrictDevelopment Commissioner
(Contd on page 6 Col 1)
Leh NH closedExcelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Nov 19:
Srinagar-Leh National Highwaywas closed for traffic afterheavy snowfall in Zojila whileMughal road was re-opened fortraffic after one week today.
Police launched a massiverescue operation after a freshspell of heavy snowfall at Zojilaand evacuated several strandedvehicles and passengers.
Rescue teams of policeassisted by the Beacon person-nel started the rescue operationson Srinagar- Leh NationalHighway at Zojila after severalvehicles and passengers gotstranded due to heavy snowfallin the area.
(Contd on page 6 Col 7)
HC stays transferof A&PP Divn toFinance Deptt
Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Nov 19: High
Court has stayed theGovernment order wherebyArea and Perspective PlanningDivision of Planning (A&PP)Development and MonitoringDepartment has been trans-ferred to the FinanceDepartment.
The order was passed in apetition filed by Kamal KumarSharma and others, who chal-lenged the Govt Order No. 470-FD of 2018 on various grounds.
(Contd on page 6 Col 5)
Mohinder VermaJAMMU, Nov 19: Union
Ministry of Drinking Waterand Sanitation has soughtAction Taken Report fromJammu and KashmirGovernment on theComptroller and AuditorGeneral (CAG) of India find-ings whereby it had painteddismal scenario vis-à-visimplementation of NationalRural Drinking WaterProgramme (NRDWP) in thisState.
In its Report No.15 of 2018relating to performance audit ofNational Rural Drinking WaterProgramme of the Ministry ofDrinking Water and Sanitationfor the period between 2012 and
2017, which was tabled in theParliament on August 7, 2018,the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral had pointed out short-comings in 34 paragraphs inrespect of Jammu and KashmirState.
The supreme audit institu-tion of the country had alsomade a number of recommenda-tions so as to overcome deficien-cies by the Jammu and KashmirGovernment and to achieve theintended objective of thescheme.
“Thereafter, the UnionMinistry of Drinking Water andSanitation vide communication
dated August 21, 2018 hadasked the State Government togo through the report, take nec-essary corrective and preventiveactions and send Action TakenReport (ATR) on 34 audit parasto the Ministry by September 4,2018”, official sources toldEXCELSIOR.
However, neither the StateGovernment acted on the rec-ommendations of the CAG norsubmitted Action TakenReport to the Union Ministrywithin the stipulated time-frame. Now, taking seriousnote of the same the Union
Union Ministry seeks Action Taken Report on CAG findings from J&K
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 19:Ridiculing the oft repeated
statementsof NationalConference(NC) lead-ers thatparty wantsto preventBharat iyaJ a n a t aParty (BJP)
from backdoor entry andhence they will not boycottAssembly and Lok Sabha elec-tions in the State, UnionMinister in PMO with inde-pendent charge of NorthEastern States, Dr JitendraSingh today said that NC ruleof last three decades was"through backdoor entry" asthe party monopolized thedemocratic scene in the State
over these years.Talking to media persons
here today, Dr Jitendra Singhasked the NC leaders to have anintrospection instead of makingallegations against BJP and gothrough their past record.
He said the grass rootdemocracy has been strength-ened in the country afterNarendra Modi took over thereigns in 2014 and spell a doomfor dynastic parties. He said thepeople of Kashmir in the recentUrban Local Bodies (ULB) elec-tions have not only voted forstrengthening of grass rootdemocracy but also dynastic freedemocracy.
He said in future such apolitical combination is evolv-ing in the State in which thedynastic parties will have norole to play and common masseswill be at the helm of affairs and
power will vest in their hands.He said the NC and other
parties who claim to stop theentry of BJP are challengingthe democratic credentials ofIndia, the authority ElectionCommission of India andmandate of the people.
Lambasting the NC leadersfor taking U turn on Article 35A, Dr Jitendra Singh said thatthe party which boycotted theULB and Panchayat polls bytaking a stand on Article 35 Atook a U turn suddenly and saidthat they want to stop BJP fromabrogating Article 35 A.
This is totally a contradictorystatement. Earlier they said thatthey are boycotting the ULB andPanchayat elections to protectthe 35A and now they say thatthey will take part in Assemblypoll regardless whether 35A is
NC rule of last three decades wasthrough backdoor: Dr Jitendra
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HM reviews situation as Intl agenciessee Kashmir-Punjab ultras’ nexus
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Probe on into supply of grenades from Valley
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Another kidnapped in Shopian
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Launches direct attack on Madhav, Raina
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Flaws in implementation of Rural Drinking Water Programme
Expresses concern over noresponse to earlier communiqué
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Text of the letter written by Thupstan Chhewang to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.
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