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The opening..... Vol No: XXII Issue No. 46 22.02.2017 (Wednesday) Daily Jammu Tawi Price ` 2/- Pages-12 Regd. No. JK|306|2014-16 J&K bans lavish weddings; Khurshid 5 vital Commissions defunct in JK Ganai is NL CORRESPONDENT "Nobody is monitoring the commissioners have not Non-Veg dishes reduced to 7 SRINAGAR, FEB 21 electricity supply in the been filled since 2016. CIC J&K state. As per the rules, the A year ago, the CIC Government has failed to PDD can be summoned by completed his term and two Even though there's a NL CORRESPONDENT appoint heads of atleast five the SERC and ensure better information commissioners practice of serving a number JAMMU TAWI, FEB 21 constitutional bodies that are power supply is provided to had retired, one in 2015 and of Wazwan dishes during lying defunct or headless in the people," an official of the other in 2016. wedding ceremonies in the Former IAS officer Jammu and Kashmir. SERC said. The constitutional body is state, the government order Khurshid Ahmed Ganai has The power regulatory body, As per the provisions of an not operational because only restricts the number of non- been selected for the post the State Electricity Act it has been created under the CIC and its members veg, veg dishes to be cooked of Chief Information Regulatory Commission the commission, which is a have the mandate to dispose in such functions to a Commissioner (CIC) of (SERC) is lying defunct statutory body that has to of complaints. maximum of seven each and Jammu and Kashmir, after Basharat Ahmad Dhar determine the tariff, regulate The commission, which two stalls of sweets and sources said on Tuesday. completed his term as SERC power purchase and came into being in 2009 fruits at social gatherings. They said that decision to chairman in December. electricity supply in the under the Right to For functions like ring this effect was taken by a While the vacancies of state. Information Act, is an ceremony of son, daughter high level panel chaired by members are lying vacant In the State Information appellate authority where and other small events, the CM Mehbooba Mufti with since months after Devinder Commission, the positions people can file their number of guests invited Deputy CM Nirmal Singh Singh Pawar and Ghulam of chief information complaints if denied official should not cross the hundred and Opposition leader Muhammad Khan commissioner (CIC) and information. mark. Omar Abdullah P2 completed their term. state information In absence P2 The order restricts the number of vegetarian and Infiltration bid foiled, militant killed on LoC in Rajouri non-vegetarian dishes to a maximum of seven each. NL CORRESPONDENT suspicious movement of 3-4 NL CORRESPONDENT Jammu and Kashmir crackers on such occasions," Besides, not more than two RAJOURI, FEB 21 Militants moving towards JAMMU TAWI, FEB 21 government has made a new an official order said. stalls of sweets or ice cream the fence. As the Militants claim that it imposed curbs "There shall be complete can be set up. The Border Security Force approached the LC fence, Jammu and Kashmir on expenses, the guest list ban on sending dry fruits, The order will be applicable (BSF) gunned down a one of them tried to government today re- and dishes to be served on sweet packets extra with from April 1 as the terrorist in an attempt to foil negotiate it. announced a number of such occasions. invitation card by any government wanted to give a an infiltration bid in Rajouri At first light around 0700 restrictions to curb what it Also, it has put a ban on the person to relatives, friends, buffer period of 40 days to in the wee hours of Tuesday. hrs, BSF party carried out called the wastage at social, use of amplifiers, loud guests, invitees etc," reads people who have already The BSF 163 Battalion thorough search and government and private speakers and fire crackers at an order, issued today. distributed invitation cards. gunned down the terrorist in mopping up of the entire gatherings, especially such events in the state. "The number of guests to be No plastic or Keri sector in the gun battle area in cautious manner weddings to prevent wastage "The government issued a invited on marriage of indecomposable material that ensued between the two Subsequently, the dead body of food. Such order is not Guest Control Order to daughter (barat), marriage of should be thrown in the open sides. of slain militant was also new in J&K and all earlier impose restrictions on the son and small functions like and the same should be The firing between the two retrieved after following such orders were never Image of BSF Patrolling along the border in Kashmir region used injudicious use of essential engagement of son or collected in a separate sides continued for half an for representative purpose. necessary safety drills. implemented and even taken commodities during social, daughter and other small dustbin and disposed of hour. Two terrorists Following items were note of. government and private functions should be properly by the host or the managed to flee the spot. According to the BSF hand troops deployed on forward recovered from the slain Shrinking the big fat functions and a complete restricted to a maximum of organiser, order said. During search of the area out, during intervening night duty points along the LC militant and the surrounding Kashmiri wedding and other ban on the use of amplifiers, 500, 400 and 100 Besides, the order places a later, a bag with ammunition of 20th & 21Feb 2017 at Fence in the Keri Sector of In this regard, it would be opulent functions, the was found. With ANI loud speakers and fire respectively," the order said. complete P2 around midnight, BSF Distt Rajouri observed pertained to P2 IN BRIEF Traffic remains affected on Jaishankar stresses China to respect for Indian sovereignty Court frames charges Jammu-Kashmir highway NL CORRESPONDENT Occupied-Kashmir and blocking India's entry to the owned the Global Times. dollar project has been that it against 3 alleged ISIS NEW DELHI, FEB 21 implement its 'principled' Nuclear Suppliers Group The Chinese newspaper has transverses through PoK. operatives NL CORRESPONDENT machines are on work to stand on terror. (NSG) and vetoing stressed on the fact that as India, despite repeated RAMBAN/DODA, FEB 21 clear the debris at the Foreign Secretary S. The Foreign Secretary is designation of Masood over 20 world leaders will be engagements with China, earliest." the officer assured. Jaishankar is in Beijing with travelling to Beijing to co- Azhar as a terrorist. congregating to discuss has failed to impress it on NEW DELHI, FEB 21 The 300 Kilometers long In Doda-Kishtwar, a message for the neighbour chair the bilateral Strategic "For us, there are questions China's One Belt and One the need of putting Masood Jammu-Srinagar National continues rain and snowfall in the East to respect its Dialogue that will also see of sovereignty which need to Road initiative, India will be Azhar under the UN A special court today Highway was closed for the in upper reaches on Tuesday sovereignty concerns with discussion on "friction be addressed first," said keeping away from it. India's Security Council's framed charges against second consecutive day for has affected the normal respect to the Pakistan- points" - namely China Jaishankar has told the state- objection to the multi-billion proscribed P2 three persons for allegedly all type of vehicular traffic traffic movement on 110 hatching a criminal movement. kilometers long highway. conspiracy to raise funds No threat or show cause to Deputy Superintendent of DySP Traffic NH1B, Aftab for the ISIS and recruiting PDP faced with first ever crisis Police (DySP) Traffic Ahmed said, "shooting taxpayers: CBDT tells taxman people for the terror outfit. Ramban Kameshwar Puri stones, landslides in District Judge Amar Nath JAMMU, FEB 21, (KIP) BJP led NDA Government Minister Mehbooba Mufti said, "There were continues Fagumad, Junglewad and NL CORRESPONDENT making body of the Income put on trial Sheikh Azhar- in the centre wants to retain appointed Pirzada Mansoor landslide and shooting few other places of twin NEW DELHI, FEB 21 Tax department, brought out ul- Islam (24), Adnan For the first time since its power in Jammu and Hussain as the vice stones at different stretches districts have affected traffic an eight-page instruction Hassan (36) and formation eight years ago Kashmir. chairman of Khadi and The CBDT today asked the on Ramban and Banihal movement for few hours leaflet clearly mandating Mohammed Farhan Shaikh the ruling PDP is faced with PDP Legislator has fired his Village Industries Board.