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Vol No. 49 No. 286 , WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 REGD.NO.JK-71/12-14 16 Pages ` 3.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/1992 DGMOs talk but Pak continues shelling Govt orders adjustment, Situation tense on LoC; Army transfers of Addl SPs Excelsior Correspondent Rajeshwar Singh while Yogal Jammu Zone till further orders. jawan killed, another injured Kumar Manhas, Additional SP Ramesh Chander Kotwal, JAMMU, Oct 15: Exactly , is transferred and post- awaiting orders of adjustment, is a week after the Excelsior car- ed as Additional SP North, posted as Assistant Director, Sanjeev Pargal Tension aggravated this Sources said Lance Naik ried a report on delay in Jammu vice J S Jogar. SKPA, against an evening on the eve of Eid festi- Mohammad Feroz Khan of 38 adjustment of 93 promoted Both Rajeshwar Singh and J available vacancy. JAMMU, Oct 15: Director val as Pakistan Army heavily Rashtriya Rifles attached with DySPs, the Government today S Johar will report to the office Manoj Kumar Pandit, await- Generals of Military shelled forward Indian posts 15 Bihar Regiment was killed adjusted all of them and, in of IGP Jammu Zone till further ing orders of adjustment, is Operations (DGMOs) of along Panjni Nullah in as MS Tekri post, he was man- the process, effected transfers orders. posted as Addl SP PCR and Pakistan today estab- sector killing an Indian Army ning was shelled and fired and postings of 99 police offi- Mohan Lal Kaith, awaiting . One post from the lished contact over telephone soldier. upon heavily from across the cers. orders of adjustment, is posted overall reserves of the SPs is on escalating tensions on the Martyr refused to LoC at 5.30 pm today in The 93 DySPs cleared for as Addl SP Rural Jammu vice transferred to the PCR Srinagar (LoC) as Balakote sector. The post was promotion as Incharge SPs by Rajesh Kumar Sharma who will for purposes of drawal of salary Pakistan Army continued go on Eid leave damaged. the Departmental Promotion report to the office of IGP of the officer. heavy shelling and firing in Body of the martyred soldier Committee on June 6, 2013 and Jammu Zone till further orders. Sanjay Sharma, awaiting Eid Greetings To All Our Readers. several parts of Poonch dis- to serve nation has been shifted to Military confirmed by the Cabinet vide Kulbir Singh, Addl SP orders of adjustment, is posted trict throughout the last night Hospital and would be sent to Home Department's Order No. , is transferred and as Addl SP Hqrs Doda against Haj pilgrimage culminates and during the day today in Lance Naik Mohammad *Pic on page 4 his native 270 of 2013 dated July 4, 2013, posted as Addl SP, Katra against an available vacancy while which an Army soldier was Feroz Khan, 31, who was killed town at were formally posted as an available vacancy while Yogesh Sharma, awaiting orders JEDDAH, Oct 15: killed in Balakote sector. in Pakistan firing on the eve of Char Minar, Hyderabadh in Additional SPs today vide Randhir Singh, awaiting orders of adjustment, is posted as Addl Over a million Muslims, including more than a lakh Indians, Another Army jawan was Eid festival this afternoon, had Andhra Pradesh tomorrow Government Order No. Home- of adjustment, is posted as Addl SP, against an available today participated in the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina injured in a mine blast at for- been offered leave by the Army morning with full military hon- 429 of 2013 dated 15.10.2013. SP Hqrs Jammu vice Shalinder vacancy. Valley of Saudi Arabia and sacrificed animals to mark the culmi- ward Makhyari post in to celebrate the festival with his ours. Excelsior had on October 8 Singh who will report to the Dushyant Sharma, awaiting nation of the annual Haj pilgrimage. Sabjian this afternoon. family at Char Minar, An Army jawan was injured reported about adhocism in office of IGP Jammu Zone till orders of adjustment, is posted The pilgrims converged in Mina Valley to hurl stones at con- ``Tension was very high all Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh in a mine blast at Makhyari post police department as nearly 150 further orders. as Dy Commandant IR 10th Bn crete pillars representing the devil. The ritual began early this along the LoC due to almost but he had declined the offer to on the LoC in Sabjian sector of officers were working on junior Sheikh Zulfikar Azad, I/C against an available vacancy morning and sizeable numbers of pilgrims, wearing the ihram or uninterrupted firing and shelling serve the nation at a time when Poonch district at 2.30 pm posts despite their promotions. Addl SP PC Srinagar, is trans- while Shiv Kumar Singh, await- two-piece seamless white garment, participated throughout the by Pakistani troops at Balakote, tensions had escalated on the today. Even after today's order, ferred and posted as Addl SP PC ing orders of adjustment, is day. Mendhar, Hamirpur and Line of Control (LoC). The injured, Sepoy Sumit some DIGs were working as Jammu vice Pawan Kumar posted as Addl SP, After the stoning, the pilgrims performed the ritual of animal Gali sectors in Poonch A senior Army officer said Kumar of 40 Rashtriya Rifles SSPs while Senior Prosecuting Parihar, who will report to the against an available vacancy. sacrifice to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacri- district since last evening. The Khan, who attained martyrdom was part of an Army patrol party Officers continued on the post office of IGP Jammu Zone till Nasir Ahmed has been post- fice his only son, Ishmael, to God. people living in forward villages in Pakistan firing at MS Tekri when he stepped over a mine in of Prosecuting Officers. A num- further orders. ed as Additional SP CID Batote The stoning ritual is meant to mirror Ibrahim’s stoning of the like Swala, Panjni, Balakote, Post in Balakote sector this the forward area of Dilal Top in ber of posts of SPs and DySPs Amit Gupta, awaiting orders against a vacancy. devil when he appeared to try to dissuade the prophet from obey- Dabbi, Deri Dabsi, Tarkundi, afternoon, had decided not to Sabjian leading to a powerful have fallen vacant with today's of adjustment, is posted as Addl Udayabasker Billa, IPS, ing God’s order to sacrifice Ishmael. Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated to Kanga etc have confined them- go on leave to his house this Eid blast in which his right leg was order. A DIG and some SSPs SP Poonch vice Yogal Kumar awaiting orders of adjustment, is commemorate the bravery of Ibrahim. selves to their houses due to in view of tensions on the LoC blown off. Army jawans evacu- were already awaiting adjust- Manhas while Khalil Ahmad, posted as Addl SP After offering prayers at Mount Arafat yesterday, pilgrims pounding of their villages from and celebrate the festival with ated him from the spot and shift- ment in the Police Headquarters. awaiting orders of adjustment, is vice Showkat Ahmad Dar, who (Contd on page 4 Col 7) across the LoC with 82mm mor- his colleagues on the borders. ed him to local hospital from Rahul Malik, IPS, awaiting posted as Addl SP Udhampur will report to the office of IGP tar shells,’’ official sources told However, Pakistan Army, where he was airlifted to orders of adjustment, is posted vice Benam Tosh, who will Kashmir Zone till further orders. Dulloo to be Joint Secy GoI the Excelsior. (Contd on page 4 Col 5) (Contd on page 4 Col 5) as Addl SP South Jammu vice report to the office of IGP (Contd on page 4 Col 1) Excelsior Correspondent Army to buy 49 Lack of coordination, legal lacuna giving free hand to extractors JAMMU, Oct 15: Commissioner/Secretary, Tourism Department, Atul Dulloo has been cleared for the Central deputa- tion and would be joining the Government of India (GoI) as Joint mini UAVs for J&K ‘Uncontrolled’ extraction of mineral Secretary, Rural Development Department. Excelsior Correspondent serve as an electronic eyes to Mr Dulloo is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir Army troops in most sensitive cadre. JAMMU, Oct 15: Army's Northern theatre, for gathering from river beds continues in J&K Northern Command has intelligence and carrying out Mohinder Verma sources. officer specifically empowered which was in vogue prior to Search panel for BOSE chairman issued a global tender for reconnaissance of areas along According to Section 81 of in this behalf. Such an officer, the enactment of J&K Water procuring latest miniature LoC with Pakistan and Sino- JAMMU, Oct 15: The the J&K Water Resources before identifying site or loca- Resources (Regulation and Excelsior Correspondent Unmanned Aerial Vehicles India border in Ladakh besides 'uncontrolled' extraction of (Regulation and Management) tion, shall ensure that the mate- Management) Act", official SRINAGAR, Oct 15: The Government, in supersession of pre- (UAVs) for gathering intelli- some specialised counter terror- mineral from the bed and Act, 2010, the control of the bed rial is extracted in a controlled sources told EXCELSIOR. vious orders, has accorded sanction to the constitution of a Search gence and carry out recon- ist operations in J&K. banks of the water sources is and banks of all water sources, quantity and such extraction "What to talk of playing role Committee for selection to the posts of Chairman and Secretary, naissance of areas along Line The procurement of Mini- continuing across the State navigation channels, intake doesn't affect the flow of water in the auction exercise, the Jammu & Kashmir State Board of School Education (J&K BOSE). of Control (LoC) with UAVs have become all the more due to lack of coordination channels, city channels and source or cause any sort of dam- Irrigation and Flood Control The Committee comprised Principal Secretary Home, Pakistan and Sino-India bor- important in view of the fact that between Irrigation and Flood flood spill channels together age". Department is rarely consulted Secretary School Education, Secretary Higher Education, der. Jammu and Kashmir's LoC and Control and Geology and with all works that affect the "However, despite having by the Geology and Mining Secretary Housing and Urban Development and Ex- Chairman, In the wake of frequent International Border (IB) has Mining Departments and legal hydraulic conditions in the State legal power to control beds Department in identification of J&K BOSE Sheikh Bashir Ahmad. The committee has to submit ceasefire violations along the become 'hot and active' with lacuna in the Jammu and are under the Irrigation and and banks of the water sites for extraction", sources its recommendations to the Government within one month. Line of Control (LoC), General Pakistani troops' ceasefire viola- Kashmir Water Resources Flood Control Department. resources, the Irrigation and further said, adding "this is Officer Commanding-in-Chief tion due to firing, infiltration (Regulation and This Section of the Act fur- Flood Control Department is mainly because of the fact that (GOC-in-C) Northern bids, BAT attacks on forward Management) Act, 2010. This ther states: "No extraction of watching the uncontrolled under the J&K Water Resources Cop ends life Command has issued Request posts and sniping incidents on any kind of material shall be extraction as a mute spectator (Regulation and Management) situation is prevailing despite Excelsior Correspondent For Proposal (RFP) tender Indian forward posts on regular the fact that extraction in made by any person in the bed as the auction for extraction Act, 2010 the earlier law, which recently for procurement of 49 basis since August this year. uncontrolled manner is a seri- or on the banks of any water of material is done by the empowers Geology and Mining JAMMU, Oct 15: A police constable posted on security duty at NK Mini-UAVs for the Army This year has witnessed sev- ous threat to the bridges, cul- source without the identification Geology and Mining Department for carrying out the house of Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare units deployed in Northern eral fold increase in the cease- verts and siphons on the water of the site of extraction by an Department under the law, (Contd on page 4 Col 3) Ghulam Nabi Azad's sister allegedly committed suicide by shoot- Command theatre in J&K. fire violations as Pakistani ing himself with his service rifle at Bathindi here today. The bids are invited from troops violated border truce As per reports, 42-year-old Constable Rajinder Singh Charak, Original Equipment more than 130 times along LoC Turkish, Kolkata consortium allotted work son of Swaran Singh of Ghou Manhasa, who was posted on secu- Manufacturer (OEM) of in J&K -highest in past eight rity duty at the house of Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Defence Procurement Manual years. Azad's sister at Bathindi, shot himself dead from his INSAS rifle 2009 or Permanent Registered As per its requirements, Rs 40 cr Mubarak Mandi-Bahu Fort during the wee hours today. Authorised Distributors of Army has specified that the The profusely bleeding constable was rushed to Government OEM, a senior officer of mini UAVs should be complete Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where doctors declared Electric and Mechanical in all aspects of electronics (Contd on page 4 Col 5) Engineers (EMA) Branch at sensors, propulsion system, cable car project awaits SC nod Northern Command on-board camera, control BJP ahead in Delhi: Opinion Poll Headquarter, said. mechanism, trans-receivers, Gopal Sharma of rope-way trolley falls under Supreme Court had visited compensation, the Revenue Mini UAVs, which will Wild Life and Forests ( Bahu the site. They were given all authorities are pursuing the NEW DELHI, Oct 15: (Contd on page 4 Col 7) Reserve) area. the details by the Corporation. issue with them and it is almost JAMMU, Oct 15: Though BJP is likely to emerge as the single largest party in the Delhi The clearance from the The team was satisfied and said to be settled now. work for the construction of Assembly polls bagging around 28 seats while Congress and AAP National Wild Life Board has forwarded its report to the Referring to the project, the 1.6 km long cable car project may win in 22 and 18 constituencies respectively, according to an No LS seats for (NWLB) is mandatory for the court. MD said the work already stand worth Rs 40 crore was allotted Opinion Poll by ABP News-Nielsen. execution of work on the proj- Replying to another ques- allotted to Damodar Rope to the joint consortium of It said Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Admi Party is likely get 15 per ect. The team has already paid tion, Mr Mattoo said a total 70 Way Constructions, a Kolkata Turky and Kolkata (India) cent vote share from Congress and BJP in the December 4 election PoK: MHA two visits to the site and land kanals of land is being acquired based firm. Though, the project based firms jointly about an to the 70-member Delhi Assembly. will be transferred by the State by the Corporation of which 56 cost is Rs 40 crore but it may NEW DELHI, Oct 15: ring to media reports in this year ago by the J&K Predicting that BJP will get 34 per cent votes, the Opinion Poll Forest and Wild Life kanal land belonged to Forest witnessed some escalation as regard. Government, yet the construc- said AAP was gaining momentum among the voters and that other Departments to the J&K Cable and Wild Life Department. the project has been delayed. The Home Ministry today The report had said Home tion work could not be taken parties and Independents are likely to manage only two seats. Car Construction Corporation Hardly 14-15 kanal of land Kolkata firm will construct the denied reports it was working Minister Sushilkumar Shinde up till today as the Supreme Around 4,000 eligible voters were surveyed for the poll only after Supreme Court gives belonged to private parties at cable car at Bahu Fort in associ- on a proposal to create Lok was reviewing the proposal, Court was yet to give its green between October 9 and 12. directive. Shahbad (Bahu Fort) and near ation with a Turkey based firm, Sabha seats in Pakistan-occu- which involves amending nod to the State Government. The survey said the current scenario could change once the pied Kashmir on the lines of Article 81 of the Constitution. The Central Empowerment Managing Director J&K Pir Kho. STM Pvt Ltd having expertise Jammu and Kashmir It was suggested in the news Committee of the Supreme Cable Car Project Mr Mattoo disclosed that a in the field. He further disclosed (Contd on page 4 Col 7) Assembly, saying no such plan report that the proposal was Court which visited the cable Corporation, Tufail Mattoo compensation amount to the that this 'Gandola' will have two was under its consideration. being worked out on the lines of car site at Mubarak Mandi, when contacted said that the tune of Rs 1.86 crore has been phases, one from Mubarak “It is hereby clarified that the Jammu and Kashmir Mahamaya Forests and Bagh-e- case pertaining to Mubarak kept at the disposal of Deputy Mandi to Mahamaya Temple there is no such proposal under Assembly, where 24 seats are Bahu site in June this year, has Mandi-Bahu Fort cable car Commissioner Jammu for the across river Tawi and then from consideration of the Ministry of reserved for Pakistan-occupied submitted its report to the apex project has been listed by the land being acquired. He admit- Mahamaya Temple to Bahu Fort Home Affairs,” Ministry Kashmir but are vacant as the court of the country. Some land Supreme Court on October ted that some private parties had near Shahbad. The completion spokesperson K S Dhatwalia territory is in Pakistan’s control. which is being acquired by the 21. The file is expected to be approached court to seek higher (Contd on page 4 Col 5) said in a statement here, refer- (PTI) J&K Cable Car Project cleared by the apex court. The Corporation for the construction empowered committee of the Internet Edition: www.dailyexcelsior.com E-Paper: http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com Govt directs DCs, SSPs INSIDE WEATHER )* Datia stampede tragedy JAMMU not to leave station * Stranded Udhampur Master Mainly clear sky. TEMPERATURE Plan ...Page 8 Excelsior Correspondent issuing instructions from time to Max: 31.5 Degree C time to DCs and other senior )Governor, CM for large scale Min: 19.9 Degree C JAMMU, Oct 15: The level officers not to leave their seed replacement ...Page 3 RELATIVE HUMIDITY Government today directed headquarters without prior per- )Role of NC to be more Highest: 73.0 per cent all Deputy Commissioners mission of designated authori- pronounced in 2014: Lowest: 62.0 per cent and District SPs not to leave ties. Sunset on Wednesday: 05.59 p.m. Slathia, Rana ...Page 3 their station during religious "The matter has further been Sunrise on Thursday: 06.37 a.m. ) Eid shopping craze dips KASHMIR festivals and remain station on examined in the light of ensuing due to price rise ...Page 5 Mainly clear sky. their headquarters to monitor religious festivals and necessity situation and ensure availabil- of functionaries/officers to be ) MLA flays Govt for imposing TEMPERATURE ity of essential services in their stationed in their respective dis- cut in development Max: 23.7 Degree C Min: 11.2 Degree C districts. tricts on these occasion for plans ...Page 5 RELATIVE HUMIDITY An official Circular No. 32- ensuring availability of all )Rajni of Jammu, Parveen of Highest: 85.0 per cent GAD of 2013 dated 15.10.2013 essential services in the dis- Udh win high jump gold...Page 14 Lowest: 57.0 per cent said the Government had been tricts,'' the circular said.