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Follow us: Daily Excelsior , MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 REGD. NO. JK-71/21-23 Vol No. 57 14 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 No. 31 Nation saddened Ceiling on Mata Vaishno Devi yatris raised to 25,000 „ Sr. bureaucrats may join talks by insult to tricolor: Modi Govt allows cinemas, restaurants to LG in New Delhi on 4-day visit; NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Prime Minister Narendra budget, security to be discussed Modi said operate with full capacity in J&K Excelsior Correspondent Sitharaman will present Union it has to be given final touch. today that budget at 11 am tomorrow. Describing Rs 1.25 lakh the country JAMMU, Jan 31: As Jammu and Kashmir does- crore worth budget for Jammu was sad- *Edu Institutions to re-open, DCs to undertake random sampling Lieutenant Governor Manoj n’t have the Legislature in absence and Kashmir as “quite signifi- dened by the Sinha is in New Delhi on four- of elections to the Assembly, it’s cant”, sources said it will lead to "insult" to Sanjeev Pargal Government has advised the however, confident that it will crowding. There should also be day visit during which he is budget has to be tabled and passed massive infrastructure develop- the tricolour Deputy Commissioners to increase in the next few days sufficient time intervals between scheduled to meet senior func- in the Parliament. ment with new projects coming on Republic JAMMU, Jan 31: The undertake random sampling in after harsh period of winter is screenings to ensure row-wise tionaries of the Central Apart from budget-related up. Day, refer- Jammu and Kashmir different schools in order to over. staggered entry and exit of the Government to brief them on discussions, the Lieutenant The Finance Department offi- ring to the religious flag inci- Government today increased keep a constant check on any In another significant deci- audience. Cinemas will follow security and financial aspects of Governor could also meet some cials have also held various meet- dent at Red Fort during the ceiling on number of daily pil- untoward spike in the infections. sion, cinemas/theatres/multi- staggered show timings for mul- the situation in Jammu and Central Ministers to discuss ings with the officials of the Union farmers' tractor parade. grims to holy cave shrine of "Ceiling on the number of plexes have been permitted to tiple screens to avoid crowding. Kashmir. security situation in Jammu and Finance Ministry to project their In his monthly 'Mann ki Mata Vaishno Devi Ji from Sinha is scheduled to stay in detailed requirements. And, HIGHLIGHTS The show commencement time, Kashmir, both in the hinterland (Contd on page 11 Col 5) 15,000 per day to 25,000, oper- intermission and end at any the Union capital till Wednesday. as well as the response of the Finance Ministry Ceiling on Mata Vaishno Devi Ji pilgrims raised to 25,000 per ation of cinemas/ theatres/ screen should not overlap with Official sources told the (LoC) where Pakistan army has has been quite good, sources said. day FM to present multiplexes and restaurants to the start, interval or end of a Excelsior that since budget of been regularly resorting to Jammu and Kashmir’s annual Cinemas/restaurants to operate with 100 pc capacity. full capacity, swimming pools show at any other screen at a Jammu and Kashmir has to be ceasefire violations. budget has seen steep hike during Random COVID sampling in schools on their re-opening budget today for all, all types of exhibition multiplex,'' the SOP said. tabled in the Parliament by The Jammu and Kashmir past three years. In 2019-20, J&K Educational institutions to re-open as per already issued SOPs halls and educational institu- Finance Minister Nirmala Government has reportedly pro- had 88,911 crore worth budget NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Swimming Pools to open for all * For full orders, visit tions as per the Standard Sitharaman during ongoing budg- jected budget for next financial which went up to Rs one lakh All type of Exhibition Halls permitted www.dailyexcelsior.com Finance Minister Nirmala Operating Procedures (SOPs) et session, Lieutenant Governor year of 2021-22 to the tune of crore for 2020-21 and is now All districts in Green Zone category Sitharaman tomorrow will already issued by the Further, it added, to mini- could have discussions on the around Rs 1.25 lakh crore, which expected to touch Rs 1.25 lakh Lakhanpur, Jawahar Tunnel stay as Red Zones deliver her promised budget Departments of School mize physical contact, cus- budget and expectations of the will be higher than current fiscal crore in the financial year of 2021- DCs to keep focus on weekly positivity rates like no other that is expected to Education, Higher Education tomers are encouraged to use . year, according to sources. 22. provide relief to the pandemic- and Skill Development of the pilgrims permitted to visit Shri function in Jammu and Cinema Apps/QR codes, etc as “Senior bureaucrats from Top officials of the Finance Regarding current financial hit common man as well as UT Government. Mata Vaishno Devi Ji shrine in Kashmir as per revised SOP of much as possible to order their Jammu and Kashmir are also Department of the J&K year of 2020-21, sources said focus more on driving the eco- The guidelines on COIVID reportedly accompanying Sinha to Government have already held because of the financial discipline nomic recovery through higher Trikuta Hills of Katra has been Union Ministry of Information snacks. Apart from this, other containment/instructions, which New Delhi for discussions on meetings with Government maintained by the Finance spending on healthcare, infra- revised to 25,000 per day,'' the and Broadcasting. In the measures to maintain COVID will come into effect from Government order said. revised SOP, cinemas/the- protocols include mandatory budget and security situation with Departments to ascertain their Department in Jammu and structure and defence amid ris- February 1 and remain in force the Central Ministers and other Kashmir, there has been no finan- ing tensions with neighbours. Hitherto, it was 15,000 per day. atres/multiplexes have been masks, six-feet distance (outside requirements before giving final till further orders, were issued functionaries,’’ sources said. cial crunch. There has been full As India emerges from the The yatra has started picking up allowed to function with full the auditorium, in common touch to the annual budget, by Simrandeep Singh, Member- Budget session of the cooperation of the Union Home COVID-19 crisis, the ninth from 2000 per day in first half of capacity. areas and in waiting areas) and sources said. Secretary, State Executive Parliament had started on January and Finance Ministries to Jammu budget under the Modi December to around 10,000- "After the show is over, exits self-monitoring one's health. Jammu and Kashmir’s budget Committee (SEC). 15,000 per day on an average should be done in a staggered, The Jammu and Kashmir 29 with Address of President Ram for third consecutive year is all set and Kashmir Government in Government, including an inter- Nath Kovind to join sitting of the im one, is widely expected to With re-opening of educa- presently. Authorities were, row-wise manner to avoid to see steep rise and will be pegged implementation of the budget pro- tional institutions, the (Contd on page 11 Col 7) two Houses while Nirmala around Rs 1.25 lakh crore though posals, the sources said. (Contd on page 11 Col 7) Even mechanism not put in place for detailed scrutiny 57 test +ve in Bird flu spreads in Kashmir as J&K, one in Leh Majority of Govt servants in J&K UT not Excelsior Correspondent sample testing gets delayed JAMMU// Irfan Tramboo A case in point being the as 'Alert Zone' on January 29. LEH, Jan 31: Fifty seven per- submitting mandatory property returns samples collected from Later random sampling within SRINAGAR, Jan 31: sons tested positive for COVID- Mohinder Verma Hardshiva in 's the 1 km radius of what has been 19 including 43 in Kashmir and No penalty ever imposed for non-submission While at least 6 districts in . The suspected sample termed as the 'epicentre' was 14 in Jammu while 70 others J&K have confirmed Bird flu that tested positive for the Avian carried out along with other sur- JAMMU, Jan 31: Majority from time to time, every within the prescribed time- although the Act clearly states: recovered from the virus today cases, the confirmation of the Flu, it has been learned, was sent veillance measures. of the Government servants Government servant has to sub- frame while as down the line in “If any Government servant in J&K. suspected samples that are for testing to Institute of Animal It can be noted here that are not submitting mandatory mit to the Prescribed Authority, the hierarchy there is no com- without any reasonable cause Of 14 new Corona cases in sent to high-end testing labo- Health & Biological Products, India has only two high-end property returns annually in a return of all the assets pos- pliance to the law at all”, offi- which he/she shall be required to Jammu region, seven were ratories in Bhopal and Zakura Srinagar on January 11 dedicated labs: ICAR-National blatant violation of the Jammu sessed by him/her and his/her cial sources told EXCELSIOR. show, fails to submit the returns reported from , Jalandhar takes at least a which then further sent it to Institute of High-Security and Kashmir Public Men and family members within three “No doubt, heads of certain annually, he/she shall be guilty three Doda, two and week and in some cases more Bhopal for further confirmation. Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Public Servants Declaration of months after he/she becomes a departments issue instructions of committing criminal miscon- one each in and than that in the absence of The reports of the suspect- Bhopal and Regional Disease Assets and Other Provisions Government servant. whenever the last date (January duct as specified in the clauses Ramban districts. Rest five dis- such laboratories in J&K. ed sample came positive only Diagnostic Laboratory (RDDL), Act, which has been retained Thereafter, they are required 31) for submission of annual of the Prevention of Corruption tricts didn't report any cases The samples that are collect- on January 29, indicating a Jalandhar. These are the two in the Union Territory by the to submit annual returns of the property returns approaches Act and shall be punishable today. ed from the affected areas or gap of at least 18 days and also labs that are catering to the Ministry of Home Affairs. assets held by them and their every year but still the compli- under the Act”. Of 36 persons, who recovered during random sampling in pointing towards a possible entire country. However, the Government has family members in the month of ance remains dismal mainly The Act further states that Kashmir are first sent to the passages provided to the flu to Further, the confirmation (Contd on page 11 Col 5) never imposed any penalty January every year and shall because the Government only the property returns shall be put Institute of Animal Health & spread in the absence of con- from the labs on the suspected although there is an explicit state the reasons for increase, if warns of strict action under the to detailed scrutiny and then Arms haul in Biological Products, Zakura tainment measures during samples, it has been learned, is provision in this regard in the any, in the assets and source rules and pays scant attention shall be kept under the custody Srinagar, which carries out pre- that period. then sent directly to the law. thereof. towards implementation of the Prescribed Authority liminary testing. It is from the It was only after the confir- Government which then writes As per the provisions of “However, only certain sec- aspect”, sources informed. which shall maintain it in such Zakura lab that the suspected mation came in from Bhopal about the same to the Chief Excelsior Correspondent Jammu and Kashmir Public Men tions of the Government ser- They disclosed that till date manner as may be prescribed. and Public Servants Declaration However, no proper mechanism samples are further sent either to Lab that the administration Secretary of the Union Territory, RAJOURI, Jan 31: A joint vants like IAS and KAS offi- no action has been taken against of Assets and Other Provisions has been put in place by the Bhopal or Jalandhar for confir- swung into the action and and reaches the concerned operation by Army and JKP led cers are submitting annual any Government servant for mation. Act, 1983, amended thereafter (Contd on page 11 Col 5) declared the area of Hardshiva (Contd on page 11 Col 1) to swift and timely recovery of property returns although not non-adherence to the law large cache of weapons and ammunition from dense forest „3 militant associates arrested ‘People to reap benefits of Central Laws now’ area of Gadyog in Khawas area of today. SSP Rajouri Chandan Kohli Police foils bid to revive militancy, J&K deprived of good governance, „ Pic on page 11 told the Excelsior that the des- target DDC members perate plan of militant organisa- work culture for decades: Dr Jitendra Ghulam Rasool Dar, Abdul booked in case (FIR No. tions to revive terrorism in Fayaz Bukhari implementation of Majeed Mir alias Majid son of 11/2021 under relevant Avtar Bhat Rajouri and districts suf- Central laws over a long SRINAGAR, Jan 31: Assadullah Mir, both residents Sections ULA (P) and I.A Act) fered a major setback when JAMMU, Jan 31: Union period of time which Police today foiled an attempt of Chewdara Beerwah and in Police Station Beerwah. Army and J&K Police jointly Minister of State in PMO with like other parts of the to target the newly elected Reyaz Ahmad Basmati son of Police said that these mili- (Contd on page 11 Col 3) independent charge of North country were meant for District Development Council Mohammad Maqbool Basmati, tant associates were operating in Eastern States, Dr Jitendra the welfare and benefit (DDC) members and revive resident of Safa Kadal in and Srinagar districts Avian Flu Singh today expressed his dis- of the people of J&K militancy in district Budgam Srinagar. with the aim to target newly may that the model of good and Ladakh also. confirmed in with the arrest of three mili- Police said that these mili- elected DDC members and dis- governance and work culture Dr Jitendra Singh tant associates of Lashkar-e- tant associates were affiliated rupt elections. was not adopted by J&K for said that Jammu & crow in Toiba in Central Kashmir's with LeT and were also working They were in touch with han- Kashmir needs to catch . for other militant outfits like dlers in Pakistan including *Watch video on Excelsior Correspondent on good governance Acting on a specific input, Tehreekul Mujahideen. Sheikh, Usman, Tariq, Haftullah www.excelsiornews.com JAMMU, Jan 31: After Budgam Police, 53 RR of Army practices with impro- Police said that two hand and others. These militant associ- decades together which led to Avian Influenza was detected and CRPF arrested three mili- vised work culture. grenades, 25 AK-47 rounds, 4 ates in garb of securing admis- a lot of mess in the erstwhile yesterday in Udhampur, it was tants from Budgam during Maintaining that detonators, mobile phones sions in Pakistani educational State. confirmed today in a wild crow searches. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addressing the AGM of IIPA in under the new arrange- used to contact Pakistani han- institutions and were managing Addressing the 42nd Annual in Poonch district. Those arrested have been Jammu on Sunday. -Excelsior/Rakesh ment a sea change has dlers, threat posters and other contacts with Pakistan based mil- General Meeting (AGM) of the identified as two former mili- taken place in UTs of *Watch video on incriminating material have itant handlers in order to recruit Indian Institute of Public National Chairman IIPA here ernance and work culture was tants Mohammad Yousuf Dar J&K and Ladakh, he expressed www.excelsiornews.com been recovered from their pos- militants and revive militancy in Administration (IIPA) J&K today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, adopted in J&K but also many alias Janbaz Kashmiri son of session. They have been (Contd on page 11 Col 3) (Contd on page 11 Col 3) Deputy Director (Poultry Branch in his capacity as not only the model of good gov- impediments were created in the and Research) of the Animal Husbandry Department, „'Resolution of Kashmir issue imperative for peace' „ Cold intensifies, min temps to improve this week Jammu, DD Dogra, said a wild dead crow was tested positive for H5N8 from Mandi area of BJP turned J&K into pieces, put Srinagar coldest in 30 years (Contd on page 11 Col 1) 13,052 new cases, our land & jobs on sale: Mehbooba at -8.8, day temp plummets to 0.6 127 deaths Govind Sharma religions but the BJP The former CM said "our Excelsior Correspondent ment official said that at minus in Srinagar was more than eight time of the season. The previous Government in the Centre disin- country doesn't have cordial rela- 8.8 degree Celsius, the mercury degrees below normal for this night, Srinagar recorded minus SRINAGAR, Jan 31: NEW DELHI, Jan 31: JAMMU, Jan 31: Former tegrated the tions with any neighbor whether 7.2 degree Celsius. Kashmir that is reeling under Chief Minister and president State into it is Pakistan or China. When our The minimum temperatures With 13,052 new coron- extreme cold weather condi- of People's Democratic Party Union relations turned bad with have consistently remained far avirus cases, India's COVID-19 tions witnessed the coldest Mehbooba Mufti today said Territories of Pakistan, people living in villages below normal this season. On tally has climbed to night of the season after 30 that Bhartiya Janta Party Ladakh and along the International Border January 14, Srinagar recorded 1,07,46,183, while the number years with temperatures (BJP) and the Government led J&K, and put and Line of Control in J&K got minus 8.4 degree Celsius. On 20 of people who have recuperated plummeting to minus 8.8 by it in the Centre have turned our land and into trouble and they have to face January 1991, Srinagar wit- from the disease has surged to degree Celsius and maximum jobs on sale shelling and firing from Pakistan nessed a low of minus 11.8 1,04,23,125, according to the *Watch video on day temperature settling at 0.6 for outsiders troops. As our relations with degree Celsius while the lowest Union Health Ministry data www.excelsiornews.com degree Celsius which was the by bringing Domicile Law and China deteriorated, our 20-22 ever temperature was recorded updated today. coldest day of the season. the beautiful State of Jammu other laws," Mufti said, adding, Army jawans were martyred on on 31st January 1893 when the The national recovery rate The Mercury tumbled across and Kashmir into pieces and our youth are not getting jobs China border in Ladakh". mercury plummeted to minus has climbed to 96.99 per cent. Kashmir last night with Srinagar put the land and jobs on sale but the outsiders are getting Mufti said BJP wants to 14.4 degrees Celsius. In The death toll increased to reservation in jobs. She was recording minus 8.8 degree 1,54,274 with 127 new fatali- for outsiders. win every election but has no between, the official said, the "Dogra ruler Maharaj Gulab speaking to the media on the Celsius, the lowest temperature ties, the data updated at 8 am agenda to fight the elections mercury dropped to minus 9.0 Singh had created the beautiful sidelines of a function in Poonch of the season so far and the cold- showed. except their trusted and old degree Celsius on 11th January state of J&K comprising district, on the second day of her est January night in the last 30 The number of people who formula of making the Hindu 1986. Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh three-day visit to border districts years. People warm themselves on a cold winter day in Srinagar. (Contd on page 11 Col 5) regions with people of different of Rajouri and Poonch. (Contd on page 11 Col 1) A Meteorological depart- -Excelsior/Shakeel (Contd on page 11 Col 7)