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Vol No. 50 No. 33 , MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014 REGD.NO.JK-71/12-14 16 Pages ` 3.50 RNI No. 28547/1992 Omar rakes up Pathribal, cross-LoC trade issues Discrimination in allocation of resources Rs 3 lakh, record gutted in office Excelsior Correspondent At last leg of its tenure, Govt showing JAMMU, Feb 2: A devastating fire broke out in the office of PM reviews security scenario * Pic on page 9 Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) at Paloura leading to gutting of around Rs 3 lakh cash and important documents. interest in SFC recommendations As per sources, fire broke out in the office of Assistant Mohinder Verma till March 2012 when the given two months time for final- Director, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (Rationing) in J&K with Governor, CM Planning and Development izing and submitting their Circle 1st Old City at around 4:30 am. JAMMU, Feb 2: After Department vide Government report. There was about Rs 62 lakh cash in the office during the fire inci- Sanjeev Pargal and Union Minister for New and hosting the Indian Science remaining in deep slumber for Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Congress of the Indian Science Order No.25 dated March 5, “Why this step was not ini- dent, which was collected from the ration dealers for monthly ration JAMMU, Feb 2: Prime one and half year, the 2012 engaged S Mahajan, for- tiated during the past one and supplies as per routine exercise at the beginning of every month. Abdullah have already reached Congress Association (a profes- Government has shown some Minister Dr mer Secretary, Planning and half year remains a million (Contd on page 9 Col 1) here to attend inauguration of sional body of Department of interest in the implementation today held a high level review five days long 101st Indian Science and Technology, Development Department and dollar question”, sources said, of security situation in Jammu of recommendations of the G A Qureshi, former Director adding “keeping in view the Cops fall ill due to food poisoning Science Congress in which Ministry of Science and State Finance Commission, and with General, Economics and lengthy process to be followed Excelsior Correspondent Governor NN Vohra which was constituted with Statistics as Consultants for even after finalization of and Chief Minister the objective of providing preparation of road map for report by the Consultants the REASI, Feb 2: More than two dozen police personnel fell ill Omar Abdullah in two equitable treatment to all the implementation of the recom- Government should have not due to food poisoning in District Police Lines Reasi, here today. separate meetings and regions and sub-regions of the mendations of the State wasted one and half years All of them were rushed to District Hospital and their condi- political situation in a State in the allocation of Finance Commission and pre- time and should have not tion was stated to be stable while Police authorities have taken meeting with PCC (I) funds. However, in view of the pare report on district devel- allowed to matter to linger on samples of the food for investigations. chief Prof Saif-ud-Din lengthy exercise yet to be fol- opment profile and identify till the last leg of its tenure if it Those admitted in the hospital, included two Assistant Sub- Soz and other senior lowed and the fact that critical gaps in infrastructure was so serious about imple- Inspectors and some female cops also. Though a few among those leaders of the Congress Government has entered the in respective districts and sug- mentation of the State Finance admitted in the hospital, were discharged after getting cured, 23 of at Raj Bhawan. last leg of its tenure it is gest measures to address the Commission recommenda- them were still undergoing treatment till last reports came in. Mr Vohra hosted 'At unlikely that recommenda- developmental backwardness tions”. (Contd on page 9 Col 3) Home' for Dr Singh to tions would become reality. of districts besides suggesting About the exercise yet to be meet Indian and foreign On the other side, questions the broader frame work for followed, sources said that fol- Centre to hike DA by 10% are being raised over the validi- distribution of resources lowing submission of report by scientists at Raj Bhawan NEW DELHI, Feb 2: this afternoon and inter- ty of the recommendations among various sectors. the Consultants the Planning acted with some of made on the basis of exercise In the month of May 2012, and Development Department Centre is likely to announce next month a hike in dearness them. The scientists carried out more than four years the Planning and Development will hold discussions at its own allowance by 10 per cent to 100 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh from all over the country back as during these years the Department again came up with level followed by detailed employees and 30 lakh pensioners. and abroad have reached development profile and other order No.43-PD mentioning that examination by a committee It would be the second double digit DA hike in a row. The important factors of various the Consultants will submit headed by Chief Secretary. Government had announced a hike of 10 per cent to 90 per cent in here for five days Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh being received by Governor N N areas across the State have reports within a period of six Thereafter, the report would be September last year, effective from July 1, 2013. Science Congress, Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at Technical Airport, Jammu undergone significant change. months instead of four months dealt with by the Group of According to an official source, the preliminary assessment which Dr Singh would on Sunday. Another pic on page 9. inaugurate at Jammu The State Finance mentioned in the earlier order. Ministers headed by Finance suggests that dearness allowance hike will not be less than 10 per University at 10 am tomorrow. Commission came into being in These Consultants carried Minister and finally the same cent and would be effective from January 1 this year. about 8000 delegates apart from Technology, Government of 2007 to look into regional The Prime Minister reached Vice President Hamid Ansari, ) from February 3 to 7. out detailed exercise and sub- would be placed before the He said the exact percentage hike in DA could be calculated here at about 3 pm from Kolkata imbalance or discrimination in mitted interim reports to the Cabinet for appropriate action. only when the revised all India Consumer Price Index for former President A P J Abdul Soon after his arrival here, the allotment of funds with any after addressing bi-centenary cel- Kalam, Nobel laureates Y Lee Dr Singh drove to Raj Bhawan, Planning and Development Meanwhile, questions are (Contd on page 9 Col 4) ebrations of Indian Museum on region or sub-region of the State Department within the stipulat- being raised over the validity of and Ferid Murad, Union where he was briefed on securi- and suggest corrective measures two days visit of Jammu and was Minister for Human Resources ty situation by the Governor and ed time-frame. However, during the recommendations, which 602 cement bags seized, 2 held for equitable development. the past one and half year, the were made on the basis of exer- received at Technical Airport by Development Dr M Pallam Raju the Chief Minister in separate Excelsior Correspondent Governor NN Vohra, Chief Though the Commission had to Government remained slept cise carried out more than four and a host of other dignitaries meeting. accomplish the task to address Minister Omar Abdullah, are likely to participate. Official sources said The over the reports of Consultants years back. , Feb 2: The Police seized 602 bags of spurious Legislative Council Chairman the voices of discrimination instead of carrying out further “The development profile of cement filled in bags of branded Ambuja company and arrested Omar, Dr Abdullah, Mr Chief Minister raked up the within a period of one year yet it Amrit Malhotra, Deputy Chief Reddy, Council of Ministers of issue of closure of Pathribal necessary exercise on the same, each and every area of the State two persons in this connection from Manjakote area of district Minister Tara Chand, Ministers, took more than three years to sources said. has gone significant change dur- Rajouri last night. Jammu and Kashmir and promi- killings by the Army and sus- finalize its recommendations MPs, Prof Soz, Chief Secretary nent legislators attended 'At pension of cross-LoC trade Now, Planning and ing these years in every sector. Sources said that acting on a specific information Manjakote Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, and the report was submitted to Development Department has Moreover, percentages of police party led by SHO Mehmood Khan conducted raid at village Home’. after the seizure of contra- the Government in November DGP Ashok Prasad and top brass The Vice President would band drugs load truck at Uri. once again engaged the same resources allocation too has Kattarmal at around 11 pm and seized a truck unloading cement of Army, police and civil offi- 2010. experts in order to finalize their increased and keeping in view bags in the shop of one Ramzan Ahmed, son of Ghulam Hussain deliver valedictory address to "Omar in his about half an Thereafter, the cers. the Indian Science Congress on hour meeting with the Prime interim reports, which were sub- these factors whether the recom- resident of Kattarmal. Some the bags had been unloaded by the Union Minister for Science Government kept the recom- mitted one and half year back, mendations of SFC hold any two labourers engaged by the shopkeeper. The police seized the February 7. Minister raised the issue of closure mendations in the official files and Technology Jaipal Reddy The Jammu University is (Contd on page 9 Col 1) sources said, adding these importance remains a million truck bearing registration No. JK02A/2729 along with 290 cement SASE issues avalanche warning in Kashmir Consultants have now been dollar question”, sources said. (Contd on page 9 Col 3) Fayaz Bukhari the State will remain freak till was a slight relief from cold till have kept 103 snow cutters Friday. "Heavy snowfall and Friday as night temperatures ready for snow clearance , Feb 2: After rains are expected on Monday will show improvement. while Beacon authority is forecast of snowfall and freak across the State", he said adding Authorities in Kashmir who pressing 133 snow clearance weather till Friday, Snow and it has already started snowing in were criticised for their slow machines into service for Avalanche Study the higher reaches of North response to the snowfall during clearing snow on the highway Establishment (SASE) today Kashmir along the Line of this season, reviewed prepared- besides 3 cranes have been issued avalanche warning for Control (LoC). ness for the fresh precipitation kept available for towing higher reaches of North Lotus said that freak and have put around 236 snow stranded vehicles on the high- Kashmir and asked people not weather will continue till cutters ready for snow clear- way. to venture out in hilly areas. Friday and there will be inter- ance. The SMC were asked to The SASE has said that there mittent snow and rainfall in The Divisional ensure clearance of snow from is Medium Danger Avalanche the State during these days Commissioner, Kashmir, all lanes and by-lanes in the warning for higher reaches of with heavy precipitation on Shailendra Kumar, held review and gear up its Drass, Kargil, Keran and Monday. He said that weather meeting with the various men and machinery for dewa- Machil. "People living in these will improve by Friday. departmental heads of Kashmir tering of inundated areas of the hilly areas have been cautioned This would be first snowfall valley to ensure that snowfall district. not to venture into avalanche in Kashmir after the end of does not cause much in-con- The Deputy Commissioner prone areas", the warning adds. Chile Kalan, the 40 day chilliest nivance to the people. has got people from The Director Meteorological part of winter that ended on The officials of the Waltengoo Nar and Mirasi Department, Sonum Lotus, told January 30. Mechanical Engineering Nalla vulnerable areas evacuat- Excelsior that weather across MeT officials said that there Department said that they ed. Internet, new tactics by terror groups pose serious threat to India’s security NEW DELHI, Feb 2: in India and elsewhere has also researcher Anshuman Behera of Pakistani unemployed youth shifted from isolated attacks to — say these groups “pose a were joining TTP and were Increased use of the bombings of crowded places or critical challenge to the (Indian) being ingrained with anti-India Internet, change of tactics like public transport systems to State when they come together sentiments, they said that TTP attacking crowded places, spread panic among the people, and coordinate their activities. would soon be dragged into recruitment of educated says the book ‘Militant Groups These groups often come action in Kashmir and other youths, and coordinated in South Asia’, brought out by together to fight a common parts of India. activities by several terror the Institute for Defence enemy”. It also expressed apprehen- groups in the Indian sub-con- Studies and Analyses (IDSA). The book not only profiles sion that TTP’s network among tinent pose serious challenge It also points out that the major militant groups operating radical elements in Pakistani to the country’s security. decades-long international in India, , Bangladesh armed forces would make it A new book, which profiles efforts in the region in the name and other neighbouring coun- easy for them to gain access to in detail 39 such groups in the of ‘war against terror’, have not tries, but also provides informa- nuclear facilities in Pakistan or region — ranging from ISI- only failed to contain the men- tion on their prevailing status, carry out “a commando type backed terror outfits to regional ace of terrorism but aggravated sources of finance and weapons attack that might cause ones and Left-wing extremists, the regional security situation. and other capabilities. It also widespread dispersal of says many of them have started Analysing the changing pat- gives an assessment of what radioactivity”. coordinating their activities, tern of terror and militancy in these groups could be capable With US-led forces set to including sharing arms supplies the South Asian region, the of doing in the near future. move out of Afghanistan, the and transferring funds. authors — noted security expert The organisations include authors expressed apprehen- The pattern of terror strikes Surinder K Sharma and Indian Mujahideen, Hizbul sions about a major upswing in Mujahedeen, Al Ummah, terror activities in the Federally Internet Edition: www.dailyexcelsior.com United Liberation Front of Administered Tribal Area in E-Paper: http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com Asom (ULFA) and National Pakistan in the coming days. Democratic Front of Bodoland Regarding JeM launched by INSIDE WEATHER in India to Lashkar-e-Taiba, Masood Azhar who was  * 659 new admin units ...Page 8 JAMMU : Possibility of light rain. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), released from Indian prison TEMPERATURE Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan during the 1999 Kandahar  Slum free action plan for Max: 17.4 Degree C (TTP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, hijack, the book says such Jammu, Srinagar major Min: 10.5 Degree C Jundullah and the Haqqani net- organisations have lately RELATIVE HUMIDITY towns in offing: Jora ...Page 3 Highest: 95.0 per cent work in Pakistan, besides Al “resumed full-scale public Qaeda and the United Jihad activities” in Pakistan.  Advocates for political Lowest: 85.0 per cent Sunset on Monday: 06.06 p.m. Council. “The ISI has been given the empowerment of Jammu ...Page 3 Sunrise on Tuesday: 07.24 a.m. Last year’s killing of promi- task to train the terrorist outfits  Gul conferred ‘Best Speaker SRINAGAR: Possibility of light rain nent TTP leader Hakimullah like the JeM to use cyber and TEMPERATURE Mehsud and selection of com- computer technology” to carry of the Year’ award ...Page 5 Max: 8.9 Degree C mander Mullah Fazlullah as its out their terror activities,  Min: 0.3 Degree C Bani-Basohli neglected by RELATIVE HUMIDITY chief may affect the future Sharma and Behera said. Govt: Dr Jitendra ...Page 5 Highest: 90.0 per cent security scenario in Pakistan, as On the ULFA, they said Lowest: 72.0 per cent well as in India and while peace talks were continu-  India find some form in LEH : Afghanistan, the authors, ing with a major faction but practice match, Dhoni takes TEMPERATURE Sharma and Behera, said. being opposed by the one led by Max: 4.7 Degree C a break ...Page 14 Min: -10.0 Degree C Noting that a large number (Contd on page 9 Col 4)