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Vol No. 50 No. 28 JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014 REGD.NO.JK-71/12-14 20 Pages ` 3.50 RNI No. 28547/1992 I'm 100 % sure report will be given on time: Azad Cross-LoC standoff with Pak IGP justifies action on FIR proposes against Mobile Magistrate Cong High Command endorses CSC Excelsior Correspondent JWG talks JAMMU, Jan 28: Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone , Jan 28: ed release of its driver. Abdul Ghani Mir has justified the registration of FIR against the “All ambiguities which Mobile Magistrate in Sopore last month and said that while doing India has proposed a may have arisen in the inter- so the Police has followed the latest judgment of the Supreme stand on administrative units Court of India. meeting of the official-level pretation of the Standard Joint Working Group with Operating Procedures must be In the reply filed on the directions of the Special Bench of the Full support to any decision Reservations in NC over Pakistan on trans -LoC CBMs removed immediately. There High Court, the IGP said that on December 12, 2013 the case FIR in the second week of appears to be a mistaken per- No.249/2013 under Section 341 RPC was registered at Police February amidst continuing ception that trucks and Station Sopore on the instance of MLA Langate Engineer Abdul taken by Omar: Farooq tie-up with Cong: Omar stand-off between the two drivers plying the trans-LoC Rashid. countries over the arrest of a trade route would be granted "The MLA leveled allegations against the Mobile Magistrate Neeraj Rohmetra JKPCC (I) chief Prof. Saif-ud- cover all the areas of the State submission of this report, Pakistani driver for smuggling immunity from prosecution if Sopore regarding the death of Abdul Rehman Dar, son of Mohd Din Soz. and no area should remain sources asserted. narcotics worth Rs 100 crore they indulge in criminal activ- (Contd on page 6 Col 1) JAMMU, Jan 28: Despite Chief Minister, Omar unrepresented. "The State Government had across the Line of Control. ities,” he said while rejecting tough posturing by its alliance Abdullah also had detailed "The mandate of the newly acted as facilitator for the tours Pakistan, through diplomatic Pakistan’s demand for release. Selja quits to work for party partner National Conference, deliberations with Union constituted CSC was more com- of CSC to various district head- channels, has also been asked Pakistani authorities argue NEW DELHI, Jan 28: the Congress leadership has Minister for Renewable Energy, prehensive than the erstwhile quarters and even the that it “must share with us infor- that under standard operating refused to budge from its pub- Farooq Abdullah and discussed Ganai Committee as its mem- Committee comprised three mation with regard to their procedures, which guide cross- Kumari Selja, who has been nominated to the , has lic stand on the issue of the latest political situation in bers had visited most of the dis- members from National investigations of the ‘consigner’ LoC barter trade, the driver quit the Union Council of Ministers to work in the party. administrative units and sup- the State. tricts and held one-to-one inter- Conference --- Minister for of these drugs”, the should not have been arrested Selja, who held Social Justice and Empowerment portfolio ported the comprehensive The Congress party meet- actions with people. Ganai Planning & Development and Spokesperson in the External by Jammu and Kashmir police since October 2012, submitted her resignation to Prime Minister exercise undertaken by ing, which started at 7.30 pm Committee was only an official Labour & Employment Ajay Affairs Ministry said here today. and instead he should have been Dr Manmohan Singh last night, sources close to her said. Cabinet Sub-Committee and ended at 9.15 pm at the res- level Committee, which had Sadhotra, Minister for Higher “Over the last two weeks handed over to Pakistani author- The resignation of 51-year-old Selja, a known detractor of (CSC), which had been given idence of Ambika Soni was also failed to meet aspirations of Education Mohammad Akbar India has repeatedly emphasised ities. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, comes at a time the mandate to make suitable attended by Chairman of the people from all regions", the Lone and Minister for Law, to Pakistan to allow the full He further said, “We regret when the Congress high command is undertaking a rejig in the recommendations in this con- CSC on administrative units, leaders opined. Justice and Parliament, Mir resumption of travel and trade the fact that for the sake of a party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. text. Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Over the 'last' deadline set Saifullah. Therefore, the across the LoC and to hold an drug trafficker caught red hand- The fourth-time Lok Sabha member put in her papers soon The Central leadership of Chand; Minister for Urban by Chief Minister, Omar Government shouldn't hesitate immediate meeting of the Trade ed smuggling narcotics into after being nominated to the Rajya Sabha from her home state the Congress party at a high Development and Local Bodies Abdullah regarding the submis- from accepting these recom- Facilitation Officers at Kaman India, the Pakistani authorities Haryana. Assembly elections in Haryana are scheduled by the level meeting in New Delhi Nawang Rigzin Jora and sion of final recommendations, mendations, when submitted by so that both sides can exchange have continued to refuse to (Contd on page 6 Col 1) today also fully endorsed the Minister for PHE and Flood sources said, "there were cate- the CSC", the leaders stated. information with regard to the allow the resumption of trans- stand taken by the State's lead- Control Sham Lal Sharma (all gorical instruction from the "Reports by a New Delhi narcotic seizures that have been LoC travel and trade that brings Actors attacked with fire-pot ership over the controversial from Congress) and Agriculture party high command that the based News Agency regarding made,” he said. great benefits to the people of issue. Minister, Ghulam Hassan Mir report be submitted within the the possibility of Chief India has already summoned the State of Jammu & Kashmir.” Excelsior Correspondent Reliable sources told of JKDPN. stipulated time-frame". Minister, Omar Abdullah's Pakistan Acting High Tension mounted at the SRINAGAR, Jan 28: Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor and EXCELSIOR that the meeting Sources said that there The Mushtaq Ganai resignation didn't find any Commissioner last week in con- Kaman post area in North Irfan Khan were attacked with a fire pot (kangri) in sensitive old was attended by Congress in was complete unanimity Committee had recommended mention in the meeting", nection with the suspension of Kashmir when police earlier city area of Srinagar when they two were shooting for Vishal charge for J&K Affairs, Ambika among the participants of the 700 new administrative units sources asserted. Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and this month detained a truck car- Bhardwaj's upcoming film 'Haider'. Soni, Union Minister for meeting that the final recom- but the figure may go up to Contesting claims of some Rawalakot-Poonch bus services rying 114 packets of brown Health, Ghulam Nabi Azad and mendations of the CSC should 2000 or even more after the (Contd on page 6 Col 5) by Pakistan, which has demand- Reports said a youth threw a fire pot (Kangri) on the actors (Contd on page 6 Col 3) during the shooting of the film at Aishan Sahab in Zainakadal here. ‘CB makes mockery of HC guidelines’ High level meet discusses security situation "The shooting was in progress and both Shahid Kapoor and Irfan Khan were moving towards a white Maruti car when sudden- ly somebody from crowd threw a kangri (fire pot) which hit Irfan Arrest warrant against Khan and the ash whirling in air touched Shahid Kapoor as well," Top Army, IAF Comdrs review operational preparedness said an eyewitness, adding, that soon after the incident spectators started fleeing from the spot while few youth shouted slogans Sanjeev Pargal Western Air Command, Air tracking down the militants Kashmir by the two services 4 GMC students Marshal SS Soman jointly hiding in the forest cover and were also discussed in detail (Contd on page 6 Col 1) Fayaz Bukhari mer BOPEE chairman, JAMMU, Jan 28: Top chaired the meeting, which was other far off areas in Jammu between the two Commanders Mushtaq Ahmad Peer and Army and Indian Air Force attended by top officers of Army and Kashmir,'' sources said, of Army and IAF. CBI raids at 35 locations SRINAGAR, Jan 28: The Sajjad Ahmad Bhat are (IAF) Commanders today and Air Force. adding both the forces decided Apart from anti-militancy NEW DELHI, Jan 28: Anti Corruption Court in main accused in the scam. held a high level review of the Official sources told the to maintain close liaison with and anti-infiltration measures, Srinagar today issued a non- The Crime Branch recorded situation in Jammu and Excelsior that the high level each other to thwart the mili- the role of Indian Air Force in CBI today carried out searches at 35 locations in nine cities bailable arrest warrant his statement during the Kashmir and discussed opera- meeting between Army and Air tant designs in the State. providing logistics to the troops including the premises of a former Central Minister, a former High against five persons includ- investigations before the tional preparedness and co- Force top brass was aimed at The meeting discussed and deployed in inaccessible areas Court judge and an ex-Governor in connection with alleged fraud- ing four students of Magistrate. ordination between the two further improving inter-services devised measures to further also figured in the meeting. The ulent appointments in Bokaro steel plant. Government Medical Last month court observed major forces in case of any cooperation in Jammu and improve inter services coopera- Army Commander lauded the CBI sources said the searches took place after agency regis- College, Srinagar involved that Peer and his co-accused, eventuality. Kashmir. tion between the two major services being provided by the tered two separate cases related to alleged irregularities in the in Board of Professional Farooq Ahmad Itoo and Sajjad The high level inter-action Army had to take Air Force forces, operating in Jammu and Air Force to provide logistics to appointments in the middle and junior management level in the Entrance Examination Ahmad Bhat, have decimated between Army and IAF was services on some occasions dur- Kashmir. the troops in hilly, snow bound public sector undertaking in 2008 in which a former Executive (BOPEE)'s Common the career of the meritorious held at Northern Command ing anti-militancy operations as Sources said the two-days and other inaccessible areas Director of the plant and other former senior officers have also Entrance Test (CET)-2012 students by selling the ques- Headquarters at Udhampur and it had to track the militants in long meeting also discussed in including Ladakh region, which been named as accused. scam. tion papers of CET-2012. "The lasted two days (January 27 and dense forests, snow bound and detail the issues of synergy remained cut off by road during They said the agency has named Junior Managers S M Razi, The Special Judge Anti- criminal act of appli- 28). other inaccessible areas. between Army and Air Force winters. Rajkumar Jatia and Yogesh Chandra Patnaik. They are relatives of Corruption Srinagar, Mohan cant/accused by hatching a Northern Army Commander ``The air operations had operations. They added that ``The conference proved (Contd on page 6 Col 1) Lal Manhas today issued non- criminal conspiracy with other Lt Sanjiv Chachra and Air proved useful on a number of aspects of peace time operations very fruitful in enhancing bailable arrest warrant against co-accused by indulging him- Officer Commanding-in-Chief, occasions for the Army in being conducted in Jammu and (Contd on page 6 Col 1) 25 to go unopposed to RS self in clandestine sale of four students of GMC NEW DELHI, Jan 28: Srinagar - Bazila Bilal Ved, question papers for huge mon- Minister intervenes, stir suspended till Jan 31 Amira Shakeel, Sadam Farooq itory consideration of about Union Minister , Congress leader , and Haroon Rashid Lone - Rs 60 lakhs to less/average RPI's and Vijay Goel (BJP) are likely to be who were selected for MBBS students has completely deci- Transporters’ ‘Chakka Jam’ cripples normal life elected unopposed along with 21 others in various States in the course for GMC, Srinagar mated the career of meritori- February 7 biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha as Digvijay Singh fraudulently in 2012. ous students", the court Gopal Sharma thin in view of and Kumari Selja entered the fray today. Court has already sent 12 observed. transporters' The victory of at least 25 of the 55 candidates in 16 States is a MBBS students to Central Jail The Special Judge Anti JAMMU, Jan 28: strike. virtual certainty after tomorrow's scrutiny with theirs being the early this month and arrest Corruption today said that Complete `Chakka Jam' The transport only serious nominations against as many vacancies in the elec- warrant was issued after during the last hearing of the strike of the public transport operators held tion. Crime Branch failed to pro- case the investigating officer operators crippled normal life strong protest Among the others who are likely to elected unopposed are duce these students before the of Crime Branch had told the from Lakhanpur to Banihal, demonstration in Majid Memon (NCP), Hussain Dalwai (Cong), Rajkumar Dhoot court. court that these accused will Doda-Kishtwar and Rajouri- Ware House area (), all from , and sitting MP Parimal The court also issued non- be produced before the court Poonch in support of their against the State Nathwani, an independent, from Jharkhand. bailable arrest warrant against but he failed to produce demand of hike in the fare Transport JD(U)'s Ramnath Thakur, Kahkasha Parveen and Haribansh Farooq Ahmad Itoo who was them. today while with the interven- authorities. They (Contd on page 6 Col 3) involved in the selling of The court made strong tion of Minister for Transport, were shouting question papers to the students observations against the Ch Ramzan the transporters slogans against Rs 7.69 cr looted from businessman and was let off by the Crime Crime Branch for not produc- suspended strike up to Transport Branch after he turned ing the accused: "Non-pro- January 31. Minister, NEW DELHI, Jan 28: All the buses, mini-buses/ approver. duction of these accused Transport In a daring daylight heist pulled off with clinical precision, Matadors, Tempo Travellers, Itoo who along with for- makes mockery of investiga- Commissioner unidentified armed men today robbed five employees of a busi- Tata Sumos/Taxies, auto-rik- tion and High Court guide- and RTO nessman of Rs 7.69 crore in the busy Lajpat Nagar area of south shaws and all other types of lines and what is the explana- Jammu. They Delhi when they were driving to a bank to deposit the money. public transport vehicles tion of the Investigation Transport operators on strike holding protest demonstration at Ware House in alleged that The robbery, one of the biggest in the national capital in terms remained off the road in all 10 Officer for letting off Jammu on Tuesday. Another pic on page 6 —Excelsior/Rakesh despite repeated of money involved, was carried out in a matter of minutes. districts of Jammu region. It was accused Itoo when he made Vaishnodevi pilgrims, students public transport vehicles on the representations Police said around five to six armed men intercepted a Honda a complete strike and the pas- confessional statement." and Government employees had roads. The attendance in many to the higher authorities, the City car near Lajpat Nagar Metro station around 9 am and fled sengers, especially Mata Crime Branch also pro- to suffer in the absence of the Government offices was also (Contd on page 6 Col 5) with the vehicle and Rs 7.69 crore cash. duced 16 accused including The incident took place at 9:00 am, when Rakesh Kumar, man- Peer before the Court today Creation of staff for SVC, investigation wing in SAC ager of a Gurgaon-based businessman-cum-financer Rahul Ahuja, and two more accused Abdul was going to Karol Bagh along with three employees, identified as Qadir and Ghulam Nabi Bhat driver Subodh, Rajesh and Baijnath. were produced for the first DB expresses anguish over State's cold-shoulder Ahuja is the business partner of Rakesh Kalra, a property deal- time before the court and they er. Kumar and the other were travelling in Kalra's car. Kumar told were sent to judicial custody police that they collected cash from Kalkaji and Greater Kailash to till February 1. response; puts Finance, Law Deptts on notice deposit it in two separate bank accounts in Karol Bagh. There was some initial confusion on who were the occupants Internet Edition: www.dailyexcelsior.com *Status report on deadwood in adm sought (Contd on page 6 Col 3) E-Paper: http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com Mohinder Verma Commission. much importance. Similarly, the Department vis-à-vis staff for Nago's son slapped outside court INSIDE WEATHER Moreover, the DB has also General Administration the State Vigilance Commission Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 28: State viewed very seriously non-filing Department Secretary has been (SVC).  * Gun isn’t the answer JAMMU : Mainly clear sky. Government today came of status report vis-à-vis directed to indicate the exercise "In the status report, it has JAMMU, Jan 28: Jatinder Singh alias Raja son of Nagar Singh * Katra on railway map ...Page 10 TEMPERATURE under severe criticism from Max: 22.7 Degree C response received by General carried out by Administrative been submitted that GAD had alias Nago, both of whom were under trial in Amandeep Singh  Possibilities to be explored Min: 6.6 Degree C the Division Bench of State Administration Department Secretaries in identification of taken up the matter with the murder case, was slapped by a witness in the corridor outside the for extending Tax RELATIVE HUMIDITY High Court comprising Chief from various Administrative deadwood or appear in person to Finance Department for cre- court room at Janipura this morning. Amnesty: Rather ...Page 3 Highest: 91.0 per cent Justice M M Kumar and Secretaries regarding identifica- explain non-compliance of the ation of posts in the SVC vide Police said Raja first abused the witness of the murder case and  JK Kaul gets Lowest: 49.0 per cent Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur tion of inefficient, deadwood directives. communication dated Amandeep's friend Jaswinder Singh alias Chottu son of Padam Shree Award ...Page 3 Sunset on Wednesday: 06.02 p.m. for adopting cold shoulder Gurbachan Singh of Nanak Nagar when he was being produced in Sunrise on Thursday: 07.28 a.m. and corrupt officers. When the Public Interest November 13, 2013 and issue  response towards the repeated Speaker reviews SRINAGAR : Partially cloudy sky The Division Bench has Litigation (PIL) titled Sheikh is under the consideration of the court in connection with the murder case. security, other arrangements TEMPERATURE pleas of the State made it clear that in case requi- Mohammad Shafi Versus Union the Finance Department. After the abuse Chottu slapped Raja and hit him on his neck. for upcoming session ...Page 5 Max: 5.1 Degree C Accountability Commission site staff was not sanctioned for of India and several connected However, despite issuance of Police separated both of them. Later, police parties led by SHO  Brutally tortured in Min: 0.3 Degree C seeking independent investi- the Vigilance Commission with- matters came up for hearing, three reminders latest by Janipura Hillal Azhar rushed to the spot. Senior police officers also RELATIVE HUMIDITY police custody, youth gating agency for carrying out in one week, the Commissioner Advocate Sheikh Shakeel January 23, 2014 the response reached the spot. Highest: 71.0 per cent inquiries into the complaints loses kidneys ...Page 12 Secretary Finance Department Ahmad appearing for the peti- is awaited", Advocate Ahmed Police took Raja for medical examination and later sent him to Lowest: 59.0 per cent against public servants and  Taylor’s ton steers LEH : shall appear in person on next tioner drew the attention of the said. jail. A case has been registered at Janipura police station under adopting dilly-dallying tactics Section 323 RPC for investigations. NZ to ODI series TEMPERATURE date of hearing to explain the Division Bench towards the lat- Advocate M A Bhat appear- Max: 5.5 Degree C towards creation of requisite Police said Chottu was absconding and efforts were on to arrest win against India ...Page 18 reasons behind lackadaisical est status report filed by the ing for the Finance Department Min: -13.0 Degree C staff for the State Vigilance attitude towards this matter of General Administration (Contd on page 6 Col 3) him.