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Follow us: Daily Excelsior , THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2021 REGD. NO. JK-71/21-23 Vol No. 57 16 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 No. 62 Rs 5 cr GST NC to call Working Committee meet to take decision recovered from Kashmir unit Delimitation Comm seeks written Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 3: Continuing its action against suggestions from 5 LS MPs in J&K GST evaders in UTs of J&K and Ladakh, the Jammu regional BJP to submit submit comprehensive sugges- Committee will meet in next 3-4 Commission meeting. Unit of Directorate General of tions to the Delimitation days. Sources said the National GST Intelligence (DGGI) has detailed document Commission seeking fair distri- The National Conference Conference is under pressure recovered Rs 5 crore from a bution of seats and an end to had refused to attend first meet- that if it continued to opt out of Kashmir based manufacturing for justice with years long political discrimina- ing of the Delimitation the meetings of the Delimitation unit. tion with Jammu region, the Commission with Associate and even don't submit written The Director of the manu- Jammu National Conference will take a Members in New Delhi on suggestions sought by the Panel, facturing unit on being con- call in next few days whether to February 18 on the ground that the BJP with two Associate fronted by officers of DGGI submit suggestions to the the party has challenged Jammu Members will have major say as with evidences collected Sanjeev Pargal Commission or not as the party and Kashmir Reorganization Act Kashmir region is represented (Contd on page 6 Col 1) has so far dissociated itself from in the Supreme Court under by the National Conference. NC JAMMU, Mar 3: The the Panel. which the Commission has been had won all three Lt Col shoots Delimitation Commission for NC's Lok Sabha member set up. seats in Kashmir while BJP had Jammu and Kashmir headed from Baramulla-Kupwara con- However, the NC's boycott captured two Parliamentary himself dead by Justice Ranjana Prakash stituency Mohammad Akbar of the Commission had drawn seats of Jammu region. Excelsior Correspondent Desai has sought written sug- Lone, who is also Associate sharp criticism from party's Congress and PDP don't have SRINGAR, Mar 3: A gestions on delimitation of Member of the Delimitation staunch supporter and veteran any representation in the Lieutenant Colonel of Army Assembly constituencies for Commission, told the Excelsior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Parliament. today committed suicide by first Legislative Assembly of on telephone from Srinagar that Azad, who had said the National Speaker Om Birla had last The 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the only all-weather road connecting shooting himself dead at an the Union Territory from five the National Conference Conference has majority in year nominated five Lok Sabha Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was closed for few hours on Wednesday due to fresh Army depot in Khonmoh area Associate Members of the Working Committee will take a Associate Members with three MPs of Jammu and Kashmir as landslides. (UNI) on the outskirts of Srinagar. Commission-three belonging decision in next 3-4 days on Lok Sabha MPs and they should Associate Members of the They said that the officer to National Conference and whether the party MPs should have attended the meeting of the Delimitation Commission. „ ‘Make Dachigam more accessible local destination’ identified as Lt Col Sudeep two to the Bharatiya Janata send suggestions to the Panel. Meanwhile, BJP members Baghat Singh Negi ended life Party (BJP). Delimitation Commission or "By choosing to boycott the of Lok Sabha--Dr Jitendra by shooting himself with his While the two BJP members not. meeting, the National Singh, Union Minister of State LG calls for plan to conserve ecology service rifle. including Union Minister of "We will sit with Dr Farooq Conference has not done good in the Prime Minister's Office State in Prime Minister's Office Abdullah (National Conference thing,'' Azad had said. and Jugal Kishore Sharma (Contd on page 6 Col 3) (PMO) Dr Jitendra Singh and president) and then our Working Altaf Bukhari, president have been drafting compre- No vaccine, no Jugal Kishore Sharma, both Lok Committee will take decision Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party hensive documents for submis- around Mansar-Surinsar lakes Sabha members from whether to submit suggestions to had also criticized the National sion in writing to the Excelsior Correspondent our on the occasion. Sarita the noble responsibility of con- Hajj: SA Udhampur-Doda and Jammu- the Delimitation Commission or Conference with trying to com- Delimitation Commission as Chauhan, Commissioner/ serving natural resources and sought by its chairperson JAMMU, Mar 3: NEW DELHI, Mar 3: Poonch Lok Sabha constituen- not,'' Lone said. promise interests of the people Secretary to the Government, biodiversity with utmost zeal cies respectively have decided to He added that the Working by staying away from the (Contd on page 6 Col 5) Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Department of Forest, Ecology and dedication. The Saudi Arabia Sinha today paid homage to & Environment; Dr. Mohit Emphasizing on extending Government has decided to Establishment of Sub-Regional Science Centre in Jammu Govt removes all the martyrs of make it mandatory for Hajj pil- the Forest grims to take anti-Coronavirus Zubair from JK Department who vaccine. Finally, Central team arriving today have laid down According to Saudi Health Bank Board their lives and Ministry officials, taking Excelsior Correspondent made supreme sacrifice in the COVID-19 vaccine has been to inspect sites identified by admn JAMMU, Mar 3: The line of duty. made compulsory for those Jammu and Kashmir "I salute the arriving in the country to per- Government has withdrawn the No burden on J&K, 100% funding by Culture Ministry bravery of forest form the Hajj this year. People name of Zubair Iqbal from the personnel working who don't comply to the rule March 4 for the inspection of Government of Jammu and Board of Directors of Jammu Mohinder Verma day and night to will not be allowed to perform proposed sites and holding of Kashmir Union Territory is and Kashmir Bank. protect Forests, Hajj. JAMMU, Mar 3: In a posi- deliberations with the officers of required to provide only land Iqbal was Government Wildlife and the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressing passing-out-parade of Forest (Contd on page 6 Col 5) tive development albeit after the Science and Technology and bear the land develop- Nominee Director in the J&K Environment", he Guards in Jammu on Wednesday. prolonged delay, a Central Department and J&K Science, ment expenditure", adding Bank. However, he ceased to be said. Govt may cut team is arriving here tomor- Technology and Innovation "the National Council of Director on the Board of Bank Gera, Principal Chief J&K's green cover, he called The Lt Governor was speak- row to inspect the sites identi- Council. Science Museums, an consequent upon withdrawal of Conservator of Forests; Sarvesh for development of Eco Parks excise duty on ing at the passing out ceremony fied by the administration for The administration has iden- autonomous organisation his nomination by the Rai, Additional Principal Chief across J&K and establishing of the Forest Guards of 32nd, the establishment of Sub- Government of Jammu and more Bal Vans, and green petrol, diesel tified several sites in Miran under Ministry of Culture, 56th, and 66th Course at *Watch video on Regional Science Centre in Kashmir, officials said. areas specifically for the sen- Sahib and Bari Brahamana areas will work in coordination with Convention Centre. The cere- www.excelsiornews.com NEW DELHI, Mar 3: Jammu with 100% funding Earlier, Zubair was pro- ior citizens, besides compre- for the establishment of Sub- J&K Science, Technology and mony started with the Guard of from the Union Culture posed to be appointed/elected as Conservator of Forests and hensive plan for the conserva- The Government has room Regional Science Centre and the Innovation Council for the Honour to the Lt Governor by to cut excise duty on petrol and Ministry. feasible site will be recommend- establishment of Science the Managing Director of the Chief Executive Officer, tion of ecology in and around Official sources told Jammu and Kashmir Bank. the personnel of the Forest diesel by up to Rs 8.5 per litre ed to the Union Culture Ministry Centre". Protection Force, J&K. CAMPA and T Rabi Kumar, Mansar-Surinsar lakes and EXCELSIOR that Joint With removal of Zubair, without impacting its target for for accord of approval. Similar Sub-Regional To mark the occasion, Sinha Additional Principal Chief protection of wetlands and Secretary in the Ministry of revenue from the tax on the two Disclosing that the Sub- Science Centre for Srinagar has (Contd on page 6 Col 3) planted saplings of Rudraksh in Conservator of Forests were wastelands. Culture Nirupama Kotru and fuels, analysts said. Regional Science Centre will already been sanctioned and it the premises of Convention present on the occasion. He also asked the department Director of National Council of IT raids on Petrol and diesel prices be set-up with 100% funding will come up at Lal Mandi Centre. During his address, Sinha to focus on Hangul conservation Science Museums (NCSM) S hover at a historic high follow- from the Union Culture where adequate and feasible BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief congratulated the 98 pass-outs and explore the possibility of Kumar are arriving here on Taapsee, Anurag ing a relentless increase in rates Ministry, sources said, "the (Contd on page 6 Col 1) Secretary was the guest of hon- and exhorted them to discharge (Contd on page 6 Col 7) over the past nine months. Cases again cross three-digit mark in J&K MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Mar 3: (Contd on page 6 Col 1) The Income Tax Department today raided the homes and LG Admn makes R&B Enggs accountable, SC dismisses PIL LG to take first shot of COVID offices of Bollywood actor for action against Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker issues fresh SOPs for maintenance of roads Farooq vaccine in GMC Jammu today NEW DELHI, Mar 3: Excelsior Correspondent while 49 recovered from the Govt directs for regular audit of J&K roads Govt allows 24x7 virus. timely maintenance which augment the better road connec- Observing that expression JAMMU/SRINAGAR/ Of 17 positive cases in Gopal Sharma include all works of routine tivity across J&K UT. of views that are different from LEH, Mar 3: Lieutenant vaccination Jammu region, Jammu district JAMMU, Mar 3: Making maintenance/ repair, periodic “The present UT the opinion of the Government Governor Manoj Sinha will NEW DELHI, Mar 3: accounted for 11, Kathua and Anurag Kashyap Taapsee Pannu engineers from top to bottom maintenance, road rehabilitation Administration with a view to cannot be termed as seditious, take his first dose of COVID- Reasi two each and Udhampur The Government today said besides other supervisory staff including pavements, drainage, streamline the procedure for the Supreme Court today dis- 19 vaccine in the Government and Samba districts one each. Anurag Kashyap as well as his it has permitted round-the- of the PW(R&B) Department potholes repair and also mainte- the maintenance of the roads missed a PIL seeking action Medical College (GMC) Thirteen persons recovered partners who launched the now clock COVID-19 vaccination more accountable and respon- nance of emergency nature. and to put in the standard against National Conference Jammu tomorrow. from the virus including 11 in shuttered production house as part of efforts to speed-up sive for improving condition of Sources further reavled that mechanism, issued fresh president over Sinha is scheduled to visit the Jammu district and one each in Phantom Films, officials said. the immunisation drive which roads in J&K, the Lt R&B Department presently instructions today in the shape his comments on abrogation of GMC Jammu tomorrow morn- Rajouri and Kishtwar districts. The searches, part of a tax received a fresh boost with the Governor’s Administration maintains a road length of about of SOPs for all the R&B engi- Article 370 of the Constitution. ing to get the jab. With lone positive person evasion probe against Phantom makers of the indigenous today issued fresh Standard 40, 178 kms, created under vari- neers from Chief Engineers to (Contd on page 6 Col 3) Advisor Incharge Health and recovering, Rajouri district has Films and carried out across 30 Covaxin saying it has shown an Operating Procedures (SOPs) ous developmental programmes Junior Engineer (JE) level, Medical Education Department for the time being become locations in Mumbai and Pune, interim efficacy of 81 percent for the concerned people across the UT, out of which road and the conctrators concerned Another J&K's Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar is also like- Corona-free. In addition to also covered Reliance in Phase 3 clinical trials. including contractors. length of 23,654 kms is black- beside supervisory staff, mak- ly to get first dose of vaccine in Rajouri, Ramban is the only Entertainment group CEO Official sources told the topped. The Department is com- ing them more accountable IAS officer gets the GMC Jammu tomorrow. (Contd on page 6 Col 7) other district in Jammu region Shibhasish Sarkar and some Excelsior that taking note of the mitted to provide good road con- and responsible, even in case The vaccination for the peo- shot the same day. with zero active positive case. executives of celebrity and tal- home posting condition of roads in Union nectivity throughout the year of accidents due to road condi- ple about 60 years of age and 45 Meanwhile, positive cases Jammu region now has ent management companies Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and for that purpose, invests tion,” sources maintained. Excelsior Correspondent plus with co-morbidities had in Jammu and Kashmir today 52031 cases. Among them, 189 KWAN and Exceed, they said. and frequent road accidents, the huge amount through various Accrording to fresh SOPs, all started on March 1 in the entire again crossed three-digit mark are active positives while 51117 (Contd on page 6 Col 3) JAMMU, Mar 3: Another LG’s Administration strongly UT sector programmes, the Chief Engineers shall prepare country including Jammu and with 104 fresh cases-87 in have recovered from the virus IAS officer, a native of Jammu Hizb hideout observed to have regular audit of Centrally sponsored and loan Kashmir with Prime Minister Kashmir and 17 in Jammu (Contd on page 6 Col 5) and Kashmir but posted in Narendra Modi also getting the (Contd on page 6 Col 5) the roads for their proper and oriented schmes, with an aim to Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was busted in Tral today cleared for posting in the Excelsior Correspondent Minerals sold at exorbitant rates in Valley, Admn unmoved Union Territory of Jammu and 6 years on, reconstruction SRIANGAR, Mar 3 : Police Kashmir on inter-cadre deputa- today busted a militant hideout tion in relaxation of rules. Absence of construction material in Tral area of South Kashmir's The Department of Personnel of TRC Pahalgam in limbo Awantipora in Pulwama district. and Training (DoPT) today Police said that upon informa- cleared the inter-cadre deputation Suhail Bhat Minister, Mufti Mohammad ter plan. affects Govt, private works in Kashmir tion of militant hideout in the for- of Syed Fakrudin Hameed, an Sayeed asked the Tourism Bilal Ahmad, an official of SRINAGAR, Mar 3: Six department to look for an alter- Tourism Department, told est area of Seer in Pastoona, police Irfan Tramboo mining by the Government and truckers as well-who are directly (Contd on page 6 Col 5) years after a massive fire con- nate location for its construc- Excelsior that Pahalgam is along with 42 RR of Army and due to which all the Government or indirectly associated with SRINAGAR, Mar 3: With sumed the Tourist Reception tion. "He found the place unfit incomplete without TRC. "We 180 Battalion of CRPF launched a works as well as the private ones such works have also been HC directive to the ban on mining across Centre (TRC) at the famous for TRC as he believed the don't have a proper place where search operation in the area. have come to a grinding halt," affected across J&K. J&K, the non-availability of Pahalgam resort in South structure could block the scenic tourists can come and seek "During search, one hideout Ghulam Jeelani Purza president "I have not been able to earn milk suppliers construction material has Kashmir's Anantnag district, view of mountains. So, it stalled information, and that creates a of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen was bust- of J&K Contractors anything in comparison to what taken a hit on the Government Excelsior Correspondent the reconstruction process is the reconstruction process," an poor impression," he said. ed and subsequently destroyed," Coordination Committee I used to, the ban has pushed the as well as private works across in limbo, as authorities have official said. He, however, suggested that police said, adding that the size (JKCCC) told Excelsior. labourers more towards the SRINAGAR, Mar 3: The Kashmir and those who man- neither allotted an alternate The Tourism department Government should rebuild the of the hideout is approximately 5 Notably, the 'unexpected' hardships than bringing us any High Court has directed the age to get the minerals they land nor accorded approval immediately wrote to the facility at the original site. "We feet × 7 feet ×4 feet. move has affected not only the respite to us," a labourer who J&K Dairy Producers, are being sold at exorbitant for rebuilding it at the original Revenue department and sought can easily work in a single- "Incriminating material of contractors but also the labour- used to load the raw material Processors and Marketing rates. site. suitable land for the construc- storey building at the original Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and other ers who are working at the min- into trucks said. Jammu to get their grievance Several contractors, who A major fire incident that tion of TRC, but they never site as enough land is available. material like utensils, food ing sites and the construction The contractors said that with regard to procuring milk have taken up the Government, broke out in June 2014 reduced allotted it. "We asked the The place is perfectly suitable items etc has been recovered sites across J&K and particular- they have taken up the matter and milk products to the Army as well as the private works in the TRC Pahalgam to ashes Revenue Department for a suit- for it. We can reconstruct a small from the hideout," spokesman ly Kashmir. As per estimates, as with almost all the concerned resolved with the arbitrator Kashmir, told Excelsior that along with a dozen hotels. able land. So far, they have not structure there without disturb- said, adding that all the material many as 30,000 contractors officials, but to no avail. strictly in accordance with the has been taken into Police cus- they are suffering due to the However, the re-construction allotted it despite assurances," ing the beauty of the area," he across J&K are facing the brunt "We have given a memoran- mandate of Arbitration Clause tody for investigation purpose. absence of raw material and that has not been started despite pas- another official said, adding said. due to the non-availability of the dum to the LG as well and we within one month. Police said that a case (FIR the Government is not paying sage of six- years. they are unaware whether the As of now, Bilal said, they construction material. stated that if the Government is Through the medium of the number 14/2021 under relevant any heed to their issues. The re-construction process Government has allotted land are operating from a makeshift Apart from that, as many as talking about the development, instant petition, the petitioner- Sections of law) was registered "It has all happened due to got stalled after the then Chief for the structure in the new mas- six lakh labourers-which include (Contd on page 6 Col 7) (Contd on page 6 Col 3) at Police Station Tral. the ban that was imposed on the (Contd on page 6 Col 3)