DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 (PAGE 3) Impart quality education to India, Russia against outside influence students: Guv to teachers Modi briefs Putin on J&K decision, Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Sept 4: Governor Satya Pal Malik has greet- thanks him for support ed people particularly the teaching fraternity on the occasion VLADIVOSTOK, Sept 4: of Teachers’ Day which is celebrated in honour of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, an eminent Indian teacher, philoso- With Russia firmly backing pher and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India on Kashmir, Prime Minister India (1952–1962) and the second President of India (1962 Narendra Modi today thanked to 1967). President Vladimir Putin for his In his message, Governor observed that Teachers’ Day is a support, explained the rationale very special occasion for recognizing and paying tribute to the behind the Government's move vital role played by teachers and honouring eminent teachers Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel chairing a meeting of LAHDC at Leh. and apprised him of the "false and for their contributions in varied fields of learning and research. misleading" propaganda by Governor observed teachers are a very important element of Pakistan. Ladakh Festival concludes the society and deserve high respect for their instructing and During his summit talks with grooming the upcoming generations. He called upon the entire President Putin here in the Far Union Minister assures to reconsider Swadesh Darshan fraternity of teachers to put in their best efforts for imparting qual- Eastern port city, Prime Minister ity education to the youth and, besides, also encourage their holis- Modi himself brought up the Excelsior Correspondent Facilitator Programme (TFP) by cum Planetarium, tic development. issue of revocation of Jammu and Centre Government. He said renovation/restoration of her- Kashmir's special status, Foreign LEH, Sept 4: Union Minister that the objective of this online itage sites of cultural and Secretary Vijay Gokhale said. Prahlad Singh Patel has assured programme is to promote tourists interest and celebration The Prime Minister to reconsider Swadesh Darshan tourism with the involvement of of festivals in both Leh and "explained the rationale" behind and urged the officers to review local youth providing them with Kargil. Under Tourism the his government's decision, the projects and submit propos- online certified basic course and demands made includes an Gokhale said in response to a als on priority basis. advance courses in Heritage and Amphitheatre, Rock Art site question on the Kashmir issue He also mentioned about Adventure tourism and spoken development, way side tourist during a briefing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President of Russian introducing B&B services in languages. care centre, Mountaineering Prime Minister Modi thanked Federation Vladimir Putin at Vladivostok, in Russia on Ladakh with the aim to promote He urged Hill Council to Institute and Skill Development Putin for giving a "clear message" Wednesday.(UNI) home stay and also to take up encourage the local youth with a to mention few. on the Kashmir issue, he said. Briefing the media later, international situation." the matter of Heli Tourism qualification of 10+2 to apply Meanwhile, the four days Russia recently made it clear Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale The two sides "prioritise involving private investors. for these courses for which the Ladakh Festival concluded with that Jammu and Kashmir was a said Prime Minister Modi strong, multifaceted trade and Minister of State (MoS) registration has already started glittering cultural glimpses. The bilateral matter between India and explained to President Putin the economic cooperation as the Tourism (Independent Charge) and take maximum benefit of concluding function was Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma chairing a meeting on Wednesday. Pakistan. rationale behind the decision and foundation for further expanding stated this while chairing the the programme. He instructed presided over by the Minister India and Russia are against Russia stands firmly behind India the range of India-Russia rela- meeting of LAHDC, here. CEC, the Administrative officers of himself at Polo Ground today. "outside influence" in the internal on the issue. tions," it added. Gyal P Wangyal, Deputy Leh and Kargil to submit drafts The Minister in his address Div Com discusses contours of matters of any nation, Modi said A joint statement issued later The two leaders decided to Chairman, LAHDC, Leh Tsering and proposal of the demands at said Ladakh festival has its own today after comprehensive talks said the two sides "underlined the take the bilateral trade from the Sandup, Executive Councilors, the earliest possible. He suggest- image and identity that I didn't Jammu Smart City project with Putin aimed at finding new primacy of international law and current USD 11 billion to USD 30 Former MLC Chering Dorjey, ed to start with a tourist care know about and the vibrant cul- horizons of bilateral cooperation emphasised their commitment to billion by 2025. DG, Ministry of Tourism centre on one route initially to ture that the region has. Excelsior Correspondent functionaries of JDA, PHE, in areas like trade, defence, space, the purposes and the principles The two sides noted the pace Meenakshi Sharma, ADG, MoT, see the usage and success pro- "Simplicity, beauty and rich cul- PWD, UEED, Forest, Tourism oil and gas, nuclear energy and stated in the UN Charter includ- of progress achieved in the con- GoI Rupinder Brar, Div Com vided with all kind of facilities tural heritage, everything JAMMU, Sept 4: Divisional and other concerned. maritime connectivity. ing the inadmissibility of interfer- struction of the remaining four of Ladakh Saugat Biswas, DC Leh within one premise. Ladakh has and that is what is Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma The meeting discussed vari- Modi, who arrived in Russia ence in the internal affairs of the six nuclear power plants at Sachin Kumar and DC Kargil Earlier, CEC, Gyal P needed to have tourism flourish- today chaired a meeting to dis- ous components of Smart City on a two-day visit, is the first member states." Kudankulam. Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary also Wangyal made brief presenta- ing, and hence Ladakh has cuss contours of Jammu Smart Project. The officers informed Indian Prime Minister to visit to The two leaders discussed Modi said Russia will help attended the meeting. tion on the demands of LAHDC tremendous scope for tourism," City Project. that DPRs have been prepared for the Russian Far East Region. ways to bolster cooperation in train Indian astronauts for the The Minister informed the Leh. he added. The meeting was attended by several works under the project. "We both are against outside trade and investment, oil and gas, manned space mission - meeting about Adopt the Heritage Deputy Chairman under A colourful cultural proces- Deputy Commissioner Jammu, The Div Com asked all the influence in the internal matters mining, nuclear energy, defence Gaganyaan. Scheme and urged the Hill Council Culture and Tourism sectors put sion of artists representing dif- Sushma Chauhan, Commissioner concerned departments to study of any nation," Modi said in a and security, air and maritime Noting that close cooperation and Administration to plan long forth important demands for ferent regions of Ladakh was Jammu Municipal Corporation, DPR prepared for development joint press meet with Putin after connectivity, transport infrastruc- in military-technical fields is a term, sustainable and locally viable both Leh and Kargil. The taken out from Main Leh market Pankaj Magotra, SSP Jammu, of Jammu as Smart City. He their delegation-level talks at the ture, hi-tech, outer space, counter pillar of Indo-Russia Special and projects. He gave assurance to con- demands includes cultural muse- to Polo-ground which was also Tajinder Singh, Chief Engineer emphasized on the need to main- India-Russia 20th Annual terrorism and people-to-people Privileged Strategic Partnership, sider all the demands and look for um in Leh, Cultural Centre joined by Union Minister M&RE, Sudhir Gupta, besides tain inter-department coordina- Summit following a two-hour ties. the statement said the two sides possible ways to address it under equipped with library, auditori- Prahlad Singh Patel and other Director Floriculture, Director tion to share their developmental tete-a-tete on board a ship. "Today's talks with President vowed to upgrade their defence his capacity. um, conference hall, film the- dignitaries. ULB, Director ERA and senior plans. His remarks without naming Putin were aimed at finding new cooperation, including by foster- The Minister informed about atre, art gallery, art studios, any country came against the horizons of India-Russia coopera- ing joint development and pro- newly launched Tourist Science centre, Observatory 13 Dengue cases detected backdrop of tension between tion. This includes opportunities duction of military equipment, India and Pakistan after New in trade, security, maritime coop- components and spare parts. ITBA urges CBDT to extend Delhi revoked Jammu and eration and working together to They shared the view that Kashmir's special status. protect the environment," Modi "implementation in good faith of in Samba district: CMO India has categorically told said. universally recognised principles return filing date Excelsior Correspondent the laboratory of DH Samba for alleged that the administration the international community that He said a proposal has been and rules of international law Excelsior Correspondent returns due to lack of internet testing. He said the GREF has failed to take positive the scrapping of Article 370 was made to have a full fledged mar- excludes the practice of double facility in all the districts of the SAMBA, Sept 4: Thirteen employees are undergoing treat- steps in containing the Dengue an internal matter and also itime route between Chennai and standards or imposition of some JAMMU, Sept 4: Expressing State. Presiding over the meeting, cases have been proved positive ment in Military Hospital Samba epidemic in Samba and the advised Pakistan to accept the Vladivostok. States of their will on other concern over silence being main- Advocate Sat Mehta said that for Dengue in Samba district out and by tomorrow it will be ascer- reports of campaigning made reality. Pakistan is trying to inter- The statement said the two States." tained by the Central Board of extension of due date by CBDT of 52 cases whose samples were tained where the other patients in this regard are only con- nationalise the Kashmir issue leaders "agreed to facilitate, in all They called for reform of the Direct Taxes (CBDT) on extend- was awaited by professionals and taken recently by the District have been admitted and how fined to papers. The people after India's decision on August 5. possible ways, exploring the UN Security Council to reflect ing date of filing of Income Tax the tax payers of J&K as most of Hospital Samba after reports many of them have been dis- said no fogging has been done Russia has backed India's impressive potential of our strate- contemporary global realities. Returns by the tax payers of income tax returns can only be about spread of Dengue epidem- charged. any where and demanded that move on Jammu and Kashmir, gic partnership to the full, demon- Russia expressed its support for Jammu & Kashmir under sub- filed online on the official portal ic in some areas of Samba district He said already a campaign measures on war footing are saying that the changes in the sta- strating its special and privileged India's candidacy for a perma- section (1) of section 139 of the of the income-tax department but came to fore. has been launched against the needed to fight the epidemic tus are within the framework of nature which has emerged as an nent membership of the UNSC. Income-tax Act, 1961, Income no such order has been issued till Confirming this to Excelsior, Dengue by the Department in from spreading. the Indian Constitution. anchor of stability in a complex (PTI) Tax Bar Association (ITBA) this date causing lot of anxiety in CMO Samba, Rajinder Samyal Samba district. Earlier the CMO Jammu has pleaded for extension tax payers. said 13 cases have been reported had said that there have been of return filing date. General Secretary, Advocate positive for Dengue out 52 sam- reports about spread of Dengue in "Last date for filing returns VK Grover said that keeping in ples taken for tests by District Samba district but the same can't has expired on 31st August and view snapping of Internet Hospital Samba. be ascertained without proper knowingly that no internet mobil- Mobility in Jammu & Kashmir He said out of 13 cases six are testing at the Government lab at ity is available in the state of CBDT should issue requisite GREF employees while another DH Samba. He had said that the Jammu and Kashmir since order/notification/circular six are locals and one is a BSF tests will be only authenticated if August 5 after the abrogation of extending date of filing Income- jawan. However, the CMO said the lab at Samba DH shows the Article 370, CBDT have not tax returns for at least till the that it is not known where these results positive for Dengue other- extended due date by issuing a time Internet facility is restored patients are admitted as only their wise not. notification/order," the members or/and accept the Income-tax blood samples were brought to However the people of ITBA Jammu said in its execu- returns at all Return Counters of tive committee meeting held the department of Jammu and today. Kashmir so that genuine hard- They said that most of the ship faced by tax payers is assesses could not file their resolved. SBI, PNB ATMs not functioning in Mendhar for one month *3 JK Bank ATMs witness huge rush Excelsior Correspondent ATMs in Balakote, Bhimber Gali, Dhar Galoon, Mendhar, Mankote POONCH, Sept 4: Huge rush and Krishna Ghati area of of public is witnessed at all the Mendhar Sub Division. But these three J&K Bank ATMs in agencies are not providing servic- Mendhar town while all the 11 es and the Banks have deprived State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab its customers of the much needed National Bank (PNB) and even service. HDFC Bank ATMs are not opera- Even the District tional in entire Mendhar Sub Administration Poonch and Sub Division of district Poonch for the Divisional Administration, last one month. Mendhar failed to act and take cognizance of the matter dur- ing last over 30 days. There are three ATMs of JK Bank in Mendhar town and total 8 ATMs of this bank in entire Mendhar Sub Division. Huge public rush is always witnessed at these ATMs and they go empty after few hours of public use. A senior manager of SBI at Mendhar claimed that pri- vate agency engaged for fill- ing ATM machines with cash had demanded additional security in view of law and order problem during past four weeks and since the Administration did not respond, the agency suspend- ed its operation of filling ATMs with currency. When asked that hired agency has its own private security, the senior Manager said that SBI ATM at Mendhar lying non- was not sufficient in view of operational since one month. prevailing situation. —Excelsior/Rahi Kapoor Meanwhile, amidst these The Bank customers and all allegations and counter allega- the ATM users including Military tions, the general public was left and Para Military Force men to suffer by the Government as deployed in the area, are badly well as the Banking authorities suffering due to lack of services for no fault of their. The Deputy on the part of SBI, PNB and Commissioner, Poonch Rahul HDFC bank authorities in Poonch Yadav and the SDM Mendhar district for the last about one can not be absolved of their month. These banks have hired responsibilities over this lapse as private agencies for the supply well, a Mendhar Beopar Mandal and deposit of cash in the 11 member said.