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New Top News May 19 2020.qxd 5/19/2020 7:15 PM Page 1 TOP NEWS OF J&K JAMMU, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 Daily Evening Newspaper STATE 2 STATE 3 STATE 5 Govt should announce bonus Education Deptt is serving Aarogya Setu safest app in for farmers: Shanker interests of owners of Pvt World: Rekha Schools: Vikrant e-paper: www.topnewsjk.in RNI No. JKENG / 2010 / 39369 Regd. No. JK-435 Vol. 11 Issue 137 Pages 8 Rs. 2/- BRIEFLY COVID-19 cases reach 1,01,139; 2 Hizbul Mujahideen Man dies of COVID-19 militants killed in in Kashmir encounter SRINAGAR, May 19 death toll touches 3,163 (Agencies): A 55-year-old man, who had tested positive lowed by Madhya Pradesh at for COVID-19, died at a hos- 252, West Bengal at 244, pital here on Tuesday, taking Delhi at 168, Rajasthan at the coronavirus death toll in 138, Uttar Pradesh at 118, Jammu and Kashmir to 17, Tamil Nadu at 81 and Andhra officials said. Pradesh at 50. The man from Baramulla The death toll reached 37 district in north Kashmir died each in Karnataka and Punjab at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of and 35 in Telangana. Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Jammu and Kashmir has hospital this morning, reported 15 fatalities due to Medical Superintendent, the disease, Haryana has 14 SKIMS Soura, Dr Farooq Jan deaths while Bihar has regis- said. tered nine and Kerala and He said the patient died of Odisha each have reported SRINAGAR, May 19 "Two militants have cardiac arrest. four deaths. (Agencies): Two Hibzul been killed in the opera- The man was a cancer Jharkhand, Chandigarh Mujahideen militants tion at Nawakadal in patient and had tested posi- and Himachal Pradesh each were killed while a CRPF Srinagar," a police offi- tive for coronavirus, Dr Jan have recorded three COVID- jawan and a Jammu and cial said, adding that said. 19 fatalities, while Assam has Kashmir policeman suf- weapons and ammuni- With his death, the num- reported two deaths. fered injuries during an tion were seized from the ber of COVID-related deaths NEW DELHI, May 19 avirus cases has risen to since Monday morning, 51 Meghalaya, Uttarakhand encounter in the city's spot. in Jammu and Kashmir has (Agencies): The number of 1,01,139, the ministry said. were in Maharashtra, 35 in and Puducherry have reported Nawakadal area on Two security person- risen to 17. coronavirus cases crossed the The number of active Gujarat, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, one fatality each, according to Tuesday, police said. nel - a CRPP jawan and a one lakh mark in the country COVID-19 cases stood at eight in Delhi, seven in the data provided by the min- While police officials Jammu and Kashmir Two-Storey on Tuesday, while the death 58,802 while 39,173 people Rajasthan, six in West Bengal, istry. did not identify the slain policeman - were injured toll due to the infection have recovered and one four in Madhya Pradesh, three According to the ministry's militants, sources said in the gubbattle with the building gutted in touched 3,163, according to patient has migrated, it said. in Tamil Nadu, two each in website, more than 70 per cent one the ultras killed in militants, the officials the Union Health Ministry. "Thus, around 38.73 per Punjab and Jammu and of the deaths are due to comor- the operation was a top said. massive fire in A total of 134 deaths and cent patients have recovered Kashmir, and one each in bidities, the existence of mul- commander of the Hizbul The encounter began 4,970 COVID-19 cases were so far," a senior health min- Bihar and Telangana. tiple disorders in the same after security forces Mujahideen hailing from launched a cordon and Police Training reported in the country in the istry official said. Of the 3,163 fatalities, person. Srinagar. past 24 hours since 8 pm on The total confirmed cases Maharashtra tops tally with According to the health search operation in the The other militant is night following School Ganderbal Monday, it said. include foreigners. 1,249 deaths. Gujarat comes ministry's data updated in believed to be a foreign The total number of coron- Of the 134 deaths reported second with 694 deaths, fol- Turn to page 7 SRINAGAR, May 19 Turn to page 7 national, they said. (Agencies): A two-storey building of Police Training School (PTS) Manigam was completely destroyed in a New J&K domicile rules COVID-19: Lt Governor visits Udhampur Railway station, massive fire last night in cen- tral Kashmir district of Ganderbal. will give 'long due' rights takes stock of facilities being provided to returnees Official sources said that brought back through special fire broke out in an Estates trains. building at PTS Manigam to refugees, KPs: Nadda Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, late last night. "Fire tenders Commissioner Secretary to the were rushed to douse off the will give the "long due" rights to all Government Industries and leaping flames, clearly visible refugees as well as to Kashmiri Commerce Department, who is from a distance," they said. Pandits living outside the union also the Nodal Officer for manage- However, they said before territory. ment of return of stranded people the fire was brought under People belonging to West at Udhampur, briefed the Lt control, it engulfed the entire Pakistan, Valmikis, women marry- Governor about various facilities building. "The two-storey ing outside communities, non-reg- being provided to the returnees building has been completely istered Kashmiri migrants and dis- and procedures involved in the destroyed by the massive placed people will soon get domicile process. He informed the Lt fire," the sources said. under a new set of rules issued by Governor that around 60,000 No one was injured in the the Jammu and Kashmir adminis- returnees in 60 special trains at an incident, they said, adding tration on Monday. average of 1000 passengers per the cause of the fire was not "The new domicile rules train are expected to be received. immediately known. "A case gazetted in J&K are a welcome Dr. Piyush Singla, Deputy has been registered and step. This will give the long due Commissioner Udhampur, gave a investigation has been initiat- rights to all refugees incl those detailed power point presentation from West Pak, SC workers from TOP NEWS REPORT Jammu and Kashmir, Dr. Smita ed to ascertain the cause of NEW DELHI, May 19 Murmu, today visited Railway about the process involved in the fire," they added. rest of India settled in J&K for reception and dispatch of passen- (Agencies): The BJP on Tuesday decades, children of KPs living out- UDHAMPUR, May 19: Station Udhampur and took stock hailed the new domicile rules noti- Lieutenant Governor, Girish of the facilities being provided to gers to their home districts. The Punjab: Two side J&K to claim domicile now. DC informed that the fied in Jammu and Kashmir, with Equality & Chandra Murmu along with First the people of J&K who were ashram heads its president J P Nadda saying they Turn to page 7 Lady of the Union Territory of stranded outside and are being Turn to page 7 held for raping 2 former Major Govt issues fresh list of districts Pak Army women shells areas AMRITSAR, May 19 (Agencies): Two chiefs of an Generals booked for classified as Red, Orange, and Green along LoC in ashram here were on last Rajiv for the purpose of imple- districts have been clas- Ministry of Health and Monday arrested for allegedly menting the lockdown, sified under Orange cate- Family Welfare Rajouri raping two women, police corruption in Survey JAMMU, May 19 : The with effect from May 20, gory. Likewise, Doda, (MoHFW), Govt. of India. said. Jammu and Kashmir 2020. Kishtwar, Poonch and It added that a JAMMU, May 19 The women aged 25 and 40 Government today issued The order was issued Rajouri districts have detailed review of the (Agencies): The years were rescued from the of India departmental the fresh classification of by Chief Secretary, who been put in Green cate- current COVID-19 situa- Pakistan Army on ashram following a police districts in order to is also chairman of SEC gory. tion in J&K was conduct- Tuesday shelled for- raid. implement the lockdown and it stated that all the The order further ed with Financial ward areas along the According to the women, exams in 2002 4.0 from May 20, 2020 districts of Kashmir stated that the Commissioner, Health; Line of Control (LoC) in they were earlier allegedly (Tuesday). province, except Government of India NEW DELHI, May 19 (Agencies): The Ganderbal and vide its Order No. 40- D i v i s i o n a l Jammu and Kashmir's raped by two disciples of the In an order issued by Commissioners of Rajouri district, draw- CBI has booked two former Major Generals State Executive Bandipora are listed as 3/2020-DM-I(A) dated ashram - Suraj Nath and for alleged corruption in conducting Group Red zones, whileas 17.05.2020 has author- Jammu and Kashmir ing retaliation from the Nachtar Nath. Committee (SEC) headed Indian Army, a defence C and D examinations in the Survey of by Chief Secretary BVR Kathua, Samba and ized States/ UT divisions and other offi- So, they visited the ashram India in 2002, resulting in wrong selection Ramban districts of Governments to delin- cers on the basis of “an spokesperson said. on Sunday to lodge a com- Subrahmanyam, the gov- Jammu Province have eate districts into Red, This is second cease- of 44 candidates as those who had succeed- ernment announced clas- overall assessment of the plaint with the two ashram ed were made to fail, officials said on been declared Red zones.