THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 Hizb comdr killed in Handwara shootout Many vital projects of health, power Major overhaul of Cabinet: 12 Ministers dropped, 36 inducted forces," the IGP Kumar said, questioning, he identified himself that recently saw a high-octane were elevated to the Cabinet level. adding that "in the encounter, he as Mehraj-Ud-Din Halwai sectors ready for commissioning electoral battle. Bhupendra Yadav, who has Sidelights @Ubaid Son of Abdul Khaliq resi- was killed and the AK-47 rifle crore have been completed and for replicating the same in their Lok Sabha MP from Bihar’s been serving in the BJP organisa- While all eyes were today riveted at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for dent of Khushal Mattoo Sopore, an recovered from him." respective departments so that as Hajipur Pashupati Kumar Paras, tion as a general secretary, was also the swearing-in of new ministers, the ceremony held under the shad- active terrorist commander of pro- are ready for inauguration at any Kumar said Obaid was diplo- many as possible services are pro- who is embroiled in a feud with sworn-in as a Cabinet minister. ow of the COVID-19 pandemic did not see the usual scenes of pub- scribed terror outfit HM", police time. Moreover, it was disclosed ma holder in Computers and was vided to the people online. nephew Chirag Paswan over the Among the 28 Ministers of lic bonhomie as leaders maintained social distancing. said. to the Chief Secretary that 11000 very tech-savy. "He was the mas- The Secretary of the Higher control of Ram Vilas Paswan- State, seven are from Uttar Pradesh All the dignitaries present, including President Ram Nath Kovind "During further questioning, on employees of the department ter recruiter of local youth and Education Department has founded Lok Janshakti Party, was which goes to polls next year with and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were wearing masks during the his disclosure multiple CASOs have been provided insurance would also give training to them. informed the Chief Secretary also sworn in as a Cabinet minister. the BJP seeking a second term nearly 90-minute event at the Darbar Hall where two platforms had were launched by Handwara under Prime Minister Accidental He was involved in many inci- that 100 colleges in Jammu and The reshuffle also saw JD(U) there. been installed. Police, Army, CRPF and SSB at Insurance and PM Health dents and there are many cases Kashmir will apply for accredi- joining the government Rajya Pankaj Choudhary, Anupriya Representatives from different political parties especially leaders village area Pazipora Renan Insurance. registered against him. At two tation by August 2021. Sabha MP from Bihar R C P Singh Patel, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, of opposition in both houses of parliament were missing as the num- Kralgund Handwara. When CASO "The commissioning of these hideouts revealed by him, mili- "Majority of these projects are being made a Cabinet minister. Kaushal Kishore, S P S Baghel and ber of invitees was restricted due to the COVID-19 protocol. was started, the said terrorist tried projects would go a long way in tants had fled before we reached likely to be inaugurated by Rane, 69, a Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Kumar— all are Lok Sabha Only one family member of each Minister was allowed. Vice- to pin point the location where he minimizing the difficulties of the there," he added. Lieutenant Governor Manoj and a former Maharashtra chief MPs from Uttar Pradesh who took President Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, besides had kept his arms and ammunition. people on account of power sup- The IGP said that though some Kumar Sinha, who has also started minister, was the first to take oath. oath as Ministers of State. B L a few top officials including P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Upon reaching at the disclosed ply", sources said. requests are pouring in that the inter- reviewing the working of all the After Rane, Sonowal, former Verma, a Rajya Sabha MP from Prime Minister, were also in attendance. hideout location, the said terrorist The Transport Department has net should be snapped given the fact departments", sources said. Assam chief minister, took oath in Uttar Pradesh, was also sworn-in Several Union Ministers, besides those who had just tendered picked up his hidden AK-47 rifle developed a portal to facilitate reg- that an online portal from across the They further informed that as a Minister of State. their resignation such as Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar and started firing indiscriminately istration of new vehicles at dealers English. The 58-year-old leader LoC has published posters calling Chief Secretary has directed the were among those present. upon the joint search party which point and the same will also be had earlier served as Union Rajeev Chandrasekhar and for strike on July 8 and July 13. Principal Secretary, Skill While most of the Ministers took oath in Hindi, there were a few led to an encounter. In the ensuing launched by the Government Minister of State (Independent Shobha Karandlaje, MPs from "A police party went to Syed Ali Development Department to expe- such as former Assam Chief Minister Sarbanada Sonowal who chose firefight the said terrorist got shortly. charge) for Skill Development and Karnataka; Darshana Vikram Shah Geelani's house to confirm dite the pace of work on hostel at Entrepreneurship; and Sports and Jardosh from Gujarat; New Delhi English. whether he had called for any strike, killed", the spokesman added. Observing that such initiatives Bemina and Polytechnic College at Youth Affairs under Prime Minister Lok Sabha MP Meenakashi Lekhi; A majority of the new Ministers had donned traditional dresses. but family members denied and As per police records, he was a bring in transparency in gover- Jammu so as to facilitate their inau- Modi Annpurna Devi (Jharkhand), A The inductees were sitting in two groups and allocated different termed posters on Geelani's name as categorized A++ militant and was nance, the Chief Secretary has told guration before August 15, 2021. Narayanaswamy (Karnataka); platforms for taking oath on their respective sides. fake," he said. group commander of HM. "He other Administrative Secretaries Congress-turned-BJP leader Scindia, a Rajya Sabha MP from Ajay Bhatt (Uttarakhand), The masks were only briefly removed while taking the oath and Kumar said that police won't was active since 2012 and was later on for a group picture. snap the internet but surveillance involved in several killings in North India logs 43,733 new cases Madhya Pradesh, also took oath as Chauhan Devusinh (Gujarat), were a Cabinet minister. The 50-year-old also sworn in as MoS. The usual hugging and handshaking between the leaders after the will be increased to keep anti-social Kashmir. He had a long terror cent, the data updated at 8 am crossed the grim milestone of two leader was Union Minister of State Others who were inducted as conclusion of the oath-taking ceremony were missing as leaders pre- and anti-peace elements at bay on crime history including attacks on showed. crore on May 4 and three crore on (Independent Charge) for Power Ministers of State at the ceremony ferred to greet each other with folded hands. July 8 and July 13. Police/SFs and civilian atrocities. Also, 19,07,216 tests were con- June 23. and Union Minister of State for were Bhagwanth Khuba Fifteen Cabinet Ministers and 28 ministers of state were sworn in "Since August 5,2019, there He was part of group involved in ducted on Tuesday taking the total The Ministry also said that (Karnataka); Kapil Moreshwar at the ceremony. (PTI) has been no civilian killings in various terror crimes and several cumulative tests conducted so far cumulative vaccine doses adminis- Commerce & Communications in cases were registered against him. Kashmir which has frustrated for detection of COVID-19 in the tered so far has reached 36.13 crore PORTFOLIOS Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel Minister of State in the Ministry of Law the people across. So anti-peace He was involved in killing of SPO country to 42,33,32,097. under the Nationwide Vaccination and Justice elements may try to foment trou- Mudasir Ahmad Dar of Untoo The daily positivity rate was Drive. Dr. Virendra Kumar Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Rajeev Chandrasekhar Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill ble on July 8 and July 13, but we Hamam Sopore on 28-07-2013, recorded at 2.29 per cent . It has The 930 new fatalities include Giriraj Singh Minister of Rural Development; and Development and Entrepreneurship; and attack on Sarpanch Khazir Mohd Minister of Panchayati Raj are ready to foil all such been less than three per cent for 16 395 from Maharashtra, 142 from Minister of State in the Ministry of Parray of Krankshivan on 26-07- Jyotiraditya M. Scindia Minister of Civil Aviation Electronics and Information Technology attempts," he said. consecutive days, the ministry said, Kerala and 92 from Karnataka. 2013, killing of Sarpanch Habib Ramchandra Prasad Singh Minister of Steel Sushri Shobha Karandlaje Minister of State in the Ministry of July 8 marks the anniversary of adding the weekly positivity rate A total of 4,04,211 deaths have Hizbul commander Burhan Wani Ullah Mir of Goripora Bomai, Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister of Railways; Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has declined to 2.39 per cent. been reported so far in the country Minister of Communications; and who was killed on this day in attack on Panch Zoona Begum of Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Recoveries continue to out- including 1,23,531 from Minister of Electronics and Information Anantnag district during an Hardshiva Sopore, attack on Small and Medium Enterprises number daily new cases for the Maharashtra, 35,526 from Technology Darshana Vikram Jardosh Minister of State in the Ministry of encounter.