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daily Vol No. 55 No. 154 JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 14 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 EC to assess situation post Yatra Rotation of SC seats, reservation for STs to be explored Centre to extend Centre mulls Delimitation Commission to President’s Rule in J&K undo discrimination with Jammu, Ladakh Section 47 needs high-level meetings held on set up in 1995 with Justice Neeraj Rohmetra Ministry for extension of egorically stated that possibili- Jammu and Kashmir by Union (Retd) K K Gupta as the President's Rule in the State", ties of holding Assembly elec- amendment to Home Minister Amit Shah dur- Chairman. JAMMU, June 4: With adding, "subsequently, MHA tions in the State would be ing last four days after taking The Commission had Election Commission today would put the proposal before explored only after the conclu- end freeze on over charge of the Ministry last increased J&K’s Assembly categorically ruling out the the Union Cabinet". sion of Amarnath Yatra on Saturday. seats from 76 to 87 but failed possibility of holding August 15. increase in seats “Apart from increase in to address concerns of Jammu Assembly elections before "The number of total Assembly seats region. In 76 seats, Jammu September, decks are cleared Commission in the State, which is presently had 32, Kashmir 42 and for extension of President's will keep moni- 87, the Commission can also be Ladakh 2, which the Rule in the State for another toring the situa- Sanjeev Pargal mandated to rotate seven seats Commission raised to 87 giv- six months. reserved for Scheduled Castes ing 37 to Jammu, 46 to tion in the State JAMMU, June 4: To undo President's Rule was regularly based (SCs), which haven’t been rotat- Kashmir and four to Ladakh. imposed for six months in the the discrimination meted out ed for last four Assembly elec- It miserably failed to over- on inputs from to Jammu and Ladakh regions State on January 3 this year after all necessary *Watch video on come the discrimination meted Ex-VC, Registrar awarded Parliament's approved the in terms of political power by out to Jammu region in terms quarters and successive Kashmir-centric www.excelsiornews.com proclamation and the term announce the of political empowerment. comes to an end on July 3. Governments, the Central tions,’’ official sources told the Incidentally the Constitution one year imprisonment election sched- Government proposed to set "Union Home Minister, Amit Excelsior. provides for delimitation every Excelsior Correspondent Uttar Pradesh, the then Vice ule only after up Delimitation Commission Shah had also held deliberations the conclusion At present, Jammu region 10 years, the next delimitation Chancellor SKUAST- Jammu in the State, which was a long JAMMU, June 4: Special over extension of President's of Amarnath has just 37 Assembly seats as of Assembly constituencies and Ashok Kumar Koul, a resi- pending demand of the BJP, Judge Anticorruption Jammu Rule in the State with State yatra", said the against 46 of Kashmir region, a should have logically taken dent of Batpora, Kashmir, the which had got it listed in the YP Bourney has awarded one Governor, Satya Pal Malik and After getting Cabinet's nod, poll panel in an official com- gap of nine seats, which vests place in 2005. then Registrar SKUAST- ‘Agenda of Alliance’ reached year imprisonment to former top brass of his Ministry on June the Home Ministry will send the muniqué. political power with the However, in 2002, the Jammu. between PDP-BJP before Vice-Chancellor and Registrar 2 in New Delhi and given suffi- proposal to President, Ram Nath The 46-day-long Amarnath Kashmir leadership. Ladakh Farooq Abdullah Government However, the court acquitted forming their first-ever of Sher-e-Kashmir University cient hints for extension of Kovind for issuance of procla- yatra will begin on July 1, the region has 4 Assembly seats. chose to freeze delimitation until Iqbal Singh, the then Estates Government in March 2015. of Agricultural Sciences and President's Rule", sources said. mation for imposing President's day of Masik Shivratri, and The last time a delimitation 2026 by amending the Jammu & Officer SKUAST-J, Vijay Constitution of the Technology (SKUAST) Sources asserted, "as dis- Rule in the State. "The procla- exercise took place in the State Kashmir Representation of the Kumar Soi, the then would conclude on August 15, Delimitation Commission and Jammu in the much-publi- cussed in the meeting, mation will need approval from was also under President’s Rule People's Act 1957 and Section Comptroller SKUAST-J, Vishal the day of Shravan Purnima. some other decisions to end long cised appointments scam. Governor's Secretariat would both Houses of Parliament", when Gen KV Krishna Rao was 47(3) of the Constitution of Tandon, Vinayak Vikram, The State was placed under standing discrimination with Those convicted and award- soon initiate the process for sources emphasised. Governor of the State for second Jammu & Kashmir. The amend- Narinder Kumar Raina and Governor's Rule, as provided by Jammu and Ladakh regions fig- ed sentence are Dr Nagendra making a formal recommen- In a related development, the term from 1993 to 1998. The ed Section 47(3) provided “that Ankur Sharma besides two more (Contd on page 11 Col 7) ured prominently during three Sharma, a resident of Bareilly in dation to the Union Home Election Commission today cat- Delimitation Commission was (Contd on page 11 Col 3) (Contd on page 11 Col 1) Moon sighted, Step aimed at checking illegalities, ensuring accountability Navin gets addl Masrat, Shah, Asiya arrested Eid-ul-Fitr today charge, 3 shifted Excelsior Correspondent Govt seeks status of enquiries pending in Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, June 4: The JAMMU, June 4: Navin by NIA in terror funding case Shawwal moon has been sighted Kumar Choudhary, Principal NEW DELHI, June 4: marking the culmination of 11 wings of H&UDD during past 5 years Secretary to the Government, Islamic fasting month of Ramadan Industries and Commerce Kashmiri separatists Court grants 10-day custody and Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated Mohinder Verma Department, holding additional Shabir Shah, Asiya Andrabi tomorrow across Jammu and Axe to fall on officials escaping charge of Administrative and Masarat Alam Bhat were already in custody in separate terror financing, Andrabi was Kashmir and rest of the country. JAMMU, June 4: Axe is all Secretary, Information arrested today in connection cases, while Alam was brought in jail in a case of allegedly It was 29th of Ramadan set to fall on several officers, action since long Technology Department, will with a terror funding case and from Jammu and Kashmir on waging a war against the today and with the sighting of who have been escaping the Secretary to Government, and they have gathered an also hold the charge of the post produced before a Delhi court transit remand where he was country and delivering hate the crescent, the fasting month action since long, as Department of Housing and impression that they can go scot- of Chief Executive Officer, which allowed NIA their 10- lodged in jail for alleged terror speeches in Jammu and ended today and Eid-ul-Fitr will Government has sought status Urban Development Dheeraj free even after indulging in ille- JaKeGA, relieving Saugat activities. Kashmir. be celebrated tomorrow across day custodial interrogation. of the enquiries pending in dif- Gupta has come to know that gal activities and throwing rules Biswas, Divisional The case relates to alleged Both Shah and Andrabi were According to the NIA, Shah Jammu and Kashmir. ferent wings of the Housing several enquiries, which were and regulations to the winds, produced before the court from had received Rs 10 lakh from Eid it being also celebrated Commissioner, Ladakh of the terror funding in the Valley and and Urban Development ordered by the Administrative sources further said. additional charge of the post, a involves Jama'at-ud-Da'wah jail in pursuance to the produc- hawala operator Zahoor Ahmad across the sub-continent tomor- Department during the past Department in the last five Majority of these enquiries tion warrants issued earlier. Shah Watal, a co-accused in the row while in Saudi Arabia and Government order today said. (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the five years. Moreover, this step years, have yet not reached the pertain to illegal appoint- NIA had filed a charge sheet case. other Gulf countries it was cele- (Contd on page 11 Col 3) 2008 Mumbai terror attack mas- would help in ensuring logical conclusion because of ments, facilitating encroach- in January 2018 against Saeed, Besides, the money was also brated today. termind based based in Pakistan. another terror mastermind Syed sent to the banned outfit Eid prayers that are performed accountability in these estab- the non-serious approach of ments in violation of Master 8 SEs adjusted The National Investigation Salahuddin and 10 Kashmiri Dukhtaraan-e-Milat of which in open fields or prayer grounds lishments having the primary those who had been entrusted Plans and the plans approved Excelsior Correspondent Agency arrested the trio during responsibility of resolving the this task. by the Building Operation separatists in a case of alleged Andrabi was the chief, NIA said. will be held in Masjids tomorrow JAMMU, June 4: The in-chamber proceedings before grievances of the people and Due to this, all those officials Control Authority (BOCA), terror funding and secessionist The NIA arrested them due to wet weather. Government today ordered Special Judge Rakesh Syal and completion of vital projects. who were in the dock for com- tampering of official records, activities in the Valley.