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Page1final.Qxd (Page 2) daily Follow us: Daily Excelsior JAMMU, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021 REGD. NO. JK-71/21-23 Vol No. 57 12 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 No. 98 Two detained for Sinha announces LG Scholarship for IIM, IIT, NIT students 4 die of COVID in J&K, 808 infected smuggling gold Omar, Bollywood Director, IFS from abroad J&K integral part of India, external Excelsior Correspondent officer, 5 KV teachers test +ve JAMMU, Apr 9: Satwari interference not acceptable: Naidu Police detained two persons at al Convocation of the Indian HoD, Prof among 26 positive in JU 56 tourists hospitalized for treatment Jammu Airport for smuggling Nishikant Khajuria Institute of Management (IIM) one kilogram gold worth Rs 50 Sanjeev Pargal he received the first jab of vac- COVID-19 during Rapid JAMMU, Apr 9: Jammu, here today, in presence lakh from abroad. cine. Antigen Testing (RAT) in the Maintaining that Jammu and of Union Minister Dr Jitendra JAMMU/SRINAGAR/ In a tweet, Omar informed Jammu University. They include As per police sources, an Kashmir is an integral part of Singh and Lt Governor of J&K, LEH, Apr 9: Four persons died information was received at that he has tested positive and is a female Head of Department India, Vice- President M Manoj Sinha on the dais. of COVID-19 and 808 tested completely asymptomatic. He (HoD) and one Professor of Police Station Satwari from a Venkaiah Naidu, in a clear “My advice to some friends positive --525 in Kashmir and said he has isolated himself. Education Department. Two woman ASI Krishna Devi, a *Watch video on who are trying to give unasked 283 in Jammu including for- Professors in the Jammu representative of Jammu Police, Pic on page 4 advice to us in between and mer Chief Minister and University were found infected a that two persons who came www.excelsiornews.com make commentaries to confine National Conference vice pres- “For a year I did my best to week ago. Rest of the positives from New Delhi and landed at message to Pakistan, today themselves to their domestic ident Omar Abdullah and dodge this damn virus but it's belonged to different depart- asserted that any external (Contd on page 4 Col 1) problems. We all believe in seven MBBS students of finally caught up with me. I test- ments. interference in the country’s democracy and civilization. If Government Medical College ed positive for COVID-19 this Bollywood Director Sachin LeT militant held in internal affairs was unwar- you are really civilized, you are (GMC) Anantnag while 312 afternoon. I'm completely Kumar and three crew mem- ranted and not acceptable. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu along with Union Minister not expected to interfere in the recovered from the virus. asymptomatic. Based on med- bers of web series 'Fauda', Doda with grenade “Jammu and Kashmir has Dr Jitendra Singh and Lt Governor Manoj Sinha awarding affairs of any other country. I am Two days after NC president ical advice, I'm self-isolating at who were shooting in been and will continue to be an Excelsior Correspondent degrees to pass-outs during convocation of IIM Jammu on Friday. very clear about it,” he said. Dr Farooq Abdullah was dis- home & monitoring my parame- Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda dis- integral part of India and the their domestic problems rather cry over abrogation of Article Without naming Pakistan charged from hospital after test- ters like oxygen saturation levels trict, tested positive for JAMMU, Apr 9: Police country is capable of solving its than giving unsolicited advice to 370. or leadership of that country, ing COVID positive, his son etc,'' he tweeted. COVID-19 a day before, a today arrested a militant of own problems. Other nations India,” he said in an apparent The Vice-President was Naidu further said that some Omar Abdullah got infected In Jammu, 26 faculty and delayed report said. The should confine themselves to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit reference to Pakistan’s hue and addressing the 3rd and 4th annu- (Contd on page 4 Col 3) today, just couple of days after staff members tested positive for (Contd on page 4 Col 5) with a grenade from near his ‘Jammu witnessing more development than Kashmir’ Pic on page 4 AGH chief among 4 killed in gun house at village Kathawa in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Dr Jitendra tells opposition to He has been identified as Sabder Ali son of Dawood Batt battles in Kashmir, toll 7 of Kathawa. Minimum shed victimhood hangover of past SSP Doda Mumtaz Ahmed Soldier martyred Excelsior Correspondent emerged as the education hub of Kathua constituency in Lok said the arrested militant is damage to Shopian A Territorial Army sol- north India. We have IIMs, IITs, Sabha since 2014, said that (Contd on page 4 Col 1) dier was today martyred in a JAMMU, Apr 9: Telling Indian Institute of Mass north India’s first biotech Masjid: IGP militant attack in Bijbehara 11 offices found the opposition parties to shed Communication, AIIMS, three park is coming up in Kathua area of South Kashmir's victimhood hangover of the Government Medical Colleges besides several engineering Anantnag district. closed, 242 past, Union Minister Dr within a range of 10 to 20 kms colleges while the country’s Police said that militants Fayaz Bukhari Jitendra Singh today claimed as well as north India’s first ever one of the largest stadium is shot at a TA soldier employees absent that Jammu has witnessed teaching department of Space also coming up here. SRINAGAR, Apr 9 : Mohammad Saleem Akhoon more development in compar- “Named after Arun Jaitley, Excelsior Correspondent Security forces today killed son of Ghulam Hassan *Watch video on ison to Kashmir over the last this stadium is next to only four militants including Akhoon of Jablipora, KISHTWAR, Apr 9: To seven years after Narendra www.excelsiornews.com Ahmedabad stadium and Ansarul Gazwatul Hind Bijbehara following which ensure the punctuality in vari- Modi took over as Prime Technology by ISRO in Central Kolkata’s Eden Garden. This is (AGH) chief in two gun battles he was immediately shifted ous Government offices of this Minister of the country. University Jammu,” he said going to be multiplex sports sta- in South Kashmir taking the to SDH Bijbehara in a criti- district, Deputy Commissioner Security forces near encounter site at Jan Mohalla in Shopian The Minister of State in while speaking at the 3rd and dium. Besides we have a water death toll of militants since cal condition. He was (DC) Ashok Sharma today con- on Friday. Another pic on page 4. -Excelsior/Younis Khaliq PMO observed that the projects 4th Convocation of the Indian sports stadium coming up in the *Watch video on removed to GMC Anantnag stituted various teams at tehsil, Shopian and another at had to be very patient. We fol- sanctioned simultaneously for Institute of Management (IIM), nearby Mansar lake and founda- (Contd on page 4 Col 1) sub division and district levels www.excelsiornews.com Nowbugh, Tral in Pulwama dis- lowed all SOPs. We allowed the Jammu and Srinagar have taken presided over by Vice President tion stones of both these projects off in the winter capital but are to conduct surprise inspections. last night to 7. trict, seven militants including Moulvi of the local masjid in His request for surrender was M Venkaiah Naidu. were laid down during COVID During the inspection con- AGH chief Imtiyaz Shah, who which militants were hiding, to also turned down. We brought languishing in the Valley what- Listing more such new pandemic,” he informed, adding Inspector General of Police ever may be the reason or owing ducted by various teams across Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, told a was active since April 2019, persuade militants to surrender parents of militants in the morn- projects in Jammu, Dr that all this has happened in the the district, 242 employees were killed. twice in the night. We also ing, but militants refused to sur- to peculiar circumstances there. Jitendra Singh, who has been last seven years. news conference here that in two “Jammu today has virtually (Contd on page 4 Col 1) encounters-one at Jan Mohalla, "In Shopian operation we brought brother of a militant. (Contd on page 4 Col 5) representing Udhampur- (Contd on page 4 Col 7) HC asks Mehbooba to approach CPO for passport Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Apr 9: The High Court while deciding the appeal of former Chief Minister and People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti seeking issuance of passport asked her to approach the appropriate authority with the direction to the said authority to decide her claim for passport in tune with the rules and regulations. The appeal preferred by the Mufti was against the judgment passed by writ court whereby her plea was dismissed citing that there is no reason to interfere with the course of action as adopted by the authorities submitting the police verification report (PVR). Appellant Mehbooba as per the submissions of Government counsel has the remedy of appeal to Joint Secretary (PSP) and Chief Passport Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, Patiala House, New Delhi against the refusal order made by the Passport Officer within 30 days from the date of receipt of the order under Section 11 of the Passports Act, 1967, being the appellate Authority under the said Act. (Contd on page 4 Col 1) 1.31 lakh new Corona cases NEW DELHI, Apr 9: India registered a record single-day spike of 1,31,968 new COVID-19 cases today, pushing its infection tally to 1,30,60,542, while the death toll increased to 1,67,642 with 780 more fatalities in a day, highest since October 18, the Union Health Ministry data showed.
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