CyanMagentaYellowBlack K Price `2.00 Pages : 12 K M M Y Y C C JAMMU TUESDAY DECEMBER 26 2017 VOL. 32 | NO. 356 RNI No. 43798/86 REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com Email: [email protected] of Future WORLD NATIONAL SPORTS Trump's Jerusalem Open a/c in any Steyn would be challenged decision dampens designated bank in a by India: Harbhajan Christmas celebrations month: Govt to NGOs PAGE 8 PAGE 7 PAGE 9 News in Brief Jadhav meets wife, mother, from behind 13 kg heroin seized glass screen at Pak Foreign Ministry near Indo-Pak border in Punjab By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad, Dec 25 (PTI) Amritsar, Dec 25 (PTI) Kulbhushan Jadhav, The Border Security Force to- who is on death row in day seized 13 kg heroin from two Pakistan for alleged spying, different locations at Indo-Pak bor- today met his wife and der here today, an official said. mother -- but separated by a Pakistani smugglers early today glass screen -- in a carefully attempted to cross over to India choreographed event that See 13 KG Heroin on Page 11 unfolded in tweets, photos and TV footage. The 40- minute meeting, which took Two drug peddlers held place after many represen- in Kishtwar tations, took place at the heavily guarded Foreign Jadhav, a former Indian ing's Agha Shahi Block, ac- Jammu, Dec 25 (PTI) Affairs Ministry building, Navy officer, with his mili- companied by India's and came after the tary title. Pakistan claims Deputy High Commissioner Two alleged drug peddlers International Court of its security forces arrested J P Singh and a Pakistani were arrested in Jammu and A child kissing the feet of Jesus in a Church in Jammu on Monday. GOF PHOTO Justice asked Pakistan in Jadhav from its restive woman official. After they Kishtwar districts and various May to stay his execution. Balochistan province after went in, the door shut be- drugs, including heroin and cha- It was the first time that he reportedly entered from hind them. Pakistan ras were seized from them, police JK panchayat Jadhav was meeting his Iran. It claims that he was in Foreign Office later re- said today. Wajahat Ali, a resident PM asks people to use public family since his arrest in possession of an Indian leased pictures of Jadhav of Surankot in Poonch district, elections from March, and Pakistan por- passport that identified him talking to his wife and See Two Drug on Page 11 trayed it as a humnaitarian as Hussein Mubarak Patel. mother from behind a glass transport, save fuel costs February next year gesture to mark the birth- India, however, main- screen. The communication day of the country's founder Sunny morning Jammu, Dec 25 (PTI) tains that Jadhav was kid- between them was through Mohammed Ali Jinnah. napped from Iran where he a intercom device. The brings relief from cold In a significant deci- "Pakistan permits the meet- had business interests after meeting started at around sion, the Jammu and ing of wife and mother of retiring from the Indian 1.35 pm and lasted about 45 in Jammu Kashmir government has Commander Jadhav with Navy. Faisal also tweeted minutes, after which the en- decided to hold the much- him, as a humanitarian ges- that the meeting was tire party remerged, and Jammu, Dec 25 (PTI) awaited panchayat elec- ture, on the birthday of the arranged in light of "Islamic were driven away in a white A sunny morning brought re- tions from next year. The Father of the nation, Quaid- traditions and based on SUV. The two women had lief to the people in Jammu today decision to commence the e-Azam Muhammad Ali purely humanitarianarrived in Islamabad earli- after another cold night due to con- panchayat elections from Jinnah," Foreign Ministry grounds." TV footageer today via Dubai on a com- tinuous decline in the night tem- February 15, 2018, was con- spokesman Mohammadshowed Jadhav's mother mercial flight, and spent perature. The minimum veyed by Chief Minister Faisal tweeted. The tween Avanti and wife Chetankul about 30 minutes at the See Sunny on Page 11 See JK Panchayat on Page 11 made it a point to identify entering the ministry build- See Jadhav Meets on Page 11 Mehbooba wishes Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at Vajpayee on his 93rd the launch of Delhi Metro's Magenta Line on Monday. birthday Noida, Dec 25 (PTI) train should be a "prestige issue". Jammu, Dec 25 (PTI) Modi was addressing a public meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this suburban town in Uttar Jammu and Kashmir Chief today made a strong pitch for use of Pradesh bordering New Delhi after Minister Mehbooba Mufti today public transport to save on fuel and launching a 12-km stretch of Delhi wished former prime minister costs associated with the import of pe- Metro's newly built Magenta Line. Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 93rd troleum, saying travelling on a metro See PM Asks People on Page 11 birthday and recalled his efforts to See Mehbooba on Page 11 Mere 1.7% Indians paid income Deputy CM launches ANI broadband services tax in AY 2015-16: Official data in State New Delhi, Dec 25 (PTI) in taxes (Rs 238 crore to be precise). Maximum among of 19,931 crore JAMMU, DECEMBER 25: Just over 2 crore Indians, or 1.7 was collected from 2.80 crore tax filers Under Digital India pro- per cent of the total population, paid who paid between Rs 5.5 lakh to Rs 9.5 gramme, Deputy Chief Minister Dr income tax in the assessment year lakh in taxes. As many as 1.84 crore re- Nirmal Singh today launched ANI (AY) 2015-16, according to data re- turns were filed for payment of in- Broadband services in the state, leased by the I-T department. The come tax of less than Rs 1.5 lakh or an here. MLC Vikram Randhawa, number of income-tax return filers in- average of Rs 24,000. Of the 4.07 crore See Deputy CM on Page 11 creased to 4.07 crore in assessment tax returns field in AY 2015-16, close to year 2015-16 (FY 2014-2015) from 3.65 82 lakh showed zero or income less crore in the previous year but only than Rs 2.5 lakh. Currently, no income Srinagar records 2.06 crore actually paid tax as the oth- tax is for income up to Rs 2.5 lakh. ers claimed income below taxable lim- In AY 2014-15, 3.65 crore filed tax coldest night this winter its. In the previous AY 2014-15, 1.91 returns with 1.37 crore showing zero crore, out of 3.65 crore who filed re- Srinagar, Dec 25 (PTI) or less than Rs 2.5 lakh income. The turns, had paid income tax. But the to- combined income of all individual tax Srinagar city recorded the tal income tax paid by individuals de- filers rose to Rs 21.27 lakh crore in AY coldest night of this winter as the clined to Rs 1.88 lakh crore in AY 2015- 2015-16 from Rs 18.41 lakh crore in the minimum temperature dipped to 16 from Rs 1.91 lakh crore in AY 2014- previous year. Maximum number of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius even as 15. The data, released last week, indi- 1.33 crore individuals were in Rs 2.5 the rest of the Kashmir Valley cates just over 3 per cent of the 120 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh income group in AY reeled under sub-zero tempera- crore population filed returns. Of 2015-16. In all, 4.35 crore income tax re- tures. Leh, in the Ladakh region, these, 2.01 crore paid nil income tax, turns, including those by individuals, was the coldest recorded place in 9,690 paid tax of over Rs 1 crore. Only were filed in AY 2015-16. Total income See Srinagar on Page 11 one individual paid over Rs 100 crore See Mere 1.7% on Page 11 2017: Efforts to bring in peace in JK, action on NGOs kept MHA busy By Achinta Borah a special representative to curity forces with stones cidents of firing from across New Delhi, Dec 25 (PTI) initiate "sustained dia- and identified as "first time the border, 30 people -- 14 logue" with all stakeholders offenders". The central gov- Army personnel, 12 civil- A fresh initiative to in Jammu and Kashmir, in ernment has also released ians and four BSF person- bring in peace in restive a fresh move aimed at nearly Rs 20,000 crore of the nel -- were killed. Jammu and Kashmir, tight- bringing peace to the trou- Rs 80,000-crore develop- Registration of around 4,500 ening the noose on "erring" bled state. Accepting the ment package for Jammu NGOs were cancelled by the NGOs and cross-border fir- task, former Intelligence and Kashmir announced by home ministry for violating ing-related incidents kept Bureau chief Dineshwar Prime Minister Narendra various provisions of the the Union Home Ministry Sharma has been visiting Modi. Pakistan violated the Foreign Contribution busy in 2017. Violence per- the restive state, holding ceasefire a total of 881 times Regulation Act. Top aca- petrated by Maoists, pro- talks with a cross section of along the Line of Control demic institutions like IG- longed agitation in people to understand the le- (LoC) and the International NOU, Mumbai University Darjeeling demanding a gitimate aspirations of peo- Border (IB) in Jammu and and Indian Council of separate Gorkhaland state ple, especially the youth, Kashmir this year, killing Medical Research were and providing help to states and try to fulfill them.