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Follow us: Daily Excelsior , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2020 REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 Vol No. 56 14 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 No. 353 All flights from UK ‘Working to provide world class health facilities’ suspended; Govt alert, says Vardhan LG, Union Minister lay foundation NEW DELHI, Dec 21: The Government is fully alert and there is no need to panic, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said today amid concerns stone of Rs 160 cr ESIC hospital over the emergence of a new Coronavirus strain in the UK. Excelsior Correspondent care infrastructure in J&K. “We The Union Health Ministry are working to provide world class , Dec 21: health facilities at affordable has called an urgent meeting of its Lieutenant Governor, Manoj prices to the people of UT. My aim Joint Monitoring Group today to Sinha and Union Minister of is to strengthen the preventive, pri- discuss the new strain, which has State (Independent Charge) for mary and secondary health care led to a surge in the infection rate Labour and Employment, ecosystem in J&K”, he asserted. in the UK. Santosh Kumar Gangwar today Sinha said that the facilities in "The Government is fully laid the foundation stone of 100- the hospital would be on the lines alert about everything. If you ask bedded ESIC (Employees’ State of those available in the hospital in me, there is no reason to panic the Insurance Corporation) Ahmedabad, and there is no cap (Contd on page 13 Col 3) Hospital at SIDCO Industrial placed on the expenses during the Complex, Ompora, . treatment, so that needy people are Court orders framing The hospital being constructed benefitted. at a cost of Rs 160 crore would be "A time limit of two years has of charges against equipped with modern healthcare been set for completing this hospi- Aasiya Andrabi facilities and will have OPD, IPD, tal in Ompora with 23 Specialties. Army soldiers patrol the LoC in district. —Excelsior/Rahi Kapoor ICU, Wards, Diagnostic I want this hospital and the expan- NEW DELHI, Dec 21: *Watch video on LG Manoj Sinha, Union Minister Santosh Gangwar and NC sion of ‘Bari Brahmana’ hospital Management of Shiv Khori, Sukrala Devi, Bala Sundari shrines www.excelsiornews.com president Dr at foundation stone laying cere- to be completed in the next one A Delhi court today ordered mony of ESIC hospital at Budgam on Monday. and a half years so that health framing of charges against Laboratories, Operation Theater, facilities like Delhi-Mumbai can Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi Advisor to Lt Governor; BVR Director, SIDCO; Ghulam Disaster management facilities, in Subrahmanyam, Chief Mohammad Dar, Executive be provided to the beneficiaries in Govt least interested in establishment and her two associates for allegedly addition to an independent sub- J&K," he added. waging war against , sedition Secretary; Apurva Chandra, Director, JKEDI; Shahbaz station. Surgery and Psychiatric Secretary, Union Ministry of Ahmad Mirza, Deputy He observed that there has and conspiracy to commit acts of departments would be established Labour and Employment; Commissioner, Budgam; work- been a new wave of development of full-fledged Boards terror in the country. in which specialist doctors and Anuradha Prasad, Director ers; students and eminent citi- across Jammu and . "I am The case relates to allegedly ties concerning the shrines and in establish full-fledged Boards but well trained staff will be made General ESIC; Saurabh Bhagat, zens of the area were present on constantly meeting people, com- waging war against the country the adjoining areas. till date no serious attention has available round the clock. Commissioner/Secretary to the the occasion. municating, and every person talks *No step initiated with support from Pakistan, These Boards are comprised of been paid towards this vital Among others, Farooq Government, Labour and Speaking on the occasion, the about new opportunities, progress, including terror entities there. Divisional Commissioner aspect despite the fact that Sub- Abdullah, Member of Employment Department J&K; Lt Governor termed the occasion social and economic advance- even after Special Judge Parveen Singh (Chairperson), Deputy Section 3 of Section 13 of these Parliament; Farooq Khan, Mohammad Harun, Managing as yet another step to boost health- ordered putting Andrabi and her (Contd on page 13 Col 5) amendments in Commissioner (Vice- two Acts clearly state that no associates -- Sofi Fehmeeda and Chairperson in respect of Shiv business of the Boards shall be Nahida Nasreen -- on trial for vari- Violence plan foiled in Poonch, 500 lathis, 2 vehicles seized; FIR lodged Acts by MHA Khori Shrine) and Deputy transacted at any meeting unless ous offences punishable under IPC Commissioner (Vice- at least seven members are pres- (Contd on page 13 Col 5) Chairperson in respect of Shri ent, official sources told Counting today for 280 DDC seats; Mohinder Verma Mata Sukrala Devi and Shri Mata EXCELSIOR. Bala Sundari Shrines), Chief "Even otherwise the official Advisor nominated JAMMU, Dec 21: In a testi- Executive Officer of Shri Mata members have not convened any PSUs' Chairman mony of non-serious approach Vaishnodevi Shrine Board or his meeting of these two Boards dur- results to start pouring in by evening towards three highly revered nominee (Member) and Director ing the past quite long time to Excelsior Correspondent religious places of Jammu Tourism Jammu (Member). deliberate on the issues con- Sanjeev Pargal Fate of around 2178 candi- in anticipation of violence during region, the Government has Moreover, there is provision fronting these three revered JAMMU, Dec 21: Advisor In- dates including many bigwigs like the counting as large scale violent failed to establish full-fledged for nomination of two persons, shrines", they disclosed, adding charge of Industries & Commerce JAMMU, Dec 21: Ahead of former Ministers, MP, legislators, incidents were reported during Boards for better administra- who in the opinion of the "informal discussion, if any, taken Department has been nominated the counting for 280 seats of the kin of prominent politicians and polling in Mendhar and tion, management and gover- Government have distinguished place doesn't carry any importance as Chairman of various District Development Council senior leaders of many political where re-poll had to be ordered in nance of Shri Shiv Khori Shrine themselves in the service of Hindu especially in the light of the provi- Corporations, Boards and PSUs. (DDC) elections in Jammu and parties will be decided when some booths. in and Shri Mata religion or culture; one woman, sions of the Acts". An order in this regard was Kashmir tomorrow, Poonch counting for all 280 territorial District Magistrate Poonch Sukrala Devi and Shri Mata who in the opinion of the In the month of April this issued today, according to which, police foiled a major plot by constituencies-140 each in Jammu Rahul Yadav has already imposed Bala Sundari Shrines in Kathua Government has distinguished year, the Union Ministry of Advisor In-charge of Industries & many candidates and their sup- and Kashmir divisions-will be prohibitory orders under Section district. herself in the service of Hindu reli- Home Affairs had carried out Commerce Department is porters to trigger large scale taken up at the respective district 144 RPC in Poonch town during As per the Jammu and gion or culture or social work amendments in these two Acts Chairman of the Board of Directors violence at the counting centre headquarters for the first-ever counting at the district headquar- Kashmir Shri Shiv Khori Shrine especially in regard to advance- through Jammu and Kashmir of J&K Industries Ltd, J&K Khadi by seizing over 500 lathis, bats, District Development Council ters tomorrow for all 14 seats. Act, 2008 and Shri Mata Sukrala ment of women and two persons Reorganization (Adaptation of and Village Industries Board, J&K hockeys and other such items (DDC) elections at 9 am tomor- The hockeys, bats, lathis etc Devi and Shri Mata Bala Sundari who have distinguished them- State Laws) Order in order to Handloom and Handicrafts from the vehicles which were row. were seized from the vehicles of Shrine Act, 2013, the administra- selves in the administration, legal pave the way for nomination of Corporation, J&K Small Scale heading from Mendhar, Results will be available at the supporters of NC candidate tion, management and governance affairs, financial matters and jour- non-J&K residents as non-offi- Industries Development Mankote and to http://ceojk.nic.in. Zeeshan Rana of Mendhar son of these shrines and shrine fund nalism etc. cial members of these two Corporation (SICOP), J&K Poonch. Police have seized Police sources told the of former NC MLA Javed Rana, vest in the respective Boards. Following completion of Shrine Boards. Minerals Ltd, J&K Industrial seven vehicles so far, arrested Excelsior that Poonch Police sub- Shahnawaz Choudhary, These Boards are supposed to pro- tenure of earlier non-official These amendments were not Development Corporation two persons, and lodged FIR A cop shows lathis seized in jected to checking all vehicles Congress rebel and Independent vide all the facilities for the con- members several years back the aimed at debaring the personalities (SIDCO) and J&K Cements Ltd. against all the accused at Poonch on Monday night. heading towards Poonch from candidate from Surankote, venience of the pilgrims and Government was supposed to (Contd on page 13 Col 1) Panel framed to Poonch police station. —Excelsior/Gurjeet Bhajan Surankote, Mendhar and Mankote (Contd on page 13 Col 5) undertake developmental activi- make fresh nominations so as to consider compulsory 43 years too small period for R&B to complete 3 PDP leaders SSP Civil Sectt, doc couple test +ve retirement cases detained Excelsior Correspondent just 30 kms Kandi-Khawas road in Excelsior Correspondent 4 Corona casualties in JAMMU, Dec 21: SRINAGAR, Dec 21 : Ahead Government today constituted a Gopal Sharma *Rs 76 cr CRF project for road of counting for District committee to consider the cases Development Council (DDC) J&K, one in Ladakh of officers holding grade of JAMMU, Dec 21: Despite upgradation also in limbo polls tomorrow, police today Under Secretary and above under the lapse of 43 years and laying detained three senior People's Excelsior Correspondent SSP posted in Civil Secretariat active positives while 46272 Article 226(2) of the Jammu and of foundation stones by the two Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, Security and a doctor couple have recovered from the virus Kashmir Civil Service formers Chief Ministers includ- laid foundation two of them close relatives of for- JAMMU/SRINAGAR/ from Rajpura tested positive for and there have been 676 Corona LEH, Dec 21: Four persons died the virus in . casualties. Regulations, 1956, which con- ing Late Sheikh Mohd stone for 30 kms, mer Chief Minister and president of COVID-19 while 232 tested In Jammu region, 129 persons The casualties include 344 in fers powers for compulsory Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, Kandiof the party, Mehbooba Mufti, positive and 458 others were dis- tested positive for COVID-19 Jammu district followed by 60 retirement of Government ser- just 30 kms Kandi (Kotranka)- (Kotranka)- and her aide. charged in Jammu and including 97 in Jammu district. Doda, 57 , 54 Rajouri, vants on completion of 22 years Khawas road has still remained Khawas Road in A large contingent of police a distant dream for the popula- district Rajouri in today went to the Government Kashmir. One Corona casualty Seven districts reported cases in 48 Kathua, 36 Samba, 22 Poonch, of service or on attainment of 48 was reported in the Union single digit while Ramban and 21 each and Ramban years of age. tion of over 1.5 lakh in district presence of local accommodation of Sartaj Madni Rajouri. NC leader Lt Ch Territory of Ladakh. Kishtwar didn’t report any posi- and 13 in Reasi district. (Contd on page 13 Col 5) in town and took along Described as the ‘orphan baby’ Mohd Hussain him and another PDP leader An 80-year-old man from tive cases today. In Kashmir, of the respective previous govern- (former Peerzada Mansoor Hussain. They Gharota Thathi in Bhalwal area Among 192 persons, who with 443 deaths topped the list fol- 24,337 new cases and 83-year-old from Vijay Nagar, recovered from the virus, 120 lowed by 170, Budgam ments by the locals from remote Minister) in were taken to Police Station Talab Tillo in Jammu district died belonged to Jammu district, 16 106, 88, 88, of COVID-19 Khawas belt of Rajouri, this road 1977. They said in district Anantnag of COVID-19 today. Reasi, 15 Udhampur, 12 each Anantnag 82, Bandipora 58, NEW DELHI, Dec 21: project also did not show much that road to where a police officer said that progress or invited attention of Foundation stone erected at Kotranka in Khawas from Two COVID deaths in Rajouri and Kathua, eight each 53, 43 and India's COVID-19 caseload they are under preventive custody the Administration during Rajouri. —Excelsior/Gafoor Bhat Kandi and Kashmir were reported from Doda and Ramban and one in 37. rose to 1,00,55,560 with 24,337 to prevent law and order situation. In Kashmir, 103 people tested Governor’s rule in the past. It is plete this road project. Mogla (Kalakote side) to Khawas, Ganderbal and Srinagar. . No recoveries new infections being reported in a Another senior PDP leader In the of were reported from Samba and positive for the coronavirus taking surprising that long 43 years have Sources told the Excelsior is the most popular demand of the day, while the number of people and aide of Mehbooba, Nayeem Ladakh, a 76-year-old male died Poonch. the tally of positive cases in J&K proved too, small period for the that the then Chief Minister of people of this remote belt for the who have recuperated from the Akhtar was also tonight whisked in in . Jammu region now has 48694 118,495. PW(R&B) department to com- J&K, Sheikh Mohd Abdullah had (Contd on page 13 Col 3) disease crossed 96 lakh, accord- (Contd on page 13 Col 7) A police officer in the rank of Corona cases. Of them, 1746 are (Contd on page 13 Col 7) ing to Union Health Ministry data updated today. ‘Chilai Kalan’ 11 grenades The death toll increased to Govt forms UT, distt level committees for 1,45,810 with 333 new fatalities, begins dropped by the data updated at 8 am showed. Excelsior Correspondent drone seized The number of people who SRINAGAR, Dec 21 : mgmt of adverse events of COVID vaccine have recuperated from the disease Kashmir’s harshest winter period, Govind Sharma convener/member secretary of the Physicians/Indian Medical CHANDIGARH, Dec 21: surged to 96,06,111, pushing the known as Chilai Kalan began committee. Association (UT Chapter) and rep- Eleven hand grenades national recovery rate to 95.53 per today during which the tempera- JAMMU, Dec 21: The HoD Pediatrics, HoD resentatives of electronic dropped by a drone flying in from cent, while the COVID-19 case tures drop below zero. The weath- Government of Jammu and Medicine, HoD Pharmacology, media/print media will also be Pakistan were recovered from a (Contd on page 13 Col 5) erman, meanwhile, forecast wide- Kashmir today formed a UT HoD Microbiology, HoD members of the committee. field near the International Border spread rain and snow on level committee and also district Pathology, HoD Forensic The district level committees in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, Pak shelling December 27. level committees for manage- Medicine, HoD Anesthesia and will be comprised of Chief police said today. in Poonch And in Kashmir, with ment of adverse events of the HoD SPM in GMC Medical Officer (CMO) as The consignment was found overnight cloud cover, the night COVID-19 vaccine, if any. Jammu/Srinagar/Anantnag/Baram chairman, District in a field in Salach village, locat- Excelsior Correspondent temperatures rose a little but According to the Government ulla/SKIMS Soura/JVC Immunization Officer as con- ed about one km from the border, JAMMU, Dec 21: Pakistani remained below the normal for order, Financial Commissioner, /Kathua/Rajouri/Doda vener/member secretary and Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent troops violated ceasefire today by this time of the year. Health and Medical Education shall also be members of the UT Senior Superintendent of Police, of Police Rajinder Singh Sohal resorting to heavy firing and mor- Srinagar, where people Department (H&MED) J&K will level committee. Deputy CMO, District said over the phone. tar shelling in forward areas along endured second coldest night in a be the chairman of the UT level Moreover, UT Surveillance Epidemiologist, Pediatrician of The box of hand grenades had the (LoC) in decade last weekend, recorded a committee while as Director Officer Jammu/Kashmir, UT District Hospital, General been attached with a wooden Poonch district. low of minus 4.0 degrees Celsius, Family Welfare MCH & Epidemiologist Jammu/Kashmir, Physician of District Hospital, frame and was lowered from the The Indian Army retaliated two degrees below the normal for Immunization J&K will act as vice Health Officer Municipal Cardiologist of District Hospital, drone to the ground with a nylon befittingly, they said. this time of the season. chairman and Inspector General of Corporation Jammu/Srinagar, Neurologist of District Hospital, rope, said police, adding that they "At about 1940 hours (7.40 The temperature also Police Jammu/Kashmir, Mission Assistant Director Family Welfare Pathologist of District Hospital, recovered it on Sunday evening. pm) today, Pak army initiated remained below normal overnight Director NHM J&K, Director Jammu/Kashmir, members from Child Development Project Director General of Police unprovoked ceasefire violation in other parts of the Valley with Information J&K and Drug UNDP J&K/WHO/UNICEF, Officer, representatives of elec- (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said they by firing with small arms and recording a low of Controller J&K will be members Audio Visual Officer Family tronic media/print media and launched a search operation intense shelling with mortars minus 6.4 degrees Celsius, one of the committee. State Welfare, Cold Chain Officer, representatives of immediately after receiving infor- (Contd on page 13 Col 5) (Contd on page 13 Col 1) Immunization Officer J&K will be members of Indian Association (Contd on page 13 Col 1) (Contd on page 13 Col 3)