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Vol No. 51 No. 354 JAMMU, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2015 REGD.NO.JK-71/15-17 16 Pages ` 4.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/1992 RS loses 47 hours due to disruptions Govt concedes long pending demand of troops GST remains pending as Army gets back one firing range in Nowshera, 2 Parliament session ends more may be on cards NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Left, came together in the Upper Taking a serious view of the Neeraj Rohmetra State Government has, in princi- House yesterday to pass the disruptions, the Rajya Sabha ple, agreed to extend lease of The stormy Winter session Juvenile Justice Bill under Chairman asked the MPs "to JAMMU, Dec 23: Conc- three field firing ranges for of Parliament ended today, which the age of trying a juve- introspect on this state of affairs eding much pending demand Army including two in Jammu leaving the crucial economic nile as an adult in heinous (and) desist from approaches of the Army, the Government region and one in Ladakh to reform bill GST pending and crimes like rape was brought and practices that demean the has granted Garhi Field ensure that training of the troops evoking some strong com- down from 18 years to 16 years. stature of the Rajya Sabha." Firing Range (FFR) in didn't suffer. However, the ments by Rajya Sabha The House virtually rushed The Lok Sabha passed 13 Nowshera sector of Rajouri Government was not ready to Chairman Hamid Ansari who to pass this pending bill against bills and was considerably much district to the Army for field give any firing range to the asked MPs to introspect and the backdrop of the public out- productive as compared to the firing and practice for a peri- Army in , at present. desist from "demeaning the rage over the release of a juve- last Monsoon session which was od of 10 years. On its part, the top Army stature" of the House. nile convict in the December a virtual washout due to the An order to this effect has Commanders in the Civil- The Session, which began 2012 gangrape-cum-murder ruckus caused by the opposition been issued by Principal Military Liaison Conference in on November 26, had 20 sittings after spending three years in a which had been pressing for Secretary to Government, Home , chaired by Chief in all and out of this, Rajya reform home. ouster of External Affairs Department, RK Goyal. Minister Mufti Mohammad Sabha lost 47 hours due to dis- The disruptions in both Minister Sushma Swaraj, "The Government has Sayeed, had demanded exten- ruptions caused almost every Houses were caused over Rajasthan Chief Minister declared village Garhi in sion of lease of all 10 field firing day by Congress which raised issues like summons by a Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Nowshera tehsil of Rajouri dis- ranges. one issue after another. Delhi court to Sonia Gandhi Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj trict as the area for the purpose Sources said the Government The Lok Sabha performed a and Rahul Gandhi in the Singh Chouhan over various of field firing and practice by could extend lease of Kalith fir- A woman weaving sweater under Sunshine in Jammu on Wednesday. — Excelsior/Rakesh little better as it passed 13 bills National Herald case, atroci- allegations. the Army for a period of 10 ing range in Akhnoor and anoth- and saw discussions over vari- ties on dalits, role of In this session, Speaker years from the date of issue of er firing range in Ladakh after Kirti Azad 3 children killed in blast ous issues like price rise, flood Arunachal Pradesh Governor Sumitra Mahajan preferred to notification,'' official sources sometime to fulfill requirement suspended Excelsior Correspondent and drought situation, despite and demand for resignation of carry on with the listed business told the Excelsior. of the Army. NEW DELHI, Dec 23: repeated uproar created by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley even as protesting Congress This will come as a major Sources said the JAMMU, Dec 23: Three teen-aged brothers from Ramban were killed in an explosion at Birma bridge near Udhampur along opposition Congress over vari- in connection with alleged members stormed the Well and relief for the Army, which had to Government had assured the Cracking the whip, BJP Jammu-Srinagar National Highway this after- ous issues. irregularities in DDCA. shouted slogans, many times go outside the State, mainly in Army Commanders that it today suspended its MP Kirti * Pic on page 6 noon after they fiddled with mortor shell while The Rajya Sabha, which saw The Rajya Sabha also saw walking out of the House for the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh was seized of the matter Azad, who has been leading a trying to take scrap out of it. passage of nine bills, could not, uproar over Congress member day. for practice firing and training including problems faced by campaign against Finance "A blast took place in a nallah near Birma bridge in Udhampur. however, clear the pending GST Kumari Selja's remark about She twice threatened to take in the absence of extension of the troops in firing practice Minister Arun Jaitley on Three children had gone there when blast occurred today," official bill which provides for over- being asked about her caste at a action against the Congress lease of 10 firing ranges in all due to expiry of lease of 10 fir- alleged corruption in DDCA, sources said. The three brothers were killed and have been identi- hauling the direct tax structure temple in Gujarat, alleged anti- members who were disrupting three regions of the State includ- ing ranges in Jammu and charging him with anti-party fied as Vikas (15), Deepu (10) and Meheshu (7), all brothers and of the country as Congress Dalit remarks of Minister V K the House by asking officials to ing Jammu, Kashmir and Kashmir including five under activities and accusing him of sons of Bola Ram of Ramban district presently living in Barmi steadfastly maintained its oppo- Singh and RSS chief Mohan note down their names. Ladakh. the command of 16 Corps i.e. "colluding" with Congress and area. sition to it. Bhagwat's reported comments In the last session, she had Excelsior had on November Jammu region, one under 15 AAP to bring it into “disre- Sources said investigations were on into the nature of the blast But the parties, except the on Ram temple in Ayodhya. (Contd on page 6 Col 1) 21 exclusively reported that the (Contd on page 6 Col 1) (Contd on page 6 Col 6) and reasons for the children being at the accident site but reports indicated that the children had inadvertently picked up mortar HC stays AEs’ selection ‘Basohli bridge will be second gateway to J&K’ (Contd on page 6 Col 3) Excelsior Correspondent ers have questioned the Advertisement Notice dated 79 Valley youths join militancy SRINAGAR, Dec 23: High 12.08.2013 issued by PSC for Govt defends VDCs, says no NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Court today stayed the notifi- filing up 44 posts of Assistant cation of Public Service Engineers (Electrical) as also 79 youths in have joined various terror outfits Commission regarding screen- notice dated 12.12.2015, where- need to disband them during this year, a figure which is 30 per cent higher than that of ing test for short listing of the by the Commission has notified the previous year, Rajya Sabha was informed today. candidates against 44 posts of date and screening test for short Sanjeev Pargal keep the militancy under con- the State and all of them have Himachal Pradesh and open Replying to a written question by BJP member Lal Singh Assistant Engineers (Electric) listing of the candidates on the trol,’’ Deputy Chief Minister, Dr done extremely good job in pro- flood gates for tourism and Vadodia, Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai till next date of hearing. grounds that the posts adver- JAMMU, Dec 23: Amidst Nirmal Singh, Incharge Power tecting the people from militan- business activities. Apart from Chaudhary said as per reports, 79 youths have joined militant The operation of tised belong to promotional row generated by some politi- and Housing & Urban cy and eliminating militants. this, the bridge was also ranks during 2015 (as on November 30) whereas 60 youths joined Notification No.PSC/ Exam/ AE quota of the Degree Holder cal parties and organizations Development Departments, told They have also rendered great important from strategic militant ranks during the corresponding period of 2014. (Electric)/2013 dated Dece- Junior Engineers (Electrical)”. over the Village Defence media persons at his residence helping hand to security and point of view. There has been a growing concern within the security estab- mber 12, 2015 issued by the “The petitioners have sub- Committees (VDCs), the State here this morning. police personnel. “We expect flow of tourists lishment about the sudden increase in disappearance of youths in Public Service Commission mitted that out of sanctioned Government today strongly He was replying to a ques- Dr Singh said the VDC from Punjab and Himachal Kashmir valley this year and reports coming in suggest that they notifying the date and time of strength of 460 posts of defended the role played by tion on demand of some orga- member involved in the murder Pradesh to Bani, Basohli, have joined various militant organisations, especially pro- screening test for short listing of Assistant Engineers (Electrical) the VDCs to curb militancy nizations for disbanding of the has been arrested and law will Billawar and Ranjit Sagar dam Hizbul led by . the candidates against the posts 92 posts are required to be filled and protect the people in VDCs after a VDC man mur- take its own course in his arrest. with the opening of new The Minister informed the Upper House that the terrorist activ- of Assistant Engineers (Electric) up by direct recruitment and 92 remote and far off areas. dered a NC leader in Kalakote On inauguration of North bridge,” he said, adding the (Contd on page 6 Col 8) in response to Advertisement posts are required to be filled up "Just one VDC member recently. ’s first cable stayed Government has also decided to Notification No.15-PSC(DR-P) by promotion of Diploma being involved in murder of “One man can be wrong and bridge at Basohli tomorrow launch water sports in Ranjit Coldest day of season in Srinagar of 2013 dated August 12, 2013 Holder Junior Engineers and National Conference leader in not all VDCs. The VDC mem- by Defence Minister Manohar Sagar dam. Excelsior Correspondent was stayed in a petition titled rest of 276 posts are required to Kalakote area of Rajouri district bers had laid down their lives Parrikar, the Deputy Chief Replying to a question on Munshi Majid Ali and Others be filled up by promotion of didn’t mean that all VDC mem- while fighting militancy. They Minister said it will become a Health and Medical Education SRINAGAR, Dec 23: Kashmir valley is reeling under intense Versus State and Others. Degree Holder Junior bers were at fault. They have will continue to do that,” he new gateway to Jammu and Minister Choudhary Lal Singh’s cold with day temperature plummeting to season's lowest at 4.1 After hearing the counsels Engineers”, Justice Magrey done commendable job. They said. Kashmir for the people of claim of taking credit for cable degree Celsius today and the fresh snowfall on the mountains led to closure of Mughal Road. for the petitioner and respon- said. are still playing a good role to There were 4122 VDCs in neighbouring Punjab and (Contd on page 6 Col 3) dents, Justice Ali Mohammad The High Court further The hills of Kashmir including tourist resorts of Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonamarg received fresh snowfall while plains, Magrey observed, “the petition- (Contd on page 6 Col 1) Glaring instances of irrational opening of schools come to fore including Srinagar, continued to shiver due to bone chilling cold. Police rewards for informants of HM militants Srinagar recorded lowest day temperature of the season at 4.1 Govt begins integration of schools degree Celsius today while the previous lowest day temperature of the season was recorded at 5.8 degree Celsius on December 13. Massive searches for LeT The minimum day temperature of Srinagar was recorded at minus across J&K to clear prevailing mess 0.3 degree Celsius while previous night temperature was recorded at 0.1 degree Celsius. The coldest day temperature in Srinagar so comdr in Srinagar far was recorded on December 21 when it dropped to 5.6 degree. Fayaz Bukhari general public and announced *Focus on appropriate utilization of available resources (Contd on page 6 Col 1) reward for such information. Mohinder Verma ing optimum use of the avail- Education Minister-cum- area is having just 76 teachers SRINAGAR, Dec 23: Police These militants for whose able infrastructure as well as Deputy Chief Minister, Tara for providing education to Railways hike Tatkal charges JAMMU, Dec 23: At a time today announced reward for information police announced manpower of the School Chand, three schools situated 2300 students. These startling NEW DELHI, Dec 23: the informants of seven wanted rewards are Sabzar Ahmad Bhat when much focus was being Education Department. adjoining to each other don't figures raise question about militants of Hizbul Muja- alias Sabh Don son of Ghulam laid on universalization of The intensity of the chaotic have all the components justification of opening The Railways hiked the Tatkal ticket charges from December hideen belonging to area Hassan Bhat resident of education in every nook and situation can be gauged from required for imparting quality Government schools as well as 25 with the aim to improve passenger revenue collections. of South Kashmir's Ruthsana in Tral, Aqib Ahmad corner of the country, the pre- various glaring instances which education to the students. This deployment of huge teaching While a passenger has to shell out Rs 200 for the Tatkal book- district by circulating posters Bhat alias Molvi alias Zeeshan vious dispensation in Jammu have come to the fore during the was done only to justify the staff. ing of Sleeper class instead of Rs 175, for AC-3 the maximum while secu- son of Abdul Khaliq Bhat resi- and Kashmir was only con- recent exercise conducted by the presence of teachers much Likewise, in Sunjwan area revised charge is Rs 400 instead of Rs 350 earlier and minimum is * Pic on page 6 rity forces dent of Hyna Tral, Mohammad centrating on universalization School Education Department beyond the actual requirement. of Samba, for a Higher Rs 300 instead of Rs 250, according to the Railway notification. had established check points Ishaq Bhat son of Abdul Salam of schools just for the comforts on the directions of the Minister Similarly, in Baramulla Secondary School having enrol- In Sleeper class minimum Tatkal charge was Rs 90 which has on Srinagar Bypass after intel- Bhat resident of Batgund Tral, of the teachers and to appease Incharge, Naeem Akhtar. district of Kashmir valley, 27 ment of 190 students 27 teach- been hiked to Rs 100. ligence inputs of movement of Mohammad Asif Mir son of contractors. Now, in order to Quoting some examples, schools are located within a ers have been deployed for 10 Minimum and maximum charges depend upon the travel dis- top Laskhar-e-Toiba comman- Mohammad Yusuf Mir resident clear the prevailing messy sit- which compelled the present radius of one and half kilome- classes. Moreover, two sections tance. der from North Kashmir to of Dadsara Tral, Zakir Rashid uation the PDP-BJP Coalition dispensation to go in for integra- ters. In these schools having of each class have been created The hike is more for the AC class segment while the Second South Kashmir. Bhat son of Abdul Rashid Bhat Government has started tion of the schools, sources said around 700 students, 96 teach- with the sole objective of justi- Class Tatkal charges remain unchanged. Police today pasted posters resident of Noorpora focusing on integration of that in Chak Malal area, which ers have been deployed. While fying the deployment of 27 In AC-2 a passenger has to pay Rs 400 now as against the ear- in Tral town of South Kashmir Awantipora, Mohammad Ishaq schools in the length and is part of the constituency repre- on the other side, a famous teachers. On the other side, a lier rate of Rs 300 in minimum Tatkal charges and Rs 500 as max- in which they sought informa- Parray alias Newton son of breadth of the State for mak- sented by the previous private school in the same (Contd on page 6 Col 3) (Contd on page 6 Col 1) tion about seven most wanted Mohammad Ismail Parray resi- militants from Tral area of dent of Laribal Tral and Shakir South Kashmir. Police through Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Centre accords formal approval to J&K on posters sought information Hassan Dar resident of about these 7 militants from (Contd on page 6 Col 6) migrants job package, construction of 6000 qtrs Internet Edition: www.dailyexcelsior.com Avtar Bhat Government will provide funds 3000 jobs for 10 years until The Centre has also urged E-Paper: http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com for the 3000 additional jobs for these posts are absorbed against the State Government that a facebook.com/dailyexcelsior JAMMU, Dec 23: The the migrant youth which as per the regular posts in the State detailed proposal giving full Central Government has for- the 2008 return and rehabilita- Government. details about the same including twitter.com/dailyexcelsior1 mally approved the sanction tion package announced by then While indicating the deci- financial implications and time INSIDE WEATHER of additional 3000 Gover- Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan sion of Union Government to bound implementation plan nment jobs under PM's pack- Singh was to be borne by State construct 6000 transit accom- should be sent to Union Home ) * Jammu Rly Div ...Page 8 JAMMU : age and construction of 6000 Government. modations in Kashmir valley Ministry as early as possible. * Reclaimed land Mainly clear sky TEMPERATURE transit accommodations for The letter has made it clear for the migrant Government The Centre has also decided ) Governor hosts NCC Max: 18.9 Degree C the rehabilitation of displaced to the State Government that the employees, the Union Home that payment for purchasing and Republic Day contingent ...Page 3 Min: 5.6 Degree C people in the Valley. families who Ministry has also asked the acquiring of land for construc- RELATIVE HUMIDITY The Union Government has ) High-level Ladakh RH-I (Morning): 91.0 per cent did not leave the Valley during State Government that these tion of transit accommodations delegation calls on RH-II (Evening): 69.0 per cent earmarked Rs 2000 crore for the turmoil and stayed back there be quarters be allotted to the will be made in advance to the Sunset on Thursday: 05.32 p.m. same in recently announced Rs also given benefit of the pack- 6000 package employees. Out State Government after receiv- Union Ministers, Sunrise on Friday: 07.31 a.m. 80,000 crore economic package age and they too will be eligible of them, the process for ing the detailed proposal along UPSC Chairman ...Page 3 KASHMIR: for the J&K State. A letter to this to these jobs. The State appointment on 3000 posts with details of the land. ) Inclusiveness a way Light rain/ snow TEMPERATURE effect was recently written by Government has been asked that was started in 2008 and The Centre has urged the of living in Indian Max: 4.1 Degree C Government of India Ministry a formula of one job per family remaining 3000 will be started State Government to take imme- civilization: DyCM ...Page 5 Min: -0.3 Degree C of Home, Department of J&K be adopted preferably, the letter now after the Centre accorded diate necessary measures fro RELATIVE HUMIDITY ) Bukhari reviews progress Affairs to Chief Secretary of the added. approval to same. implementation of the proposal RH-I (Morning): 91.0 per cent State, B R Sharma. on CM’s decisions ...Page 7 RH-II (Evening): 89.0 per cent As per the letter, the Union In this regard, the and send the Action Taken As per the Union Government has agreed to bear Government of India has asked Report (ATR) to the Ministry on ) Smith sweeps LEH: TEMPERATURE Max: 0.4 Degree C Government communiqué, it the cost towards salary and the State Government to identi- the monthly basis latest by 3rd ICC awards ...Page 14 Min: -11.3 Degree C has been made clear that Union other expenditure in respect of fy the land as early as possible. 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