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Page1 Final.Qxd (Page 2) daily Follow us: Daily Excelsior JAMMU, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2020 REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 Vol No. 56 12 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 No. 274 39 journalists, Sinha launches 3rd phase of B2V political activists face threat Shun militancy, extremism; Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 2: Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, today will provide jobs: LG said that they are assessing the threat perceptions to journalists Excelsior Correspondent He said few misguided "The occasion of 151st development and the and political activists after a youth have abandoned the Birth Anniversary of Government is committed to threat was issued to some jour- SRINAGAR, Oct 2: path of success and dignified Mahatma Gandhi, also cele- making J&K a role model of nalists and political activists. Lieutenant Governor, Manoj life and have opted the path of brated as the International development and prosperity. Those who were threatened Sinha today appealed to mili- "We will empower youth and strengthen PRI's", he said. include 27 journalists and 12 tants to shun the path of vio- He reiterated that the admin- political activists whose names lence and extremism and istration will work hard to make appeared in Kashmir Fight blog offered them Government jobs Jammu and Kashmir one of the by Wordpress. The names and entrepreneurial opportu- most developed UTs in the Shujaat Bukhari and Babar nities. country. "The administration is Qadri who were killed allegedly Sinha said that people of Jammu and Kashmir, especially committed to make the region a (Contd on page 9 Col 1) youth, want to tread the path of role model of development and progress and development and prosperity", he said, adding it Pb CM announces will empower youth comprehen- appealed those who have joined A girl takes picture as Sun sets in Jammu. -Excelsior/Rakesh militant ranks to shun the path of sively and strengthen the Rs 50 lakh relief for violence and return to main- democracy at grass-root level. martyr's family stream for dignified livelihood. The LG inaugurated a youth 11 ACB officials, DHO among 11 docs test +ve "People of Jammu and recreation centre and a children's CHANDIGARH, Oct 2: Kashmir are peace loving people Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the launch of B2V3 library in Shirmal village. He Punjab Chief Minister who believe in dignified life. Programme at Shopian on Friday. also laid the foundation stone of Amarinder Singh today *Watch video on 100-bedded girls hostel costing 10-day-old baby, BSF SI among 15 announced ex gratia compensa- www.excelsiornews.com violence and extremism. "It Day of Non-Violence is an Rs 306.34 lakh. tion of Rs 50 would be better if they shun opportunity for the people of Sinha termed villages as the lakh and a Our youth now have understood the path of violence and join India to reflect upon his com- lifeline of India and stressed on more lives lost to COVID in Jammu Government the terrible results of violence mainstream for better future", mitment to the principle of the need for their development. job to a family and it is why they are pursuing he added. non-violence and I urge the "Just as striking two rocks pro- member of a their career and cracking presti- "I appeal few misguided misguided youth to shun vio- duces fire and helps produce Temporary jail created in Hostel as cases surge soldier from gious exams", he said. youth to shun violence and lence and return to the main- light, similarly people's partici- SMGS Hospital here today. The 61-year-old bakery shop owner the State mar- The LG made this appeal return to the mainstream for dig- stream", he said pation shall help bring about Sanjeev Pargal baby had tested positive for the who breathed his last in the tyred along while speaking after launching nified future. Government is The Lt Governor Sinha drastic changes in our villages", he said. virus. A 56-year-old BSF Sub GMC Rajouri. Both were infect- the Line of the 3rd phase of 'Back to ready to help them with jobs and added that the people of J&K, JAMMU, Oct 2: A 10-day- The LG called the "Back To Inspector of 12th battalion sta- ed by the virus. Control (LoC) in Jammu and Village" program in district entrepreneurial opportunities", especially the youth want to old baby and a BSF Sub tioned at Akhnoor and a resi- A 35-year-old youth from Kashmir. Shopian today. Sinha said. tread the path of progress and (Contd on page 9 Col 3) Inspector were among 15 per- dent of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh Battal Walian in Udhampur dis- Havildar Kuldeep Singh of sons who lost their lives to who was admitted in the trict who was suffering from the Sikh Light Infantry COVID-19 today in the SC directions, NBW guidelines grossly Jammu region while 603 test- Government Medical College acute respiratory distress since (Contd on page 9 Col 1) ed positive for the virus, 354 in (GMC) Jammu with gunshot 29th September died today Jammu district alone includ- wound died in the hospital and while a 75-year-old man from Trump, Melania ing 11 officials of the Anti- tested positive for pathogen. Ramnagar tehsil in the same dis- test positive violated; Deptt in deep slumber Corruption Bureau (ACB) A 55-year-old woman from trict too died in the GMC and 11 doctors, one of them Ustaad Mohalla in Jammu Jammu due to multiple ailments. WASHINGTON, Oct 2: Hokersar faces extinction as drudging company fails to remove sludge the District Health Officer City was brought dead to the Both of them were positive for US President Donald Trump GMC Jammu from Fortis COVID-19. widening the streams, was from the wetland as per the who looks after Hokersar wet- while 990 people recovered. said today that he and first lady Fayaz Bukhari Hospital Mohali. She was pos- A 30-year-old youth from dumped inside the wetland lead- contract but he was trans- land, Ifshan Dewan, told Today's cases took Jammu Melania Trump have tested pos- itive for the virus. A 63-year- Kathua and 50-year-old man ing to creation of land mass ferred by the Government. Excelsior that she has been fre- region's Corona tally beyond itive for the Coronavirus, a SRINAGAR, Oct 2: old man from Govindpura in from Pathyari Hiranagar passed spread to hundreds of acres. Since then the Wildlife quently writing to the company 30,000. development that is likely to Hokersar, known as the queen Chatha area was also brought away in the GMC Jammu and The landmass created by the Department has shown laxity for removal of landmass from Following surge in *Watch video on of Himalayan wetlands, is fac- Coronavirus cases in the prisons dead to the GMC from Kathua respectively due to the ing extinction as the company slush and earth removed during and is not pursuing the case of wetland. "I have written latest www.excelsiornews.com including Kathua, Rajouri, Ludhiana. He too was positive virus. that carried out work on con- drudging and construction of removal of the slush and earth letter last month only. They have while an 83-year-old man from A 62-year-old woman from flood channel is 500 meters on from wetland with the company. assured they will do it", she said. Bhaderwah, Ambphalla etc, the affect his hectic election cam- struction of flood channel Karan Nagar suffering from Dessa who had been admitted in either-side of over 5 kilometre The non-removal of slush and She added that company's Prisons Department has desig- paign. through the wetland has failed hypertension and Coronavirus the GMC Doda died of snake long channel that passes through earth from wetland that is of response has been that locals nated Pahari Hostel at Bantalab "Tonight, @FLOTUS and I to remove slush from it leading as temporary jail to isolate the breathed his last in the GMC. bite. She had tested positive for tested positive for COVID-19. to over 5 square kilometre the wetland. The non-removal of international importance given don't allow removal of land- A 75-year-old woman from RS COVID-19 during the treatment. slush and earth from the wetland its inclusion in the list of Ramsar mass. However, locals said that detenues who have tested posi- We will begin our quarantine landmass inside it. tive for pathogen. As many as 56 Pura who was co-morbid and Meanwhile, 354 persons and recovery process immedi- The construction of the flood has led to 5 square kilo-meter sites has led to its further shrink- landmass on either-side of the having COVID-19 passed today tested positive for landmass inside already shrunk age. Situated in the outskirts of flood channel is not the propri- prisoners have tested positive in ately. We will get through this channel and drudging of six Ambphalla Jail Jammu, 41 at away in the same hospital. COVID-19 in Jammu district, TOGETHER!" 74-year-old streams, was carried out by the wetland. Srinagar, it is a favourite halting ety land but that of the wetland Two deaths were today all but three locals. Two years ago, an official ground for the migration of birds and they can't stop it. Dhangri Jail Rajouri, around 50 (Contd on page 9 Col 5) Kolkata-based dredging firm, at District Jail Kathua and 23 in reported from Jawahar Nagar The District Health Officer Reach Dredging Ltd two years said that former Wildlife from Siberia and Central Asia "How can we object as the area of Rajouri district.
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