daily Vol No. 55 No. 2 JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019 REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 18 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 Kashmiri CRPF ‘Oppn, not Govt, politicized surgical strikes’ officer killed in Jharkhand We isolated Pak but it still Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Jan 1 : An Assistant Commandant of para- military Central Reserve Police supporting terrorism: Modi Force (CRPF) from Voice of talks will be lost in gun Decision on temple Ordinance after judicial process Uri area of North Sanjeev Pargal host of issues including talks UPA or NDA. It was not the sudharne mein abhi aur Kashmir's with Pakistan, cross-border ter- question of Manmohan Singh or samay lagega,'' Modi said. Baramulla JAMMU, Jan 1: Prime rorism, surgical strikes, Pakistan Narendra Modi. Every district was Minister Narendra Modi said Prime Minister Imran Khan's Government supports talks and ‘Mahagathbandhan’ killed during today that it has been consis- offer for talks, defence purchas- we are ready to discuss all an anti-Naxal operation at tent policy of India, whether it issues,'' Modi failed in J&K Jharkhand last night. is UPA or NDA Government at said. Prime Minister Narendra CRPF in a statement said: the Centre that the country However, at Modi said today that "On 31-12-2018, on receipt of was never opposed to talks the same time, he ‘Mahagathbandhan’ has failed (Contd on page 6 Col 7) with Pakistan and ready to asserted that in Jammu and Kashmir too. discuss all issues but said the voice of talks is During the interview, Kader Khan gun and cross-border terror- lost in the gun. Modi referred to boycott of ism continued. He charged the "The cross-bor- Panchayat and Municipal elec- is no more Opposition with trying to der terrorism tions by the two mainstream TORONTO/MUMBAI, Jan 1: politicize the surgical strikes should end. We political parties (PDP and NC) saying the Government and Kader Khan, the rare have isolated as ‘Mahagathbandhan’ against the Army did their job as both Frozen dew drops on a leaf in the fields of R S Pura near Jammu. -Excelsior/Rakesh Bollywood artiste who straddled Pakistan at the the elections. were deeply hurt by the Uri the twin international However, he noted with sat- attack in which 19 soldiers worlds of level''. isfaction that there was 74 per- were martyred, most of them writing and The Prime cent voting turnout in both the Army chief for tight vigil along LoC burnt alive. acting with Minister virtually elections, which he described as In an interview to a news equal es, Ram Janambhoomi etc. linked talks with Pakistan to an failure of ‘Mahagathbandhan’. agency telecast by various chan- Rawat reviews security situation prowess, died "India had never been end to gun and cross-border ter- He said the nels, Modi said Pakistan will not in Toronto against talks with Pakistan. No rorism in Jammu and Kashmir, ‘Mahagathbandhan’ has mend its ways with just one Excelsior Correspondent several infiltration attempts despite winter militants are wait- after pro- Prime Minister or the Indian albeit without drawing a link failed in Telangana also. fight. "It will take more time to along the LoC and killed over ing on the launch pads for infil- longed ill- Government has opposed talks between the two. SRINAGAR, Jan 1: Chief Pakistan to improve itself,'' he three dozen militants and inten- tration. ness on the last day of the year, with Pakistan. It has been con- "Ek ladai se Pakistan sud- "There was a war in 1965 of Army Staff, General Bipin added. his son said. He was 81. sistent policy of the har jayega, yeh sochna bohot (with Pakistan). There was anoth- Rawat, today asked the troops The Prime Minister touched Khan, who left an indelible Government, whether it was badi ghalti hogi. Pakistan ko er war in 1947. It will be wrong to deployed along the Line of imprint on commercial cinema (Contd on page 6 Col 5) Control (LoC) to remain vigi- of the 1980s and 1990s, slipped Step imperative to check corruption, maladministration in ULBs lant and foil the nefarious (Contd on page 6 Col 7) Azad moves designs of the enemy. Lt Gen Singh General Rawat said this to Govt fails to start process for motion on the troops at Kupwara where briefs Guv Army foiled a major Border Action Team (BAT) strike by Excelsior Correspondent triple talaq Pakistani troops and killed two NEW DELHI, Jan 1: JAMMU, Jan 1: Lt Gen appointment of Municipal Ombudsman of their soldiers and recovered Ranbir Singh, Northern Army Leader of Opposition in the huge quantity of arms, ammuni- Commander, met Governor Mohinder Verma Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi tion and war like stores. Satya Pal Malik, at the Raj Enacted 8 yrs back, legislation Azad has moved a motion in the The intruding Pakistani Bhavan here today. JAMMU, Jan 1: Though House for referring the "triple troops were assisted by high cal- Lt Gen Singh briefed over two months have lapsed remains unimplemented talaq" bill to a select committee. iber weapons firing, mortars and Governor about the prevailing since the successful culmina- Municipal Committees and Housing and Urban The motion is likely to be rockets, from Pakistani posts. security situation along the for- tion of Urban Local Bodies Municipal Councils), the Jammu Development Department, taken up on Wednesday when But Army retaliated, killing two ward areas and the hinterland, (ULBs) elections in Jammu and Kashmir Municipal which has to initiate the first the House takes up the the Pakistani soldiers and three of operational preparedness of the and Kashmir yet the Ombudsman Act was enacted in step in this regard by taking up Muslim Women (Protection of them managed to flee back. Government has not initiated Army for anti-terrorist activities 2010 and it received the assent the issue with the Chief Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018. The Army chief lauded the Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat inter-acting with troops on LoC any step for the appointment and measures being taken for of the Governor on October 23, Secretary, sources informed. The bill has already been alertness and resilience of the in Kupwara on Tuesday. ensuring safety and security of of Municipal Ombudsman as 2010. What to talk of period passed by the Lok Sabha. troops who foiled the BAT strike sified the vigil. Despite vigil Srinagar based Defence people living along the LoC and per the provisions of the legis- The basic objective of the between 2010 and 2018 when In the motion, Azad has also and neutralised the intruders. He IB. lation enacted in 2010 to check legislation was to establish there were no duly elected proposed the names of 11 around 120 militants managed to spokesman said that accompa- was also appreciative of the sneak in last year. nied by the Northern Army (Contd on page 6 Col 7) corruption and maladminis- Municipal Ombudsman for Urban Local Bodies in the Opposition members to be part sharp vigil and alertness along tration in these grass root the purpose of investigating State, even more than two of the Select Committee of the The Army chief was told that Commander Lt Gen Ranbir the LoC and high morale of the despite winter and snowfall they Singh and the Chinar Corps Sessions Judge democratic institutions. charges or corruption or mal- months after the successful House. troops and further exhorted them Official sources told administration in the Urban culmination of Urban Local Anand Sharma of the are keeping tight vigil along the Commander Lt Gen AK Bhatt, attached to remain alert for any eventual- LoC so that the militants may the Army Chief visited the fron- EXCELSIOR that in order to Local Bodies in the State. Bodies elections on October Congress, Ram Gopal Yadav of ity. Excelsior Correspondent ensure that there is complete However, this vital legisla- 17, 2018 no efforts have been the Samajwadi Party, Sanjay not succeeded in their attempts. tier district of Kupwara where The Army this year foiled It may be mentioned here that JAMMU, Jan 1: Registrar transparency in the functioning tion has remained unimplement- made for implementation of Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party, (Contd on page 6 Col 7) General of State High Court of the Urban Local Bodies ed so far as because of non-seri- Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Kumar Jha of the Rashtriya Sanjay Dhar has attached (Municipal Corporations, ous approach on the part of the (Contd on page 6 Col 1) Janata Dal are among those whose Principal District and Sessions names have been proposed by the 156 police officers placed in Judge Kargil Sanjeev Bhagat (Contd on page 6 Col 3) with Jammu Wing. Cold wave grips region; rain, The order of attachment has Cop shot dead various Non-Functional Grades been issued keeping in view the recommendation of High Court Excelsior Correspondent Zaid, Yogal Kumar, Wasim Manoj Kumar Pandit, Dr SD snow to lash J&K on Jan 4-5 by militants Qadri, Atul Sharma, Harmeet Choudhary, Tanveer Jeelani, for compulsory retirement of JAMMU, Jan 1: Home the Judge. Excelsior Correspondent Singh Mehta, Shiv Deep Singh Savita Rani, Tabasum Parveen, Department has ordered Jamwal, Rohit Baskotra, Shabir Prabh Dayal Sharma, Sanjay Several trains SRINAGAR, Jan 1: placement of 156 officers of Father arrested Militants this evening shot dead Nawab, Manjit Kour, Arun Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Ranjit General Executive Cadre of Gupta, Randhir Singh, Virinder Singh, Paramjeet Singh, Nasir delayed due a police man after they barged JKPS in various Non- for burying baby into his house in Pulwama dis- Singh, Sandeep Kumar Mehta, Ahmed, M Fiesel Qureshi, Functional Grades.