10thyear of publication SRINAGAR OBSERVER Advisor Bhatnagar chairs 82nd Jammu Trade Fair inaugurated at Canal Road Restore SRS Library to its pristine glory: Baseer Khan BoDs meet of JKRTC Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Ravinder Raina today Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar inaugurated Jammu Trade Mahotsav on the eve of Holi & Baisakhi near asked the officers to restore SRS Library, Jammu to its today chaired 82nd Board of Directors (BoDs) meeting Palm Island Mall, Canal Road. The festival will run till Baisakhi festival pristine glory. He made these remarks while on a visit to of Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation and different stalls will showcase the ethnic and modern | Page 03 this facility at city centre here. The Advisor also took stock (JKRTC) at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was of the restoration work being undertaken by | Page 07 attended by Commissioner Secretary, | Page 05 WEDNESDAY, 17 MARCH 2021 03, Shaban 1442 Hijri Published from Srinagar RNI No:JKENG/2012/43267 Vol:10 Issue No: 64 Pages:8 Rs.5.00 epaper: www.srinagarobserver.com News Brief 39 Security Men, 31 Civilians Killed Another Bank Over 32.31 Domicile Branch Looted Along LoC After Art 370 Revocation Srinagar, Mar 16 : Three Certificates Issued, 1.22L armed robbers looted Rs 3.5 Srinagar, Mar 16: At least 39 lakh from a bank in outskirts of security personnel and 31 civil- Srinagar on Tuesday in the sec- ians were killed in incidents of ‘Pak Intruder Shot Dead By ond such incident in less than a To Non-PRC Holders: Govt “ceasefire violations and cross BSF Along IB In Samba’ week, officials said. Srinagar, Mar 16: Over 32.31 application. The applications border firing” by Pakistan along A police official told GNS lakh people in Jammu and which lack the prescribed doc- the Line of Control (LoC) and In- Jammu, Mar 16: A Pakistani intruder was on Tuesday that the gunmen entered the Kashmir have been given do- uments are rejected,” Reddy ternational Border (IB) in Jam- gunned down by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Grameen Bank branch at Pan- micile certificates and include added. mu and Kashmir after the effec- International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, zinara Srinagar this afternoon 122671 persons who were not In September last year, the tive abrogation of Article 370 on officials said. and threatened the bank staffers Permanent Resident Certifi- Jammu and Kashmir admin- 5 August 2019. See Pak on pg 2... with guns. cate holders, Minister of State istration said the domicile cer- Responding to a question by After committing the heist for Home G Kishan Reddy said tificate under the Decentrali- Shrimati Rita Bahuguna Joshi they fled from the spot and then on Tuesday. sation Act was for applying for if there have been ceasefire vi- said: “Incidents of ceasefire vio- mediate and effective retaliation the bank officials informed the “As per information pro- jobs. olations from Pakistan after re- lations/cross border firing by Pa- is undertaken by the security police, the official told GNS. vided by the Government of "The domicile certificate is pealing of Article 370 and the de- kistan, along the Line of Control forces in such cases. 31 civilians “Efforts are on to identify the Jammu & Kashmir, a total of for applying for jobs in Jam- tails of casualties suffered on the (LoC) / International Border (IB) were killed and 39 Security Force gunmen,” the official added. 35,44,938 applications for is- mu and Kashmir. It does not Indian side due to it, Minister of in Jammu and Kashmir have personnel were martyred in such This is the second bank rob- sue of Domicile Certificates dependents/holders of erst- confer right to buy land at the State for Home G Kishan Reddy been reported since decades. Im- See 39 Security on pg 2... bery in less than a week. have been received as on 31st while Permanent Resident moment," then Principal Sec- On March 12, a Grameen December 2020, out of which Certificates in the UT of Jam- retary Revenue Pawan Kotwal Bank branch at Kunzer 32,31,353 applicants have been mu and Kashmir.” told reporters in Jammu. Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s issued Domicile Certificates,” In other words, 122671 per- Separate rules will be need- ‘70% Rainfall Chances Baramulla district was robbed Reddy said in a written reply sons (32,31,353 minus 31,08,682) ed to cover the issue of land HC Puts JKCA of Rs 2.24 lakh. to a question by parliamen- who were are not PRC holders rights, he had added. On March 21, 22’: MeT See Another on pg 2... tarian Balubhau alias Suresh hjave been issued the domicile Kotwal was accompanied by Srinagar, March 16: With Narayan Dhanorkar. certificate. government spokesman Rohit Elections In Abeyance forecast for no “major rainfall 4 Youth Prevent- In a specific query by the A total of 2,15,438 applica- Kansal at the press conference. Srinagar, Mar 16: Jammu and ious parities including City activity” and moderate rains or Congress parliamentarian tions have been rejected, Red- By September last year, the Kashmir high court on Tues- Cricket Club, Srinagar and snow “likely” on March 21 and ed From Joining from Chandrapur constituen- dy said while replying to the government had issued more day ordered that the con- Others, a bench of Jus- 22, mercury remained above Militancy: Police cy in Maharastra regarding total number of applications than 12.5 lakh domicile certif- duct of the proposed tices Ali Mohammad normal in Kashmir Valley, “the total number of domicile that have been rejected as on icates and as per Kansal "more elections of the office Magrey and Puneet weatherman said on Tuesday. Srinagar, Mar 16: Police on certificates that have been 31 December and the reasons than 99 per cent of the domi- bearers of the Jammu Gupta also directed A meteorological department Tuesday claimed that four issued to holders of the erst- therefor. cile certificates were issued and Kashmir Cricket that till the final deci- official said that Srinagar youth from two central Kashmir while Permanent Resident “Rule 5 of the Jammu and to those who already had the Association (JKCA) sion in the matter, the recorded a low of 5.6°C against districts were prevented from Certificate”, Reddy said: “As Kashmir Grant of Domicile erstwhile Permanent Resident shall remain in abey- Committee of Adminis- 6.3°C on the previous night. The joining the militant ranks. on 31st December, 2020, a total Certificate (Procedure) Rules, Certificate.” ance. trators (CoA) so appointed minimum temperature was “Prompt action by Police in of 31,08,682 Domicile Certifi- 2020 mandates certain docu- The administration has Reserving its orders on a by the court shall only 1.9°C above normal for this Budgam and Ganderbal pre- cates have been issued to the ments to be annexed with the See Over 32.31 on pg 2... number of appeals filed by var- See HC puts on pg 2... See 70% Rainfall on pg 2... vented four youth from joining (militant) ranks and after proper counselling were handed over to their parents,”a police spokes- man told GNS ina statement. In Budgam, he said, Police Cong, govt engage in war Time for SKUAST to start Horticulture, received information that two teenagers had left their houses of words in over sedition and went missing on 14 March. Agri Engineering departments: LG “Accordingly, police teams New Delhi, Mar 16: A war in the House. Jammu, March 16 : Lieutenant income of farming community, were constituted and subse- of words erupted between the According to the data, 47 Governor, Manoj Sinha today and stressed for understanding quently tracked and recovered Congress and the government cases of sedition were regis- called upon all stakeholders for the importance of Kisan Mela both the youth in Tral area of in Lok Sabha on Tuesday over tered in 2014; 30 in 2015; 35 in doubling the efforts for brand- which can bring change in the Awantipora. Both the youth are registration of sedition cases 2016; 51 in 2017; 70 in 2018 and ing and marketing of the local lives of farmers. in their early teenage, and had with the opposition party al- 93 in 2019. Agri-products, besides seamless The Lt Governor observed got influenced on social media leging that the stringent law The highest 54 cases of sedi- extension of technology from that J&K farmers have huge po- See 4 Youth on pg 2... is being misused, drawing a tion were registered in Assam Lab to Field for bringing long tential for becoming Agri-entre- sharp retort from Union Min- between 2014 and 2019, 36 in term and revolutionary changes preneurs. ister G Kishan Reddy who Jharkhand, 31 in Haryana, 30 in the agriculture sector. The theme of this Kisan Mela 4 people held asked it not to lecture others in Karnataka, 25 in Jammu Speaking during the inaugu- – “Self-sufficient Agriculture, with 15-kg on democracy. and Kashmir and 17 in Uttar ral ceremony of five days long Self-Reliant India” is not merely During the Question Hour, Pradesh. Kisan Mela, the Lt Governor a slogan, it’s a vision given by hashish in Jammu Congress mem- The minister suggested to focus on strategic the Hon’ble Prime Minister for ber from Telan- also made it clear and professional approach for taking a leap towards the trans- Jammu, Mar 16: The Anti gana Anumula that "there is no Branding and Marketing of fer of new knowledge, Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Revanth Reddy direct involve- local products to increase the See Time for on pg 2..