daily REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 Vol No. 55 No. 13 JAMMU, SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2019 14+4 (Magazine) = 18 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 Al-Badr chief comdr among ‘Faesal could deliver better as an officer’ Pak given befitting response, 2 militants killed Fayaz Bukhari second militant has been iden- LeT. His father is an Imam in the militants frustrated: Guv tified as Shakeel Ahmad Dar local Masjid. SRINAGAR, Jan 12: Chief alias Faisal of Chilipora, He was one of the main Sanjeev Pargal He said a befitting reply is services and join politics saying commander of Al-Badr Shopian. Sources said that so accused in the Shopian attack being given to Pakistan by the he doesn't know what Faesal Mujahideen was among two far two bodies were recovered which took place on February JAMMU, Jan 12: Army on the Line of Control will do if he couldn't do his militants killed in a gun battle and security forces believed 23, 2017 when militants Governor Satya Pal Malik (LoC) and the troops have suc- duties despite taking oath. He at Katpora area of Kulgam two more including a ambushed Army patrol in Mulu cessfully contained infiltration added that Faesal could deliver district in South Kashmir Pakistani were hiding in the Chitragam area of the district better as an officer today. village and their fate is not which left three soldiers dead. than a politician. Army's 34 RR, Special known. Zeenat was among the three The outspoken Operations Group (SOG) of surviving most wanted militants Governor again took *Watch video on exception to lavish Jammu and Kashmir Police and in South Kashmir after Zakir www.excelsiornews.com spending on marriages Central Reserve Police Force Rashid Bhatt alias Zakir Musa by the businessmen (CRPF) cordoned off Katpora Zeenat, 29, was earlier affili- and Reyaz Ahmad Naikoo alias and affluent class. area of Yaripora this evening ated with Hizbul Mujahideen Zubair. Without naming The last year, when Al-Badr after specific inputs about pres- outfit and later he joined Al- recent much publi- started gaining ground in ence of militants in the village. Badr militant outfit. He was cized marriage of bil- Kashmir, Zeenat ul Islam left The operation was launched recruited in Hizbul Mujahideen Governor Satya Pal Malik addressing a function at Swami Vivekananda lionaire Mukesh Hizbul Mujahideen and joined following specific inputs about in November 2015, and was Medical Mission Charitable Hospital in Jammu on Saturday. Ambani's daughter, he Al-Badr as the chief commander the presence of the group of mil- considered an expert in said today that militants by the militants on the borders. said the businessmen will spend of the outfit, which is mainly itants led by Zeenat ul Islam Improvised Explosive Devices including Hizbul Mujahideen He also referred to IAS officer Rs 700 cr on marriage but will operational in Shopian district of Shah alias Dr Usman and (IEDs). supremo Syed Salah-ud-Din Shah Faesal's decision to quit (Contd on page 9 Col 3) South Kashmir. including a Pakistani were hid- Zeenat was first arrested in were frustrated due to peace- Following the gunfight, ing in the village. 2008, and was booked under ful and smooth conduct of authorities snapped internet As the security forces were the Public Safety Act (PSA) Panchayat elections in Jammu No visible development by Khalil Band conducting searches of the vil- for being an Over Ground services in the Kulgam district lage, militants fired at them and Worker of Al-Badr. He was and clashes broke out in the area *Watch video on tried to flee from the cordon but also in touch with different as youth came out and pelted www.excelsiornews.com Dismal irrigation facilities, poor stones on the security forces security forces fired back, lead- outfits and was working as an and Kashmir and were direct- ing to a gun battle. Over Ground Worker for their who fired tear smoke to disperse ing their cadre "to do some- A senior Army officer said members, arranging them them. thing'' but maintained that sanitation, civic woes in Pulwama that two militants were killed food and supplies. A police spokesman said that due to support and coopera- in the gun battle and Zeent-ul After his release in 2011, he based on a credible input about tion of the people, situation Suhail Bhat ed garbage making the whole Islam Shah of Chilipora, initially worked with his father the presence of militants in was normal in the Kashmir Ex-MLAs’ Report Card area look untidy, " Bashir Shopian was among them. The and got married before joining (Contd on page 9 Col 5) valley. PULWAMA: Issues ranging Constituency: Pulwama Ahmad, a local said, adding that from traffic congestion, poor in absence of a proper dumping PM to visit Nearly 150 representations pending in different wings irrigation facilities and ineffec- Khalil Band (PDP) site roadsides and stream banks Jammu on Feb 3 tive disposal of waste topped http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/ex-mlas-report-card/ were covered with litter piles the list of people's priorities in areas. people alleged that under his which besides posing threat to Excelsior Correspondent RDD soft-paddling on disposal of public the Pulwama constituency. Spread tenure there was no visible environment invites diseases . JAMMU, Jan 12: Prime Besides these issues, unemploy- over 150 villages, the Pulwama progress on the development The residents also com- Minister Narendra Modi will be ment is worrying the educated constituency in Southern front. plained that a local irrigation visiting Jammu on February 3 youth of the constituency. Kashmir has nearly 1,94,000 At Pulwama Town, which is canal-Doebi Koil-that runs for laying foundation stone of grievances received from Guv, Advisors The whole constituency is voters. It has been represented considered business hub of the through the main market of facing multiple problems Town has been ravaged by dis- multiple projects, some of Mohinder Verma twice by Khalil Band, former constituency, people said that which have been declared as Admn Secy warns of stern action including broken roads, shabby Minister for Agriculture failure of authorities to dispose charge of waste, siltation and or missing sewerage, insuffi- encroachments, bringing mis- national projects while Union JAMMU, Jan 12: Production and former Member off the waste on scientific lines cient portable water and an ery to the people. "The carrying Minister for Road, Transport Notwithstanding repeated in case of further slackness of Legislative Assembly of is posing a serious health threat absence of adequate health and capacity of the canal has been and Highways, Nitin Gadkari thrust of the Raj Bhawan and Jammu and Kashmir, people are the Governor have been regular- People's Democratic Party. He to the people, besides the num- educational facilities. Several declined sharply, causing fre- will inaugurate prestigious Chief Secretary on the out- regularly coming up with their ly meeting and hearing griev- was elected by defeating the ber of stray dogs has also shot localities also complained about quent choking and inundation Keeriyan-Gandial bridge in come based and prompt dis- issues through formal complaints ances of people at Srinagar and Congress candidate, Sanuallah up in the area. "The entire town lack of connectivity to their Kathua district on January 22. posal of representations of the with the hope that administration Jammu. Dar, by 6636 votes. However, is strewn with piles of unattend- (Contd on page 9 Col 3) Date of the Prime Minister's public, several wings of the will take prompt action on the Moreover, the Raj Bhawan visit to Jammu was finalized Rural Development same and provide them relief. through Governor's Principal today in New Delhi, official Department have been soft- "The number of complaints Secretary and Chief Secretary sources told the Excelsior. paddling on initiating action is increasing day by day as peo- have been regularly issuing However, the Prime on the public grievances ple are of the opinion that their instructions to the departments Minister's Office (PMO) will received from the Governor's grievances can be better taken for result-driven and prompt dis- decide within a couple of days Secretariat and Advisors. care of during the Governor's posal of public grievances so as whether Modi will visit all three Moreover, in majority of these Rule than under any political to come up to the expectations regions of the State during his wings Nodal Officers have not dispensation in the State", of the people. visit or lay foundation stone of been appointed to deal with sources further said. However, several wings of all the projects from Jammu. the issues of the common In order to facilitate the peo- the Rural Development "A decision on this will be masses. ple in highlighting their issues Department, which have been taken shortly as the projects of Official sources told EXCEL- there is a dedicated JK entrusted with the task of trans- which the Prime Minister will SIOR that ever since the imposi- Governor's Grievance Cell forming developmental profile lay foundation, belonged to all tion of Governor's Rule in besides all the three Advisors of three regions of Jammu, Kashmir (Contd on page 9 Col 5) and Ladakh,'' sources said. During his last visit to the State on May 19, Modi had vis- ited all three regions for inaugu- ration of projections and laying foundation stone of others. Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh will accompany both Modi and Gadkari during their visits to the State. Modi was likely to lay foundation stones for All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for Jammu and Awantipora simultaneously, Jammu-Akhnoor-Rajouri- Poonch National Highway, Shahpur Kandi and Ujh proj- ects, both of which have been (Contd on page 9 Col 1) HC stays selection process in JKSRLM Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Jan 12: The High Court has put on hold the selection process for the post of Block Programme Managers and District Programme Managers in Mission Directorate State Rural Livelihood Mission (JKSRLM).