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Vohra chaired the On the directions of Chief Minister, On the eve of Kargil Vijay Diwas, 33rd meeting of Shri Amarnathji Mehbooba Mufti, Minister for Rural Deputy Chief Minister Dr.Nirmal Shrine Board at the Raj Bhavan Development Panchayati Raj, Law Singh met Ex-Servicemen at Sainik today. The meeting was attended by and Justice, Abdul Haq today visited Welfare Department here today. 3 4 The Deputy Chief ... Thathri to personally .... 5 Dr. (Prof.) Ved Kumari ... INSIDE Vol No: XXII Issue No. 176 25.07.2017 (Tuesday) Daily Jammu Tawi Price 3/- Pages-12 Regd. No. JK|306|2017-19 Pluralism is soul of India, need Farooq Abdullah spills the beans, says Centre Terror funding in Kashmir funded Hurriyat and Kashmir paid the price Kin of Geelani, 6 to eschew violence: President NL CORRESPONDENT issue in the valley SRINAGAR, JULY 24 Abdullah's statement comes NL CORRESPONDENT resurrecting the power of industrial genius, craft, in the wake of arrests made secessionists arrested NEW DELHI, JULY 24 non-violence. innovation and experience. Former Jammu & Kashmir by the NIA in the valley. Mukherjee, who had entered Plurality of our society has Chief Minister Dr Farooq Those arrested NIA claims NL CORRESPONDENT Outgoing President Pranab parliament first in 1969, said come about through Abdullah on Monday made were recipient funds from SRINAGAR, JULY 24 Mukherjee said on Monday for the past 50 years of his assimilation of ideas over another controversial Pakistan which they used to that soul of India resides in public life, his passion has centuries," the President statement when he said fund protests across the National Investigating pluralism and tolerance and been the service of people of said. Hurriyat leaders had been valley. The Centre has taken Agency (NIA) has arrested the country must free its India. "I want to share with He said multiplicity in funded by the Centre for a a tough stand on this issue seven Kashmiri public discourse from all you some truths that I have culture, faith and language is period of time, which and sources said that secessionists, including son- forms of violence, physical internalised in this period. what makes India special. eventually led to the government intends to in-law of secessionist leader as well as verbal. The soul of India resides in "We derive our strength marginalisation of nationalist squeeze dry the financial Syed Ali Shah Geelani, for In his farewell address pluralism and tolerance. from tolerance. It has been parties from the Valley. The channels which are being allegedly funding terror broadcast to the nation, he India is not just a part of our collective statement comes days after used to fuel protests in groups in Jammu and said creation of an inclusive geographical entity. It consciousness for centuries. the former J&K Chief Kashmir. Kashmir. from Pakistan to sponsor Kashmir Valley. society has to an article of carries a history of ideas, There are divergent strands Minister said third-party Speaking to DNA, Abdullah, The seven were arrested for terror activities and stone- Among those who have been faith. He called for philosophy, intellect, in public discourse P2 mediation could resolve the a P2 allegedly receiving funds pelting protests in the arrested by the P2 Jammu MPs, Minister mum; Dasgupta raises 20 assailants arrested J&K's most of PSUs turned white issue of Rohingyas in Jammu, Ladakh over lynching of DSP elephants; People carries the baggage NL CORRESPONDENT "But it is curious and NEW DELHI, JULY 24 somewhat inexplicable as to why there should be so JAMMU TAWI, JULY 24 and Auditor General (CAG). objectives," the report reads. together. The CAG report points out Where MPs and Minister many Rohingyas who have The report has also brought The remaining amount of Rs that out of the 33 PSUs in the from Jammu failed in raising migrated to Jammu and to If the Comptroller and to light that out of the 30 15.62 crores has been earned state, three have become the issue of illegally entered Ladakh," he said. Rohingyas Auditor General (CAG) working PSUs, 10 PSUs by 8 remaining PSUs defunct and the government Rohingya refugees in are tribals from Myanmar, report is any guide as many have earned a profit of Rs together while another 11 has been sitting on closing Jammu and Ladakh, a commonly also known as as 33 Public Sector 834.97 crores during 2015- PSUs have shown a loss of them down for five years veteran journalist and the 'boat people'. Undertakings have become a 16 which comprises of Rs Rs 156.69 crores during now. "The non-working nominated member Swapan Dasgupta said as per the white elephant in Jammu 819.32 crores earned by two 2015-16. The report while PSUs are not contributing to Dasgupta today joined the Jammu and Kashmir and Kashmir. In fact except monopolist PSUs i.e. J&K coming down heavily on the the state economy and issue with the Jammuites Government, there are for a couple of these Bank and J&K Power working of the PSUs has not meeting the intended and expressed concern over approximately 5,700 undertakings none has been Development Corporation also highlighted P2 the reported influx of Rohingyas in Jammu and on profit with the result the Rohingya refugees in 7,664 Rohingyas in Ladakh. job generating procedure too SRINAGAR, JULY 24 "Twenty accused have been Jammu and Ladakh saying it Whereas the UN High arrested," he said, adding: has been limited because all was a matter of national Commission for Refugees Police on Monday said that "one of the accused Sajad these PSUs are over staffed security. states there are 14,000 twenty accused have been Ahmad Gilkar alias Saja following recruitment drive Raising the issue during the Rohingyas in the whole of arrested over the lynching Bilu son of Nazir Ahmed carried out by previous state Zero Hour in the Rajya India, the media reports say of DySP Ayub Pandith in Gilkar of Pandan Nowhatta Governments. Sabha, he said there was a that the Home Ministry Nowhatta area of downtown has been killed in an The 33 Public Sector "vicious" ethnic conflict and estimates there are 40,000, Srinagar. encounter on July 12 this Undertakings (PSUs) of the civil war going on in he added. Inspector General of Police month in an encounter on state have shown Myanmar, but since it was "Now to my mind…This is (IGP) Kashmir Muneer July 12 in Radbugh village accumulated loss of Rs an internal affair of a very, very suspicious. The Khan told reporters during a of Budgam" 2433.70 crores along with friendly neighbouring suspicion arises not for press conference in Srinagar Khan said that a group of 17% increase in debt during country, "we refrain from humanitarian reasons or that the investigation is youth raising pro-Zakir 2015-16 financial years, commenting on it". anything like, P2 going on in the case. Musa slogans P2 according to Comptroller J&K bans sale of JK traders alien to new tax regime e-cigarettes NL CORRESPONDENT "I don't know how to work under under this system and that part SRINAGAR, JULY 24 this system," Shafi said, who runs has been ignored so far," he said. SRINAGAR, JULY 24 a medical shop in Srinagar's He said that traders were not Jammu and Kashmir government Karanagar area. "We are caught in prepared for the new tax system. With an aim of discouraging the might have succeed in the middle of old and new stock. I "Government should have made consumption of tobacco products by the implementing the goods and don't know whether the GST will people aware how to adapt the public, the Jammu and Kashmir services tax (GST) and claiming be beneficial for me or I have to reform," Shafi added. government on Monday banned the sale state's special status would also bear the loss." Like Shafi, there are other traders of e-cigarettes in the state with immediate be "protected", it has failed to Many medicines, he says were who too seem clueless about the effect. make traders understand how to under the 5 per cent slab earlier tax reform. "A complete ban has been imposed on the work under the tax reform. and now they fall under the 12 per Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, a young sale (including online sale), manufacture, Mohammad Shafi, who owns a cent bracket. "Everyone here retailer, who deals with distribution, trade, import and medical shop, is clueless about looked the GST through the prism cosmetics, said he did not know advertisement of Electronic Nicotine the new tax regime. These days, of Kashmir's political problem as whether he was in for a profit or Delivery System (ENDS)/e-cigarettes in he has been surfing Internet for many say it would erode the loss under the GST.