5 B. " C ')*!'+,-. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 B( %!& =''( :@! B& "< & 2-%3 4 ./0 1 +-# !"#$ %#& C688131<&6< )<,31<)&-816-+<86<:@ 6&,-81&+< %%&"'$&( (&" D3)C816---1< &1*&10&2-08)+<)9&-<C 8<-1-1*&8)< (& ( &" )&( (&" / ,./0,-1-2- * * 0&&12&*3& !"! # $ R% / # )-1&*&) # )-1&*&) espite the decision of the top-ranking commander DNational Conference (NC) Aof banned Hizbul and Peoples Democratic Party Mujahideen (HM) and five (PDP), two main pro-election Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) ter- Q " political parties in Jammu & rorists were killed in a post- # Q $ Kashmir, to stay away from the midnight assault on a hideout & poll process, the State Election in Chowgam village of south ' ( Commission on Saturday Kashmir’s Kulgam district on announced a four-phased Saturday. schedule for the crucial munic- A civilian protester was " ipal elections, starting also shot dead by security "# October 8. forces during clashes in the )*+,- . The announcement for the aftermath of fierce gun-battle conduct of the urban bodies’ '- . + that lent a serious blow to ter- . polls comes also against the " &, rorists in south Kashmir region. " backdrop of separatists’ call for The authorities suspended train 0 boycott and terrorists’ direct The Governor administration the elections. services in the region and "# $ %% L 2 threat to the prospective can- on August 31 sought post- Former Chief Minister and snapped internet to prevent & "' ( ' L didates and campaigners. ponement of the hearing of the PDP president Mehbooba escalation in the situation. * + &, . The first notification for litigations in the apex court in Mufti recently said the party Official sources said Gulzar 0 the urban local body polls the wake of proposed local will not participate in the elec- Padder of HM and his four were injured. Police said Gulzar last year. would be issued on September body and panchayat elections. tions as the prevailing situation associates were trapped in a res- was a close associate of slain ter- “During the search opera- 2 0 18 and the voting in the first The court later deferred the in Kashmir was not favourable. idential house, which was encir- rorist commander Altaf tion, terrorists fired on the " phase would be held on hearing till January next year. She said the party will not con- cled during the dead of night Kachroo and was involved in a search party. Initially the civil- & October 8 from 7 am to 2 pm. The NC was the first test the election till the following specific input. series of attacks, including ians were moved away from # Addressing a Press confer- regional party that announced Government takes positive During the heavy exchange killing of five police personnel the site of encounter to safer 00. 3 " ence, Chief Electoral Officer to stay away from the elections steps to safeguard the special of fire, two Army personnel at Pambay village in Kulgam, locations. # Shaleen Kabra said the polls though the party avoided call- status of Jammu & Kashmir. 4 "# would be held in four phases on ing for a boycott or launching October 8, 10, 13 and 16 this any campaign for it. L # # Q & $ # 5 year. The PDP followed suit and $ " + ! & L "# “The notifications for announced its inability to take 8 $ Q phase 2, 3 and 4 will be issued part in the elections. Several = : . "# on September 20, 22 and 24 other political groups with ,! ! 6 0 6 respectively,” Kabra said, influence in specific pockets 8 $ ! > 278 adding that 17 lakh voters including the CPI(M) and the )*+9 were registered for the polls. Peoples’ Democratic Front also 1 ( 2 0233 “The counting of votes chose to stay away from the 3 ( )*+9 would take place on October polls. " " ## 1<02<6- Pakistan-sponsored terror groups in the "# 20,” he said. The Congress remained " ( Valley. . The National Conference indecisive on its stance to con- " " 9?+ o check terror funding and track The Jammu & Kashmir police has &4 5 "# and PDP have decided to stay test the elections while the & @& Tsuspected businessmen involved in set up 30 media cells for catering to the " "" away from the municipal and BJP and several Jammu-based & 6 hawala operations, the Jammu & local traditional media like the news- " & panchayat polls citing the link- parties have not resisted the , 5 Kashmir police has set up a Financial papers. age of the electoral exercise poll schedule. Investigation Unit and is also aggres- In addition, Facebook pages and , * with a series of litigations in the Despite the NC and the " sively using the social media to trans- Twitter accounts have been opera- Supreme Court challenging PDP’s decision to stay away, the mit counter narratives to the radical tionalised by all the 26 districts, five #6 0 Q the special status of J&K under Governor administration firm- thoughts being put ranges and two police zones to reach out the provisions of Article 35A. ly adhered to its plan to hold forth by the separatist groups and to the public on a real-time basis. 2 &4 # . ( " ( - O # ' ! tion and GST are now visible O with “phenomenal” increase #1 : ( ' ( in tax base. ; “The CBDT is very clear ! that this year they will be able " * O 5 New Delhi: The Government last Budget presented on to collect in excess of budget- #!$ # " 4 is determined to keep fiscal February 1, meeting capital ed target,” he said. On indirect #( deficit at 3.3 per cent of GDP expenditure targets, surpassing tax side, he said the Goods and " on the back of buoyant tax rev- tax collections projections and Services Tax (GST) is settling 8 . enues and expectations of sur- exceeding the record 1 lakh down and a pick-up in con- !& & 49 :! ; passing the disinvestment tar- crore target of revenue mobil- sumption will boost collec- get, Finance Minister Arun isation from Government stake tions in coming months. ( " P Q Jaitley said on Saturday but sale in PSUs. “We are confident that ) * 2 remained non-committal on He, however, did not say if between direct and indirect tax P ( Q cutting tax on petrol and diesel. the meeting discussed the collections, the Government &+& . ( : A day after steps to contain recent spike in fuel prices that ing rupee and high crude Government “will end the year will comfortably meet the tar- = 2 the widening current account has led petrol touching a record import bill putting pressure on without any cut”, he said, get if not surpass it,” he said, ( 2 deficit (CAD) and check fall of high of 81.63 per litre and the country’s current account adding that it was extremely adding the 1 lakh crore dis- . the rupee were announced, diesel to 73.54 a litre. deficit (CAD), and a fiscal necessary to maintain 100 per investment target will be sur- # " 0 = Prime Minister Narendra Modi There were expectations slippage. cent capital expenditure for passed. 4 Q on Saturday continued his two- that the Government may cut “The Government is con- high growth rate. “And on basis of all these # ( : Q day review of the economy as excise duty on the two fuels to fident and will strictly maintain “The Government is con- analyses, we are optimistic 0 he took stock of tax collections ease burden on the 3.3 per cent fiscal deficit fident that we will have a about our growth rate, our tax !* (, . 2 and macro-economic indica- the consumers but it seems it target,” Jaitley told reporters growth rate higher than what collection and certainly as far , $ "# 0 tors in analysing performance didn’t want to take chance as it after the over three-hour long we had projected earlier this as fiscal deficit is concerned will &- - of different wings of the stands to lose 14,000 crore in meeting. year in the Budget,” he said. strictly meet the 3.3 per cent , .&--,/ ' 2 Finance Ministry. revenue from a 1 per litre cut With 44 per cent of the “The inflation is broadly target,” he said. # 0Q After the meeting, Jaitley in excise. budgeted capital expenditure under control”. Asked if fuel prices and " " exuded confidence of surpass- It feels that the country estimate for the current fiscal On revenue collections, he duty cuts were discussed, he " ing the 7-7.5 per cent GDP cannot afford to have a twin year ending March 31, 2019 said the impact of anti-black said the meeting on Saturday . ( : growth target projected in the deficit problem — a depreciat- already spent by August 31, the money measures, demonetisa- was