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INSIDE Vol No: XXII Issue No. 173 21.07.2017 (Friday) Daily Jammu Tawi Price 3/- Pages-12 Regd. No. JK|306|2017-19 With 65 per cent votes, Ram Nath Flood fury claims eight lives Kovind elected President of India Returning Officer for the with legislative council are in Doda-Kishtwar poll announced today. not part of the electoral The 71-year-old, who will college. be the second Dalit to hold While the value of an MLA's Governor, CM express the top constitutional vote depends on the position, received 2,930 population of his or her grief over loss of lives votes with a value of state, the value of an MP's 7,02,044, the returning vote remains the same at in cloud burst officer, Anoop Mishra, 708. said. The polling was marked by Kovind will be the first BJP SRINAGAR, JULY 20 NL CORRESPONDENT cross-voting in various member to be elected NEW DELHI, JULY 20 states where many president. Governor N.N. Vohra and opposition members Kumar, also a Dalit, polled chief minister, Ms Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA favoured Kovind. in 1,844 votes with a value Mehbooba Mufti in two candidate, was today elected The Vice-Presidential separate statements have as India's 14th president of 3,67,314. election will be held on expressed grief over the loss receiving an overwhelming The Electoral College August 5. of precious lives and majority of votes from the comprises of Members of While BJP has nominated a conveyed his heartfelt country's lawmakers. Parliament and members of former party president, sympathy to the families of Kovind defeated legislative assemblies of all Venkaiah Naidu, the NL CORRESPONDENT twin districts of Doda and on Thursday. In Thathri family whereas in remote those killed in the cloudburst opposition's Meira Kumar, a states. opposition has fielded DODA, JULY 20 Kishtwar have claimed eight around 40 kilometers from Chichwara village of hilly triggered flash floods in former Lok Sabha speaker, A total of 4,896 voters -- former West Bengal lives while several people district Doda, six people Kishtwar district a woman Thathri town of Doda district garnering more than 65 per 4,120 MLAs and 776 elected governor Gopal Krishna Sudden flash-floods were remained trapped for were and her six year old last night. cent of the votes in the MPs -- were eligible to cast Gandhi. triggered after cloudbursts in several hours in flood fury killed including four of a grandson P2 Governor is P2 Electoral College, the their ballot. MLCs of states Counting P2 J&K did not surrender Rs 10,520 Cr India protests Pak Army's firing on school children NL CORRESPONDENT 4,000 displaced due to General Sahir Shamshad budgetary savings: CAG NEW DELHI, JULY 20 Mirza to exercise "strict Pakistan shelling LoC control" over Pakistani NL CORRESPONDENT However, during the "The non-surrender of the case or by more than 20 per Lieutenant General A.K. troops and to instruct them to JAMMU TAWI, JULY 20 anticipation of savings, no funds deprived the cent of the total provision, Bhatt, the Director General JAMMU TAWI, JULY 20 comprised of 3812 persons not indulge in any "nefarious surrender was made by the government of the he said. of Military Operations in had been accommodated in activities." Jammu and Kashmir concerned government opportunity to transfer these Of these, excess expenditure Indian Army, on Thursday Over 4000 people, who fled five relief camps. Now a "This, he (Mirza) was told, government has "violated departments," CAG report funds to other needy by more than 10 per cent has strongly took up the issue of from areas near the Line of sixth relief camp has been does not behove any army. the state budget manual" as for the year ending March sectors," it said. been observed consistently Pakistani troops Control (LoC) due to five established at a government The Indian Army as it failed to surrender around 31, 2016, said. As per the state budget for the last five years in "deliberately targeting" day long Pakistan shelling, middle school, Gania, professional force takes due Rs 10,520 crore as The report was tabled in the manual, the spending respect of one appropriation, civilians and firing at school have been housed in six around 10 km from care to avoid targeting of budgetary savings, the Jammu and Kashmir departments are required to it added. children along the Line of different camps by Nowshera," District Adm's civilians and Pakistan Army Comptroller and Auditor Assembly recently during its surrender grants, The CAG report said that the Control in Jammu and authorities in Jammu and spokesperson said. was expected to do the General (CAG) of India said special session on GST. appropriations or saving finance department has Kashmir with the Pakistani Kashmir's Rajouri district. In the Gania relief camp same," the Army in its report. "Saving in these cases was portion to the finance failed to surrender Rs 2,189 counterpart. The district administration 121 families comprising 427 spokesperson added. "At the close of the year of the order of Rs 10,520.33 department as and when the crore, Rs 2,691.80 crore by According to army established a new relief persons have been The Pakistani DGMO was 2015-16, there were 22 crore in 46 cases (involving savings are anticipated. planning and development spokesperson Col. Aman camp the in wake of fresh accommodated and 45 also informed about how the grants and five 27 budget grants and three The outcome of the department, Rs 1,347 crore Anand, Lieutenant General migration triggered by families comprising 204 troops from the other side of appropriations (state budget) appropriations), where appropriation audit shows by revenue department, Rs Bhatt in a telephonic repeated shelling in forward persons have been the border were deliberately in which savings (Rs savings involved were Rs 1 that in 44 cases, savings 707.60 crore by PDD, Rs conversation asked his areas, he said. accommodated in private targeting civilian villages 10,520.33 crore) occurred. crore and above." exceeded Rs 1 crore in each 506.59 P2 Pakistani counterpart Major "A total of 961 families houses,. P2 and also P2 Grappling with recovery of bad loans Public CVC demands revocation of order 'Under GST '5 % tax levied on JK Bank's NPAs RSS for tough action against soar to Rs. 4369 Cr introducing Kashmiri in Jammu Div colleges terrorists, separatists in J&K airfare, any private tour package' NL CORRESPONDENT In a letter sent to the Governor, the NL CORRESPONDENT Umrah or any other NL CORRESPONDENT Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), JAMMU TAWI, JULY 20 Public Civil Vigilance Cell J&K, pilgrimage, but it is a SRINAGAR, JULY 20 (KNS) JAMMU TAWI, JULY 20 Manmohan Vaidya told ASRINAGAR, JULY 20 (KNS) quoting the public interaction and reporters here. general tax on airfare as per Public Civil Vigilance Cell has reaction, impressed upon that it was As the Jammu and Kashmir Bank is The RSS today asked the The RSS held a three-day The government Thursday the GST," the official told in the public interest to revoke the grappling with the recovery of crores of invited the urgent attention of the Centre and the Jammu and conclave, from July 18, its said that no pilgrimage has KNS. loans from defaulters and Non Performing Governor, Mr. NN Vohra to take not aforesaid illegal order of Higher Kashmir government to deal first such meet in Jammu been taxed under the new "All airfares will be taxed by Assets, the government said that it is of public outcry against the Education Department. Prof. Bhalla with terrorists and and Kashmir since Goods and Services Tax 5 % except the Business making serious efforts to recover loans introduction of Kashmiri language as when enquired told over phone that separatists with iron hand. Independence during which (GST) but the tax will be class tickets," he said. from the defaulters. a subject in the Colleges across the Minister, Mr. Altaf Bukhari and "Terrorists and separatists issues related to the situation levied on airfares. An official in the The JK Bank has bad loans and NPAs in Jammu Division by way of Commissioner./Secy, A. H. Samoon should be dealt with sternly in the state and country A senior official in the Commercial Tax department crores which has impacted its financial conversion of 49 posts of Asst.