www.thenorthlines.com www.epaper.northlines.com 3 DAY'S FORECAST JAMMU Date Min Temp Max Temp Weather 29-Mar 19.0 33.0 Partly cloudy sky 30-Mar 18.0 34.0 Partly cloudy sky 31-Mar 20.0 31.0 Partly cloudy sky becoming generally cloudy towards afternoon or evening or night 3 DAY'S FORECAST SRINAGAR Date Min Temp Max Temp Weather 229-Mar 10.0 22.0 Generally cloudy sky 30-Mar 8.0 24.0 Partly cloudy sky 31-Mar 9.0 19.0 Thunderstorm with rain Dulhasti Power Station organizes Eye northlinesGovernor inaugurates the Arrangements for bye-polls Screening Camp "RESURGENCE-2017" reviewed NHPC is always dedicated in the Governor N.N. Vohra, Chancellor of The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), development of society, specially the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shantmanu, today convened a weaker sections of the society. University (SMVDU), inagurated meeting to review preparedness and 3 Through its CSR & Sustainability "RESURGENCE-2017", a 3 day security arrangements for the activities, NHPC .... 4 7 forthcoming bye-polls for .... INSIDE annual cultural .... Vol No: XXII Issue No. 75 29.03.2017 (Wednesday) Daily Jammu Tawi Price ` 2/- Pages-12 Regd. No. JK|306|2014-16 Countdown begins for opening India's J&K will have to pass special longest road tunnel at Chenani-Nashri laws to make GST applicable NL CORRESPONDENT of the Constitution grants make the laws applicable to NEW DELHI, MAR 28 special autonomous status to the state. Will save 2 Hours journey between Jammu-Srinagar; Save Rs. 27 lakh of fuel per day the state and Parliament of The bills introduced by Jammu & Kashmir will have India has power to make Finance Minister Arun to pass special laws to be laws only on defence, Jaitley in Lok Sabha able to implement the Goods external affairs and yesterday stated that they and Services Tax as its communication related extend "to the whole of current Constitutional status matters of the state. India except the state of does not mandate the As a result, once CGST and Jammu and Kashmir." applicability of the new IGST bills are passed by A separate law for levy of indirect tax reform in the Parliament, the J&K cess on select goods to make state. Assembly will have to pass up for a kitty to compensate The Central-GST (CGST) a legislation saying the two states for any loss of and Integrated-GST (IGST) laws are applicable to them, revenue in first five years of Bills, introduced in the Lok official sources said. GST rollout extends, Sabha yesterday as part of This approval by the state however, to whole of India last legislative exercise in assembly will be in addition including Jammu and Parliament before the tax to the requirement of all Kashmir. regime is rolled out from states to approve the State- The GST (Compensation to July 1, extend to the whole GST law. States) Bill "extends to the NL CORRESPONDENT Jammu thus with rest of the thousands of commuters in The state-of-the-art The Prime Minister of India expect J&K. Once J&K Assembly passes whole of India," the JAMMU, MAR 28 country witnesses frequent the northern state of Jammu engineering marvel in the Narendra Modi is scheduled While service tax is levied the laws, the Union legislation introduced by closures due to snowfall and Kashmir, a new tunnel on difficult Himalayan terrain is to give the green light to all over the country since Government will have to Jaitley said. Every winter and invariably landslides. And on days the Chenani-Nashri stretch 10.89 km long. After India's longest tunnel on 1994, it is not applicable in amend CGST and IGST The approval by Parliament during Monsoons, National when it is open, there is one- of the highway may soon be missing several deadlines, Jammu-Srinagar national J&K. The state levies its laws and delete the phrases and state assemblies to these Highway 44, the only road way traffic to prevent snarls able to cut travel time the much-awaited tunnel is highway. Here's what we own taxes for services that they do not apply to the laws will pave the way link connecting Kashmir on the narrow winding road. between the twin capitals by likely to be thrown open to know about the tunnel: provided in the state. state, sources added. replacing the current Valley to its winter Capital Bringing some respite to more than two hours. public on April 2. Built at a P2 This is because Article 370 Deletion of the phrase will patchwork P2 One terrorist, 3 stone-pelting interveners Land leasing, renting to Karra to get position killed, 63 security-men injured attract GST from Jul 1 in JK PCC rejig soon JAMMU, MAR 28 (KIP) Since the Congress and the CM says violence won’t yield any result NC had forged a pre-poll NL CORRESPONDENT Electricity has also been residential complex for Since the Congress has alliance under which The stone pelters could be NEW DELHI, MAR 28 kept out of the GST ambit. business or commerce, seen attacking the forces GST, which the government either wholly or partly, is a plans of carrying out Srinagar seat was allotted to while a gun-battle was Come July 1 and leasing of intends to roll out from July supply of services as per the reorganization in the NC and the Congress was underway with terrorists, land, renting of buildings as 1, 2017, will subsume CGST bill. congress at the national given the Anantnag seat during which they were well as EMIs paid for central excise, service tax The GST bills provide that level many senior congress Karra could not get the killed. purchase of under- and state VAT among other sale of land and, sale of leaders including the mandate from the Congress. DIG CRPF told media that construction houses will indirect levies on building except the sale of secretaries seek suitable Now that G. A. Mir the PCC birth in the reorganized President is contesting the least 43 CRPF and 20 JK start attracting the Goods manufactured goods and under construction building services. will nether be treated as a party. Anantnag seat his win Police personnel were and Services Tax. Sale of land and buildings The Central GST (CGST) supply of goods not a supply Three leaders from the state would leave the seat for injured by the stone pelting will be however out of the bill - one of the four of services. Thus GST can't of Jammu and Kashmir too PCC president vacant. Even violence at Chadura while 7 purview of GST, the new legislations introduced, be levied in those supplies. are keen to find a place in if he does not win Ghulam stone pelters have alsoi been indirect tax regime. Such states that any lease, 'Goods' in earlier drafts of the Congress setup. One is Nabi Azad is not willing to injured in the firing by transactions will continue to tenancy, easement, licence the bills were defined as Tariq Hameed Karra who, allow Mir to head the NL CORRESPONDENT operation by the police and forces. attract the stamp duty, to occupy land will be every kind of movable quit the PDP and the Lok Congress in Jammu and SRINAGAR, MAR 28 CRPF were killed in The security forces had according to the legislations considered as supply of property other than money Sabha seat, who is wishing Kashmir. retaliatory firing by security launched a search operation Finance Minister Arun service. and securities but includes to be installed as PCC Azad, who is quite close to One terrorist and three stone forces near the site of the following a tipoff about the Jaitley introduced in the Lok Also, any lease or letting out actionable claim. 'Services' President after he was the top Congress circles, is pelters who were attempting Budgam encounter in presence of terrorists, which Sabha yesterday for of the building, including a were defined as anything denied Congress ticket for also trying to get suitably to obstruct the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir. then became P2 approval. commercial, industrial or other than P2 Srinagar Lok Sabha seat. adjusted P2 IN BRIEF JK Police increases its strength for Don't obstruct anti-terror 127 infiltration attempts less dependence on central forces in J&K since 2015 operations: CRPF to Kashmiri locals NL CORRESPONDENT police. The strength of dependence on central NEW DELHI, MAR 28 SRINAGAR, MAR 28 police personnel in the state forces," the police official NL CORRESPONDENT "I believe that the people of operation even more Kumar said. There have been 127 has reached nearly 90,000. said. NEW DELHI, MAR 28 Kashmir should let law take difficult, as they were forced Informing that 43 CRPF infiltration attempts in Jammu and Kashmir A senior police official said The Union Home Ministry its own course and not to divert their attention from jawans were injured and Jammu and Kashmir since government has been the state remains dependent last year approved In the wake of the civilian obstruct the operation as the the militants. police reported that 20 of 2015, the government strengthening the number of on central police forces and recruitment of additional casualties and injuries operations are against "The operation was really their men were injured in the informed the Rajya Sabha its police personnel to the army even when there is 10,000 special police during the stone pelting that militants. They should let us difficult because, we had to stone pelting today, the DIG on Tuesday. As many as reduce the dependency on a minor law and order officers (SPOs) in the state occurred on the sidelines of do our duty.