K K M M Y Rights of elderly must be UK PM Theresa May wins Y C C recognised and implemented, confidence vote over Brexit deal NATIONAL NEWS ON PAGE 12 INTERNATIONAL NEWS ON PAGE 8 JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMBER, 14 2018 VOL. 33 | NO. 342 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] |epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com ,,, #"$'))&+*+(&$ No pleasantries Kashmir below freezing point, exchanged between Gulmarg coldest at minus 9.5 d ceived intermittent rains overnight which continued Thursday morning in some ar- Modi and Rahul Higher reaches of Jammu eas, the officials said. ! and Kashmir received fresh The snowfall and rains have snowfall on Thursday while the led to closure of traffic on vital Two days after the Congress plains witnessed intermittent roads including the Srinagar- wrested three Hindi heartland states rains as the minimum tempera- Jammu National Highway. from the BJP, Prime Minister ture settled below the freezing The nearly 300-km long high- Narendra Modi and Congress point at most places in the Valley way was closed for traffic on President Rahul Gandhi were a and Ladakh region. Wednesday following accumula- short distance from each other at a Snowfall has been recorded tion of snow on both sides of the function in Parliament on Thursday in the higher areas of the valley Jawahar Tunnel, an official of but did not speak. like Qazigund, Kokernag, the Traffic Control Room said. The two leaders were in Pahalgam and Mughal Road dur- He said subject to fair weath- Parliament for an event to pay trib- ing the night, MeT officials said. er and clearance of the road, the ute to the martyrs of the 2001 There are reports of snowfall vehicles which were stranded Parliament attack. in other areas in the higher Wednesday would be cleared Modi was seen exchanging greet- reaches of the valley and Jammu first on Thursday. ings with his predecessor and region as well including near the Mughal Road, which is an al- Congress leader Manmohan Singh. Jawahar Tunnel on Srinagar- ternate route connecting the val- Union minister Vijay Goel and Jammu national highway, they ley with Jammu region, re- Minister of State for Social Justice said. mained closed for traffic due to Minister Ramdas Athawale shook From left, Indian Vice President Venkiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party However, the plains in the president Rahul Gandhi stand as they pay tributes to the victims of the 2001 attack snowfall. hands with the Congress president. valley, including Srinagar, re- )!$"(&%' Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, BJP vet- Baig writes to Guv eran L K Advani and UPA chairper- son Sonia Gandhi were among the SC poser to J&K govt on resettlement law on curtailment in others present at the event. New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) the state government's coun- grants and their descendants The top court was ap- Jammu and Kashmir's stand- They showered petals on por- The Supreme Court, sel to take instruction on the who may have applied for re- prised that the Act was meant ing counsel Shoeb Alam said security of PDP’s traits of the martyrs killed in the at- which is hearing a plea chal- issue and posted the matter turning under the law. for those people who have mi- a letter has been circulated tack 17 years ago on this day. On lenging the validity of the for further hearing on The apex court wanted to grated to Pakistan in 1947 and seeking adjournment of the December 13, 2001, five heavily sensitive Jammu and January 22. know how many migrants were willing to return. matter saying that it should Ex-legislators armed gunmen stormed the Kashmir Resettlement Act of Senior advocate Rakesh and their descendants have During the brief hearing, be heard after other con- Parliament complex and opened 1982, sought to know Dwivedi, appearing for the applied and whether applica- the bench showered several tentious issue pertaining to fire. Five Delhi police personnel, a Thursday as to how many state, told the bench, also tions for return have been questions for the lawyers ap- Article 35-A and Article 370. woman constable of the Central people who migrated from comprising Justices S K Kaul made by permanent residents pearing in the matter, to the The apex court is seized of PDP Chief patron and Reserve Police Fore, two members of the state have applied for re- and K M Joseph, that he will -- persons who are being giv- extent of the meaning of the the petitions on both the is- Member Parliament Muzafar the Parliament Watch and Ward turning from Pakistan. seek instruction from the en special rights and privi- term descendant under the sue. Article 35-A empowers Hussain Baig has shot off a let- Staff, a gardener and a cameraman A bench headed by Chief competent authority and give leges under the Jammu and law. the state assembly to define ter to Governor Satya Pal Malik lost their lives in the attack. Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the details about the mi- Kashmir Constitution. Dwivedi along with '&)(&%' to protest the curtailment in se- curity and vehicles to PDP lead- ers including former legislators Pleas seeking probe in Rafale and ministers. Drug peddler arrested The text of the letter ad- fighter jet deal; dressed by Baig to Governor is in Anantnag detailed as under: “I am writing this note as an SC to pronounce act of hope. I want to bring to your kind notice certain securi- Anantnag police arrested a ty concerns relating the Ex- drug peddler and recovered con- verdict on Friday MLAs and high ranking func- traband substance from his pos- ! tionaries of our party. I have session. During Naka checking been given to understand that at Tulkhan crossing, a police par- The Supreme Court is scheduled Friday security vehicles and even secu- ty headed by SHO Bijbehara to pronounce verdict on pleas seeking rity staff have been withdrawn stopped a suspected person. court-monitored probe in the multi-billion from many of these public fig- During his search, huge quantity dollar Rafale fighter jet deal with France. ures and they have been provid- of codeine phosphate and A bench headed by Chief Justice ed with condemned and dilapi- Spasmo Proxywon capsules were Ranjan Gogoi had reserved its verdict on a dated vehicles. It is also been recovered from his possession. batch of pleas on November 14. pointed out that this treatment The drug peddler who was identi- Advocate M L Sharma was the first peti- is meted out only to the func- fied as Mohammed Arif Dar son tioner in the case. Later, another lawyer tionaries of PDP. I trust that of Mohd Subhan Dar resident Vineet Dhanda had moved the apex court Kashmir bound passengers waiting at Jammu Bus Stand as highway remains closed. " &%' (+ '#(&%' with the plea for court-monitored probe in- to the deal. AAP leader Sanjay Singh has also filed Pak Army violates a petition against the fighter jet deal. B B Vyas takes oath After the three petitions were filed, for- BJP issues defamation notice to its sacked ceasefire along LoC mer Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and as UPSC member Arun Shourie alongwith activist advocate in Poonch Prashant Bhushan had moved the apex ! court with a plea for a direction to the CBI leader for "malicious, abusive" allegations to register FIR for alleged irregularities in "The BJP has issued defama- Bhagat was issued a legal no- Former IAS officer Bharat the deal. tion notice to Gagan Bhagat for tice for making unfounded, mali- Bhushan Vyas took oath of office as The Centre has defended the deal for 36 his defamatory remarks which cious, abusive and defamatory re- Pakistani troops violated the member the Union Public Service Rafale fighter jets and opposed public dis- The Jammu & Kashmir BJP went against the image of BJP marks against Raina and Kaul in ceasefire by resorting to firing on Commission (UPSC) Thursday, a closure of the pricing details. Thursday said it has issued a state president Ravinder Raina media interviews on December 12, forward posts along the Line of government statement said. India signed an agreement with France defamation notice to its expelled and BJP state general secretary the spokesman said. Control (LoC) in Jammu and Vyas, a 1986-batch Jammu and for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft leader Gagan Bhagat for levelling (organisation) Ashok Kaul," an He said serious allegations of Kashmir's Poonch district Kashmir cadre officer, was adminis- in a fly-away condition as part of the up- "unfounded and abusive" allega- party spokesman said Thursday. "impropriety and immorality" Thursday, officials said. tered oath of office and secrecy by grading process of Indian Air Force equip- tions against state party president "Another legal notice has been were levelled against Bhagat and The Pakistani Army resorted Chairman UPSC Arvind Saxena. ment. The deal is estimated to be about Rs and state general secretary. issued to one Rajesh Kumar the issue was referred to the BJP's small arms firing in Kerni for- A graduate in Botany, 61-year- 58,000 crore (about USD 8 billion). The party had Monday ex- Parashar for his false allegations State Disciplinary Committee ward areas in the district at 5.50 old Vyas served in state and Centre The Rafale fighter is a twin-engine pelled the former RS Pura MLA against the party president on a which recommended action, am, they said.The Army also re- in various capacities and retired as Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft for indiscipline and anti-party ac- social media site," he added.