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Excelsior daily REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 RNI No. 28547/65 Vol No. 55 No. 1 JAMMU, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2019 14+4 (Supplement) = 18 Pages ` 5.00 Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Dec 31: In bla- tant violation of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956 and Jammu and Kashmir Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1971, several Government departments have failed to initiate depart- mental proceedings against large number of officers against whom FIRs under Prevention of Corruption Act have been registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (for- merly State Vigilance Organization). This is notwithstanding the fact that the General Administration Department on the instructions of Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has already made it clear to all the departments that there is no legal bar to the holding of disci- plinary proceedings and the criminal trial simultaneously. The Rule 3 of Jammu and Kashmir Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1971 states: Every Government employee shall at all times maintain absolute integrity, devotion to duty and do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government employee. If any Government employee violates this Rule and his/her act amounts to misconduct then he/she is required to be dealt with under the provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956. Moreover, the Supreme Court in the cases titled "State of Rajasthan Verus B K Meena and Others" and "State Bank of India and Others Versus Neelam Nag" has held that approach and the objective in the criminal pro- ceedings and the disciplinary proceedings is altogether dis- tinct and different. "In the disciplinary pro- ceedings, the question is whether the respondent is guilty of such conduct as would merit his removal from service or a lesser punishment whereas in the criminal pro- ceedings the question is whether offences registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code (Ranbir Penal Code in case of Jammu and Kashmir) are established and if established what sentence should be imposed", the Supreme Court has mentioned in the judg- ment of these cases. However, the J&K Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956 and Jammu and Kashmir Government Govt deptts reluctant to initiate departmental proceedings against officers booked by ACB Avtar Bhat NEW DELHI, Dec 31: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president, Amit Shah while indicating the holding of Assembly elections in the State of Jammu and Kashmir simul- taneously along with Lok Sabha elections, has asked his party cadre to gear up for the same. Speaking at a party pro- gramme at BJP Headquarters here today held in connection with joining of prominent leader from Jammu and president of Rajput Sabha, Naraian Singh in BJP, Shah said that there is every possibility that the Assembly elections in the State can also be held along with Parliamentary poll which falls due in April, 2019 after the expiry of present term of Lok Sabha. He said BJP is the ultimate choice of the people all over the country as well as Jammu and Kashmir as it is the only party which serves the common man under the leadership of Narendra Modi and during over last four years of its rule at Centre it has launched many public welfare schemes and projects so that the neglected and deprived sections of the society can also take their advantage. He said influenced by Party’s good work and pro*public poli- cies many leaders across the country are joining BJP to make India a strong and powerful nation. Shah, while stressing on strengthening of nationalist forces in the J&K said this is the only solution and way to bring the State out of present mess. “It is right time for us to go to people and apprise them of the pro poor, pro women and pro youth policies of Narendra Modi led Government’’, he added. The BJP chief asked the par- tymen to concentrate on Ladakh region, far flung and remote areas of Jammu region and Kashmir Valley by taking party’s message and develop- mental agenda to each and every house hold. There is need of hour to strengthen the nationalist forces in Kashmir Valley to defeat the secessionist and anti national elements, he added. BJP State president, Ravinder Raina, who was also present in the programme, said BJP activists in the State are in an upbeat mood and the party is all set to cross magic figure of +44 to form the next Government in the State on its own. He said the ULB and Panchayat elections which were held in the State recently showed that BJP will perform far better than other parties in the State and seek majority on its own. Earlier Raina and Narain Singh met BJP national general secretary incharge J&K Ram Madhav at his residence in the morning and discussed the modalities for joining of Singh in the party with him. After the joining in the party fold the two leaders called on Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh and Union Minister in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh and dis- cussed various issues related to State with them. During the meeting with Home Minister the prevailing Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Dec 31: A day after PDP president and for- mer Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti alleged excesses with family members of the mili- tants, Governor Satya Pal Malik today said that speaking in favour of militants is her compulsion as elections are round the corner. He warned that the militants will continue to meet the same fate like two Border Action Team (BAT) members this morning in Nowgam sector of Kashmir. "I don't feel bad. She is daughter of my friend. We have no fight with families of the mil- itants. But she has to say that as elections are approaching,'' Malik told the reporters on the sidelines of a function at Jammu University without naming Mehbooba Mufti. Asserting that there has been no report of excesses with the families of militants, Malik said if at all some excesses have hap- pened, he was ready to hold a high-level inquiry into the inci- dent. Mehbooba had yesterday visited some parts of South Kashmir and met family mem- bers of the militants after which she issued a statement alleging that sister of a militant has been harassed and tortured by the cops. She had said that this would further alienate the Kashmiri youth. "We have nothing personal with families of militants and strict instructions have been issued to the security forces to be careful during counter insur- gency operations,'' Malik said. Through an official state- ment this evening, the Governor called upon all political parties to understand fragile situation in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir and not to upset this through "motivated statements'' and "false allegations''. "I have been informed that there has been no tearing up of a lady's clothes or her being harassed by the police. I once again reiterate that all police officers and staff will be directed not to harass women who happen to be relatives of militants or treat them in any unbecoming manner. Any questioning should be done as per normal practice only in the presence of a lady consta- ble,'' the Governor said. Noting that it has been wide- ly reported in media that three close relatives of a militant were allegedly arrested and harassed by the J&K Police and that clothes of a woman, who was Don’t make motivated statements, false allegations: Guv to politicians Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, Dec 31: Army today foiled a major Border Action Team (BAT) strike at a forward post along the Line of Control in Nowgam Sector and killed two Pakistani sol- diers. A senior Army officer said that a group of Pakistani troops under the cover of thick forests and assisted by high caliber weapons firing, mortars and rockets, from Pakistani posts, attempted to carry out a major strike on an army post in Nowgam sector. He said that the Army deployed along the LoC detect- ed the movement of the Pakistani BAT. He said that Army strongly retaliated and the exchange of fire continued the whole night. The officer said Army con- ducted prolonged search oper- ations in thick forests and dif- ficult terrain to ascertain the situation. He said that during the searches, two bodies of Pakistani troops were found and large cache of warlike stores were recovered. "The search operations are still underway in the sector to sanitise the area. A few other intruders managed to escape across the LoC, taking advan- tage of the Pakistani firing and adverse weather and visibility conditions", the officer said. He said that the intruders were wearing combat dresses like Pakistani Regulars and were carrying stores with Pakistani markings. "Some intruders were also seen in BSF and old pattern IA dresses as part of deception", he said. The officer said that they had intruded well equipped with IEDs, incendiary materials, explosives, and a plethora of arms and ammunition. "From the recovery, it was estimated that they intended to carry out a gruesome attack on the Indian Army forward post in Nowgam sector. The alertness and resilience of the own troops, who engaged and neutralised the intruders, thus eliminated a like- ly treacherous attack on the Army forward posts along the Line of Control on the eve of New Year", he said. The Defence spokesman said: "Army applauded the courage and perseverance of the alert troops. Army's resolve to keep a strict vigil along the LoC and defeat all such nefarious designs of Pakistan will continue to remain firm and consistent.". "We will ask Pakistan to take back the mortal remains of deceased, who were likely Pakistani soldiers, since Pakistan did provide full cover- ing fire support to these intrud- Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 31: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has awarded DGP's Commendation Medal and Certificate in favour of 263 police, 19 Army, 26 BSF, CRPF, CISF and SSB person- nel, one civilian and 3 civil employees for meritorious and exemplary performance ren- dered by them during 2018. The SSPs and SPs who have been awarded with the DGP's Commendations Medal and Certificate are SSP Suhail Munawar Mir, SSP Daleep Kumar, SSP Sanjay Kumar, SSP SD Choudhary, SP Chandan Kohli and SP Abdul Hakim Munshi. DGP's Commendation Medal and Certificate were also awarded to DySP (S) Shakeel Ahmad, DySP Syed Yasir Qadri, DySP Zuhaib Tanveer, DySP Amran Farooq, DySP Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir, DySP Azhar Rashid, DySP Sachit Sharma, DySP Nissar Ahmad, DySP Zaffar Mehdi, DySP Mir Burhan-ul-Haq Kanth, DySP Irshad Ahmad DySP Fayaz Hussain Shah, DySP Hilal Khaliq Bhat, DySP Aman Kumar, DySP Shabir Ahmad Khan, DySP Nisar Ahmad Khan, DySP Wajahat Hussain, DySP Vikram Singh, DySP Mohan Lal Sharma, DySP Asgar Ali Malik, DySP Sajad Sarwar, DySP Mohammad Saddique, DySP (M) Ramesh Chander Panotra, DySP (S) Suman Qazi, DySP Abid Rashid Mir, DySP Mohammad Shafi, DySP Abdul Rashid, DySP Dev Raj, DySP SSP Security attached Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Dec 31: Senior Superintendent of Police, Security, Maqsood-ul- Zaman was today attached with the Security Headquarters after militants decamped with four assault rifles from official resi- dence of former Legislator at Jawahar Nagar yesterday. Police today issued an order of attachment of Maqsood-ul- Zaman, SSP security Kashmir, with Security Headquarters with immediate effect. An order no G2/G- 3/SP/Trans dated 31/12/2018 read that "Maqsood- ul-Zaman, 55th year of service T he ‘Daily Excelsior’ has crossed 54th year of its inception with fruition of the highest standards of journalism and has today entered into the 55th year with a more firm resolve to keep our avowed obligation to truth from which emanates our loyalty to the citizens of the State and the country. The founder of this paper Late Shri S D Rohmetra who was wedded to and never com- promised with the essence of truth and impartiality, with- out fear or favour, has left behind a legacy for us to emu- late and religiously follow in which you, our esteemed readers, are the ultimate appraisers and we hope we have been coming up to your expectations. That the paper is widely circulated and is one of the leading English Dailies in North India is on account of the blend of the deep trust our readers have progressively been reposing in us and the professional excellence displayed by our team who con- tribute, facing all odds, towards shaping ‘Excelsior’ painstakingly in the form and manner which caters to your taste and needs. We, however, undertake and resolve, on the eve of the New Year, never to falter or deviate from the effulgent path shown by the founder of this paper. As we are committed to keep you abreast of the latest happenings in the State, country and the world in the process of which, our sincere endeavour shall continue to be getting the facts right, the lambency of which is fairly visible in the resilient and successful journey of 'Excelsior' and that we are resolute and unwavering in our steadfast- ness to try to perform to excel, has been proven beyond any doubt all these years. Needless to add, we have been focussing on issues, which immediately concern the citi- zens in all the three regions of the State. Instances of cor- ruption, wherever happening and coming to our notice, are brought into the public gaze and the State administrative apparatus impressed upon to take cognizance of the same in order to bring the guilty to justice. Since we all should have zero tolerance towards the scourge of corruption, embezzlements, financial irregularities and even ostenta- tious and avoidable spending by the Government agencies, we have relentlessly been, not only reporting the specific cases, commenting upon them through our editorial columns but monitoring them regularly with intent to make them travel to logical ends. The year of 2018 left its imprints vividly behind, par- ticularly in our State which witnessed transition from pop- ular Government to Governor's rule and lately, now the President's rule.Though we hold the unyielding view that Governor's rule cannot be an option for a democratically elected Government, yet the work done during the Governor's rule deserves due recognition and apprecia- tion. Majority of the pending projects were restarted, which are monitored regularly to enable them race towards meeting revised deadlines. Accountability is being gradually enforced in the system. 2018 witnessed several of ceasefire violations by Pakistan both on LoC as well as along the International Border which resulted in the martyrdom of our many brave hearts. While 'Excelsior' remained in the forefront in highlighting the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs, the plight of border dwellers as a result of intermittent shelling etc from across the border too was prominently highlighted. Unprecedented delays in several develop- mental projects took place surprisingly due to non sub- mission of Utilization Certificates. We played our part as a constituent of responsible media in bringing into lime- light peoples' grievances during Governor's rule and to our satisfaction got them addressed. The State witnessed a turning leaf in the democratic activities at the grass root levels by conducting of long due Local Bodies and Panchayat elections in which not a solitary incident of violence took place, the credit of which undoubtedly goes to the administration under the Governor's rule. ‘Excelsior’ not only led from the front in giving wide coverage to these elections but also con- tributed towards ensuring peoples’ participation in these elections. That our readers may get heterogeneous but esteemed opinions on varied relative political, economic, historical, cultural and religious subjects, we arranged write ups from experienced intellectuals from not only the State but from different parts of the country to contribute to our edi- torial page. It goes to the credit of our core strength com- prising our readers as well as our dedicated professional staff that nearly 18 lakh people visit our website on daily basis and over 4.6 crore people have so far seen our news videos. While we wish 2019 to bring for all of us all-round prosperity, peace and tranquillity to the State, we reaffirm our commitment to the highest benchmarks of fair and fearless journalism and will keep highlighting the prob- lems of the people to ensure that they were resolved. -Kamal and Neeraj Excelsior Wishes Happy New Year To All Its Readers NOTICE Today's issue of Excelsior consists of 18 pages including 4-page supplement. -Editor PDD promotes 192 Enggs Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 31: Power Development Department (PDD) has conducted Departmental Promotion Committee meetings regard- ing regularization of the offi- cers on substantive basis. Consequently, placement of 110 Junior Engineers (Degree holders) as Incharge Assistant Engineers (Electric), placement of 73 Incharge Assistant Engineers (Degree/Diploma holders) as Incharge Assistant Executive Engineers (Electric), placement of 3 Incharge AEEs (Electric) as Incharge Executive Engineers (Electric) and place- ment of 6 Incharge Executive Engineers (Electric) as Incharge Superintending were filled. The department has also finalized the seniority list(s) of various categories of engineer- ing services. Junior Engineers (Electric) who have been placed as I/c Assistant Engineers (Electric) are Lakhwinder Singh, Pankaj Dubey, Mohd Latief Shusha, Arshad Basher Bhat, Nidhi Sharma, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Nittin Verma, Anita Devi, Mohd Younis, Raja Imran Ali Khan, Sudesh Kumar, Madhu Jamwal, Rajeshwar Singh Jamwal, Rajni Sharma, Mohd Ayoub Bhat, Vishal kumar Langeh, Ghulam Mohd Ganie, Farooq Hussain Hakim, Abdul Rashid Bhat, Shivani Koul, Iffat Amin, Mudasir Ismail, Saadat Khursheed, Syed Anees Ur Rehman, Hilal Ahmad Wani, Ishfaq Hamid, Mamta Gupta, Rakhil Paketra, Adil Burhan, Pankaj Pandotra, Munahzah Rashid, Ajay Kumar, Zahoor Abbas Wani, Nitika Gupta, HC turns down plea of Cricket Clubs Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Dec 31: The High Court today turned down the plea of various crick- et clubs of the State seeking that the recently drafted Memorandum of Association (JKCA) rules and regulations be declared as invalid. The recent Draft of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) rules and regulation were presented by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) JKCA on behalf of appointed Administrators before Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and BCCI after receiv- ing it forwarded the draft rules before the Supreme Court for its approval. Before its approval, various Clubs aggrieved of these draft rules and regulations approached the Court with relief that the Memorandum of Association and Rules and Regulations presented before the BCCI be declared as null and void. They (clubs) also sought direction that an Extraordinary General Council Meeting in *Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com J&K Civil Services, Employees Conduct Rules being violated blatantly No seriousness towards Apex Court judgments, GAD Circular (Contd on page 11 Col 1) (Contd on page 11 Col 1) (Contd on page 11 Col 7) Govt, Oppn lock horns over triple talaq bill NEW DELHI, Dec 31: The Rajya Sabha today failed to initiate a discussion on the contentious triple talaq bill, with a united opposition led by the Congress demanding that the draft law be sent to a select committee for scrutiny. With the Government press- ing for a discussion on the Muslim women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) bill, 2018 after Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tabled the same, the opposition stuck to its ‘Mehbooba’s compulsion as polls are round the corner’ Militants will face action (Contd on page 11 Col 3) 313 awarded with DGP’s medals (Contd on page 11 Col 7) Army foils BAT strike, kills 2 Pak troops Indo-Pak troops trade fire in Keran (Contd on page 11 Col 3) DySP Bharat DySP Shabir DySP Mohan DySP Yashbir DySP Sajad DySP Ramesh DySP Vikram Sr PO Raj Insp Pushpinder Insp Sudhir Bhushan Sharma Ahmed Khan Sharma Singh Slathia Ahmad Panotra Singh Kumar Singh Sadhotra Insp Rajesh SI Hilal SI Samarjeet SI Rakesh SI Sheena SI Vinod Ranjeet Kalra ASI Sandeep Const Ranjit SPO Vishal Jasrotia Rather Singh Kapoor Tabassum Kumar Sports Promoter Sharma SinghTehvildar Khajuria Shah hints at holding Assembly, LS polls simultaneously (Contd on page 11 Col 5) (Contd on page 11 Col 7) (Contd on page 11 Col 3) Pic on page 11
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REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20RNI No. 28547/65Vol No. 55 No. 1 JAMMU, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2019 14+4 (Supplement) = 18 Pages `̀ 5.00
Mohinder VermaJAMMU, Dec 31: In bla-
tant violation of Jammu andKashmir Civil Services(Classification, Control andAppeal) Rules, 1956 andJammu and KashmirGovernment Employees(Conduct) Rules, 1971, severalGovernment departmentshave failed to initiate depart-mental proceedings againstlarge number of officersagainst whom FIRs underPrevention of Corruption Acthave been registered by theAnti-Corruption Bureau (for-merly State VigilanceOrganization).
This is notwithstanding thefact that the GeneralAdministration Department onthe instructions of ChiefSecretary BVR Subrahmanyamhas already made it clear to allthe departments that there is nolegal bar to the holding of disci-plinary proceedings and thecriminal trial simultaneously.
The Rule 3 of Jammu and
Kashmir GovernmentEmployees (Conduct) Rules,1971 states: Every Governmentemployee shall at all timesmaintain absolute integrity,devotion to duty and do nothingwhich is unbecoming of aGovernment employee.
If any Governmentemployee violates this Ruleand his/her act amounts tomisconduct then he/she isrequired to be dealt withunder the provisions ofJammu and Kashmir CivilServices (Classification,Control and Appeal) Rules,1956.
Moreover, the SupremeCourt in the cases titled "State ofRajasthan Verus B K Meena andOthers" and "State Bank of Indiaand Others Versus Neelam Nag"has held that approach and theobjective in the criminal pro-ceedings and the disciplinary
proceedings is altogether dis-tinct and different.
"In the disciplinary pro-ceedings, the question iswhether the respondent isguilty of such conduct aswould merit his removal fromservice or a lesser punishmentwhereas in the criminal pro-ceedings the question iswhether offences registeredagainst him under thePrevention of Corruption Actand the Indian Penal Code(Ranbir Penal Code in case ofJammu and Kashmir) areestablished and if establishedwhat sentence should beimposed", the Supreme Courthas mentioned in the judg-ment of these cases.
However, the J&K CivilServices (Classification, Controland Appeal) Rules, 1956 andJammu and Kashmir Government
Govt deptts reluctant to initiate departmentalproceedings against officers booked by ACB
Avtar BhatNEW DELHI, Dec 31:
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)national president, Amit Shahwhile indicating the holding ofAssembly elections in the Stateof Jammu and Kashmir simul-taneously along with LokSabha elections, has asked hisparty cadre to gear up for thesame.
Speaking at a party pro-gramme at BJP Headquartershere today held in connectionwith joining of prominent leaderfrom Jammu and president ofRajput Sabha, Naraian Singh inBJP, Shah said that there is everypossibility that the Assemblyelections in the State can also beheld along with Parliamentarypoll which falls due in April,2019 after the expiry of presentterm of Lok Sabha.
He said BJP is the ultimatechoice of the people all over thecountry as well as Jammu andKashmir as it is the only partywhich serves the common manunder the leadership of NarendraModi and during over last fouryears of its rule at Centre it haslaunched many public welfare
schemes and projects so that theneglected and deprived sectionsof the society can also take theiradvantage.
He said influenced by Party’sgood work and pro*public poli-cies many leaders across thecountry are joining BJP to makeIndia a strong and powerful
nation.Shah, while stressing on
strengthening of nationalistforces in the J&K said this isthe only solution and way tobring the State out of presentmess. “It is right time for us togo to people and apprise themof the pro poor, pro womenand pro youth policies ofNarendra Modi ledGovernment’’, he added.
The BJP chief asked the par-tymen to concentrate on Ladakhregion, far flung and remoteareas of Jammu region andKashmir Valley by takingparty’s message and develop-mental agenda to each and everyhouse hold. There is need ofhour to strengthen the nationalistforces in Kashmir Valley todefeat the secessionist and anti
national elements, he added.BJP State president,
Ravinder Raina, who was alsopresent in the programme, saidBJP activists in the State are inan upbeat mood and the party isall set to cross magic figure of+44 to form the nextGovernment in the State on itsown.
He said the ULB andPanchayat elections which wereheld in the State recentlyshowed that BJP will performfar better than other parties inthe State and seek majority onits own.
Earlier Raina and NarainSingh met BJP national generalsecretary incharge J&K RamMadhav at his residence in themorning and discussed themodalities for joining of Singhin the party with him.
After the joining in the partyfold the two leaders called onUnion Home Minister, RajnathSingh and Union Minister inPMO, Dr Jitendra Singh and dis-cussed various issues related toState with them.
During the meeting withHome Minister the prevailing
Sanjeev PargalJAMMU, Dec 31: A day
after PDP president and for-mer Chief Minister MehboobaMufti alleged excesses withfamily members of the mili-tants, Governor Satya PalMalik today said that speakingin favour of militants is hercompulsion as elections areround the corner. He warnedthat the militants will continueto meet the same fate like twoBorder Action Team (BAT)members this morning inNowgam sector of Kashmir.
"I don't feel bad. She isdaughter of my friend. We haveno fight with families of the mil-itants. But she has to say that aselections are approaching,''Malik told the reporters on thesidelines of a function at JammuUniversity without namingMehbooba Mufti.
Asserting that there has beenno report of excesses with thefamilies of militants, Malik saidif at all some excesses have hap-
pened, he was ready to hold ahigh-level inquiry into the inci-dent.
Mehbooba had yesterdayvisited some parts of SouthKashmir and met family mem-bers of the militants after whichshe issued a statement allegingthat sister of a militant has beenharassed and tortured by thecops. She had said that thiswould further alienate theKashmiri youth.
"We have nothing personalwith families of militants andstrict instructions have beenissued to the security forces tobe careful during counter insur-gency operations,'' Malik said.
Through an official state-ment this evening, the Governorcalled upon all political partiesto understand fragile situation insome parts of Jammu andKashmir and not to upset thisthrough "motivated statements''and "false allegations''.
"I have been informed thatthere has been no tearing up ofa lady's clothes or her beingharassed by the police. I onceagain reiterate that all policeofficers and staff will bedirected not to harass womenwho happen to be relatives ofmilitants or treat them in anyunbecoming manner. Anyquestioning should be done asper normal practice only inthe presence of a lady consta-ble,'' the Governor said.
Noting that it has been wide-ly reported in media that threeclose relatives of a militant wereallegedly arrested and harassedby the J&K Police and thatclothes of a woman, who was
Don’t make motivated statements,false allegations: Guv to politicians
Fayaz BukhariSRINAGAR, Dec 31: Army
today foiled a major BorderAction Team (BAT) strike at aforward post along the Line ofControl in Nowgam Sectorand killed two Pakistani sol-diers.
A senior Army officer saidthat a group of Pakistani troopsunder the cover of thick forestsand assisted by high caliberweapons firing, mortars androckets, from Pakistani posts,attempted to carry out a majorstrike on an army post inNowgam sector.
He said that the Armydeployed along the LoC detect-ed the movement of thePakistani BAT. He said thatArmy strongly retaliated and theexchange of fire continued thewhole night.
The officer said Army con-ducted prolonged search oper-ations in thick forests and dif-ficult terrain to ascertain the
situation. He said that duringthe searches, two bodies ofPakistani troops were foundand large cache of warlikestores were recovered.
"The search operations arestill underway in the sector tosanitise the area. A few other
intruders managed to escapeacross the LoC, taking advan-tage of the Pakistani firing andadverse weather and visibilityconditions", the officer said.
He said that the intruderswere wearing combat dresseslike Pakistani Regulars and werecarrying stores with Pakistanimarkings. "Some intruders werealso seen in BSF and old patternIA dresses as part of deception",he said.
The officer said that they hadintruded well equipped withIEDs, incendiary materials,explosives, and a plethora ofarms and ammunition. "From
the recovery, it was estimatedthat they intended to carry out agruesome attack on the IndianArmy forward post in Nowgamsector. The alertness andresilience of the own troops,who engaged and neutralised theintruders, thus eliminated a like-ly treacherous attack on theArmy forward posts along theLine of Control on the eve ofNew Year", he said.
The Defence spokesmansaid: "Army applauded thecourage and perseverance ofthe alert troops. Army'sresolve to keep a strict vigilalong the LoC and defeat allsuch nefarious designs ofPakistan will continue toremain firm and consistent.".
"We will ask Pakistan to takeback the mortal remains ofdeceased, who were likelyPakistani soldiers, sincePakistan did provide full cover-ing fire support to these intrud-
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 31: DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP)Dilbag Singh has awardedDGP's Commendation Medaland Certificate in favour of
263 police, 19 Army, 26 BSF,CRPF, CISF and SSB person-nel, one civilian and 3 civilemployees for meritorious andexemplary performance ren-dered by them during 2018.
The SSPs and SPs who havebeen awarded with the DGP'sCommendations Medal andCertificate are SSP Suhail
Munawar Mir, SSP DaleepKumar, SSP Sanjay Kumar, SSPSD Choudhary, SP ChandanKohli and SP Abdul HakimMunshi.
DGP's CommendationMedal and Certificate were also
awarded to DySP (S) ShakeelAhmad, DySP Syed Yasir Qadri,DySP Zuhaib Tanveer, DySPAmran Farooq, DySP ImtiyazAhmad Mir, DySP AzharRashid, DySP Sachit Sharma,DySP Nissar Ahmad, DySPZaffar Mehdi, DySP MirBurhan-ul-Haq Kanth, DySP
Irshad Ahmad DySP FayazHussain Shah, DySP HilalKhaliq Bhat, DySP AmanKumar, DySP Shabir AhmadKhan, DySP Nisar AhmadKhan, DySP Wajahat Hussain,DySP Vikram Singh, DySP
Mohan Lal Sharma, DySP AsgarAli Malik, DySP Sajad Sarwar,DySP Mohammad Saddique,DySP (M) Ramesh ChanderPanotra, DySP (S) Suman Qazi,DySP Abid Rashid Mir, DySPMohammad Shafi, DySP AbdulRashid, DySP Dev Raj, DySP
SSP Securityattached
Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Dec 31:
Senior Superintendent ofPolice, Security, Maqsood-ul-Zaman was today attached withthe Security Headquarters aftermilitants decamped with fourassault rifles from official resi-dence of former Legislator atJawahar Nagar yesterday.
Police today issued an orderof attachment of Maqsood-ul-Zaman, SSP security Kashmir,with Security Headquarterswith immediate effect.
An order no G2/G-3/SP/Trans dated 31/12/2018read that "Maqsood- ul-Zaman,
55th year of service
The ‘Daily Excelsior’ has crossed 54th year of itsinception with fruition of the highest standards ofjournalism and has today entered into the 55th year
with a more firm resolve to keep our avowed obligation totruth from which emanates our loyalty to the citizens ofthe State and the country. The founder of this paper LateShri S D Rohmetra who was wedded to and never com-promised with the essence of truth and impartiality, with-out fear or favour, has left behind a legacy for us to emu-late and religiously follow in which you, our esteemedreaders, are the ultimate appraisers and we hope we havebeen coming up to your expectations. That the paper iswidely circulated and is one of the leading English Dailiesin North India is on account of the blend of the deep trustour readers have progressively been reposing in us and theprofessional excellence displayed by our team who con-tribute, facing all odds, towards shaping ‘Excelsior’painstakingly in the form and manner which caters to yourtaste and needs. We, however, undertake and resolve, onthe eve of the New Year, never to falter or deviate fromthe effulgent path shown by the founder of this paper.
As we are committed to keep you abreast of the latesthappenings in the State, country and the world in theprocess of which, our sincere endeavour shall continue tobe getting the facts right, the lambency of which is fairlyvisible in the resilient and successful journey of 'Excelsior'and that we are resolute and unwavering in our steadfast-ness to try to perform to excel, has been proven beyondany doubt all these years. Needless to add, we have beenfocussing on issues, which immediately concern the citi-zens in all the three regions of the State. Instances of cor-ruption, wherever happening and coming to our notice, arebrought into the public gaze and the State administrativeapparatus impressed upon to take cognizance of the samein order to bring the guilty to justice. Since we all shouldhave zero tolerance towards the scourge of corruption,embezzlements, financial irregularities and even ostenta-tious and avoidable spending by the Government agencies,we have relentlessly been, not only reporting the specificcases, commenting upon them through our editorialcolumns but monitoring them regularly with intent tomake them travel to logical ends.
The year of 2018 left its imprints vividly behind, par-ticularly in our State which witnessed transition from pop-ular Government to Governor's rule and lately, now thePresident's rule.Though we hold the unyielding view thatGovernor's rule cannot be an option for a democraticallyelected Government, yet the work done during theGovernor's rule deserves due recognition and apprecia-tion. Majority of the pending projects were restarted,which are monitored regularly to enable them racetowards meeting revised deadlines. Accountability isbeing gradually enforced in the system.
2018 witnessed several of ceasefire violations byPakistan both on LoC as well as along the InternationalBorder which resulted in the martyrdom of our manybrave hearts. While 'Excelsior' remained in the forefrontin highlighting the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs, theplight of border dwellers as a result of intermittentshelling etc from across the border too was prominentlyhighlighted. Unprecedented delays in several develop-mental projects took place surprisingly due to non sub-mission of Utilization Certificates. We played our part asa constituent of responsible media in bringing into lime-light peoples' grievances during Governor's rule and toour satisfaction got them addressed.
The State witnessed a turning leaf in the democraticactivities at the grass root levels by conducting of longdue Local Bodies and Panchayat elections in which not asolitary incident of violence took place, the credit ofwhich undoubtedly goes to the administration under theGovernor's rule. ‘Excelsior’ not only led from the front ingiving wide coverage to these elections but also con-tributed towards ensuring peoples’ participation in theseelections.
That our readers may get heterogeneous but esteemedopinions on varied relative political, economic, historical,cultural and religious subjects, we arranged write upsfrom experienced intellectuals from not only the State butfrom different parts of the country to contribute to our edi-torial page. It goes to the credit of our core strength com-prising our readers as well as our dedicated professionalstaff that nearly 18 lakh people visit our website on dailybasis and over 4.6 crore people have so far seen our newsvideos.
While we wish 2019 to bring for all of us all-roundprosperity, peace and tranquillity to the State, we reaffirmour commitment to the highest benchmarks of fair andfearless journalism and will keep highlighting the prob-lems of the people to ensure that they were resolved.
-Kamal and Neeraj
Excelsior Wishes Happy New Year To All Its Readers
NOTICEToday's issue of
Excelsior consists of 18 pages including 4-page supplement.
-Editor
PDD promotes 192 EnggsExcelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 31: PowerDevelopment Department(PDD) has conductedDepartmental PromotionCommittee meetings regard-ing regularization of the offi-cers on substantive basis.
Consequently, placement of110 Junior Engineers (Degreeholders) as Incharge AssistantEngineers (Electric), placementof 73 Incharge AssistantEngineers (Degree/Diplomaholders) as Incharge AssistantExecutive Engineers (Electric),placement of 3 Incharge AEEs(Electric) as Incharge ExecutiveEngineers (Electric) and place-ment of 6 Incharge ExecutiveEngineers (Electric) as InchargeSuperintending were filled.
The department has alsofinalized the seniority list(s) ofvarious categories of engineer-
ing services.Junior Engineers (Electric)
who have been placed as I/cAssistant Engineers (Electric)are Lakhwinder Singh, PankajDubey, Mohd Latief Shusha,Arshad Basher Bhat, NidhiSharma, Bilal Ahmad Mir,Nittin Verma, Anita Devi, MohdYounis, Raja Imran Ali Khan,Sudesh Kumar, Madhu Jamwal,Rajeshwar Singh Jamwal, RajniSharma, Mohd Ayoub Bhat,Vishal kumar Langeh, GhulamMohd Ganie, Farooq HussainHakim, Abdul Rashid Bhat,Shivani Koul, Iffat Amin,Mudasir Ismail, SaadatKhursheed, Syed Anees UrRehman, Hilal Ahmad Wani,Ishfaq Hamid, Mamta Gupta,Rakhil Paketra, Adil Burhan,Pankaj Pandotra, MunahzahRashid, Ajay Kumar, ZahoorAbbas Wani, Nitika Gupta,
HC turns down pleaof Cricket Clubs
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 31: TheHigh Court today turneddown the plea of various crick-et clubs of the State seekingthat the recently draftedMemorandum of Association(JKCA) rules and regulationsbe declared as invalid.
The recent Draft of Jammuand Kashmir CricketAssociation (JKCA) rules andregulation were presented byChief Executive Officer (CEO)JKCA on behalf of appointedAdministrators before Board ofControl for Cricket in India
(BCCI) and BCCI after receiv-ing it forwarded the draft rulesbefore the Supreme Court for itsapproval.
Before its approval, variousClubs aggrieved of these draftrules and regulationsapproached the Court with reliefthat the Memorandum ofAssociation and Rules andRegulations presented before theBCCI be declared as null andvoid.
They (clubs) also soughtdirection that an ExtraordinaryGeneral Council Meeting in
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J&K Civil Services, Employees Conduct Rules being violated blatantly
No seriousness towards Apex Courtjudgments, GAD Circular
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Govt, Oppn lock horns over triple
talaq billNEW DELHI, Dec 31:
The Rajya Sabha todayfailed to initiate a discussion onthe contentious triple talaq bill,with a united opposition led bythe Congress demanding thatthe draft law be sent to a selectcommittee for scrutiny.
With the Government press-ing for a discussion on theMuslim women (Protection ofRights on Marriage) bill, 2018after Law Minister RaviShankar Prasad tabled the same,the opposition stuck to its
‘Mehbooba’s compulsion as polls are round the corner’
Militants will face action
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313 awarded with DGP’s medals
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Army foils BAT strike, kills 2 Pak troops
Indo-Pak troops trade fire in Keran
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DySP Bharat DySP Shabir DySP Mohan DySP Yashbir DySP Sajad DySP Ramesh DySP Vikram Sr PO Raj Insp Pushpinder Insp SudhirBhushan Sharma Ahmed Khan Sharma Singh Slathia Ahmad Panotra Singh Kumar Singh Sadhotra
Insp Rajesh SI Hilal SI Samarjeet SI Rakesh SI Sheena SI Vinod Ranjeet Kalra ASI Sandeep Const Ranjit SPO VishalJasrotia Rather Singh Kapoor Tabassum Kumar Sports Promoter Sharma SinghTehvildar Khajuria
Shah hints at holding Assembly,LS polls simultaneously
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