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Saka : 13 Pausha 1941 Bikrami : 19 Pausha 2076 Volume : 07 Issue: 109 www.earthnews.in e-mail : [email protected] FRIDAY 3 January, 2020 -Jammu-India Pages : 12 ` 3.00 Former Minister, BJP State President call on Lt. Governor, submit memoran- dum of demands Amit Shah appoints state in-charges to counter opposition’s anti-CAA campaign India recorded highest births on New Year’s Day with 67,385 babies born Jai Mata Di Gleanings BELFAST Hillary is chancellor of QU Belfast Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was appointed chancellor of Queen`s University Belfast on Thursday, taking up the mainly ceremonial role in Northern Ireland where the peace process was one of the greatest successes of her husband`s presidency. The 2016 US presidential candidate becomes the first female chancellor of the 175-year-old university. “It is a great privilege to become the Chancellor of Queen`s University, a place I have a great fondness,” Clinton said in a statement. KATHMANDU Nepal SC seeks historical map Nepal’s Supreme Court has sought within 15 days the country’s original map exchanged with India during the signing of the Sugauli Treaty in 1816 after a petition sought the apex court’s intervention to secure the Nepali territory. A single bench of Justice Hari Prasad Phuyal demanded the map from the Nepal government in response to the public interest litigation filed by a senior advocate who appealed the Supreme Court to order the government to start political and diplomatic efforts to protect Nepali territories. NEW DELHI No confirmations on OIC meet: MEA India is not aware of – officially – whether 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will hold any special meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the member nations on India related matters, MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar said here on Thursday. “Pakistan has also not confirmed any such meet of OIC…They have also said envisaged, planned etc. I don’t think there has been a statement by Pakistan confirming that such a meeting is happening,” Kumar told reporters here fielding questions. JAMMU Over 5,000 vehicles stranded on NH Over 5,000 vehicles are stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway for the past two days due to landslides, officials said on Thursday. Landslides were reported from Karol in Chanderkot near Jaiswal bridge on Thursday and from Digdol on Wednesday, they said. Over 5,000 vehicles have been stranded at different places on the highway and no fresh traffic is being allowed, the officials said. Of these 2,500 heavy motor vehicles and 1,000 light motor vehicles (LMVs) are stranded between Digdol and the Jawahar Tunnel. STATE NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL P-5 P-7 P-8 Regd. No. : JK517/16-18 RNI No. : JKENG/2013/53265 HELPLINES police Women Cell: 0191-2436867 Police Control Room: 0191-2542000, 2566460-62 Fire: 101, 132 health GMC Hospital: 0191-2584290 SMGS Hospital: 0191-2547635 Gandhi Nagar Hospital: 0191-2430041 WEATHER forecast jammu Partly Cloudy Sky SUNRISE : 7.33 am SUNSET : 5.25 pm srinagar Partly Cloudy Sky SUNRISE : 7.32 am SUNSET : 5.25 pm temperatures jammu min: 6 O C max: 17 O C srinagar min: -3 O C max 7 O C Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. -Buddha Protest against Pak atrocities on minorities, PM to anti-CAA protesters PRESS TRUST OF INDIA --------------------------------------------------- Bengaluru, Jan 2 : Lambast- ing the Congress and its al- lies for opposing the Citizen- ship Amendment Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the ongoing protests were against Par- liament, and called on the agitators to raise their voice against Pakistan’s atrocities on its minorities for the last 70 years. The Prime Minis- ter said protecting and sup- porting minorities of neigh- bouring countries, who have sought refuge in India, is our cultural and national respon- sibility. “Those who are protesting against the Parliament of In- dia, I want to tell them that the need was to expose Pa- kistan’s deeds on the world stage. If you want to pro- test, protest and raise voice against Pakistan’s deeds for the last 70 years; you should have that guts,” he said. Addressing a gathering at Siddaganga Math near here, he said, “If you want to shout slogans, shout against the way in which atrocities are happening against minorities there; if you want to hold ral- lies, hold it in favour of Dalits and downtrodden who have Contd on Page 2 Broadband internet services restored in Govt hospitals EARTH NEWS SERVICE --------------------------------------------------- Srinagar, Jan 2 : The Govern- ment today said that broad- band internet services have been fully restored in 80 Gov- ernment hospitals so far. The government has also di- rected restoration of internet broadband services in respect of all other Government hos- pitals as well where local bottlenecks like connectivity status, billing problem etc are being worked out and fixed on priority. The hospitals where the facil- ity has been restored include Principal SKIMS, Dean Med- ical Faculty SKIMS, Director SKIMS, Medical Superinten- dent, SKIMS, Chief Engineer SKIMS, SE, E&C/IT SKIMS, SE Mechanical SKIMS, Finan- cial Advisor and CAO SKIMS, Chief of Materials Manage- ment SKIMS, Academic (Deemed University SKIMS), Examination (Deemed Uni- versity SKIMS), SKIMS Sou- ra, Head of General Med- icines SKIMS, Advanced Centre for Human Genetics SKIMS, Principal GMC Bara- mulla, Government Medical Hospital Baramulla, Admin- istration Officer Government Medical College Baramulla, BMO Hajjin, CD Hospital Of- fice, CD Hospital Ayushman Bharat, Government Dental College Srinagar, Govern- ment Medical College Head Department Radiation On- cology, Government Medical College Registrar Academics, CMO Srinagar, MS GB/Chil- dren Hospital, District Hospi- tal Ganderbal. Medical Superintendent Emergency Qazigund, Sub-district hospital Janglat Mandi Anantnag, Medical Superintendent MC hospi- tal Anantnag, Sub-District Hospital Bandipora, Medical Superintendent Bandipora, District Hospital Bandip- ora, Government Hospital Baramulla, DCMO Hospi- tal Ups Nh Pc Boniyar, Old Hospital Baramulla, BMO Sopore, Sub-District Hospital Budgam, Sub-District Hospi- tal Nagam, Sub-District Hos- pital Beerwah, District Hospi- tal Ganderbal, New Hospital Dedurhama, Sub-Divisional Hospital Kangan, District Hospital Handwara, Medical Superintendent District Hos- pital Kulgam, Sub-District Hospital Kupwara, Sub-Dis- trict Hospital Tanghdar, District Hospital Pulwama, District Hospital Pulwama Immunization, Medical Of- ficer Sub-District Hospital Shopian, District Tuberculo- ses Centre, Superintendent Mental Hospital Srinagar, Children Hospital Srinagar, Government Gousia Hospi- tal Srinagar, Police Hospital Srinagar, Superintendent CD Hospital Srinagar, Med- ical Superintendent SMHS Contd on Page 2 Govt orders transfers, postings of top bureaucrats EARTH NEWS SERVICE --------------------------------------------------- Jammu, Jan 2 : In the interest of administration, the admin- istration of J&K Union Terri- tory today ordered transfers and postings of senior admin- istrative officials. Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secre- tary, Tourism Department, is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Education De- partment with charge of Ad- ministrative Secretary, Tech- nical Education Department relieving Zubair Ahmad, Secretary to the Government, Culture Department of the ad- ditional charge of the post. Choudhary will coordinate speedy processing and dis- posal of all policy matters per- taining to the Departments of School Education and Higher Education. Administrative Secretaries of the Depart- ments of School Education and Higher Education shall submit papers of their De- partments related to policy matters through Principal Secretary to the Government, Education Department. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Envi- ronment, holding addition- al charge of Administrative Secretary, Social Welfare Department, is transferred and posted as Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce De- partment. Hirdesh Kumar, Commis- sioner/Secretary to the Gov- ernment, Power Development Department, is transferred and posted as Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government, School Education Depart- ment. He shall also hold the charge of Administrative Sec- retary, Social Welfare Depart- ment, in addition to his own duties, till further orders. Sarita Chauhan, Commis- sioner/Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, is transferred and posted as Contd on Page 2 Amid rumours of Geelani’s death, govt plans to tighten security EARTH NEWS SERVICE ------------------------------------------------- Srinagar, Jan 2 : The Jammu & Kashmir administration has reviewed its plan to tighten security in Kashmir to brace itself for any even- tuality following multiple rumours that ailing 90-year- old Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is no more. Jammu and Kashmir police discussed what is informal- ly referred to as a ‘G-Plan’ during at least two top-level meetings in December, said senior government function- aries. The ‘health of Geelani’ will remain a talking point within the administration in 2020, as was the concern in past few years. His ‘funeral gathering’, an official said, cannot be allowed to get out of control. “How to go about it (funeral gathering) was discussed at the meetings, like many oth- er issues that have to be dealt with in 2020,” a senior gov- ernment functionary told. The govt gets regular up- dates on his health and has prepared a blueprint on the preparedness for his funeral. “We have to remain alert in case of any development. We have to think ahead and be prepared for any scenario,” a senior police official told. The administration has been able to control the situation successfully after August 5, when J&K’s special status was revoked, and the offi- cial claimed that they would not want to take any chance in this regard as well. “His Contd on Page 2 Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter detained in Srinagar EARTH NEWS SERVICE -------------------------------------------------- Srinagar, Jan 2 : Iltija Mufti, daughter of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, on Thurs- day said she was detained by police at her res- idence here after she tried to visit the grave of her grandfather and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Moham- mad Sayeed in south Kashmir. Iltija, a Special Security Group protectee, said she had sought permis- sion to visit her grandfather’s grave in the Bijbehara area of Anantnag district. “I have been detained at home and not allowed to move any- where,” Iltija told. However, Additional Direc- tor General of Police (Law and Order) Munir Khan de- nied that Iltija was detained and said “the Anantnag dis- trict administra- tion did not give clearance for her visit”. “We also have to keep in mind that she is an SSG protectee who has to take police clearance before visiting anywhere,” Khan added. Barricades have been erected at Gupkar road which leads to the ‘Fairview’ residence belonging to Iltija’s mother and former Jammu and Kash- mir chief minister Mehbooba Contd on Page 2 No move to release Farooq, Omar and Mehbooba Barring five, all political detainees in MLA Hostel set to walk Yash Khajuria Jammu, Jan 1 : Political de- tainees being held at the MLA Hostel in Srinagar barring five leaders are likely to be released by the Jammu and Kashmir administration in batches in January. Sources told that five leaders unlikely to be released soon are Peoples’ Conference chief Sajad Lone, National Confer- ence general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, former IAS officer and Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement president Shah Faesal, senior PDP leader Naeem Akhtar and PDP youth wing pres- ident Waheed ur Rehman Para. “Barring these five individ- uals, others are likely to be released in batches slowly. At least six individuals are scheduled to be released this week subject to their signing of release bonds,” a source in the administration, who did not wish to be named, said. As on date, 26 persons are un- der detention at the MLA Hos- tel including PDP’s Ajaz Mir, NC’s Salman Sagar, Showkat Contd on Page 2 Rain, snowfall prediction for J&K; Srinagar records -2.8 degrees EARTH NEWS SERVICE ------------------------------------------------ Srinagar, Jan 2 : There was some respite from cold wave in Kashmir as the minimum temperatures increased slightly across the valley even as the Met department predicted rain and snowfall from Thursday onwards. The minimum tempera- ture increased on Thursday across the Kashmir valley owing to a cloud cover, an official of the Meteorologi- cal department here said. He said Srinagar city recorded the low of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night up from minus 4.4 degrees Celsius the previous night. The official said the ski-re- sort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded the low of minus 8.6 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night near- ly four degrees up from the previous night’s minus 11.0 degrees Celsius. Gulmarg continued to be the coldest recorded place in the valley, he added. The night temperature at Pahalgam resort, which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir, settled at a low of minus 6.4 degrees Celsius up from minus 6.9 degrees Cel- sius, he said. Contd on Page 2 CDS proposes Air Defence Command PRESS TRUST OF INDIA --------------------------------------------------- New Delhi, Jan 2 : Chief of De- fence Staff (CDS) General Bi- pin Rawat on Thursday met with all three service chiefs and directed to prepare a proposal for setting up of an Air Defence Command for all three forces, Indian Air Force, Indian Army and In- dian Navy. The time frame of this proposal is June 30, 2020. This is the first official meet- ing of all three chiefs with the CDS. On Wednesday, General Rawat held a meeting with important functionaries of Headquarters Integrated De- fence Staff (Hq IDS). General Rawat had directed various branch heads to come up with recommendations for inter-service synergy and Contd on Page 2 7 dead, 24 injured in bus accident in Rajouri Earth News Service --------------------------------------------------- Jammu, Jan 2 : At least seven people died, while 24 were in- jured in a bus accident after it fell into a gorge in Lam- beri, Rajouri on Thursday. The bus was on its way from Surankote to Jammu when the accident happened at Siot-Lambari in Rajouri dis- trict, officials said. An officer said,” Over seven passengers are dead and 20 to 25 persons are injured in the mishap at Lamberi near Siot in Rajouri district.” “The bus was on its way to Jammu from Surankote in Poonch. The exact cause of the mishap is being investigated, but as of Contd on Page 2 Pak shells border areas in Poonch EARTH NEWS SERVICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jammu, Jan 2 : The Pakistan Army shelled mortars along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence spokesman said on Thursday. The Indian Army retaliated to the shelling that took place on Wednesday night. “Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms and shelling with mortars along the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector in district Poonch around 2100 hours on Wednesday,” the spokesman said. The firing stopped at 2330 hours.
