WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 (PAGE 4) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

CongregationExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 8: The bi-annual congregation of BhauBiradari will be held at DevSathan Baba Achoo Dev JiMaharaj, Khohara (Kaleeth) onMay 13.

The festivities will startfrom 6 am with prayers in thename of Baba Achoo Dev JiMaharaj, followed by commu-nity fest.

On the occasion, award cere-mony for people of the Biradariwho have excelled in the reput-ed fields of judiciary, education,health, administration and otherservices will also be held.

The meritorious students ofthe Biradari, who scored 80 percent and more marks in theSecondary and HigherSecondary Level examinationswill also be felicitated with tro-phies.

NEW DELHI, May 8:

Bihar Deputy Chief MinisterSushil Kumar Modi-ledMinisterial panel on incentivis-ing digital payments under GSTwill meet on May 11 to assuageconcerns expressed by someStates, especially West Bengal.

To incentivise digital trans-action, the GST Council had lastweek discussed giving a conces-sion of 2 per cent in GST rate(where the tax rate is 3 per centor more) to consumers makingpayment through cheque or dig-ital mode. The ceiling for thediscount would be capped at Rs100 per transaction.

While most of the States inthe GST Council were agreeableto the proposal, West Bengal hadvoiced concerns saying that thepoor people will suffer becausethey still find cash as a viablemode for transaction, an officialsaid.

"While 98 per cent of the

States supported the idea, WestBengal opposed to it saying thepoor would suffer. We will dis-cuss the concerns and hope toachieve a consensus in the May11 meeting," the official added.

The Modi-led Group ofMinisters (GoM) has beentasked with submitting its reportto the GST Council, chaired byFinance Minister Arun Jaitleyand comprising his State coun-terparts, within 15 days.

The five member GoMinclude Gujarat Deputy ChiefMinister Nitinbhai Patel, WestBengal Finance Minister AmitMitra, Haryana Excise &Taxation Minister CaptAbhimanyu and Punjab FinanceMinister Manpreet Singh Badal.

Jaitley, after the GSTCouncil meet last week, had saidthat while most States wereagreeable to the proposal of giv-ing a concession in GST rate,some States wanted a small neg-ative list. (PTI)

GoM on GST to meet on May 11

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEERTAWI BRIDGE CUM MEDICAL COLLEGE

PWD (R&B) DIVISION JAMMUM/S Rustam Ali, No.-528-33S/o Noor Mohd.R/o Raza Nagar, Chinore, 07-05-2018Jammu.Subject :Civil works in Govt. Super Speciality Hospital Jammu as

approved by renal transplant Committee.The above said work was e-tendered by this office E-NIT No. MCD/01/04of 2018 Dt: 09-04-2018.1. Whereas being successful tenderer you were called for clarification

of rates by this office vide letter No. 256-57 Dt: 20-04-2018 andagain vide No.317-18 Dt: 25-04-2018 but you did not turn up.

2. Whereas you reported this office on 26-04-2018 and expressed yourwish to execute the work with the assurance to start the work with-in 3 days. On your assurance ultimately the allotment was issuedin your favour vide this office No. 438-40 Dt: 27-04-2018 and aspromised the work could not started.

3. Whereas after repeated requests were made to you by this officeas well as AEE concerned to start the work only false assuranceswere given in this regard and nothing has been observed practical-ly at site.

4. Whereas during the meeting taken by the Hon'ble Minister forHealth and Medical Education yeaterday the delay in start of workafter lapse of so much time has put this department under embar-rassing situation.

5. Whereas the time of completioj of work was 15 days which wascommunicated to department where almost 1 month was wastedwhich has resulted into inconvenience to several patients of renalailments and they have to move to outsidethe state for dialysis,which some patients cannot afford.

Since the works related to the Medical Department falls under mostessential services for which compromise at the cost of the human lifecannot be made

In view of the above facts explained the undersigned is left with noother option other than to cancel your alloment after confiscating CDRas per terms and conditions of the contract and same may be notedplease.

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BENGALURU, May 8:

Congress president RahulGandhi said today he is ready tobecome the Prime Minister if hisparty emerges as the "biggest"party in the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls.

"Well, it depends....It dependson how well the Congress does inthe election....I mean if it emergesas the biggest party, yes," Gandhisaid, when asked during an inter-action here if he would be thenext Prime Minister.

Gandhi said he is "pretty con-fident" that Narendra Modi wouldnot be the next Prime Minister.

If the Congress acts as a "plat-form" (with other parties in acoalition), the BJP does not standa chance of winning the elections,he said at a function where helaunched the "Samruddha Bharat

Foundation"."It is highly unlikely that BJP

will form the next Government,and the second part is that it isclose to impossible that Modi willbe the next Prime Minister,"Gandhi said.

He said the opposition unitywould not allow the BJP toremain in power.

Gandhi asserted that theCongress would win theAssembly polls in Chhattisgarhand Rajasthan.

"Samruddha BharatFoundation" is a platform to prop-agate liberal, secular and republi-can values across the country.

Its trustees include veteranfilm director Shyam Benegal andnoted Supreme Court advocateKTS Tulsi. (PTI)

Ready for PM’s post: Rahul

Dr Nazir new chairman of ADEWA

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 8: Dr ManojNazir a well known scholar hasbeen appointed the new chair-man of Agriculture DisplacedEmployees Welfare Association(ADEWA), Jammu. The organi-zation is in service of displacedemployees and displaced peoplesince 1990.

Dr Nazir took over fromoutgoing chairman of theAssociation, Pamposh Kaul.

In his address Dr Nazir saidthat he will leave no stoneunturned in maintaining theessence of ADEWA and workfor the betterment of displacedAgriculture, Horticulture andFloriculture employees.

The other office bearers ofthe Association includedRajinder Tickoo, general secre-tary ADEWA, Avtar KrishanBhat, its treasurer, Dr SanjayWali its secretary, Ashok Raina,Susheel Ji, Ravinder Nath Bhatetc were present on the occa-sion.

Man arrested withillicit liquor pouches

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 8: Domanapolice arrested a man andrecovered illicit liquor pouchesfrom his possession.

As per police sources, onspecific information, a teamfrom Domana Police Stationlaid a naka and intercepted amotorcycle.

During checking, policerecovered 37 pouches of illicitliquor from the possession ofthe rider and arrested him.

The arrested person hasbeen identified as SumitSharma, son of Bal Krishan, aresident of Mishriwala.

A case under FIR Number155/18 under Section 48-AExcise Act has been registeredat Domana Police Station andinvestigation started.

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1800 banned syrup bottles seized

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JAMMU, May 8: Manwalpolice under 'Operation Sanjeevani'seized 1800 banned syrup bottles,while the accused managed toescape from the spot.

As per police sources, on specif-ic information, a team fromManwal Police Post laid a naka atNadal and intercepted a Srinagarbound truck bearing registrationnumber JK01P-8713.

On seeing police cops, the truckdriver left the vehicle and escapedfrom the spot.

During checking, police recov-ered 1800 bottles of banned syrupbottles from the truck and seized it.

A case under FIR Number39/18 under relevant sections of lawhas been registered at Police StationJhajjar Kotli and further investiga-tion of the case is going on.

Police team led by InchargeManwal Police Post SI SureshKumar seized the consignment underthe supervision of SHO Jhajjar KotliInspector Ajay Singh, SDPO NagrotaYashbir Singh Slathia, SP RuralShivdeep Singh Jamwal and SSPJammu Vivek Gupta.

Missing woman’sbody found in

water tankExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 8: The deadbody of a missing woman wasrecovered today from an under-ground water tank here in OldRehari area.

“Pawna Kumari (50) wife ofManohar Lal, resident of 145, OldRehari, had gone missing somedays back after which her familymembers had submitted a missingcomplaint at police post Rehari”,a police official said.

He said police officials andfamily members of the womanwere searching her continuouslyand today her decomposed bodywas recovered from an under-ground water tank in a house inthe neighbourhood of his resi-dence.

“The body of the deceased hasbeen shifted to mortuary ofGovernment Medical College andHospital for postmortem whileinquest proceedings under 174CrPC initiated at concerned policestation”, the official added.

82 years old pilgrim diesExcelsior CorrespondentKATRA, May 8: An octoge-

narian on pilgrimage to MataVaishno Devi shrine, died at aKatra hotel soon after he reachedthere after performing holyDarshan, here today.

The deceased has been identi-fied as Joginder Parshad (82), sonof Kamla Charan of Dehri-on-sone, district Rohtas, Bihar. Afterpaying obeisance at the caveshrine, he along with his otherfamily members reached Katrahotel where he suffered massivecardiac arrest and suddenly feltunconscious.

Even as the family membersrushed him to CHC Katra, Doctorthere declared him as brought dead.

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From page 1Last nail in coffin of Kashmir tourismThe tourist, 22-year-old R

Thirumani, was criticallyinjured in a stone pelting inci-dent at Narbal yesterday anddied later in the day of headinjuries, triggering outrage andconcern.

“This is a sad incident whichshould not have happened.Unfortunately, we feel that itwill have an impact on touristarrivals to Kashmir. I think itwill be the final nail in the cof-fin,” Siddiq said.

Tourism in the State hasalready suffered because of pro-longed periods of unrest in theValley, hoteliers said.

There has been a steep fall inthe number of domestic touristssince 2016, when the killing ofmilitant Burhan Muzaffar Waniby security forces in July thatyear led to a prolonged period ofviolence and stone pelting in theValley.

The number of tourists fellfrom 3,91,902 in the first fourmonths of 2016 to 1,69,727 inthe same period the next year.

The number in the corre-sponding period this year was1,54,062, officials said.

The TAAK president said theassociation feared cancellationof bookings by tourists in thedays to come.

“It is obvious that cancella-tions will happen and theremight be some hardline ele-ments who might even call foran absolute boycott ofKashmir,” he said.

There is already panic insome quarters.

Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterK Palaniswami today asked hiscounterpart Mehbooba Mufti toensure the safe return of the 130tourists from his State who werein Kashmir.

“I asked Jammu andKashmir Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti to help offi-cials of the Tamil NaduGovernment for the safe returnof the tourists,” he said in

Chennai.Tourism Kashmir director

Mehmood Shah, condemningthe incident, said the departmentapprehended a fall in the numberof visitors to the Valley.

“It is an unfortunate incidentand we are deeply pained,” Shahsaid.

Asked if the incident wouldhave any impact on the numberof tourist arrivals, he said can-cellations were likely.

“It will have an impact.Cancellations may happen,” hesaid.

Last year, about 12 lakhtourists visited Kashmir.

While the number of domes-tic tourists has halved in the lasttwo years, the number of foreigntourists has, however, doubled.

In the first four months of2018, there were 21,631 foreigntourists, up from 10,767 in thesame period last year, the offi-cials said.

The tourism trade inKashmir condemned the killing,saying that those who hadthrown stones at the vehicle inwhich the tourist was travellingwere not well wishers ofKashmir but “cold-blooded mur-ders”.

“We condemn every suchkilling – whether it is of aKashmiri or a tourist.Whosoever has committed thisincident is not a well wisher ofKashmiris. He is a bloody, cold-blooded murderer,” Siddiq saidlater at press conference withother stakeholders from travel,tourism and trade bodies.

Siddiq said Kashmir isknown for its hospitality andtourists should not be scared asthey are “our guests”.

“Kashmir is known for itsethos and hospitality. Touristsare our guests and never has ithappened before. These inci-dents should not have an overallimpact. They still are ourguests,” he said, apologising forthe incident. (PTI)

7 detained in stone peltingon tourist vehicle

Meanwhile, reports of clash-es were received from severalparts of Valley includingDachoo, Zainapora Shopian,Khudwani, Rainawari Srinagar,Kadalabal Pampore, PalporaQaziabad, Handwara and SeverLolab.

At Rainawari, Srinagar, a 10-year-old boy Gowhar Ahmadson of Bashir Ahmad ofRainwari was injured in pelletfiring.

And police today detainedseven persons for questioning inconnection with the stone pelt-ing in Narbal in which a touristfrom Chennai was killed and agirl from Handwara was injuredyesterday.

Seven persons were detainedfor questioning and their rolewith regard to stone pelting inci-dent is being investigated. Atourist R Thirumani, 22, son ofRajwali of Chennai was killed

and a girl Sabreena, 19, fromHandwara was injured yesterdayin stone pelting at Narbal.

Police carried out separateraids and arrested three persons.More arrests are expected in thisconnection and the investiga-tions are being carried out on thefast track basis.

Police had already filed anFIR Number 57/2018 u/s 148,247, 307, 336 RPC in PoliceStation Magam and launched theinvestigations.

Police said that today therewas normal movement oftourists towards Gulmarg. "Itwas perhaps the unfortunateincident and isolated one where-in some miscreants pelt stoneson all vehicles including touristsand local vehicles," he said,adding it was not that the partic-ular tourists were attacked butall vehicles which passedthrough the area.

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