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VOL: 18, ISSUE NO: 157, SRINAGAR, WEDNESDAY JUNE 26, 2019 RNI No. JKENG/2002/09789, Rs. 2/= (Air Surcharge For Delhi/Jammu 50 PAISA, PAGES: 08, WEBSITE: www.asianexpress.net.in

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SRINAGAR, JUN 25:J&K Bank's Chief Informa-tion Security Officer,Muneer Hassan Wani, has

won the prestigious IDGSecurity & CSO100 Awardfor the year 2019 at a cere-mony held in Pune, Maha-

rashtra. He won the awardfor adopting new ways ofthinking to secure business

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J&K Bank's Information Securityofficer bags CSO100 Award

J&K Bank's Information Securityofficer bags CSO100 Award

SRINAGAR, JUN 25:J&K Bank's Chief Informa-tion Security Officer,Muneer Hassan Wani, haswon the prestigious IDGSecurity & CSO100 Awardfor the year 2019 at a cere-mony held in Pune, Maha-rashtra. He won the awardfor adopting new ways ofthinking to secure businessassets with sophisticated tools and improved defences.The J&K Bank awardee is a Certified Information Sys-tems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified

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SRINAGAR, JUNE25: The Government of In-dia on Tuesday continuedto keep an ambiguity onthe possibility of delimita-tion of Assembly seats inJammu and Kashmir stat-ing that the State was notincluded within thepurview of DelimitationAct 2002.

Soon after the new dis-pensation at the Centretook the reins of the coun-try after a massive man-date, political grapevinewas ripe with the rumoursthat the Union Home Min-ister Amit Shah wasmulling delimitation of As-sembly seats in J&K toundo the regional imbal-ance in the State.

The political observers,

however, attributed themove to the BJP’s plan ofinstalling a Hindu ChiefMinister in J&K given theparty’s strong position inJammu and Ladakh re-gions of the State wherethey won all three seats inthe recently concludedParliamentary polls.

“Yes, obviously, delimi-tation is a major attempt tolead the government inJ&K. BJP at present is in astate to do it, but how farthe party can go, remainsto be seen,” a political ob-server told KNO. Today inthe Lok Sabha, All IndiaMajlis-e-Ittehadul Mus-limeen MP AsaduddinOwaisi raised a questionwhether Jammu and Kash-mir had not been included

in the delimitation exercisetaken up in the country andwhether the governmentconsidered to undertake itwith a view to remove theregional imbalance in theState.

Minister of State forHome G. Kishan Reddysaid in a written responsethat Jammu and Kashmirwas not included withinthe purview of the Delimi-tation Act, 2002, as Article170 of the Constitution ofIndia that deals with de-limitation of constituenciesof State Assemblies hadnot been extended to theState.

“Delimitation of legisla-tive Assembly constituen-cies in J&K is carried out

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Centre keeps ambiguity onDelimiation of Assembly seats on

GULMARG, JUNE25: Police have arrestedover 6 suspects allegedly inconnection with the lootingof Rs 51 lakhs from thelocker of the office ofJammu Kashmir Cable CarCorporation at Gulmarg

Gandola in North Kashmir. Pertinently, unidentified

persons looted over Rs fivemillion from fire cum bulletproof locker belonging toCable Car Corporation atworld famous ski resort of

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Gondala burglary incident:Police detain over 6

suspects for questioningSRINAGAR, JUNE

25: Doctors AssociationKashmir (DAK) on Tues-day said health departmentin Kashmir Valley isbrazenly violating transferpolicy of doctors which isbadly hitting patient care.

“Influential doctors aregiven choicest postings andthey remain on their placesof choice for decades,” saidDAK President Dr Nisar ulHassan.

“The transfer policy wasadopted in the interest ofpatient care and smoothfunctioning of health insti-tutions especially those lo-cated in far-flung areas.

As per the transfer pol-icy, the minimum tenure ofa doctor on a post shall betwo years and a maximumof three years.

But, the favorites remain

posted on their places ofchoice for decades,” DrNisar said.

“There are doctors whoare posted on their places

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Violation of transfer policyhits patient care: DAK

SRINAGAR,JUNE 25:In continuing with its threeday event for welfare ofSafaikaramcharis, Srina-gar Municipal Corporationtoday organised a SwachhBharat Abhiyan programhere at SMC central officeKaran Nagar.

Chairman NationalCommission for SafaiKaramcharis, Mr Vala jibhai Zala ,who was theChief Guest on the occas-sion said that SwachhBharat Abiyan needs to beconnected with one and all.

Not only safai karam-

charis but people from allwalks of life particularlystudents who are future ofthis country should joinhands and connect withthis nationwide cleanli-ness/Swachta campaignas it is the most importanttopic which our kids and

students and be aware ofthis mission.

He also said that Kash-mir has rightly been calledas paradise on earth for itsunparrlel beauty ,serenityand fresh air.

But it needs to be re-tained and restored byputting in every effort topreserve the mother natureas it is one of the besttourist destination and wit-nesses tourist flow roundthe year .

Hence Swachta, whichnot only includes

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Srinagar Municipal Corporation todayorganised a Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Srinagar, June 25:Jammu and Kashmir Po-lice is organizing StateLevel Kashmir Marathon-2019 “Run for Peace”, atSrinagar on July 07, 2019under its Civic Action Pro-gramme.This was stated byIncharge ADGP ArmedJ&K, Sh. Danesh Rana-IPSin a meeting held at ArmedPolice Headquarters Srina-gar today.

The ADGP said that themega event will be orga-nized under seven cate-gories, i.e Full Marathon(Men), Half Marathon 21

(Men), 10 KmsRoad Racefor Women, 8 KmsRun forBoys U-14, 6 Kms Run forGirls U-14, 2 Kms for spe-cially abled people and 4Kms(Run for Fun) for bothmen and women. Themarathon will be open forall and people interested inparticipating can registerthemselves at the Registra-tion Counter, which shallbe established at PoliceGolf Course, Srinagar fromJuly 1stand will remain on24x7.

During the meeting ShriDaneshRana discussed in

threadbare the responsibil-ities that have been en-trusted to various commit-tees set up for the smoothconduct of the event. Heexpressed his optimism ofgetting an overwhelmingresponse to the event andfurther appealed to thepeople of Kashmir, espe-cially the youth to partici-pate in full strength.

Earlier, Shri Zahid Ah-mad LoneDySP (Sports)APHQ J&K gave a detailedPower Point presentationon the sequence of activi-ties/ arrangements signif-

icant for smooth and suc-cessful conduct of StateLevel Kashmir Marathon-2019 “Run for Peace”.

The main attraction forthe participants would bethe Cash Prizes that are upfor grabs under variouscategories. An amount tothe tune of Rs. 4,00,000would be distributedamong the winners of theMarathon, in addition toindividual trophies andcertificates. Further, T-Shirts and refreshmentswould also be made avail

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J&K Police organising State Level KashmirMarathon-2019 “Run for Peace”

ACB launches Call &Whatsapp helplineSRINAGAR, JUNE

25: J&K Anti CorruptionBureau (ACB) haslaunched call & What-sApp helpline number9419678060 on which thecitizens can report de-mands for bribe/ corrup-tion through social mes-senger and also throughcall. The motive of theACB behind the announc-ing a WhatsApp and callhelpline is to encouragecitizens to report cases ofcorruption and bribe de-mands.

While launching thewhatsapp and call

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SRINAGAR, JUNE 25: UnionHome Minister Amit Shah is all setto arrive in Kashmir for a two-dayvisit to perform darshan at the holycave-shrine of Amarnath in SouthKashmir and also to chair a high-level security meeting while as alleyes are on him as to whether hewould extend a formal invitationto the Hurriyat leaders for dia-logue.

Since past one week, Kashmirhas been under the tight grip ofclamour that there was a possibilityof dialogue between Hurriyat andNew Delhi in the wake of GovernorSatya Pal Malik’s announcementthat “Hurriyat was ready for talks.”

What added more to the debatewas that Governor’s announce-ment evoked a response from theHurriyat Conference (M) chiefMirwaiz Umar Farooq, who statedthat the “amalgam has always

favoured dialogue as the means ofconflict resolution.” Interestingly,National Conference patron Dr Fa-rooq Abdullah also stated thatthere should be a dialogue withHurriyat.

The PDP president MehboobaMufti also said that it was good to

see Hurriyat softening its stand ondialogue. What remains to be seenis whether Shah would extend aformal invitation to Hurriyat fortalks or he would simply skip it.

Reliable sources told KNO thatthe Home Minister will performthe darshan at the Amarnath cave

shrine in South Kashmir’s Anant-nag and then fly to Srinagar tochair a high level security meetwhere all the top officer of police,army, CRPF and other securityagencies will participate and pro-vide a detailed report on the secu-rity arrangements in place for theannual pilgrimage starting on July1.

Shah, according to sources, willalso be briefed about the overall se-curity scenario in the Kashmir Val-ley that entails success on anti-mil-itancy operations, and law andorder situation. A top security of-ficer told KNO that the Home Min-ister will arrive amid a tight securitycover to Srinagar and he will bestaying at Nehru Guest Houseoverlooking Dal Lake.

“All the security arrangementshave been put in place for his

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Home Minister coming tomorrow: Will heextend formal invitation to Hurriyat for talks?

To visit cave shrine of Amarnath, review security scenario in Srinagar

SRINAGAR, JUNE25: Senior journalist Ghu-lam Jeelani Qadri was re-leased on bail by a localcourt here.

Qadri, editor of a dailynewspaper-- Afaaq, Qadriwas arrested during a mid-night raid in a case regis-tered in 1990.

Police said that he wasarrested as court had is-sued a warrant against himunder CrPC’s section 512(proclaimed offender).

Qadri was released onbail by the Chief Judicial

Magistrate on furnishingperson bond in the amountof Rs 20000.

Meanwhile, KEG con-demns Qadri’s arrest andterming as shocking theraid on his residence inwhich he was arrestedMonday night. Qadri, 62, a

known hypertensive, hasspent more than 35 yearsin public life, KEG said.

The KEG said that thepolice invoked a 1990 caseregistered against eightjournalists and editors. Ofthe eight “accused’, twoveterans are no more – SofiGhulam Mohammad of‘Srinagar Times’ and Ghu-lam Mohammad Aarif of‘Daily Hamdard’.”

“It is still not known whyQadri was singled out forallegedly defying the due

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Senior journalist detained duringnight raid released on bail, KEG

condemns police action

SRINAGAR, JUNE25: Hurriyat Conference(M) chairman MirwaizUmar Farooq whileterming the quality educa-tion as the major tool forthe development and up-liftment of nations, urgedthe people of Kashmir toinvest their resources ontheir children so that a bet-ter tomorrow is built.

Mirwaiz said no nationin the world can progressand make developmentunless it makes impartingquality education to itschildren as its mission andaim.

“It is quite evident thatwestern countries have

touched new heights inprogress and developmentby putting in its resourcesinto education and re-search in various fields,” hesaid.

According to a statementissued to GNS, Mirwaizwhile addressing a func-tion at Four Friends Public

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Quality education vital fornations to progress: Mirwaiz

Incarcerated separatistleader denied medical assis-

tance, alleges familySUMBAL, JUNE 25:

Family of incarceratedseparatist leader AbulSamad Inqalabi Tuesdayalleged that despite courtdirections, jail authoritiesare denying medical treat-ment to him, though hehas been suffering frommultiple ailments.

Inqalabi, according tofamily members was ar-rested by Army in July2017 from Tral town ofSouth Kashmir’s Pul-wama district. “Inqalabiwas picked up by Armyduring a raid when he waspresent in the house ofBurhan Wani.

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MoS Home tells Lok Sabha J&K not includedwithin purview of Delimitation act 2002