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No respite in sight for valley commuters Take part in poll, Chaman Lal asks APHC
Impose central rule on J&K: Congress Major killed
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Panun Kashmir for DSP’s transfer Jammu, July 12 A fact-finding team constituted by Panun Kashmir has blamed a DSP for the trouble in the Mishriwalla migrant camp here on July 4.
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No respite in sight for valley commuters Srinagar, July 12 There was no respite for commuters and passengers, even as the authorities have pressed into service more than 200 buses and trucks to ferry passengers in the city and other parts of the valley. Most educational institutions continued to remain closed here while attendance in government offices remained thin, affecting work. A meeting presided over by the acting Chief Minister, Mr Ghulam Mohiuddin Shah, here yesterday decided that the government would deal firmly with the situation arising due to the strike and would take measures for providing relief to the commuters, the worst sufferers in the present scenario. An official spokesman said here that the meeting reviewed the demands put fourth by transporters and found most of them unrealistic, unjustified and anti-people. It was decided that although the government was open to a dialogue with the transporters, yet the administration has fully alive to the situation and would deal with any unlawful activity, causing inconvenience to the public. While the transporters demand a hike of 35 to 50 per cent, the government feels that no more than 6 to 8 per cent hike in the existing tariff is justified. Mr Shah said the government was open to consider the genuine demands of the transporters, but had to keep the public interests in view as the burden of any increase in the fares would have to be borne by the commuters. “We want a reasonable hike in the rates to be decided after detailed discussions with the authorities concerned,” Mr G.M. Bhat, general secretary of the Kashmir Passenger Welfare Transport Association (KPWTA), said here today. Talking to mediapersons, Mr Bhat demanded the implementation of the recommendations made by the Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, following a meeting with the transporters on February 6 this year. According to Mr Bhat, the association demanded a hike of 40 paise per km, per passenger, while the government was in favour of a hike of only 29 paise. Mr Bhat described as baseless the claims of the government that the transporters had demanded a hike of 60 to 100 per cent in the fares. |
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Take part in poll, Chaman Lal asks APHC Jammu, July 12 Professor Gupta, who was given a warm reception on his first visit to Jammu after being inducted as Minister of State for Defence, told newspapers today that for the past seven years the APHC leaders had been claiming that they were the real representatives of Kashmiris. “They have to demonstrate this, which can only be done by taking part in the Assembly poll,” he said. “You cannot display your representative character by sitting in your houses issuing statements,” he said, adding that the Hurriyat leaders “have to test their popularity among the people by participating in the elections.” “If voters give them the mandate, they will be treated as representatives of Kashmiris,” Professor Gupta said. The minister, in reply to a question, ruled out resumption of talks with Pakistan. He said “talks will be resumed only when Islamabad stops aiding cross-border terrorism.” Professor Gupta though there was a drop in the rate of ingress, it had not stopped totally and in support of his contention he referred to the killing of seven militants in the Surankot area of Poonch today and said this indicated that militants received assistance in infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir. He said de-escalation was linked to Pakistan’s attitude towards India. He said there was, at present, no change in the Pakistani policy on Kashmir and its guns had not fallen silent on the border. He said yesterday one soldier was killed in the Pansar area of Samba when he was hit by Pakistani bullets. To another question, Professor Gupta said the Centre and the Election Commission were committed to conducting a free-and-fair Assembly poll in Jammu and Kashmir and hence Hurriyat leaders, or those who had been questioning the democratic activities in the state, should come forward and take part in the elections. |
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Impose central rule on J&K: Congress Jammu, July 12 The campaign was first initiated by the PDP, led by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, a former Union Home Minister. It later found support from several political groups. The latest to demand the imposition of the central rule was the Congress. At a three-day Congress Seva Dal training camp in Rajouri, which ended today, several party leaders, including Mr Mangat Ram Sharma and Mr Ashok Sharma, MLA, said a free and fair poll was “unimaginable under the NC regime.” The Congress leaders said the next Assembly poll was very crucial for the political stability of the state. The party leaders blamed the NC Government for “ruining” the economy of the state and for failing to resolve the problem of unemployment and militancy. Mr Ashok Sharma held the state and the Central Governments responsible for not honouring commitment of waiving of agricultural loans to the tune of Rs 50,000. He said promises to this effect had been made by three successive Prime Ministers in view of the problems being been faced by people owing to militancy. |
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Major killed
in encounter Jammu, July 12 Under the seek-and-destroy operation, the troops cordoned off a militant hideout in the forest area of Surankot. As the troops neared the area they came under fire. In the retaliatory fire, seven militants were eliminated and large quantities of arms and ammunition, including assault rifles, pistols, sniper riffles and Pika guns, were seized. In the encounter between the militants and the troops, an Army officer of the rank of Major and two jawans were killed and two others were wounded. |
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Army jawan killed in
Pak firing Jammu, July 12 Indian troops retaliated and intermittent exchange of fire continued till this morning, they said. Exchange of small arms fire also continued at some places in Hiranagar, R.S. Pura and Kanachak sectors along the international border in Kathua and Jammu districts during the period but did not cause any damage on the Indian side, they added. Meanwhile, three civilians were injured in a mine blast at Rajbagh in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district last evening, the sources said, adding that they were admitted to the district hospital where all of them were stated to be stable.
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Panun Kashmir for DSP’s transfer Jammu, July 12 The team has urged the Governor, Mr G.C. Saxena, to persuade the state government not to keep the transfer order of the DSP in abeyance. The team, headed by Dr Ajay Chrungoo, concluded that the DSP, enjoying patronage of National Conference leaders, had ordered the lathi charge on migrants protesting against the prolonged failure of power supply. Dr Chrungoo said that the ruling National Conference leaders were trying to create tension between the Kashmiri migrants and the locals. Appreciating the stand taken by people and political leaders of Jammu, Dr Chrungoo urged immediate transfer of the DSP. |
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