J A M M U   &   K A S H M I R

Militants attack security camp
Srinagar, November 15
Militants attacked a security camp at Shopian town in Pulwama district of South Kashmir today but there was no loss of life or damage to property, police sources said here.

Mann group hails Bajwa’s election
Jammu, November 15
The state unit of the Akali Dal (Amritsar) has hailed the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, for having elected a Sikh farmer, Mr Tarlok Singh Bajwa, to the Rajya Sabha.

Doda gets additional aid
Jammu, November 15
The Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today sanctioned an additional allocation of Rs 5 crore for development works approved by the Cabinet for Doda district.

JKLF chief Mohammed Yasin Malik (C, with garland) waves to supporters during a rally at Bandipura, 57 km north of Srinagar, on Friday. — Reuters

Militants attack security camp

Srinagar, November 15
Militants attacked a security camp at Shopian town in Pulwama district of South Kashmir today but there was no loss of life or damage to property, police sources said here.

The attack took place on the Gagran camp manned by the Special Security Bureau, they said.

Security personnel fired in retaliation forcing the ultras to flee, the sources said, adding that the encounter lasted for half an hour.

Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission has recommended Rs 1 lakh as ex gratia relief to next of kin of Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh of Machpora Handwara.

Sheikh was found neither a militant nor harbourer as was reported by police agencies, a spokesman for the commission said in a statement. PTI, UNI

Mann group hails Bajwa’s election
Tribune News Service

Jammu, November 15
The state unit of the Akali Dal (Amritsar) has hailed the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, for having elected a Sikh farmer, Mr Tarlok Singh Bajwa, to the Rajya Sabha.

At a meeting held here today under the chairmanship of Mr J.S. Mangal, Akali Dal (Amritsar) leaders said it was for the first time in four decades that the Sikhs got representation in the Rajya Sabha.

Those who attended the meeting included Bhai Ram Singh, Mr Ravinder Singh, Mr Malvinder Singh, Mr Dalbhijan Singh, Mr Jagjit Singh and Mr Bhopinder Singh.

The leaders hoped that Mr Bajwa would raise the issue of 1947 Pakistan refugees settled in Jammu in the Rajya Sabha. The Sikh leaders adopted a resolution urging the Chief Minister to induct Mr Manjit Singh, the only Sikh leader having been elected to the state Assembly, in the Cabinet. The resolution said the Sikh community had received a raw deal as far its share in the legislature and professional colleges was concerned and hoped that Mufti Mohammad Sayeed would end this discrimination. 

Doda gets additional aid
Tribune News Service

Jammu, November 15
The Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today sanctioned an additional allocation of Rs 5 crore for development works approved by the Cabinet for Doda district, raising its current year’s plan allocation to Rs 66.71 crore.

Responding to demands raised by the legislators at the joint meeting of the state Cabinet and the District Development Board at Doda, the Chief Minister said several roads would be taken up for upgradation during the current financial year. These included the Ramsoo-Ukhral, the Kewa-Bunjwa Synthan, Marwah and the Badyal-Chili roads.

He said he would take up the matter with the Centre for the upgradation of the Kishtwar-Synthan-Daksun roads. The upgradation of the Dachan-Marwah road will be done by the NHPC.