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Id procession in Srinagar after
3 killed in Kashmir blasts Srinagar, May 15 Pressing ahead with its “healing touch” policy, the Mufti Mohammed Sayeed government released another senior separatist leader, Mukhtar Ahmad Sofi, after nearly 20 months of detention in an interrogation centre, today. Protest against police, 21 rounded
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| ITBP officer held for looting Srinagar, May 15 Solving the case within a month, the Ganderbal police produced the charge sheet of an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer, involved in the looting of 2 kg of gold from a civilian last month, before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, today.
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Id procession in Srinagar after 13 years Srinagar, May 15 Under the banner of the democratic Political Movement, people marched through Abi Guzar in the heart of the city to Khawajabazar in downtown Srinagar, where the procession ended peacefully amid tight security, official sources said. The authorities had, since the eruption of militancy, banned taking out of a
procession on Milad-ul-Nabi in the summer capital, fearing that separatist organisations might hijack the religious function for political ends. Celebrations were held throughout the state and peaceful processions were taken out in other districts of the valley including Anantnag, Baramula, Badgam and Kupwara. Thousands of devotees took part in the night-long prayers at Hazratbal, on the outskirts of Srinagar, where the holy relic of Prophet Mohammad was displayed after early morning prayers. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed greeted the people on the occasion of Milad-ul-Nabi. In a message, Mr Sayeed said the auspicious occasion provided an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the Prophet’s eternal message of compassion, love, brotherhood and service to humanity. He said the teachings of the Prophet showed the path of righteousness to mankind and led them from darkness to light. The Chief Minister said he hoped that Milad-ul-Nabi this year would bring peace and prosperity to the state. BATALA:
Id was celebrated at the headquarters of the Ahmadiya community at Quadian, 20 km from here, on Thursday. The speakers stressed the need to adopt the Prophet’s lesson of love for all haired for none. |
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3 killed in Kashmir blasts Srinagar, May 15 A report from Baramula said Mohammad Hashim and his son Amir were killed when a grenade they were fiddling with exploded at Chowkibal today. An official spokesman said a civilian was killed when an explosion took place at the Achabal forest in Anantnag district today. Security forces arrested one militant each at Khanpora and Kreeri Pattan in Baramula district last evening. Arms and ammunition and two kg of explosives were recovered from the militants. JAMMU: Six persons were injured in an explosion in the Thanamandi area of Rajouri on Thursday, official sources said here. An explosive device planted near a shop went off in Azmatabad village at 5.20 p.m., they said, adding that six persons, including a shopkeeper were injured in the blast. Two of the injured were serious, the sources said. The injured were shifted to Rajouri hospital.
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BSF officer dies in mishap Jammu, May 15 He was going to Hoshiarpur from Shopian in the Kashmir valley where his battalion is stationed. The car reportedly went out of control when negotiating a curve near the Batra hospital on the bypass. He died on the spot. Two other persons were injured in the mishap. |
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Hurriyat leader Sofi released Srinagar, May 15 Mr Sofi, a senior leader of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’ League, a constituent of the Hurriyat Conference, is the third leader set free within a fortnight. JKLF leader Noor Mohammad Khalwal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Qazi Ahadullah were released on May 3 and 8, respectively. Soon after his release, Mr Sofi reached the party headquarters at Rajbagh, where senior Hurriyat leaders Mohammad Yaseen Malik, Khalil Mohammad Khalil and Javid Ahmad Mir received him. Mr Sofi was arrested on September 14, 2001, from Lal Chowk and booked under the Public Safety Act. However, the Jammu and Kashmir high court quashed his detention last year. Mr Sofi was not released, but lodged in the police station at Maisuma for a few days and formally re-arrested under the same Act. The high court quashed his detention early this year again. However, he was not released, but lodged in a joint interrogation centre in Srinagar before being set free today.
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Protest against police, 21 rounded up Srinagar, May 15 The detained persons, mostly relatives of the girls, who came from Dangerpora village in Budgam district, were arrested this morning for violating Section 144 in effect in the city. They had come to register their protest against those who had allegedly wreaked havoc on their lives ever since they brought the case of the kidnapping of the girls to the public notice, sources said. Those arrested included the two girls and their father, who appealed to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to intervene in the matter as the state government had failed to live up to its promise. The father alleged that his daughters were abducted by a group of renegades. While the younger one was set free after a few days, the elder one was sexually abused for several months before she managed to escape from her captors, he claimed. He alleged that the police was protecting the culprits as they were working as informers for them. The State Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, taking note of the mass outcry against the inhuman incident, had promised speedy action and directed the police officials concerned to nab the culprits within 48 hours, but no headway has been made so far, even two weeks after his assurance.
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ITBP officer held for looting Srinagar, May 15 ITBP 8th Battalion Deputy Commandant J.H. Sheharwat, in a Gypsy with three other ITBP personnel, stopped a Maruti car near the official residence of the Chief Minister on April 14 and looted 2 kg of gold from a civilian, Mr Zahoor Ahmad Hakak of Lal Bazar. Mr Zahoor spotted the same Gypsy at Lal Chowk the next day and informed the police. After a few hours, a naka party of the Ganderbal police spotted the vehicle in Ganderbal and arrested its driver. After questioning the driver, the police party raided the battalion headquarters on May 16 and recovered the gold. Sheharwat, who was absconding, surrendered before the police after some days.
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No singing of National Anthem in Jammu schools Jammu, May 15 Sources said the National Anthem had not been sung at the government and private schools in Poonch, Rajouri, Doda and some part of Udhampur district of Jammu region for the past three years or more due to terrorist threats. The sources said the Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba had imposed a ban on the singing of National Anthem in Poonch district last year, while in Doda district the Hizbul-Mujahideen had forbidden the singing in 1998. In Darhal area of Rajouri district, Lashker-e- Toiba (LeT) had not only imposed the ban on the singing but also ordered the girls to wear ‘burqa’ last year. Educational institutions in the upper reaches of Gool and Arnas area of Udhampur district were also scared of singing the National Anthem after the morning prayers due to the militants’ threats. The only schools continuing with the tradition of singing the anthem every morning were those belonging to the Army and paramilitary forces in Rajouri, Poonch, Doda and some areas of Udhampur districts. In Kashmir valley, the practice of singing the National Anthem has been stopped altogether in almost all educational institutions. The Chief Education Officer, Jammu, issued a circular on May 13 to all Principals and Head Masters of primary and higher secondary schools, asking them to ensure regular prayers, singing of National Anthem and delivery of lessons on great leaders in their schools.
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