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Malik Ultras kill 2
cops Elaborate security for Amarnath
yatra Move to remove encroachments from Jhelum's
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Fresh non-bailable warrant against Yasin Malik Jammu, July 2 Malik’s counsel prayed that the JKLF leader be exempted from personal appearance in the court due to health reasons, but presiding officer of the court P N Razdan rejected the plea and sent fresh warrant against Malik to the concerned police station for execution. Opposing Malik’s plea, the prosecution argued that he was avoiding appearance in the court due to which an important case was dragging on. Except for Malik, the other accused Shamima, alias Shazia, who is on bail, and Mushtaq Ahmed Dar, now in remand, were present in the court. Malik and others are facing trial in connection with the seizure of $ one lakh and Rs 19,000 in Indian currency from Shamima and
Mushtaq, who were arrested on March 23, 2002. —
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Ultras kill 2 cops Srinagar, July 2 Meanwhile, reports from Jammu said militants had killed a village panch and injured his wife in Udhampur district, while the security forces had busted a militant hideout in Rajouri district of Jammu Division late yesterday. Militants barged into the house of Nazir Ahmed, a Panch of Batas Dhar village in Gool tehsil of Udhampur district last night and shot him. They wounded his wife. From the busted militant hideout in the Darhal area of Rajouri district, 200 rounds of ammunition for Kalashnikov rifles, one pistol with 48 bullets and a binocular were seized. Search operations were still on in the area. Meanwhile, reports from Rajouri district said a security jawan, after his duty hours, had shot his colleague, Sunil Kumar, an operator, in the Peer Badesar area last night. —
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Elaborate security for Amarnath
yatra Jammu, July 2 On the other hand, the Shiv Sena organised a demonstration here today in protest against the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir Government of stopping further registration of pilgrims as 1.7 lakh of them had already been registered. The Shiv Sena said the government should not “play” with the sentiments of the Hindus by putting restrictions on the yatra. It warned that all those pilgrims, who have come here, would proceed to Pahalgam even if they were refused registration. The security personnel were thoroughly scanning the stadium following arrest of the four top leaders of the Harkat-ul- Jehad on Sunday. Explosives and metal detectors were being used for scanning the area. Terrorists had buried remote operated bombs in the stadium during the Republic Day parade a few years ago and six persons were killed. This time the highest number of 17,405 pilgrims had been registered from Punjab followed by 15,777 from Delhi. The government had decided to issue only 3,500 permits daily for the pilgrims to proceed to the cave shrine and 2,700 of them would be allowed to go through Pahalgam and 800 via the Baltal route, which is shorter but with a steep climb. The authorities were not taking any chance in view of the terrorist attack on the base camp at Pahalgam last year. |
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Move to remove encroachments from Jhelum's bank Srinagar, July 2 Addressing a meeting of officers of LAWDA, Srinagar Development Authority (SDA), Local Bodies here yesterday, Housing, Urban Development and Tourism Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir said the government was keen on beautifying the Srinagar city as the base camp for tourism in the valley. He said all efforts would be made to save the Jhelum from encroachers, and added that a survey to identify illegal structures would be conducted soon. The process of rehabilitation of the affected families of Bab-a-Demb, Sonar-i-Khul, Choonth Khul and Keta Khul would be initiated after a proper survey. Mr Mir asked the SDA to make necessary arrangements for developing a residential colony for the rehabilitation of the affected families as soon as the requisite survey was completed. He urged the engineers and the related executing agencies to help realise the dream of a clean and pollution-free city. The minister stressed the need for the implementation of the VAMDAY scheme under which people below the poverty line would be provided shelter. This scheme, estimated at Rs 7 crore, envisaged to provide shelter heads to about 200 affected families during the current year. —
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