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Six terrorists among 13 killed in J&K State awards for 28 police
officers Vigilance registers case against NC
legislator National Conference may abstain from voting on no-trust move |
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Hurriyat leader
released BSNL mobile phone service from August 18 Eight hurt in gas cylinder blast
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Six terrorists among 13 killed in J&K Srinagar, August 16 Four foreign mercenaries, including two self-styled commanders, were killed in fierce gun battles with security forces in Kore Behrote and the Lah forest area near Thanamandi in Rajouri district during the wee hours today, a police spokesman said. A jawan was also killed in the encounters which broke out when the troops moved to the area following thrashing of a civilian by militants at Kote Behrote after he refused to give shelter to them, the spokesman said. Two of the militants have been identified as Harkat-Ul- Jehadi-Islami’s operational commander in Pirpanjal, Hamza Turki of Afghanistan, and Hazbi of Pakistan who was functioning as area commander of the Al-Badr outfit. The duo was instrumental in killing a Deputy Superintendent of Police and some jawans in the Thanamandi attacks. Four AK rifles, nine magazines, one pika gun, 13 UBGL grenades, two radio sets, 179 rounds and three IEDs were seized from the slain terrorists, he said. Another Pakistani militant Abu Tayyub, alias Abu Osama, was killed in an encounter with the Army at Kandikote in the Kokernag area of Anantnag district, the spokesman said. Security forces killed a militant during search operations near the Line of Control in the Machil sector of Kupwara district. An AK assault rifle and three magazines were seized from him. Militants killed a youth at Magam in the Handwara area of Kupwara district, the spokesman said. The police fished out a decomposed body from the Sindh river at Watal Bagh in Ganderbal on the outskirts of Srinagar today. Militants forced their entry into the house of Rashid Shah in the Lasana area of Surankote in Poonch district last night and shot him dead accusing him to be an informer, he said. A security personnel, who was injured in an IED explosion in the Banihal area of Doda on August 14, succumbed to injuries at Udhampur hospital yesterday. Militants entered the house of Gulam Hassan in Bharthi village of Doda early today, took him out and killed him, official sources said. A bullet-ridden decomposed body was recovered from the Gulabgarh area of Udhampur by security forces, they said. Security forces apprehended a militant from Saral in Udhampur district and seized a grenade from him, they said In another incident, security forces busted a militant hide-out in the Bandipora area and seized a pistol, two grenades and some ammunition. Security forces seized three anti-personnel mines, a rocket booster, three AK magazines with 145 rounds and a pistol magazine with 3 rounds from Lokhipora in Anantnag. The police arrested three Bangladeshi nationals in the Abdal border outpost area in Ramgarh sub-sector of Jammu today, while one youth was arrested by the BSF last night in the same area. —
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Jawan injured in Pak shelling Jammu, August 16 Sources said Pakistani mortar shelling last evening from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Army posts in forward areas in the Balakote sector prompted Indian troops to answer. One Army jawan of Engineering Regiment sustained splinter injuries at a forward location in the sector. He was later shifted to hospital. Indian and Pakistani troops have been also exchanging fire along the International Border (IB) in Samba, R.S. Pura and Jammu sectors since yesterday. However, there was no loss of life or property on the Indian side of the border, the sources added. —
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State awards for 28 police
officers Srinagar, August 16 Of the 28 officers, eight have been awarded Sher-e-Kashmir Medal for meritorious services and 20 others get Sher-e-Kashmir Medal for gallantry. DIG Farooq Ahmad gets medals both for gallantry and meritorious services. Among eight officers, to whom medals for meritorious services have been awarded include Director-General of Police, Gopal Sharma. Additional Director General of Police, CID, Dr Ashok Bhan, DIG, Jammu-Kathua Range, Mr Farooq Ahmad, SP Ajit Singh, Inspector Moti Lal Koul, Inspector Mohammad Ishaq, Assistant Sub-Inspector Jagdish Singh and Assistant Sub-Inspector Daya Krishan Kotwal. The police chief, Mr Gopal Sharma, complimented the officers, men and women of the police and the security forces deployed in the state for excellent work done by them in ensuring peaceful Amarnath Yatra and Independence Day. Mr Sharma especially acknowledged the contribution and help rendered by the senior commanders of Army, the BSF, the CRPF and the ITBP. UNI adds: Recipients of the Gallantry Medals are Ashwani Kumar, sub-inspector, Poonch, Muneer Hussain Shah, sub-inspector, Poonch, Safdar Hussain, head constable, Poonch, Tilak Raj Rana, then DSP (OPS), Pulwama, Sheikh Junaid Mohammad, then DSP (OPS), Rajouri, Mohammad Mushtaq, assistant sub-inspector, Kreeri, Jagvir Singh, selection grade constable, Kreeri, Surjit Singh, assistant sub-inspector, Budgam, Hafizullah Shah, head constable, Budgam, Kuldeep Raj, selection grade constable, Budgam, Mukhtar Ahmad, constable, Budgam, Deepak Kumar, then SSP Udhampur, Benam Tosh, DSP Katra, Manjeet Singh (late) DSP (Hqrs), Poonch, Manohar Lal (late) head constable, Poonch, Farooq Ahmad, IPS, then DIG, CKR, Srinagar, R.R. Swain, IPS, then SSP, Srinagar, Ghulam Ahmed (late) selection grade constable, Srinagar, Zaheer Khan, constable, Srinagar, Mahinder Pal Singh, constable, Srinagar, the spokesman said. |
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DGP gives away
prizes to best student contingents Srinagar, August 16 In the boys category, the NCC contingent got the first prize of Rs 15,000 whereas in the girls’ category, the contingent of
JNV, Ganderbal, got the first position and also received Rs 15,000 from the Director-General of Police. The second prize of Rs 10,000 was won by the contingent of
JNV, Ganderbal, in the boys’ category. The second prize of an equal amount in the girls’ category went to the NCC contingent. |
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Vigilance registers case against NC legislator Jammu, August 16 A FIR was registered in the court of Anti-Corruption judge against Mr Jan, and also against former Deputy Commissioner Khalid Hussein and Chief Planning Officer (CPO), K Quarashi, Vigilance Bureau sources said. Mr Jan, who was elected to the Poonch-Haveli constituency in October, 2002, on a NC ticket, is alleged to have diverted his CDF, worth Rs 2.50 lakh for construction of a library in a private school belonging to his ‘close ones’ in Poonch town, the sources said. The legislator, in league with Mr Hussain and Mr Quarashi, had diverted money meant for the public and development of the constituency for private purpose, the sources said. The investigation is being led by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vigilance Alok Puri, who was also instrumental in registration of cases against senior IAS officer, Aslam Quarashi and KAS officer, T.K. Sharma in the Jammu Development Authority Recruit-ment and Land Allotment scam, besides unearthing the Kathua land scam last month. This is the third such case registered against an MLA, and the bureau is already investigating cases against two former MLAs Prem Lal and Sat Paul, the sources said. —
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National Conference may abstain from voting on no-trust move Jammu, August 16 It is learnt that the NC MPs have not yet formally discussed the stand that they will take on the issue, but an MP of the party today said that most probably they might abstain from voting. He said that NC president, Omar Abdullah, had gone out of Delhi for two days and a final decision would be taken only after his return. It is learnt that NC leadership was annoyed with the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, who kept Mr Abdullah out of a meeting of opposition leaders recently convened by her to plan floor strategy against the NDA government in the current session of the Lok Sabha. Initially, Mr Abdullah's name was reportedly considered for being invited to the meeting, but the idea was dropped after Chief Minister, Mufti Sayeed and Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma, requested her not to do so. The NC was equally disappointed with the NDA government to which the party has accused of embarrassing it during the Assembly elections in the state, Mr Omar Abdullah had resigned from the central ministry following communal riots in Gujarat. |
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Hurriyat leader
released Srinagar, August 16 |
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BSNL mobile phone service from August 18 Jammu, August 16 Initially, 10,000 SIM Cards will be released each in Jammu and Srinagar 2,000 each in Udhampur and Anantnag and 1,000 each in the rest of the 10 district towns. In the first stage, only district headquarters, the Vaishnodevi shrine and the 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar highway will be provided cellular coverage. |
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Eight hurt in gas cylinder blast Jammu, August 16 |
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