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Jammu, November 29 The security forces, during a “seek-and-destroy” operation, shot dead a terrorist in the Mahore area of Udhampur district today, the sources said, adding that an AK rifle with three magazines and 77 rounds and one hand grenade were recovered from the militant. Militants fired on a passenger bus near Bandarna in the Kishtwar area of Doda district this morning, killing one special police officer (SPO) and injuring two SPOs and two civilians. The killed SPO, who was a member of a protection party, has been identified as Javed Ahmed, the sources said, adding that the militants had intercepted and boarded a passenger bus which was on the way from Patmihali to Kishtwar in the district. SRINAGAR: A militant and a securityman were among three persons killed, while the security forces arrested two terrorists and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in the Kashmir valley since Friday evening. An official spokesman said on Saturday that the security forces killed Abu Akbar, a foreign militant and member of the Al-Badr outfit, at Rayil Gund in Kangan during an encounter on Friday. In another incident at Berthana-Chatabal on Friday, militants shot dead a driver, Sajjad Ahmad Badoo. Constable Rajiv Singh, who was injured in a militant shootout at Pulwama in South Kashmir on Friday, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital on Saturday. He said the security forces arrested two militants from Chopian Pati in Uri sector on Friday.
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VHP flays offer to talk with separatists Jammu, November 29 Dr Ramakant Dubey, president of the state unit of the VHP, told mediapersons here today that the instrument of accession signed by Maharaja Hari Singh in 1947 leaves no doubt that Kashmir was an integral part of India. Why should the Centre accept the demand of a handful of separatists and reopen the issue again and again. He said nothing had come out of the reports of nearly half a dozen committees appointed by the Centre from time to time to hold parleys with Kashmiri leaders on the issue. Nothing concrete has come out of the talks between Parthasarthi — Beig, Indira Gandhi — Sheikh Abdullah and Rajiv Gandhi and Farooq Abdullah and the committees headed by Mr K.C. Pant, Mr N.N. Vohra and Mr Ram Jethmalani. He said Mr Advani should also talk to people of various sections of society in Jammu and Ladakh instead of confining his dialogue only to the separatists. The 3.50 lakh displaced Kashmiri Pandits should also be taken into confidence. But he disagreed with the decision of the Deputy Prime Minister coming to the negotiation table with the separatists. Mr Dubey said Article 370 that gave a special status to Jammu and Kashmir was strengthening separatist tendencies among a section of people in the valley. The separate Constitution of J & K should be scrapped and the Indian Constitution should be extended there. He said a large number of soldiers belonging to other parts of the country had laid down their lives while protecting Kashmir and their sacrifices should not be allowed to go waste. He was against the reopening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road which, he said, would lead to further infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of arms and ammunition. Mr Dubey demanded that the Army should be given a free hand to crush terrorism in the state. |
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Gen Vij visits Poonch,
Rajouri sectors Jammu, November 29 The Army chief, Gen N.C. Vij, who was on a two-day tour of the state, was briefed about the situation by senior Army officers at Poonch and Rajouri sectors. A spokesman of the Army said the Army chief was satisfied with the contingency operations. Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy visited the Air Force station at Udhampur and Nathatop. He reviewed the progress of the newly constructed accommodation at Nathatop and various other projects at the Udhampur base. |
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Plan to revive NCC in Kashmir Jammu, November 29 “We will soon re-start mega activities in the Kashmir valley to strengthen the cadet force and bring them out of the shadow of the gun, which has been preventing parents from sending children to NCC camps and activities during the past 14 years,” General Bopanna told reporters on the sidelines of a 12-day national integration camp of 600 cadets at
Nagrota, 25 km from here. Although cadets from the Jammu and Ladakh regions are performing very well, there is a problem in Kashmir as parents do not want children to don uniforms due to fear of the gun, he said.
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