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8 militants
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8 militants killed, 15 kg RDX seized
Srinagar, January 10 Security forces gunned down a Hizbul district commander Ghulam Mohammad Wani, alias Gulla Samar in an encounter at Breswana in Doda district of the Jammu region last night, he said. The encounter ensued after a search party was attacked by the militants, he said. The slain militant was active for the past 10 years in the area and was wanted in connection with several incidents. Two more Hizbul militants were killed in an inter-group clash at Tanta Gandoh in the same district last night. An encounter took place between militants and security forces at Budhoora in South Kashmir district of Anantnag last night during which two Lashker-e-Toiba militants were killed. Two more militants were killed at Bankpora in Baramulla district. The body of a released militant Ghulam Mohammad Mir was recovered at Lassipora in Kupwara last night. Security forces busted a hideout and recovered 15 kg deadly RDX and other arms and ammunition at Batote in Doda district last night. Five sympathisers of militants were also taken into custody. A BSF spokesman said troops of the 103 battalion conducted searches at Kayam Bahak, Kachama and Furkian Top in the frontier district of Kupwara following information that militants had established a hideout there. He said two pistols with loaded magazines, one remote control box, 8 kg explosives, eight detonators, six grenades and one wireless set were recovered from the hideout. JAMMU: Two of the 21 persons wounded in the yesterday’s grenade attack on a mosque in the interior of the city succumbed to their injuries in hospital late last night. Those who died are Abdul Rashid Khan, an employee of the law department in the Secretariat, and Mohammad Shafi, who was in the Animal Husbandry Department. Their bodies were today sent to their homes at Srinagar. Meanwhile, the banned terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohmmad was involved in the January 2 Jammu railway station attack, which killed seven persons, including four jawans and two militants, top intelligence sources said today. The intercept of the JeM recorded by the BSF in Hinternad in Kashmir valley on January 8 revealed that the organisation was responsible for the attack, the sources said.
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8 BSF battalions withdrawn from Srinagar Jammu, January 10 According to official sources, the second phase of withdrawing six BSF battalions is likely to start from the middle of this year. The sources maintained that the shifting of the six BSF battalions has been delayed as the government may require additional forces in the Kashmir valley in case the nation went to the poll within the next four months. Also, unless suitable replacement was available it was not feasible to withdraw all battalions of the BSF from the valley. The sources said with the start of the plan of raising seven battalions of the Territorial Army and two additional battalions of the police the government may no longer bank on the BSF. The Territorial Army battalions will be entrusted with the task of carrying out counter insurgency operations in the border belts of Jammu and Kashmir. The sources said out of the seven battalions three were to be raised from the Kashmir valley. It was also clarified that the recruitment was not to be limited to the youth belonging to the Gujjar and Bakerwal ethnic groups only. At the same time able-bodied people belonging to these communities would be
given preference because of their fighting skills and on account of their utility in providing specific intelligence inputs regarding the movement and the hideouts of militants in the state. |
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J&K gets new office for Commissioner Chandigarh, January 10 Till now the work of the Central Excise wing was handled by the Commissioner at Jalandhar. The work of the Customs was handled by the Amritsar office leading to procedural delays. The J& K office of the Commissioner would also look after the functions of the Customs ( Preventive) Division. Sources in the office of the Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs here, said the preventive stations to be looked after by the office are Kathua, R.S. Pora, Akhnoor, Rajouri, Samba and Jammu. In case India decides to open the Srinagar — Muzafarabad road in the light of the resumed dialogue with Pakistan, an additional post of the preventive wing could be set up on the pattern of Attari Customs checkpost near Amritsar, said a senior officer. Already the Commissioner of Central Excise, Jalandhar, Mr J.S.Narang, has been given the additional charge of the Commissioner, Central Excise and Customs, Jammu and Kashmir. An Additional Commissioner, Mr M.K. Sohal, has been posted there. The sources said a proposal to fill in the vacancies in the Group C and D posts from the local population of the state was likely to be taken up by the Centre. The absorbing of the local population could boost employment avenues to a certain extent, said the officer. Justifying the creation of an independent office of the Central Excise and Customs for the state, an officer said it would boost the economic and industrial growth by facilitating speedy handling of the exports which attract Central Excise Duty. Mr S.S. Bedi, Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs, confirmed that a new office of the Commissioner, Jammu and Kashmir, had started functioning from January 1. To support the functioning of the officer, an air cargo unit to handle the central excise and customs formalities was already functional at Srinagar Airport. “ If need be a container freight station (CFS) could also be set up at Srinagar. It would facilitate the movement of freight to and from the state”, said a senior officer. According to the officials of the department, items like carpets, handicrafts, walnut wood furniture and shawls were mainly exported from the state. |
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Rs 95 cr for hospital upgradation
Jammu, January 10 Addressing a press conference here yesterday, Mr Singh said,”It was only after repeated requests to Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj by the State Health Ministry that a three-member expert team visited GMC Hospital recently and prepared a plan for the upgradation of this hospital,” the minister said. Mr Singh said that he would meet Ms Swaraj on January 19 when the date for laying the foundation stone for the upgradation of the GMC would be finalised. “The upgradation of this hospital on the pattern of AIIMS is necessary as the nearly 4.4 million population of the Jammu region is dependent on this hospital,” he said adding, “the upgraded hospital will not only cater to the needs of the Jammu region but would also be helpful for the people of Himachal Pradesh who visit Punjab and other states for specialised treatments.”
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Satellite township to be developed near Srinagar
Jammu, January 10 To be named “Shehjaar”, (pleasant shade of Chinar), the township will be spread over 6,000 kanals with about 8,000 houses for different income groups with top-class civic amenities. The cost of the project has been estimated at Rs 550 crore, excluding the cost of land, and will be completed in two years. The township will have provisions for bus terminal, multi- disciplinary hospital, multiplex, commercial establishments, markets, shopping malls, parks, schools, culture centres, clubs, and stadia. The proposed site for the satellite township is Gund Akshi behind the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Medical College in Srinagar. The site has access to the national highway bypass besides connectivity with the Srinagar airport and the adjoining famous bird sanctuary, Hokersar. The township will be developed by Delhi-based OMAXE Construction Limited in collaboration with the Srinagar Development Authority. The Srinagar Development Authority has offered 4,200 kanals for the purpose. The township will have flats for high-income groups, economically weaker sections and low-income groups besides a “comfort home’’ for elders.
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Srinagar, January 10 A tigress delivered three cubs in the cowshed of Ghulam Rasool Malik yesterday. The news spread like wild fire and hundreds of people decended on the village to have a look at the cub. Confirming the report, Chief Wildlife Warden Najam-u-Saqib said the tigress left the village, along with two cubs, yesterday itself. “As soon as we got the information, a party was deputed to rescue the tigress. When the party reached there, it found that the tigress had returned to the forest along with two cubs,” he said. He said the party was asked to stay back in the village to ensure safety of the third cub. “The mother of the cub will return within a day or two to take away the cub to the forest and we do not want to separate them”, he added. Wild animals venturing into human habitation is normal during winters as high altitude areas remain snow covered, resulting in the loss of natural habitat of the animals.
— PTI |
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