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Jammu/Srinagar, May 22 Four persons, including a self-styled area commander of the Lashker-e-Toiba, were killed in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, official sources said today.
Sikh panels ask Badal to snap ties with
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Panthers authorise chief to review support to
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Oman General visits Northern Command
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CPM activist among four killed in J&K
Jammu/Srinagar, May 22 On specific information about the presence of a group of militants, the Army and the police launched a joint operation in the Shadra Sharief area in Thanamandi belt of Rajouri district last evening, they said. During the search, an encounter took place, in which one militant was killed. The slain LeT commander has been identified as Abul Hasan, alias Almansurya, of Pakistan. In another incident, militants abducted a former Special Police Officer (SPO), Naiz Ahmed, during a marriage ceremony in Sanai hamlet in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district last night and later killed him. Militants shot dead a CPM activist while a Jaish-e-Mohammad militant was killed in the an encounter with security forces in separate incidents in Kashmir valley last night. A group of militants barged into the house of CPM activist Ghulam Mohammad Dar at Kaharwat-Sangus village in Anantnag district of South Kashmir and fired indiscriminately on him, the sources said. Dar, a shopkeeper, was seriously injured in the firing and later succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to a hospital. Troops of the 47 Rashtriya Rifles gunned down JeM militant Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Multan, during an ambush at Kand in the frontier district of Kupwara. Meanwhile, the security forces today apprehended self-styled operations chief-cum-publicity chief of the Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen here, while two militants of the Muslim Janbaz Force surrendered immediately after sneaking in from across the border in Kupwara district of North Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. Acting on a tip-off, troops of the Rashtriya Rifles arrested chief commander operations-cum-publicity chief of TuM Abdul Ahad Bhat from a hideout in the city. —
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Army operation in J&K to
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Srinagar, May 22 Reacting to a report in a section of the Press, an official spokesman said the BSF which was on internal security duty in Srinagar city was being replaced by the CRPF. A gradual phasing out of the BSF had commenced. |
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Sikh panels ask Badal to snap ties with
BJP
Jammu, May 22 Addressing a joint news conference here today Mr S.S.Wazir, former President Gurdwara Prabandhak Board, Mr Mohinder Singh, chief adviser, Bhai Kanhiya Nishkam Sewa Society, Mr Paramjit Singh, president AISSF, and Mr Narbir Singh, president Youth Akali Dal, said that in case Mr Badal snap ties with the NDA he would do disservice to the country in general and the Sikh community in particular. The Sikh leaders said that by electing a leader from the minority community as Prime Minister the Congress had atoned the sins it had committed during 1984 riots. Mr Wazir said Mr Badal should strengthen the secular and democratic traditions in the country by supporting the Congress which would amount to supporting a Prime Minister belonging to a minority community. “We will never forgive Mr Badal for not supporting Mr Manmohan Singh,” Mr Wazir said. The leaders described installation of Mr Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister as a victory for the country’s secular traditions and the entire
Sikh community needed to rejoice over it. They suggested to the Sikhs in the country not to do anything which could make the task of Mr Manmohan Singh in running the nation a difficult one. Mr Wazir said time had come when the Sikhs should dissociate themselves from the communal organisations like the BJP, the RSS, the Bajrang Dal, and the VHP. |
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Panthers authorise chief to review support to
govt
Jammu, May 22 The delegates also authorised Mr Bhim Singh to dissolve various bodies of the party at the state and the district level. The two ministers belonging to the party, Mr Harsh Dev Singh and Mr Yash Pal Kundal and also two MLAs, Mr Faqir Nath and Mr Balwant Singh Mankotia were also present. The decision authorising Mr Bhim Singh to review the party’s support to the coalition comes amidst reports that Congress party was pressuring the Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed, to throw out Mr Bhim Singh from the coalition. The relations between the Congress and the Panthers Party had soared during the recent Lok Sabha elections when Mr Bhim Singh contested from Udhampur against Mr Lal Singh of the Congress. |
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Oman General visits Northern Command
HQ
Jammu, May 22 The General, who is the highest ranking officer of the Oman Armed Forces, was accompanied by a delegation of five officers which included the Commandant, Command and Staff College, Oman, Commanders of Armed Forces, Commandant of the Naval Training Centre, Oman, and the Military Attache at the embassy of Oman at New Delhi. The General was received at Udhampur by Lieut-Gen K.K. Khanna, Chief of Staff, Northern Command Headquarters. The delegation was briefed on the situation in J&K. The delegation thereafter visited the Rajouri sector where they were shown the Line of Control. India and Oman have a long standing cordial relationship. Personnel of the Oman Armed Forces regularly attend training courses in various institutions in India. |
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