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Veeri surprised at lack of facilities for cops
Mir Qasim laid to rest
GOC flags off educational tour
Ex-woman SPO killed; 5 ultras held
Resentment against reservation of ward
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Joshi in charge of J-K unit of BJYM
130 boarded at Jammu
Jawan killed in freak accident
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Veeri surprised at lack of facilities for cops
Jammu, December 14 Mr Veeri is scheduled to hold a series of review meetings which will include his interaction with the Civil Secretariat security agencies. He is scheduled to hold review meetings in various police ranges and would visit different district headquarters. According to sources after Mr Veeri ended his discourse advising the police to “wear a human face” and tackle militancy related problems in sympathetic way, police functionaries informed him about the problems being faced by the men in khaki. Over the years the demand for security cover from political leaders and senior bureaucrats had increased and as a result groups of policemen, guarding the VIP enclosures had to suffer while staying in tattered tents which had no basic facilities like toilets. A police officer said those guarding residences of VIPs and other senior government functionaries had no permission to use bathrooms and toilets inside palatial houses of the VIPs. The officers demanded, during their interaction with Mr Veeri, that barracks should be set up at places where the security personnel set up camps while on security duty. Another demand was that facilities should be provided to the security personnel to give them relief from sizzling heat in the summer in Jammu region and from biting cold in the Kashmir valley in the winter months. Those who attended the review meeting in Jammu on Monday informed Mr Veeri that the level of militancy related violence had gone down during the past one year in the region and no cases of excesses by the security forces had been registered in the area. They wanted better amenities, including modern weapons and communication system for the security forces. Reports said after completing the interaction with the officers in police and other security agencies Mr Veeri will submit a detailed report to the Chief Minister on the need to improve facilities for the police personnel and if the state government accepts the report then the matter would be taken up with the Centre for financial support. |
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Mir Qasim laid to rest
Srinagar, December 14 The burial took place with full state honours. Thousands participated in the Jinnaza prayers at the ancestral graveyard of Asrari Baghdad Mir Maidan at Dooru Shahabad. Senior Congress leader Makhan Lal Fotedar along with the two sons of the deceased accompanied the body. At the airport the body, wrapped in the tricolour, was received by the Finance Minister, Mr Muzaffar Hussain Beigh and his ministerial colleagues. The body was later taken to the Burzulla residence of late Mir Qasim, where former Union Minister and Governor, Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, among others paid floral tributes to the deceased leader. A floral wreath was also laid on behalf of the Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) S.K. Sinha on the body of the deceased leader. The Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma along with their Cabinet colleagues were also present on the occasion. Mangat Ram Sharma paid condolence on behalf of the Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, to the bereaved family. |
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GOC flags off educational tour
Srinagar, December 14 He was replying to questions from mediapersons on the occasion of flagging off a group of schoolchildren on an educational tour. The tour was organised by the Army. The GOC, Lieut-Gen Nirbhay Sharma, said the decline was possible due to the modern gadgetry and anti-infiltration mechanism adopted by the Army. He added that the attempts of infiltration were being foiled with the presence of preventive measures at three levels. Referring to recent spurt in violence, General Sharma said this was because the militants wanted to scuttle the ongoing peace process. He said the militants, particularly foreigners, did not like the peace process to move forward. He added all efforts were being made to restore peace. He said the situation was gradually returning to normalcy. During their three-week-long tour, the students will meet the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the Chief of the Army Staff and the Chief Minister of Delhi. They will also visit Agra and Jaipur. |
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Ex-woman SPO killed; 5 ultras held
Srinagar, December 14 Militants shot dead former SPO Fahmeda at Hanzipora in Baramula district last night. Meanwhile, Ghulam Qadir
Waza, who was injured in a blast at Palhalan Pattan in Baramula, died in the hospital late last night. The villagers, who disrupted traffic on the
Srinagar-Uri national highway yesterday, alleged that Waza was injured after he was asked by the security forces to defuse a powerful improvised explosive device
(IED) planted by militants to target troops. Traffic on the highway was resumed last evening after the authorities said that the incident would be probed. The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and breakaway Hurriyat Conference have
condemned the incident. The spokesman said a militant was injured in an encounter at Jatta Brahamana today. The security forces and the police arrested five militants, including two extortionists. The security forces recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition including one pistol, one wireless set, four packets of RDX, one UBGL grenade, five detonators with fuses, one
UBGL, one remote control battery with charger and one AK rifle during several search operations since last evening.
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Resentment against reservation of ward
Jammu , December 14 They demanded that the notification reserving the seat for women should be withdrawn as this would deny the male members of the Sikh community a chance to contest the election. The participants at the meeting said that the municipal elections were being held after 27 years but the Sikh community would again be without any male member in the Municipal Corporation. Others present at the meeting were Mr Narbit Singh, president, Shiromani Youth Akali Dal (J&K), Mr Parmjeet Singh, president, AISSF (J&K), Mr Jagdev Singh, president, state Akali Dal and Mr Kulwant Singh, chief advisor, Sikh Nojwan Sabha. |
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Joshi in charge of J-K unit of BJYM
Chandigarh, December 14 Mr Vineet Joshi, who had been earlier active on the student and youth front of the BJP, has been given the responsibility to tone up the J and K unit and to enhance the base of the party among the youth of that state. Mr Joshi came into limelight when he was appointed as convener of the media cell of the BJP in Punjab in 2002-03. He has also remained a member of the National Executive of the ABVP. |
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130 boarded at Jammu
Jammu, December 14 According to railway officials, two of these passengers had booking in the coach that was badly damaged. Most of the passengers are stated to be either pilgrims or armed forces personnel. There was hardly any commotion at the station even after the news about the accident broke out, as there was hardly any local passenger in the train. The station manager, Mr Mulkh Raj, said the relief material was despatched to the spot from Pathankot and Jalandhar. A generator van was also rushed from here to the spot. |
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Jawan killed in freak accident
Jammu, December 14 Surinder Singh, who hailed from Bhiwani and was undergoing training for the past three months, was killed on the spot when his service revolver went off and the bullet pierced his head, they said.
— PTI |
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