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Maulvi Farooq under pressure to take part in poll
Top militant held from ex-MLA’s house
Three BRO personnel killed in mishap
JKLF to donate Rs 1 lakh
Muzaffarabad road necessary for peace, says Mehbooba
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J&K highway reopened
Two jawans die of asphyxiation
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Maulvi Farooq under pressure to take part in poll
Jammu, January 3 Sources said the Maulana’s supporters want the Kashmir Mirwaiz to allow the Awami Action Committee, which is headed by Molvi Umar Farooq, to contest the civic poll. Since Molvi’s main area of influence is limited to the interior of Srinagar city, his supporters want a say in the running and management of the civic affairs which was only possible if the action committee candidates contested. According to the sources, National Conference leaders are keen on indirect support from Molvi for their candidates in case the action committee decided to boycott the poll. So far Molvi has not decided whether to field candidates or lend support to the National Conference or boycott the poll. The sources close to the Kashmir Mirwaiz said since Molvi headed the APHC, which had decided to boycott the election, it may not be easy for him to allow the Awami Action Committee, which is a constituent of the APHC, to even think of indirect participation in the poll. According to a senior APHC leader, Prof Abdul Gani Bhat, the reports that Molvi Umar Farooq was contemplating to participate in the civic elections are ‘baseless’. He said: “Our conglomerate has been for total poll boycott as we believe that elections are not going to resolve the Kashmir issue as has been the case since 1951 when the first Assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir.” He said as head of the APHC Molvi Farooq “will not violate its constitution and the decision of its executive committee.” He said Syed Ali Shah Geelani “fell out with us because he wanted action against the People’s Conference, a constituent of our conglomerate, on the charge of having participated indirectly in the 2002 Assembly poll.” Reports said a number of people aspiring to be members of the municipal corporation were trying to seek Molvi Farooq’s help. At least in three Assembly constituencies, which are within the limits of the municipal corporation, his indirect support has the potential of shaping the destiny of several people. |
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Top militant held from ex-MLA’s house
Jammu, January 3 On a specific information about the presence of the militant, troops raided a house of a former MLA at Sidhra in the outskirts of Jammu city last night During the raid, security personnel arrested the ultra identified as
Maqsood, a resident of Gool in Udhampur district. The former Legislator, who was member of the assembly from 1996 to 2002, was not present in the house when the security personnel raided his house, the sources said, adding that he had gone to his native village. During the preliminary interrogation, the militant confessed that he had come on a recce of the city and peripheries before launching an attack. Asked whether the NC leader would also be arrested for giving shelter to the militant, the sources said “all this will depend upon the disclosures made by the militant during questioning, especially the interrogation report given by the joint interrogation centre”. The information was reportedly given by two militants of
Gool, who had come here for surrender a few days back. Meanwhile, Army troops today shot dead a self-styled sector commander of Lashker-e-Toiba in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir this afternoon, official sources said. On specific information about the presence of militants, troops launched an operation in the Salwa forest belt of Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district, they said During search of the area, an encounter took place in which top Pakistan militant and sector commander of LeT, Abu Shali alias Pathan was killed, they said. One AK rifle, 3 magazines, 7 grenades, one wireless set and some explosive material was from him, they said. Troops also seized 41 rounds and some IEDs from a hideout in Rajouri district last night. A militant was among two persons killed while a police constable was abducted in the Kashmir valley overnight, official sources said today. Security forces killed a militant in an encounter at Kralpora in the central Kashmir district of Badgam last night. An AK rifle and some arms and ammunition were seized from the slain militant. The encounter ensued after a search party was attacked by the militants, the sources said. The body of an unidentified person was recovered at Chandpora this morning while militants shot at and wounded one person at Kokernag in south Kashmir last night. Militants abducted police constable Mohammad Iqbal at Awantipora
yesterday. — PTI, UNI |
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Three BRO personnel killed in mishap
Jammu, January 3 The vehicle skidded off the road due to slippery conditions caused by light snowfall in the area. The persons, working in BRO's engineering wing, were on their way to check the condition of the road between Banihal and Jawahar Tunnel. Rescue teams rushed to the site and recovered the bodies, sources said.
— PTI |
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JKLF to donate Rs 1 lakh
Srinagar, January 3 The organisation will organise a blood donation camp to raise 100 pints of blood to be sent to tsunami-affected people in Andaman and other parts of India, a spokesman of the separatist party said at the end of a meeting chaired by Mohammad Yaseen Malik at Maisuma.
— PTI |
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Muzaffarabad road necessary for peace, says Mehbooba
Srinagar, January 3 Ms Mufti said though these temporary steps were welcomed but the permanent steps of opening of all routes passing between the two countries was a top priority. She said the opening of all important roads of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad, Noushera-Suchetgrah and Sialkot-Askerdu routes was immediately needed to create an atmosphere of real peace between the people living across the LoC and in different parts of the two neighbouring countries. The PDP chief held that people of the state heaved a sigh of relief with the announcement of the spotting of five meeting places for the divided families living across the LoC. She added that both New Delhi and Islamabad should bear it in their minds that there had to be a final settlement in addition to these steps. |
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J&K highway reopened
Jammu, January 3 Out of 800 vehicles, including 500 trucks and 300 passenger vehicles stranded on the highway, nearly 350 vehicles were cleared, SSP, Traffic, National Highway, Amjad Pervez Mirza, said here. He alleged that the BSF had “violated” rules and parked vehicles near the Jawahar tunnel, causing a traffic jam. There was snow and landslides between Ramban and Banihal, which forced traffic to stop last evening, he said. The Beacon authorities have launched an operation to clear the landslides.
— PTI |
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Two jawans die of asphyxiation
Jammu, January 3 The Army jawans had kept a ‘kangri’ of coals inside their room in a camp at Samot village in Rajouri district last night, they said. In the morning they were found dead by their colleagues, they said, adding that they had been identified as K.K. Nayak and Rajpal. They had died of asphyxiation. The bodies of the Army jawans were sent for post-mortem after which they would be sent to their native place in Bihar and UP.
— PTI |
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