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5 militants among 7 killed in valley Srinagar, January 17 Those killed included a district commander of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen while a major tragedy was averted with the timely detection of an IED in Baramula yesterday. The police here said that unidentified militants shot dead Gulzar Ahmad Rather, a police constable at Tarigam village in the Kulgam area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir yesterday. He was the nephew of CPM state secretary and MLA, Mr Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami. Two militants of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, including a district commander, were killed in an encounter with security forces at Malik Mohalla, Shopian in Pulwama district yesterday. They were identified as Bilal Ahmad Sheikh, alias Saifullah, district commander of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, a resident of Shopian, and Shabir Ahmad Najar, alias Talha from Brane Nishat, Srinagar. The house of Nissar Ahmad Dar, a Councilor of Congress party, where the militants were hiding, was gutted in the exchange of fire, the police said. Three unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces at Raikakapran in the Shopian area of Pulwama district early today Unidentified militants shot dead Bashir Ahmad Reshi, an employee of the Animal Husbandry Department at Shangas Kharavet in the Kulgam area of Anantnag district last night, the police here said. Another employee of the Education Department, Aijaz Ahmad Malla, was injured when unidentified militants fired at him at Shalipora, Kulgam in Anantnag district yesterday. The police and security forces apprehended, Shabir Ahmad Najar code Abu Hamza, a suspected militant of the Al-Bader outfit while checking vehicles at Nambal Awantipora, about 30 km south of here on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway. One pistol, two magazines, 12 rounds and two hand grenades were seized. JAMMU: In a major setback to terrorists who were reportedly planning to strike at sensitive targets here around Republic Day, the security forces have unearthed a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including RDX, TNT and grenades, from two places near the IAF station and civil airport. The recovery last night indicated that the terrorists were planning to strike terror in the city around Republic Day. Reports of terrorists planning to target public places were pouring in for the past few days. The cache was displayed before media persons today at the brigade headquarters at Miran Sahib, 14 km from here. Major Gen. Jasbir Singh, GOC, Tiger Division and Brigadier Manjeet Singh, Brigade Commander, said the location of the cache and condition of weapons and explosives indicated the possibility of striking sensitive targets like military cantonments, airport and MAM stadium where the Republic Day parade would be held. Based on specific information from the Army, the police and intelligence sources, a joint operation was launched last night to unearth the cache from two locations near Raipur Satwari on the outskirts of the town. The seizure includes, 10 kg of RDX and TNT, three AK-47 rifles, 879 AK ammunition, 17 grenades, five pistols, 200 pistol ammunition, five wireless sets, 10 detonators, 10 time pencils and 5 metres of cordex wire. |
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BJP to agitate for more districts in Jammu Jammu, January 17 The plan for the agitation would be given final shape during the next meeting of the executive committee of the party which is to be presided over by Mr Manohar Lal, in charge of the organisation. According to the BJP president, Dr Nirmal Singh, the Congress had promised in its 2002 election manifesto that it would implement the Wazir Committee recommendations. The commitment had also been made in the common minimum programme of the coalition government. But despite the passage of over three years, the ruling coalition had slept over the matter. In reply to a question, Dr Singh said here today that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s announcement that the recommendations needed to be further broadened, “smacked of some political motives.” The BJP chief said under the report three more districts in the Jammu region and one in the Kashmir valley needed to be carved out. He said Mr Azad was contemplating to carve out three new districts each in the valley and in the Jammu region. Dr Singh said on the basis of the area, population and the level of backwardness, which was higher in Jammu than Kashmir, “we demand that more than three districts be created in the Jammu region.” He said, “Our agitation will focus government’s attention towards its failure to set up a new delimitation commission and towards its failure to tackle with the problem of unemployment and corruption”, adding that Mr Azad’s “war” against corruption was “merely a cosmetic exercise”. The BJP leader disclosed that he had invited the new BJP president, Mr Rajnath Singh, to visit the shrine of Mata Vaishnov Devi. However, a formal invitation would be made to the president during the ensuing meeting of the party’s national council. He said about 25 BJP leaders from the state would attend the council meeting because for the first time Mr Rajnath Singh had invited office-bearers of the state units of the party and presidents of various factions of the Sangh Parivar.
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