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Militants kill 3 of family
14 hurt in grenade attack in J-K
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Cloudburst damages Army camp in Kargil
Drop in number of Amarnath pilgrims
Locusts destroy crop in Zanskar
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Militants kill 3 of family
Jammu, August 11 The killed have been identified as Sumitra Devi (40), her daughter Meena (14) and son Neelam Singh (10). Terrorists barged into the house of one Ram Singh and mercilessly beat the woman and her children as Ram Singh was not present in the house. Thereafter, they shot them dead. It is learnt that Ram Singh had been complaining to the police that he was receiving threats from terrorists, who wanted that he should migrate from the village. However, no timely action was taken to protect him and his family. The police came to know about the killings in the morning when the villagers informed the nearest police post. No terrorist group has so far claimed responsibility of the killings. Terrorists have been targeting Hindus in the area. Thirtyfive Hindus were shot dead at Basantgarh village of Udhampur and the Kulhand area of the Doda district by terrorists on April 30. In a recent incident, four members of two Sikh families were shot dead in Poonch town.
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14 hurt in grenade attack in J-K
Srinagar, August 11 Militants hurled a grenade towards a moving security vehicle in the Main Chowk of Sopore, 55 km from here, at around 4.15 pm, the sources said. The explosive device missed the intended target and exploded on the road, causing injuries to 14 pedestrians. All injured were rushed to hospital and the condition of two of them was stated to be serious, the sources said. The police assisted by the security forces immediately cordoned off the whole area. A hunt has been launched to nab the ultras involved in the attack. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the incident. PTI
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Bandh in support of lawyers
Jammu, August 11 The normal life remained paralysed here throughout the day as the shops and other commercial establishments remained closed. The public transport services did not
operate. Shopkeepers in the outskirts of the town also responded to the bandh call by pulling down their shutters. Vegetable and fruit markets also remained closed. Office goers and schoolchildren were stranded as buses and other transport also observed strike. The strike by lawyers here entered 45th day today as efforts to persuade them to call of the strike have proved futile. A recent meeting between the lawyers and the Chief Justice Bashir Ahmed Khan did not yield positive results. The lawyers have also rejected the request of the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Muzaffar Hussain Beig, to call off the
strike. The agitating lawyers took out a large procession in the town this morning and blocked the Tawi Bridge. |
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Cloudburst damages Army camp in Kargil
Srinagar, August 11 The situation is bad here and we are in the process of ascertaining the losses, an official told PTI over the phone from Kargil. The flooding in the Suru was caused by a cloudburst accompanied with heavy rain, the official said. He said the cloudburst caused a part of the mountain to slide into
the river, leading to its blockade. The water from the river, which was already flowing close to the danger mark, crossed over the banks and entered the Army camp. Some infrastructure has been damaged and Army officials were ascertaining the extent of the loss, the official said. However, there was no immediate report of any casualties in the
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Drop in number of Amarnath pilgrims
Jammu, August 11 The chief executive officer of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Dr Arun Kumar, told The Tribune here today that the terrorist attacks on tourists for the first time perhaps kept pilgrims away from the shrine. The board had this time expected a record number of 5 lakh pilgrims. Dr Arun Kumar said over 10,000 pilgrims flew to the shrine in helicopters for which the return ticket cost Rs7,500 per passenger between Baltal and the shrine. He said although some pilgrims lost their lives in grenade attacks by terrorists in Srinagar and other places, the entire pilgrimage route remained secure. No incident of terrorist violence was reported on the pedestrian route to the shrine. He said the figure reached 2.91 lakh despite the pilgrimage remained suspended for about 10 days because of bad weather and landslides on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. The trek route experienced snowfall twice during the pilgrimage.
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Locusts destroy crop in Zanskar
Jammu, August 11 Highly placed sources told this correspondent today that the entire crop in the Zanskar valley of Kargil district had been destroyed by the locusts that had virtually invaded the area from China. A high-level central team, consisting of experts of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), was visiting the area today to study the situation. A separate central team would assess the extent of loss suffered by farmers. The local Buddhist farmers in certain villages had resisted the efforts of the officials to kill the locusts by spraying pesticides. The Buddhist farmers in the affected villages were against the killing of even the locusts that were destroying their crops, a senior officer of the Agriculture Department said. The officer said the swarm of locusts was heading towards Kishtwar. The Chief Agriculture Officer of Kargil district said on telephone that more than 50 per cent of the crops in the district had been destroyed by the locusts. Two rounds of manual spray had not succeeded in controlling the pests. He said among the worst affected villages were Kasha, Tungey, Sam, Seela and the adjoining areas. Almost entire standing crop had been destroyed in these villages. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad yesterday flew to Kargil to take stock of the damage caused to crops by the locusts and floods. |
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