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10, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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Intrusion bid foiled, 13 die
in J&K ABVP men disrupt CM’s
speech Hurriyat for solution
to Kashmir issue Centre derailing
peace process, says Hurriyat Curfew in Udhampur |
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NHRC chief
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Intrusion bid foiled, 13 die
in J&K SRINAGAR, FEB 9
— Six infiltrators were killed while attempting to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir, where militancy-related incidents claimed seven more lives and left three others injured since yesterday. The infiltration bid by a group of militants was foiled by troops in the Nowshehra sector of Rajouri in the Jammu region last night, a police spokesman said here today. He said the security forces noticed a group of infiltrators trying to sneak into the Indian side from across the border via Kheri in Nowshehra under cover of darkness. However, the jawans challenged the intruders who tried to flee back, forcing the troops to open fire in which six of them were killed, he said. According to a defence spokesperson, three of the militants were Pakistanis and have been identified as Altaf Rehman, Imran Farooq and Amir, alias Abu Javed. Two militants, including one belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen, were killed in an encounter with the security forces at the Rajwara area in Poonch district yesterday. Two AK assault rifles and some arms were recovered from them. The security forces killed a militant in an encounter at Thuloo-Barnaily in Udhampur district yesterday and seized a rifle and some ammunition from him. Meanwhile, Gulzar Ahmad Bhat was killed and two others were injured, one of them seriously, in an IED blast near the Hagerpora bridge in Baramula today. The IED had been planted by the militants to target the security personnel camping nearby. But it exploded prematurely, killing Bhat. The militants also killed a shopkeeper inside his shop at Mochwa-Chadura in Badgam district last night on suspicion of his being an informer, the police spokesman said. They also lobbed a grenade towards an Army vehicle at Kunzar Chowk in Baramula today. However, the grenade failed to explode and was later defused by experts. The Army arrested two militants, Abdul Rehman and Ghulam Hassan Bhat, along with two grenades and a detonator from Gori Draman village of Anantnag district yesterday and handed them to the police after questioning.
ABVP men disrupt CM’s speech JAMMU, Feb 9 — Seven activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were arrested for disrupting the speech of Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah at a seminar here yesterday. They were protesting against the alleged illegal admissions in government medical colleges in the state. As the Chief Minister began his speech, one of the ABVP activists in the audience rose and appealed to him to listen to his grievance. When Dr Farooq continued with his speech, several other ABVP activists rose and moved towards the dias, raising slogans. Security personnel kept the demonstrators at a bay. Seven of them were later taken into custody. At the
seminar, senior Army officers called for keeping military operations open to the media so that the fourth estate could act as a force multiplier in conflict situations. The media had played an important role in conflict situations in the 21st century, they said, citing the example of the gulf war and the Kargil operations. At the media-services interactive seminar organised by the Tiger Division here, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command, Lt-Gen P.S. Joshi highlighted the role of the media in the Kargil conflict and said ‘Operation Vijay’ was “accomplished” only after media reported the victory of the Indian forces. Media had a strong impact on the masses and was a powerful weapon capable of changing the mindset of the public, he said. General Joshi referred to the effective use of the media by the US forces during the Gulf war when the CNN gave extensive coverage of the operations. Lt-Gen A.S. Khanna, GOC, 16 Corps, said the media had the responsibility of countering the propaganda unleashed by militants in the state. — PTI |
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Hurriyat for solution
to Kashmir issue NEW DELHI, Feb 9 — Senior Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq today said that no peace was possible in Jammu and Kashmir till the Kashmir issue was resolved. Addressing the Friday congregation at the Jama Masjid here, Mirwaiz said that no issue could be solved on the basis of muscle power. He said that there were only two ways of solving the Kashmir issue — one through the UN resolutions and the other was through tripartite talks. Referring to the peace initiative of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, Mirwaiz, who is also a religious leader, said that whatever steps were taken to solve the problem the All-Party Hurriyat Conference would support it. Maintaining that the Kashmir dispute was primarily a political dispute, he said that Hurriyat leaders had expressed desire to go to Pakistan to further the peace process initiated by Mr Vajpayee. The Hurriyat is for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir problem and wanted friendship between India and Pakistan, Mirwaiz added. |
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Centre derailing
peace process, says Hurriyat SRINAGAR, FEB 9 — The Hurriyat Conference has accused the Centre of “derailing” the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir by delaying the issuance of travel documents to its leaders to visit Pakistan. “The delay in the issuance of travel documents to the five-member Hurriyat delegation to visit Pakistan amounts to derailing of the peace process,” Hurriyat Chairman Abdul Gani Bhat told PTI yesterday. “Continued silence being maintained by the Centre on the issue has forced Hurriyat to believe that New Delhi is only trying to confuse the international community by holding back travel documents to the delegation which was originally scheduled to visit Islamabad on January 15,” he said. The delegation was nominated by the executive council, the highest decision-making body of the 23-party alliance, on January 11. The Chairman of the grouping asserted that the visit by the delegation to Pakistan is “vital” to carry forward the peace process and so it should not be put off further. “If the peace process is to move forward, issuance of passports to Hurriyat leaders should be speeded up,” Mr Bhat said. — PTI |
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Curfew in Udhampur JAMMU, Feb 9 — Curfew was imposed in Udhampur town this evening when protesters burnt one shop, one house and a vehicle in protest against the alleged kidnapping of a local girl. Police said a boy kidnapped a girl of another community a few days ago and today girl’s relatives recovered her clothes from a van. On seeing the clothes youths of the other community burnt a house, a shop and the vehicle of Mohammad
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NHRC chief
in J&K JAMMU, Feb 9 — The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Justice J.S. Verma held discussions with senior state government officials on human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Justice Verma, who is on a three-day tour of the state, discussed the situation yesterday with officials led by the chief secretary, Mr Ashok Jaitly, here. Mr Jaitly briefed Justice Verma on the overall security scenario in the state and steps taken for protection of human rights while combating terrorism, the official sources said. The principal secretary of the state for Home, Mr C. Phunsog, the DGP, Mr A.K. Suri and IG (BSF), along with the secretary general, of the NHRC, Mr N. Gopalaswamy, were present during the discussions.—
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