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6 ultras shot in encounter Maulana Dehlavi visits temple Amarnath yatra to begin on July 22 |
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6 ultras shot in encounter Srinagar, April 20 The encounter broke out when the security forces confronted a group of militants at Rani Badehtar village in Chingus sector early today, they said. The militants were asked to surrender, but they opened fire and in the ensuing gunfight six unidentified ultras and two security personnel were killed, the sources said. Meanwhile, a report from Baramula said a soldier and a militant were among four persons killed, while the house of the ruling National Conference’ Kupwara district president was attacked by ultras in the valley. Two jawans were injured by militants in south Kashmir today. Official sources said militants lobbed grenades and fired from automatic weapons on a patrol party of security forces at Neelipora Magam in north Kashmir late last night. The security forces immediately retaliated. In the ensuing gunbattle, a militant and a soldier were killed. However, other ultras managed to escape. Ultras attacked the house of the National Conference Kupwara district president, Mohammad Sultan, with automatic weapons at Hatmulla in the district last night. The guards posted there returned the fire. There were no reports of any casualty. Mr Sultan was also a former MLC of the National Conference. At least two BSF jawans were injured when militants attacked a search party at Kokernag. Ultras shot dead Abdud Rashid Bhat at Manloo Shopian in Kashmir district of Pulwama, while Ghulam Rasook was killed at Kalaroos in north Kashmir this morning. Meanwhile, Senior Hurriyat Conference leader and acting chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Javid Ahmad Mir was released along with six others and restrictions placed on the movement of former Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani were lifted, official sources said. Mir and his associates were released from the Ram Munshibagh police station last night after several hours of detention for violation of prohibitory orders by them.
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Maulana Dehlavi visits temple Jammu, April 20 Maulana Dehlavi, the first Muslim religious leader to visit the historic Raghunath Temple after the terrorist attack on March 30, after touring various parts of the Kashmir valley, told newsmen here today that communalists and fundamentalists had no place in India which “is a multi-religious country.” He said kicking up violence, burning alive of human beings in the name of religion and inciting communal hatred were barbaric acts and these would stop if all communal and anti-national bodies were banned. The Maulana said the desecration of Raghunath Temple, burning of the shrine at Chrar-i-Sharif and demolition of the Babri Masjid were acts of communal and anti-national elements. During his visit to the valley he was convinced that the withdrawal of STD and ISD facilities to PCOs in the state had cut off communication channels between the people in Kashmir and the rest of the country. The step had not affected the militants who continued to maintain the communication channels through the wireless system and satellite phones. He said he had met several pilgrims at Katra. They, too, were facing problems on account of non-availability of STD facilities at PCOs. He warned that central and state governments against the activities of the ISI and the Mosad, saying whatever had happened to Godra was the handiwork of the ISI. |
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Amarnath yatra to begin on July 22 Jammu, April 20 A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Jammu and Kashmir Governor Girish Chander Saxena here yesterday, an official press note said. The meeting, which was attended by Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and Chief Secretary Ashok Jaitley, took several policy decisions about the yatra. The Governor and the Chief Minister would visit Pahalgam before the yatra commenced. Financial Commissioner (Planning) K.B. Pillai, Financial Commissioner (Finance) Jalil Ahmed Khan, Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir) Parvez Dewan, Divisional Commissioner (Jammu) Anil Goswami and senior officers were present at the meeting. PTI |
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