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Transporters’
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Soldier killed in Pak shelling BJP to take up J&K issue with Kanshi Ram |
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Transporters’ stir hits life
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Srinagar, July 9 The day-long meeting between various representatives of transporters’ organisations and government officials failed to break the deadlock. The meeting was chaired by the Divisional Commissioner, Mr Parvez Dewan, and attended, among others, by the Transport Commissioner, Commissioner-Secretary, Transport and Information and the Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar. According to a spokesman of the Kashmir Passenger Transport Operators Welfare Association, the decision to go on an indefinite strike from today had been taken as the agreements reached at after a meeting with the Chief Minister here on February 6 had not been implemented. He said the fares and freight charges had not been revised in the wake of hike in petrol and diesel prices.Meanwhile, the government described the strike call as unjustified and anti-people. An official spokesman said the government had agreed in principle to revise passenger fares and the transporters did not hold negotiations with the authorities concerned till late last evening. Alternative arrangements by plying various buses of the State Road Transport Corporation were made by the government on key routes and parts of the city for passengers. Markets were deserted and there was thin attendance in government offices. Many schools were closed and attendance in schools that opened remained thin. |
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Soldier killed in Pak shelling Srinagar, July 9 Official sources said that Pakistani troops fired mortars and artillery shells targeting forward posts in Kargil. The sources said one of the shells fell near the Badgam post, resulting in the death of soldier Ranjit Singh. Indian troops also retaliated and hit a number of Pakistani bunkers. However, casualties suffered by troops across the border were not immediately known, the sources said. Meanwhile, at least two militants were killed and four civilians injured during a fierce clash in south Kashmir district of Pulwama today. Elsewhere in the state, the security forces gunned down three militants overnight. An official spokesman said acting on a tip off, the BSF cordoned off Gadoora Pulwama village today to nab the militants and their sympathisers. However, as the troops were sealing the village, they came under heavy fire from the militants. The security forces also retaliated and in the gunfight, two militants have been killed so far. Some houses were also damaged in the clash, sources said. The gun-battle was on when reports last came in. The spokesman said an explosive device fell in the nearby Mewa village Newa causing injuries to four persons who have been hospitalised. The security forces gunned down one militant each at Jrari Chhater, Chandi Top and the Bani Kama Khan forest during separate encounters last night. Some arms and
ammunition were also seized from the possession of the slain militants. People at Zoonimar in the down town took to streets today in protest against the arrest of two girls by the Special Operation Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police. The demonstrators raising slogans against the security forces were demanding immediate release of girls.
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BJP to take up J&K issue with Kanshi Ram Jammu, July 9 The president of the state unit of the BJP, Mr
D. K. Kotwal, told mediapersons here today that the report of the select committee, favouring private members resolution seeking formation of a hill development council for Doda district and Mahore subdivision of Udhampur district, was the first step in this direction. He said the BSP president, Mr Sheikh Abdul Rehman, had moved the resolution in the state Assembly which was forwarded to the committee. Mr Kotwal said that despite the fact that three members of the committee were neither informed about it nor was their approval sought, the Speaker was informed that the committee had accepted Mr Rehman’s proposal. The BJP chief said that party leaders would discuss the matter with the BSP supremo so that Rehman was forced to withdraw his Bill. He said that Mr Rehman had moved the Bill without informing Mr Kanshi Ram and this indicated that he was “hobnobbing” with the National Conference leadership, which had already adopted a Bill dividing the state into eight regional councils. Mr Kotwal said that Mr Rehman’s Bill and the regional autonomy plan of the National Conference, which favoured division of the state on communal basis, was dangerous for the security and integrity of Jammu and Kashmir. He urged the NDA government to intervene and force the state government to drop its plan of establishing the Chenab Valley Hill Development Council. |
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