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NC chief heads prominent losers’
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Bhat: poll results vote against Centre Geelani aides’ undisclosed income revealed Minister charged with beating up poll official Pak shelling disrupts traffic |
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21 ultras
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NC chief heads prominent losers’ list Srinagar, October 10 Mr Abdullah lost to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Qazi Mohammed Afzal by more than 200 votes in his home constituency of Ganderbal in Srinagar district, a traditional stronghold of the Abdullah family. Among the NC stalwarts who had to bite the dust are Assembly Speaker Abdul Ahad Vakil, a close associate of Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, Education Minister Mohd Shafi Uri and Information and Tourism Minister Ajat Shatru Singh, son of Dr Karan Singh. Dr Mustafa Kamal, younger brother of Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, lost to PDP stalwart Ghulam Hassan Mir from the Gulmarg constituency. Among the winners are PDP Vice-Presidents Mehbooba Mufti, daughter of former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, prominent lawyer Muzaffar Hussein Beg and former Minister Mangat Ram Sharma. From the ruling NC, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, Shia leader Iftikhar Hussein Ansari, Minister of State in the Farooq Abdullah Cabinet Ajay Sadhotra and Mian Altaf, also a minister, retained their seats. Other prominent winners include CPI leader Mohd. Yusuf Tarigami former Minister Hakim Mohammed Yaseen, former Deputy Speaker Moulvi Abdul Rashid and Mr Ashwini Kumar of the RSS-backed Jammu State Morcha. A prominent feature of the 87-member Assembly is that it will have a significant number of Independent MLAs.
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Bhat: poll results vote against Centre Srinagar, October 10 Hurriyat Chairman Abdul Ghani Bhat also maintained that the polls would not be of great help unless the “basic issue” was addressed.
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Geelani aides’ undisclosed income revealed New Delhi, October 10 This is over and above Mr Geelani’s undisclosed income of Rs 3.17 crore on which the Income Tax authorities have demanded recovery of Rs 1.9 crore as penal amount, well-placed sources here disclosed to The Tribune today. A significant outcome of these investigations is the exposure of the role of UK-based expatriate Kashmiri secessionist leader, Dr Ayub Thakur. Another important aspect that has emerged in the investigations is that Abdul Karim Bhat, the house owner of Aiysia Indrabi, chief of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, had an undisclosed income of Rs 42.30 lakh on which the IT Department has shown penal recovery amounting to Rs 25.38 lakh. The details of recoveries as worked out by the IT authorities of Mr Geelani’s other five associates are as follows: 1. Altaf Ahmed Shah, a businessman and son-in-law of Mr Geelani: Rs 57,94,700 (Penal recovery amount Rs 34,76,820). 2. Abdul Rashid Saraf, owner of Millat Tehile Baramula and a suspected conduit of finances to Hurriyat chairman Abdul Ghani Bhat: Rs 3,73,28,755 (Penal recovery amount Rs 2,23,97,253). 3. Ghulam Mohammad Baba, a non-income tax payee and close confidant and political assistant of Mr Geelani: Rs 5,27,598 (Penal recovery amount Rs 3,16,558). 4. Baba Abdul Qayoom, brother of Ghulam Mohammad Baba and a non-income tax payee: Rs 19,40,736 (Penal recovery amount Rs 11,64,441). 5. Nazir Ahmed Baba, brother-in-law of Ghulam Mohammad Baba and a non-income tax payee: Rs 20,92,150 (Penal recovery amount Rs 12,55,290). |
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Minister charged with beating up poll official Srinagar, October 10 The minister allegedly beat up the district election officer of Srinagar, Senior Superintendent of Police Rashmi Ranjan Suhay told PTI. An FIR had been registered against Sagar and NC candidate from the Habbakadal assembly constituency Shamima Firdous after they, along with some supporters, clashed with the police at the counting centre demanding a repoll, he said.
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Pak shelling disrupts traffic Srinagar, October 10 Official sources told UNI that heavy mortar and artillery shelling by Pakistani troops was witnessed in the Dras sector since last evening. Security installations and a bridge on the highway were the main targets. The sources said most of the shells fell at Morad, Braras and Dari close to the Line of Control in the Dras sector forcing people to move to safer places. More than 20 shells fell around a bridge on the highway, 2 km from the Dras sector. However, none of them hit the bridge. It was a desperate attempt by Pakistani troops to snap the road communication to Kargil by targeting the bridge, the sources said.
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21 ultras killed Srinagar, October 10 Official sources said the Army and the SOG of the police, on a tip-off, cordoned off Mirpora village in Badgam district early this morning to nab some militants. While the security forces were sealing the area, the militants attacked them with automatic weapons and grenades. The security forces returned the fire and 10 militants, including eight foreign mercenaries, were killed in the encounter which went on for several hours. An official spokesman said the security forces gunned down four militants at Bandipayeen Kandi in Baramula district during a search operation last night. Three more militants were killed by the security forces in a fierce clash at the Banderhan forest near the LoC late last night. In another incident, the security forces killed two militants at Dangiwachi while one ultra each was shot dead at Machil and Kunzer last night. Elsewhere, the militants lobbed a hand grenade at the security forces in Bijbehara this morning. However, the grenade missed the target and exploded on the roadside, injuring two civilians who had been hospitalised.
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