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Friday,
November 8, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Redress
problems, Mufti tells top cops Four
ultras among 8 killed in J&K J&K
vendors take wares to plains There was bid to sabotage J&K poll: CEC Farooq
likely ‘to win’ RS seat Farooq in
Jammu to set up home Pension
for disabled on doorstep Night
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Redress
problems, Mufti tells top cops Jammu, November 7 Addressing the top police officers here this morning, while reviewing the security situation in the state, the Chief Minister described police stations as the basic units of policing and authority and emphasised the need for strengthening these. The effort should be to redress people’s problems at the police station level for which better police-people relations were necessary. Besides normal policing, the police had to ensure law and order, tackle crime and fight militancy. This was a herculean task and it had to be undertaken keeping in mind that civilian population was not harmed in anyway while dealing with the situation. “We want peace with dignity and the police has to change for playing the role of a facilitator, friend and protector”, he said. Mr Sayeed said the police had gradually to take over the role at present assigned to the Army and paramilitary forces of tackling militancy. The Chief Minister emphasised the need for having the best available human resources in the force. He called for adopting modern techniques of interrogation by dispensing with the third degree and physical torture. |
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Four ultras among 8 killed in J&K
Jammu, November 7 Three militants entered the house of two special police officers (SPOs), who were brothers, at Tanter village in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district this morning and shot them they said. The duo had surrendered before the police earlier and were working as the SPOs, the sources said. A jawan and a militant were killed during an encounter at Sanai village in Poonch district last evening, the sources said, adding that one AK rifle, two magazines and two sealed boxes of ammunition were seized from the slain militant. In another incident, security forces shot a militant of the Al-Badr outfit at Dudawali Dhok in the Swajian area of Poonch district yesterday. One AK rifle with two magazines and 30 rounds, 10 detonators and one binocular were seized from him, the sources said. Security forces also busted a hideout in the Dhara-Sangla area of Poonch district and seized one AK-47 rifle, two binoculars, three blankets and three rucksacks, they said. Reports from Doda district said security forces arrested three militants of the Hizbul-Mujahideen outfit in the Kishtwar area last evening. They were being interrogated, the sources said. SRINAGAR: Three persons, including two Jaish-e-Mohmmad militants, were killed in the Kashmir valley since Wednesday night. Official sources said an encounter took place between militants and security forces at Lolab in north Kashmir on Wednesday night during which two Jaish militants were killed. The encounter ensued after a search party was attacked by the militants hiding there. A large cache of arms and ammunition was seized from the slain militants. Abdul
Rashid, who was critically wounded in a grenade blast at Anantnag bus stand on Wednesday, died in the hospital on Thursday. With this, the toll in the incident has risen to two, and 13 have been injured.
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J&K vendors take wares to plains Jammu, November 7 Several hundred vendors and traders migrated from the valley with the closure of move offices in the summer capital on October 27. While the labourers have fixed destinations which include Amritsar, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Shimla, Delhi and Rajasthan, traders and vendors, including those trading in saffron and shawls, move to far-off places, including Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Dehra Dun. In a bid to make their reservation and travel from Srinagar to different places in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Mangat Ram Sharma, has directed the state Roadways Corporation to set up special booking counters at all district headquarters in the valley. He has even identified small rural spots, including Kulgam, Shopian, Vessau (all in south Kashmir), Wayil (Srinagar district), Kupwara, Sopore and Bandwara where the migratory labourers could book tickets and travel by buses. Prior to the rise of militancy the number of shawl and Kashmiri craft vendors and traders moving out of the valley during winter months was smaller than what it had been since 1991. The reason: before the advent of gun culture more than six lakh tourists from various states of India and over 65,000 foreign excursionists would visit Kashmir annually thereby enlarging the scope of sale of wares to them. With violence having rocked the valley the tourist traffic got reduced to a trickle and more and more vendors and traders were forced to move to the plains to sell their goods. |
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There was bid to sabotage J&K poll: CEC
New Delhi, November 7 He also disclosed that there were plans to release surrendered militants who would have infiltrated the electorate to influence the results and deploy the Army in road clearance and checking operations to “divert” attention. He was participating in the programme “Court Martial” anchored by Karan Thapar.
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Farooq likely ‘to win’ RS seat Jammu, November 7 The National Conference has decided to field Dr Farooq Abdullah and the PCC chief, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, is the Congress nominee. The Chairman of the Panthers Party, Prof Bhim Singh, has been trying to persuade the AICC leadership to support his candidature. The Panthers Party, which has four seats in the Assembly, has got a Cabinet post for its legislature party leader, Mr Harsh Dev Singh. A former MP, Mr Janak Raj Gupta, is also in the race. Latest reports said till today nobody had filed nomination papers and the Returning Officer, Mr Iqbal, said he would have to wait till 3 pm tomorrow which was the deadline for filing the nomination papers. Experts said the National Conference nominee, Dr Farooq Abdullah, had a fair chance of winning the seat as he required the support of 30 MLAs. The NC has 29 members in the Assembly. The PDP and the Congress will decide their candidates by this evening or by tomorrow morning. From the Congress side, Mr Krishan Amla, treasurer, PCC, Mr Ashok Bhan, member of the Kashmir Committee, Prof Saifuddin Soz, a former MP, Mr M.L. Fotedar, and Mr Ghulam Rasool Kar are said to be in the race for party nomination. The PDP has left it to its supremo, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, to select at least two party nominees for two Rajya Sabha seats. However, the Congress will contest two of the four seats as the number of party MLAs is higher than the PDP. The Congress also had the support of at least six Independent MLAs. If the PDP-Congress coalition is able to secure the support of 56 MLAs, it stands a chance to win three of the four seats. In case it receives support from only 50 to 52 MLAs, its joint candidate has to secure the support of 21 MLAs because 30 votes polled in favour of its candidate will be spent in coming up to the mark of 30 which the NC candidate is expected to poll. Hence the PDP-Congress combine has to ensure full support of all Independent candidates if it wants to bag three of the four seats. UNI adds: Meanwhile, Mr Azad on Thursday said that his party would contest from two Rajya Sabha seats while giving one seat to the PDP. “I will fill the nomination papers tomorrow,” Mr Azad said. The Congress would hold a meeting tonight in Delhi to decide about the other candidates, he added. He said one seat had been given to the PDP and it would decide the candidate on its own. About the fourth seat, the PCC president said, “We can win this seat also but if Dr Farooq Abdullah wants to contest, the party will give it to the National Conference (NC) as we believe in the policy of live and let live.” However, no other NC candidate would be acceptable, he added. Brushing aside the reports that one seat will be given to Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh, Mr Azad said, “This proposal is not in the pipeline.” |
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Farooq in Jammu to set up home Jammu, November 7 “We are fighters and very soon we will come back,” Dr Abdullah told a group of newsmen at Jammu airport. Dr Farooq continues to be ringed by NSG commandos who tried to stop newsmen from moving close to him. However his son, Mr Omar Abdullah, avoided newsmen, but radiant Dr Abdullah answered questions. “I am born to work for the state and as a member of the Rajya Sabha I will raise problems facing the people in Jammu and Kashmir,” he told a questionaire. “We are watching the government and its ability to fulfil the promises that it made to the people.” About the plan of the government to scrap POTA Dr Abdullah said “ask this question to Mufti Sahib.” He did not open his cards as far as his strategy to oppose the government was concerned. He said “we are watching and we will raise our voice whenever the government commits a mistake.” He said the National Conference would work as an effective opposition party. Dr Abdullah who now resides in his own house at Bhatindi on the outskirts of the city, said “I have to get my house in order. I have to do a lot of work in making my house habitable.” As he moved out of the airport, more than 300 party workers, including four former ministers and legislators, shouted pro-Farooq slogans. |
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Pension
for disabled on doorstep Jammu, November 7 Chaired by the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed, the Cabinet ordered that pension shall be disbursed through money orders whose charge shall be borne by the government. These benefits are available to disabled persons under the Integrated Social Security Scheme. |
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Night curfew relaxed Jammu, November 7 The curfew has now been relaxed to enable people offer prayers in mosques or at places where a community namaz is held, he said.
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Mohammad
Khanday Jammu, November 7 |
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