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Saturday,
August 9, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Muslim
League leader freed after 33 months Mufti for
more Indo-Pak road routes Services
of 35 ad hoc munsiffs terminated Labourer
killed in cross-border shelling Govt yet
to check sale of synthetic milk |
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Gunmen
rob bank of Rs 1.23 lakh Landmine
blasts kill two Night
curfew extended in Poonch Science
exhibition inaugurated
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Muslim League leader freed after 33 months
Srinagar, August 8 A Jamaat spokesman told UNI that Mr Sahrayee, whose detention was quashed by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court three months ago, was released from the Srinagar Joint Interrogation Centre last evening. He said Mr Sahrayee, who was detained in Jharkhand jail, was brought to Jammu in the first week of August. Mr Sahrayee, the Vice-Amir (chief) of the Jamaat, was arrested two years ago here under the Public Safety Act. Mr Alam, released today, was arrested in 2000 here and detained in different jails within and outside the state, sources said. However, he was released on court orders after serving 33 months in prison under the Public Safety Act (PSA), the sources said. About 30 leaders, including Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik, Shakeel Bakshi, Noor Mohammad Lalwal and Hurriyat Conference spokesman Sheikh Rashid, were released by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led-coalition government since it assumed office in November last year. So far, nearly 100 other detainees have been released on court orders or on the completion of prison term.
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Mufti for more Indo-Pak road routes Jammu, August 8 The Mufti, while addressing a public meeting at Ranbirsinghpura which is at a stones throw from the Indo-Pak border, said he had suggested this to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani. He said the two routes should be reopened on the pattern of the Wagah border near Amritsar from where the people carrying valid passports and documents are allowed to cross to the both sides. The Mufti flew to Rajouri this morning to visit the Shahdara Sharief shrine where a science and technology university is being established. The university would look after the medical and engineering colleges. |
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Services
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ad hoc munsiffs terminated Jammu, August 8 A full court meeting of J and K High Court, under the chairmanship of Acting Chief Justice V.K. Jhanji, yesterday decided to dispense with the services of 35 ad hoc munsiffs, who were appointed by the state government on August 13. However, in another order, out of the 35 ad hoc munsiffs, 12 have been declared successful in the Kashmir Judicial Services examination and their appointment orders are likely to be issued within days. The court also recommended the compulsory retirement of District and Sessions Judge Ali Mohammad Padroo, who had been placed under suspension two years ago. Besides, it also ordered the swapping of places between Principal District and Sessions Judge, Bhaderwah, Gulam Nabi Sheikh and Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kishtwar, Nazam-u-Din Wani forthwith.
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Labourer
killed in cross-border shelling Srinagar, August 8 The shelling from across the border was unprovoked and indiscriminate in which Ram Krishan, the labourer, hailing from Bihar, was killed at Lamochan village, the sources said. A local resident Habibullah was also injured in the shelling, they added. The sources said troops guarding the border also fired in retaliation but the casualties, if any, suffered by Pakistani troops were not known so far. Pakistani troops also shelled forward villages in the
Karnah, Keran and Uri sectors in north Kashmir last night, but there was no report of any casualty or damage to property, the source said.
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Govt yet to check sale of synthetic milk Jammu, August 8 It is learnt that synthetic milk made from urea and other harmful ingredients is finding way in large quantity into the households, particularly in the Jammu city, Kathua and parts of Udhampur. However, neither the Department of Consumer Affairs nor the Jammu Municipal Corporation has taken steps to prevent the sale of synthetic milk or take action against its manufacturers. The departments responsible for checking spurious commodities in the state have the advantage of scientific and accurate testing in the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) of the CSIR situated here. The RRL in the past has exposed rackets of sub-standard drugs and adulteration of essential commodities. Observers point out that the lifestyle of many milk vendors here has tremendously changed in the recent past and a large number of them drive to the towns in their own cars and jeeps to deliver milk in houses. Meanwhile, Mr P.S. Betab, Director of the Consumers Affairs and Public Distribution Department, today said that a special squad of the department had lifted samples of 21 brands of popular cold drinks and mineral water. These have been sent to the RRL for examination. He said that presence of pesticides and other pollutants will be ascertained in these products. |
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Gunmen rob bank of Rs 1.23 lakh
Srinagar, August 8 The gunmen raided the bank in the Kokernag area at around 2 pm, held the staff and customers at gunpoint in a single room and fled with the cash, the sources said. The gunmen also fired several shots in the air before making good their escape. On August 4, unidentified gunmen robbed Rs 50,000 from the Chatergul branch of Jammu and Kashmir bank in Anantnag. In another such attempt, the sources said, bank robbers tried to break into the Shalimar branch of the same bank last night.
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Landmine
blasts kill two Jammu, August 8 A villager Yasseen was injured seriously in the landmine blast when he was cutting grass in fields near the Line of Control (LOC) in Sandoh village in Balakote sub-sector of Poonch district last evening, the sources said. In another landmine explosion, Bachan Lal was wounded, when he stumbled on a mine planted by security forces in Suchetgarh border belt near international border in R.S. Pura tehsil of Jammu district this morning, they said.
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Night curfew
extended in Poonch Jammu, August 8 District Magistrate Ejaz Iqbal said the curfew would be operative in the whole district. It
would be enforced between 2100 hrs to 0400 hrs up to August 16 and
between 2200 hrs to 0400 hrs for the remaining period. In rural areas,
the timings will be 2030 hours to 0400 hours.
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Science
exhibition inaugurated Jammu, August 8 The exhibition was inaugurated by Mr S.D. Sharma, Assistant Commissioner of the KVs of the Jammu region. The students have displayed projects on information technology, communications biotechnology, industry, transport, health and energy. They explained to visitors the details of the models prepared by them. |
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