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Baramula, September 17 Official sources said Pakistani troops fired mortars and artillery shells from across the border in the Uri sector targeting civilian areas and security force installations. They said some shells fell in the Boniyar forest area, injuring Majnoon and Rafiqa Begum, who were hospitalised. However, other shells fell in an open field without causing any damage. Indian troops also retaliated and hit a number of Pakistani bunekrs. However, the exact damage suffered by the Pakistani troops was not immediately known. JAMMU: Pakistani troops on Wednesday fired mortar bombs targeting the border fencing work along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri-Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources here said. The firing was targeted at damaging the erected fencing and disrupting the fencing work along the LoC in Jangard, Romlidhara, Kalsian, Kalal, Jallas, Krishnaghati, Balnoi, Laam, Bhawani and Choki Chora of the Rajouri-Poonch sector, the sources said. The shelling which began around 7 a.m. continued till 10.30 a.m., they said. There was no damage or casualty in the shelling in the area, the sources said, adding that Indian troops retaliated.
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Rights forum
chief arrested Srinagar, September 17 Mr Untoo and his supporters were arrested when they arrived at the Moulana Azad road and started raising slogans against the alleged atrocities by the security forces. Mr Untoo alleged that the BSF had killed Farooq Ahmad, labelling him a "fidayeen". Demanding a probe into his killing, he said Farooq, who was working with a bakery shop here, was picked up by the BSF in the last week of August. Later he was killed in a fake encounter at Nishat on September 2. The BSF said Farooq was killed after he made an attempt to storm a BSF camp at Nishat.
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J&K to remove disparity in medicos’ allowances
Srinagar, September 17 The Finance Department has cleared the proposal for submission to the Cabinet. Around 324 post-graduate students of government medical colleges in Srinagar and Jammu will benefit from the decision. This will result in a financial implication of Rs 2.20 crore for the government. According to the decision, post-graduate students of the government medical colleges in Srinagar and Jammu, who have not been cleared by the DPC, will be entitled to all allowances as are being drawn by their counterparts who have been cleared by the PSC. At present the post-graduate students who are cleared by the PSC are placed in the pay scale of Rs 8,000-13,500 and are in addition drawing the DA, HAR, MA and CCA. The post-graduate students who are not cleared by the PSC are drawing Rs 8,000 per month. With this decision, each post-graduate student will benefit by at least Rs 5,670 each. The demand for bringing in parity in the honorarium of post-graduate medicos was raised by the medicos at a Doctors’ Day function here recently. The Minister for Finance, Mr Muzaffar Hussain Baig, who was present here, had assured them that he would do away with the disparity.
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Srinagar, September 17 In a statement released after the first executive meeting, the secretary of the sangam, Mr Omkar Pajnu, said the objective was to work for the betterment of the community in the valley. “We will strive to renovate and reconstruct scores of vandalised and gutted temples during the past 13 years,” he said. The sangam would press for the endowment Bill pertaining to religious places and shrines in the valley. The All-India Kashmiri Youth Forum, the Hindu Welfare Society, the Hindu Welfare Forum and the All-Kashmiri Pandit Youth Forum are part of the sangam.
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Air show in
J&K today Jammu, September 17 “The day-long air show is being conducted for the first time to attract the youths in J and K ahead of the six-day recruitment drive here,” defence spokesperson Lieut-Col- Bhanwar Rathore said today. In the air show, fly past MI-17 in VIC formation will carry the National Flag and the Air Force flag. This will be followed by three Cheetahs in VIC formation and another three MI-35 in the same formation. Union Minister Chaman Lal Gupta would be the chief guest. Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Air Marshal A.R. Gandhi, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, will also attend the function. The recruitment drive will be organised from September 19.
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