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Three militants killed,
JeM hideout busted Jammu, November 9 The Army and police launched a joint operation to track down a group of militants operating in the Bani forest area of Kathua district last evening, the sources told PTI here. Militants fired on the operation party, which retaliated resulting in the gunbattle, which was on at Drabal-Chandial forest of Bani tehsil till this morning, the sources said, adding that three militants had been killed so far. Three AK rifles, seven magazines, eight grenades, one UBGL launcher, two pistols, three IEDs, 14 detonators, one wireless set, 239 rounds and some documents and maps were recovered from them. In a separate incident, militants shot dead a 20-year-old woman Khalida Parveen after kidnapping her from her house in Ghambir Moghala in Rajouri district last night, they said. She had earlier allegedly stayed with an LeT commander, Abdullah, at his hideout for three months in the Mendhar area of Poonch district and had returned home recently. In another incident, militants entered the house of one Riyaz Ahmed in Doligam village of Banihal area of Doda district last night and fired upon him. Riyaz was wounded critically and shifted to a hospital in Anantnag, the sources said, adding that militants fled the spot as Army troops rushed to the site after hearing gunshots. In another encounter in the Khanikote area of Gool tehsil of Udhampur district last night, one Special Police Officer was critically wounded, the sources said. Militants also set afire five houses in Sumber village of Udhmapur district last night, the sources said. Meanwhile, two terrorists killed in a gunbattle in Surankote in Poonch district yesterday have been identified as Sajad of Tehreek Hizbi Islami and Abu Arafan of Harkat ul Mujahidden, both Pakistanis, the sources said. SRINAGAR:
The BSF on Sunday busted a hideout of the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant outfit in the city and recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition. Acting on a tip-off, the BSF troops carried out a search operation at Iqbalabad colony in Bemina and unearthed arms dump belonging to JeM, a BSF spokesman said. The recoveries from the hideout included two AK rifles, two Chinese pistols, one hand grenade, eight magazines. Huge quantity of ammunition was also concealed under a bush nearby.
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Boy killed, four injured in Pak shelling Srinagar, November 9 Sixteen-year-old Ghulam Mohammad was killed and Mohammad
Tufail, Mohammad Saleem, Shujat Ahmad and a woman were injured when shells from across the border hit Udalgund in Kargil, official sources said. The condition of Mohammad Saleem was serious, the sources said, adding that the shelling began around 3 p.m.
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J&K formulates new drug policy Jammu, November 9 The corporation would be fully autonomous and self-financing and will take into account the changing public health priorities, epidemiological condition as well as progress in pharmacological and pharmaceutical knowledge across the globe, Mr Singh said Mr Singh said that the new drug policy would not only discard the present system of procurement of unnecessary drugs and their combinations but also remove discrepancies in the rate supply by the same supplier. Transparency in procurement, storage and supplies would be the hallmark of the new policy, he said, adding that in order to ensure its credibility, the corporation was establishing online drugs stock monitoring in all the district warehouses with the Central Provincial Warehouse. On Jammu and Kashmir being adjudged as the third best state in medicare facilities in the country after Goa and Delhi, the Health Minister said, “We are striving not only for attaining the first slot but efforts are directed for international acclamation and competition”. All hospitals had been upgraded for easing the burden on the medical colleges by the government, he said, adding the new blocks being added in district hospitals at Anantnag, Budgam, Baramulla and Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar would increase the bed strength of these institutions to 300, 150, 200 and 300, respectively. The Health Minister said that the concept of medical museum had came to be realised with the acquisition of century-old JLNM building. Besides setting up a 350-bed hospital with the latest facilities at Shireen Bagh, Srinagar, he said Jammu Medical College was being upgraded and modernised on the pattern of the AIIMS and it would have super specialities in cardiology, neurology, paediatric surgery,
gastroenterology and anaesthesia. The Centre had sanctioned a Rs 120 crore project for the purpose. Tele-medicine facility too had been made operational at Government Medical Colleges at Jammu and Srinagar, beside Kathua and Leh hospitals, he said, adding two hospitals for accident victims were being set up on Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
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Bakula’s cremation on November 16 Jammu, November 9 After receiving the mortal remains of the spiritual leader yesterday at Leh, the head of Lamas and Buddhist astrologers was busy in deciding an auspicious day for the cremation. The meeting was held under religious leader Sras Rinpochhey who looks after the abode of Bakula Rinpochhey. Prayers were held at Spituk Gompa and all other gompas of Ladakh attended by thousands of Lamas. A large number of people and devotees were visiting Spituk Gompa to pay their homage. Chief executive councillor, LAHDC, Thupstan Chhewang, Science and Technology Minister Nawang Rigzin Zora, Executive Councillor Rigzin Spalbar, Deputy Commissioner of Leh Tashi Dorje and SSP of Leh Tsering Phunsong today held a meeting with the authorities of Spituk Gompa, the president of LBA and relatives of the departed leader and decided that the funeral would be given full state honours. The cremation is expected to be attended by senior leaders of the Centre as well as of the state and thousands of Ladakhis. A recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1987, Kushak Bakula had been twice member of the Lok Sabha. He was envoy to Mongolia for a record period of 10 years. Popularly known as Bakula Rinpoche (Jewel), the president of Mongolia had conferred on him the Polar Star, one of the highest civilian awards, rarely given to a foreigner.
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Demand for more thermal imagers Jammu, November 9 The hand-held thermal imagers, imported from Israel, have proved effective in tracking down the infiltrators not only on the LoC but in remote areas of the twin districts, according to a senior security official. He told this correspondent that recently a group of militants had managed to snap the barbed wire fence in the Mendhar area of Poonch and sneaked into the Indian territory. Their intrusion had gone unnoticed because the troops, guarding the border, had never imagined that the infiltrators could cut the barbed wire through which an electric current passes at night. The official said that the militants had scaled the 8-foot-high fence with a plastic ladder. He said the intrusion had been monitored by thermal imagers and once it was noted, the security forces swung into action and later eliminated about 15 infiltrators, who had walked deep into the Indian territory. He said that the plastic ladder had been recovered. The BSF and the Army authorities have conveyed to the Centre that there was urgent need to import more hand-held thermal imagers, which had to be installed not only on the LoC but in several forward areas for checking infiltration from across the LoC. |
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Srinagar-Leh highway closed due to snowfall Srinagar, November 9 A traffic police spokesman told UNI that the Srinagar-Leh highway was closed since yesterday due to snowfall between Sonmarg and Gumri. The highway was officially closed from November 1. Later due to dry weather, the divisional administration allowed passenger vehicles to ply on the highway. Zojila, the highest pass on the highway, received about 6 inches to one feet of snowfall, making the road slippery and dangerous. Snowfall was also experienced at India Gate, Gumri and Sonmarg on the highway. The holy Amarnath cave had about one to two feet of snowfall. The Sheshnag, Pissu Top, Mahaguns and Panjtherni on the Amarnath route also experienced fresh snowfall for the past 24 hours.
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Woman killed in accidental fire Jammu, November 9 Official sources said Ashok and Gian Chand were fiddling with a 303 gun which went off and a bullet pierced through the neck of a woman identified as Guddi, killing her on the spot.
— PTI |
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