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NC worker among 7 killed in valley Srinagar, December 22 National Conference worker Ghulam Ahmad Ganai was shot dead by militants inside his house at Dalawach in Badgam district of central Kashmir late last night, the sources said. Militants also intruded into a house in Tangmarg in Baramulla district of north Kashmir and shot at a girl, identified as Kulsooma, a student of Class XII. The body of an unidentified person was found by police in Dagripora village of Baramulla this morning, the sources said, adding that the deceased might have been killed by militants. Militants shot at and injured one Abdul Gani Wani at Arihama village of Kokernag in Anantnag district of south Kashmir, the sources said. They said the police detected a powerful explosive device near a school at Prisan-Catergul in the same district today which was subsequently defused by the experts. The school was closed on account of winter vacation. The police busted a Hizbul Mujahideen hideout at Trangbal village of Baramulla in north Kashmir last night and seized 37 anti-tank rifle grenades. Meanwhile, 11 persons, including two policemen, were injured when militants exploded a grenade at a crowded bus stand in Anantnag district of south Kashmir today, official sources said. Militants lobbed a grenade on a party of Special Operation Group (SOG) of the local police at a bus stand in Kulgam township, 75 km from here, around 1.45 pm, the sources said. Nine civilians and two SOG personnel were injured as the grenade exploded, causing panic among the people at the bus stand. JAMMU: Three militants and a Village Defence Committee member were killed and a boy injured in separate militancy-related incidents in Jammu division, official sources said here today. The sources said that two militants forced their entry in to the house of VDC member Mohammad Sharief in Budhal area of Rajouri district yesterday and tried to abduct him along with his son Mohammad Shabir. However, the VDC member resisted and opened fire, killing one of the militants, the sources said, adding that the militants fired back, killing Sharief and injuring his son.
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Jamait-e-Islami not to follow Geelani line Jammu, December 22 Jamaat sources said during a recent meeting of senior functionaries of the Jamait-e-Islami the Naio Amir (Vice-Chief) Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, had suggested that the party should follow the pro-Pakistan and pro-Jehadi policies pursued by Mr Geelani. He also stated that despite his resignation six months ago Mr Geelani continued to be a senior Jamaat supporter. He was not countered at the meeting. Later a spokesman for the Jamait-e-Islami, Mr Zahid Ali, announced that the party did not support Mr Sehrai. He said the Jamait-e-Islami had its own policy and was not in favour of toeing somebody’s line. Mr Ali even blamed Mr Sehrai for not promoting the party interest, indicating that everything was not fine in the organisation even after Mr Geelani left the party. On the other hand there is a
rift in the APHC (Geelani) over the conditions imposed by Sheikh Aziz Ahmed, chief of the Peoples’ League, on joining Geelani. Sources said that Sheikh Aziz usually supported Mr Geelani when he was a member of the undivided APHC. And Mr Geelani had suggested to Mr Sheikh to join the amalgam he was heading. But Sheikh Aziz has put a condition that Mohd Yusuf Mir and Khan Sopori, who as leaders of factions of the Peoples’ League, had joined the APHC (Geelani), be dropped from the conference. Supporters of Mr Geelani had rumoured that Mr Mir had opted out of the conglomerate on personal reasons but Mir followers have denied it. Sources said in case Sheikh Aziz insisted on seeking Mir and Sopori out of the conglomerate they might be dropped because Sheikh has a better image than that of the two. And if the plan materialises Mir and Sopori may return to the faction headed by Maulvi Abbas Ansari thereby allowing the Maulvi a chance to enlarge the base of his conglomerate in Kashmir. |
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Rebel Hurriyat
leader detained Srinagar, December 22 Shah has been detained under the PSA and would be sent to the Kotbhalwal jail in Jammu region, Senior Superintendent of Police Syed Javed Mujtaba Gilani said. Shah, who broke the Hurriyat ranks to support Syed Ali Shah Geelani as chairman of the separatist amalgam, was detained by the police last night. He had renamed Islamic Students’ League as DPM during a party convention last year and was among the first to raise a questionmark over the credibility of People’s Conference, which had been accused of fielding proxy candidates in last Assembly poll. Meanwhile, the Jamaat-e-Islami has condemned Shah’s detention.
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No mobile phone bills for 4 months Jammu, December 22 It is learnt that the local billing staff were getting trained for handling the work in Chandigarh. A senior BSNL officer said the bills for the first three months were expected to be prepared by the end of this month. The billing cycle is expected to be regularised in January next year. The delay being caused by the BSNL in issuing the bills is causing resentment among the subscribers who fear that they shall have to shell out a good amount when they receive a consolidated bill of three months. The mobile phone service was launched here on August 15 and the subscribers started getting the SIM cards thereafter. |
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Kashmiri kids get BSF plane ride Srinagar, December 21 “The happiest moment of my life was boarding an aircraft. It was my biggest dream and it has materialised,” said Mohammad Akbar Dar, a resident of Rajpora village in south Kashmir Pulwama district, after alighting from the special BSF aircraft at Srinagar airport yesterday. It was a dream come true for the 40 students from far flung and remote areas of north Kashmir — witnessing the retreat ceremony at Wagah border, travelling in an aircraft and visiting historic places in different parts of the country. The students, hailing from backward areas in the northern part of the state, who were taken on a 13- day-long Bharat Darshan by the BSF, said they were surprised to see the fast-paced but peaceful life outside. “We had witnessed the Retreat Ceremony of the Pakistani Rangers and Border Security Force (BSF) on the Wagah border only on television in the past. But seeing the ceremony live was something different. We still don’t believe that we reached the places which our fathers or grandfathers could not even imagine of,” they said. Some of the young students were much delighted after they were brought back to Srinagar from Jammu in a BSF aircraft yesterday. “We had never been to Srinagar and it was for the first time we saw rail and aircraft,” they said. The BSF Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) who presented mementos to the youths before they left for their homes, said they were taken to various places like Jammu, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Ajmer Sharief. At Amritsar, they had the opportunity to witness the Retreat Ceremony at Wagah border, they also paid obeisance at the Dargah of Khawaja Ajmeri and enjoyed the beauty of Taj Mahal at Agra and visited important places in Delhi. They also interacted with local students at all these places, where they were greeted very warmly and had an opportunity to exchange their views with each other, he said. This was the fifth such group sponsored by the BSF for the tour to “give these children an exposure to the situation in other parts of the country”. The students were provided with free clothing, boarding and lodging, transportation and pocket money during the tour, he said adding that so far the BSF had taken 200 Kashmiri students from different remote and far-flung areas for Bharat
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4 injured in
leopard attacks Rajouri, December 22 There is a fear among the residents of mountainous areas and forest belts after four leopard attacks at different places in Rajouri district during past two days, a senior official said here today. People of several hamlets do not come out of their houses after 5 pm due to the threat of leopard attacks. One animal has been captured and shifted to a safe forest area by sleuths of the wildlife department. In leopard attacks at Khared, Saj, Baba Dododan, Thanamand and Rajouri town, four persons — Majeed, Sharief, Kalla and Naseeb — were injured and 20 to 25 head of cattle killed during the past two days. The injured have been hospitalised and are out of danger.
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26 injured in bus mishap Jammu, December 22 The police said the bus, on its way to Rajouri town from Shahdara Sharief, skidded off the road near Nerojal area while negotiating a sharp turn, 8 km from Rajouri town. The injured have been admitted to Government Hospital, Rajouri.
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