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killed, 2 Hizb militants surrender J&K Budget on February 23 2 CRPF jawans kill each other
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Geelani lays down conditions for talks Jammu, January 22 The leader of the hawks in the separatist camp, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has stated that he was not opposed to talks with Delhi provided the government withdrew all troops from the border and the Kashmir valley. His another condition is that besides accepting that Kashmir was a dispute and not an internal problem, the Centre should order the release of all militants and political leaders who have been in detention for last several years. Mr Geelani has opposed the opening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road till the Kashmir issue was resolved. The APHC (Geelani) Chairman has stated that by reopening the road without settling the Kashmir issue would give a wrong signal. He has made it clear that he had never opposed the dialogue but he had his reservations because the ongoing talks between Delhi and the APHC (Abbas) leaders were aimed at the devolution of political and financial powers on the assumption that Kashmir was an integral part of India. According to Mr Geelani, this mindset had to be changed in case Delhi wanted to involve “our groups” and those whose ideology was not different from “ours”. However, APHC (Abbas) leaders did not subscribe to the view of the Mr Geelani saying that talks, whether at bilateral or trilateral level, should not be tagged with preconditions. |
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Army men recall paratrooper’s bravery Jammu, January 22 In the third week of April last year, his team was tasked for the operation. After an arduous March to the target area, militants hiding in a large bunker spotted the movement of the troops in the absence of any jungle cover. As soon as the team led by Sanjog neared the hideout, it came under heavy fire. For half an hour the men in olive were pinned down. A colleague of the Ashok Chakra winner said, “Sanjog sensed the danger to his men.He crawled to the hideout and hurled a grenade in which one militant was killed.” He said the rebels targeted Sanjog, who received a bullet wound on his shoulder. Still he moved on and started charging the rebels with his gunfire, in which two more militants were killed. As he lay fully wounded, he sneaked into the mouth of the hideout and drew his commando knife with which he killed one militant in a hand-to-hand combat. On seeing this, his men swooped on the hideout, killing all 13 militants and arrested one of them. Sanjog had gone for four operations as a commando before he sacrificed his life. According to his batchmates, Sanjog had a passion for doing something extraordinary, which motivated him to volunteer for the 9th battalion Parachute Regiment, where he completed a six-month training course with flying colours. He evinced keen interest in handling sophisticated weapons.
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J&K Govt attaches 7 project officers Jammu, January 22 After registration of cases by state Vigilance Bureau against the officers in Rambiyara IWDP scam in the first week of January, the government attached all of them with the office of the PCCF till
completion of probe, he said. Those attached are three from Forest Department one engineer of the roads and buildings, department one from irrigation department, an administrative officer of general administration department and one veterinarian of animal/sheep husbandry department. The forest department has asked General Administration Department, PWD, Irrigation and Animal/Sheep Husbandry departments to recall and attach other officers, presently on deputation to IWDP in view of cases registered by vigilance organisation, he said. The vigilance organisation has registered FIR against these officers for alleged embezzlement in the IWDP project at Rambiyara in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. —
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Jawan killed, 2 Hizb militants surrender Srinagar, January 22 The encounter, which lasted for several hours, started when the troops raided a hideout at Panar forest following information about the presence of militants. JAMMU: Two top militants belonging to the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen today surrendered in Udhampur district while security forces destroyed two terrorist hideouts in Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the recovery of arms and ammunition since last night, official sources said today. A self-styled Hizb company commander
condemned “Janbaz” and another ultra identified as Asif Bhai surrendered before the police in the Mahore area of Udhampur district, they said. The security forces busted a hideout in Banihal area of Doda district today. In another operation, security forces busted the hideout in Surankote of Poonch district last night and recovered 10 IEDs, 200 rounds of AK rifle, one magazine, one UBGL grenade, 21 grenades and 650 kg of assorted ration last night, the sources said. —
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J&K Budget on February 23 Jammu, January 22 State Finance Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baigh will present the Budget and supplementary statement of expenditure for the financial year 2004-05 on February 23, the official said. —
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2 CRPF jawans kill each other Srinagar, January 22 Head Constable Jasbeer Singh and Constable Bashir Ahmad Shah fired upon each other, using their service weapons, at Gingal-Uri where they were deployed on security duty in residential quarters of the NHPC, the sources said. They said both of them died instantly in the shooting, cause of which was said to be an altercation between them. However, it was not known immediately what led to the trouble. —
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