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11 militants, 2 soldiers killed in ambush Continuing its goodwill programmes for the civilian population in the valley, the Army has donated a bus to an orphanage whose children were facing a problem in attending school in bad weather. Cop held on charge of raping minor A police constable posted in Rajouri district has been arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl whose parents were killed by militants, official sources said today. 4 District and Sessions Judges transferred Four District and Sessions Judges in the state have been transferred on the directions of the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. 
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Support PDP nominee, NC leader to voters Srinagar, April 17 Replying questions at a press conference here today, Mr Dilawar Mir, representing the Rafiabad constituency of Baramula district, asked the voters to support PDP candidate Nizamuddin Bhat contesting from Baramula. Former minister and Deputy Speaker Mir had been elected from Rafiabada for the past five consecutive terms since 1977. Except for 1996 elections, when he was elected as a candidate of the Janata Dal, Mr Mir had been elected as the NC candidate. After 1996 elections, he had returned to the NC and was raising his voice against the “downslide in the political character” of his party. Referring to the change of leadership from Mr Farooq Abdullah to his son Omar Abdullah in June, 2002, he claimed that Mr Omar was “foisted on the party in the most undemocratic fashion”. He also criticised the NC for its role in the aftermath of rejection of Autonomy Resolution by the Centre and the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat as the party continued to remain an ally of the NDA government and Mr Omar as a minister. Mr Dilawar Mir also expressed concern over the way in which the NC made a selection of the candidates for Baramula and Srinagar. He added that Baramula candidate Abdul Rasheed Shaheen was a defaulter with the state Financial Corporation and owed it Rs 1.25 crore. He claimed that the selection of Mr Omar from Srinagar was also done “purely for the family interests”. |
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Rule of the gun must end, says Panthers’ manifesto Jammu, April 17 Mr Bhim Singh, Chairman of the Panthers Party (PP), who is himself contesting the Lok Sabha election from the Udhampur constituency against the Congress candidate, Mr Lal Singh, released the manifesto. The Congress is a major partner in the coalition. The manifesto accused the parties that have ruled the state of having “misused” and “abused” the trust imposed in them by the people. It said the rule of the gun must end. The party has laid stress on reorganisation of the state for security, unity, peace and promotion of a cultural identity. It promises general amnesty to all political prisoners in the state and the rest of the country. To create employment avenues, the IT,telecom, power and mining sectors will be opened and national and multinational industries will be invited here. The manifesto says the drilling operations of the ONGC will be relaunched at various places in Jammu, Udhampur and Rajouri. The Centre should provide a special package for the implementation of the Wazir Commission report for creating three new districts in the Jammu division. It has accused the successive Kashmiri rulers of discriminating with the Jammu region where the number of voters and the area was more than that of the Kashmir Valley, but the number of seats in the Assembly was less. The PP has demanded that nine of the 24 seats reserved for the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) should be added in the Jammu region to remove the imbalance. The manifesto sought setting up of a judicial commission to probe into corruption and misuse of power by legislators, ministers and bureaucrats since 1951. |
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21 suspended for violating poll code
Jammu, April 17 The suspended officials included six gazetted officers, they said. Public Health Engineering Division Executive Engineer in Nowshera Varinder Badyal, Kalakote Block Development Officer K.D. Kurhan, Assistant Executive Officer of the Agriculture Department in Panjabal Krishen Puri, Assistant Executive Engineer of the Power Development Department in Nowshera Varinder Kumar Mangotra, Assistant Engineer in the PHE Farooq Shawl and lecturer in the higher secondary school in Ghambir Muglan Ram Gopal were the gazetted officers suspended, they said. The non-gazetted officials suspended were posted in the Nowshera, Kalakote, Sunderbani, Behrote and Barsala areas of the district, the sources said. — PTI |
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Holidays on polling
day Jammu, April 17 Government offices in Baramula, Kupwara, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts will remain closed in the first phase of poll on April 20, a government release said yesterday. While offices in Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary constituency would remain closed on April 26, Anantnag and Pulwama districts would have a holiday on May 5. Leh, Kargil, Udhampur, Doda and Kathua districts would remain closed on May 10, the release added.
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11 militants, 2 soldiers killed in ambush Srinagar, April 17 An Army jawan and two militants of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba identified as Abu Jabran and Gowhar Ahmad Ganai were killed in an encounter at Sonigam in Anantnag district this evening, the sources said. A Junior Commissioned Officer was also injured in the encounter which took place when the troops laid a cordon around the village to flush out hiding militants, the sources said. Two unidentified militants and a soldier were killed and two jawans injured in an encounter at Kreeri in Baramulla district. The gun-battle took place when militants ambushed an Army patrol, an hour after a senior BSF officer visited the area to inspect the troops deployed at a polling booth in connection with the April 20 elections. In Poonch, five militants were killed in Sheendara Top in an encounter when security forces raided the area on a tip-off about the presence of ultras.
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Army donates bus to orphanage Srinagar, April 17 The bus was donated to the Yateeem Khannah, Chattabal, a defence spokesman said. It was handed over by
Mrs Jyotsna Sharma, president of the Army Wives Welfare Association and wife of the Commander of 15 Corps Lt-Gen Nirbhay Sharma, at a ceremony last evening. The orphanage has a strength of 120 children, studying in various schools spread in and around the city. The Army has adopted six orphanages at Baramula, Solakut, Beerwah, Bararipora, Sopore and Chattabal.
— PTI Cop held on charge of raping minor Jammu, April 17 Constable Davinder Singh, who was posted in the Thanamandi area, brought the girl home promising to marry her, and raped her for two days, they said. He was arrested last night, the sources said.
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4 District and Sessions Judges transferred Jammu, April 17 According to the orders issued yesterday by the high court Registrar-General, Mr Vinod Gupta, the Principal District and Sessions Judge at Kathua, Mr Janak Raj Kotwal, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Chief Justice. Mr Kaneez Fatima, who was holding the post of the Principal Secretary to the Chief Justice, has been posted as the Additional District Judge (Matrimonial Court) in Jammu in place of Mr Brij Mohan Gupta, who has been posted as the Third Additional District and Sessions Judge (POTA) in Jammu. Mr P.N. Razdan, at present the Third Additional District and Sessions Judge, (POTA), Jammu, has been posted as Principal District Sessions Judge, Kathua.
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