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militants among seven arrested
EU stand
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J & K Power Minister resigns Srinagar, June 20 The resignation was sent to the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, yesterday after the district authorities allegedly refused to stop the Cantonment Board from dumping the waste in the land belonging to local people in the Chadoora constituency from where Mir was elected to the Assembly, official sources said. However, Mr Sayeed has not yet accepted the resignation and efforts are on to persuade Mr Mir to continue in the Cabinet. Sources said Mr Mir, regarded as an honest and hard working minister in the PDP-Congress government, lodged a protest after the government transferred the land near Rakhishalina, Lasjan to the Cantonment Board without getting his consent. The local residents also took to the streets and held protest demonstrations against the government decision as truckloads of garbage are dumped there, resulting in the outbreak of diseases in the area. The demonstrators alleged that several cows and other animals had died after they ate some garbage. Sources said the police and civil administration in Badgam district had refused to stop the Cantonment Board from dumping garbage there following directions from the top. Mr Mir, who could not be contacted, had told a group of local newspersons yesterday that top officials of the board, the Deputy Commissioner, Budgam, and some Army officers had assembled near the place and were supervising the dumping operation despite the fact that an FIR had been lodged at the police station concerned against the board. The residents of the area and adjacent villages including Golpora, Sonarbugh and Tengam have objected to the place being used as a dumping ground.
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Two militants among seven arrested Jammu, June 20 A top militant belonging to Al Badr outfit was nabbed during a raid by Army troops in Bhudal forest area. The militant has been identified as Shafdar Khan, alias Abu Hararay, they said, adding one AK-rifle, three magazines, one matrix sheet, 2 grenades, one detonator and one radio set was recovered from him. Meanwhile, the police during a search operation last night claimed to have arrested a top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant, Farooq Ahmed, from Aal village of Doda district last night, they said. Security forces also arrested five overground workers from Doda area last night and handed them over to the police for further investigation, they said. Meanwhile, a special operation group jawan was injured when militants ambushed his team in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir late last night, official sources said here today. A SOG party was on its way to Loharka area in Poonch district for an operation last night, when militants fired on them at Sanjote area of Poonch, they said. One SOG cop was injured and was later admitted to the hospital in GMC Hospital here. Militants later escaped from the spot, they said. Militants also killed a villager and abducted a shepherd in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir late last night. Militants abducted a villager Hanief Malik from his Bandote-Dhara village in Doda district and later killed him. Hanief’s body was recovered by the police today. The militants also abducted one shepherd, Bashir, and took him to upper reaches in Dhar-Sarian belt of Doda district last night. One Mohammad Ibrahim was also kidnapped by ultras along with his 22-year-old daughter, from Mani-Gandoh in Doda district last night, they said. Security personnel have launched an operation to rescue the abducted persons, the sources said. In another incident one Zakir Hussain was injured in cross-firing between militants and security forces in Lah village of Thanamandi tehsil of Rajouri district last night, they said. Troops busted two hideouts in Sangla and Bhudal areas in Poonch and Rajouri districts last night, they said. The recoveries effected from these spots, 3 AK rifles, 20 magazines, nine grenades, one dictaphone, one matrix sheet and one rucksack, they said. SRINAGAR: A Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed and three securitymen injured in separate encounters in Anantnag and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir last night, official sources said today. Hizbul militant, Mohammad Rafiq Bhat alias Ishfaaq, a resident of Arampora-Dooru, was killed in an encounter with Rashtriya Rifles at Watnar village in Anantnag district, the sources said. An encounter broke out when the troops laid a cordon around the village to flush out hiding militants. An AK assault rifle, three magazines and a wireless set were recovered from the deceased militant who was wanted in connection with many incidents of violence. In another incident, militants opened fire on a search party at Luragam village in Pulwama district injuring three jawans, the sources said, adding the troops retaliated but ultras managed to flee the scene due to darkness.
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EU stand on J-K welcomed Jammu, June 20 In a statement here yesterday, Dr Nirmal Singh, president of the state unit of the party, hailed his declaration that the EU would not interfere in the internal affairs of India and described his stand as a step in the right direction. Dr Nirmal Singh hoped that other world powers would also adopt a realistic approach on the issues facing the people of the state and not back the ongoing Pakistan-sponsored separatist movement. He said the Kashmiri separatists had already caused immense loss to the life and property and disturbed the religio-political equilibrium. He said the separatists did not represent the general will. A majority of the people of Jammu and Ladakh had nothing to do with the sectarian and violent movement. The state BJP chief urged the Centre to involve all sections of society in the dialogue process and abandon the idea that the Hurriyat Conference factions were the sole factor in the political situation. |
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Army lights up remote hill hamlets Udhampur, June 20 “The Army has taken up the task of construction of mini-hydel electric power projects utilising the water mills to produce electricity in the border districts of Rajouri, Poonch and the Kashmir valley and light up houses in the remote hills of J and K,” Brigadier-General Staff, Northern Command, Brig G.D. Bakshi, said here today. The Northern Command has almost completed two micro-projects in Poonch, which produces two to three kilo-watts of electricity each for people living along the Line of Control, Brigadier Bakshi said. Another project near Poonch town supplies electricity to two hamlets through electric cables laid by the Army. The hill Kaka mountains, once the hub of militants, today have a mini-hydel project constructed by the Army with the help of local youth. Barsada and Kolale villages will receive electricity through this project soon, he added. The Army has commenced work on eight pilot projects, of which three are in Rajouri and five in the Kashmir valley, Brigadier Bakshi said. He added that a Dehradun-based NGO was helping the troops. Dr Anil Joshi of the Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation has designed inexpensive and environment-friendly kits for upgrading the water mills into micro-hydel projects, which can light up villages, grind corn and run lathes. The Army wants the state government and the people to take part in this venture which is eco-friendly and can provide employment to the youth.
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Jawan shoots self in camp Srinagar, June 20 Amreikh Singh allegedly used his service rifle to end his life in the Nowgam sector of Handwara yesterday. His body was handed over to the police and later dispatched to his residence in
Punjab. The cause for the act was not known immediately, sources added.
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IA flight passengers stranded Leh, June 20 A large number of tourists have gathered here for the three-day festival which concluded yesterday.
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