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| Governor, CM discuss Amarnath yatra duration Srinagar, June 26 The Governor and the Chief Minister discussed the Amarnath yatra issue here today to find ways to resolve the issue. The Chief Minister called on the Governor at Raj Bhavan. The issue would be taken up again on Monday to reach an agreement on the extension of yatra duration. 3 children die of food poisoning in Udhampur
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Two ultras, jawan die in encounter Srinagar, June 26 A defence spokesman told The Tribune that the women had been freed while 10 male members, all residents of the village, were being questioned. They had rushed inside the mosque when the troops were chasing the militants in the village this afternoon. Senior police officers have rushed to the spot to supervise the search operation. The troops cordoned off Litter village at about 10 a.m. today on the receipt of a specific information about the presence of militants in the village. While the searches were going on the militants sought refuge in the mosque and a nearby shrine, reports said. A group of locals including 40 women and 10 male members also rushed inside in the confusion. While the searches were going on the troops were fired upon by hiding militants from a nearby house. The fire was retaliated leading to the death of two unidentified militants. One Army jawan was also injured in the encounter. Till the last reports came in the searches were going on to flush out any more hiding militants in the village. The local residents who were holed up inside the mosque and the adjacent shrine, after having been rescued were being questioned. |
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CBI probe into engineer’s killing demanded Srinagar, June 26 The bodies of Sudhir Kumar Pundir, an engineer in IRCON, and his 20-year-old brother, Sanjay, were recovered from a remote village of Pulwama district yesterday. Wreaths were placed on the bodies of the two brothers from Uttar Pradesh at the Police Control Room here this morning, where the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and senior police officers were present. As the work was suspended, the employees demanded an inquiry into the incident. They claimed there had been threats from militants and this had been conveyed to the authorities. However, no action was taken in this regard, which led to the killings, they alleged. The employees claimed they had offered money from their salaries for the safe release of the engineer and his brother. Mr Avikush Krishna, Director, Works, IRCON, said the matter had already been taken up with state government. It was the responsibility of the state to provide adequate security to the project workers, he said. According to the Chief Administrative Officer, Northern Railways, employees have demanded a CBI probe into the incident and the work would remain suspended till an assurance on such an inquiry and proper security cover was given. The Chief Minister said it was an attack designed to demoralise those working on the project of national importance. He added militants were killing the innocent persons across the state. He assured that the deployment of security forces would be increased for the project. He referred to similar recent incidents in the valley, including that of Pahalgam, where at least five tourists were killed and 20 others injured in a grenade explosion at a hotel on June 12. Later, the Chief Minister discussed the issue with Governor S.K. Sinha at Raj Bhavan, where other issues, including Amarnath Yatra, were also taken up. Meanwhile, family members of the killed engineer arrived here today from Uttar Pradesh to whom the two bodies would be handed over. The Governor condemned the killings, describing it as the handiwork of those attempting to retard the peace process and the development effort in Kashmir. “On behalf of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, I convey condolences to the bereaved family”, he added. According to a PTI
report, both factions of the Hurriyat Conference and the Peoples Conference today termed the killing of the IRCON engineer and his brother as a ploy to “defame the ongoing movement for the right of self-determination”. “Those who have killed the engineer and his brother cannot be well-wishers of the ongoing movement for the right of self-determination”, a statement issued by Mr Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led Hurriyat faction said. The Hurriyat Conference led by Mr Abbas Ansari also condemned the incident saying “Islam, humanity or any movement cannot allow such killings.” Leader of the Peoples Conference Sajjad Ghani Lone said the murders were against the interests of “the ongoing movement”. |
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Militants ask Geelani to join council Jammu, June 26 The leaders of these outfits favoured unity among the separatists and opposed Mr Geelani heading a parallel conglomerate of political groups. In fact, leaders of the Itihadi Council had attempted to mediate between the leaders of the two factions of the APHC
recently. In this connection they had a couple of meetings with Maulvi Umar
Farooq, who belongs to the APHC(Abbas), and those in the amalgam headed by Mr Geelani. |
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Governor, CM discuss Amarnath yatra duration Srinagar, June 26 The Chief Minister called on the Governor at Raj Bhavan. The issue would be taken up again on Monday to reach an agreement on the extension of yatra duration. The government announced yesterday the extension by 10 days in the duration of the yatra, to begin from July 20. The order was withdrawn later following reports of further negotiations between the Governor and the Chief Minister. |
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3 children die of food poisoning in Udhampur Jammu, June 26 A villager, Sagar Chand, bought sweets from a shop in Ramnagar town and distributed these among his three children in Kulwanta early today, they said. The children, 13-year-old Ritu, 10-year-old Ratnu and three-year-old Vaishno Devi, after eating the sweets, felt giddy followed by loose motions, they said. While the two girls died on the way to hospital, the son died in the hospital after some hours, they said, adding the police had registered a case. Doctors said it was a case of food poisoning.
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