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6 killed in Kashmir
Court orders to do away with ‘valid till marriage’ stamps |
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6 killed in Kashmir Srinagar, September 24 The police said five unidentified militants were killed in an encounter at Kaloopathri in Machil sector of Kupwara district last night.
They were intercepted while trying to sneak into the area, the police said. The identity of those killed was yet to be ascertained. Three AK rifles, three pistols, one UBGL and eight grenades were found at the site of encounter. Five other youths from the Handwara area of Kupwara district were prevented by the police from ex-filtrating to get arms training across the border. They were identified as Shakeel Ahmad Zargar, Riyaz Ahmad Lone, Lateef Ahmad Shah, Aijaz Ahmad Beigh and Javed Ahmad Bhat, all residents of Kunnel Vilgam village. They were handed over to their parents with the instructions to be extra cautious about the movements and activities of these children. Unidentified militants kidnapped and killed one person, Mohammad Yusuf Khan from the Handwara area of Kupwara district last night near the Chontipora check-post. An IED explosion took place on the Hillau and Hunder road when a patrol party was passing by at about 8.30 a.m. today. There was, however, no damage. The security forces smashed a hideout in the Kralpora area of Kupwara district and recovered an AK rifle, a magazine, 130 rounds and a pistol magazine. |
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Court orders to do away with ‘valid till marriage’ stamps Jammu, September 24 The directions were issued by a two-member Bench, consisting of Mr Justice V.K. Jhanji and Mr Justice Y.P. Nargotra on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Prof Hari Om, vice-president of the BJP. The court ordered that the endorsement of “valid till marriage” should not be made on the state subjects being issued to unmarried girls. The full Bench, the court observed, has since struck down the practice of such endorsement. Prof Hari Om had in his PIL pointed out that the Deputy Commissioners were violating the orders of the court by making such endorsements and thereby not giving equal treatment to women in the state. The certificates issued even after the orders of the court bore such endorsement. He told mediapersons today that the irony was that despite Ms Sonia Gandhi and Ms Mehbooba Mufti, heading the Congress and the PDP respectively, girls were being discriminated against men in the state. He alleged that to nullify the October 7, 2002 judgement of the court that struck down unequal treatment to women, the Congress-PDP coalition government brought the Daughters’ Bill in the Assembly. The Congress members in the Assembly voted in favour of the bill that was not put to voting in the legislative council by the Chairman. Prof Hari Om said the Congress was in the forefront to get the bill passed as the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Mangat Ram Sharma, himself chaired the meeting to bring consensus among all parties for the smooth passage of the bill in the Assembly. However, the Congress somersaulted on the issue when a countrywide hue and cry was made against the bill.
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