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Javed Mir among arrested Hurriyat activists
Mufti, Central team discuss relief measures
NHPC adopts six villages
in Uri
20 missing BRO labourers feared dead
7 more bodies recovered in Uri, Tangdhar
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Two jawans killed in ambush
Jammu, October 27 Two Army personnel were killed in an ambush by terrorists in Doda district today. The Army Personnel, sepoy Romesh Chander and naik M. Romesh Babu were engaged in a search operation when they were fired upon from a house.
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Javed Mir among arrested Hurriyat activists
Srinagar, October 27 Mir, who is also the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Forum Chairman, along with his supporters, was marching towards the office of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in the high-security Sonawar area to submit a memorandum to with the officials there. They also demanded that international agencies be allowed to distribute relief in the quake-ravaged areas of the state, besides opening of the Line of Control (LoC) to enable the people on both sides to meet each other. The Hurriyat activists were arrested when they reached the busy Residency Road in the Lal Chowk area this afternoon. Several separatist and militant organisations had called for a general strike and reportedly asked the people to observe “Black Day” today. The Hurriyat activists were taken to Kothi Bagh police station here. However, all of them were released after a few hours of detention. — UNI
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Mufti, Central team discuss relief measures
Srinagar, October 27 This was disclosed by the Chief Minister while addressing a press conference after his day-long visit to the quake-affected areas of Uri here this afternoon. He also stressed the need to undertake joint relief operations by India and Pakistan to respond to the grim situation across the LoC, saying several areas in the Neelam and Jhelum valleys were still cut off and no relief could be provided to the affected people. The Mufti said a team of Indian officers was going to Islamabad for working out modalities for a joint relief programme. He said from Jammu and Kashmir, the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi, Mr Parvez Dewan, would go as a member of the team. The Mufti said during his visit to Uri today, he was told by the BEACON authorities that road to the Kaman post would be made motorable for light vehicles by the next week. The Chief Minister also announced an increase of Rs 20,000 in the cash relief for houses partially damaged and added that 31,000 temporary dwelling structures would be constructed for the affected families soon. He said since the winter was fast approaching and Tangdhar would be cut off for the next six months, it was felt that the affected people should get immediate shelter to escape snow and rains.
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NHPC adopts six villages
in Uri
Srinagar, October 27 These villages are Sadwanian, Bandi Kandi, Machi Karand, Rajarwani Jingle (Upper) and Jingle (Lower). The corporation will carry out reconstruction of the damaged houses in these villages. The NHPC has mobilised six teams of doctors and paramedical staff to give medical aid to the people at Uri. Its health teams were first to reach Dardkote, Kukam Piraan and adjacent villages to provide medical assistance. The NHPC has provided medical assistance to more then 10,000 people in about 55 villages and also distributed medicines worth more than Rs 7,00,000.
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20 missing BRO labourers feared dead
Red Bridge Line of Control, October 27 They said 44 casual paid labourers were killed when the load carrier ferrying 57 of them was buried under boulders and landslides on the Uroosa road track, the two-and-a-half km
stretch before the Kaman post. “There is no trace of the remaining 13... and we fear they are buried under the debris which is being cleared by heavy bulldozers,” the officials said. The bodies of the 44 labourers have been retrieved from the rubble and handed over to their families. They said about 90 BRO men had died in the quake in the state. They include personnel drawn from the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) and Project Beacon, besides local labourers.
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7 more bodies recovered in Uri, Tangdhar
Srinagar, October 27 They said five more bodies of locals were recovered near the Weak Bridge in the border area of Uri last evening. All of them had died due to the October 8 earthquake. The sources said villagers of Dringla Teethwal in the Tangdhar area recovered the bodies of Nelofar and Zareena. They had been washed away by massive landslides.
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Two jawans killed in ambush
Jammu, October 27 The Army Personnel, sepoy Romesh Chander and naik M. Romesh Babu were engaged in a search operation when they were fired upon from a house. While Romesh Chander died on spot, Romesh Babu succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital. Meanwhile, a terrorist of Jaish-e-Mohammed along with two others was arrested here. They reportedly came here with the objective of attacking ministers during the winter move of offices here. One AK-47 rifle, two magazines and 10 grenades were recovered from their possession. SRINAGAR: Security forces seized 90 kg of explosive from a mosque in the Pattan area of north Kashmir on Wednesday and launched a hunt to trace the Imam of the mosque, a defence spokesman said on Thursday. |
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