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HC quashes detention of 2 held by Mumbai police
Sangeet Vibhuti award for Sopori
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BJP panel formation put on hold
90 students suspected with chicken pox, hospitalised
Willow bats worth Rs 10 lakh seized, three held
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Ceasefire completes three years
Jammu, November 22 The two countries had, for the first time in 56 years, ordered a ceasefire on the night of November 25, 2003. The nearly 1,126 km-long international border and the LoC has witnessed calm, except a couple of stray incidents of bullets being fired, during the past 36 months. Doubts were initially expressed whether the ceasefire would hold or not. However, the barren lands on both sides, right up to the point zero on the border, has turned green by the farmers. Residents of the border villages, particularly in the Ranbirsinghpura, Bishnah and Akhnoor sectors, who had constantly lived under a shadow of bullets fired from the other side, were now leading a normal life. The ceasefire has also allowed them to solemnise marriages in their villages and organise social functions. Earlier, they had to move to safer places to marry their wards. The world's highest battlefield at Siachen has also been calm for the past three years and various points on the LoC. The ceasefire has paved the way for implementation of the confidence- building measures (CBMs) to enable divided families meet. After the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road route, the Poonch-Rawlakot road at the Chakan-da-Bagh point has also been opened. This has benefited the divided families of Poonch, Rajouri and Jammu. Scenes of brotherhood were witnessed when rations and other materials were exchanged at these points for being distributed among the victims of the killer earthquake last year. However, the two sides have yet to respond to the demand of the Ladakhis for reopening of the traditional routes to Gilgit, Skardu and Central Asia. Meanwhile, the state government has initiated several development schemes in the border villages. Roads and irrigation canals are being constructed in these areas as the Army has cleared the minefields. The gun fire now echoes the border areas only when troops try to thwart any infiltration bid of terrorists from Pakistan. |
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HC quashes detention of 2 held by Mumbai police
Srinagar, November 22 The Mumbai police had arrested Mohammad Ramzan Haji and Khursheed Ahmad of Bandipora in Baramula district for being active militants of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and also claimed to have seized explosives from them. The Jammu and Kashmir police later sought their remand in connection with two cases and the two were later lodged in the Central Jail here. The state government invoked the PSA against them. The two challenged the PSA and other cases registered against them in the high court. Their counsel, submitted before the court that the two were entrepreneurs who went to Mumbai for business and were arrested by the police there from the Haj House there and booked under “false” cases. The counsel said the government had no ground to pass a detention order against the two who were already in jail. “They were facing detention in cases which carry life or death sentence and they had not applied for the bail. So, there was no need to slap the PSA against them,” he said and argued the two were illiterates and the orders were presented to them in English. The court quashed the detention order. It also observed that mind was not applied while passing the detention order and there was no compelling reason to pass the order. It has also quashed detention of Javed Ahmad Mir, Bilal Ahmad Mir and Abdul Rashid Khan. While the PSA was invoked against Mir for being an upper-ground worker, Bilal had been accused of being involved in a ‘fidayeen (suicide)’ attack in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. — UNI |
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Sangeet Vibhuti award for Sopori
Srinagar, November 22 In five decades of dedicated work he has explored various dimensions of the Santoor, carrying out many path-breaking innovations for which he is hailed as the ‘Saint of Santoor’ and the ‘King of Strings’. It is also entirely to the credit of the Sopori family that Hindustani classical and light music acquire legitimate space in the Valley. He is the only classical musician to have composed music for almost 5,000 songs. Sopori has used his Santoor and his compositions to highlight the concept of oneness and foster unity enshrining the idea of national integration, humanism and peace. Moreover, he has extended various possibilities in Santoor playing and prepared a formal system, the "Sopori Baaj". He is also the recipient of various awards, including Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Delhi Ratan Award, Delhi Telugu Academy Award, Akashwani Annual Awards, Shiromani Award, Beenkar Samman, Punjab Sakha Award, Shardha Samman, Kala Yogi Award, Abhinav Kala Samman, Sangeet Ratna Samman, Shree Bhatt Kirti Award among many others. He was also honoured with the National Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt. |
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BJP panel formation put on hold
Jammu, November 22 He told mediapersons that since he would be in Delhi for a week, the committee would be constituted after eight days. In reply to a question, he said: “It will be a 61-member committee in which the Jammu region, Ladakh and the Kashmir valley, will get representation.” Inside reports said Mr Khajuria was in favour of including some of the estranged party leaders so that there was no room for dissension within the
organisation. He was also in favour of inducting fresh blood into the committee. He would be discussing all these issues with the high command. |
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90 students suspected with chicken pox, hospitalised
Jammu, November 22 The children were admitted to Basohli Hospital in Kathua district last night, they said, adding more cases had been pouring in. Specialised doctors were expected to arrive at the hospital to investigate the cause of the outbreak, Block Medical Officer of Basohli Hospital Dr Radhay Shayam told PTI. On Monday, three cases were detected at JNV after which the school authorities sounded an alert. The management has decided to send children back home to prevent spread of the disease. — PTI
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Willow bats worth Rs 10 lakh seized, three held
Jammu, November 22 The police intercepted a truck heading to Jammu from Kashmir at Banihal in Doda district and seized 4,000 unfinished bats and arrested Deedar Singh, Rajan Singh and Abdul Rahman. A case has been registered against the three men. — PTI
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