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NH: Traffic restored after fresh landslides
7 killed as taxi skids into gorge
PDP plans grand reception for Mufti
Suicide by jawan
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NH: Traffic restored after fresh landslides
Srinagar, December 12 The authorities had allowed traffic from Srinagar and Jammu this morning after the highway re-opened yesterday afternoon after remaining closed for seven days. A traffic police official said the stranded vehicles were again held up on the highway, which links the Valley with the rest of the country, after fresh landslides at Penthal today. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), have again pressed into service men and machines to clear stones from the highway, he added. The police said the traffic resumed again at 3 p.m. after the landslides were cleared and shooting of stones stopped. The stranded vehicles were allowed to move towards their destinations. Official sources said more than 5000 passengers, who left Srinagar and Jammu this morning, were stranded on the highway. Hundreds of trucks carrying essential commodities and fruits had also been stranded at different points on the highway, they added. Hundreds of passengers today protested in the city against the shortage of vehicles. The passengers, mostly labourers from different parts of the country, alleged that the authorities had failed to provide sufficient number of vehicles to them. The drivers had been charging more than double the fare from the passengers, they alleged. — UNI
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7 killed as taxi skids into gorge
Jammu, December 12 Reports stated that the same stretch was once again closed today morning. It was during the landslides that the Sumo driver tried to cross the stretch. The ill-fated taxi was coming from Srinagar. The bodies of the three victims have so far been identified. They are, Ahmad Bhat, a resident of kulgam, his nine-year-old daughter, Hafiza Akhtar, and the taxi driver, Manzoor Ahmad Parrey. The highway that was opened yesterday for one-way traffic has again been closed due to heavy landslides in the area. Personnel of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were not in position to clear the highway due to continues landslides.
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PDP plans grand reception for Mufti
Jammu, December 12 He is scheduled to first fly to Srinagar from Delhi on December 16 and come here the next day. Ministers and legislators belonging to the PDP are meeting at the residence of Agriculture Minister Abdul Aziz Zargar this evening to finalise the programme. During his visit to the US and other places, the PDP leader advocated implementation of self-rule in both sides of
Kashmir. He emphasised that the long-drawn Kashmir issue could be resolved by implementing the proposal. |
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Suicide by jawan
Jammu, December 12 Sarvesh Kumar of 126 Satta Battery was posted as orderly in the Junior Commissioned Officers’ (JCOs) mess on the premises of Army School at Kaluchak. According to his colleagues he attended his duty till 6 a.m. yesterday. Later, he was found hanging from the ceiling fan’s hook in a bathroom. The police recovered a letter in pieces from the deceased which showed that he was disturbed over some family problem. He was also under the treatment of a psychiatrist.
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Srinagar, December 12
