Srinagar, January 7
Two militants of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were among four persons killed across Jammu and Kashmir where a Lashkar-e-Toiba ultra and a grenade thrower were nabbed today, the police said.

The JeM militants including a foreigner, were killed in an encounter with the police at Delwan village, near Chrar-e-Sharif, 40 km from here, this evening, a police spokesman said.

Identified as Shabir Ahmad of Pulwama and Muzamil Jehadi, a foreigner, the militants were hiding in a house in the village which was raided by the police following a tip-off, the spokesman said.

Two AK rifles with six magazines were recovered from the slain militants, he said.

The spokesman said the throat-slit body of a shopkeeper was today recovered from an orchard at Badamibag in Baramula district.

Faisal Amin Bhat of Sopore, 55 km from here, reportedly a close associate of slain Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Munna Janwari, was killed by the police on New Year’s Day, he said.

However, residents of the area said Bhat was killed for his alleged links with the security forces.

The spokesman said constable Chand Mohammad, who was injured in a militant attack on a police party last week, succumbed to his injuries in a local hospital, taking the death toll in the incident to three.

Militants attacked a police party at Kadalbal, 16 km from here, in Pulwama district on December 30 resulting in the death of Station House Officer of Pampore police station Manzoor Ahmad and a civilian Jan Mohammad, while two policemen were injured.

The spokesman said a militant of the LeT outfit was arrested from Lach village falling under the jurisdiction of Handwara police station in Kupwara district today.

Two grenades were recovered from the arrested militant, identified as Bilal Ahmed Najar of Badhara village, he said, adding a case had been registered against him.

Meanwhile, the police foiled militants’ attempt to carry out a grenade attack in Pulwama by arresting them.

The two JeM militants, including a foreigner were killed in an encounter alongwith the grenade thrower.

Reyaz Ahmad Bhat of Pohoo village of Pulwama was nabbed by the police while he was about to throw the explosive device in the town last evening, the spokesman said.

Bhat is being interrogated, he said. — PTI

Srinagar, January 7
The death toll in yesterday’s grenade blast at Gole Chakri in the Shopian area of Jammu and Kashmir has gone up to three with a soldier of the Territorial Army succumbing to his injuries in a local hospital, a police spokesman said today.

Havaldar Mohammad Ishaq of the Territorial Army, a resident of Mandi Guru Dhamal Hanjipora in Anantnag district, succumbed to his injuries today, raising the death toll in the incident to three, the spokesman said.

Mohammad Akram Shah, an employee of the Education Department, and Mohammad Yousuf, a resident of Kapran, were killed and 21 others, including four security men, were injured in the grenade attack carried out by militants in the town yesterday.

In protest against the militant act, a shutdown was observed in Shopian town today, the spokesman said.

Shops and business establishments remained closed and vehicular traffic was off the road in protest against the killing of three innocent persons. — PTI

Jammu, January 7
Jammu University has decided to re-tailor its business school course in a manner to make it a front-ranking institute in the country.

The director of the business school, Dr Keshav Sharma, said that the curriculum of the 20-year-old institute was being restructured to meet the modern day requirements and make it one of the 10 top institutes in the country.

He said the business school was one of the fastest growing management schools in the country. Within a small period of time, it has made its position in the top 50 management schools of the country. Among the Indian universities, the business school here was among the top five B-schools.

Dr Sharma said the business school was in the process of having a joint MBA programme with the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada). The business school was in for academic collaboration with the Department of Management, University of Lethbridge, and also the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

He said that the university was considering a proposal to admit students to the business school through the CAT instead of the current system of MAT.

He said the business school was providing the state of art academic facilities to the students.

Jammu, January 7
One person was killed and four others were critically injured when a car in which they were travelling collided head on with an Army vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway near Chenani in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir today, the police said.

The vehicle, with five persons on board, was coming here from Srinagar when it met with an accident at Champari in Chenani, the police added.

Haji Mohammad Yousuf, (44), who was driving the vehicle, died in the accident, while his son Arfan Ahmed Mir (20), Sanam, (22), daughter of Abdul Hameed Mir, Akash Mukhtyar (8), son of Mukhtyar Ahmed, and Sirsa (20), daughter of Abdul Rashid, were injured, the police said. All were residents of Pampore in Srinagar.

The injured were taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital here, they added. — UNI