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Vigilance unearths furniture scam
Separatists invited to meet Kasuri in Delhi
PDP condemns custodial killing
Damaged kidney: Doctor told to pay
Rs 1.5 lakh, interest
4 killed in accident
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Two top Hizb militants killed
Corps of Signals celebrates Raising Day
Stranded passengers leave for Kargil
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Vigilance unearths furniture scam
Srinagar, February 15 An official spokesman said steel furniture were not delivered and the district panchayat officer and his senior assistant entered into a criminal conspiracy with proprietors of one of the SSI Units and released Rs 5 lakh in the favour of the supplier. The district panchayat officer, during 2003-04 had also drawn Rs 1.54 lakh, which was not found, accounted for. In another case of possessing disproportionate assets acquired through corrupt practices, the organisation arrested, Mohammad Shaban Sofi, assistant accounts officer in the office of the superintending engineer, Anantnag. The accused had been in possession of disproportionate assets in the shape of three, single and two-storeyed houses with four shops in the ground floor on a plot of more than three kanal at Ashajipora, Anantnag. The official also purchased a two-storeyed shopping complex costing over Rs 8 lakh at the Chini Chowk, Anantnag. The official was also found to be in possession of a Maruti car besides, other movable assets. "This property has been acquired by the official by indulging in corrupt practices and are prime facie disproportionate to his known sources of income", the spokesman added. During raids at his residence the vigilance officials recovered 220 grams of jewelley worth Rs 2 lakh, LIC policies, bank shares and passbooks and other documents. Farooq Ahmad Khan, a junior assistant, was caught red handed in the tehsil office, Handwara, while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000, the spokesman added. The raid was conducted on the basis of a complaint lodged by a person from whom the accused had already taken Rs 7,000 and was demanding Rs 1,000 more for verifying a particular case. |
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Separatists invited to meet Kasuri in Delhi
Srinagar, February 15 They include the leaders of both factions of the Hurriyat Conference, hardline chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani and moderate Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, JKLF chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik and Shabir Ahmad Shah of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP). The JKLF chairman is already in the Union Capital after his three-day-long hunger strike here in protest against the human rights violations at the hands of the police and the security forces in Kashmir. Accepting the invitation, Mr Geelani today said his party’s stand on the resolution of the Kashmir issue was clear and it would be put forth before the visiting Foreign Minister
of Pakistan. He reiterated his stand on the resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir by granting them the right of self-determination under the UN resolutions. He denied reports that the meeting of the visiting separatist Kashmiri leaders was aimed at unity of the divergent separatist groups in Kashmir. Mr Geelani headed the Hurriyat Conference before parting ways in the wake of the 2002 Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after which he has been heading the breakaway faction. Mr Geelani was scheduled to fly to New Delhi on Tuesday next for his meeting with Mr Kasuri two days later on Thursday (February 22), reports here said. The other leaders are scheduled to meet Mr Kasuri on February 23. The meeting with the Kashmiri leaders is regarded as significant following the recent visit of a three-member delegation of the moderate Hurriyat Conference to Pakistan, led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. The other members of the delegation Prof Abdul Ghani Bhat and Bilal Lone. |
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PDP condemns custodial killing
Jammu, February 15 In a statement issued here today, a PDP spokesman, while expressing anguish over the cold-blooded murder of the Rajouri youth, has called for immediate measures to put an end to such acts of highhandedness that add to the alienation of the masses. The spokesman said while it was satisfying that immediate administrative action had been taken against officials involved in the killing, stern action should be taken against such elements who had no value for human life. Coming as it did after recent reports of loss of lives in similar circumstances at Tral and Shopian, the incident at Rajouri assumed even more serious dimension, he said. The spokesman said the government should devise a foolproof system of checks and balances to avoid repetition of such brutal acts. It was a matter of concern that such incidents were taking place even at a time when the human rights situation in the state was under full public and media focus. The serious action against the perpetrators of fake encounters in Kashmir initiated by the coalition government should have served as a deterrent, he said, but unfortunately such incidents continued to take place across the state. The spokesman said it was in this background that the PDP had made a firm demand to revoke the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which created an atmosphere of impunity and a wavered tendency among some elements in the security forces and the police against such crimes. The spokesman said peace with dignity was the fundamental of the PDP agenda and it had been launched with the sole aim of achieving a lasting solution to the Kashmir problem through dialogue and discussion and for setting up a structure conducive to its economic development. |
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Damaged kidney: Doctor told to pay
Rs 1.5 lakh, interest
Jammu, February 15 Ms Shama Kachroo’s kidney was damaged following an operation by Dr Nirmal Pandita and the latter was asked by the J and K Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to pay a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh as damages in March 1999. The doctor had challenged the order in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court here. While the high court upheld the State Consumer Commission's order for payment for damages to the patient in August 2004, the doctor paid only half the amount fixed by the commission. Today, the commission ordered Dr Pandita to pay Rs 1.5 lakh and the interest thereupon within a month for a deliberate delay in paying the compensation to the aggrieved patient. The commission dismissed the pleas of the doctor for not paying the entire amount of compensation. |
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4 killed in accident
Jammu, February 15 The matador was on its way from Kalale Morha to Surankote when the driver lost control over the vehicle and it rolled down into the gorge at the Chonkiya Kalale area, the sources said. Four persons died on the spot and six others were injured, two of them critically. The deceased have been identified as Ismail, Mir Hussain, Mohmmad Rasheed and Abdul Gani. Four of the injured have been shifted to Surankote Hospital and two others were airlifted and admitted to GMC Hospital here.
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Two top Hizb militants killed
Srinagar, February 15 Security forces conducted a search operation at village Gulabgrah in Udhampur district. Militants opened fire which was returned by the security forces. Two militants, including a self-styled district commander Arshad Ayub, were killed. Security forces averted a tragedy when they detected a powerful improvised explosive device planted by militants at Dhundak in the Surankote area last evening. The area was immediately sealed and bomb disposal squad defused the 4-kg IED. The body of a woman was recovered at Barzulla today. Security forces busted hideout at Stali Cheer Balakote and Dharamsal last night.
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Corps of Signals celebrates Raising Day
Srinagar, February 15 Lt Gen
A.S.Sekhon, GOC 15 Corps, greeted troops and their family members on the occasion, a defence spokesman said. The highlight of the day was the unveiling of the history of the Corps of Signals as it evolved over decades from being raised as the Royal Signals in 1911 to the technical front-runner of the Army. He also read out the messages received from the President, the Prime Minister and senior civilian and defence officials. |
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Stranded passengers leave for Kargil
Srinagar, February 15 Thirtytwo passengers left here for Kargil in a chopper this afternoon after the weather improved there, Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir) Basharat Ahmed said. An additional flight had been arranged for tomorrow to enable stranded passengers to reach their destination, he said.
— PTI
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