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Carrying of rail coaches by
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PDP unfazed by alliance between Cong, NC
Militant killed, jawan injured
Two jawans commit suicide
Teenaged girl raped by two
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Carrying of rail coaches by
road from next week
Jammu, March 5 The transportation of coaches was suspended in November last due to snowfall on the road route. This has delayed the launching of the local train in the valley that was earlier expected to be inaugurated sometime in February. Sources said the train might now run towards the end of April or in May. Only one of the 20 coaches has so far reached the valley, while two are jacked at Udhampur for the past two months. Engineers of the railways were today busy dismantling iron wheels of the two diesel power cars (DPCs) at the railway station and replacing these with truck tyres for their onward journey to the valley by road. This is a unique operation of driving the rail coaches by road to the valley about 300 km away. Divisional railway engineer Shiv Ram said the first coach had reached Budgam in the valley on November 14 last, but further transportation was suspended due to landslides followed by a heavy snowfall. He said the first priority now was to dispatch the two DPCs so that trial runs on the Rajwinsher-Kakapura stretch could be conducted soon. |
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Civic elections M.L. Kak
Jammu, March 5 Senior PDP leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir said, “ We have every reason to feel unfazed by the understanding reached between the Congress and the National Conference as far as arrangement is confined to the corporation poll.” “Since the PDP, which has two corporators in the corporation, has not much in stake we do not feel upset over the arrangement worked out by the Congress and the National Conference.” In reply to another question, Mir said today that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s latest statement in which he said, “Reduction of troops could be considered once the terrorism ceases” was made in connection with the utterance of APHC chairman Molvi Umar Farooq, who had stated that India and Pakistan “have agreed on withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir and PoK which would be the first step towards the resolution of the Kashmir issue”. He said Manmohan Singh’s statement was not a snub to the PDP leadership's demand for reduction in troops. The PDP leader said, “We have voiced our demand for reducing the troops and we do not expect our demand to be conceded right now. The gradual withdrawal of troops may take some time and till then we shall explain our views on the issue to people and politicians and lobby for it.” He made it clear that “There is no link between our demand for withdrawal of troops and our support to the Congress. We shall, as partner in the ruling coalition, help the establishment in further improving the security scenario.” The PDP leader said, “We boycotted last Wednesday’s cabinet meeting only in protest against the Chief Minister’s refusal to acknowledge a letter, sent by PDP legislature party leader Abdul Aziz Zargar requesting Ghulam Nabi Azad to convene a special cabinet meeting for a threadbare discussion on the demand for withdrawal of troops.” In reply to another question Mir said, "Those who talked of the PDP snapping its ties with the Congress were nursing wishful thinking. We are committed to ensure that the ruling coalition lasted for its full term.”
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Militant killed, jawan injured
Srinagar, March 5 They said the militant was killed in an encounter that ensued after a search party was attacked by the ultras at Gund Jehangir in the Sumbal area of Baramula district today. One pistol and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militant. In another incident, militants hurled a hand grenade on the security forces in the Karan Nagar area where a number of security force camps are located. However, it did not explode, they said, adding traffic on the road was suspended and people present in the busy market were taken to safer places. Later, a bomb disposal squad defused the grenade without causing any damage. A security jawan was injured when militants opened fire at a patrol party at Sanai Surankote in Poonch district of Jammu region last night. The militants later escaped, they said. — UNI
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Two jawans commit suicide
Jammu, March 5 Sepoy Ashok (21) of the 5171 ASC Battalion shot himself yesterday. He was from Satara district of Maharashtra. According to an army
spokesman, he was a bachelor. A suicide note found near the body indicated family
problems. Further investigation was in progress, the spokesman said. Another army jawan allegedly burnt his wife to death and later committed suicide by setting himself afire following a quarrel in Doda
district. The jawan was identified as Ranjeet Singh. — TNS |
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Teenaged girl raped by two
Jammu, March 5 The 15-year-old girl was kidnapped by Pawan Kumar and Balbir Singh when she was on her way back to her residence in the Chanderkote belt of the district last evening, official sources said today. The accused took the girl in the forest area and repeatedly raped her last night, leaving her semi-conscious. In the morning, the accused dropped the girl near a drain near her home. After regaining consciousness, the girl narrated the incident to her parents who lodged a report with the police.
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