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Join roundtable, CM asks Hurriyat
Roundtable conference
2 militants killed in encounter
Srinagar museum under
UNESCO plan
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Brothers Aziz, Harbans meet after 60 yrs
Two ultras killed in Doda
Plot to kill CM; 4 held
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Join roundtable, CM asks Hurriyat
Srinagar, April 15 “Be part of the unified approach initiated to settle all issues amicably and jointly across the table,” he said in an informal chat with mediapersons here yesterday. Azad said peace was imperative for development and violence had inflicted unprecedented loss to human lives and public property in the state. Thousands of people have been killed, women rendered widows and children orphaned during the militancy period. “We have to work together to re-build the state and rehabilitate the large number of affected, besides carrying forward the development process with determination,” he said. He said the third roundtable would discuss the recommendations of four working groups on confidence building across various segments of society in the state, strengthening relations across the Line of Control, economic development in the state and good-governance. Matters pertaining to the fifth group on strengthening of centre-state relations could also be discussed in the roundtable conference. “Abjure violence and shun the gun, we are ready to talk to you,” Azad told militant groups while interacting with the media. He said the government was ready to talk to Syed Sallahuddin or any other person, but abjuring the gun was a must before any such interaction took place.
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Roundtable conference
Srinagar, April 15 Addressing a public gathering in the Lolab area of Kupwara district yesterday, Mufti said it must be result-oriented and the recommendations finalised by the four working groups should be approved for implementation. “I am sure these recommendations, when implemented, would provide the much-needed breakthrough in addressing the internal dimensions of the Kashmir issue by taking care of the aspirations and grievances of the people from all regions, religions and ethnic groups of the state,” he said. He expressed hope that every effort would be made to make the conference all-inclusive by involving people from all shades of opinion, including the separatists, in the discourse. “Our priority must be the rehabilitation of the victims of violence,” he said, adding that adequate resources would have to be made available to take care of the orphans and widows to rebuild their traumatised lives. He said the coalition government had formulated a rehabilitation package for the victims in 2003 and it had to be implemented at the earliest. The former Chief Minister urged India and Pakistan to initiate concrete measures for the peaceful and final settlement of the Kashmir issue in view of the fast-changing ground realities in the subcontinent.
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2 militants killed in encounter
Srinagar, April 15 A major tragedy was averted when the police defused an IED on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. IED blasts took place in Sogam and Pattan in which one trooper was injured. Acting on specific information about the presence of militants at Zainbhattoo village near Shopian, the police and the security forces cordoned off the area to flush out the militants. During house-to-house searches, the militants found hiding in the house of Gul Bhat were asked to surrender. Instead, the militants opened indiscriminate fire resulting in the encounter in which both the militants were killed, the police said. They were identified as Muzamil Ahmed Wagay, alias Asadullah, alias Nanna, a battalion commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen, and Muzaffar Ahmed Parray, alias Murtaza, both wanted militants. A major tragedy was averted when troops detected an IED, fitted in a pressure cooker, planted on the national highway at Galander this morning without causing any damage. One soldier was injured when suspected militants triggered an IED explosion near Water Tank at Pattan in Baramula district today. The injured was shifted to a hospital, where his condition is stated to be out of danger. An IED targeting a vehicle of the CRPF exploded in Sogam, Lolab, of Kupwara district today. However, no one was injured and no damage was caused as a result of the explosion, the police said. The police recovered an unidentified, decapitated body of a man from paddy fields near Pinglena in Pulwama district today. Two civilians were injured when they were fired upon by some unidentified militants in the Yaripora area of Anantnag district today. They have been identified as Niyaz Ahmad Bhat and Touseef Ahmad Bhat.
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Srinagar museum under
UNESCO plan
Srinagar, April 15 The experts have been assigned to prepare condition assessment report and photo documentation of the building and key collections along with technical recommendations for the conservation and restoration of the building and its key collections. The museum was set up in 1900 in a building, which was earlier used as a state guesthouse. Over a period of last 100 years, this museum has been acquiring and displaying unique archaeological objects, representing Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim periods.
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Brothers Aziz, Harbans meet after 60 yrs
Jammu, April 15 Aziz, who was Paramjit Singh, till the age of eight when he got separated from his father Chattar Singh in 1948, said the reunion was the “fulfillment of his long-cherished dream”. He along with two brothers and ailing mother was left behind in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), while his father crossed into India from the Wagah border. Although it was a brief opportunity of 15 days to stay here, he was “more than satisfied” on reaching here through the Chakan-da-Bagh entry point on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. He said the situation in his village Parrat in Rawlakot district was such after Partition that he had to embrace Islam. He has a big family now, including his grandchildren. Aziz said the three brothers were kept as slaves by a local family till 1956, when some Muslims in the village got them freed and helped them retrieve some agriculture land that was encroached upon by some mischievous elements. He recalled that it was a long struggle to make himself acceptable by the local Muslims. But what was heartening that through the village lambardar he had succeeded in getting the postal address of his father who had settled at Simbal Camp near Ranbirsinghpura in Jammu district. He was in constant touch with his brothers through post, but it took 60 years for a physical reunion. He said the permit to stay here would expire on April 23 when he would have to report at the transit point at Poonch for his return journey to PoK.
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Two ultras killed in Doda
Jammu, April 15 A CRPF jawan was also injured in the operation which was carried, One of the two killed militants was identified as Faiyaz Mir, alias Abu |
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Plot to kill CM; 4 held
Jammu, April 15 Those arrested have been identified as Farooq Ahmad and his wife Haseena Begum, Mohammad Akhtar Naik and Abdul Rashid. They had entered the venue of Azad’s Thursday rally by claiming to be Congress activists. However, the police swung into action and removed these persons from there. |
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