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Grenade blast at Doda bus stand Final Act of Bravery
Mob attacks cops
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35 jobless doctors detained
Panthers to support Shekhawat
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Grenade blast at Doda bus stand
Udhampur, June 25 Fourteen others, including four women ,were wounded, one of them critically, in the blast which took place in front of hotel Tak Residence where a large number of people gathered for shopping and other purposes. The SSP Doda said two civilians had died in the blast while 14 others received injuries in the incident. Reports reaching here said at 1.20 pm, militants lobbed a hand grenade targeting civilians at the bus-stand. As a large number of people were gathered at the site, there was virtual chaos and confusion after the blast. Panic gripped the bust stand and adjoining localities area after the explosion. As the things calmed the police and local residents shifted the injured to a sub-district hospital, where the condition of three persons was stated to be critical. "The two critically injured succumbed to their injuries when they were being shifted to Jammu from Doda district hospital", a police officer said. The deceased were identified as Nisar Ahmad(12), son of Mangata of Doda, and Reyaz Ahmad (22), son of Abdul Rashid of Udhianpur. Two critically injured women have been identified as Tripta Devi and Zulfi Bibi.
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Final Act of Bravery Srinagar, June 25 "The unparallelled act of bravery, leadership and supreme sacrifice by Naib Subedar Chunni Lal not only foiled the infiltration bid but saved the lives of his fellow soldiers" in Keran sector of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday, a defence spokesman said here today. The 39-year-old was heading a party of troops which had sealed all escape routes of the intruding militants when he found another group attempting to break the cordon to join them. Lal charged at the group and killed two heavily-armed militants with his bayonet. He shot dead the other three militants. The Army recovered five AK-47 rifles, 15 magazines, 132 rounds of AK ammunition, six hand-grenades, a global positioning system, and other war-like stores during the operation. Lal was awarded the Sena Medal for his role in the capture of key Bana Post at an altitude of 21,153 feet on Siachen glacier and a Vir Chakra for the UN Peace Keeping Operation in Sudan. Born in 1968 in Baderwah district of Jammu region, Lal joined the 8th battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry in 1984.
— PTI
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Mob attacks cops
Udhampur, June 25 Cops resorted to lathicharge and fired several rounds in the air to save the police and civil officers from the wrath of the mob, which damaged official vehicles, besides injuring nine cops. Twelve persons, including eight women, were rounded up by the police on the charge of rioting. The villagers claimed the piece of land belonged to them and they had been using it as a graveyard. Revenue officer of the area Mahesh Chander said that a piece of land measuring 87 kanals (khasra No. 425-26) actually belonged to the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) which had decided to hand over this land to the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC). Eye witnesses said a team of the JMC, along with some revenue officials, had gone to take possession of a piece of land belonging to the JDA at Pargalata village. The JDA had decided to give this to the JMC for the construction of a shed for stray cattle and dogs. As the officials reached Pargalata village, a mob set up barricades and stopped them from going further. When the police tried to remove the barricades, the mob resorted to stoning the cops. DSP Mehmood Choudhary, SHO Nagrota Deepak Raina, along with seven other cops, received injuries. As the mob outnumbered cops, the police resorted to cane charge and later fired several rounds into the air to disperse the stone-throwing people.
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Dharna by JKSM chief, supporters
Jammu, June 25 The JKSM chairman, one of the leaders of the Mirwaiz-led All- Party Hurriyat Conference, sat on 'dharna' at Shaheedi Chowk here this evening with his supporters holding placards which read- ''stop state terrorism and human rights violations" and "resolve J and K dispute through peaceful means, we support the dialogue process". |
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35 jobless doctors detained
Srinagar, June 25 Four doctors were injured when the police used batons to disperse them as they tried to march in procession from Residency Road, demanding employment, the sources said. The protesters burnt their aprons and blocked traffic, prompting the police to resort a cane charge, they said. The police took 35 of them, including six women, in preventive custody, the sources said adding the injured were admitted to a hospital.
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Panthers to support Shekhawat
Jammu, June 25 The Panthers Party recently disassociated itself from the Congress-PDP coalition in the state. Harshdev Singh MLA and leader of the party, said it would support the candidature of Shekhawat, who is contesting as an independent.
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