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Militants’ ultimatum to UP, Bihar labourers
‘Situation in J&K improving fast’
Mufti demands troop cut again
Shanta in Jammu to revamp BJP
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SC nod to Mughal Road
Leopard kills 4-yr-old girl
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Militants’ ultimatum to UP, Bihar labourers
Jammu, July 28 The Hizbul Mujaheedin and some separatist leaders have asked labourers from Bihar, UP, Orissa and other states to leave the valley in seven days. Migrant labourers have already started fleeing the Kashmir valley and bus loads of them have been reaching here since yesterday. The diktat has followed the rape and murder of a girl in the Langate area of the valley. These outfits have accused the migrant labourers of indulging in objectionable activities. The police has already booked four persons, including two locals, for involvement in the crime. Ramakant Dubey, state chief of the VHP, today said the diktat was another step towards ethnic cleansing in Kashmir. Nobody should be allowed to hound migrant labourers from the valley. He warned that such provocative statements of separatists could create problems elsewhere in the country and damage the secular fabric. Dubey said anyone accused of raping the girl should be dealt with under the law and all migrant labourers should not be targeted. Those trying to communalise the situation should be booked under the Public Safety Act. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has denounced as “negative thinking” the efforts to politicise the incident by asking non-local workforce to leave the valley. He said those who raised such slogans should also consider its fallout as thousands of Kashmiris were working and studying in other parts of the country where they could face similar reaction. He said the workforce coming to the valley from other states could not be judged on the basis of two odd persons involved in the case. A criminal had to be treated as a criminal and not as a resident of a particular place. Instead of politicising the issue, the focus should be on awarding exemplary punishment to the criminals. The Chief Minister lauded the police for solving the case in three days. He said the accused had confessed to the crime.He said the police had announced Rs 50,000 reward for providing information about the criminals, but on his instructions the reward money was raised to Rs 1 lakh. Of the four accused, Azad said two were local history-sheeters. They had earlier faced wrath of people who twice blackened their faces for indulging in eve-teasing. |
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‘Situation in J&K improving fast’
Srinagar, July 28 At a press conference here this evening, Antony said the reports of committees set up on the reduction of troops was awaited. Any decision on the demand of troops cut from internal security duty in the state could be taken only after the receipt of the reports, Antony said. "Whatever is needed for peace in Kashmir, will be done", he said to questions. The minister said the Prime Minister had taken certain initiatives for peace in the state.
Antony, who arrived here Friday morning to review the security situation had meetings with Governor S. K. Sinha and Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and senior officers of the police and security forces and various delegations of political parties and social
organisations. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, who also met the minister at the head of a four-member delegation here this afternoon, expressed optimism over her party’s demand of troop cut. She was accompanied by senior party leaders, Muzaffar Hussain
Beigh, Ghulam Hassan Mir and Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari. Earlier, CM Ghulam Nabi
Azad, in his meeting with the defence minister, advocated substantial enhancement of rentals of private property, especially land and orchards, under the use of army in Jammu and Kashmir. He also asked for on advance payment of 80 per cent rent to the owners till formal sanction by the Defence Estates was accorded. Those who attended the meeting at the SKICC included senior officers of
defence, intelligence and state administration including chief secretary C.
Phunsog, GoC-in-C, Northern Command, Lt Gen H.S. Panag, financial commissioner, home, B. R.
Kundal, DGP, Kuldeep Khuda, and GOC of 15 Corps, Lt Gen A S Sekhon. |
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Mufti demands troop cut again
Srinagar, July 28 Speakng on the occasion of the PDP’s eighth foundation day here today, the Mufti reiterated reduction of troops and revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) were imperative. The PDP patron held the Army had played commendable role to curb militancy, sacrifices of the state’s people and the political parties had been equally instrumental in transforming the situation. "Now when the situation is headed for good, we ,public representatives , must respond to public mood and give the evolving scenario a positive direction by entrusting greater role to the democratic and civil society institutions", he said. The Mufti added time had come for the politicians to take charge of the situation so that the democratic institutions and processes again flourished. |
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Shanta in Jammu to revamp BJP
Jammu, July 28 Shanta Kumar was recently given charge of BJP affairs in Jammu and Kashmir. In his address, state BJP chief Ashok Khajuria, accused the ruling Congress-PDP coalition of discriminating against Jammu and Ladakh regions. He accused the PDP of indulging in a hate campaign against the security forces deployed in Kashmir to check terrorist activities. Khajuria said corruption was rampant in the state and the government headed by Ghulam Nabi Azad had failed to curb it. Shanta Kumar will address the working committee tomorrow. |
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SC nod to Mughal Road
Rajouri, July 28 In fact, the under-construction 89 km-long fair weather road (from Bufliaz in Poonch district of the Jammu region to Shopian in Kashmir),work on which had to be stopped from Kashmir side due to two petitions in the Supreme Court. The petitioners had argued that the construction of the road would affect environment and restrict the movement of markhore (a wild goat) in the Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary through which a stretch of road passes. As word about the vacation of stay on the project spread in the border districts, mood turned festive and celebrations began. "I thank God that the Supreme Court has given a go-ahead to the road construction. Though the road construction was on from this side (Poonch district of the Jammu region), there were some bottlenecks from the Kashmir side. Now the court has given a nod, the road construction will gain pace on either side", said Raja Dar,a businessman from Rajouri. Meanwhile, in the adjoining border Poonch district, the mood of people was festive and celebrations were in the air. JAMMU: All mainstream political parties on Friday got united to welcome the Supreme Court’s lifting the stay on the construction of the 89-km-long Mughal Road that would traverse thickly wooded areas to provide a direct road link between the border district of Poonch and the Kashmir valley. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, PDP leader Mufti Sayeed, National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah, CPM MLA Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami among others hailed the decision. |
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Leopard kills 4-yr-old girl
Jammu, July 28 The tragic incident occurred when the leopard suddenly appeared in the house of one Mohammed Jabar and killed his minor child, a police spokesman here said. |
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