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Hindu migrants demand relief on par with Kashmiri migrants
Exodus of migrant labour
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Sonia to visit J&K in Sept
I- Day Celebrations
Schoolteachers found absent, ZEOs told to explain
DGP assures protection to ‘outsiders’
SPO killed in encounter
Police team scales Nun Peak
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Hindu migrants demand relief on par with Kashmiri migrants
Jammu, August 5 Migrants, including women and children, were now squatting on the road that had got blocked since morning. They alleged that the Jammu migrants were being given a raw deal compared to those from the Kashmir valley. Lal Singh, who migrated from Prankot following massacre of 27 Hindus, pointed out that the J&K government had so far not implemented orders of the Supreme Court ordering that migrants of Jammu division be treated on a par with those from the Kashmir valley. Taro Devi, a migrant from Kot Talwal in the border district of Rajouri, said she took refuge in the camp at Talwara near Reasi following massacre of four members of her family. The migrants in the camp have not been given cash relief and rations for the past 40 months by the state government. Neelam Devi, a migrant from Mahore, was critical of the Central and state governments that were spending a large amount of money on the rehabilitation of only Kashmiri migrants and ignoring those belonging to the remote areas of Jammu. The migrants said they would continue to sit on dharna on the foothills of the Vaishno Devi shrine till the government announced to treat them on a par with the Kashmiri migrants. Jagdev Singh, who migrated from Kot Talwal, asked what was the difference between the migrants of Jammu and those from the Kashmir valley as both were driven out of their hearths and homes by the Pakistan-backed terrorists. There was no reason to discriminate between them, he added. Bhim Singh, chairman of the Panthers Party, Shudanshu Pandey, divisional commissioner, and senior police officers visited Serwad where the migrants have been stopped. Bhim Singh warned the state government should stop discriminating between the migrants of terrorism failing which they should be prepared to face contempt proceedings of the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the migrants refused to accept one month’s relief of Rs 400 each from government officials who tried to pacify and persuade them to abandon the Jammu march. They demanded that the government must pay arrears of 40 months towards the cost of 11 kg of ration per month, kerosene and fodder at the rate of Rs 1500 per month to each migrant family. There was exodus from Mahore, Gool, Doda, Rajouri, Budhal and Poonch areas in 1999 when terrorists attacked innocent people there. These migrants have so far been denied proper accommodation and other facilities that were being provided to the displaced persons from Kashmir. |
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Exodus of migrant labour
Jammu, August 5 "The situation in the valley is volatile after the (separatist leader) Syed Ali Shah Geelani's threat to the migrants to leave and the state government's failure in this regard had worsened the situation there," senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said at a press conference here. The state government and even the central government were silent on the issue which showed they were ignoring this situation in which the migrant workers were leaving the valley out of fear, Hussain said. Hussain, after visiting the valley along with other members of the party's fact- finding panel on the issue of the reported exodus of the migratory labour, stated nearly 30,000 labourers of other states had fled the valley in the last week. He said the BJP leadership also called on Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in Srinagar during the visit and apprised him of the party's concern over the prevailing situation "with a message that the government needed to take some stringent measures to stop this exodus." All-Party Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani and later the Hizbul Mujahideen had given a call that the "non-state subjects should leave the valley" after an incident in which two migrant labourers were booked for raping a girl in the valley. Hussain said all migrants at large in the valley could not be dubbed as criminals following the incident in which two such workers were booked in a rape case. Though Geelani and the Hizbul Mujahideen later softened stands, saying "the migrants with the criminal background only need to leave Kashmir", the BJP leaders said the altered statements of the hardliners had not been effective in stopping the "exodus". Lambasting
Geelani, Hussain said the senior Hurriyat leader had "lost his balance as is visible from his provocative
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Sonia to visit J&K in Sept
Srinagar, August 5 He was talking to mediapersons after launching Stellar Data Care Suite, a complete data safety pack, at Hotel Grand Mumtaz here. The suite,a latest product of Steller Information Systems launched, would be of great use in information technology. It would protect data by taking regular back-ups at different time periods along with safeguarding it from major threats and monitors the health of hard disk to minimise the risk of any data loss.
Sayeed said the information technology was growing fast globally and the state was making efforts to take advantage of the technology in the field of communication, information, education, agriculture, horticulture and health sector. |
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I- Day Celebrations
Srinagar, August 5 The police and paramilitary forces have launched checking around the vital installations and stepped up frisking of private and passenger vehicles. In view of the security arrangements a meeting of all security agencies was held at the Police Control Room here yesterday for the forthcoming Independence Day. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of IGP, Kashmir, S.M.Sahai. Senior officers from the Army, BSF,CRPF, IB, CID, traffic and security participated in the meeting, in which a detailed discussion was held with regard to intelligence inputs, traffic, security and issues related to the Independence Day. The officers gave a detailed presentation regarding security and traffic management. The IGP addressing the officers stressed upon them to ensure fool-proof security for the I-Day. Among others, the meeting was attended by IG, CRPF, IG, BSF, IG, Armed, DIGs of all ranges of Kashmir valley, SSP, PCR, SSP, Srinagar, SSP, Security, SSP CIK, SSP, Traffic, SP, East and SP, South. |
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Schoolteachers found absent, ZEOs told to explain
Udhampur , August 5 Officers of the Education Department led by the CEO Doda checked some schools and were surprised to see many teachers were not present in schools and they had engaged some local educated youths to teach the students. “As it is responsibility of the ZEOs concerned to monitor attendance of the teachers so we have issued explanation letters to them to clear their positions'', said the CEO after issuing explanation letters to some ZEOs. Furthermore during surprise checking of some schools of far-flung areas, the CEO Doda found most of the teachers in these education institutions were transacting the classroom activities without using TLM whereas the academic achievements of the students in most of these institutions were not found per desired standards. Meanwhile according to an official hand out the CEO stressed the use of TLM in the classrooms for which grant of Rs 500 is provided to the teachers annually. The headmaster of government high school Padder, who was found unauthorisedly absent from duty has been served notice to explain his position. |
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DGP assures protection to ‘outsiders’
Udhampur, August 5 To another question he said the police in the state would be made professional to face all challenges. He said protecting the dignity and honour of every citizen was the foremost duty of every cop. The DGP lauded local cops for fighting militancy and said they would be equipped with sophisticated weapons to meet emerging challenges. He said while fighting militants, jawans and officers had to give due respect to the rights of the civilians. |
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SPO killed in encounter
Udhampur, August 5 Reports reaching here said following reports of the presence of some militants, security forces launched a combing operation in the Bulandpura area of Doda. As a team of security personnel was moving towards the hideout of the militants, they were ambushed by militants in which one SPO got killed. The deceased SPO has been identified as Rajinder Kumar of Doda. Although a joint team of Rashtriya Rifles and the state police had kept the militants engaged, it is believed that the militants responsible for the attack escaped from
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12 injured in Kashmir blast
Srinagar, August 5 They said unidentified militants huried a hand grenade at the main chowk Awantipore, about 30 km from here, on the highway today when a large number of people were present. The injured were admitted to SMHS Hospital here.
— UNI |
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Bodies of five avalanche victims found
Udhampur, August 5 Reports said some nomads, who had gone on hill top with their cattle, spotted some unclaimed bodies lying in the forest. They informed the police station about the recovery. Initially the police thought militants had killed some villagers, but later it was found the deceased were members of a group which had gone missing in this area.
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Army jawan shoots himself
Jammu, August 5 Twenty-two-year-old A S
Patil, who was posted at the Army camp in the Akhnoor area, shot himself with his INSAS rifle at around 6 a.m., the sources said.
Patil was rushed to a military hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the sources said, adding that the matter was under investigation.
— UNI |
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Police team scales Nun Peak
Srinagar, August 5 DGP Kuldeep Khuda congratulated the team on this feat. He said, "This is yet another feather in the cap of the J&K Police". Khuda conveyed his appreciation to the team which is being supervised by IG Owais Ahmad. |
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