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2 held in Amandeep murder case
Girl accuses SSP of harassment
Speculations over who killed militant in Rajouri house
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Omar inaugurates power grid station
BJP protests Chinese paper visas
Soz concerned over Chinese incursions
Courier of LeT ultras held
Mirwaiz returns from OIC meet
New basmati variety to yield more
Army recruitment rally begins
Ex-serviceman on a mission
Speed up development works: Niaz
Honorary rank conferred on Jammu varsity VC
Hideout busted, arms seized
Rs 2.28 crore distributed among terror-hit
Bhim Singh praises Ruksana
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2 held in Amandeep murder case
Jammu, October 3 The SIT also picked up a chartered accountant from Bahu Plaza and interrogated him at the Gandhi Nagar police station. Meanwhile, a local court this evening extended the police remand of former Jammu SSP Manohar Singh, former Gandhi Nagar SHO Sultan Mirza and former investigation officer sub-inspector Satnam Singh by five more days (till October 8). Official sources said the SIT conducted a raid in Roop Nagar this morning and impounded a Toyota Qualis transporting as many as 300 files and a computer containing business dealings of Choudhary Nagar Singh to a ‘safe’ place. During questioning, driver of the contract carrier Ram Kumar of Janipur Housing Colony told the SIT that he had been paid Rs 500 to shift the consignment to a beauty saloon in Roop Nagar. Sources said during the raid, the SIT also picked up Rajinder Singh and Rahul Sharma, both residents of Janipur, adding that the latter was suspected to be a close aide of Choudhary Nagar Singh. In the evening, the SIT also produced three suspended police officers, SSP Manohar Singh, SHO Sultan Mirza and SI Satnam Singh before the CJM Jammu, YP Bourney at his official residence in Ambphalla seeking extension in police remand. The remand of the arrested officers was to end today. After hearing both the sides, the CJM extended the remand of the three officers till October 8. However, counsel of the suspended SSP, Advocate DS Chauhan, opposed extension on the grounds that SIT had so far been unable to make any headway in the case and no recovery had been effected from his client, who had no connection with Choudhary Nagar Singh. But the SIT, represented by Deputy Prosecuting Officer Onkar Singh, sought the extension on various grounds, including the controversy regarding the weapon used for the murder. Meanwhile, Second Additional Sessions Judge Jammu Vinod Chatterji Koul today adjourned the pre-arrest bail application moved by Nagar Singh and his brothers Ujagar and Rakesh to October 6. Already into hiding, Nagar Singh and his brothers had moved a pre-arrest bail through their counsel Advocate MA
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Girl accuses SSP of harassment
Jammu, October 3 Vikas Sharma, president of the Jammu University Research Scholar Executive Association (JURSEA) and Marvi along with Rosi Verma, a member of the Progressive Students Association (PSA), addressed mediapersons at Jammu University and demanded action against the SSP for harassing the girl. They also asked for an inquiry by a retired judge into the case. The girl demanded police security and urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to help her study without interruption. Meanwhile, the SSP said since her mother had filed a missing report about her daughter, and the girl refused to come home, they had cautioned people supporting her cause that if she was pushed into illegal and immoral activities, these people would be held responsible. He added that the police was not harassing her and her supporters. The SSP also said Marvi’s accusation that her mother was having an illicit relationship with a close relative was the reason for her not staying with her family had been found baseless. He also expressed his helplessness in providing security to her. Meanwhile, Marvi, who wants to be a lecturer, accused the SSP of being hand in glove with her family. The JURSEA, the Jan Jagran Manch and the PSA are supporting and meeting the girl’s education and lodging expenditure. Vikas said,“We demand action against the SSP, who is trying to implicate us, within five days, otherwise we will start an agitation against him.” |
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Speculations over who killed militant in Rajouri house
Shahdara Sharief (Rajouri), October 3 According to Noor Ahmed, three unidentified gunmen entered his house around 9:30 pm on September 27 and started thrashing him with sticks. Noor, who is nursing his wounds in the District Hospital, had said they were inquiring about the case of rape by two locals with his daughter Rukhsana. Noor had said when they started kicking him, his brother Wakalat Hussain and son Ajaz Ahmed intervened and they attacked a militant. They also struck another militant with the axe, killing him. He had said Rukhsana also picked up the other rifle and ran after the gunmen. “She also fired at the militants”. Rukhsana, who hogged the limelight, had claimed on the news channels and the newspapers that she had killed the militant with an axe. Meanwhile, a copy of the FIR at Thanamandi police station assessed by The Tribune reads that both father and daughter killed the militant. The Tribune on September 29 had quoted police sources saying in a rare act of bravery Rukhsana, 20, along with her younger brother Ajaz Ahmed (18) after seeing Noor Muhammad (father), Rasheeda Begum (mother) and uncle Walayat Hussain being beaten by a group of three militants, killed a militant with an axe and injured another in the same manner in the Kalsian area of the Upper Shahdara area of Thanamandi, near here. They added that the third militant fled. “Rukhsana along with her brother Ajaz hit one of the militants in the head with an axe, who died on the spot, and injured the other militant. The third militant, who was unarmed, managed to take the other militant along and escape leaving the slain militant behind,” the sources said. They said after the incident the family members of Noor Hussain went to Shahdara Sharief police post and narrated the incident to the police, besides handing over the militant’s weapon to the police. They added that the police recovered the body of the slain militant and deployed police personnel at Noor’s house. The intercepts by the security forces of communication between the militants who escaped revealed that the slain militant was Osama, a commander of the LeT. DIG, Rajouri-Poonch range, SD Singh Jamwal told The Tribune that “We are investigating the matter. If our investigation reports are in sync with what locals say, we will recommend a bravery award for the girl and her brother”. |
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Baramulla tense after boy’s death
Srinagar, October 3 According to the District Magistrate, Baramulla, Section 144 has been imposed in the town and would remain in force till further orders. The apple-rich town of Sopore in Baramulla district also observed a shutdown against the continued house arrest of separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani and the arrest of others separatist leaders. The Minister for Rural Development, Law and Panchayat, Ali Mohammad Sagar accompanied by the Minister of State for R&B, Javid Ahmad Dar today visited Baramulla to take stock of the situation. The minister interacted with several deputations and local representatives of the area and assured that justice would be delivered. He said an enquiry would be initiated into the incident and a report would be out in 15 days. He further told them that necessary directions would also be given to the authorities so that such incidents do not happen in future. The 12-year boy, Irfan Ahmad Lone, who was hit by a teargas shell during protests after Friday prayers yesterday, died at the SKIMS hospital here last evening. Another boy, Basit Siraj, was also admitted to the hospital with a bullet injury and is undergoing treatment. The trouble started after Friday prayers when a group of youth took out a protest rally and started pelting stones on police personnel. The police lobbed teargas shells, resorted to cane charge and fired in the air to control the situation. Notably, the protests have become a weekly affair for the past three months, following the death of four youths in firing by the police and CRPF during clashes in the town. The 17-year girl, who was injured in the firing by militants in which three CRPF men were also killed at Sopore on Tuesday, also died at the SKIMS hospital here today. Meanwhile, the JKLF chairman, Mohammad Yasin Malik, was prevented from visiting Baramulla after the police stopped vehicles carrying Malik and his party colleagues, at Mirgund, about 16 kms north of here. |
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Omar inaugurates power grid station
Udhampur, October 3 “You have stood the test of time and foiled the attempts of divisive forces aimed at wedging apart the society,”he said and asked the people to remain united. Addressing a public gathering here after inaugurating a Rs 18 crore power grid station at Tethaar on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, Omar said a section of political adventurists tried their best to play with the sentiments of people on the issue of Central University. “They wanted to divide the people in the name of regions and this has been their tradition,” he said. “They want to divide you for political ends. Beware of their tactics and not to get carried away by hollow slogans,” he cautioned. Omar said his government promised the people two Central Universities for the two divisions and achieved the goal without creating any noise. “This is my style of working and I will continue to carry on my agenda of equitable distribution of resources and equitable development of all areas irrespective of any consideration of region, religion, creed, caste or colour,” he maintained. He also visited Baglihar power project and inspected its various sections. He was given a briefing on the functioning of the project and the status of power generation. He also inspected the preparedness for launching Baglihar Phase-II estimated to generate another 450 MWs of power indigenously. The Chief Minister was informed that the DPR of the project has almost been completed and the work on the project would start within the next five to six months. Interacting with the engineers and the staff stationed at the project, Omar highlighted the importance of managing the project and maintaining all its units in a scientific and befitting manner. |
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BJP protests Chinese paper visas
Jammu, October 3 The protesters burnt the effigy of the Chinese government and raised slogans like “Bharat Sarkar Hosh Mein Aao”, “China Sarkar Hai Hai”. Rajesh Gupta, district president of the BJP, criticised the Chinese government and its embassy in New Delhi for adopting different yardsticks for granting visas to people of the state. He said Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India and everyone living in this state was an Indian citizen. Gupta said the decision of the Chinese government to issue visas to residents of the state on a separate sheet and not on Indian government passports was a direct attack on the sovereignty of India. “Had the Indian government taken the last month’s intrusions by the Chinese army into Ladakh seriously, this development would not have taken place,” said Gupta. He demanded snapping of business ties with China till it mended its ways and assured of an honest relationship as a good neighbour. Ramesh Arora, Shiv Kumar Gupta, Jaideep Sharma, Kuldeep Magotra, Baldev Singh Beloria, ND Rajwal, Munish Sharma, Sanjay Baru, Ashwani Sharma, Vijay Choudhary, Pardeep Sharma and Karan Singh were among those who took part in the protest. |
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Soz concerned over Chinese incursions
Jammu, October 3 He said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister SM Krishna should take up the border issue with their Chinese counterparts. “Going by recent developments at the borders with China, we should strengthen our security,” Soz said after paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 140th birth anniversary here yesterday. On Pakistan, he said India also wanted to live peacefully with Pakistan but unfortunately it continued to sponsor militancy, which was not good for Pakistan itself. Union Minister Prithvi Raj Chavan also asked the people to follow the footsteps of the father of the nation. |
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SRTC employees court arrest
Jammu, October 3 “Today, we held a protest rally from Bikram Chowk and proceeded towards the police post at the warehouse and courted arrest,” said Ashok Mehra, president of the SRTC Employees Union. He said today was the first day of the “jail bharo andolan” of the employees and 44 employees entered the police post at the warehouse and courted arrest. “We have decided to continue with the andolan till the state government takes notice of our genuine demands,” said Paramjeet Singh, general secretary of the union. “Our demands are genuine and we demand our salaries for the past five months be paid immediately,” said Balbir Singh, an SRTC employee. He said if the state government failed to fulfil their demands they would resort to “mass immolations”. “Our children have been expelled from schools for non-payment of monthly fees. We have nothing to feed to our families and most of us are the only bread winners of their families. Our families are on the verge of starvation and the government is showing no pity on us,” said Mehra. |
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Courier of LeT ultras held
Udhampur, October 3 The arrested courier has been identified as Ghulam Hassan of Khari Banihal. Around Rs 2.5 lakh has been seized from his possession. He was taking the money to self-styled LeT commander Abu Mussa, active in the Banihal belt of Ramban district. During the past three months, this was the third arrest of a courier involved in arranging money for terrorists through hawala. The Ramban police arrested two couriers from Banihal and Gool and seized huge amounts from them last month. Mubassar Latifee, SP, Ramban, told The Tribune that policemen intercepted a Sumo vehicle coming from the Kashmir side at Banihal. During checking, the money was seized from Ghulam Hassan packed in a sweets box. Ghulam confessed that he was taking the money for Abu Mussa. A person from South Kashmir had handed over the money to him for delivery to Abu Mussa who is active in the Banihal belt. The SP said the militants active in Ramban district had been facing shortage of money. “For the quite some time we have been getting inputs that militants have been facing financial crises,” he said. |
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Mirwaiz returns from OIC meet
Srinagar, October 3 Mirwaiz was given a warm welcome by his party workers and supporters on his arrival today. During his visit, Mirwaiz, who left from here on September 23, held meetings with several leaders of the Islamic countries and also with the Pakistan President. An executive committee meeting of the Hurriyat Conference has been slated for Tuesday at the party headquarters where Mirwaiz would be sharing his assessment of the visit to New York, a spokesman of the APHC said. |
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New basmati variety to yield more
Srinagar, October 3 “The yield is expected to be 5.5 tonnes per hectare, which is almost two times the yield of traditional scented rice varieties - Mushk Budgi and Kamad. The market price of basmati rice is over Rs 60 per kg,” said Parvez Ahmad, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of SKUAST-K, on the occasion of “Farmers Field Day” yesterday. “The objective of the day was to demonstrate under field conditions the performance of newly introduced basmati rice (scented) within the valley conditions,” said Ahmad. He said the SKUAST-K had chalked out various programmes to popularise the cultivation of basmati in Kashmir. Prof. Anwar Alam, Vice-Chancellor of SKUAST-K, also visited Narkara and interacted with the farmers. He said the varsity was trying to help farmers enhance the production levels. “We always advise farmers to cultivate the crops that would enhance their source of livelihood,” he said. He also advised them to adopt the latest varieties of crops, fruits and vegetables to ensure better returns. On their part, the farmers evinced keen interest in cultivation of aromatic rice. “We should be provided seeds by SKUAST-K or agricultural production department, which would save us from unscrupulous traders,” opine the farmers. |
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Army recruitment rally begins
Rajouri, October 3 “It was after a gap of almost 15 years that the Army authorities conducted a recruitment rally at Poonch. Earlier, the recruitment rallies were conducted by the Army authorities at Jammu, Samba and other places. It is a welcome gesture by the Army authorities,” the father of a youth, who took part in today’s rally, said. Commander, Poonch Brigade, Brigadier Satish Dua, Poonch MLA Ajaz Jan and Poonch Deputy Commissioner Kuldeep Khajuria attended the inaugural ceremony of the recruitment rally. Appreciating the Army authorities for conducting a recruitment rally in Poonch, the Poonch MLA said the rally would help in solving employment problem in the
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Ex-serviceman on a mission
Udhampur, October 3 He stopped at the Northern Command headquarters and met Lt-Gen BS Jaswal, GOC-in-C Northern Command. The Army Commander met Prabhjit Singh and complimented him for his extraordinary effort and courage. Northern Command spokesperson Col DK Kachari said: “Despite being physically challenged Prabhjit chose to undertake this mission which began at Ambala on January 19. Over the past nine months he has travelled alone on his cycle and covered a distance of over 16,210 km. As he left for Srinagar, Prabhjit left a message for all Nothing is Impossible.” |
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Speed up development works: Niaz
Udhampur, October 3 He asked the district administration to accelerate developmental activities in Bhalessa, Bhaderwah and Cheralla areas of his constituency, which had been halted for the last one year. While addressing a series of public meetings at Malnaie, Manthalla, Drudoo, Sartingal, Khellani, Puneja, Nalthi, Gajjote, Panjgraine, Dugli, Athkar, Kaillar and Manu areas of the Bhaderwah Constituency, Niaz warned the corrupt officials and asked them to change their mindset and work hard for the uplift of the general masses. He asked the administration to maintain accountability and transparency in the developmental activities being carried out under different sectors. He also inaugurated a 10-day physiotherapy medical camp at Dakbunglow Bhaderwah. |
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Honorary rank conferred on Jammu varsity VC
Jammu, October 3 The VC was presented with a NCC baton and a certificate of his rank signed by Lt Gen RK Karwal, the director general of NCC. The occasion was the inauguration of All-India National Integration camp that commenced at Nagrota today. Addressing the gathering, Brigadier Gupta welcomed cadets from different parts of the country and exhorted them to make full use of the various activities planned during their camp, which includes a visit to the international border. Prof Varun Sahani applauded the role of NCC in preparing the youth for the challenges they would face in life. |
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Hideout busted, arms seized
Udhampur, October 3 According to police sources, a joint operation was launched by the Rashtriya Rifle and the Doda police after getting information about the presence of some militants in the Masni area of Doda district last night. The hideout was busted and a huge quantity of arms and ammunition. The seizure includes 3.5 kg of RDX, two remote control IEDs, 25 gelatin sticks, four grenades, 18 detonators, a shell of rocket propelled gun, two magazines of AK-47 and 68 rounds of AK ammunition. |
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Rs 2.28 crore distributed among terror-hit
Jammu, October 3 The assistance money in the form of fixed deposits was handed over to the families by Doda MLA Abdul Majid Wani in the presence of the district authorities, an official release said here. The money was distributed among the families as per the state policy to assist the victims of militancy in rehabilitation, it said. Wani said the government was rehabilitating the militancy-affected families to ensure their livelihood and better education of their children. — PTI |
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Bhim Singh praises Ruksana
Jammu, October 3 He expressed surprise over the silence of senior leaders of the Congress and the NC over the heroic act of Ruksana.
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Marvi Slathia, a resident of Hatli Morh, Jammu, who fought with her parents a month ago for continuing study further, is facing a new problem. Now, when she is studying in BA I in Government Women College, Gandhi Nagar, and is staying in a private hospital with the help of students groups, Garib Das, SSP, Kathua, has written to the principal of the college that if anything happens to the girl, 10 persons (whose names are mentioned in the letter) who are supporting her, shall be held responsible.
