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Amandeep murder
Id-ul-Azha today A heavy rush of shoppers on the eve of Id-ul-Azha at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Iqura tops class VIII exam in Udhampur
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SC notice to state in Rajnish death case
Infiltrations ‘do not impact’ development works
Tara Chand pulls up Dy Mayor
Death of Sanaullah mourned
SRTC employees protest in Delhi
Special kids leave audience spellbound
BSF men donate blood
Water crisis in Jammu West Assembly
CCI resents govt move to limit stocks with traders
‘Stranded in –20°C, we could see death coming’ Acute power shortage in Leh SC notice to state in Rajnish death case
Need to preserve eco-system
of Surinsar lake: Jora
12 hurt in mishap
Youth shot dead
Couple killed in mishap
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Amandeep murder
Jammu, November 27 “It is yet to be ascertained whether the weapon recovered was the weapon that the main accused used to commit the crime,” Farooq Khan, DIG, Jammu-Kathua range, and SIT in charge, told The Tribune. The SIT team led by SP Mubasir Latifi in the presence of a magistrate recovered the ‘weapon’, a country-made pistol (katta), from the area. It was sealed later and would be opened in front of another magistrate and witnesses so as to ascertain whether it was the actual weapon of offence, he added. The process would be conducted within a day or two, said the DIG. The weapon used by Jatinder Singh, alias Raja, to murder Amandeep Singh, son of former NC legislator Deepinder Kour, was recovered around 11 pm yesterday, said official sources. They said Jatinder’s father Nagar Singh broke down before the SIT and identified the place where he had dumped the weapon. It may be stated here that the original weapon was replaced with a rusted weapon in Gandhi Nagar police station in connivance with some police officers, including former Jammu SSP Manohar Singh. Nagar Singh had allegedly paid huge bribes to disgruntled police and FSL officers to replace the weapon so as to save his son. The sources said during interrogation Nagar Singh confessed that he had taken the original weapon from the police and threw it in bushes along the Narwal bypass. On September 25, the DIG had admitted before mediapersons that huge money running into crores of rupees had exchanged hands in the murder case.
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Id-ul-Azha today
Srinagar, November 27 All shopping centres here and elsewhere in the valley have been abuzz with shoppers over the past many days. There is a heavy rush of customers for bakery items, mutton, vegetables, winter wear and other essential commodities. Cops are having a tough time maintaining a smooth flow of traffic. Governor, Omar extend greetings Jammu: Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Id-ul-Azha. In his message,the Governor hoped the festival would further strengthen the bonds of communal harmony, brotherhood, amity and peace and revive the glorious pluralistic ethos for which Jammu and Kashmir has been known for centuries. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has described the day as a great occasion to share happy moments with the people, especially the poor and the needy. “This is also the holy occasion of imbibing the spirit of sincerity and truthfulness in our hearts and minds”,he added. The Chief Minister prayed for the peace, prosperity and progress of the state and the country.
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Iqura tops class VIII exam in Udhampur
Jammu, November 27 In the private school category, Aakil Rafique and Nauman Yaseen, both students of Brook Lyine Mission School, Chenani, shared the first position as they both secured 243 out of 250 marks. Neeraj Anthal of National High School, Chenani, and Renu Devi of Himalayan High School, Panchari, stood second and third securing 241 and 238 marks out of 250, respectively. According to the Chief Education Officer, Udhampur, the overall pass percentage was 80.99 per cent. As many as 2,526 students, including 995 girls, appeared in the exams. The classwork in the winter zone would start from December 1. The pass percentage of girls was higher than that of boys. |
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SC notice to state in Rajnish death case
Jammu, November 27 Anchal had married Rajnish against the wishes of her parents. The young widow accused her father Mohammed Yousuf Mirazi and two brothers of hatching a conspiracy with the police for killing her husband. Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph today issued notice to the state government giving it four week’s time to respond. Now, the matter would be listed before the court after winter vacation. The apex court on November 13 had directed the Delhi Police to provide security to the family members of Rajnish. It may be stated here that on November 13 Anchal, her mother-in-law Raj Kumari and brother-in-law Pawan Sharma had filed a suit seeking a CBI probe and the immediate arrest of culprits allegedly involved in Rajnish’s murder.
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Infiltrations ‘do not impact’ development works
Jammu, November 27 He said the situation in the state was conducive enough to hold such trade fairs and they signified normalcy had returned. “The security situation in the state has improved a lot and such trade fairs signify there is no place for violence in the state,” Bhalla said. The minister said such trade fairs provided the unemployed youth an opportunity to earn money. “The unemployed youth can earn their livelihood in trade fairs. Traders from other states take home a message that everything is normal in the state and there is no need to be afraid,” Bhalla said. Asked why such trade fairs were not being organised in the Kashmir valley, he said people need to come forward to organise these events. “The government is there to encourage people to hold such trade fairs in the Kashmir valley and there is no problem in holding fairs there. However, people need to take the initiative,” Bhalla said. Traders from various parts of the country have come to take part in a fortnight-long trade fair, which is being held on the Parade ground in Jammu.Various items ranging from kitchen accessories to items of personal use have been kept for sale at the trade fair. Many traders, who are visiting the state for the first time, are happy over the welcome they received from local people. They expected a good sale during the trade fair. “We expect a large number of people to visit the trade fair and we will have a good sale,” said Alok kumar, a trader from New Delhi.
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Insanitary Conditions
Jammu, November 27 Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, who paid a surprise visit to this ward today, pulled up Deputy Mayor Dharamvir Singh Jamwal for the unhygienic conditions in the area. The locality is barely half a kilometre from the Deputy Mayor’s house. Around 800 families of weaker sections are residing in this area. Pointing towards an overflowing garbage bin, Harjeet Kumar (20), a resident of the locality, said, “Though the MC has placed a dustbin in our locality, the safai karamcharis never maintain proper sanitation and they never remove garbage from the bin in time.” The pathetic condition of road and poor drainage facility further intensify the miseries of the locality residents. Showing the road full of pebbles, Baru Ram (70), said, “It becomes very difficult for me and other old people of the locality to walk on the road in the evening.” Tarun Pal (40), another area resident, regretted that foul smell emanating from choked drains had made lives of people miserable. Expressing hope that Tara Chand’s visit would help change things, Tarun Pal said, “We have represented our problems to MC officers many times, but they always gave only fake assurances.” Highlighting the plight of women of the locality before the Deputy Chief Minister, Rani Kumari, who was leading a group of women, demanded employment avenues for them. She said, “We earn our livelihood by working as domestic helps. We are not able to provide education to our children. We need jobs for survival.” Meanwhile, Tara Chand also visited Govind Nagar and Amar Colony. He was accompanied by the Deputy Mayor, Municipal Commissioner Mubarak Singh and others.
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Death of Sanaullah mourned
Jammu, November 27 Srinagar: Rich tributes were paid to Khwaja Sanaullah Bhat, Editor of the Urdu daily - Aftab - on the fourth day of mourning at his Soura residence here on Friday. He passed away after a prolonged illness on Tuesday. Special prayers were offered after the Friday prayers at his grave within the premises of his house, where a large number of people converged on the occasion. |
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SRTC employees protest in Delhi
Jammu, November 27 Speaking to reporters after the price distribution function of the 10th All-India Police Lawn Tennis Championship in Jammu, the Chief Minister said: “We can give them salaries, but not the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission”. Reacting to the statement, chairman of JKSRTC Workers Union Shakeel Ahmed Kuchay told The Tribune on the phone from New Delhi that “ the statement is false.We came on the roads not for the Sixth Pay Commission, but for our salaries.We are on strike for the past three months whereas our salaries are due for the past seven months”. “We want a statement on what transpired at our meeting with the Chief Secretary who headed the high-level committee constituted by the Chief Minister”,he said. Meanwhile, Kuchay said about 1,000 employees held a “peaceful protest” near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi and later outside Parliament in support of their demands. Srinagar: Hundreds of SRTC employees marched through Lal Chowk here on Friday. Holding a banner with “We want justice, not retirement” emblazoned across, the employees said their families were starving due to non-payment of salaries and blamed the government for it. “Do we want something out of the ordinary? We demand only what has been given to all government employees,” Shabir Ahmad, an employee, said.
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Special kids leave audience spellbound
Jammu, November 27 The performances by the artistes on the wheelchairs and crutches were immaculately timed to the complex choreography patterns. The show was directed and choreographed by Sallauddin Pasha, recipient of many national honours for his outstanding contribution to the cause of empowering differently abled people. Among the performances at the event were Bharatanatyam On Wheels - performing Indian classical dance on wheelchairs, Sufi dance with innovative costumes, music and choreography of Sufi dance and cast performing Sufi dance on wheelchairs, martial arts on wheels, sword play on wheelchairs, yoga on wheels besides performances like Vande Mataram and Jai Ho also added to the attraction of the event. All these performance showcased the indomitable human spirit and sky is the limit for people with disabilities. The Educomp Smartclass in association with the Ability Unlimited, a dance theatre group working exclusively for disabled artistes, organised the programme under the title “Limitless Potential”. The event was co-sponsored by Intel, Acer, and MIMIO.
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Raising Day
Jammu, November 27 Over 60 BSF men donated blood in the camp organised by the STC, BSF, in collaboration with the Health Department and the District Red Cross Society, Udhampur. Deputy Commandant, STC, BSF, Meharuddin Khan, who is a blood donor from his college time, also donated blood in the camp for the 12th consecutive time. DIG, STC, BSF, Asaf Ally was the chief guest on the occasion who inaugurated the blood donation camp by lighting a traditional lamp.
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Water crisis in Jammu West Assembly
Jammu, November 27 The erratic supply of water during the past five days in Jammu West Assembly had been giving a tough time to people, said Sunil Dimple, president of the Jammu West Assembly Movement. “What added to the woes of the residents was supply of contaminated water through taps in some of the localities,” he added. The situation had already become serious in New Plots, Sarwal, Upper Lakshmi Nagar, Lower Lakshmi Nagar, Ban Talab, Paloura, Durga Nagar, Chinore, Bakshi Nagar, Janipur, Roop Nagar, Rehari and Subhash Nagar, Dimple said. He reminded the PHE Minister of his promise of supply of water twice a day in the winter capital. Considering ever-growing population in Jammu, the government should augment water supply immediately by diverting the Chenab water to Jammu as the Tawi, the main source of water for the city, is drying up rapidly, Dimple said. Official sources said with a population of 13 lakh, Jammu city needed 37 lakh gallons of water everyday and the demand continued to rise. The PHE Minister attributed the present crisis to power failure and said “we have already taken up the matter with the Power Development Department (PDD) and the situation has improved to a large extent.” “Our pumping station at Sitlee Filtration Plant was left redundant following power failure, but after we took up the matter with the PDD the scenario improved ”, said Taj. The process of lifting water from the Tawi was affected and the main reservoir had to start afresh, he said, adding that it takes time to resume normal supplies. But he straightaway denied that contaminated water was being supplied saying water supplied from the Sitlee Filtration Plant at Nagrota was filtered and treated properly as per norms.
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Essential Commodities
Jammu, November 27 In a statement issued here, the CCI said the government decision would adversely affect the supply line of essential commodities. All these items were brought from places like Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. “The limit on stocks will affect the price line of these commodities adversely. It will cause a shortage of supply of these essential commodities to various parts of the state. The notified stock limit of pulses of 200 quintals is meagre, while 150 to 200 truckloads of these items are traded in Jammu everyday,” CCI president YV Sharma said.
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‘Stranded in –20°C, we could see death coming’ Srinagar, November 27 “I drove taxi during the peak of militancy and escaped gunfights and questioning by militants as well as the Army. Those were bad days, but I knew I could carry on as I had nothing to hide. But on Wednesday night, I felt completely helpless and it appeared that death was nearing,” the 55-year-old driver said. Shafi was among around 400 persons who were left stranded near Zojila after a truck broke down on this narrow and treacherous section of the highway, leaving them completely helpless amid minus 20°C temperature and falling snow. “Two women passengers were crying and men were mostly very gloomy,” he said. The stretch of road where his vehicle with many others was stranded is particularly dangerous and several hundred-feet deep gorge below has claimed uncounted number of lives so far. The latest accident resulted in the death of 11 persons, including 10 Gujarati tourists, when their vehicle skidded down the deep gorge. The sudden fall of snow often jams traffic on the Srinagar-Leh highway during early winter, but most of times local drivers manage to stop at a convenient place. So many people getting stranded in such precarious circumstances is rare and Shafi blames it on drivers, who are always willing to take risk to earn money, as well as administration that this year gave precedence to political expedience to people’s safety. The administration continued deferring banning traffic on the highway even as people kept getting stranded and could be rescued only with high-cost efforts of civil as well security forces’ administration. Transport Minister Qamar Ali Akhoon, who is from Kargil, had insisted that the road remain open so long as weather permitted. However, the abrupt change in weather proved him wrong. “It was so painful for all of us, but we survived. I saw everybody from Beacon (which has the responsibility of maintaining road) to the district administration and Army jawans wading through snow to help rescue us. Had it snowed more heavily, even they could not have saved us,” Shafi said.
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Acute power shortage in Leh Leh, November 27 Forcing people to use electricity only for lighting purpose, the Power Development Department (PDD) is also restricting them from using more than three CFL bulbs. The use and sale of other heavy electrical gadgets like heaters and boilers etc., has also been banned. But Tsering Paljor, Assistant Executive Engineer, PDD, said the ban could not succeed as electrical gadgets were openly selling in the market, though the sale of heaters and boilers had been banned for the last five years. To enforce the ban on the sale of heavy electrical gadgets as well as ensure electricity was used for lighting purpose only, the PDD constituted three teams comprising the Assistant Executive Engineer and the Assistant Engineer and linemen in Leh town to check the misuse of power. People are also facing one night scheduled power cut in five days forcing people to have dinner in candlelight and sleep early. Paljor said, “Due to the shutdown of the Igoo Martselang Power Project and the Stakna Power House for winter, we are forced to supply power only in the evening as it was generated from diesel generators. Power supplied to consumers is heavily subsidised.” He added that the diesel generators produced 6-5 MW, which was far less than the present demand for power and forcing the department to curtail the supply to two to three localities per night. With sunset, life in Leh town comes to a standstill. In the absence of streetlights in almost entire Leh town, people in fear of dog bite tend not to go for shopping late in the evening. Deachan Angmo, a shopkeeper in Leh own, lamented “even important public places in Leh town like bus and taxi stands and the Sonam Nurboo Memorial Hospital do not have streetlights.”
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SC notice to state in Rajnish death case Jammu, November 27 Anchal had married Rajnish against the wishes of her parents. The young widow accused her father Mohammed Yousuf Mirazi and two brothers of hatching a conspiracy with the police for killing her husband. Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph today issued notice to the state government, giving it four week’s time to respond. Now, the matter would be listed before the court after winter vacation. The apex court on November 13 had directed the Delhi Police to provide security to the family members of Rajnish. It may be stated here that on November 13 Anchal, her mother-in-law Raj Kumari and brother-in-law Pawan Sharma had filed a suit seeking a CBI probe and the immediate arrest of culprits allegedly involved in Rajnish’s murder.
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Need to preserve eco-system
of Surinsar lake: Jora
Jammu, November 27 Stating this at a high-level meeting here yesterday, Nawang Rigzin Jora, Minister for Tourism and Culture, said the construction of view decks and fencing around the lake would be done by the Wildlife Department, as the land comes under the ambit of forest area. He said synergy between development and environment needed to be maintained. The sensitive eco-system of the lake would be preserved, he added. Jora asked the MSDA to earmark funds for the purpose in its action plan for the development of tourism facilities in the Surinsar Lake area. He also called for renovating the old forest Dak Bungalow. Meanwhile, Jora said an artificial lake on the bank of the Tawi from the Jogi gate to Sidhra was being constructed. He said this while interacting with members of the All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association later. The minister said the artificial lake was being jointly developed by irrigation and tourism departments. While the development of the water body had been entrusted to the Irrigation Department, the beautification in and around the lake would be done by the Tourism Department. Jora said the promotion of heritage tourism was high on the agenda of the government under which the historic Mubarak Mandi was being conserved and beautified at a cost Rs 294 crore. He said the Ropeway Project from Bahu Fort to Mubarak Mandi had also been approved to be executed
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12 hurt in mishap
Jammu, November 27 The police said Rajinder Kumar of Mehtabpur in Kathua, who was admitted to the GMCH after he was seriously injured in a road accident, died today. At least 12 persons were injured when a Tempo on its way from Rajouri to Kalakote turned turtle near Sial in the Kalakote area. The police said the injured were admitted to the Rajouri district hospital. |
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Girl kidnapped in Doda
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Youth shot dead
Jammu, November 27 Official sources said the victim’s family got an anonymous call informing them about the incident today around 4.30 am. The family rushed to the spot and found Harpreet Singh lying dead in his auto-rickshaw in the Rani Bagh area, they said. The victim had sustained two shots in his lower back from a 12-bore gun, sources said. It may be stated here that a few years ago Harpreet Singh’s brother Parveen Singh along with his accomplices had allegedly murdered a cable operator Harvinder Singh in the RS Pura area. Since then Parveen had been absconding. Sources said the police had picked up at least six suspects, including Harvinder’s brother Gurdeep Singh and Pankaj Sharma, alias Killer. It appeared to be a case of rivalry, they added. SHO Satwari police station Arjun Singh Chib said acting upon the information we rushed to Rani Bagh around 5 am where we found Harpreet dead in his auto-rickshaw. “We are subjecting the suspects to questioning,” Chib said.
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Couple killed in mishap
Jammu, November 27 According to the police, Kuljeet Singh of Doda along with his wife Shakti Devi was going to Assar from Khelani in his car. The car skidded off the road and fell into Rigi Nullah killing both of them instantly. |
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Srinagar, November 27
An enthralling ballet performance by differently abled children held audience spellbound at Abhinav Theatre here today.
The performances by the artistes on the wheelchairs and crutches were immaculately timed to the complex choreography patterns. The show was directed and choreographed by Sallauddin Pasha, recipient of many national honours for his outstanding contribution to the cause of empowering differently abled people.
