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Strike hits life across Valley, 1 hurt
1,000 SPOs to be technically trained, absorbed in police
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Unauthorised stone crushers seized in Handwara
Hurriyat moves SHRC against Shopian killings
Sikh leaders condemn killings in Shopian
Annual Gangbal yatra begins
AIP's Secretariat gherao bid foiled
Advanced surgery performed at surgical gastro dept of SKIMS
Budgam teams win baseball series
Man falls to death from tree
4 killed in road accident
Illegal structure demolished in Parimpora
6th batch of Haj pilgrims leaves for Jeddah
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Strike hits life across Valley, 1 hurt
Srinagar/Anantnag/Kupwara, September 12 South Kashmir
A teenager identified as Amir Ahmad Lone of Redwani area in Kulgam is said to have received pellet injuries in his neck. According to reports, a large number of people had gathered outside the SOG camp in Redwani and were protesting against the killing of a 27-year-old man in Gagren area of Shopian Wednesday, allegedly in CRPF firing. Amir was admitted in Srinagar hospital for treatment. “Amir has received a pellet in his neck. His neck bone is fractured. We are monitoring his condition,” a doctor in SKIMS said. Doctors said Amir is facing threat of life-long paralysis. A curfew was imposed in the area Thursday morning; restrictions were eased after a couple of hours. Police said it was ascertaining as to how the boy was injured. “We are investigating,” a police officer said in Srinagar. DC Kulgam Mir Jahangir said he had no idea whether anybody had got injured or not. “There have been reports of stone-pelting, but nobody has been injured to my knowledge,” Mir said. Meanwhile a strict clampdown remained enforced in most parts of south Kashmir, including Shopian, Pulwama and Kulgam towns. In Shopian, curfew was eased on Wednesday morning after four consecutive days of restrictions; authorities had to re-impose the clampdown in the evening after clashes broke out against the killing in Gagren area. The restrictions were imposed in south Kashmir after CRPF personnel shot dead three youth and an alleged Lashkar operative in Gagren area of Shopian. Stray incidents of violence were reported from some parts of Shopian town. Parts of Kulgam district, including the main town, remained under curfew for the fifth straight day. Curfew was imposed in Pulwama district as well while a complete shutdown was observed in the neighbouring Anantnag district. Clashes were reported from many parts of Anantnag town and its peripheries, including Bijbehara, Lazibal, Khannabal and some old town areas. Central Kashmir
In the summer capital of Srinagar, the shops and business establishments remained closed. There was significant presence of private and public transport on city roads. There was thin attendance in the government offices. The schools and colleges remained closed in the city. In Srinagar, there were reports of stone-pelting incidents from various parts of the city. The stone-pelting was reported from Maisuma, Nawabazar, Karfari Mohallah, Hawal and Bemina. In central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, stone-pelting was reported in Kurhama. Here, the protesters reportedly pelted stones on security vehicles that were passing through the area. North Kashmir
The impact of the strike was more in north Kashmir. The normal life was paralysed in Baramulla, Bandipore and Kupwara districts. Shops and commercial establishments remained closed and public transport was completely off the roads. Fewer private vehicles were seen plying on the roads. Educational institutions, banks and most of the government and private offices remained closed due to the strike. Reports said groups of youth clashed with the police and CRPF at various places in Baramulla, Delina and
Sangrama. |
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1,000 SPOs to be technically trained, absorbed in police
Srinagar, September 12 Director of the General Police, Ashok Prasad, ADGP Dr SP Vaid, Technical Education secretary Parvez Malik, Director Technical Education, JP Singh and other senior officers were also present in the meeting. An official spokesman said the minister directed the officers concerned to speed up the mechanism for providing the requisite trainings to the SPOs so that they would be absorbed in the Police Department. “The minister said they should work in close coordination to ensure speedy implementation of the policy as it would go a long way in providing a sense of security to the SPOs,” the spokesman said. It is pertinent to mention here that the SPOs, who would be eligible for the appointment as a police constable would be imparted vocational training courses of different trades for their regular absorption in the Police Department. The minister asked the officers concerned to ensure that the trainings being imparted to the officers was replete with latest technological advancement of the trades making them fully equipped, so that they can also contribute their bit. |
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Unauthorised stone crushers seized in Handwara
Handwara, September 12 On September 3, the committee conducted an extensive tour of Langate, Handwara, Nowgam and Reshwari and interacted with district and tehsil administration about impact of the existing stone-crushers at nullah Mawar, Jahama and Reshwari in Kupwara district. A team of officials led by Tehsildar and Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) visited the spot yesterday and ordered closure of crushers operating illegally. “Following court directions, a team of officials closed down five stone crushers operating illegally in the nullah. Earlier last week, I had submitted an affidavit in the court seeking action against the stone-crushers operating unauthorisedly in the nullah and the court gave directions to SP Handwara to execute the order of the district administration,” said DC Kupwara Itrat Hussain Rafique. “In addition, the extraction of sand from nullah has been strictly prohibited,” he added. Locals hailed the action by the district administration and said this will help a great deal in protecting the environment. “Our long-pending demand has been fulfilled. We were demanding closure of these stone-crushers for the past many years. The crushers were causing atmospheric pollution in the areas, especially villages close to the site,” said Ghulam Nabi Panditpuri, a senior citizen from Langate. Residents of Shanu, Taulwari, Khan Tulwai, Langate and Chogal living close to the site had held several protest demonstrations in the past, seeking closure of stone-crushers. Tarigami had suggested that while carrying out development work of any kind, the departments concerned should take care of the people’s interests and environmental concerns. “For this purpose, the department and agencies should follow the instructions of the experts and guidelines for the establishment of the developmental units and projects,” he asserted. He also suggested that plants causing pollution of any kind should be banned. Legislators Haji MA Ganai, Er Ab Rashid, Javid Mustafa Mir and
Dr Mohammad Shafi were the other members of the committee, who were accompanied by heads of different departments. |
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Rainy spell: Day temperature dips by 8.9°C in Srinagar
Srinagar, September 12 Similarly, day temperatures dipped in other parts of the Valley as well following rains. Qazigund, the gateway town to Kashmir, recorded a maximum temperature of 23.6 degrees Celsius while tourist resort Pahalgam in south Kashmir saw a high of 22.3 degrees Celsius. Border town Kupwara recorded a maximum of 27.4 degrees Celsius. Qazigund, Pahalgam and Kupwara recorded 5.3, 3.2 and 11 mm rainfall respectively till 5.30 pm today, an MeT official said. The minimum temperatures in Srinagar, Qazigund, Pahalgam and Kupwara stood at 17.2, 13.8, 13.6 and 14 degrees Celsius respectively. The weatherman has forecast light to moderate rainfall at many places across the state during the next 24 hours. Due to moderate rainfall, several city roads were waterlogged, causing inconvenience to pedestrians. Several roads in the heart of the city, especially those outside the Exhibition Ground and Magarmal Bagh Chowk too were waterlogged. Rainfall brought respite from the above normal day temperatures as the maximum temperature during the past few days has been hovering close to 30 degrees Celsius in the city. While the Valley witnessed a hot summer this year, the summer capital had, in July, recorded the hottest day temperature during the last seven years at 35.4 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, Leh in Ladakh region recorded a maximum temperature of 29.6 degrees Celsius while Kargil saw a high of 29.5 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature in Leh and Kargil stood at 13.2 and 12.8 degrees Celsius respectively. |
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Hurriyat moves SHRC against Shopian killings
Srinagar, September 12 In its petition, the Hurriyat has demanded registration of an FIR against the CRPF personnel, who were alleged to have shot dead a civilian, Rafiq Ahmad, during a protest in the town. It has also sought a judicial probe into the incident. With the killing of another youth on Wednesday, the death toll in the town has reached to five. Earlier on September 7, four persons were killed by CRPF personnel belonging to the same camp, three of whom were later identified as civilians. The petition was moved by Hurriyat’s legal cell head Mannan Bukhari through counsel Ajaz A Dar before the commission today. “The fact is that these extra judicial killings of innocent civilians cannot be stopped unless the deployment of the CRPF and other camps of forces are not being shifted from the civilian areas,” the Hurriyat has said in its petition before the SHRC, while adding that forces in Kashmir had been given a licence to kill the innocent youth and civilians. In the petition moved before the rights’ body, the Hurriyat has demanded registration of an FIR against the CRPF personnel and their subsequent arrest. It has also demanded that a judicial commission of inquiry be appointed to ascertain the facts about the civilian deaths in Shopian town. This is the second petition to the SHRC in less than a week. Earlier on September 9, the group had filed a petition to the SHRC against the killing of four persons in Shopian on September 7. The SHRC on its part has already taken suo motu cognisance of the earlier four killings and has sought a factual report from the police and other official respondents about the September 7 firing incident. Meanwhile, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who was today barred to address a press conference at his Nigeen residence by the police, has asked the people to observe Friday as black day. He has also urged that every household should hoist black flags to protest against civilian killings in Shopian. |
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Sikh leaders condemn killings in Shopian
Srinagar, September 12 Raina, accompanied by party colleagues, held a peace harmony march in Shopian and strongly condemned the killing of civilians. According to a statement, the APSCC also held a meeting with the district officers and people from the civil society and traders. It said the APSCC leaders felt that some anti-social elements were active to divide the age-old brotherhood among different communities. There was an attempt to create trouble and disturb harmony in Shopian area, the APSCC leaders claimed. The Sikh leaders along with a delegation of civil society went to the Jamia Masjid, Shopian, and later on, visited the family of a youth, Touseef Ahmad, who was killed recently.
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Annual Gangbal yatra begins
Srinagar, September 12 Vinod Pandit, chairman, the All-Parties Migrant Co-ordination Committee (APMCC), which is organising the pilgrimage along with the Harmukh Ganga Gangbal Trust, said the yatra started after the pooja at Naranag early today morning. He said pilgrims would trek to the Gangbal lake, which is located around 14,500 feet above sea level in the Harmukh mountain range. The Gangbal lake
is also known as Harmakut Ganga. The yatra is scheduled to conclude on September 15 after performing 'Vedic Yajnya' at the lake. The pilgrimage had been resumed by the All-Parties Migrant Co-ordination Committee in 2009. Pandit said the yatra had been resumed in 2009 after more than 100 years as it used to be annual affair from the ancient period. Pandit said the main aim behind making the pilgrimage to Gangbal was part of the the APMCC's mission to reopen all historical religious places and resume ancient pilgrimages of Kashmiri Pandits. He said the same was being done to save the cultural and religious history of Kashmiri Pandits as majority of them had migrated out of Kashmir after the eruption on militancy in the state. |
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AIP's Secretariat gherao bid foiled
Srinagar, September 12 Before the bid, Rasheed told reporters that they were protesting against the terror leashed by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police while referring to the Shopian killings. He said his march was a message to New Delhi to end the human rights violations and take steps towards the resolution of the Kashmir issue. "We want to tell New Delhi that our blood is not cheap and you cannot kill anyone by labelling him anti-national, militant or a Pakistani agent. The Kashmir issue? needs to be resolved. Our sacrifices and efforts towards the resolution of the Kashmir issue will continue," he said. Later, the police sprayed coloured water from a water cannon soon after Rasheed along with his supporters, started their march from the Jehangir Chowk area. As the protesters refused to relent and sat on the street near the Civil Secretariat despite being sprayed coloured water, Rasheed, along with his supporters, were taken into preventive custody.
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Advanced surgery performed at surgical gastro dept of SKIMS
Srinagar, September 12 “The operation of pancreaticoduodenectomy with portal venous resection and later reconstruction was the first of its kind to have been performed in the state of Jammu and Kashmir,” said an SKIMS spokesman. The statement said a team of surgeons headed by the pancreatic surgeon Prof Omar Javed Shah conducted this “unique surgery” in four hours, adding that the patient is fast recovering after the surgery. |
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Budgam teams win baseball series
Srinagar, September 12 The championship was organised under the auspices of the J&K Baseball Association and was sponsored by the J&K State Sports Council. In the boys section, the final of the championship was played between Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Bhugam, and Al-Asma High School, Chattergam, in which Al-Asma High School defeated GHSS, Bhugam, in a thrilling encounter by 13-8. Roohullah Hussain of
Al-Asma High School, Chattergam, was adjudged the best player of the championship. However, in the girls section, GHSS Bhugam defeated Glory Mission High School by 15-11 in a closely-fought contest. The final two encounters of both boys and girls were witnessed by a large number of the spectators. “The two winning teams, including boys and girls, from Budgam district were selected to represent the district in the upcoming 8th State-level Baseball Championship to be held in Srinagar in October this year,” the official said. Fida Hussain Fidvi, general secretary, J&K Baseball Association, was also present. |
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AG's Club log win in football tourney
Srinagar, September 12 In the first half, Alfatah Football Club took the lead when they scored the first goal in the 18th minute through Mohammad Rafiq. Yasir Mukhdoomi of AG’s office FC levelled the score. In the second half, it was Samee Ahmed, who took the lead for AG's in the 38th minute. Two minutes later, Khalid Qayoom extended the lead. Saqib form Alfatah scored the second goal in the 53rd minute and kept alive hope of his team in the game. But Samee Ahmad scored the fourth goal in the 62nd minute and won the battle by 4-2. In the super division, an exciting match was played between Iqbal Sports and Young Maharaja Football Club, but it ended in a draw. The first goal in the match was scored by Young Maharaja Football Club when Fakir scored the goal in the 35th minute. Iqbal Sports tried hard to level the score and managed to score an equaliser in the 62nd minute. For Iqbal Soports, Adil levelled the score. In the last minutes of the game, both teams tried to take lead, but no one was able to score the goal. The match ended in a draw. The tournament is being organised by the J&K Football Association (DFA Srinagar). |
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Man falls to death from tree
Srinagar, September 12 "The injured was shifted to District Hospital, Anantnag for treatment," said a police source. Meanwhile, a person died in a road accident in Bandipora last evening. The police said a
Tata Sumo skid off the road near a petrol pump in the proximity of Popchan Bandipore
in north Kashmir, resulting in the death of the driver of the vehicle on the spot. The driver was identified as Muzaffar Ahmad Dar, 22, of Ayethmullah, Bandipora. The police here has
registered a case in this connection. |
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4 killed in road accident
Anantnag, September 12 The vehicle was Srinagar-bound and the accident took place between Peer Ki Gali and Dubjan of Rajouri-Srinagar Road. The deceased have been identified as Sher Ali, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Azhar-u-Din and Mohammad Rashid, all residents of Dudasuna Bala, Thanamadi and Rajouri. The injured, Riyaz Ahmad and Mohammad Shakeel, have been
admitted in a hospital for treatment. |
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Illegal structure demolished in Parimpora
Srinagar, September 12 “Despite demolishing the same illegal structure several times, the offender has again raised the single-storey construction along with the basement while taking undue advantage of holidays and strikes. The chief enforcement officer, under whose supervision the structure was pulled down, issued strict warning to the offender for not indulging in such construction again without obtaining permission,” the official said.
— TNS
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6th batch of Haj pilgrims leaves for Jeddah
Srinagar, September 12 He said 3,298 Haj pilgrims had left for Jeddah till date while a total 8,664 pilgrims are scheduled to perform Haj this year. To see off the pilgrims, Director, Airport Authority Srinagar, officers of the district administration, Budgam, and executive officer, state Hajj Committee, Srinagar, were also present at the airport.
— TNS
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