5 militants
killed in Valley
How
militants chopped off a student's head at
Shopian
From Ahmed Ali
Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, July 20: Swelling herds of
the long-haired Pakistani militants of
Lashkar-e-Toiba have recaptured a vast
fruit belt in Shopian-Kulgam area of
south Kashmir and inspite of scores of
Police, military and paramilitary camps
all around they have been enjoying a
field day---lifting civilians,
slaughtering them in public view and
roaming about, all in broad daylight......more
An IAF chopper rescuing labourers trapped
in a flash flood in Tawi river on
Thursday. Excelsior/Ashok
IAF rescues 7
from Tawi flash floods
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, July 20: Five labourers
were among seven persons trapped in a
sudden flash flood in River Tawi this
afternoon, forcing the district
administration to call the services of
the Indian Air Force (IAF) to rescue
them...........more
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Marshal all
resources against terror: PM to
States
NEW DELHI, July
20: Admitting that the
past responses to deal with
terrorism and naxalism have been
"inadequate", Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh today
asked the States to marshal all
their resources to meet the
threats which are of
"different intensity,
magnitude, scale and scope".........more
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Paharis to get ST
status: Azad
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
July 20: The
Pahari-speaking people in Jammu
and Kashmir are to get the
Scheduled Tribe ( ST) status
shortly as the State Government
has taken up the matter with the
Centre............more
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Cabinet approves 6th Pay
Comm
NEW DELHI,
July 20: The Government today gave
its approval for setting up the Sixth Pay
Commission for Central Government
employees. Term of the Commission would
be for 18 months, the Cabinet decided at
its meeting...........more
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Development
of agriculture
J&K entitled
to higher subsidy
NEW DELHI, July
20: The Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) today gave its approval
for modification in the
operational guidelines of the
Central Sector Scheme
‘development and
strengthening of agricultural
marketing infrastructure, grading
and standardisation’ to make
the proposals more effective........more
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Six AEEs
promoted
12 X-Ens
transferred
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, July
20: The Government
today promoted six Assistant
Executive Engineers (AEEs) as
incharge Executive Engineers in
the R&B wing of the Public
Works Department while twelve
Executive Engineers (Xens) were
transferred and adjusted in the
same wing.......more
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PoK parties
allege rigging
ISLAMABAD,
July 20: Opposition
parties in Pakistan occupied
Kashmir (PoK) have decided to
step up their agitation against
"targeted rigging" and
"manipulation" in the
July 11 legislative polls.......more
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51 travel on
Karvan-e-Aman
SRINAGAR,
July 20: Fifty-one
passengers today left in
Karvan-e-Aman buses from here for
Muzaffarabad, the capital of
Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK),
official sources said. ....more
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Civilian killed
by militants
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, July
20: A civilian was
killed by the militants in upper
reaches of Gulabgarh in Mahore
area while a group of militants
was trapped by police and Army in
an encounter at Manari Nallah in
Arnas this evening........more
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4 kg charas
seized in Doda
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, July
20: Police today
arrested a narcotics smuggler in
Doda town and recovered four kg
charas from his possession. The
narcotics smuggler, identified as
Abdul Gani son of Ramzan Mochi
R/o Baswal, Bharat, was arrested
from the town by a routine naka
party which was frisking luggage
of the people, SSP Doda Manohar
Singh said............more
3 more PHE
officers booked
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAJOURI,
July 20: Police
today registered another First
Information Report (FIR) against
three PHE officials including an
AEE for an embezzlement worth Rs
6 lakh............more
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