
A view of Pul Doda town
which will submerge in
the Baglihar reservoir.
Baglihar
Reservoir to start by
July 2008
Govt
gears up to evacuate Pul
Doda families
By Mohinder
Verma
JAMMU,
May 1:
With Baglihar Hydro
Electric Project (BHEP)
authorities intimating
that the reservoir is due
to start by July 2008,
the State Government has
geared up to evacuate 350
families from Pul Doda
and complete construction
of Khellani and Neeru
bridges by June end....more
Handwara
gunbattle ends with death
of soldier, 2 militants
Protest
over civilian's killing
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
May 1:
Even as the four-day-long
operation of Rashtriya
Rifles in Tsoornar forest
area of Handwara has
ended today with the
death of two militants
and one soldier,
residents of another
village in Handwara today
staged a demonstration
and alleged that troops
of Rashtriya Rifles 06 Bn
had killed an innocent
civilian in custody....more
HC
rejects CBI probe in
Chopras murder
*Court to monitor
investigations
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
May 1: In
a much publicized Chopras
murder case, Justice
Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain of
State High Court today
rejected the plea for
investigation through
Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) and
directed the Special
Investigation Team (SIT)
to proceed with the case
expeditiously.....more
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