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JAMMU, Mar 16: One person was killed, while one other succumbed to his injuries here today.
Police spokesman said that, Kulwant Singh, son of Hari Singh of Village Hanjra, tehsil Nowshera was seriously injured, when the passenger auto (JK11-3842) he was driving turned turtle near village Thathi.
He was shifted to Sub-District Hospital and later referred to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where he failed to respond to the treatment and breathed his last.
The body was handed over to legal heirs after completion of legal formalities, while a case has been registered and investigation started.
Meanwhile, an accident victim identified as 75-year-old Khusi Ram, son of Gori Shankar, resident of Sainik Colony succumbed to his injuries at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here today.
He was shifted to GMC Hospital on March 7, after being hit by a motorcycle at Sainik Colony.
The body was handed over to family members after autopsy, while police has taken the cognizance.

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JAMMU, Mar 16: In order to carry out the works of stinging of 400 KV double circuit Kishenpur-Samba transmission line near Kishenpur Manwal, the power supply to Upper Kathar, Lower Kathar Panchayat, Toll Post Manwal, Kangrail and some adjoining areas fed from 11 KV Jindrah feeder will remain affected on March 17 to 19, 2013 from 9 am m to 5 p m.
According to Superintending Engineer, Electric M&RE Circle-I, Jammu, the shut down is subject to fair weather conditions.

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SRINAGAR, Mar 16: Two persons died while as five others were injured in a road accident at Awantipora on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway this morning.
Reports said that a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK09/5813 on way from Jammu to Srinagar had an accident near Gurudwara, Awantipora, with an unknown vehicle, resulting in on spot death of Mohammad Sultan Mir, son of Mohammad Gulzar Mir resident of Batpora-Kralpora, Kupwara and Mohammad Khalil Mir, son of Mehda Mir resident of Rawatpora- Kupwara and injuries to five other persons. Police has registered a case in this regard.

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JAMMU, Mar 16: Principal Sessions Judge Kathua, M K Hanjura has denied the bail to narcotics smuggler Surinder Singh.
According to the police case, the petitioner namely Surinder Singh, Manjeet Singh and one of their associate were arrested along with 1010 intoxicant capsules.
After hearing Advocate T N Gupta for the petitioner whereas Public Prosecutor Ravi Kumar Gupta for the State, Principal Sessions Judge observed, “the instant petition from perspective of what is stated in the notification, the entire mixture or substance of a particular drug is relevant from determining the quantity of drug and not its pure content”, adding “the weight of seized capsules has been stated to be 638 grams. This attracts that bar created by Section 37 of NDPS Act”.
Accordingly, the Court dismissed the bail application of Surinder Singh.

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JAMMU, Mar 16: Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Fighters’ Association (JKFFA) has strongly condemned the Pakistan Government for interfering in the internal affairs of India by passing a resolution in its National Assembly about Afzal Guru and Kashmir.
At the same time, the members flayed the leadership of New Delhi for not having a foreign policy in handling hostile countries.
The members asked the Central Government to declare Pakistan a “Terrorist Country”, as it has already declared itself the “Terrorist State” by passing a resolution in support of Afzal Guru in its National Assembly.
The Association strongly condemned the leadership from Valley, who talked, behaved like separatists and speak in favour of militants like Afzal Guru.
The members also condemned Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for skipping the wreath laying event of five CRPF martyrs.

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SRINAGAR, Mar 16: Police recovered the body of a Nepali from the Lidder river at Pahalgam in Anantnag District.
A police spokesman said that Pahalgam Police recovered body of 45 years old lahanu Chowdary, son of Moti Ram Prassad resident of Tegrag-Dahang, Nepal from Lidder river near Toll Post, Pahalgam, Anantnag. He was working in Nathu’s Rasoi, Pahalgam and was reportedly absconding since March 14, 2013. The body of deceased is lying in Pahalgam hospital. Police has initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 CrPC in this regard.

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JAMMU, Mar 16: National Panthers Student Union has constituted its unit for  Ranbir Higher Secondary School and Government Higher Secondary  School Bhalwal.
For Ranbir HSS, Divyanshu Saini has been appointed as overall president,  Rahul Saini   as president and Amit Charak as vice-president.  Arun Charak and Ramakant Sharma have been given the responsibility of general secretaries while  Anil Charak and Arif Khan are  joint secretaries. Rohit Sharma is the cashier.
For the Government  HSS  Bhalwal, Rajat Soodan has been appointed as president and  Nasir as senior vice-president.  Abhinash Khajuria and Manik Jamwal  are vice-presidents while Wasim Akram, Ajay Kumar and Sahil Sapolia are general secretaries. Arun Sharma and Deepak Kumar have been appointed as joint secretaries while Shubam Mahajan is the cashier.

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SRINAGAR, Mar 16: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Ali Mohammad Sagar today asked the officers to speed up the pace of work on various prestigious projects undertaken by the Government for sustained development and beautification of Srinagar city.
The Minister was addressing officers during a review meeting convened to discuss the status of implementation of various developmental works undertaken by the Government.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation and senior officers of UEED, R&B, LAWDA, PHE etc.
Mr. Sagar impressed upon the officers to work in close coordination with each other, so that a complete synergy is ensured for speeding up the pace of work on various projects. He said “that we have to ensure that they are completed within the stipulated time frame, so that the people of the city get the benefitted”.
The Minister also directed the officers to prepare a monthly status report on the developmental works, so that a close monitoring is also done on the same.
The Minister while referring to the developmental initiatives undertaken by the Government said “we have undertaken a sustained and comprehensive project for the development of Srinagar city on modern and scientific basis so that it come up as one of the model cities of the country”.

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JAMMU, Mar 16: Arakshan Virodhi Manch (AVM) and India Against Reservation (IAR) condemned all types of reservation and demanded special incentives to the poor irrespective of caste, creed and colour.
Addressing a press conference, Yash Paul Sharma, spokesperson, AVM condemned the extension of the political reservation to people on the basis of caste.
He said that this step of the Government is against the Fundamental Right of people, who are residing in the reserved constituencies and are debarred from contesting elections.
Sharma demanded abolishing of all kind of reservations and protection of the people’s rights irrespective of their caste, creed and colour.
Among others present were Rampaul Seth, convener, AVM and Sat Paul Sharma from IAR.

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JAMMU, Mar 16: TRT Nagrota Migrants Development Committee in a meeting today held under the chairmanship of P L Dhar in an appeal to the Government has demanded replacement of the damaged transformer in the camp at an earliest which was feeding 64 Migrant families.
In a statement issued here today he said that the old age people and the school going children whose exams are drawing near are facing problems.
However, the meeting denied that there was power failure in the camp during Maha Shivrarti as reported in a section of press. It said there was uninterrupted power supply on the occasion of Shivratri and the transformer developed a snag on March 12 and since then it was not replaced.