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| Sleeper terror cells activated in J&K at behest of Pak: Army | | | | New Delhi | Nov 12
With Pakistan plunging into turmoil, "sleeper" terrorist cells in Jammu and Kashmir have been suddenly activated resulting in upsurge in violence in the state, Army said today.
A high alert has also been sounded along the Line of Control by the army as it apprehends stepped up infiltration attempts and attacks by militants.
The terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir have witnessed an upsurge lately, after remaining low for the last six months, Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen M L Naidu told reporters here.
He attributed the spurt in terrorist attacks in the state to "sudden activation of sleeper terrorists cells" on the directions from across the borders.
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| | | | Pakistan set to ban Bhutto protest | | | | Islamabad | Nov 12
Authorities in Pakistan are set to ban a huge protest march called by opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to demand an immediate end to emergency rule, officials said on Monday.
Government officials and police were to meet to consider banning Tuesday's planned rally from Lahore to Islamabad, and senior police sources said it was unlikely to be allowed.
The so-called "long march" is aimed at piling pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to end the state of emergency, which Bhutto said would make promised general elections by early January meaningless.
"There will be no long march," a senior government official in Punjab, the province which includes Lahore, said.
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| | | | Busy Sinha takes out time to pen down his days in Raj Bhawan | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 12
Governor, S K Sinha, is considered to be the most proactive constitutional head of the state after Jagmohan. Jagmohan had to be on his feet because he was not only the constitutional but the executive head of the state during the Governor’s rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir soon after the rise of militancy in 1990.
Sinha has toured various areas in the state, including all the forward zones, during his current tenure. He had even visited the Siachen glacier in Ladakh, considered to be the world’s highest battlefield. He has been the only Governor who has presided over school and college functions and remained conspicuous by the presence in cultural ... | |
| | | | 2 comndrs among 4 militants, jawan killed in gunfights | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Nov 12
Four militants including a Harkat- ul-Mujahideen Deputy Chief Operational Commander and JeM Commander besides an Army jawan were killed in separate counter-insurgency operations at Doru-Dangerpora area of apple town Sopore and Mandian village of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir where fresh gunfights have erupted.
It may be mentioned here that in the last one week dozens of militants were killed and about seven security personnel lost their lives.
Inspector General (Ops) CRPF Kashmir M S Gupta said that three militants were killed and an Army jawan lost his life when security forces launched a search operation in Dangerpora Doru area of Sopo... | |
| | | | Jeddah bound Airbus catches fire at Srinagar Airport | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Nov 12
The Jeddah bound second batch of Hajj pilgrims today had anxious moments when they watched an Indian Airbus A300 landing at the Srinagar airport this morning with burning tyres.
Official sources said that the Airbus had come to airlift the second batch of Hajj pilgrims to Jeddah but as soon as it touched the runway its tyres caught fire.
Sources said, the airbus with only crew on board arrived at the Srinagar Airport from Delhi this morning to airlift about 220 Hajj pilgrims from here to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Sources said, watching the airbus from passengers' lounge the pilgrims had nervous moments as they had to board the same aircraft for J... | |
| | | | Fly over - a death trap | | Departments pass buck on each other | | | Vikas Sharma
Jammu | Nov 12
While the much talked about fly over in Jammu city has failed to ease traffic pressure on the existing roads, it has virtually become a death trap for the people traveling on the vehicles on it due to the rash and unmindful driving. During the last two months alone four persons lost their lives while a dozen others sustained injuries due to the negligent and fast driving.
The concerned departments responsible for maintaining the flyover and regulating the traffic on it have been blaming each other for unplanned design of the fly over causing more problems than solving the ever growing traffic jams in the city of temples. Though the concept of flyover in other ... | |
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