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DB directs authorities to prepare plan for enforcing ban 2/20/2007 10:58:35 PM JAMMU, FEB 20 The Division Bench of J&K Court Jammu wing comprising Chief Justice BA Khan and Justice JP Singh, in a much publicized regulation of traffic in the Jammu and Kashmir, has directed Vice Chairman Jammu Development Authority to take necessary steps and complete all types of works at Van-Bhawan parking lot. It also directed for making necessary arrangements for restricting entry of vehicles in Ragunath Bazaar. The Division Bench observed that it has come to notice that Court directions of December 28, 2006, providing for preparation of plan by the Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, DIG Traffic, SSP Traffic Jammu, Commissioner JMC, has not been taken note of and all these authorities have not applied their mind on the ban order to be enforced so that alternate facility of parking could be provided. The DB further directed all these authorities to hold a meeting on February 21, 2007 and prepare viable plan for enforcing ban and also taking into consideration the point of view of the Ragunath Bazaar Traders Association and submit the plan before the court on the n...   READ MORE

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Two CRPF personnel killed in Militant Attack 2/20/2007 10:51:43 PM SRINAGAR, FEB 20 Two CRPF Troopers were killed when unidentified militants fired upon the Road Opening Party (ROP) of 155 Bn CRPF at Sangam in Anantnag this morning. Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen shot and injured a person while pruning trees at Viza Kreeri. According to reports, some unidentified militants fired with pistols upon ROP of 155 Bn CRPF at Sangam Chowk, under the jurisdiction of Police Station Bijbehara in South Kashmir. Two CRPF troopers were critically injured in the attack who later on succumbed to their injuries. The deceased troopers have been identified as HC Virender Kumar and Constable Vinod Kumar of 155Bn CRPF. A case in this regard has been registered in this regard...   READ MORE   India wants a permanent priest Katasraj temple of Pakistani Punjab 2/20/2007 9:27:38 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, FEB 20 India's new plea in relation to the renovated Katasraj temple complex in Pakistani Punjab province: Pakistan should appoint a permanent Pandit (priest) to take care of the complex and organise prayers. Sardari Lal Gosvami, the secretary general of the Temple Council of India, and the leader of Indian delegation which has already offered prayers at the Katasraj temple on the invitation of Pakistan government, was reported to have told told newsmen in Lahore that efforts are underway to bring a Pandit from India on permanent basis. He said that the only problem they face is about securing a long-term visa for the Pandit. Gosvami was also reported to have ...   READ MORE   Pakistan's another option vis-a-vis Baglihar dispute 2/20/2007 9:27:00 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, FEB 20 Even as New Delhi and Islamabad have accepted the February 12 verdict by the World Bank-appointed neutral expert on the Baglihar hydro-electric project of Jammu region, the dispute is not over. Significant, indeed, is a message from across the border, clearly suggesting that Pakistan has the option to go to a court of arbitration against Prof. Raymond Lafitte's decision. Islamabad, according to the message, seems in no hurry to do so. But the new option available to the Pakistan government is presently under consideration of a team of Pak officals, the message has let it be known. Prof. Raymond Lafitte, a Swiss expert, upheld three of six objections Paki...   READ MORE   There are people for Indo-Pak hostility: Gen. Masood Is ISI behind Samjhauta train blasts 2/20/2007 9:26:35 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, FEB 20 Lt. Gen. (Retd) Talat Masood, well-known Pakistani political and defence analyst, has said that there are people who have "always opposed India Pakistan cooperation and have always supported hostility". These are the people who have been pursuing a terrorist agenda ever since the independence in 1947, he insists. Participating in CNN-IBN's 'Face The Nation' programme, Lt. Gen. Talat Masood stated that he did not think it was the Kashmiri militants this time who were the cause of the problem. "I think there are certain groups which have taken upon themselves, the role of saying that they are the champions of whatever their aims and objectives are. These peopl...   READ MORE

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