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| 4 militants killed in Valley gunbattles | | Jaish commdr killed in Bandipore | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 26: With the mopping up operation still underway in Shamasbari area in Kupwara district, where 17 militants and 8 soldiers have died so far in a week-long gunbattle, Police and security forces today claimed to have eliminated four more militants in different encounters in Kashmir valley.
Officials sources told Early Times that acting on a specific information, troops laid an ambush in Izmarg, close to LoC near Kanzal, in the afternoon today. During the operation, one group of militants was noticed making infiltration into Gurez sector. As troops challenged the infiltrators, they opened fire and dispersed in different directions. One of the fleeing militant... | |
| | | | CM-PM discuss Indo-Pak peace process | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi: India wants good relations with Pakistan and an environment of mutual confidence and friendship will be beneficial for Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here today.
The Prime Minister conveyed this assessment to J and K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during their 30-minute meeting, the first after the National Conference leader took over the reins of the government in January this year.
The two leaders discussed in detail the development issues in the border state during which they touched upon the dialogue process between India and Pakistan, an official spokesman said here.
Omar supported the Prime Minister's stand that India and Pakistan ... | |
| | | | Mufti tipped to be PDP candidate in Anantnag | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR: People's Democratic Party patron and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammed Sayeed is likely to contest the Lok Sabha polls from the PDP stronghold of Anantang in south Kashmir.
Though no official announcement has been made, sources said many in the party wanted the former Union home minister to "shift to the national politics for the time being". "If he decides to go to New Delhi , Mufti Sahab may have a significant role there in the emerging fluid national political scene " said MLA and PDP general secretary Nizam-ud-din Bhat.
At present, Mufti Sayeed is the MLA from the Ananatnag constituency. His daughter Mehbooba Mufti , elected aga... | |
| | | | Kupwara gunbattle raises security concerns | | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, MAR 26: A six-day gunbattle between militants and the Indian army in Kashmir has raised security concerns about more attacks in the disputed region before a general election, army officials and experts said.
At least 25 people -- eight of them soldiers -- were killed in the Kashmir gunbattle this week as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants played cat-and-mouse with the army in dense forests.
Army officials say the militants infiltrated India by crossing the Line of Control, a ceasefire line that divides the Himalayan region between India and Pakistan.
The number of militants, their high level of training and good equipment has worried officials. The raid also came ear... | |
| | | | Kargil highway to open from April 7 | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU: The Srinagar-Kargil Highway, closed since December last owing to heavy snowfall in the region, is expected to be thrown open to traffic
from April 7.
"With snow clearance operations being undertaken around Zojila pass, the Srinagar-Kargil road is expected to be thrown open for vehicular traffic by April 7, 2009," Deputy Commissioner (Kargil) Satish Nehru said.
The highway was closed for vehicular traffic in December last year due to heavy snowfall at Zojila pass. As a result, road connectivity between the entire Ladakh region and the rest of the state was cut-off.
To restore traffic on the highway, Himank wing of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has st... | |
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