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| IED detected on Amarnath route | | Two foreign militants killed | | |
SRINAGAR, JUNE 30
Two foreign militants were among three persons killed and two securitymen injured in Jammu and Kashmir where security forces averted a major tragedy by detecting an IED on Amarnath route and busted a militant hideout.
A five kg IED, planted by militants near the main gate of the Degree College, Anantnag, on the busy Khannabal-Pahalgam road being used by pilgrims for Amarnath, was detected by police today, Additional Superintendent of Police, Anantnag, Javeed Ahmed Matto told said.
He said the IED, kept in a tiffin box, was later defused before it could cause any loss of life.
Matto said the preliminary investigations revealed that it was the handiwork of the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen outfit.
He said the road is being used by the pilgrims bound for Amarnath. A case has been registered in police station Anantnag.
Amarnath yatra could not commence today due to bad weather and was deferred till July 2.
Two foreign militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces at Guldachan-Sarkuli village of Kalaroos in border district of Kupwara in ... | |
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| Top brass of RAW in a practical dilemma | | Insider VK Singh exposes secrets of high-profile agency | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, JUNE 30: Major General VK Singh, former officer of India's all-important intelligence agency, RAW, has created history by being the first person to have made public inner working of the agency. His account of the functioning of the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) is quite explosive.
Major General Singh has made use of a potent instrument to detail RAW's lack of accountability and poor leadership. He has spilled the beans in his book titled India's External Intelligence: Secrets of Research & Analysis Wing.
No sooner did the contents of the book become subject matter for animated discussions in various circles than the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Cabinet Se... | |
| | | | Amarnath Yatra remains suspended | | | |
SRINAGAR, JUNE 30 The Amarnath Yatra, which was scheduled to begin today, remained suspended due to incessant rains and could be resumed Sunday after reviewing the weather conditions, spokesman of Sri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) said today.
Pilgrims, who were supposed to start the yatra today and are stationed at Jammu, were not allowed to proceed to Pahalgam due to bad weather, he said.
Governor Lt Gen (retd) S K Sinha, who is Chairman of the board, also could not go to the cave shrine for the "Pratham Puja" (prayer for the commencement of the yatra).
Pahalgam and Baltal areas have been witnessing heavy and incessant rains since yesterday afternoon making the tracks slippery and... | |
| | | | Army jawan nabbed for spying | | | |
NEW DELHI | June 30
An Army man posted in Jammu and Kashmir has been arrested here on charges of spying for Pakistan's ISI, with police claiming to have recovered "sensitive" defence-related documents from him.
Mohammad Naeem, a Lance Naik with the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, was in the capital to "hand over" the documents to an ISI agent when he was nabbed by Special Cell officials on the basis of a tip off, police said.
The documents recovered from Naeem, a resident of Poonch and posted in the regiment's recruitment centre near Srinagar, contained information about troop movement, weaponry, training procedure and Army units, Deputy Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar said. A hand... | |
| | | | Hide and seek with Dogri | | Dogri probing grounds at its native land losses grounds to English and Hindi | | |
Sanjay Khajuria
Jammu, June 30
Despite inclusion of the Dogri language in the eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution, the essence of Dogri is thinning around among the Dogra families who still prefer to communicate in Hindi or English. The reason being simple - people feel proud to be a Dogra but feel shy to speak Dogri.
If remembered it was a historical day on December 22 in 2003, when mother tongue of Dogras- the Dogri language was inducted in the eighth scheduled of the Indian Constitution. Following the historical occasion many cultural and social organizations; even political parties had then celebrated the movement proudly. But after almost over three years have passed the Dogr... | |
| | | | Malaria parasite on low ebb in state, authorities determined to bring it to zero | | | |
Sanjay Khajuria
Jammu June 30
Observance of national malaria eradication month have brought a healthy news to the health concerned people that the disease due to various central and state sponsored eradication programmes though has showed troughs and crests, in the state but is on decline in the state, official statistics said.
Against the 69 positive cases of Pf (Plasmodium felciporum) the strenuous efforts to eradicate malaria has confined the dangerous side the Pf to only eight, claimed records.
As per the official records submitted to the central authorities of the total blood samples tested for the malaria that is 396938 only 164 were tested positive with 8 cases founded... | |
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