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Education given new thrust: Peerzada 7/4/2007 12:03:05 AM Srinagar July 03 Minister for Education Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed conducted extensive tour of Magam, Sonabrari and Wangam areas of Kokernag constituency and met cross section of people to get feed back about the facilities being provided by the government under various schemes. Mr. Sayeed directed the officers to complete the ongoing development works in time to ensure benefits reach people as per schedule. Mr. Sayeed also addressed public meetings at Magam, Sonabrari and Wangam and apprised the people about the developmental and welfare activities being undertaken by the government. He said several programmes for eradication of illiteracy, poverty and corruption are under implementation. He said that peace was a must for development and progress and appealed to the people to contribute in restoration of lasting peace in the state. Asking people to the vigilant about the nefarious designs of vested interests, Mr. Sayeed said that certain elements are bent upon disturbing peaceful atmosphere of the state. He said that central and state governments are working to ...   READ MORE

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Pilgrim killed, 7 injured 7/3/2007 11:53:09 PM SRINAGAR: A pilgrim was killed and seven others were injured in early hours on Tuesday due to shooting stones near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas. The injured will be taken to Srinagar later, officials said here. The pilgrimage was suspended for several hours due to inclement weather yesterday but resumed after conditions improved. About 4,500 pilgrims have left the base camps of Nunwan and Baltal yesterday for the 3,880 metre high cave shrine. ...   READ MORE   Explosion rocks Lal Masjid area 7/3/2007 11:50:24 PM ISLAMABAD, JULY 3 A huge explosion was heard outside the Lal Masjid in the Pakistani capital as security forces and radical Islamists of the mosque clashed. People were seen running for safety after the sound of explosion was heard in the vicinity. Details about the incident were not immediately known. ...   READ MORE   Militant students clash with Rangers in Pak, 2 killed 7/3/2007 11:49:54 PM ISLAMABAD, JULY 3 A Pakistani paramilitary trooper and a civilian were killed and several others injured today in an armed clash between militant students of Lal Masjid and security personnel here. After a six-month stand-off between the government and the radicals, the madrassa students holed up in the mosque exchanged fire with security forces deployed outside it. A government spokesman alleged that the firing started after several madrassa students tried to barge into a building where the Rangers were lodged. However, the mosque's administrator and militant cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi alleged that violence erupted when Rangers moved close to the girls' madarassa and fired tear ga...   READ MORE   Home Secretaries of India,Pakistan begin talks Delhi raises concerns about terrorist infiltration in J&K 7/3/2007 11:48:46 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, JULY 3: India on Tuesday raised concerns about escalating terrorist infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir across the Line of Control (LoC) as the Home Secretaries of India and Pakistan began a two-day meeting in New Delhi. This apart, the Indian delegation pressed Pakistan to follow up on leads the government of India had provided into investigation of the July 2006 Mumbain train blasts, which were blamed on Pakistan-based terrorists and which killed more than 185 people and injured hundreds. Home Secretaries of the two countries began talks to discuss issues relating to cros-border terror, infiltratrion, drug traficking and the release of priso...   READ MORE   HR champions flay belt forces; observe silence towards terrorist atrocities Appease K-psychic using separatist lingo - pronounce ‘Central Govt. as Indian State’ 7/3/2007 11:44:59 PM Sanjay Khajuria Jammu July 3 The proponents of human right violations too prefer to remain media savvy over working for the real spirits of the issue. And thus going a bit beyond, HR activists even dare to term union government as ‘Indian State’ adopting separatist lingo resulting to attract criticism from various spheres. ‘They often target the belt forces only but have never dare to utter a word against the beasts (terrorists) roaming freely and mocking their claims of HR abuse, said Naveen Sharma a university student. “Perhaps they too fear the guns of terrorists who had no bindings or explanations whereas a personal from belt forces have bindings of the duty and held accountable...   READ MORE   SASB airlifts seriously injured pilgrims 7/3/2007 11:43:57 PM SRINAGAR, JULY 3- Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) has airlifted two critically injured pilgrims from the Holy Cave Shrine of Shri Amarnathji to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar for specialized treatment. One person was killed and seven others were injured, two of them seriously, due to shooting stones- 700 meters away from the Cave Shrine last night, according to Director Public Relations, SASB, Mr Madan Mantoo. He said the body of dead pilgrim, Mrs Devidy Brady, 40 of Silcher, Assam was brought to Baltal this morning. The Chief Executive Officer, SASB, Dr Arun Kumar coordinated the arrangements for airlifting the seriously injured pilgrims to Srinagar. O...   READ MORE

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