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Avalanche Warning for Some Districts in J-K, HP, Uttarakhand www.thenorthlines.com www.epaper.northlines.com 3 DAYS’ FORECAST JAMMU Date Min Temp Max Temp Weather 13-Feb 9.0 17.0 Generally cloudy sky 14-Feb 9.0 19.0 Partly cloudy sky 15-Feb 9.0 19.0 Generally cloudy sky 3 DAYS’ FORECAST SRINAGAR 13-Feb 0.0 6.0 Rain or Snow 14-Feb 0.0 8.0 Partly cloudy sky 15-Feb 0.0 8.0 Generally cloudy sky theMotivate unemployed youth to northlinesDy CM pays obeisance at Aap Anantnag police rescues two set own earning units: Balbir Shambu temple pregnant ladies Stressing upon the BJP Minority Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Anantnag police in its efforts to help Morcha leaders from Kashmir to Singh today paid obeisance at Aap the needy people, rescued two more devote time in reaching the Shambu Mandir, Roop Nagar on the pregnant ladies. Police party of Police 3 unemployed youth of their 4 auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri 7 station Larnoo on receiving a distress INSIDE respective areas along .... and prayed for peace and .... call proceeded towards .... Vol No: XXIII Issue No. 38 14.02.2018 (Wednesday) Daily Jammu Tawi Price 3/- Pages-12 Regd. No. JK|306|2017-19 LeT terrorist's escape: 2 terrorists killed, 32-hour Terrorists attempt NIA to seek custody of 4 to quiz them another attack on Srinagar encounter ends Army Camp in Jammu The four accused including social media application local Lashkar terrorists WhatsApp also revealed NL CORRESPONDENT JAMMU TAWI, FEB 13 Shakeel and Tika Khan, are links across the border, the SRINAGAR, FEB 13 said to have masterminded reason why NIA was roped A fresh attack was averted the escape plan along with in. A 32-hour gunbattle etween by alert guards at the Hizb militant Hilal Ahmed Jatt was among six prisoners security forces and two LeT entrance of an Army camp Rather of Begam Bagh, who was taken to the terrorists, who hid in a in Jammu's Domana area Khan Mohalla, Pulwama. hospital for a routine building in Karan Nagar on Tuesday. Tika Khan had been frequent medical check-up but here after their attempts to Two motorcycle borne visitor to Central Jail managed to flee from the attack a CRPF camp failed, militants approached the Srinagar to meet Naveed on police custody on February ended today with them entry point of the Army different pretexts. Naveed 6. being killed, police said. of the team is already in camp in Domana area NL CORRESPONDENT and rest of the militants and Two of the three cops The security operation to NEW DELHI, FEB 13 Kashmir Valley, while the around 4.30 a.m. They OGW were in accompanying Jatt were flush out the terrorists from rest of the team including the fired towards the sentry communication using killed in the gunfire during the under-construction A n Inspector General (IG) investigating officer will be post. As the guards mobile devices. the escape. Caught off guard building in the heart of the rank officer of the National reaching Srinagar on retaliated the militants Highly placed sources in the and red faced, JKP swung city was carried out by a Investigation agency (NIA) Wednesday. were forced to flee, Jammu Kashmir Police into action making four Special Operations Group is leading a 10 member On Monday, the agency informed sources in the (JKP) told that the probe by arrests. (SOG) of the Jammu and probe team to Kashmir to registered a case in the the state police revealed a police said. The superintendent of Kashmir Police and the investigate the dramatic matter. wider conspiracy where Rainawari Central Jail was "A search operation is now Central Reserve Police escape of Lashkar-e- The NIA intends to approach links to Pakistan and Dubai placed under suspension and underway to trace the Force, a police official said. Taiba(LeT) terrorist Naveed the local court to take have emerged. "Funds were a SIT was ordered to militants," they said. The Army was not involved Jatt alias Abu Hanzala from custody of the four accused transferred to local terror investigate. The agency will assault rifles and eight including six Army soldiers. The attack comes close on in the operation, he clarified. Srinagar's Shri Maharaja who are currently in police network to ensure Naveed's probe all angles including magazines from the site. Three terrorists were also the heels of another The official said two bodies Hari Singh Hospital custody of the Jammu escape. The NIA will have to the role of an "insider". The gunbattle, which began killed in retaliation by the audacious attack at the - along with weapons - have (SMHS). Kashmir Police. join the dots," sources said Two militants and two Over yesterday morning, came Army. Sunjuwan army camp in been recovered from the The escape aided by Hizb Sources said the team is while four accused were Ground Workers (OGWs) - two days after Jaish-e- Inspector General of Police Jammu on Saturday in encounter site. terrorist resulted in killing of likely to bring the accused arrested within hours of the involved in the act were Mohammad (JeM) terrorists (IGP), Kashmir, S P Pani which a group of three Ravideep Sahi, IG-CRPF, 2 cops on February 6. on transit remand to Delhi shootout in the hospital. arrested by JKP while one attacked an Army camp in said the terrorists who tried heavily armed militants Srinagar, said the forces Sources in the anti-terror where they will be grilled at A detailed analysis of phone Hizb militant and Naveed Jammu's Sunjuwan area, to attack the CRPF camp in entered the camp killing recovered two AK-47 probe agency told that a part the NIA Headquarter. call data and conversation on were "continue P2 killing seven people, Karan Nagar P2 five soldiers and a civilian. NEWS IN BRIEF Armed Forces to get 7.40 lac Mantris, Babus fail to do assigned task Soldier's body found, Sunjuwan Justice Khanwilkar recuses rifles, 5719 sniper rifles NL CORRESPONDENT coordination" between the issue of attack toll rises to seven from hearing Bofors case SRINAGAR, FEB 13 the coalition parties. infrastructural NL CORRESPONDENT at the cost of Rs 982 crore. However, most of them development. "During NL CORRESPONDENT the terror attack on the NEW DELHI, FEB 13 The Indian Army has been Several committees, either have failed to these months, the group NEW DELHI, FEB 13 comprising of ministers come up with did not hold any JAMMU, FEB 13 Army camp that started on pressuring to fast-track Saturday has risen to seven, The Defence Ministry has the procurement of the and bureaucrats, suggestions or have not deliberations on the Justice A M Khanwilkar of the Supreme constituted in the last even met even once infrastructure With the recovery of including six soldiers and a cleared the proposal to weapons considering the Court today recused himself from hearing few years by the PDP- since their formation, development despite the another soldier's body civilian. buy 7.40 lakh assault threats from bordering the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors BJP government have sources said. state lacking during searches inside the Ten others, including six rifles for the three services Pakistan and China. payoff case. "failed" to do the Days after forming the infrastructural Sunjuwan army camp, the women and children were The long-pending Justice Khanwilkar, who was the part of a and will also procure light assigned task. government in 2016, a development," an death toll in the terror attack injured. proposals were cleared at bench headed by Chief P2 machine guns worth Rs For the last three years, committee headed by official of General in Jammu has risen to A group of heavily armed 1,819 crore. The Narendra a meeting of the Defence it has apparently become Minister for Power Administration seven, the Army said. Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) Do not deny benefits to people Modi government has also Acquisition Council a norm for the PDP-BJP Development Department, said. The body of the sixth terrorists entered the cleared the proposal for (DAC), the defence government to frame Department was A six-member soldier was recovered on Sunjuwan army camp on for want of Aadhaar: Prasad the purchase of 5,719 ministry's highest decision committees on vital assigned the task of committee headed by Monday evening during the February 10 after hurling sniper rifles for the Army making P2 issues and for "effective holding deliberations on Minister for P2 searches, the Army said on grenades and using NEW DELHI, FEB 13 Tuesday. automatic gunfire. PDP says talk with Pak, BJP says no, Jammu-Srinagar highway With this, the death toll in Three terrorists, P2 Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asked state governments to ensure soldiers die, Modi dithers: Rahul Gandhi that no one is denied any benefit he or she reopened for traffic 2 local soldiers laid is entitled to for want of Aadhaar. today from his official handle, "Aadhaar is big platform which leads to NL CORRESPONDENT to rest in Kupwara good governance and P2 NEW DELHI, FEB 13 @OfficeOfRG. The BJP is a junior partner of the KUPWARA, FEB 13 (CNS) of people participated in his S lamming the government over the People's Democratic Party (PDP), last rites. Will pay India in its own Jammu terror attack, Congress headed by Jammu and Kashmir Thousands of people Those who participated in president Rahul Gandhi today Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. coin for misadventure: Pak participated in the last rites his last rites included army accused Prime Minister Narendra Recently, following the Jammu of two local army soldiers in officers, ACR Kupwara and Modi of "dithering" over the death terror attack, Mufti reiterated that a two different parts of ASP Farooq Qaisar.
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