Three Soldiers Killed As Avalanches Struck Ladakh
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K K M M Y Y C C $#%&$# !#%%"(% %)(' !$ %( & nation, 7P sports, 9P world, 8P DAILY Price 2.00 Pages : 12 JAMMU SATURDAY | APRIL 08 2017 | VOL. 32 | NO. 96 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] | epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com 333&)(*-/$/,%%101.$",* Landslide damages dozen About 2000 voters Three soldiers killed as to decide fate of 19 houses in Sringar, minor injured candidates in BAJ elections !**1 -.() avalanches struck Ladakh About 2000 voters will decide the fate of 19 candidates who are contest- G overnor, CM expresses grief over tragic death of soldiers ing election of J&K High Court Bar Assoociation Jammu. From 19 candi- Lance Naik Bihari Marandi dates only 2 female candidates filed (34) and Sepoy Kuldeep Lakra nomination one Zahida Parveen who (22). All of them hailed from filed nomination for the post of Joint Jharkhand, the official said. Secretary and other is Jasleen Kour The bodies were trapped un- for the post of Cashier. It is worth- der 15 feet of snow. The sol- while to mention here that the tenure diers were deployed at the of Elected Team has been modified hills of Kargil. Fresh ava- from 2 years to one year. JNF lanches today hit army posts in Kaksar belt of Kargil dis- One held with ganja in trict but all affected soldiers were rescued, he said. Samba In Jammu region one per- son was killed and 8 others in- 0!%%$-,.0$. jured, while over 40 struc- !**1 -.() tures including houses and a Police today claimed to have ar- temple were damaged in inci- rested a drug peddler with ganja at dents of floods and high speed .(+!&!. -. nine other residential houses suffered Samba. Police acting on inputs, a po- winds. One woman was partial damage due to the landslide. One lice party of Police Station Samba washed away after a drain A dozen houses were damaged and a minor boy -- Fabyan Javaid -- suffered laid a naka at Mandi Sangwali was flooded in Sudhmahadev minor boy injured today in a landslide in head injuries in the incident and was Samba and intercepted one person area, while around 8 persons Dalgate area of the city, triggered by in- shifted to a hospital for treatment, the offi- namely Gopal Giri son of !**1 -. Batalik sector of Ladakh re- said. Unprecedented snowfall were injured in Udhampur cessant rains across Kashmir over past cial said. Heavy rains lashed Kashmir val- Bhuvneshwar Singh of Khrea gion of Jammu and Kashmir. triggered multiple avalanch- district, DC Neeraj Kumar three days. The landslide occurred at ley over past three days till last evening, $$+$$)#,+-!&$ Army today found bodies "Army today recovered es in Batalik yesterday, bury- said. Efforts are on to restore Gagribal, in the foothills of triggering fears of a repeat of 2014 floods. of three soldiers who were bodies of three soldiers who ing a post, he said. The sol- the power supply and clear Shankaracharya hill, in the wee hours, The water level in River Jhelum has start- missing after multiple ava- went missing during ava- diers have been identified as -- the roads in the district, he extensively damaging three residential ed to recede but is still flowing above dan- Thief arrested with lanches struck their post in lanches", an army official Havaldar Prabhu Kirke (43), $$'.$$,+-!&$ premises, a police official said. He said ger mark at Ram Munshi Bagh in the city. stolen gold in Nagrota 0!%%$-,.0$. CM visits waterlogged areas in Srinagar, takes on spot appraisal !**1 -.() Police today claimed to have ar- rested a person in Nagrota and re- ),,#0'.$!0,2$.!/'*(.(/,2$. Rajbagh and other areas. She ing and administration is covered stolen gold ornaments from Court directs DLM JDA, directed deployment of more working round the clock to his possession. Police said that a po- -$,-)$/',1)#+,0-!+(" ,20 Chief Minister, pumps in areas like bring things to normal and ex- lice team apprehended person iden- Addl DCs Jammu and Mehbooba Mufti today visited Humhama, Gogji Bagh to tend relief to people. Minister people should not panic as tified as Mohd Saleem son of Mohd .(+!&!. -. various areas in the city to drain out excess water at the for Horticulture, Syed the water level in the river Ali of Bamyal, Nagrota and Samba to appear in person personally inspect the status earliest. Mehbooba Mufti also Basharat Bukhari and After two days of flood and other tributaries is re- $$'($%,+-!&$ of dewatering and adminis- visited some spots at river Minister for Youth Services & threat, the water level in ceding. “The water in the $3/$.2("$ tration’s response in dealing Jhelum, flood channels at Sports, Moulvi Imran Raza the river Jhelum and other river Jhelum, which was !**1 -.() Pakistan violates cease with the flood like situation Ram Bagh and Barzulla to Ansari accompanied the streams is receding reliev- flowing above the danger In a significant order a Division Bench of the that arose due to continued take stock of the water levels. Chief Minister during the vis- ing the valleyites woes. level till yesterday night, is fire in Nowshera State High Court comprising Chief Justice Badar rains and snow in Srinagar She directed the Flood it. The Chief Minister, who However, the weatherman receding from Friday and other parts of the Control Department to patrol had herself been monitoring has predicted more light morning. There is no need 0!%%$-,.0$. Durrez Ahmed and Justice Tashi Rabstan in the much publicized public interest litigation high- Kashmir Valley during the constantly the banks and the situation continuously, rains in the next 24 hours. to panic now as water level !**1 -.() lighting encroachment of more than 20 lacs past few days. The Chief breach spots on river Jhelum had yesterday directed the ad- Chief Engineer Irrigation is decreasing quickly,” Pakistan today violated cease kanals of State Land by the land Mafia in the state Minister visited Lal Chowk, and other streams. She said it ministration to gear up to & Flood Control (I&FC) de- Lone told. He said that the fire in Nowshera tehsil of Rajouri of J&K today directed the personal appearance of Hari Singh High Street, is a matter of satisfaction that meet any eventuality in view partment, Muhammad water level recorded at district. Sources said that Pak Army Director Land Management JDA and Additional Maharaja Bazar, Gogji Bagh, water level in Jhelum and oth- of the inclement weather Hanief Lone said that the $$),,#,+-!&$ without any provocation fired from $$!+!)/,+-!&$ Jawahar Nagar, Humhama, er streams has started reced- $$,+-!&$ the automatic weapons on Indian positions across the Line of Control Two newly recruited in Nowshera, this evening. There Top Shia leader Srinagar-Jammu NH closed was no loss of life or damage to any property. Till the filing of this re- Hizbul Mujahideen port, the firing was on. quits NC to join PDP for 3rd consecutive day Power shutdown militants held .(+!&!. -. Agha Syed Ruhullah. Mohsin .(+!&!. -. said he had been observing Two days before polling the functioning of the PDP In order to carry out the R-AP- Two recently-recruited militants belonging in the by-election to Srinagar for long and had come to the DRP works, the power supply to to Hizbul Mujahideen were arrested today from Parliamentary constituency, conclusion that it was the on- Birpur Complex, Kanhal, Seora and Sopore township of north Kashmir's Baramulla prominent Shia leader Agha ly political party that worked adjoining areas fed from BB-1 Grid district, a senior police officer said. "Two newly Syed Mohsin today switched for the interests of the poor, to Birpur Complex 33 KV line shall recruited HM militants were arrested today from allegiance from opposition marginalised and backward remain affected on April 09 from 9 Achabal village of Sopore," Superintendent of National Conference (NC) communities in Jammu and am to 1 pm. Similarly, power supply Police (SP), Sopore, Harmeet Singh Mehta told and joined the ruling Peoples Kashmir. He had joined the to Sainik Colony and adjoining PTI. Mehta said acting on a specific information Democratic party (PDP) NC in 2014. $$,3$.,+-!&$ from a reliable source about the presence of mili- here. Hailing from a promi- The Srinagar Lok Sabha tants in an orchard near the village, security nent religious family of constituency, spread over forces cordoned off the area and launched a Budgam, Mohsin was wel- the three Assembly seats of search operation. He said during the search oper- comed into the party fold by Srinagar, Budgam and ation, the duo, Yawar Nabi Mir and Arsalan Chief Minister and PDP pres- Ganderbal, will go to polls on Rasool Teli, both residents of Mohalla Sheikh ident Mehbooba Mufti, a Sunday. NC president Sahib in Chinkipora area of Sopore were appre- spokesman of the party said. Farooq Abdullah is contest- hended. The SP said, on questioning, the two re- Mohsin is the son of polit- ing the seat against PDP's vealed that they left their home on March 28 and ical activist and religious Nazir Ahmad Khan. .(+!&!. -. ing Kashmir Valley to the rest slides and shooting stones joined Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit on the scholar late Agha Syed Abdullah had contested and of the country, remained triggered by rains and snow. $$3,$3)4,+-!&$ Mustafa and uncle of NC lost from the seat in the 2014 The Srinagar-Jammu closed for the third consecu- The national highway is leader and former minister general election. PTI National Highway, connect- tive day today due to land- $$.(+!&!.,+-!&$ Governor appoints new CEO of Amarnathji Srinagar by poll: Low key campaign, parties use social media Shrine Board, reviews arrangements for Yatra 41*(.!1) large, political parties and electorate as there was very .(+!&!.