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view of Holi holiday.
JAMMU: Jammu and
Kashmir Governor N N
Vohra today greeted the
people on the occasion of
Holi and hoped that the
festival of colours would
be a harbinger of peace,
progress and prosperity in
the State. In a message
here, the Governor
observed that the celebration of festivals, an
important part of our rich
cultural heritage,
strengthens the bonds of
in addressing issues pertaining to the people of the
state. Mehbooba drove to
the Prime Minister's residence this morning barely
three days after PDP and
BJP had hit a road block
with BJP's chief interlocutor Ram Madhav announcing that his party would not
be accepting any fresh
demands from its erstwhile
ally PDP.
Emerging after a 30minute-long meeting with
the
Prime
Minister,
Mehbooba said she had a
"very positive meeting and
Contd. on P-5 Col 1
a good
NEW DELHI: A fivemember Pakistani Joint
Investigation Team today
applied for visa to come
to India to carry forward
the probe into the
Pathankot terror attack, a
week after the announcement by Foreign
Ministers of the two
countries that it will
come here on March 27.
External Contd. on P-5 Col 3
Pakistan opts out
of SAARC satellite project
NEW DELHI: Pakistan
has decided to "opt out"
of the ambitious SAARC
satellite project which
was proposed by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
for all member countries
of the regional grouping
nearly one-and-half-years
back. Modi, during last
SAARC Summit in Nepal
in November 2014, had
'Picture abhi baki
hai dost': Omar
PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti meets Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday.
(UNI)
SRINAGAR: As PDP and
BJP attempted to break
the
deadlock
over
Government formation in
Jammu & Kashmir, State's
former chief minister
Omar Abdullah today
appeared to doubt the
possibility of revival of the
alliance, quipping "picture
abhi baki hai dost". The
tech-savvy politician, who
returned Contd. on P-5 Col 2
Hope PDP-BJP
will soon form the
Govt: Farooq
Let's see what
'sona-chandi'
Mehbooba got: Mir
‘Future course of
action after legislature
party meet’
JAMMU: Former
Union Minister
and
National
Conference president
Farooq
Abdullah today
hoped that both PDP-BJP
will soon form government in the state to end
over two-month long
JAMMU: Soon
after
PDP
P r e s i d e n t
Mehbooba
Mufti's meeting
with
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
at 7 Race Course today
over government formation in Jammu and
Kashmir, Contd. on P-5 Col 2
SRINAGAR: Terming party
president,
Mehbooba
Mufti's meeting with the
Prime Minister, Narendra
Modi as very positive, the
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) today said the
future course of action
regarding government
Contd. on P-5 Col 1
One-way traffic to continue
on Kashmir highway
SRINAGAR, MAR 22:
Only one-way traffic will
continue on the national
highway, connecting the
Kashmir valley with the
rest of the country, as the
road at several places was
still not fully repaired after
recent landslides.
However, the national
highway,
linking
the
Ladakh
region
with
Kashmir valley, historic
Mughal
road
and
Bandipora-Gurez
and
Synthan-Kishtwar roads
also remained closed since
December due to accumu-
lation of snow.
Meanwhile, majority of
roads linking far-flung and
remote villages, including
those near the Line of
Control (LoC) with district
and tehsil headquarters,
reopened after recent snowfall. Hundreds of vehicles,
including those carrying
passengers, left Srinagar
and other parts of the
Kashmir valley for Jammu,
a traffic police official said.
Empty trucks and oil
tankers and other heavy
vehicles, which were also
stranded Contd. on P-5 Col 2
India committed
to friendly ties
with Pak: Prez
NEW DELHI, MAR 22 :
India is committed to
peaceful, friendly relations
with Pakistan and cooperation between the two countries will lead to progress
and prosperity in the
region, President Pranab
Mukherjee said here today.
In his message to his
Pakistani
counterpart
Mamnoon Hussain on the
eve of their National Day,
the President extended his
greetings to the people of
that
country.
"India
remains Contd. on P-5 Col 3
YEH HAI JAMMU
Contd. on P-5 Col 3
Jawan honoured
with Kirti Chakra
posthmously
NEW DELHI: Sepoy
Jagdish Chand, who
bravely chased and killed
one of the terrorists who
had attacked the
Pathankot air base before
being martyred, was
among the 58 personnel
who were honoured with
gallantry and other service-related awards by
President Pranab
Contd. on P-5 Col 4
High Level Committee
on Casual Labour
holds meet
JAMMU: The meeting of
the
High
Level
Committee constituted by
the State Administrative
Council (SAC) to consider and suggest various
options to address the
issues pertaining to the
estimated 61000 casual
labourers, NYCs, seasonal labourers and part-time
workers was held under
the chairmanship of Chief
Secretary, Contd. on P-5 Col 4
HOLI AYEE RE.... School children with coloured faces celebrating Holi on the eve of the
festival on Tuesday.
Aman
R 858.96 cr Flood Relief disbursed
for 1, 36,173 damaged houses
GJ REPORT
JAMMU,
MAR
22:
Disbursement of financial
assistance under Prime
Minister's Reconstruction
Plan has crossed R 800
crore mark.
As per the
reports received by the
Governor N N Vohra R
858.96 crore has been disbursed to 1,36,173 flood
affected persons, by the
concerned
Deputy
Commissioners during the
last one week.
Relief disbursed to the
victims of flood damaged
houses till date is: R 399.81
crore to 58,369 cases in
Srinagar district; R 2.24
Kathua among
winners in State
Hockey
7
10
Three militants
trapped in
Pulwama
Post LeT threat,
Army enhances
security grid in J&K
“Dipped in the hues of love and trust has come the festival of Holi !”
NEW DELHI, MAR 22:
Deadlock over government
formation in Jammu and
Kashmir seems to have
ended with PDP chief
Mehbooba Mufti today
calling on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, a meeting
which she described as
"very positive" and "good"
Govt Formation
Pak JIT applies
for visa to come
to India
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Mehbooba calls on PM, terms
meeting as "very positive"
Governor extends
Holi greetings
Contd. on P-5 Col 3
Blasts, blood and
chaos as terror
visits Brussels,
over 34 killed
crore to 487 cases in Samba
district; R 0.81 crore to 409
cases in Ganderbal district;
R 64.44 crore to 4,326 cases
in Budgam district; R 42.53
crore to 2,256 cases in
Pulwama district; R 96.64
crore to 13,914 cases in
Anantnag district; R 31.55
crore to 5391 cases in
Bandipora; R 35.12 crore to
8,440 cases in Baramulla
district; R 35.10 crore to
8115 cases in Rajouri; R
12.98 to 2537 cases in
Udhampur; R 7.16 crore to
1802 cases in Ramban district; R 2.39 crore to 1135
cases in Kishtwar district; R
Contd. on P-5 Col 3
2.98
Mortal remains of
soldier, killed in
Kargil, flown to TN
SRINAGAR, MAR 22:
Mortal remains of a soldier,
who was buried alive under
a snow avalanche in Kargil
sector on March 17 was
flown to Tamil Nadu after
wreath laying ceremony
held at Leh and New Delhi
today.
Defence
Ministry
spokesman Colonel N N
Joshi said here this afternoon that Sepoy Vijay
Kumar K, who was martyred during an avalanche
in the Biamah area of
Kargil sector on March 17,
2016, was accorded full
military honours in a
solemn
Contd. on P-5 Col 3
CMYK
Contd. on P-5 Col 2
SRINAGAR, MAR 22:
Three militants of Hizbul
Mujahideen are believed to
be trapped in village
Drubgam
in
South
Kashmir's Pulwama town.
On the basis of specific
information about the presence of three Hizbul
Mujahideen militants Nasir Pandit, Zahid Ahmad
and Tariq Pandit - in an
orchard
in
village
Drubgam,
Special
Operations Group (SOG)
Pulwama, 44 Rashtriya
Rifles (RR) of army and
182 battalion of Central
Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) this evening cordoned it off and the militants fled to nearby
Drubgam village. The
security forces cordoned
off the village and conducted house to house searches.
However, locals threw
stones at the security forces
to help the militants to flee
from the cordon. Security
forces have tightened the
cordon as they believe that
militants are still inside.
They are yet to search
around
Contd. on P-5 Col 2
JAMMU, MAR 22: In
view of terror attacks
planned by the Pakistanbased Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit on Indian Army and
Paramilitary forces, the
Army has enhanced security grid across Jammu and
Kashmir, particularly in
civilian areas where the
units and schools are set
up.
Intelligence agencies on
March 20 reportedly issued
an alert on possible terror
attacks,
planned
by
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, on Indian Army and
Paramilitary forces.
''Though security in
Army
areas
already
remains tight and there was
no compromise ever but
after a fresh alert was
sounded by the intelligence
agencies that LeT may
carry attacks on Indian
Army and paramilitary
forces, security further has
been intensified,'' defence
sources here said.
They said that civilian
areas where Army units
and commands are established vis-a-vis the Army
Schools are located, are
under tight vigil and additional measures have been
taken to keep security in
place to avoid any kind of
untoward like incident.
''Such
threats
had
always been a routine it is
not a new affair but we
never make any compromise on security issue and
maintain close watch on
suspicious/unwanted
movements around these
areas,'' sources added.
Out of 10 terrorists, who
are planning to launch an
attack on Indian Forces,
only four of them possess
weapons,
intelligence
agencies reported. They
further said that LeT's Abu
Dujana and four other
ultras recently managed to
escape from an encounter,
between the security officials and the militants, in
Jammu and Kashmir's
Pulwama Contd. on P-5 Col 2