REGIONAL NEWS - Page 365

Geelani had said the proposed protest march would be peaceful and there were no plans to attack the security forces' camps.

The ruling BJD in Orissa is organising a convention at Jagatsinghpur to create public opinion against stalling of the proposed Posco steel plant on Saturday.

Curfew was imposed in Mendhar on Wednesday after three persons were killed and 13 others injured in police firing.

In view of the curfew in force,authorities have directed security forces to treat air tickets as curfew passes.

The petition has been filed by the Jammu and Kasmir National Panthers Party.

With operations of civil flights to and from Srinagar International Airport set to resume on Friday.

The leaders also condemned violence and large-scale arson,besides asking the govt to establish the rule of law in J-K.

The city has so far received 2678 mm of rainfall since June 1 and is just short of 85 mm from the 1971's record.

The encounters took place immediately after security forces launched a search operation in the woods of Tral.

Three people were killed when police opened fire on a mob trying to set ablaze a school in Mendhar.

There was 'no danger to the government' headed by Omar,Farooq Abdullah said.

The protesters headed towards a missionary school and tried to set it ablaze.

Flights to and from Srinagar International Airport will resume on Friday,a government spokesman said today.

The order of banning all unregistered channels has been passed in 2008. We have only implemented it,Meraj Ahmad Kakroo said.

Sixteen Vaishno Devi pilgrims and five BSF jawans have been injured in two separate road mishaps in J-K.

Nine more people died due to encephalitis in Gorakhpur,with the death toll in UP's eastern region reaching 293.

Curfew was clamped in the district and Army’s help sought as protesters seeking quota for Jat community indulged in violence for the second day.

Curfew has been imposed in Poonch since morning,with additional troops deployed in sensitive areas.

Two Army jawans were killed when their vehicle rolled down into a gorge in Poonch district,police said.

A group of people defied curfew at Khanpora,50 kms from Srinagar.

A small Shimla house – Woodfield - stands testimony to Rabindranath Tagore’s Shimla connections.

Our goal is to serve people and ensure normalcy in the state,DGP Kuldeep Khoda said.

Cabinet Committee on Security will deliberate on issue of partial withdrawal of AFSPA in the Valley.