Advani says Nehru was reluctant to send troops to Kashmir in 1947

I want to tell you Rahul Sahib that the person

who created hue and cry about the empowerment of Panchayats (in Jammu yesterday) is a member of

the opposition Panthers Party. I don’t know how he

reached there. But it was definitely a ploy to demean

the governmentOmar Abdullah J&K Chief Minister

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Lassipora (Pulwama), Nov 7: With the J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah listening, the

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Thursday described the Sarpanch, who disrupted his speech at Jammu yester-day, as “right”. This after Omar

informed Rahul that the protest-er “was a worker of an opposition party.”

“I want to tell you Rahul Sahib that the person who cre-ated hue and cry about the empowerment of Panchayats (in Jammu yesterday) is a member of the opposition Panthers Party. I don’t know how he reached there. But it was definitely a ploy to demean the government,”

Whichever the party that Sarpanch belongs to, he was right in his demand;

he was demanding empowerment of

Panchayats and in politics we have to listen to our

opponents alsoRahul Gandhi

Congress Vice-President

Avalanche warning for Kupwara residents; Traffic suspended on some routes

Seeks latest report by November 18

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Nov 7: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed police to continue probe in the Khanabal twin killings case of 2010 and

submit the latest report by November 18.

A Bench of Justice Muhammad Yaqoob Mir, while passing directions on a peti-tion seeking proper probe into the kill-ing of two youth Bilal Ahmad Najar and Noor-ul-Amin Dagga, directed the

investigating officer (IO) to carry out the probe in keep-

ing with the judgments passed by the Court

from time to time.IPS officer Udhay

Basker Billa, who has succeeded Shoukat

Ali Dar as Additional Superintendent of Police

With Omar listening, Rahul says ‘Jammu protester was right’Advises Chief Minister to implement 73rd amendment soon

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Nov 7: After claim-ing that Jawaharlal Nehru had

called Sardar Patel a "total communalist", BJP leader L K Advani Thursday stoked a fresh controversy saying

the then prime minister was reluctant to send

army to Kashmir in 1947 even as Pakistani troops approached, but the Home Min-ister prevailed over

him.

Quoting from an interview of Sam Manekshaw (then a Colonel) by senior journalist Prem Shankar Jha, Advani said in his latest blog that as the tribesmen- supported by Pakistani forces-moved closer to Srinagar, a decision had to be taken on moving Indian forces there. However, Nehru appeared reluctant and felt the issue should be taken to the UN.

Referring to Manekshaw's claim in the interview, Advani said Lord Mountbatten called a

Khanabal Killings: High Court directs police to continue probe

‘73rd amendment will erode JK’s special status’

Fresh snowfall in Kashmir’s upper reaches

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Nov 7: Kash-mir’s higher reaches Thursday received fresh snowfall while the overall temperature in the Valley remained several degrees above the freezing point, official said.

In view of the impend-ing western disturbance hitting Kashmir and Ladakh regions, the MeT department had Monday forecast moder-

ate to heavy snowfall on Wednesday and Thurs-day.

T he Met rologica l department officials said the Ski-resort of Gul-marg in north Kashmir received fresh snowfall this morning. “The resort recorded a minimum temperature of minus 0.7 degrees Celsius as com-pared to previous night's 1.2 degrees Celsius,” they said.

Jammu, Nov 7: Heavy snowfall in J&K’s upper reaches has caused closure of the historical Mughal Road and the Kishtwar-Sinthan-Anantnag road (Highway 1B) which connect several districts of Jammu with Kashmir.

Snow closes Mughal Road,

Kishtwar-Sinthan highway

New Delhi, Nov 7: Former interlocutor Dr Radha Kumar Thursday said that Jammu and Kashmir Government should not implement provisions of the 73rd amendment to its Panchayati Raj Act as “it would lead to the erosion of Special Status of the State.”

She however said that state government could incor-porate some of the “best self-made provisions” in their Panchayati Raj Act without touching the 73rd amendment.

2 CRPF men killed in Awantipora attackSearches on to nab assailants KHALID GUL

Awantipora (Pulwama), Nov 7: Suspected mili-tants shot dead two paramilitary CRPF personnel in Awantipora town of South Kashmir Thursday evening, official said.

“Militants attacked a party of CRPF in Jawbe-hara area of Awantipora on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway at around 5:30 PM, killing two troopers on the spot,” police sources said. They said that the slain troopers belonged to 130 Battalion and were identified as Pradeep Ganna and Mahesh Ram.

“The party was being withdrawn and the mili-tants, taking advantage of the fading light, fired volley of bullets with automatic weapons from a narrow alley adjacent to the highway,” a police official said.

The attack came barely hours after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inaugurated a cold storage facility in Lassipora area of Pulwama district, 15 kilome-ters from the firing spot.

“Two CRPF men of the 130th Battalion were killed in a militant attack,” said Inspector Gen-eral CRPF, Nalin Prabhat. The IG said that the two CRPF men were removed to nearest Primary Health Centre where they were declared as bought dead.

“The other CRPF jawans opened retaliatory fire; however the militants managed to flee from the spot,” the IG said.

He said that the counter offensive by the CRPF men made the militants to flee without trying to snatch the weapons of the slain soldiers.

A cordon has been laid and a massive manhunt launched in the area by the police, CRPF and Army. The attack triggered panic in the area as people ran for safety.

So far, no militant outfit has claimed responsi-bility of the attack.

“We are trying to trace out the militants as they might not have gone far away,” said a police official. “The militants probably came on a motorcycle,” he said. (With inputs from SHOWKAT DAR)

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar/Budgam, Nov 7: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Thursday publicly warned the party ministers and legislators in Jammu and Kashmir that ignoring the party cadres could cost them the tickets for the 2014 State Assembly elections.

“There are complaints against ministers and legislators that they don’t pay attention to the party workers’ issues and grievances. I am telling them that if they continue to ignore the workers, they would face difficulties when the party distributes tickets for the 2014 elections in the State,” Rahul said, addressing party workers at the Congress headquarters here.

Rahul, who is leading the party in the 2014 general elections at the Centre, said the consent of the workers would be the criteria for distrib-uting the tickets. “We will consider those who go to people and stand for them and not those who come in helicopters,” said Rahul, wrapping his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

Rahul warns Congress ministers: ‘Ignoring workers can cost you poll tickets’

He said, 'Jawaharlal, do you want Kashmir, or do you want to give it away'. He (Nehru) said, ‘Of course, I want Kashmir. Then he (Patel) said 'Please give your orders'.

‘Nehru felt issue should be taken to UN’

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh at the launch of cold-storage facility in south Kashmir’s Lassipora area on Thursday. Mubashir Khan/GK

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