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Militants carried out Banihal attack, say police‘2 guns snatched from SSB men’

ABID BASHIR

Srinagar, Sep 21: Police on Thursday said the attack on Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) men near Bani-hal tunnel on Wednesday in which one personnel was killed and another seriously injured was carried out by militants.

Mirwaiz greets people on Islamic New YearSrinagar, Sep 21: Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema patron Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday greeted Muslims of the world in general and Jammu and Kashmir in particular on the beginning of New Year of Hijri calendar 1439.

‘Centre ready for talks with Hurriyat without pre-conditions’

Rohingyas illegal immigrants, not refugees: RajnathChakmas, Tamils came in similar manner, were given citizenship: Owaisi

EGI condemns killing of Tripura reporterNew Delhi, Sep 21: The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Thuresday strongly condemned the killing of Santanu Bhowmik, a reporter of a local TV channel in Tripura.

3 injured in border shelling: BSFJammu, Sep 21: After a two-day lull in cross-border firing and shelling, Pakistani troops targeted Indian border outposts and villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Samba dis-tricts on Thursday, injur-ing three civilians, a senior BSF officer said.

Jammu groups ask employees to go on leave on Hari Singh’s birthdayJammu, Sep 21: Several Jammu-based organisa-tions on Thursday urged government employees to go on mass casual leave as they would take out a public rally here to pay tributes to Maharaja Hari Singh on his birth anniversary.

Pak PM seeks implementation of UN resolutions on KashmirNew York, Sep 21: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday demand-ed that the UN Security Council resolution on Kashmir be implemented, asserting that his country will continue to support the right of self determination for Jammu and Kashmir.

Chief Justice inaugurates J&K’s 1st e-courtSrinagar, Sep 21: In a move towards digiti-zation of judi-ciary, the first e-court in J&K was inaugurated on Thursday by Chief Justice of J&K, Jus-tice Badar Durrez Ahmed, at High Court Srinagar.

The court will start functioning from Monday and will use digitised case records thereby bring-ing down paper and space required to maintain the records.

British deputy HC calls on CM

2 civilians killed, 35 injured in Tral grenade attackWorks minister Naeem Akhtar, who was the ‘target’, escapes unhurt; Witnesses say forces fired pellets, bullets after the attack; Police say fired only few gun-shots in the air

Naeem Akhtar breaks down at presserSays attacker was neither friend of Tral nor of Kashmir

IRFAN AMIN MALIK

Tral (Pulwama), Sep 21: Minister for public works Naeem Akhtar o n T h u rs d ay broke down as he addressed report-ers after an attack on his motor-cade in Tral township of Pulwa-ma district. Two civilians were killed and 35 others injured in the attack that took place while Akhtar’s cavalcade was moving on the bus stand road.

1-year-old kid Salviya, her mother among injuredVictims ask: ‘Who hurled grenade amid thick security?’

Joint leadership, CM, Hizb, NC, others condemn attack Srinagar, Sep 21: The grenade blast in Tral in which two civilians were killed and 35 others injured came in for strong condemnation on Thursday.

Rajnath, Vohra, Mehbooba speak to Akhtar

Srinagar, Sep 21: Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday called minister for works Naeem Akhtar to enquire about his well being in the aftermath of a deadly grenade attack on his cav-alcade in Tral on Thursday morning.

Never said South Kashmir militancy-free: IGP Khan

ABID BASHIR

Srinagar, Sep 21: Police on Thursday called the grenade attack in Tral as a desper-ate attempt by militants to show their presence, even as it asserted that it never claimed that South Kashmir

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Sep 21: Stating that Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi’s I-Day speech will be the way forward on Kash-mir, the Bharatiya Janta Party general secretary Ram Madhav on Thursday said the government of India is ready to hold dialogue with Hurriyat and other

stakeholders without any pre-conditions.

M a d h a v arrived in Kashmir for a two-day visit and is sched-

uled to meet Chief Minister and also hold meetings with the state BJP leadership.

New Delhi, Sep 21: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Rohingyas, who have entered India after fleeing Myanmar, were not refu-gees but illegal immigrants who need to be sent back.

"We need to understand the reality that Rohingyas from Myanmar who have entered India are not refu-gees. In order to get the refu-

gee status, one needs to follow a p r o c e s s . None among them has fol-lowed that p r o c e d u r e , " Singh said, addressing the "National Seminar on Good Governance, Development and Human Rights" here.

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Sep 21: Despite passing of more than four years, the government is yet to make functional Baglihar training institute to train young talent for operation and maintenance (O&M) of hydropower proj-ects in the state.

An official told Greater Kashmir that a committee headed by managing direc-tor PDC Shah Faisal, which was tasked to provide blue-print for making the insti-tute named Chenab Power Management and Training Institute Baglihar func-

tional, has submitted its report to the administra-tive department (power development department).

The institute, set up at a cost of around Rs 50 crore, is located near 450-MW Baglihar hydropower proj-ect in Chenab valley.

The PDC which owns 22

projects with cumulative capacity of 1211.96 MW has talked about its ambitious plan to set up another 14 projects in future includ-ing 1856-MW Sawlakote, 930-MW Kirthai-II, 390-MW Kirthai-I and 93-MW New Ganderbal.

Will PDC’s training institute ever be functional?

The report has been submitted to the administrative department and hopefully the institute will be made operational from next academic session

Shah Faisal, MD PDC

Srinagar, Sep 21: British Deputy High Commissioner to India, Dr Alexander Evans, called on Chief Minister Meh-booba Mufti here last evening.

During the meeting, they discussed overall political and economic situation in the state, an official spokes-man said.

The Chief Minister informed the visiting envoy

of the need for a political engagement and reconcilia-tory approach with all stake-holders in the State. She said the acrimony of past 70 years between India and Pakistan has led the people of two countries nowhere and it was time to move ahead with friendship, peace and mutual respect.

IRFAN AMIN MALIK

Tral (Pulwama), Sep 21: Two civilians were killed and 35 others injured in a grenade blast in Tral town-ship of Pulwama district on Thursday morning while as the senior PDP leader and minister for public works, Naeem Akhtar, escaped unhurt in the attack that came in for severe condem-nation.

SHAFAQ SHAH

Srinagar, Sep 21: Salviya Showkat, a one-year-old kid who received injury on her eyelid and lips after a grenade exploded in Tral bus stand on Thursday, is anxiously wait-ing for her mother, Daisy, who is

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