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| India to open only one Kashmir crossing point |
| 2005-11-05 |
| NEW DELHI - Only one crossing point on the Kashmir border will be opened on Monday to help in relief work for victims of the South Asian earthquake, Indiaâs foreign ministry said on Saturday. It said the first crossing point will be opened at Chakan da Bagh on Monday, followed by another at Kaman on Wednesday and a third in Tithwal on Thursday. âThe crossing point at Chakan da Bagh (Poonch) will be operationalised on November 7,â the ministry statement said. Indiaâs army said Friday that the historic reopening of the border between the Indian and Pakistani zones of divided Kashmir had been scaled back from five crossing points to three. Indian army spokesman Vijay Batra told AFP that three points would open on Monday. Batra said two other points would open only if there was demand from both sides. âRelief material for earthquake victims will be sent through these crossing points. People can start using these points to cross the Line of Control as soon as their names are approved by both sides,â the foreign ministry statement said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Meanwhile, the Indian Air Force goes recruting among the quake victims... IAF's Eid gift for Urusa youth -- a recruitment rally URUSA (NEAR LOC), NOV 4 (PTI) Indian Air Force has an Eid gift for the youth of Urusa, one of the completely destroyed village in Baramullah district of Jammu and Kashmir. The IAF, which has adopted the village soon after the October 8 quake, is planning a special recruitment rally for the "fit 30 to 40 youth" of this remote place. This was disclosed by Western Command Chief A K Singh while participating in an Eid celebration in this inaccessible village, 1.5 km from LoC. "This is an Eid gift for the youth of the village. I will speak to Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi in this regard. We had done similar recruitment drives in Bangalore and Coimbatore and other places," Singh told reporters here. But the offer comes with a rider. "I am not assuring them jobs. We are ready to take Urusa youth in IAF's combat force but IAF cannot compromise on quality," Singh said adding they have to adhere to the stipulated qualities. |
| Posted by: john 2005-11-05 13:14 |
| #1 Meanwhile the jihadi "lions of islam" do their stuff Gangraped by foreign ultras, schoolgirl commits suicide PTI JAMMU: Foreign mercenaries gangraped a girl who, shattered by the traumatic experience, committed suicide in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir recently, a defence spokesman said here on Saturday. A group of ultras, speaking foreign dialect, barged into a house in Muradpur village on the night of October two and demanded food. Later, they mercilessly beat up two men, tied a woman occupant of the house to a cot and criminally assaulted a schoolgirl, the spokesman said. Unable to bear the humiliation, the girl ended her life by consuming a bottle of pesticide, he said. Police were investigating the rape incident, official sources said. |
| Posted by: john 2005-11-05 13:12 |