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Kashmir avalanches:
more than 100 dead
What is India News Service,
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 1200 hrs IST
More than 100 people, including 26 children and 18 women, are feared killed in the avalanches that swept a number of villages in the south Kashmir district of Anantnag on Sunday night.
According to officials, the toll could go up as many areas are still inaccessible.
So far, 85 bodies have been recovered in Kund and Dooru areas of the district. Agency reports said that about 230 people were missing. Rescue teams have been rushed on ponies.
The Deputy Police Commissioner, Baseer Khan, and the Superintendent of Police, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari, who are camping in Anantnag, said that 66 bodies had been recovered from Naginpora, Waltengoo and Yechgum of Kulgam and 16 from Bringnar in the Dooru area. These areas are located on the Pirpanchal foothills and witnessed heavy snowfall during the last four days.
Even as the snowfall stopped last evening, the avalanches started during the night and caught the residents unawares.
"A vast area in the Kund belt of Kulgam police district is under a thick blanket of snow," an official told The Hindu. "We do not have the exact number of missing persons obviously because there is no way anyone can trek through forests in such weather to inform the administration."
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Bus to
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the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service had created a new atmosphere of hope not only in Jammu and Kashmir but in the entire subcontinent.
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Akash, India's surface-to-air missile, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea, near Balasore, Orissa on Monday.
NCW demands code for portrayal of women:
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said women are not shown in good light either in news bulletins or in TV serials.
2-yr
extension granted to AVM Masand: Finding itself on a sticky wicket regarding evaluating the promotions of four officers to the rank of Air Vice Marshals in 2003, the Defence Ministry today told the Supreme Court it had decided to give two-year extension to retired Air Marshal Harish Masand, who was allegedly rated down during the promotion process.
SC summons CBI Director:
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Four years after the Government of India adopted the "mission mode" to universalise elementary education through the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA), only 47 of the 100 children enrolled in Class I reach Class VIII.
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INLD candidate moves SC over counting date:
The dispute between the ruling INLD and the Election Commission (EC) over advancing the date for counting of votes today reached the Supreme Court as a candidate of the party moved a petition challenging the poll panel's decision to this effect.
Zaheera to be questioned:
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Nepal cops feel safer in India:
With stepped- up chances of Maoist insurgents crossing over to escape crackdown by the Royal Nepal Army, the Indo-Nepal border looks quite like the Kali river that marks it, deceptively sleepy.
States
Six killed in blast at MLA\92s house:
Crude bombs today exploded in a ruling RJD MLA\92s house, killing six persons and the authorities externed two party MPs, including a brother of Chief Minister Rabri Devi, in an eventful finale to the campaign in Bihar as electioneering ended for the final phase of polling in Assembly elections in the state and Jharkhand on February 23.
Geelani
case: Police offer reward for clues: The Delhi Police today announced a reward of Rs. 50,000 for anyone providing information leading to the identification and arrest of the assailant of the Delhi University lecturer, Syed Abdul Rahman
Geelani.
Goa case: SC serves notice on Rane govt:
Dismissed chief minister Parrikar\92s advocate has proposed that the apex court direct convening of the House for a composite floor test.
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At least 12 Maoist insurgents were killed in a security action at Dakaha of Sirthauli VDC in central Sindhuli district Monday, state-owned Radio Nepal said Tuesday morning.
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CCRC chairman rules out possibility of biased action:
Nepal's King Gyanendra administered the oath of office and secrecy to the chairman of the Corruption Control Royal Commission, Bhakta Bahadur
Koirala.
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An Indian truck driver was killed and one dozen other passengers were injured in separate incidences when Maoist insurgents opened fire at
a moving vehicle in Nepal.
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Monday.
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View from abroad
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India\92s odd couple, Sonia and Manmohan, has pushed reforms without incurring much political damage by detaching governing from
politicking.
The credit card generation:
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Oxford Dictionary goes SMS savvy:
The most common abbreviations will be included in the dictionary as they are a part of the language and deserve a place in the language description.
Overall
Kashmir reeled under snow:
Over a hundred are dead in avalanches that hit south
Kashmir.
Blast killed six in MLA's house: The violent face of the Bihar elections
came to the surface once again.
Newsweek praised UPA arrangement: It said the odd couple of Manmohan and
Sonia was working well.
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