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In the News (Mon 28 May 12)

  
  Baramulla
Baramulla District is bounded by Kupwara in the North, Budgam and Poonch in the South, parts of Srinagar and Ladakh in the East and has the line of control in west.
The eight tehsils of Baramulla are Uri, Sopore, Gurez, Tangmarg, Baramulla, Sumbal, Pattan and Bandipora.
The Sixteen blocks of the district are Uri, Boniyar, Baramulla, Wagoora, Pattan, Rafiabad, Rohama, Tangmarg, Sopore, Zaingeer, Bandipora, Hajin, Sumbal, Gurez, Kunzer and Singhpora.
www.indianngos.com /districts/baramulla_about.htm   (1028 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Baramulla and Kupwara are frontline districts north of the Pir Panjal range.
Baramulla is policed by the army’s 19 Infantry Division that also shares responsibility for Kupwara along with the Gurez-based 28 Mountain Division.
Baramulla is also home to Sopore town, the stronghold of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who commands support there with his stand in favour of merging Kashmir with Pakistan.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050916/asp/nation/story_5245505.asp   (518 words)

  
 The Hindu : Baramulla operation ends
Even as the Army called off its three-day long operation in Baramulla in which six militants are said to have been killed, the siege of the locality will continue till the searches are over.
The Syed Karim locality of Baramulla town is still smouldering after fire broke out on Friday during an encounter between militants and the security forces.
Baramulla today observed a partial shutdown in protest against the continued siege.
www.hindu.com /2002/05/05/stories/2002050500790800.htm   (572 words)

  
 Jammu and Kashmir Timeline - Year: 2006
A Hizb-ul-Mujahideen HM ‘district commander’, identified as Aashiq Hussain Peer, is killed in an encounter with the SFs in the Hadipora area of Baramulla district.
A ‘battalion commander’ of the HM outfit, identified as Abid alias Dina, is killed in an encounter with the SFs at village Fidapur in the Baramulla district.
A ‘deputy district commander’ of the HM outfit, identified as Farooq Ahmed Bhat alias Aaquib alias Junaid, is killed in an encounter with the SFs at Thathu hamlet in the Kund area of Anantnag district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/timeline/index.htm   (9760 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior....News Page
Gupta said that turnout was 89% in Handwara, 84% in Kupwara, 80% in Hajan, 78% in Sumbal, 78% in Uri, 60% in Bandipore, 38% in Baramulla, 37% in Pattan and 26% in Sopore.
Polling was not held for the Municipal Committee of Kunzar, in Baramulla district, as all the five candidates of the ruling PDP had already been declared as elected unopposed.
Pointing towards heavy-turn-out in Baramulla and Kupwara districts, where polling was held today, the PCC chief asserted, "we have succeeded in frustrating designs of Hurriyat Conference to sabotage democratic exercise by giving call of boycotting elections".
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05jan30/news.htm   (4990 words)

  
 The Hindu : Congress, PDP wrangle over Baramulla
Electioneering is yet to gain momentum in Jammu and Kashmir but much heat is being generated over the North Kashmir constituency of Baramulla where the two main partners of the ruling coalition seem set on a collision course.
Baramulla is equally important for the opposition National Conference.
Baramulla has been traditionally a National Conference seat except in 1996 when the party boycotted the election and Ghulam Rasool Kar of the Congress was elected.
www.hindu.com /2004/03/20/stories/2004032003591300.htm   (634 words)

  
 Baramulla snowfall disrupts city life : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
With no measures to drain the water from the roads in Baramulla, roads have virtually been converted into drains, with vast amounts of water flowing on both sides of the road.
Though the Baramulla Municipal Council started construction of a drain on the national highway to drain the stagnated water of rain and snow in summer this year, it has not been completed.
Despite the assurances given by the district administration, no officer was there to monitor the rates of essential commodities, nor was any officer of the Baramulla Municipal Council seen arranging for the removal of the flowing water from the roads of Baramulla.
hindustantimes.com /news/181_1860036,000900010002.htm   (579 words)

  
 The Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Government, India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
At Baramulla on 19th July a woman who had come to attend the marriage of her relatives was shot dead by militants in the middle of the ceremony.
Aliqa Begum w/o Bashir Ahmed at Magam Baramulla.
Rasool Lone kidnapped earlier from Nadihal Baramulla was recovered from the road-side at Srinagar.
jammukashmir.nic.in /view/july132k1.htm   (12418 words)

  
 Asia Times
Although this figure is lower than the 61 percent turnout officially claimed in these five districts in the 1996 Assembly election, the current turnout is being hailed as a real achievement as unlike in 1996, this time voters were by and large not coerced by security forces to vote.
The town of Sopore (Baramulla district), the stronghold of jailed Hurriyat hardliner, Ali Shah Geelani, registered a dismal 3-5 percent turnout.
However, if Baramulla turned its back on the ballot box, the mood in Kupwara - often called the "‘gateway of militancy" - was very different, where voters stood in long lines for hours, braving bullets to exercise their franchise.
www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/DI20Df07.html   (1399 words)

  
 Baramulla
Workshops will be conducted in each of the three districts of Jammu and Kashmir (Baramulla, Kupwara, Pulwama) sensitizing teachers to the needs of the high-shool children.
Baramulla and Kupwara are the two worst affected districts from the earthquake.
Of the 8 sub-divisions (tehsil) of Baramulla district, Uri is worst affected followed by Baramulla and Sopore.
www.indianngos.com /districts/baramulla.htm   (267 words)

  
 Tales of Kashmir by Somnath Dhar
Speaking to the people of Baramulla on the 12th November, 1947, Prime Minister Nehru and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah paid glowing tributes to the deeds of valour and consequent martyrdom of Mir Maqbool Sherwani, the hero of Baramulla.
Sherwani coordinated the programme of the Baramulla branch of National Conference with its parent body whose headquarters was at Srinagar.
He left Baramulla for Srinagar on his motor cycle at the very last hour after he had personally attended to the safe evacuation of a large part of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh population who thus escaped the indiscriminate fury of the vandals.
www.ikashmir.net /taleskashmir/9.html   (2679 words)

  
 Chronology of killings in Jammu and Kashmir during October, 2006
The slain terrorists are identified as 'Chief Commander of Operations' Abu Ma'az alias Cheema alias Muzammil, who had masterminded the massacre of 24 Kashmiri Pandits at Nadimarg village in the Pulwama district on March 23, 2003, and 'Divisional ommander' Abu Qasim.
Official sources said that the overnight search operation in the Ismarg-Bagtoor area of Gurez sector in Baramulla district, culminated in a gun-battle in which two unidentified terrorists are killed by the SFs.
Noor Mohammed alias Javed Burqi, a HM 'divisional commander', reportedly a close associate of the Pakistan-based HM chief Syed Salahuddin, is shot dead by the SF personnel in the Bhaderwah area of Doda district.
news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061110/504423.html   (1280 words)

  
 Unjustified Killings in Kashmir - Page 2
BANNER BARAMULLA - 29.1.94, the forces during a raid in a house killed two persons and the name of one killed by the forces was Nisar Ahmad Khan alias Ashiq Hussan R/O Rafiabad, of Baramulla district.
TANGDAR BARAMULLA - 17.2.94, the forces cordoned off the area in the wee hours and instead of making any effort to arrest the persons fired on a house and killed four persons namely Abdul Majid War son of Ghulam Ahmad, Mushtaq Ahmad Lone son of Abdul Rahman, Mohd Altaf Dar son of Mohd.
DELINA BARAMULLA - 7.3.94, due to the firing by the forces during crackdown operations two persons, namely, Ayaz Beag and Bashir Ahmad Magry of Baramulla district were killed.
www.ummah.net /kashmir/atroc/unjkil2.htm   (2459 words)

  
 Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan
The Congress candidate in Baramulla, Noor-ud-din Sherwani, was shot dead on January 17, while PDP and NC candidates were targeted in the same area, and in Srinagar.
Security provisions for the approximately 350 candidates in Baramulla and Kupwara have been a logistical nightmare, and at least 152 people are reported to have quit the race before Saturday's polls.
In Baramulla alone, 83 candidates withdrew after Sherwani's killing, while 23 pulled out in Srinagar city after the grenade attack on an NC rally at Alamgari Bazaar on January 15, in which three political activists were killed.
www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/GB02Df01.html   (1258 words)

  
 Who changed the face of '47 war? - World Affairs Board
BARAMULLA: Small deeds of courage indulged in by the common folk have changed the complexion of battles all over the world.
Hardly anybody outside Baramulla has heard of Mohd Maqbool Sherwani, or how he died and the decisive role he played in saving Srinagar from falling to Pakistani raiders who attacked Kashmir in the year of Independence.
Sherwani was a gutsy boy of 19 who single-handedly thwarted the advance of thousands of raiders (Kabailis) from Baramulla, thereby giving valuable time to the Indian Army to land in Srinagar and prevent an ignominious defeat.
www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=7622   (494 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
Baramulla has 619 hyper-sensitive and 526 sensitive polling stations, while in Jammu the number of hyper-sensitive polling stations is 246 and 476 are sensitive.
The coalition partners of the PDP and Congress have crossed swords in the Baramulla constituency where the prominent candidates are Mr Abdul Rasheed Shaheen (NC), Mr Ghulam Rasool Kar (Congress) and Mr Nizam-ud-din Bhat (PDP).
Meanwhile, a report from Baramulla said on the eve of polling in the constituency, spread over 15 assembly segments, Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashker-e-Toiba posters had appeared in some areas asking people to stay away from the election process.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040420/j&k.htm   (1181 words)

  
 Student Killed By Militants In Baramulla
Srinagar: A student of 12th standard was killed in a militancy related incident in Baramulla district.
Zahoor, a 12th class student was killed on the spot and the militants managed to flee from this place.
In a similar raid two hand grenades and ammunition were recovered from a militant hideout in Anantnag district.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2004/kashmir20041127c.html   (238 words)

  
 Kashmir Earthquake Relief (KER)
The journey is a riveting experience: following a road through Baramulla which is lined on both sides by towering poplar trees, endless paddy fields, and half-dormant villages.
Baramulla was the main gateway for the Valley to the outside world.
We imagine a time when the area was a bustling crossroads of trade and ideas, with hundreds of tongas (horse-drawn carts) plying the roads and doongas (long wooden boats) full of produce making their way to Sopore on the calm waters of the Jhelum.
www.kashmirrelief.org /dispatch02.html   (1654 words)

  
 Cong, PDP row over Baramulla seat - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Baramulla constituency and Panthers Party leader Bhim Singh are proving to be thorns in the Congress party’s ambitions of striking it rich in the upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The PDP wants to field its candidate from there while the Congress argues that such a development would mean the Congress is being told to abandon its political presence in the Kashmir Valley.
This leaves the fate of Baramulla undecided out of the six seats Jammu and Kashmir has in the Lok Sabha.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/Mar082004/n4.asp   (567 words)

  
 Project ZAAN: Information Digest - Vol. 1
Baramulla is situated on both the banks of Vitasta.
On the left bank are situated the Shrine of Janbaaz Sahib at Khanapora and Devibal, the famous sacred spring of Shailaputri.
Baramulla town is the headquarter of Baramulla district.
www.zaan.net /vol2/8.html   (1080 words)

  
 Seven injured in grenade blast in Baramulla
At least seven persons were injured when a militant threw a grenade at the security forces in Baramulla district on Tuesday, officials said.
The incident happened at Azadgunj area of the town, which is 55 km from Srinagar, around 11 am.
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www.rediff.com /news/2006/dec/05jk.htm   (87 words)

  
 4 Lashkar terrorists arrested in Baramulla : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Security forces have arrested four Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who were planning a suicide attack in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir to disrupt the forthcoming assembly bypolls, defence sources said on Monday.
Terrorists, identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Aijaz Ahmad Shah and Samiullah Shah, were arrested in Baramulla district on Sunday and have confessed to planning a suicide attack on security forces in Sangrama area of the district, the sources said.
They said terrorists told their interrogators that the objective behind the suicide attack was to instil fear among the people against voting during the April 24 bypoll in the three assembly segments of the district.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1671552,000900010002.htm   (203 words)

  
 Major incidents of terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir
November 25: The overnight gun-battle between terrorists and SFs at Rampur in the Bandipore area of Baramulla district claimed the lives of four soldiers of 2-Grenadiers and one Police Constable, even as two more soldiers were left wounded and all the holed up terrorists managed to escape from the cordoned area.
July 31: Four Pakistani infiltrators are killed during an encounter with the SF personnel near the LoC in Gurez Sector of Baramulla district.
June 29: Troops kill eight infiltrators, suspected to be Pakistani cadres of the LeT outfit, in an ambush at Hema on the LoC in the Keran sector of Kupwara district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/data_sheets/majorincidents.htm   (6531 words)

  
 News Headings
Dr S.P. Vaid, DIG, Baramulla and Kupwara districts, has been admitted to Army Hospital here where his condition is stated to be out of danger.
One of his escorts, a constable of the CRPF died on the spot and two other constables were injured in the attack.
The vehicle in which the DIG was going from here to Baramulla was ambushed by the militants at Patukhah near Baramulla at about 10 p.m.
www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99mar25/head.htm   (648 words)

  
 Channels of blood money
Srinagar-based fertilizer magnate Iqbal Bukhari and Baramulla businessmen Samir Ahmad Lone were both, for example, members of affluent families with close links with the National Conference.
Police officials who carried out a raid at a safe house in Baramulla were treated to the spectacle of the Hizb's Baramulla commander Abdul Rashid Lone attempting to escape on foot with currency notes for Rs.40 lakhs stuffed into two fertilizer sacks.
In the car he had used to arrive at the safe house, they found a satellite telephone set, which subsequent signals intelligence intercepts established was one of three the Hizb used to run its operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1901/19010250.htm   (1842 words)

  
 THE HINDU ONLINE : Saturday, August 02, 1997 Entertainment 09021287.htm
At Baramulla, the second largest town in the valley, a fracas had to be endured before the party could move on to cover the last lap of 35 miles to Srinagar.
As though to make up for the ugly incident in Baramulla, here right from the outskirts of the city, tens of thousands of people were lined up on both sides of the road to greet the Mahatma with loud full- throated cries of welcome.
Dusk birds returning to their tree-homes were startled on their wings by the shouts of acclamation that rent the air all around.
www.cs.wisc.edu /~vganti/gandhi/aug2.html   (904 words)

  
 Farooq ''upset'' with Army over Baramulla incident
As the Chief Minister took strong exception to the beating of the civilians in retaliation to a militant attack, which caused much embarrassment to his Government, the same was taken by the Army brass with a pinch of salt.
V.G. Patankar, who is also the security adviser to the Chief Minister, is reported to have told the meeting that the Army had no role if it was ''taken to task'' even for ''minor issues'' like the Baramulla incident in which two Army jawans were killed and four injured.
It is learnt that the presence of militants in the Kashmir Valley, infiltration and strategy to fight the militants were discussed threadbare in the meeting with clear directions to all the security forces to work in close coordination.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2002/kashmir20020405c.html   (398 words)

  
 Baramulla waiting for B-day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The translation neither captures the rhythm nor the rhyme of those lines, but the sentiment is clear -- Baramulla is waiting eagerly for the inaugural Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus on April 7 and 'unite' the two Kashmirs.
The general public in Baramulla is also happy with all the development work going on in the township in view of the proposed bus service.
The development that has taken place in the few days since work began has been seen in the last fifty odd years," said Ghulam Qadir Mir, a shopkeeper in Baramulla, whose shop was also painted green.
us.rediff.com /news/2005/mar/26bus.htm   (341 words)

  
 Atrocities on Women and Children
She was gang raped and tortured in a deserted Hindu house and the dead body was abandoned there.
She was raped and her body was recovered from the river Jhelum at Baramulla.
Later, her dead body was recovered from the river at Baramulla town.
www.kashmiri-pandit.org /atrocities/atrocities1.html   (2163 words)

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