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	Kathua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kathua is the name of both a city and one of the fourteen administrative districts that comprise Jammu and Kashmir.
		Kathua district is divided into 8 blocks:Bani, Barnoti, Basholi, Billawar, Duggan, Ghagwal, Hiranagar, Kathua and Lohai Malhar.
		In a Muslim majority state, Kathua, like the Jammu region, is overwhelmingly Hindu, the religion practiced by 91% of its district population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kathua (883 words)

	Minister's kin gets bail in molestation case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Munsif Magistrate in Kathua of Jammu and Kashmir has granted bail to state Health and Education Minister Mangat Ram Sharma's grandson in connection with molestation of a college girl.
		Accused Nitin Sharma was reportedly arrested by Kathua police on Wedensday under Sections 294, 354, 504, 506 and 366/511.
		He allegedly abused and misbehaved with a girl student of Kathua college and later molested her on Tuesday evening.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061119/512473.html (123 words)

	**KATHUA : Kathua is distrit HQ
		It is nearly 22 Kms from Kathua and 7 Kms from Parnalla (Billawar) on Dhar-Udhampur Road.
		The Historic holy shrine of Bala ji Sundri is situated on the outskirts of Village Parole, 13 Kms from Kathua.
		It is an “PRACHIN MANDIR OF KATHUA” situated in the heart of city (MaIN Bazar).Asha Purani Mandhir is an famous temple of Kathua town situated in the heart of City (Main Bazar).
	kathua.nic.in /ktourism/kath1.htm (890 words)

	Kathua's most wanted Hizbul militant nabbed in Srinagar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In a major success, Kathua police have arrested the district’s "most wanted" militant, Mohd Shabir, a ‘supreme commander’ of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit from a Guest House in Srinagar where he was recuperating from a bullet injury.
		Mohd Shabir son of Munawar Din, a resident of Loang in Bani tehsil, was one among the eight "most wanted" militants in Kathua district and was being searched by the police frequently in Billawar and Bani forests, where he had developed several "safer hideouts" for his outfit.
		Police sources told EXCELSIOR that Mohd Shabir was arrested from Iqbal Guest House in Srinagar by a Kathua police team on a specific information developed by the district police officers that Shabir was recuperating in the Guest House with the help of a Sarpanch and domestic servant of a VIP.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0903/125.html (848 words)

	The Hindu : Army takes command of Kathua operation
		For the third consecutive day today, the security forces and militants are battling it out in the Ghati forests of Kathua district with the Army taking over the entire command and launching an assault on the holed-up militants.
		The Kathua operation, the longest anti-militancy drive of this year so far, started on Tuesday evening at 3.30 p.m.
		The SSP, Kathua, Manish Sinha claimed that all the escape routes had been sealed and that the militants would be killed when their ammunition got exhausted.
	www.hindu.com /2003/09/05/stories/2003090506000100.htm (658 words)

	Epochtimes English Edition-
		JAMMU, INDIA - Seven Islamic militants continued to hold 1,500 Indian troops at bay as a marathon gunbattle continued into a fourth day Friday and the army said it was not in a hurry to end its siege of the thick jungles of southern Kashmir.
		The clash that erupted Tuesday between the holed-up rebels and troops in the Kathua forests of southern Indian Kashmir was Friday described as the longest anti-guerrilla operation in the region's 14-year-old Islamic insurgency.
		Officials supervising the gunbattle in dense forests and ravines near the village of Ghatti, in the Kathua border region about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of Indian Kashmir's winter capital Jammu, rejected the criticism.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/3-9-5/4157.html (580 words)

	Woman among 5 terrorist harbourers arrested (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		KATHUA, Oct 9: In a major break-through, the district police have arrested five active harbourers-cum-guides of the terrorists including a woman from Billawar tehsil and virtually worked out the killings of two brothers in Ghati area few days back.
		SP Kathua Manohar Singh said police parties across the district were on look-out for the sympathisers of terrorists, who were assisting infiltrators in reaching safe hideouts.
		Four more local harbourers of the terrorists have also been identified by police but they were absconding from their houses, SP Kathua said, adding all of them were Kashmiris settled at Khaned, Basantgarh.
	www.hvk.org /articles/1001/108.html (474 words)

	Events: Jammu And Kashmir; Hide and seek; Sept 21, 2003 The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The seven militants, against whom the troops and paraphernalia were mobilised, quietly melted away in the Ghatti forests of Kathua in Jammu.
		Ghatti in Kathua district, touching the Pakistan border, has been facing militant activities for some time and it is here that Jagtar Singh, a superintendent of police, was killed last December.
		When the operation in Ghatti was on, another operation at Sanoor village in Kathua was launched to nab militants suspected of replenishing stocks to those trapped in the Ghatti forest.
	www.the-week.com /23sep21/events11.htm (868 words)

	India calls off marathon hunt for militants in restive Kashmir
		The operations were abandoned a day after the Indian army on Sunday sent 500 battle-hardened Gurkha soldiers into the Kathua forests where the militants had held 1,500 soldiers at bay since last Tuesday.
		Police chief Gupta said the troops who laid siege to Kathua's virtually impregnable Ghati forests were being sent back to barracks.
		The Kathua operations led to the death of one soldier and injuries to seven policemen who came into the line of fire of the militants.
	www.spacewar.com /2003/030908134318.hy93ka3k.html (369 words)

	8 militants killed in J&K
		Jammu: At least eight militants were killed and three security personnel injured in a fierce encounter in Gullak village of Kathua district on Wednesday afternoon.
		According to the police, a group of militants who recently sneaked into the State from Pakistan, on Tuesday night asked for shelter in a house in the village, about 65 km, south of Jammu and about 30 km from the Indo-Pakistan border.
		The police said, "the militants might have infiltrated recently from Pakistan, and that all killed militants were foreigners." The police have recovered eight AK 47 rifles, five UBGLs, one Pika and three radio sets, besides some ration, clothings and currency.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2001/kashmir20010418c.html (263 words)

	Kathua encounter enters 3rd day-India-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		JAMMU: Additional troops were on Thursday rushed to Kathua where seven Lashker-e-Taiba militants continued to engage security forces in possibly the longest ever gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir which entered the third day.
		Around 300 Army personnel were sent to Ghati area of Kathua to reinforce the security grid thrown around the bushes from where the hiding militants are firing continuously at the security forces, hampering their advance, defence sources said.
		Two of the terrorists have been seriously injured in the encounter, the sources said quoting intercepts sent by militants to their commanders across the border.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?msid=165117 (219 words)

	Endangered snow leopard skins recovered in Kathua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District recovered two snow leopard skins from two persons at Lakhanpur.
		The two arrested persons have been identified as Mohammed Din and Ghulam Hussain and were trying to smuggle the leopard skins out of the State.
		The estimated global snow leopard population is between 3,500 and 7,000 individuals.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061219/541786.html (381 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........State
		Likewise a defected leader from JD was appointed as DCC chief in Jammu Urban while the newly appointed president for Poonch has fought the Assembly elections in 1996 against the official candidate Mir Poonchi and later the Parliamentary elections against Pt.
		Mr Asha Singh Salathia, Chief Education Officer, Kathua was the chief guest on the occasion while the function was presided over by Zonal Education Officer, Kathua S Surinder Singh and Additional Chief Education Officer, Mr Chuni Lal Sharma was the guest of honour.
		Working Press representatives of district Kathua constituted its new body with Mr Pardeep Sharma as its president and Mr B R Bhagat as the new chairman.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /00jan17/state.htm (4137 words)

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		Nearly 1,600 families have taken refuge at Kathua, 65 kilometres (40 miles) from Indian-controlled Kashmir's winter capital Jammu, with only the most basic necessities, such as bedrolls, clothes and their kitchenware.
		Police Deputy Commissioner of Kathua B.D. Sharma said that they had no option but to close schools for students in the ninth standard, in which students are aged around 14.
		She migrated to the camp in Kathua on May 18 from her village Sher Parpain due to the ongoing shelling.
	www.faculty.fairfield.edu /sabbott/so144/samplearticle.htm (540 words)

	The Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Government, India
		Known as Gateway of Jammu and Kashmir State, Kathua district lies in South-East of the State.
		As regards the main ethnic groups,hindus constitutes 91% of the district while Muslims form 7% and Sikh2% of the population.The most important minerals in the district are cement grade lime stone in Basholi.Dogri is the main language spoken by the people of the district.
		The Ziarat of holy Peer is loacted in Parlibund,Kathua.It is 13 Kms.from Kathua.
	jammukashmir.nic.in /profile/kathua.htm (747 words)

	Bullets fail in Kathua-India-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		According to senior district officials, the polling percentage in the five constituencies of Bani, Basohli, Kathua, Billawar and Hiranagar stood at 67, 62, 52, 60 and 56 per cent, respectively.
		At Basohli in Kathua district, there were stray complaints of voters being made to run from one polling booth to another in search of their names in the votersâ list.
		Officals said polling was conducted smoothly in the 509 polling booths with no report of any untoward incident from any booth in the district.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?artid=23895799 (410 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jammu, Sept. 5: The army pressed a helicopter into service to locate the seven militants holed up in the jungles of Ghatti of Kathua district, south of Jammu, as the face-off entered the fourth day today.
		The chopper conducted two or three sorties over the forests to prepare a graphic picture of the topography and thus help chalk out a fresh strategy to end the second longest gun battle in over a decade of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.
		A defence spokesman said: “The operation in Kathua has been deliberate, considering that time is not at a premium as also to ensure that the task is achieved with the least casualties to our troops.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030906/asp/nation/story_2338221.asp (538 words)

	The Hindu : Operation stepped up to flush out militants in Kathua
		An operation to flush out Lashkar-e-Taiba militants holed up in an area in Kathua district's Ghati village, which began on Tuesday, has so far claimed the lives of a soldier and four others.
		It was the sheer courage and presence of mind of Varinder Khajuria that averted a major militant strike on the security forces in Kathua.
		He was held captive for several hours before he escaped and informed a sarpanch of the happenings.
	www.hindu.com /2003/09/04/stories/2003090406460100.htm (396 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		His sons were studying in school when they were arrested in connection with a shooting incident that occurred on December 16, 2002.
		The father filed a complaint against their arrest with the dig of the area who directed the sp, Kathua to probe the complaint.
		Then they were shifted to Kathua jail for four months after another case was filed against them.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main3.asp?filename=Ne052904Who.asp (384 words)

	Kashmir Sentinel
		Bashir was engaged in smuggling arms and explosives in his truck from Punjab to border districts of Jammu and vice versa.
		In yet another break through, Kathua police worked out the mystery of an attack on a police matador carrying Rs 1 crore cash at village Marta, Basohli on March 1 this year.
		The kins of two police officers had followed the matador from Kathua treasury to Basohli and picked up a wireless set on the way on which they informed the other militants waiting for the attack.
	www.kashmirsentinel.com /apr2002/7.html (954 words)

	Salle Honolulu Fencing Club - India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		KATHUA, OCTOBER 07 (INF)- A two-day 5th Jammu and Kashmir open Fencing championship commenced at Government Degree College Kathua here today.
		District Development Commissioner Kathua Mr Pradeep Gupta was the chief guest while Principal Government Degree College Kathua was the guest of honour.
		Among others, General Secretary, Amateur As.sociation Mr D. K Sharma, staff of the Degree College Kathua, other sports lovers and large number of students were present on the occasion.
	sallehonolulu.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=521 (2900 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........State
		For Municipal Council Kathua, which has total 17 wards, there are 17629 male and 16478 female voters, including eunches.
		Madan Lal Khurana, Chaman Lal Gupta, Babu Parmanand and Dr Nirmal Singh have addressed meeting of BJP workers at Geeta Bhawan which was violation of the code of conduct, the Congress leader stated.
		For Municipal Council Kathua, Baldev Raj Bhagat has been given the party mandate from ward number 4 while Jarnail Singh and Jasbir Kour will be PDP nominee from ward number 12 and 13, respectively.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05jan23/state.htm (6167 words)

	Terrorist kill labourer in Doda, 2 held in Kathua : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Suspecting him of being an informer for security forces, terrorist on Tuesday abducted and killed one labourer in Bhaderwah area of Doda district, while two persons believed to have links with ultras in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir were arrested, police sources said.
		Terrorist barged into the house of Tariq Hussain, in Thanala village of Bhaderwah Tehsil of Doda district in the wee hours on Tuesday, and forced him to accompany them at gunpoint, sources said.
		Meanwhile, two persons identified as Mukesh Kumar and Raj Kumar and suspected to have links with the terrorist were arrested from their houses in Sounthal area of Kathua district and interrogated, the sources said.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1704120,000900010002.htm (188 words)

	Terror-shocked Kathua polls 59 pc, pulls up avg to 41
		The highest turnout of 59 per cent was recorded in Kathua district, followed by Udhampur (56) and militancy-infested Pulwama (28) and Anantnag (25) in what the Election Commission in New Delhi described as the "most difficult" phase of the staggered elections.
		Jain said of the 11 Assembly constituencies of Jammu region, Bani in Kathua witnessed the highest turnout of 67 per cent while Hiranagar in the same district recorded the lowest of 46 per cent.
		In a desperate bid to disrupt the poll process, militants launched a series of attacks, including firing and triggering bomb blasts, killing eight civilians and seven securitymen and injuring 20.
	www.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=15335 (935 words)

	Pakistan Facts - 9 Killed in Escalating Kashmir Violence
		Pakistan's security and intelligence services appear to have opened one or more supply lines to sustain the militants fighting against Indian security forces in Kathua District's dense forests, senior Indian security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, were quoted as saying on Saturday.
		With the on and off encounter with militants entering the fifth day the ground assessment here is that there are more militants than originally estimated.
		But, it was an alert villager who spotted the militants and immediately informed the Rajbagh police station, 18 kilometers from Kathua town, apparently saving what could have been a terrible situation.
	www.pakistan-facts.com /article.php?story=20030906151422238 (512 words)

	Militants kill 2 of 4 abducted persons in Kathua
		Militants have killed three of the four persons they abducted in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir while the whereabouts of the fourth is unknown, sources said in Jammu on Sunday.
		Militants barged into the villages of Channa Sergale and Rai Siyal in the Billawar forest near Kathua and abducted four persons late on Saturday night, they said.
		The hostages were taken to the upper forest belt and tortured throughout the night, the sources said adding three of them were killed and the limbs of one of the slain chopped off.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/jun/08jk.htm (293 words)

	Demographic and Ethnic Democide in Indian Held Kashmir
		The total area of the three Hindu majority districts, namely Jammu, Kathua and Udhumpur is 10,298 sq KM, whereas the area of Muslim districts is 15,995 sq Km.
		But the piece of convincing evidence is the Indian consensus reports about Kashmir, which are: Udumpur, a Hindu majority district only, 4550 Km in area and less than half of Doda, has a density of only 36, about 1/3rd of Udhumpur.
		Likewise, Kathua, a Hindu district has almost the same area as Muslim majority, the former 2651 and 2630; and yet, though both are equally a mix of plain and hilly areas, the former has population density of 139 while the latter has 115.
	www.defencejournal.com /may99/demographic.htm (980 words)

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