Amarnath yatra suspended due to bad weather in Jammu
JAMMU: The Amarnath yatra was on Saturday suspended from here due to snowfall in some places along the Pahalgam route to the cave shrine in South
Kashmir Himalayas.
The Amarnath Shrine Board had advised local authorities that the pilgrimage should not be allowed from Jammu in view of the bad weather.
In order to avoid rush at the base camp at Nunwan in Pahalgam, authorities did not allow a fresh batch to proceed for the shrine.
The yatra has been suspended many times in this season due to inclement weather in the Kashmir valley.
J&K police arrest two Hizbul militants
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, police said.
According to police, the first arrest was made by a joint search party of police and troops of 50 Rashtriya Rifles at village Wuyan-Pampore, 15 km from here.
The arrested militant has been identified as Zahoor Ahmad Bhat alias Junaid, a resident of Wuyan.
One Chinese pistol, its one magazine, six rounds and three hand grenades were recovered from his possession, police said.
Another Hizbul Mujahideen militant identified as Abdul Rehman Bhat alias Javid Kashmiri was arrested by police in Budgam district on Saturday.
A resident of Lassipora-waterhal in Pulwama district, Abdul was nabbed from Mirgund-Budgam, 25 km from here alongwith a pistol, its one magazine and six rounds, police said.
Exhume bodies, conduct fresh post-mortems: J&K HC
Srinagar, July 04, 2009: The J&K High Court has ordered the state police to exhume the bodies of the Shopian rape victims and conduct fresh post-mortems on them.
Severe protests had erupted in the valley following the discovery of the bodies of a 17-year-old girl and her 22-year-old sister-in-law in a stream on May 30. Police initially said they appeared to have drowned.
A week later, amid the massive demonstrations across the disputed, mostly Muslim region, the police registered a case of rape and murder. They have not named any suspects.
Two people have been killed and more than 400 others injured in numerous angry protests and clashes between demonstrators and police, especially in Shopian, 60 kms from Srinagar.
Human rights groups and separatist leaders have long accused the Indian military of using rape and sexual molestation to intimidate the local population.
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