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Hello Jammu News at 1:50:00 PM 0

Srinagar, May 19: Security forces foiled “ Lal Chowk Challo” called by separatists on Saturday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay foundation and inaugurate developmental projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
All roads leading to historic Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of the summer capital, have been closed with barbed wire by security forces and state police since this morning.
Hundreds of security forces have been deployed in the area to prevent people from assembling there. However, the nearby Moulana Azad road and Budshah chowk were open though large number of security forces and state police personnel remained deployed on both sides of the road to prevent any untoward incident.
Mirwaiz was taken into preventive custody when he defied house arrest restrictions and stepped out of his Nigeen house to lead a march to Lal Chowk. Police personnel present near his house immediately took Mirwaiz into custody and later lodged him in police station Nigeen.
Police also arrested another senior hurriyat leader Hilal Ahmad War when he tried to march towards Lal Chowk in the Civil Lines. Yaseen Malik is already under detention while Syed Ali Shah Geelani remained under house arrest. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 4:12:00 PM 0

New Delhi, Nov 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Acharya JB Kripalani on their birth anniversaries.
'Tributes to two stalwarts of Indian history-- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Acharya JB Kripalani-- on their birth anniversaries. Their contribution towards India's freedom movement and after was extremely beneficial in the building of our nation,' the Prime Minister said.
Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani, popularly known as Acharya Kripalani, was a great freedom fighter, Gandhian socialist, environmentalist, mystic and activist. Considered as one of the most ardent disciples of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Kripalani was quite active in various movements of the country, including the Non-Cooperation movement in 1920 and Emergency in 1970, an official statement here said. The country's first Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is considered as one of the greatest Urdu writers of the 20th century. Remembered as Maulana Azad, his contribution to building an education foundation in this country has been remarkable. Since a very young age, Maulana Azad was a literature enthusiast. His work was recognised through his journalistic practice, publishing works critical of the colonial British Raj and espousing the causes of Indian nationalism. He has also written many books, including India Wins Freedom, Ghubar-e-Khatir, Tazkirah and Tarjumanul Quran.  In 1947, he was elected as the first Education Minister of the independent India. He served the post as Education Minister till 1958.  UNI
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