The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)

JULY 4, 1984, FORTY YEARS AGO

VALLEY UNDER CURFEW

FOLLOWING THE DRAMA which led to the dismissal of Farooq Abdullah’s ministry, there seems to prevail an uneasy calm in the Kashmir Valley. An informal curfew is in place in Srinagar and other towns in the Valley. The capital is under the watchful eyes of the CRPF, the Border Security Force and men from the MP Armed Police. The army is being kept on alert for any summons from authoritie­s.

J&K’ S NEW DEPUTY CM

IN THE NEW 15-member ministry headed by G M Shah in Jammu and Kashmir, D D

Thakur has been appointed the Deputy Chief Minister. Thakur, who had previously headed department­s of finance and law in Sheikh Abdullah’s Cabinet, will be in charge of finance, planning and developmen­t, besides power developmen­t and labour.

AKAL TAKHT DAMAGE

THE ARMY MAY be withdrawn from Harmandir Sahib if tension due to its presence in the Golden Temple complex materialis­es. Government is keen to commence repair work in the Akal Takht and other damaged portions during the Army action. Arrangemen­ts for “kar seva” are demanded by some from the Sikh community. However, a start could not be made as a demand was put forth for the withdrawal of the Army before the seva started.

FLOODS RAGE ON

FLOODS IN MAHARASHTR­A continued unabated while the situation improved in West Bengal. The death toll in Maharashtr­a rose to six in the last two days while the rain-fed rivers, especially in the Konkan region continued to be in spate. Official sources in Bombay said the Shashtri, Vashishti, and Jagbudi rivers in the Konkan region and Doodhganga river in the Kolhapur district were overflowin­g.