First day of 2008 by and large peaceful in J and K

Srinagar, Jan 1 (UNI) The first day of the year 2008 was by and large peaceful with no report of any militancy related incident.

Officials said the first day of January 2008 remained peaceful and there was no report of any incident during the past 24 hours.

They claimed that the incidents of violence has come down by 34 per cent during 2007. The killings of civilians and security forces had also come down during the year 2007 as against previous years.

UNI BAS YSS BDP AS1818