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| Qamarwari shootout exposes militant-stone pelter axis | | 'Cop killers' had set out on a deadly mission from Sopore, cellphone CDR shows links with stone pelters | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Dec 2: Monday's shootout at Qamarwari is leading Police to establishment of "working links" between stone pelters and militants of the formidable guerrilla outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba. One constable and three Kashmiri youth---who were "cop killers" according to Police but innocent civilians according to the ruling National Conference's Lok Sabha Member Sharief-ud-din Shariq---had died in the broad daylight shootout.
Commander of Sopore-based "cop killer module", Waseem Raja Guroo of Seer Jagir locality has been found to have been inducted as Jaish-e-Mohammad's "battalion commander" by top functionary of the outfit Soaib alias Yasir, a Pakistani national. His alleged involvement in over a dozen guerrilla strikes in Sopore area made Guroo a "Category A militant" in 2009. Wanted in nearly a dozen strikes, including killing of Police personnel, Guroo, according to Police records, remained active in Sopore-Pattan-Bandipore belt in North Kashmir.
Zahoor Ahmed Hajjam, who operated with code names of Tanvir and Imran, was a resident of Ward No:5... | |
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| No dilution in BJP's stand on oust Omar campaign | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec 2: To silence and give a befitting reply to its detractors who have been accusing the Party leadership of hobnobbing with the National Conference (NC) and Omar Abdullah led Government in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched statewide oust Omar Abdullah campaign for challenging the merger of the J&K State with Indian Union.
Emboldened with NDA's recent landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP will not also absolve the UPA Government led by Dr Manmohan Singh for backing the Omar Abdullah. ``We have taken a principled stand against the Omar Abdullah and the Congress led UPA for their policies on J&K'', a BJP spokesman said. ... | |
| | | | JKNPP for governor's rule, BJP for social boycott of NC-Congress ministers | | STARK REALITY | | | RUSTAM
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JAMMU, Dec 2: Both the Panthers Party (JKNPP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have upped their ante and unleashed a no-hold-barred propaganda blitz against the National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition government. The JKNPP has been demanding imposition of governor's rule in the state, saying that the NC-led coalition government has miserably failed to establish rule of law; that there exists no government worth its name in the state; that corrupt elements are reigning supreme or on a looting spree; that it has been challenging the political status of J&K by raking up the accession/merger issue; that it is out to bring back to Kashmir over three thousand dread... | |
| | | | Amandeep murder: Another alleged supari killer held | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec 2: After the alleged encounter killing of Giri and apprehension of his accomplice Bablu from Marble Market area on the city outskirts, police today laid hands on another criminal who too was alleged to have taken supari to kill witnesses in the Amandeep murder case.
The alleged supari killer held today was identified as Subash alias Tunda of Akhnoor.
According to police theory, two groups of alleged criminals were tasked to eliminate witnesses in the Amandeep murder case.
These groups were of Giri and Tunda, police sources said.
While Giri was killed in a "mysterious" encounter, Tunda was held today from a city area when he was allegedly waiting for an opp... | |
| | | | When Al Faran vanished along with foreign tourists | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec 2: Al Faran, an outfit that abducted six foreign tourists from Aru, a health resort in the Valley of Shepherds in South Kashmir on July 4, 1995 vanished on December 4. With it vanished into thin air the surviving tourists. Nothing has been heard about them till date.
The abductees, Donald Hutchings (American), John Childs (American) Keith Mangan and Paul Wells (British), Dirk Hasert (German) and Hans Ostro (Norwegian) would have never imagined that their treckking trip would meet a tragic end. Hans Ostro was executed a few days after captivity and the police recovered his beheaded body. John Childs somehow managed escape and was rescued by a reconnaissance h... | |
| | | | Dharmarth Trust outraging Hindus' sensitivities | | Jawalaji Shrine in Kashmir under attack of encroachment | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 2: Where is Dr Karan Singh, who controls the age-old Dharmarth Trust? Is he aware that the ancient Jawalaji Shrine in Kashmir is under attack? Everyone knows that attempts are being made by certain vested interests to grab the temple land, but it appears he is either sleeping or he is deliberately allowing certain vested interests to go ahead with their sinister designs. It is For Dr Karan Singh to clarify his position, stem the rot and ensure that nothing is done to outrage the religious sensitivities of the Hindus.
Where is this shrine and what is its importance? Popularly called Zaalaa Bagvatii, the Shrine of Mata Jawalaji at Khrew is one of the ancient Sh... | |
| | | | Pak Army scuttled British plan of sending ISI Chief to India for scaling down tension | | Behind the veil | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec 2: Would the tension between Islamabad and New Delhi, following the terror strike in Mumbai in 2008, have eased to some extent had the ISI Chief, Ahmed Shuja Pasha, visited India? This question has assumed new interest among the Indo-Pak scene watchers after the WikiLeads disclosure has revealed that the Pakistani Army authorities prevailed upon President Asif Ali Zardari not to send Pasha to India.
The whistle blower website, WikiLeads, has claimed that the then British Foreign secretary, David Millband, had called Zardari and suggested to him to send Pasha to New Delhi as he could "calm down" tensions with India following Mumbai terror attack. Zardari had ... | |
| | | | Man held with illicit liquor | | | | JAMMU: A man was today arrested by police at Nomaien near the holy Katra town along with 18 pouches of excise liquor.
The accused was identified as Sahil Singh, son of Swaran Singh of Smailpur, Samba.
Police sources said Sahil was held at Nomaien police naka while he was heading towards the Katra town where sale and carriage of liquor is banned.Police had registered a case against him.... | |
| | | | People protest after woman's death in Akhnoor hospital | | | |
JAMMU: Agitated over a widow's death due to the alleged negligence of doctors, people today held a demonstration at sub-district hospital, Akhnoor. Beero Devi (65) was admitted to hospital in the evening after she developed chest pain. Quoting her family members, police sources said she died as no doctor allegedly came to examine her.
After protesting inside the premises and raising slogans against the hospital authorities, they later dispersed.
Police had registered a case in this connection.... | |
| | | | Bank manager, two minor boys killed, 3 hurt in road mishaps | | | | JAMMU: A Jammu Citizens Cooperative Bank (JCCB) manager and two minor boys were killed and three others wounded in separate road accidents here since last night.
Police sources said JCCB manager Nagar Mal was going home at Karyal in Bishnah on his scooter when a rehri puller hit him in Arnia area, resulting in his death.
7 JAK Li jawan Rulda Singh, his wife Kulwinder Singh and sons Manpreet (6) and Harpreet (8) were going home on a scooter last evening. Sources said the scooter hit the roadside parapet near Tarore bridge at Vijaypur as a result of which all the four were wounded.
They were admitted to hospital where Manpreet later died. The condition of Rulda was stated to be critical. I... | |
| | | | Mortars, rockets fired as Pak violates ceasefire to push ultras | | | | JAMMU: Mortars and rockets were fired on five forward outposts as Pakistan violated ceasefire twice on the Line of Control (LoC) in KG sub-sector of Poonch and made an abortive bid to push militants into India. Official sources said Pak troops resorted to unprovoked firing at about 1.50 pm, targetting Chhajja Maan, Kranti and other outposts in Nangi Tekri area of KG. India retaliated. The Pak troops also fired three rockets. The exchange of fire between the two sides stopped at about 2 pm, the sources added. After a truce of over an hour, fire again came from Pak's 10 posts, including Chua and Dakku, at about 3.10 pm. Sources said apart from firing mortars, the enemy this time put into use ... | |
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