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| 26/11: Kasab convicted, Indians acquitted of charges | | | |
AGENCIES
MUMBAI, May 3: Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving 26/11 gunman, was today convicted by a special court here for the audacious Mumbai attacks that had left 166 people dead.
Over 17 months after he and nine other perpetrators unleashed death and devastation on the financial nerve centre of the country, special anti-terror court judge ML Tahaliyani convicted Kasab for the carnage.
Kasab, who hails from Faridkot in Pakistan, now faces the prospect of death penalty.
Two alleged Indian conspirators -- Sabauddin Ahmed and Faheem Ansari -- who were claimed to have prepared the maps of the terror targets and handed those over to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba for execution of their plans, were acquitted of all charges as the court said the evidence produced by the prosecution could not be relied upon.
The court also held that 20 of the wanted accused, including LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, operations chief Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Abu Hamza, were involved in 26/11 conspiracy.
The court will hear tomorrow arguments by the defence and prosecution on the quan... | |
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| Judgment a message to Pak: PC | | | |
AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, May 3: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that the conviction of Ajmal Kasab and acquittal of two local accomplices in Mumbai attack case shows India is governed by rule of law but sends a message to Pakistan that it should not export terror. "The court has convicted certain accused. It also acquitted two accused. That shows the independence, fearlessness and integrity of the court," he told reporters reacting to the judgement of a Mumbai special court.
He said that it was an open trial in accordance with law and full opportunities were given to the accused to defend themselves.
"I am satisfied that within a year we have been able to bring a verdict of co... | |
| | | | Not possible to vacant borderland for farmers: Army | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 3: Voicing security concerns, the Army Monday said it was not possible to vacate and handover the borderland along the LOC in strategic Pallanwala sector to farmers for cultivation.
During a visit to border sub-sector of Gigrial in Pallwanwala, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand asked Major General GOC 10 Infantry Div K Majumdar to vacate the land so that farmers were able to cultivate it.
The Army informed Chand that as Gigrial and other adjoining villages are located at the zero line, it is not possible to handover the land to the villagers due to security reasons.
It was apprised that the land other than that on the zero line would b... | |
| | | | School children packed inside Auto rickshaws | | | |
ARTEEV SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 3: Throwing safety norms to winds, autorickshaw operators offering chartered service to ferry school kids put their lives at a greater risk-courtesy absence of any check on roads.
Though traffic rules in the city have always been at the mercy of traffic cops stationed on various roads, the autorickshaw operators not only flout rules with impunity but it also exposes the nexus between cops and auto drivers.
In violation of traffic regulations, these vehicles continue to overload and speed up beyond the permissible limit. As per rules, an autorickshaw cannot ferry more than five children, but these generally ferry 10-15.
"It is pathetic to... | |
| | | | Protest at Muthi makes no impact but confusion and divisions prevail | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 3: Even as the protest organized by some fringe elements today at Muthi, the hub of Kashmiri Pandit habitation did not make any impact for the cause it was held, but this cannot be seen in isolation and taken casually in the backdrop of some developments related to support by some KP 'leaders' to the cause of Jammu bandh on May 1.
There were no prominent or big leaders nor was any prominent organization backing the protest today. But still it assumes significance for more than one reason. If it was one set of 'leaders' of Kashmiri Pandit community who came in support of individuals and organizations that have been spearheading movement in favour o... | |
| | | | Interim bail to Jagar Singh | | | |
ET REPORT
JAMMU, May 3: In murder case of Amandeep Singh son of EX-MLC & Advocate Deepinder Kour which took place on August 29, 2009 who died on August 30, 2009 at Delhi, Justice Sunil Hali in a bail application filed by Choudhary Nagar Singh and his two brothers namely Choudhary Jagar Singh and Rakesh Kumar, dismissed the bail application of Choudhary Nagar Singh and Choudhary Rakesh Singh and granted interim bail to Choudhary Jagar Singh for a period of three months.
In 31 pages judgment Justice Sunil Hali after hearing Sr. Adv MA Goni, Advocates RS Thakur, MA Bhat, Pankaj Jamwal, AH Bhat, AS Kotwal appeared for the petitioners whereas Sr. Adv Sunil Sethi and Deputy AG BR Chandan appe... | |
| | | | Three held for taking money | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 3: A defence labour officer identified as Khurheed Ahmed Vohra and two civilians today landed in police dragnet for their alleged act of charging money from candidates during a recruitment rally of army porters.
Four candidates approached police with a complaint that in the recruitment rally of porters at the Akhnoor army cantonment, one officer was asking them to pay money for their selection.
Acting on the complaint, police raided the army cantonment and arrested the army labour officer with a cash of Rs 60,000, police sources said.
Two civilians, who trapped the candidates for him, were also taken into custody. They were identified as Dalip Koul of Mi... | |
| | | | Regionalism within Cabinet: It is better to divide Jammu and Kashmir | | | |
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 3: These are only some of the glaring instances which establish that there are fundamental differences in the approach being adopted by the Jammu-based and Kashmir-based minister towards issues relating to Kashmir and Jammu. They Chief Minister and the Congress stalwarts would surely downplay these differences to create an impression among the public that all is well with the Cabinet and government. In fact, they have been saying so on occasions and asserting that the National Conference-Congress coalition government would complete its full term. But the fact still remains that there are serious differences between the Jammu-based and Kashmir-based m... | |
| | | | 'Messy' conditions greet tourists at Rly station | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 3: Each day several thousand tourists, pilgrims and daily passengers arrive at Jammu railway station enroute their forward journey to perform holy darshan inside the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi and also to carry forward their visit to several other tourist destinations.
Ironically, the City of temples greets them in an unbecoming manner. The moment they step out of the main portico and climb down the stairs , they are greeted with heaps of garbage, stinking and overflowing drains and poth holed road within the railway station premises.
As if this much is not enough to give them a rude shock ,dozens of beggars, enjoying the patronage of loca... | |
| | | | DSP among 8 police officers transferred | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 3: The police headquarters today ordered the transfers and postings of eight police officers, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP).
DSP Girdhari Lal was posted as DSP, Nowshehra. Trikuta Nagar police station SHO, Inspector Vijay Choudhary is transferred to government railway police (GRP). Inspector Abid Rafiqi replaces Vijay as SHO of Trikuta Nagar police station. Inspector Sunil Singh Jasrotia replaces DSP (probationer) Riyaz Tantray as SHO of Miran Sahib police station. Tantray is attached to district police lines (DPL). Kanhachak police station SHO, Sub-Inspector (SI) Jaipal Sharma is transferred to GRP. SI Bindeshwar Singh is new SHO of Kan... | |
| | | | 2 IED blasts rock LoC, jawan injured | | | |
JAMMU: Two improvised explosive device (IED) blasts today rocked the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sub-sector of Poonch. An army jawan was injured critically in one of the explosions.
A powerful IED exploded near a pond at Kanga Gali in Balakote sub-sector at about 9.30 am. Hearing the big-bang, troops of 13 Dogra Regiment from the nearby Hamirpur Bn rushed to the spot and laid a cordon around the area. While the troops were making searches, another IED blast occured near the pond, causing splinter injuries to sepoy Daleep Kumar.
After first-aid at Balakote, he was ailifted to the Command Hospital in Udhampur where his condition was stated to be out of danger. Police said the IEDs c... | |
| | | | Grenade found near national highway at Samba | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU: A live Chinese grenade was Sunday recovered by an army patrol from near the Jammu-Pathankote national highway at Samba, about 50 km from here.
The grenade, said to be old and rusted, was found lying in bushes at Kaeli Mandi where an encounter had taken place between militants and security forces two years or so back.
Police said it seemed as if it was thrown by militants on security forces, but had remained unexploded. The troops came across it last evening while making routine searches in the area, police said. It was later defused.
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| | | | Polythene factory sealed at Muthi | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU: A polythene factory, which was being run unauthorisedly by its owner at Chandan Vihar near Muthi here was today sealed by a team of district special branch of police.
A large quantity of coloured polythene bags and sub-standard raw material were seized by the raiding team.The raid was conducted on a tip-off that one Ashok Malla had been running the polythene factory illegally. He, however, managed to escape minutes before the police raid, police sources said.
Police had registered a case against Ashok, who had not been arrested till late tonight.
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| | | | Bid to loot SBI ATM at Vijaypur | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU: An attempt was last night made by some unidentified persons to loot the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) of the State Bank of India at Vijaypur, about 30 km from here on the Jammu-Pathankote national highway.
Police said some unidentified persons last night tried to loot the ATM by breaking it glass window, but could not succeed. After some locals noticed that the ATM was broken, they informed police.
Police said they were enquiring into the matter and hoped that the culprits would be held soon. Quoting a senior SBI official, police said the ATM did not have any cash in it as the money was taken out after it had developed some technical problem few days back.
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