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Involvement of some police officers also surfaced Ex MLC TS Wazir, his brother Ajab Singh, son of senior cong leader among four arrested 6/10/2011 12:50:57 AM SUMIT SHARMA JAMMU, June 9: The skeletons have finally started to roll down from cupboard in the much publicised Raju Chopra murder case with the arrest of senior National Conference leader and former MLC Trilochan Singh Wazir and two others for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to eliminate cement tycoon, Chopra. The Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to probe the blind murder of Raju Chopra, his wife, daughter and domestic help by some unknown assailants on the night of September 17, 2006, today arrested T S Wazir, his brother Ajab Singh and Raju Simbliya. The SIT action came in the wake of a statement of one Surinder Singh alias Kala in court alleging that a group of five persons including Trilochan Singh Wazir, his brother Ajab Singh, Nagar Choudhary, Raju Simbliya and Sanjay Sharma hatched conspiracy to kill Raju Bhushan Chopra. According to well placed sources Kala was once a close associate of former MLC and now a close aide of a cabinet minister in the coalition government. A police team comprised of SDPO Narwal Mukesh Kakkar conducted simultaneous raids...   READ MORE

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Muslims decorate temples beseech Hindus to return to home for good Separatists join Kashmiri Pandits in Khirbhawani celebrations 6/10/2011 12:50:01 AM Early Times Report Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Jun 9: Dreaded JKLF terrorist Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, who once admitted on Doordarshan to have gunned down over two dozen members of the minority community over directions of his “commander” in 1990, was among pioneers of the separatist guerrilla movement, who hugged and kissed the displaced Pandit pilgrims on occasion of the annual festival at the revered Khirbhawani Temple at Tulmulla in Ganderbal district today. Yasin Malik and Javed Mir, who were among the top four JKLF “commanders” in 1989-90, were enthusiastically in attendance, 21 years after their armed cadres spread a wave of terror and caused mass migration of the 200,00...   READ MORE   NC trying to woo Cong backed representatives in Jammu……..? Post Panchayat polls 'game of one upmanship' begins 6/9/2011 11:54:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 9: Even as the Panchayat elections were fought on the non-party basis, the outcome of the polls is fast becoming cause of one upmanship between the political parties. Notwithstanding the fact they are coalition, the race for wooing more and more elected people towards their end has surprisingly begun in the ranks of Congress and National Conference. Sources said even though the coalition government had taken a decision to fight the Panchayat elections on non party basis for whatever considerations, it did not remain in the spirit as it should have been in that context as almost everywhere the parties and their leaders overtly or covertly supported and eve...   READ MORE   Candidates denied sitting in examination of 10th Private Parents allege School not forwarded exam fee: 6/9/2011 11:52:09 PM Amit Sharma EARLY TIMES REPORT darhal (rajouri), June 9: A private Higher Secondary school of Rajouri has reportedly digested examination fee of at least 45 students of 12th and 10th Private students which resulted in denial of permission to these students to sit in the examination. Sources said that some candidates belonging to National Institute of Education Higher Secondary School Darhal, in Rajouri district who had deposited their fee in the school for appearing as private candidate in 10th Board examination going on these days were denied to sit in the examination because their examination forms were not reached to the Board. These students missed the chance and they have lost atle...   READ MORE   ‘JK Govt bound to seek Major Avtar's extradition’ 6/9/2011 11:51:16 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 9: Three months have passed since the state government said that a team of officials had gone to Delhi to press for Major Avtar's extradition. Major Avtar Singh who is wanted in a case of murder in Srinagar was arrested by US Police for a family dispute in February. The officials expressed hope that the team's efforts would bear fruit. However, while, the government was feeding lies to the people, a video circulated by human rights defenders showed an American top official telling his sub-ordinate that no request for Major's extradition had been received from Delhi. He was accordingly directed to release the Major. The video evoked severe reaction from the...   READ MORE   55 POK guests arrive in Kashmir 6/9/2011 11:48:10 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT srinagar, June 9: Highest number of 55 fresh guests from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) arrived here this afternoon while not a single Kashmiri crossed over to the other side. Official source said here highest number of 55 guests, including 19 women and 13 children arrived at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector after crossing the Aman Setu bridge on foot this afternoon. The earlier highest number was during 2011, 21 POK guests on May 12. They said six Kashmiris, including three women, who had gone to POK in previous buses returned to their homes today after having a stay with relatives. However, this was the second hi...   READ MORE   Hailstorm lashes Kashmir 6/9/2011 11:47:29 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT srinagar, June 9: While as hailstorm lashed parts of Kashmir Valley, Doda-Batote highway remained cutoff Thursday after cloudburst swept away portion of the road last evening. Officials said that the hailstorm coupled with lightning and thunder lashed parts of the Kashmir valley including Srinagar this evening, disrupting normal life. The storm which continued for a few minutes forced people indoors even as there were no immediate reports about damage to houses or orchards. The hailstorm was followed by rains, bringing some respite from surging mercury in the Valley. Srinagar, the summer capital of the state, recorded a low of 15.4 degrees Celsius, one degree above th...   READ MORE

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