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Hero of Shopian agitation turns out to be a thief Stolen gold worth Rs 60 Lakh recovered from Hurriyat leader Maulvi Tariq 6/4/2011 11:55:07 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Jun 4: Key character of the year 2009 mass agitation over “rape-cum-murder” of two women in Shopian and a Hurriyat leader, Maulvi Tariq, has been arrested by Shopian Police immediately after stolen gold worth Rs 60 Lakh was recovered from him. Police claimed that a former militant of Hizbul Mujahideen and one of Mauvi Tariq’s relatives was also arrested in the matter of a sensational burglary in Shopian town. Accused in 10 criminal matters, including attempted murder, Tariq-ul-Amin Shah alias Maulvi Tariq, had never been arrested or interrogated by Police for fear of a turbulent reaction in South Kashmir until last evening. He had played key role in mobilizing people and sponsoring a violent agitation in 2009 with the allegation that the two young women found dead in Rambiara Nullah had been “raped and killed” by Police and security forces. SP Shopian, Mumtaz Ahmed, told Early Times that owner of City Jewelers, Altaf Ahmed Wafai of Lal Bazar Srinagar, complained at Police Station Shopian on June 3rd forenoon that a huge quant...   READ MORE

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Expulsion decision will cost party heavily: Chaman 6/4/2011 11:48:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 4: Prof Chaman Lal Gupta today said the expulsion decision taken by the BJP high command against him shall 'cost party dearly' both at the state level and national level too in terms of strengthening the organization in what he said a national movement against the anti national elements and the moves to weaken it. Gupta arrived in Jammu today along with five others MLAs of his camp after over a week's stay in the summer capital. " I have always stated and say it now vehemently that my expulsion from the party is not as simple as it looks like having been terminated for some blunder………there is more beyond it and the conspiracy theory only got vindicated by...   READ MORE   SIT surprises all, includes 4 junior officers in probe team Chopra murder case v IG's transfer order by passed 6/4/2011 11:47:28 PM Sumit Sharma EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 4: Jammu police has included four junior officers in the high profile five member special investigation team (SIT) probing infamous Chopra murder case. The move comes at a time when the team had been repeatedly claiming of having zeroed in on the culprits. More importantly, the four junior officers who have been made part of the SIT include Inspector Sunil Singh Jasrotia, Sub-Inspector Daulat Khan, Sub-Inspector Altaf Hussain Shah and Assistant Sub Inspector Lal Chand. Of these four junior officers, Sub-Inspector Daulat Khan who lost the confidence of IG (Jammu-Poonch) Dilbag Singh following barrage of complaints against him was recently trans...   READ MORE   Militants' beat up 2 Rajouri civilians Police ruled out militants' involvement 6/4/2011 11:26:46 PM Early Times Report rajouri, June 4: Two injured persons who were admitted in Thanamandi hospital have alleged that they were severely beaten up by some militants operating in Mangyote Dhok of Thanamandi on the direction of few local people. Police, however, rubbished the claims of the injured and said that the incident is the result of a dispute between two local families and militants might not have beaten them. As per reports, two civilians Makhan Shah and Manzoor Shah of village Mangyote have been hospitalized in Thanamandi hospital after they received serious injuries. Manzoor's condition is stated to be critical while Makhan Shah is returning towards normalcy. In his statement to...   READ MORE   Panchayat poll grapes have gone sour for separatists 6/4/2011 11:25:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 4: It is almost grapes are sour saga for the separatists when they have started claiming that they had not given any call to people in Jammu and Kashmir to boycott the ongoing Panchayat elections. The latest to join the chorus is the Chief of Muzaffarabad based United Jehad Council, Syed Salahuddin. Salahuddin has stated that his amalgam had not given a call for Panchayat poll boycott and that was the reason for heavy polling. And when one asks separatists, moderates as well as the hardliners, to comment on heavy polling they say that elections have no link with the resolution of the Kashmir issue. To them participation in the voting is for better roads, po...   READ MORE   BJP continues to hoodwink Dogras Dogra Certificate 6/4/2011 11:25:26 PM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 4: J&K unit of BJP, which is being ridiculed by everyone in Jammu province and dismissed as a party of "self-seekers, has declared that it would start a campaign in Jammu against the employment policy of the state government, saying the recruitment policy is anti-Jammu. None in Jammu would take seriously the warning administered by the BJP. For, the Dogras have finally come to believe that the BJP is just "incompetent and incapable" of fighting for their genuine cause, as "most of its leaders and legislators have already compromised their ideology in order to remain in the good books of Kashmiri masters." The Dogras just cannot be questioned for what m...   READ MORE   ‘KC needs to understand JK issue in real perspectives’ Hey Ram ! What a solution? 6/4/2011 11:24:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 4: The chairman Kashmir Committee (KC), Ram Jeth Malani while ruling out plebiscite under UN supervision, yesterday said `Self Rule' was a better choice. While Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reasons to feel elevated for vindication of its document by the Kashmir Committee, the noted needs to do some more home work to understand the issue in its rights perspectives. The Self Rule document claims that it would address the internal and external dimension of the vexed Kashmir issue. While PDP alone can explain what it actually means by external dimension, the internal dimension of the problem, it seems, has not been understood by the party. Jammu and Lad...   READ MORE   Kashmir doesn't constitute state Ignoring Jammu 6/4/2011 11:24:11 PM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 4: The so-called trouble-shooters have become quite active. They are organizing seminars on Jammu & Kashmir in Kashmir and outside. They are, in addition, knocking at the doors of separatists like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah and others. They are also meeting members of the so-called civil society in Kashmir. Some of them are even using the good offices of Governor NN Vohra to prepare ground for what they call settlement on Kashmir. Almost all of them are taking on the state government, headed by Omar Abdullah, and accusing it of adopting oppressive measures to silence the "voice of the people." These so-c...   READ MORE   Pilgrim looted of Rs 25 lac at Bhawan 6/4/2011 11:23:11 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 4: A pilgrim lost Rs 25 lakh cash at the hand of thieves when he was taking bath at Bhawan here today. Police sources giving information said that one Vijay Kumar Jain, a Ludhiana based businessman, son of Vinay Kumar Jain in his report alleged that he was taking bath at bathing Ghat when someone lifted his bag containing Rs. 25 lakh and 26 thousand, one mobile set, one ATM card and one Identity card. In his complaint he further stated that he took money with him to offer before Mata Vaishno Devi deity. Police has lodged a case under FIR NO 11/2011 in this connection. However till late hours no arrest has been made....   READ MORE   Bus hits tree, 15 pilgrims injured 6/4/2011 11:22:32 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 4: At least fifteen pilgrims suffered injuries when a rashly driven bus collided with a tree in Nagrota on Jammu-Srinagar national highway here today. Giving details, police said, a bus bearing registration number JK02AD-8601 which was coming from Katra to Jammu collided with a tree on reaching here at Balani Pul area of Nagrota in which fifteen persons suffered injuries. Before the police could swing into action, police said that the accused driver of the bus fled away with his vehicle from the spot, leaving injured persons. On receiving information, police rushed to the spot and they shifted them to the Government Medical College Hospital Jammu for advanc...   READ MORE   12 class girl student returns married 6/4/2011 11:21:47 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 4: A 12th class girl student whose missing report was lodged with Pacca Danga police on Friday appeared with her hubby before police with legal marriage certificates. Bharat Ji of Mishri Wala , the father of the girl student, lodged written report with the police that her daughter Pooja Bhut (19) who came to appear in the 12th class private exams did not return home. While police after lodging case was investigating the matter, the girl appeared before police with legal marriage certificates. Police sources informed that her father had been apprised about the incident....   READ MORE

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