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Jethmalani equates Omar Govt with Hitler's Nazi regime 'Lawlessness, corruption, nepotism have become order of the day in this Police state' 6/6/2011 11:55:56 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, June 6: NDA Government's union Law Minister and senior BJP leader, Ram Jethmalani, who has revived activity of the Vajpayee-supported Kashmir Committee after exactly 10 years, today equated Omar Abdullah's coalition government with the German dictator Hitler's Nazi regime. While calling for total revocation of J&K Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the eminent lawyer observed that lawlessness, corruption, nepotism and favouritism had become the order of the day in the "Police State" of Jammu & Kashmir. Jethmalani's 4-member committee, which includes lawyer V K Grover, a local youth Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra and Delhi-based activist Madhu Kishwar, whose love for PDP and hatred for NC has been the talk of the town in Kashmir, called on most of the separatist leaders including those from both factions of Hurriyat Conference, JKLF and others before concluding its maiden visit to the Valley today. During the five-day-long schedules, it also met the opposition PDP leaders and families of the youth who have been detained in different jail...   READ MORE

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After 8 days of result, defeated candidates declared winner ET-Poll Khol 2 candidates awarded wining certificates in Poonch Panchayat 6/6/2011 11:54:49 PM Amit Sharma EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, June 6: Believe it or not but two candidates contesting Panchayat elections for Sarpanch in one particular Panchayat of Rajouri district celebrated each others defeat a and victory between two days. A candidate who won elections of Sarpanch few days ago has been declared as defeated by the authorities while declaring defeated candidates as elected. Both the candidates have in their possession certificates of victory. As per sources, a defeated candidate Mohammad Ishaq in Kasba Panchayat was given certificate of victory by the election authorities after re-count. The same candidate was declared defeated by the same election authorities on May 29,...   READ MORE   Murder accused arrested, Patwari among 3 being quizzed 6/6/2011 11:53:47 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 6: Akhnoor Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a murder accused who allegedly stabbed to death his friend yesterday on the banks of river Chenab. They said that a police team led by concerned SHO Akhnoor under the supervision of SDPO (Akhnoor) Mustaq Choudhary conducted raids at the hideout of accused somewhere at Nagbani area and arrested him. He has been identified as Ranjeet Singh alias Rishu son of Kuldeep Singh of Ballan-da-Bagh. Rishu after committing murder of Surinder Sharma son of Girdhari Lal fled from the spot. However, relatives of the deceased held protest demonstration against police for delay to arrest other persons present on the pa...   READ MORE   Mystery shrouds army man's death 6/6/2011 11:47:53 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 6: An army jawan died under mysterious circumstances at his residence here today. Police sources identified him as Vinay Sharma (31) of Upper Paloura. He was Naik in army. Sources said he came home today on leave and died soon after he went to have a sleep in his room. Police had registered a case in this connection....   READ MORE   Youth consumes poison, dies 6/6/2011 11:47:13 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 6: A youth allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence here today. He was identified as Jaspal Singh (31) of Dashmesh Nagar, Digiana. Though police had registered a case in this connection, the cause behind the provocation was yet to be ascertained....   READ MORE   Change in separatists' mindset after breaking of Alqueda network in Pak 6/6/2011 11:35:17 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 6: The recent statements of the separatist leaders appealing people to render all cooperation to tourists for a peaceful tourist Summer this year and also those to displaced Pandits to participate en-mass in this year's mela Kheerbawani on Jeshta Ashtami on June 9 shows a change of mind set among the separatists leadership in Valley following the smashing of Alqueada and Traliban network in Pakistan after the killing of mastermind of world terrorism Osama bin Laden last month. The Kashmiris are not surprised over the statement of Hurriyat hardliner Ali Shah Geelani who promises a good tourist Summer in Valley this year and assures all cooperation to the tour...   READ MORE   119 militants still active in Kashmir, lowest in 20 years 6/6/2011 11:30:08 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 6: Jammu and Kashmir police has compiled data of youth who are still across the line of control (LOC) in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and found out that 325 are still holding gun. According to this data; of these 325, 119 are active in the state since 1990. Data, compiled by J&K Police and Criminal Investigation Department (CID), shows majority of the militants are operating in north Kashmir. Of the total 325, there are 168 local militants and 134 foreign nationals while the identity of rest is yet to be ascertained. A chunk of the foreign militants are associated with the Lashkar. Sources say the number of active militants, categorized as 'A', 'B' an...   READ MORE   BJP hand-in-glove with separatists Jethmalani-Navlakha 6/6/2011 11:29:51 PM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 6: Omar Abdullah-led coalition government took the right decision 8 days back (May 29) to deport sympathizer and supporter of Kashmiri separatists and dreaded Naxalites/Maoists Gautam Navlakha from Srinagar. He was detained at the Srinagar airport the moment the plane landed there on May 28. He remained under police custody throughout the night and was deported the next morning. It bears recalling that the state government had taken this decision fearing that Navlakha's entry into Kashmir might create a law and order problem in the valley and disturb peace there. The fear was well-founded. Navlakha has the capability of playing mischief. Navlakha i...   READ MORE   JI silent over relation with Hurriyat (G) 6/6/2011 11:29:12 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 6: The Jama't -e-Islami seems in no mood to discuss its future relations with Hurriyat (G) of which it is a constituent. On February 6 the Jama't had indicated that it may pull out of Hurriyat (G) by April after discussing the issue in it Shura (Central Council). The Jama't took strong exception to Geelani's biography by Dr Shafi Shariti which was released last year. The Jama't had accused the author of maligning the image of the organization. "The author has tried to project Jama't-e-Islami as a pro-Indian political party. He has further mentioned that Jama't was fed by Indian intelligence agencies. This is intolerable. The book has blown a particular ...   READ MORE   Omar, Geelani, Ramdev and democracy Double-Standards 6/6/2011 11:28:48 PM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 6: On October 21, 2010, some displaced Kashmiri Hindus, along with other nationalists, hackled separatist and fanatic Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Delhi. Geelani, supporter of Kashmiri separatists and Maoist terrorists Arundhati Roy, Maoist Barbara Rao and a few others had assembled in New Delhi to take part in an out-and-out anti-India seminar. Both Geelani and Roy did succeed in airing highly outrageous anti-India views. Geelani condemned India and demanded freedom for Kashmir and Roy also demanded "freedom for Kashmir" from what she contemptuously dismissed as "bhukhe-nange Hindustan." The Congress-led UPA Government took action against the nationalist p...   READ MORE   Man shot dead in Lal Chowk 6/6/2011 11:27:33 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, June 6: A policeman takes position next to the body of a man who was shot dead by an unidentified gunman near Pratap Park in Srinagar. Mohammad Afzal Khan, a middle aged man, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman near Pratap Park in Lal Chowk in broad day light on Monday. Afzal son of Samandar Khan of Nihalpora, Sopore, was shot in his head from a point blank range resulting in his on spot death. "We did not see who fired at the man as we thought it was a tyre burst," a shopkeeper told Kashmir Dispatch. Eyewitnesses said Afzal died on spot as he received a bullet in his head. "We haven't been able to identify the assailant, he was wearing a black shirt,"...   READ MORE   6 year old among 2 dead, 7 others injured 6/6/2011 11:27:00 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 6: A woman died on spot while a 6 years old boy succumbed to injuries in head on collision that occurred between two vehicles here at Lambari area of Sunderbani tehsil. In the incident, 7 other persons received injuries and are being treated in GMC. Incident occurred here on Monday, when a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK08A-5938 which was on its way to Poonch from Jammu collided with an Alto car (DLCAG-3966) coming from opposite direction. In the incident a 44 years old lady namely Kiran Suri wife of Rajnish Suri of Rehari died on spot. Sources said that the injured were shifted to Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu for advance treatme...   READ MORE   Property worth lakhs gutted in GMC&H 6/6/2011 11:26:16 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 6: Property worth lakhs which including beds, trolleys and chairs burnt to ashes in an accidental fire that broke out in the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) here today. The fire broke out in the corridors near the Spinal ward in GMCH around 7 pm where the scrap items, including useless bed, trollies, and chairs were dumped. The fire and emergency services department, eyewitnesses said, pressed into services which took two hours to extinguish the fire. The reason behind the accidental fire has not been confirmed till late hours. However, police has registered a case in this connection and is investigating the matter....   READ MORE

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