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| Centre ridicules Mulayam Yadav's 'unwarranted verdict' | | UP CM is batting for SIMI | | | NEW DELHI, JULY 14: The governmentof India has taken strong exception to what is described as the "unwarranted verdict" by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, on the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). SIMI, according to Mulayam Yadav, is not a terrorist organisation.
The Centre banned the SIMI in September 2001. Between then and now Mulayam Singh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party (SP) appeared totally unwilling to pick up cudgels with the Centre against the ban. Mulayam Yadav's pro-SIMI stance is the outcome of the tremendous importance of Muslim votebank in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
And as all eyes are focused on the upcoming Assembly polls in UP, Mulayam Yadav seems unwilling to endorse the government of India's views against the SIMI's "sinister" role in recent times. A senior Ministerial source commented on Friday in the course of an informal chat with EARLY TIMES: "Worse still, UP Chiefr Minister has brushed aside the Centre's directive to clamp down on SIMI for its supected involvement in the July 11 Mumbai carnage".
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| For police,not for sale,is on sale in Jammu market | | | | Jammu,July 14: Whatever may be the reason rain coats,meant for the police,are on sale in some shops in the city of temples.
After receiving a tip a team of Kashmir Independent Press,posing as customers,purchased a rain coat from a shop.”For JK Police,not for sale” was stamped on the rain coat.The dealer,before delivering the coat to the Reporter,scratched the stamp despite objections raised by the customer.
The customer told the dealer “the stamped matter will not bother me as it will vanish after one wash.” To this the dealer replied “Yes,I know a wash can wash it out but I cannot sell it to any customer without removing the stamped matter.”
He confirmed that a police official ... | |
| | | | Police treat existence of Al Qaeda in Kashmir as “old wine in new bottles.” | | | | Srinagar,July 14 :-The announcement regarding the arrival of Al-Qaeda in Kashmir is being described by the police as an attempt at filling old bottles with new wine.
A senior police officer posted in the valley told Kashmir Independent Press on Friday “militants operating in the state have strong links with men of the Al-Qaeda.”He said militant outfits,including Jaish-e-Mohammad,Lashkar-i-Toiba,Harkatul Ansar and Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami received patronage from Al-Qaeda leaders and activists.
The police officer stated that in the recent past several new militant groups,including Al Mansoorian,Al- Arifin,Save Kashmir Movement,Farzandani Milat and Al Nasrin,had appeared on the scene ... | |
| | | | Thar Express popular among Indians, Pakistanis | | | | NEW DELHI, JULY 14: The Thar Express has created a record of sorts as more than 21,000 people have travelled on the train since the resumption of the Munabao-Khokhrapar rail route in February last, after a gap of 40 years. Statistics available with the Delhi-based Rail Bhavan, in the last five months, 11,371 passengers from Pakistan came to India, while 10,865 passengers from India travelled to Pakistan.
The popularity of the Thar Express can be gauged by the fact that in the last three trips from Pakistan more than 3,000 passengers have travelled on the train, causing serious logistics problems at the Munabao railway station which does not have the infrastructure to handle such large... | |
| | | | Musharraf acomplishes the target in PoK | | Attique Khan to be PM of occupied territory | | | NEW DELHI, JULY 14: Gen. Parvez Musharraf's Man Friday in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Attique Ahmed Khan, will form a new government in Muzafarabad as Prime Minister following the victory of his party, Muslim Conference, in the July 11 Assembly polls.
The Muslim Conference has won 20 out of 40 seats of the 41-member PoK Legislative Assembly while repolling has been ordered in Narowal constituency of the council in the backdrop of allegations of massive rigging. It is likely to add more seats to its tally when elections for 8 reserved seats are held, thus securing absolute majority in the Assembly.
Latest reports reaching Delhi from across the Indo-Pakistan border, a breakaway ... | |
| | | | RELATIVES OF FIVE ACCUSED IN SRINAGAR SX SCANDAL MOVE CRIMINAL TRANSFER PETITION SEEKING TRANSFER OF CRIMINAL CHALLAN FROM SRINAGAR TO JAMM | | | | Jammu, July 14 :A criminal transfer petition seeking transfer of criminal challan from the court of Chief Judical Magistrate Srinagar to any other competent court of parallel jurisdiction at Jammu was filed here today by close relatives of five accused including DIG BSF KC Padi and former Additional Advocate general Anil Sethi in the Srinagar Sex scandal in Jammu and Kashmir High court.
Relatives of Mohd Ashraf Mir,Mohd Yousuf Mir and Mehraj Din Malik,other accused inthe case, also filed petition seeking transfer of criminal challan to any other competent court of parallel jursidiction outside Srinagar.
Emphasising that there exists a severe and serious threat to the life of counsels... | |
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