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| Omar Abdullah leaked twitter photo; A blessing in disguise for NC? | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 25: With the picture of Omar Abdullah spotting grey white beard is becoming viral on social media, national conference leaders are all set to make an issue out of it.
Several leaders within the national conference- party where the former Chief Minister is a vice President- are up in arms against the condition of their leader, terming it deeply hurting and worrisome for them.
After more than five months, since August 5, last year when special status of Jammu and Kashmir was removed and the state was downgraded to a Union territory, the first picture of the former Chief Minister got leaked on twitter on Saturday. As the picture took the social media on storm, his own party is all set to score brownie points out of it. “See what is happening to the former... | |
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| Centre’s outreach programme leaves Kashmir centric leaders bewildered | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 25: Union Ministers winding up their weeklong tour of Jammu and Kashmir with a promise of development, peace and prosperity, has left the Kashmir centric leaders bewildered.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said that a few Kashmir centric leaders, who during the past one month have become active again termed the visit of the Central Ministers as a “futile exercise” aimed at “hiding the failures” of the government. “Many leaders, whose bosses are still under detention, seem to be in a shock. The Centre sending 36 Ministers to J&K has left them dumbfounded. These leaders during all these years had created a notion that people sitting in New Delhi don’t... | |
| | | | Expelled PDP leader lobbies for ‘GharWapsi’ | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 25: One of the senior politicians from south Kashmir, who was recently expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party, looks ahead to seek forgiveness from the PDP leadership so that he can join back the party.
Sources said the said leader who recently, after his release from detention had accompanied some “rebels” to call on the visiting foreign diplomats from 15 nations has made up his mind to join back the PDP.
Sources said the politician didn’t get “good feedback from his party cadres” in Pahalgam to have been rubbing shoulders with politicians who had been working allegedly against the interests of the PDP.
Sources said the said leader has conveyed to th... | |
| | | | Security beefed up in Srinagar as union territory of JK celebrates first Republic Day | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 25: A day before the Republic Day, in Srinagar, summer capital of union territory of Jammu & Kashmir security was beefed up in order to ensure that the day passes off peacefully without any untoward incident.
In the Lal Chowk and other important areas of the Srinagar city security was taken to the optimum level with police and paramilitary forces personnel maintaining a strict vigil on the main roads and streets. Barricades have been erected at many places so as to check the movement of people and vehicles.
In some of the areas security forces personnel pressed into service sniffer dogs in order to carry out checking of the vehicles e... | |
| | | | MGNREGA material payments’ withdrawal: BDO Marwah suspended for violating DC's order | | | | ASIF IQBAL NAIK
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 25: Taking cognizance over the complaints received from different quarters regarding supplying of the material component to different works under MGNREGA through vendors, the District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kishtwar placed, Block Development Officer (BDO) Marwah holding additional charge of BDO Warwan, under suspension with immediate effect.
As per the details available with Early Times, the order issued by DDC reads that, "Whereas, on the basis of complaints pouring from different quarters enquiry was initiated through District Statistics & Evaluation Officer Kishtwar on the issue of supplying the material component to different ... | |
| | | | Authorities failed to remove encroachment on Tawi | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 25: Contrary to tall claims of the higher-ups, the government has failed to act against the illegal encroachments along the major rivers as the encroachers enjoy political patronage. After imposition of Governor’s rule followed by bifurcation of J&K into two UTs, campaign has been started to retrieve encroached land in some parts of Jammu but encroachment on the bank of the river Tawi is going unabated. It is widely believed that influential persons have been involved in encroaching land on the bank of the river.
The High Court had directed the state administration to file a detailed status report with regard to the illegal constructions along the rivers, p... | |
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