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NC leaders cozying up to BJP Pass Wo Aane Lage Zarra Zarra! 1/25/2021 11:22:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 25: The National Conference leaders have started holding meetings with the Bharatiya Janta Party leaders in the national capital hinting at revival of relations between the two parties, a development that may further damage the interests of the so called Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration led by the NC. While the former Chief Minister and National Conference, President, Omar Abdullah has already gone seemingly soft on the BJP on his Twitter handle, his party leaders are busy holding meetings with the BJP leaders in New Delhi. Sources said recently some of the NC leaders from Srinagar called on a senior BJP leader in New Delhi. The sources said the same BJP leader had been camping in Kashmir during the recently held District Development Council elections. Sources said the meeting between the NC and BJP leaders continued for around half an hour. Sources said the two groups were in good mood even while leaving the venue. “When the two groups leave on a happy note it is enough to suggest that something is cooking up,” said a senior politi...   READ MORE

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Omar working overtime to break PAGD? Advises his father not to annoy GoI, concentrate more on party affairs 1/25/2021 11:21:31 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 25: The cracks within the Peoples Allinace for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) have become wide and open as speculations are rife that National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah is “working overtime” to break the alliance. According to the sources Omar Abdullah has asked his father Farooq Abdullah to concentrate more on the party at the ground level rather than focussing on PAGD. It seems that senior Abdullah has taken his son’s advice seriously as the NC a few days back came out with a statement that it will soon start a programme to galvanize its party cadre across Jammu and Kashmir. It’s in place to mention here that the rumblings within the PAGD star...   READ MORE   Director FCS&CA sides with scamsters, refuses to answer basic question Kerosene Oil Scam 1/25/2021 11:21:17 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Jan 25: Director Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department Kashmir Bashir Ahmad Khan on Monday instead of answering basic questions related to kerosene oil scam preferred to side with scamsters. “I am not supposed to give you any information. We are going to rebut your story and from now be cautious,” Khan told this reporter in a bid to stop Early Times from uncovering the truth and reporting facts. However, Director FCS&CA Bashir Ahmad Khan admitted that an officer had written to his Deputy Director about the surplus supplies. “This is an internal matter of department and we will communicate with our officer,” he said. Asked wh...   READ MORE   Mehbooba deputes her loyalists to bring truce between warring factions 1/25/2021 11:21:08 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 25: As infighting between two warring factions of the party have been intensified PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has deputed her loyalists to bring truce. The loyalists have started dialogue with leaders who have been annoyed after the announcement of new office bearers. Reliable sources told the Early Times that before visiting Jammu to bring peace between two fighting groups of the party Mehbooba wanted to create ground for dialogue between warring factions. “For the last three days loyalists of Mehbooba Mufti are holding talks with annoyed leaders who have raised a banner of revolt against appointment of new office bearers”, sources said and revealed that...   READ MORE   PDD fails to recover supervision charges, suffers loss of lakhs 1/25/2021 11:21:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 25: The Power Development Department has to suffer loss of lakhs due to its negligence for not realizing the supervision charges for the works executed on behalf of the other departments. Sources told Early Times that the office of Sub-Transmission Division PDD, Doda was allotted works by the two agencies and accordingly the division had to project the amount of supervision charges in the Detailed Project Reports correctly and make recovery in accordance with the rules but it came to fore that division failed to make recovery. Although after taking the matter with the concerned agencies by the Sub Division, a part of the amount was realized but stil...   READ MORE   Avoid police case: Share tenants’ info with cops 1/25/2021 11:20:56 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 25: Hiding information relating to tenants would cost heavily in the coming days as the police are likely to initiate aggressive verification drive in this connection in Jammu city after the Republic Day. District Magistrate Jammu had in 2019 through a notification made it mandatory for the landlords to share details of their tenants with concerned Police Stations. “A landlord has been arrested by Gandhi Nagar Police for hiding details of his tenants, who murdered ATM guard in Nanak Nagar area. In past almost all the Police Stations of Jammu city randomly conducted verification of tenants and also registered cases against the landlords for hiding informa...   READ MORE   Lt Governor Manoj Sinha leads National Voters Day celebrations in J&K 1/25/2021 11:20:50 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 25: LG Manoj Sinha leads National Voters Day celebrations in J&K; administers Voters Day Pledge; inaugurates Nirvachan Bhavan; felicitates officers for their outstanding contribution in election process. Celebration of the Voters’ Day is a reminder to all the eligible voters about their responsibility to participate in the electoral process thereby strengthening the democratic framework, says the Lt Governor LG underscores the high importance of educating voters about exercising their #RightToVote; lays special emphasis on increased use of communication technology to make the voters aware and making the electoral process more participative. LG congrat...   READ MORE

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