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| 2 former Mayors clash over Gandhi Nagar candidature | | | | Sandeep Bhat
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 15: The BJP has finally fielded former Mayor Kavinder Gupta from Gandhi Nagar constituency. However, this did not go well with a section of BJP workers who were present at the felicitation function held in honour of Ajatshatru Singh who recently joined BJP.
The agitated workers who wanted Manmohan Choudhury to represent the prestigious constituency chanted slogans against the party. Manmohan left the function midway.
Earlier, both former Mayors Kavinder Gupta and Manmohan Choudhary felicitated Ajatshatru Singh but as soon as the news of candidature of Kavinder Gupta came, Manmohan Choudhary along with his supporters left the venue midway and c... | |
| | | | Registration of transport agencies denied to women | | Commercial Taxes deptt accused of gender bias | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 15: The Commercial Taxes department has different yardsticks for men and women. While males get the registration of transport agencies, women are denied this right.
According to circular number 3/Reader/VAT/103-59/CCT dated 9/4/2014, issued by Department of Commercial Taxes, it has been explicitly mentioned that no fresh registration of Transport agency, should be granted, more particularly where proprietor/owner was a female, without prior approval of the Commissioner Commercial Taxes.
The circular further read as, "The Deputy Commissioner Commercial Taxes (V&I) Jammu/Srinagar are sanitize to monitor the conduct of transport agencies and shoul... | |
| | | | Juniors run 19 police stations in Jammu region, reveals RTI | | | |
Bivek Mathur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 15: Out of more than 100 police stations in Jammu region, 19 are being run by the junior officers, including sub-inspectors, additional sub-inspectors and probationary sub-Inspectors, the RTI has revealed.
In a reply to an RTI filed by this scribe seeking details of total number of SIs/ASIs and other juniors holding charge of SHOs in Jammu province, the Public Information Officer (PIO), Zonal Police Headquarter (ZPHQ) Jammu has said: "There is no police station in Jammu, Poonch and newly created Ramban district where a junior is holding charge of SHO whereas the border Rajouri district is having maximum number of 7 Police Stations being... | |
| | | | "Cumbersome procedure to get accommodation debarring attendants from Sarai" | | Purpose of constructing Attendant Sarai for GMC attendants defeated | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 15: The purpose of constructing Attendant Sarai at Maheshpura Chowk for attendants of patients, visiting Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu, has reportedly been defeated as negligible number of attendants get the benefit of the Sarai.
The Honorary Secretary RC Puri of Red Cross Society, who is looking after the Sarai claims that nearly 50 patients have been availing the facility on monthly basis but contesting his claims Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital Dr. Ghanshyam Dev Gupta claimed that not more than half dozen attendants from GMC have availed the benefit of Sarai.
Pertinently, Attendant Sarai at Mahe... | |
| | | | PC, BJP nominate same candidate for Dooru Shahabad | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 15: Peoples Conference led by Sajad Gani Lone and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) have given mandate to a same candidate for the forthcoming Assembly elections from south Kashmir's Dooru Shahabad constituency.
The Peoples Conference which issued the second list of its candidates on Friday had nominated Advocate Suhail Malik Dy Advocate General Supreme Court of India from Dooru Shahabad.
While the BJP which issued another list of candidates today nominated Suhail Malik from the same constituency.
Sources told Early Times that Malik, son of former Director news Doordarshan and Radio Kashmir, recently joined the Peoples Conference following which party g... | |
| | | | Without proper infrastructure, five schools running from three rented rooms | | Highest student-teacher ratio, 48 students: 18 teachers | | | Bijay Charak
ET Report
Jammu, Nov 15: Government Boys Middle School BC Road exposes the tall claims of Government to create sufficient infrastructure to all education institutions.
The school which presently runs from three rented halls of a rented building of Estate department mocks at the claims of State Government, as there is no playground for children, no toilet facility besides no facility of filtered drinking water.
Interestingly, the teacher-student ratio in the school is highest in state as for nearly 50 students there are 18 teachers available, making student teacher ratio as 3:1.
Moreover, it is not only a single school but four other schools Primary School BC Road, Primary ... | |
| | | | JU violates Lyngdoh Committee recommendations | | | | K Koushal
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 15: Jammu University administration has thrown norms to wind and has given its nod to a self styled students body JURSEA to go ahead with elections in the varsity campus on Monday.
If the elections are held the JU administration would violate the recommendations of Lyngdoh Committee which were approved by the Supreme Court and the University Council regarding holding of student bodies representative elections in the varsity.
As per the recommendations of Lyngdoh Committee the elections for the representatives of the students in the University of Jammu were to be held in 2006, but JU authorities shelved these recommendations and no polls were hel... | |
| | | | Politically wise PDP predicts fall of coalition, says contest only with BJP | | Cong underestimating BJP | | | Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 15: Congress and NC leaders are committing the same mistake that ensured the rout of their parties in the last Lok Sabha election. During the entire election campaign, the Congress and the NC had consistently rubbished reports that the Narendra Modi factor had changed the whole election scenario in the state and claimed that they, and not the BJP and the PDP, would sweep the election. That they were blissfully ignorant of the people's mood became evident when neither the NC nor the Congress won a single seat out of all the six seats they together contested. It was the BJP and the PDP which won three seats each. The BJP swept Jammu province and Lada... | |
| | | | Chidambaram in his true colours, condemns AFSPA as obnoxious | | Anti-Army NC gets support from communal Cong | | | Neha
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 15: Senior Congress leader and former Minance Minister P Chidambaram, who refused to contest the last Lok Sabha election fearing a humiliating defeat, on Friday made a ridiculous statement that was aimed at demoralizing our soldiers involved in anti-insurgency operations and according a dangerous legitimacy to the dangerous demand of the Kashmiri separatists and outgoing Chief Minister and NC working president Omar Abdullah that seeks revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Under the AFSPA, the soldiers involved in anti-insurgency operations in Kashmir and other parts of the country enjoy legal immunity, which is imperative.
Chidamb... | |
| | | | PDP gets shot in arm as APSCC decides to support it in Assembly elections | | NC, Congress, BJP candidates set to be rejected | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 15: In a major jolt to the leading mainstream parties like National Conference, Congress and BharatiyaJanta Party (BJP) the All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) today came out in support of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates for the assembly elections starting from November 25.
Addressing a press conference here, APSCC Chairman, Jagmohan Singh Raina said that National Conference-Congress coalition government virtually ditched the Sikh community and deprived them of the benefits which were due to them as a minority community. He said the leaders of both these parties have exploited the Sikhs while doing nothing for thei... | |
| | | | They have entered into poll fray hoping to achieve +44 mission | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu,Nov 15 :-They have joined the poll fray hoping against hope.This is the state of mind of candidates belonging to the PDP,theNC,the Congress and the BJP.With its aim to achieve +44 mission the BJP has left its doors open for bigwigs to join the party.It has already admitted Ajat Shatru Singh,who belonged to the National Conference,and had won from Nagrota Constituency in 1996.In 2002 Assembly election he had lost to the BJP's Jugal Kishore by 67 votes.
The BJP is trying to forge a postpoll alliance with smaller parties and in some cases there seems to be a secret electoral understanding as the BJP wants to perform a miracle by either emerging as the single larges... | |
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