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Rana trusts none, refuses to constitute provincial body Revolt brewing in NC ? 11/29/2014 11:58:16 PM None dares to complain 'fearing consequences' Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 29: Banking heavily on close friendship with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Provincial President of National Conference (NC) for Jammu region Devinder Rana has used this friendship to his advantage and desisted from constituting provincial body of the party for Jammu region. Insiders maintain Rana was posted as Provincial President of NC for Jammu region by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in January 2013, after elders in the party forced him to drop him from the position of Political Advisor, where he enjoyed unbridled power. After being appointed as Provincial President, Rana was supposed to form provincial body of the party for Jammu region. Insiders maintain that Rana preferred not to frame the body. They maintain that this has more to do with Rana trusting none in the party and seemingly finding none eligible to complete the team. A party veteran who is considered close to Rana accepted that Rana trust none and hence, is running the party as one man show. He needs none since he believes it would degrade ...   READ MORE

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PCP for BCom, Workshop on NSS postponed without prior notice Mismanagement at JU's Directorate of Distance Education 11/29/2014 11:57:57 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 29: Unaware about postponement of scheduled programmes which were to be conducted today over three hundred students from various districts of Jammu division visited the Jammu University campus and showed displeasure over mismanagement of Directorate of Distance Education. Sources told Early Times that two programmes of different departments scheduled to be held today were postponed without any prior notice to students. "Two days workshop by NSS was to be commenced today at DDE. To participate in the workshop around 150 students were gathered in DDE block as per time table. But the students were angry after knowing that the workshop has been p...   READ MORE   Grenade attack in city centre leads to injuries to 8 persons CRPF Sub-Inspector, minor among the injured 11/29/2014 11:57:46 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 29: Lal Chowk, the city centre of summer capital of state grabbed attention as a grenade blast took place near the famed Palladium Chowk in the afternoon. Eight persons including a Sub Inspector of CRPF and a minor were among the injured. At about 2 PM a militant hurled a hand grenade towards a picket of CRPF around the erstwhile Palladium Cinema in the heart of this capital city. The grenade was aimed towards the personnel of 132 Battalion of CRPF. The grenade, however, missed the intended target and exploded in the crowded lane causing injuries to seven civilians and a CRPF officer. All the injured were immediately removed to the SMHS ho...   READ MORE   Cong candidate slaps on-duty policeman in Kulgam Sarpanch held along with cash, liquor for voters 11/29/2014 11:57:33 PM Sumit Sharma ET Report JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Nov 29: Police today arrested a Congress Sarpanch here and recovered cash and liquor from him which he was supposed to distribute among the voters in Gool constituency, while a Congress candidate slapped a policeman in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Sources told Early Times that Police on a tip -off intercepted the vehicle of the Congress Sarpanch Baldev Singh at Khanikote here and recovered 19 bottles of liquor and Rs 2 lakhs cash from him. During questioning the Sarpanch confessed that he was on way to Gool from Reasi to distribute liquor and cash among the gullible voters to ensure that they cast their ballot in favour of the Congress candidat...   READ MORE   Internal survey worried BJP as party unlikely to cross 15 seats mark 11/29/2014 11:57:19 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 29: Notwithstanding tall claims of the party to achieve majority on its own, survey conducted by the BJP mentioned that party is not going to get more than 20 seats at any cost in Jammu and Kashmir. Credible sources in the BJP said that party has utilized service of a private agency which conducted a survey in the whole state. As per the survey conducted by the BJP itself the party is not going to get more than 20 seats of the assembly in the prevailing situation. Although BJP has deserted its "sacred" agenda of Article 370 and discrimination with Jammu region to appease the separatists and other anti-India group of Kashmir, the party is not going to g...   READ MORE   If Parliament can't abrogate Article 370 why clamour from PDP, NC & Congress? 11/29/2014 11:57:10 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 29: If senior PDP leader and a prominent constitutional expert, Muzaffar Hussain Baig, is to be believed there is no way open for either the Government of India or for the state Government to abrogate Article 370. Discounting the possibility of the scrapping of Article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the PDP leadership has said the Constitution of India itself was a safeguard against any such attempt. There is no way Article 370 can be done away with without snapping the constitutional ties between the state and the Union," PDP MP and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said Explaining the context of Article 370 a...   READ MORE   Cong rally turns out to be flop show at Mendhar Azad, Soz, local Cong leaders conspicuous by their absence 11/29/2014 11:57:02 PM MS Nazki Early Times Report MENDHAR, Nov 29: The Congress rally, which was scheduled to be addressed today at O P Hill Stadium here by ex-Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, JKPCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz and cricketer-turned-politician Mohammad Azharudin, turned out to be a big flop show as all the three remained conspicuous by their absence. Prominent Congress leaders of Mendhar also boycotted the rally, exposing infighting in the party and resentment over fielding ex-PDP leader Murtaza Ahmad Khan from the constituency. For the past few days, Murtaza and his supporters had been telling people during their election campaigning in Mendhar assembly segment that Azad, Soz and Azharudin would be ...   READ MORE   Seconds Hina Bhat, skips Art 370, talks development, corruption Modi changes BJP's discourse in JK 11/29/2014 11:56:52 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 29: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the discourse of the BJP's poll campaign in Jammu and Kashmir. He skipped Article 370 in both the election rallies which he addressed in Jammu region and shifted his entire focus on the "Family Raaj" and "corruption" prevalent in JK for the past six decades. The Prime Minister not talking about the abrogation of Article 370 and claiming that development only is the BJP's plank indicates that the saffron party has softened its stand on the Article 370, which provides special status to Jammu and Kashmir. During the recent past National Conference and Congress have tried their best to provoke the BJP ...   READ MORE   2 girls airlifted from Navapachi, polling official "dropped" 11/29/2014 11:35:10 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Nov 29 : Even after five days of the completion of polling process in Kishtwar district, at least 14 employees posted in remote area of Marwah here have yet to reach their homes and are untraceable. Air Force officials were assigned the job of air lifting polling employees from 45 stations of Kishtwar district. As per the details available with Early Times, the district administration airlifted 368 poll officials to the remote areas of Marwah, Warwan and Dachhan prior to the polling of first phase with the promise that all will be again airlifted after the poll process was completed but the administration and the IAF have failed to airlift...   READ MORE   Massive polling mars BJP chances 11/29/2014 11:34:56 PM Sandeep Bhat Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 29: The first phase of polling which witnesses 72% polling in Jammu and Kashmir state has diminished the chances of accomplishing BJP mission 44 and particularly in the valley, where party was heavily banking on migrant voters in case of election boycott. The separatists and their sympathizers have so far failed to have any effect on the election campaigning in first phase of polling particularly in Kashmir valley. Some political pundits hint at a tactical understanding between separatist leadership and some mainstream political parties to defeat BJP. In a recent statement, Omar Abdullah appealed to Geelani to reconsider the boycott. The...   READ MORE   Bookies not willing to bet for BJP 25 seats a distant goal 11/29/2014 11:33:37 PM Masood Malik Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 29: BJP national general secretary and former RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav has claimed that the BJP would get majority in the assembly elections and form government in J&K. Earlier, he had advised BJP leaders in Kashmir not to rake up any political issue and focus only on issues of development and governance. He forgot that BJP was a political party and elections in J&K this time were very important. Madhav undermined his own claim when he said the same day that BJP has its "friends" in Kashmir whose support the party would enlist in case it didn't get majority in the assembly. Who are the BJP's friends in Kashmir? They are Sajad Lone, Hakim ...   READ MORE

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