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Will new J&K Government probe misdoings of Coalition Government? 11/3/2014 11:31:01 PM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: With new State Government to be sworn in Jammu and Kashmir by the year end, it would be interesting to see if the new dispensation shall undo the wrongs done by the NC-Congress coalition Government during the last six years or at least bring out what was swept below the carpet all this while. New Governments instituted in states of Haryana and Maharashtra recently have reiterated their resolve to reopen cases of corruption, nepotism and impropriety by the previous Governments to bring out truth before the people, and if new Government in Jammu and Kashmir goes by the same spirit, it shall have its work cut out. The six year tenure of the coalition Government was marked by several controversies, many of which were either swept below the carpet, or the manner in which they were settled, raised more questions than it answered. Political watchers believe that if the PDP came to power, it would definitely want to get the mysterious killing of Haji Yousuf are investigated. Though Commission constituted by the coalition Government had abso...   READ MORE

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Would BJP make abrogation of Article 370 its poll plank? Assembly Elections 11/3/2014 11:30:46 PM ET Report JAMMU, Nov 3: Bharatiya Janta Party is likely to mention in its election manifesto that if it forms the next Government in Jammu and Kashmir it would abrogate the Article 370, which gives special status to JK, from the state. Sources said that top BJP leadership is of the opinion that party should clearly mention its stand in the manifesto rather than beating around the bush. "We had clearly mentioned in our party manifesto ahead of the 2014 Parliamentary polls that if BJP comes into power in the centre it would abrogate the Article 370. Why should we no mention it in our manifesto for the Assembly elections," a few BJP leaders are understood to have opined. Sources said the BJ...   READ MORE   Would NC and Congress try to be mutually self-destructive in Assembly elections? 11/3/2014 11:30:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: As the election scene picks up tempo in the State political permutations and combinations are also undergoing a churning of sorts. Friends of yesterday have suddenly become foes of today and vice versa. Some people have been given mandates in certain cases a day after they joined the party and others have been denied mandates even after decades of loyalties to some political parties. In politics there are no permanent friends and enemies. What matters to political bosses is who wins or who loses irrespective of the candidates past, present or even the future. Across the board political parties have this singular peculiar where expediency guides every mo...   READ MORE   After DIG' son, NC leader's ward exhibits power Brandishes AK-47, uploads pictures on internet 11/3/2014 11:29:27 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 3: A few days after the son of a Deputy Inspector General of Police uploaded the pictures about the Dabaang life style of his Dad, the son, of a close aide of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, joined the race. In a brazen display of power the son of a National Conference leader Nasir Aslam Wani is seen brandishing a gun in a photo which has been uploaded on a social networking site. The pictures have gone viral on the internet and have triggere...   READ MORE   Selection of candidates by high command irks Azad Cong infighting continues 11/3/2014 11:27:10 PM Kunal Shrivatsa Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: The infighting in Congress is on a all time high over the finalization of party candidates' names for second as well as the rest of the phases as the consensus eludes among the 'two power houses' within the State unit of Congress- Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saif-ud-Din Soz. If Congress insiders are to be believed then senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is upset with party High Command over not giving due representation to his supporters in the selection of candidates for the remaining 72 seats where names of the party candidates are yet to be finalized. "Day before yesterday, a meeting was convened by the High Command at New Delhi to disc...   READ MORE   As NC rebels fight elections from Ganderbal, Omar left with no choice but to flee Nasir Aslam Wani spoiled party for his friend 11/3/2014 11:26:43 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 3: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah might have given an impression that he had decided two years back that he would not be contesting 2014 Assembly elections from Ganderbal, but the truth of matter is that his one of the trusted lieutenants spoiled the party for him. Few months back Omar's close friend and the National Conference's provincial president for Kashmir, Nasir Aslam Wani shut the doors for Omar from Ganderbal constituency following his belligerence during a party rally. Nasir kicked some of the party supporters when they demanded that mandate from Ganderbal should be given to Ishfaq Jabbar. Up to the holding of this party rally no ...   READ MORE   Inviting applications for 'vacant posts', seeking payments through DDs Fictitious organization defrauding unemployed youth 11/3/2014 11:26:19 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: A nonexistent organization is fleecing youth of the state by advertising number of vacant positions, application forms for which are on sale on several photostat shops, outside University of Jammu and other city colleges. Hundreds of innocent youth have sent demand drafts along with application forms to the fake address. Unemployed youth informed Early Times that an organization under the name of Khadi and Village Handicrafts Development Council of India (KVHDCI) has advertised posts of Economic Investigator, Lower Divisional Assistant Clerk, Date Entry Operator and Attendant. Application forms for the posts are available at all the photostat...   READ MORE   Inaugurated by Kitchloo in cutting haste to beat MCC, JK Cements plant still inoperative MLA Samba terms 'emergency inauguration' as fraud 11/3/2014 11:26:00 PM Akshay Azad ET Report JAMMU, Nov 3: The under-construction 300 TPD Cement plant of Jammu and Kashmir Cements Limited (JKCL) at Samba, which has already been inaugurated by Minister for Industries and Commerce Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo chaotically nearly two weeks back, would not be operational even in coming fortnight as the major transformer, required to run the plant is yet to reach state from Karnataka. Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Yashpal Kundal who was not invited during emergency inauguration ceremony, termed the inauguration of Cement Plant as total fraud. "The opening of plant was done in emergency which is virtually a fraud. Till date the plant is not operational but many pe...   READ MORE   Sitting MLAs, aspirants term it as politics of betrayal by BJP Many leave party, vow to contest independently to give BJP a lesson to learn 11/3/2014 11:25:26 PM SOUR SITTING MLAs: Bharat Bushan, Garu Ram, Baldev Raj Sharma, Durga Dass , Jagdish Raj Sapolia may not hesitate in joining the rival parties or contest the elections as independents SPOILSPORT: Yudhvir Sethi blames Ashok Khajuria for playing spoilsport QUITS: Pawan Gupta quits; to contest election as independent candidate Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: It is not only that the sitting MLAs, earlier charged for cross voting, later included into party fold are alleging cheating done by Bharatiya Janta Party by not considering them as candidates to contest, many other aspirants who were hopeful of getting the mandate and ignored have come out with straight digs at party leaders playi...   READ MORE   NC Govt ditched casual laborers 11/3/2014 11:04:13 PM Mudasir Tariq Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 3: The national Conference led coalition government ditched at last 60,000 casual labourers in the name of regularization. To gain public support after a complete rout in parliamentary polls, the NC government announced fabricated measures to fulfill the demands of these daily wagers to regularize them and hard-pressed the issue till the moral code of conduct came into force, thus playing with the emotions of these hard working employees. There is colossal anger among the casual laborers and daily wagers who were hopeful to get regularized but now there are minimal chances to get them adjusted in different state departments. "We are...   READ MORE

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