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| Polls surveillance: Rs 18.80 lakh recovered, cash found not linked with 'polling' | | | 
Early Times Report
Rajouri, Nov 7: The political activities are increasing day by day with the announcement of candidates as agencies including police keeping vigil on pumping in of money and other materials in view of forthcoming polls today recovered Rs 18.80 lakh amount from different locations in Rajouri district however the cash was later termed as 'non-election funding'.
Pertinent to mention that various committees too have constituted by the District Election Officer to monitor the... | |
| | | | Amidst allegation of selling mandates, BJP's national general secretary to visit Jammu today | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: As allegation of selling BJP mandates gaining momentum in different parts of Jammu region, national general secretary of BJP, Ram Lal along with an another senior leader of the party is visiting Jammu tomorrow to look into the matter. Ram Lal, who is general secretary (organisation) is known for taking strict action on corruption allegations.
Credible sources in the BJP said that reports of protests against wrong distribution of seats as well as allegation of selling of party mandates have reached New Delhi. As soon as the reports reached Delhi that some workers have levelled allegations that mandates of some seats are sold, BJP leadership took strong ... | |
| | | | Ineligible person heads Engineering Faculty of SMVDU | | Rules overlooked by VC to adjust friend | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: Another skelton has tumbled out of SMVDU wherein an allegedly ineligible person- holding close allegiance with Vice Chancellor, Prof S K Jain- has been heading the department of Engineering, throwing rule book into the dustbin.
Vice Chancellor Prof. SK Jain, who hogged headlines, when he had openly criticized reservation to backward classes as enshrined in the Indian constitution, during a press conference at Jammu, has allegedly been flouting norms and adjusting his favourites on prime posts.
According to sources, the re-employment of Dr V Verma as professor in School of Biotechnology, was recently posted to Faculty of Engineering, SMVD... | |
| | | | Blue eyed JA CAPD promoted to TSO | | | | Mohd Irfan
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: Contradicting the claims of Minister of CAPD Choudhary Ramzan that seniority is being taken into consideration for officials while effecting promotions, a blue eyed junior assistant has been promoted to TSO post.
Sources said this blue eyed official is Pranav Gandotra who was appointed as junior assistant in CAPD after the death of his father, Kewal Gandotra.
Incumbent is presently posted as TSO (Tehsil Supply Officer) at Arnas in Reasi district, being appointed on the SRO-43 in department this enthusiastic official takes oath to rule the roost in department by his close allegiance with higher officials of CAPD and enjoys the patronag... | |
| | | | Rana selling dreams to hoodwink people | | More loyal than the King | | | Early Times Report
Nagrota, Nov 6: The senior National Conference leader Devender Singh Rana and party's candidate for Nagrota constituency seems to be day dreaming about NC's future.
His claim the past six years have witnessed new phase of development and state has come out of uncertainty is a big hoax aimed at hoodwinking people.
While addressing gathering here, Rana called upon the electorate to give a massive mandate to National Conference for continuing what he called the "march of peace, progress and development."
Someone needs to ask him to define peace, progress and development. During the past six years nothing has been done for the progress and development. Roads across t... | |
| | | | Former Congress Mayor to Join BJP in mega show | | Cadre rues erosion of sanctity of Party HQ | | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: With first phase of polling merely two weeks ago, the phenomena of leaders jumping fences and changing loyalties is shaming chameleons.
While National Conference has lost several of its prominent faces to PDP which is on a political crest by most estimates, BJP has been able to attract many a prominent faces from Congress and some of them have been rewarded with mandate as well.
Sources divulge that prominent face of Congress in Jammu and former Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation Choudhary Manmohan Singh who also heads Jat Mahasabha is likely to embrace saffron along with several others at a mega function being organized at a banquet h... | |
| | | | No lessons learnt from Parliamentary elections debacle | | As crucial time tickles, Congress fails to reach consensus over mandate | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 6: Even as the process for filing of nominations for the 2nd phase of polling for the Assembly elections to be held on December 2 will start tomorrow with the issuance of election notification, the Congress has failed to come out with its second list of candidates perhaps due to differences over the finalization of names.
The delay on part of the Congress suggests that the party has not learnt a lesson from its worst ever performance in the last Lok Sabha elections as well as falling of its citadels in Maharashtra and Haryana where it faced a debacle in the recently held Assembly elections.
With finalization of names of the Congress nomi... | |
| | | | NC’s Lone values Rs 7.40 crores before going to polls | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 6: Like National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah, who remained surrounded by controversies after age difference was found in his polling affidavit during Lok Sabha elections, NC candidate from Bandipora is likely to face wrath of Election Commission of India (ECI) due to the age difference found in his polling affidavits.
According to officials, there has been a difference of age of NC leader and Higher Education Minister Mohammad Akbar Lone. In his election affidavit filed before the returning officer for Sonawari assembly segment in North Kahsmir's Bandipora district on November 3, he has shown his age as 67 years while in 2008 As... | |
| | | | Cong-Sapolia devising joint strategy to defeat Lal Singh | | BJP is also not providing desired support to ex-MP | | | Sanjay Pathak
Early Times Report
KATHUA, Nov 6: Dropped BJP MLA from Basohli, Jagdish Raj Sapolia is exploring different possibilities before taking any decision. Atlhough Congress leadership has established contact with Jagdish Sopolia, the dropped MLA has not made up his mind to join the party.
Sources close to Sapolia disclosed that the sitting MLA is not in a hurry to take any hasty decision. Instead of joining Congress party at this juncture, Sapolia has started mass contact programme to take feedback from grass-root level to take final decision.
Sources said that Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad is also very particular to ensure defeat his arch rival Ch... | |
| | | | Six-cornered contests in Jammu province | | Expected high polling | | | Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 6: The scheduled assembly elections in the state are becoming interesting by the day. It is expected that the mobilization this time would on an unprecedented scale and since mobilization would be on unprecedented scale, the voting percentage could also be the highest, especially in Jammu province, where the people even otherwise vote in large numbers. The campaign this time would be intense. There should be no doubt about it.
There are six players in the election fray - the NC and its estranged ally Congress, BJP, PDP, BSP and the NPP. The last two were, and will be, marginal players and they would impact the poll prospects of the NC, Congress an... | |
| | | | Law student among 2 fire at Shiv Temple at Trikuta Nagar, arrested | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: In an incident that could vitiate communal harmony, two Poonch based youth fired at Shiv Temple located on bank of canal in Trikuta Nagar locality and fled from the spot; however, the duo was arrested at Gharota on Jammu-Akhnoor road when they were on way to Poonch. They have been identified as Syed Shah Bhukhari ( a student in KC Law College) son of Dr Mumtaz Shah and Yasir Hussain Shah son of Shabir Ahmed Shah, both residents of village Sanai, Surankote. ... | |
| | | | Prime railway land worth crores encroached, authorities unconcerned | | Official-land mafia nexus alleged | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: Prime railway land worth crores is alleged to have been encroached upon by the land mafia around Railway Station here and by the Jammu-Udhampur track. What is more surprising is the silence that the authorities concerned and police have maintained. It seems as if they are unwilling to take legal action against the encroachers.
The land continues to be in the possession of the encroachers, who have now "permanently" set up their business concerns on it, for t... | |
| | | | 6 reductions in diesel, petrol prices but passenger fare remains unchanged | | Transporters making hay, traffic authorities in slumber | | |
Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 6: At a time when oil companies have reduced prices of diesel and petrol for six times since August last, passenger vehicles' fare continues to be unchanged. The authorities are unconcerned about it as a result of which transporters continue to make hay.
The fresh price cut in this regard was made by oil companies on October 31 with Rs 2.41 a litre price cut on petrol and Rs 2.25 on diesel across the country.
While the cumulative reduction in petrol price has been Rs 9.36 per litre, the rate of diesel was decreased second time in October, which include price cut of Rs 3.37 and 2.41. But surprisingly, passenger vehicle operators have ... | |
| | | | Campaigning yet to take off, people indifferent | | Election-2014 | | |
Bashir Assad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 6: Even though the government has put all the separatists behind the bars, the election fever is yet to grip the valley.
The major political parties , of course, are holding election rallies on daily basis but the enthusiasm is still missing. As expected the election rallies of ruling National Conference are competitively dull and do not enthuse the people.
While Peoples Democratic Party is eyeing on North Kashmir, NC on the contrary is trying to challenge Mufti's in South Kashmir. However, the enthusiasm is still missing among the voters for a host of reasons.
Many people are yet to recover from the devastation caused by the ... | |
| | | | Party rebels will make no impact on BJP's performance: Sunil Sethi | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Nov 6: Bhartiya Janta Party Spokesperson Advocate Sunil Sethi in an exclusive chat with "Early Times" said that rebel candidates who were denied ticket by the party will make no impact on party performance in ongoing assembly elections. In a question regarding denial of party ticket to seven of its sitting MLAs and others that led to the revolt in the party, BJP Spokesperson said that the decision of denying mandate to its sitting MLAs has been taken at the highest level and in BJP, there is a democratic process to decide mandate. "The decision has been taken by very senior leaders, the party has tried to maintain a balance between the yo... | |
| | | | After CEO points out discrepancy, Govt transfers 3 SPs | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 6 : A few days after the Chief Electoral Officer, Umang Narulla, pointed out a few police officers have overstayed at their places of posting the state government on Thursday issued the transfer orders of three Superintendents of Police. The officers who were transferred in Kashmir region are SP Baramulla Zubair Ahmad Khan and SP Kulgam, Muhammad Shafi Mir. "Both the police officers have been attached with the Police Headquarters," sources told Early Times. They said Additional SP Jammu has also been transferred. The Chief Electoral Officer CEO Umang Narulla had directed the state government to transfer these three officers as they had overstayed their pres... | |
| | | | No flood-hit drugs, food items found in Jammu : Govt tells HC | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 6 : No stock of drugs or food items rendered unfit for human consumption by floods have been found available in the market in Jammu, Drugs and Food Control Organizations has said in compliance report filed before J&K High Court. However, as per the report filed by Deputy Controller Drugs and Food Control Organization Kashmir, food items and drugs worth Rs 39253657 have been confiscated in seven districts except Srinagar in Kashmir Valley. The Deputy Controller said that in pursuance to the directions by the High Court, staff appointed under the Drugs & Cosmetic, Act, 1940 and Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006 carried out inspections of 477 Number of Dru... | |
| | | | 'Accepting NC mandate would have humiliated me' | | Day after leaving NC, Sheikh Ghulam Rasool joins PDP | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 6 : A day after saying goodbye to the ruling National Conference former Chief Secretary Sheikh Ghulam Rasool and his son Sheikh Gowhar joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today. Sources told Early Times that former Chief Secretary, who left theb National Conference after 20-years, was offered mandate by the party to contest from Ganderbal constituency. Insiders said that last month, five NC leaders Abdul Rahim Rather, Ali Muhammad Sagar, Mian Altaf, Muhammad Akbar Lone and Devender Singh Rana met the Sheikh Ghulam Rasool at his Ganderbal residence and suggested that he should contest from the constituency but the veteran leaders turned down their p... | |
| | | | India vis-à-vis Pak in the words of Pak diplomat | | Attitude of international community | | | Neha
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 6 : Pakistan cannot handle India and impose its Kashmir solution on New Delhi because Islamabad stands isolated and the international community at this point in time is favorably inclined towards India. This is not the view from India; this is the view from Pakistan and the man who has expressed these views is none other than a Pakistani diplomat Ashraf Jehangir Qazi -- former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.
The other day he wrote thus: "India's greater size and international influence will always count against it. Unfortunately, Pakistan's national policies have seldom had longer-term coherence mainly be... | |
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