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| Agriculture deptt fails to utilize half of funds sanctioned under RKVY | | Utilization Certificates of last two years not submitted | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Production department has failed to utilize funds to the tune of nearly Rs. 15 Crores out of Rs. 27 Crores sanctioned under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) in the year 2012-13.
The department has also failed to send Utilization Certificates (UCs) of funds sanctioned in previous year and to get funds released for financial year 2014-15, they have taken shield of devastating funds in valley and appealed before Union government to release second installment of RKVY without awaiting UCs of previous year.
Sources in Agriculture department informed Early Times that in a recent review meeting held at New Delhi to a... | |
| | | | JK in for fractured mandate, hung Assembly | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Jammu Kashmir is in for a fractured mandate with no party in a position to secure the number of seats required for government formation.
There is hardly any doubt in anybody's mind that in all likelihood the voters are going to hand down a fractured mandate to the political parties.
No single national or regional party is expected to get a simple majority on its own in the 87-member state legislative assembly to stake claim on government formation on its own.
While the final numbers are being debated and discussed in political and public circles, there seems to be a consensus across the board that no single political party has been able to generate a ... | |
| | | | Immaterial; just for sycophancy, appeasement of NC leadership | | Hiding foundation stone in JU! | | | ET Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Installation of foundation stone which should have been ideally mark of respect and honour for the man who laid the first brick of campus has been turned into exercise of sycophancy and appeasement of those who are in power by well-read academicians and scientists for petty interests.
One such stone was laid by founder of National Conference (NC) late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on December 16, 1976 when the construction of University of Jammu had started. This stone has its own story like the well-guarded graveyard in Kashmir valley. This was laid by NC patriarch and founder Late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah when the campus was sanctioned for Jammu region and constructi... | |
| | | | Coalition with regional parties necessary to keep communal forces at bay: Sonia Gandhi | | Claims majority for Congress in ongoing assembly elections | |  Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, Dec 10: All India Congress Committee (AICC) President, Sonia Gandhi today said that entering in coalition with regional parties in Jammu & Kashmir is a compulsion and it is done to keep 'communal' forces out of the picture.
Sonia made these remarks while addressing an election rally in the Shangus assembly constituency of South Kashmir's Anantnag district. She claimed that Congress party will emerge as the single largest party in the ongoing ass... | |
| | | | Modi wave invisible in Kashmir, people remain aloof from BJP | | | |
Shakeel A Khan
Early Times Report
BUDGAM, Dec 10: The impact of Modi wave was not visible, not even a bit in the third phase of the assembly election like the previous two phases. The fourth phase of election which will cover the eight constituencies of the district Srinagar in Kashmir may prove too much for the party given the strong anti-party sentiment.
"I watched the proceedings myself for the whole day inside the polling booth and nobody cast his or her vote in favour of the BJP. It was only me who pressed the button in favour of the candidate of the party and it is very much unlikely that the party will open its account from the valley," said an agent of the party (wishing anonym... | |
| | | | Why are Kashmiri Hindu migrant voters losing interest in election? | | 'BJP, Kashmiri parties on same page' | | | Masood Malik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: There has been high voter turnout in the Assembly elections in all the three phases across the state, including Kashmir that was known for low voter turnout and frequent boycott calls. Interestingly, while the Muslim voters in Kashmir have shown keen interest in the assembly elections and participating in all the three phases in very large numbers, the participation of Kashmiri Hindu migrant voters has not been that high. In fact, their polling percentage consistently declined.
In the first phase of election, 60.5 per cent migrant voter voted. In the second phase of election, 58.56 per cent Kashmiri Hindu migrant voters exercised their right... | |
| | | | Al-Qaeda, ISIS formulate joint strategy to hit Indian cities? | | Jammu, Uri attacks 'perturbing' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Speculations about terror groups Al-Qaeda and ISIS formulating a joint strategy to target Indian cities has put security agencies across the country on high alert.
On September 3 this year a video containing the speech of Sheik Eyam Al-Zawahiri of Al-Qaeda, was uploaded on the internet. Zawahiri announced the establishment of a new Wing of Al-Qaeda, namely "Al-Qaeda in Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS)".
Asim Umar and Usama Mehmood were appointed as the 'Amir' and 'Spokesperson' respectively of AQIS.
Similarly, Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi of ISIS in a video, uploaded on the internet highlighted the alleged plight of Muslims in various countries including Indi... | |
| | | | Secular Modi alienating nationalist constituency | | Worst form of appeasement | | | Masood Malik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: The BJP is committing one blunder after another in its desperate bid to appease those in Kashmir who do not consider Kashmiri Muslims part and parcel of national mainstream or who consider than a race apart. The BJP is committing blunders hoping that it will open its account in the Kashmir Valley in these assembly elections. On December 8, the BJP crossed all the lines to fulfill its ambition. PM Modi, who addressed an election rally in Srinagar, shocked everyone by not ending his election speech with the slogan of Bharat Mata Ki Jai or Vande Mataram. Incidentally, the election rally was not impressive.
Narendra Modi addressed more than 15... | |
| | | | New Assembly will have more new faces | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Dec 10 : Some constituencies which witnessed brisk to moderate polling during third phase may throw up surprises for political parties as the results may take some lesser known candidates to the house. Fate of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who is contesting from Beerwah of Budgam will be decided by Shia vote bank numbering around 20,000 but keeping in view the reasons of Omar's Shift from Ganderbal to Beerwah it won't be easy for him to defeat sitting MLA Muhammad Shafi Wani and Nazir Ahmad of Congress who remained glued with people of Beerwah during last six years when Omar was in Ganderbal. Pampore of South Kashmir's Pulwama District where 46.48 %polling was r... | |
| | | | Winning Kathua seat a prestige issue for Khanna | | | | Sanjay Pathak
Early Times Report
KATHUA, Dec10: Faction ridden BJP is utilizing all powers to win Kathua assembly segment by hook and crook because this seat has become a prestige issue for BJP's J&K incharge Avinash Rai Khanna, who is facing serious charges.
Avinash Rai Khanna has deputed ministers from Punjab and his supporters in the Punjab BJP to mobilize people of Kathua to ensure victory of party candidate Rajiv Jasrotia, who is an outsider candidate allegedly imposed in the people of Kathua. BJP Minister from Pathankot Mohan Lal, on the directions of Avinash Rai Khanna, has been camping at Kathua to garner support for "weak candidate" Rajiv Jasrotia. These leaders of BJP fr... | |
| | | | As mercury dips, prolonged power cuts return to haunt valleyites | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BANDIPORA, Dec 10: The winter season is yet to begin and the power woes for the people have already gone worse, as scores of villages staged massive demonstrations against the PDD for unscheduled power cuts here in Bandipora district of North Kashmir today.
According to local residents of Sumbal, Shadipora, Naidkhai, Sonawari, Bandipora and other adjoining areas who took to streets at Sumbal and staged protests against the Power Development Department.
Hundreds of people, including women on Wednesday took to streets, protesting against the Power Development Department (PDD) for power failure at Nadihal, Papchan, Ajas in Bandipora district of North Kashmir.
Nisar Ah... | |
| | | | Now focus shifts to Anantnag, Shopian districts | | | | Bashir Assad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec10; After an uneventful three phases of elections, the focus has now shifted to south Kashmir's Anantnag and Shopian districts which go to polls in the next phase on December 14. Though 8 seats of Srinagar district will also go to polls on December14, the campaigning in Anantnag and Shopian districts is at its peak.
With nearly 200 candidates in the fray, the 8 constituencies of Anantnag and Shopian will decide the fate of among others the former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, senior congress leaders and ministers in Omar Abdullah government, Peerzada Muhammad Sayed and Ghulam Ahmad Mir, senior PDP leaders Rafi Ahmad Mir, Peer... | |
| | | | Election fervor: Contesting candidates go on social networking overdrive | | Project themselves as well-wisher of masses | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: As election fever has gripped Jammu and Kashmir, the social media became a hub of campaigning by political parties for the ongoing assembly elections. These days' political parties have been tapping social media in a big way to woo voters in the ongoing assembly polls.
Pertinently, election campaigns were mostly restricted to rallies and hoardings decades ago, but now most of the political parties across the state are hopping on to the social networking sites, it's easily way to convey their political agenda and reach out to the masses. Nowadays the social media particularly Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Blogs as well as Whatsaap groups ... | |
| | | | Sham exhorts upon people: Raise pitch for Jammu CM | | | | Mishu Gupta
Early Times Report
AKHNOOR, Dec 10: PHE Minister and Congress senior leader Sham Lal Sharma , party candidate from Akhnoor has emphasized upon his people to raise the pitch for the demand of Jammu chief minister.
"If people from Gujarat can make their Chief Minister as the Prime Minister of India, what withholds you to raise the issue of your candidate to be the chief minister of the state," said Sham Lal Sharma while addressing a joining function of a BJP leader into the Congress fold at Akhnoor, 25 kms from Jammu.
He assured the gathering that the CM from Jammu would prove much better that the others who have ruled the state so far.
He was reiterating to the often a... | |
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