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| Campaigning for final phase ends, Dy CM among 4 ministers in fray | | 20 Assembly segments going to polls Saturday | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 18 : The campaigning for fifth and final phase of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly polls ended on Thursday evening. A total of twenty assembly segments of Jammu region including the largest voter constituency of state will go to polls in the phase and polling will held on Dec 20.
The phase will decide the fate of Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, three cabinet ministers including Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister, Sham Lal Sharma and Minister for Urban Development & Urban Local Bodies, Raman Bhalla and Minster for Planning and Development Department, Ajay Kumar Sadotra, and Minister of State for Cooperatives, Printing & Stationary and Elections, Manhoar Lal Sharma besides, former Health Minister, Shabir Ahmed Khan. A total 213 candidates are in the fray for the last phase. The Assembly segments going to polls included 11 constituencies of Jammu district, five of Kathua district and four of Rajouri district.
In 2008 polls, 10 seats wrested by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), five by Congress, two by National Conference, one... | |
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| NC leader enjoys smoking on open stage | | Rules Are For Fools! | | | K Koushal
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 18: Throwing the anti-smoking norms to wind i.e. prohibition of smoking at public places and even the security provision, the National Conference District President Bashir Ahmed Wani was seen smoking on the stage where none other than the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was scheduled to address a public rally at Rajouri today.
When NC supporters, activists and senior party leaders were waiting anxiously for Chief Minister at the rally venue, the NC District President Bashir Ahmed Wani lit up a cigarette and started smoking on the stage. 'None among the police or NC leaders objected to public smoking which is restricted under Cigarettes and Other Tobac... | |
| | | | Weak coalition is better than Governor rule: Soz | | BJP will not cross double digit mark: Azad | | | Sandeep Bhat
ET Report
Jammu, Dec 18: On the last day of campaigning in Jammu, former chief minister and Congress member Parliament Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that the mission 44 plus of BJP will remain a distant dream and the party cannot cross the double digit figures. He was addressing the media in Jammu.
Due to Model Code of Conduct, it was obligatory to complete the briefing before 4 pm, and Azad started at 3.50 pm and ended his speech at 3.54 pm.
He was at Khour before he and his associate soz was supposed to address the media at 3 pm, but Azad didn't turn up in time and Soz started press conference at 3.25 pm in absence of Azad and around 3.50 pm Azad reached the venue and ad... | |
| | | | Militant killed in Kolipora encounter | | | |
Syed Tahir Bukhari
Early Times Report
KUPWARA, Dec 18: An unidentified militant was gunned down by security forces in an encounter that ensued early morning between security forces and militants in Salkote area of Kupwara District in north Kashmir today.
According to police, "acting on a specific intelligence about the presence of a 2-3 militants in a residential house in Pir Mohalla of Kolipora village in Salkote area of Kupwara district.
Government forces laid a cordon in the area after getting a tip-off about the presence of militants in a residential house in Salkote area on early morning of Thursday, official said.
Official added that, "the militants hiding inside the house fir... | |
| | | | `Wani destined to lose, Rana on slippery wicket' | | NC likely to suffer worst ever defeat | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 18: The National Conference is likely to suffer its worst ever historic defeat in the Assembly elections. The most shocking likely outcome is the probable defeat of the trusted confidants of the Chief Minister- Devender Rana and Nasir Aslam Wani.
According to reports and intelligence agencies, Wani is likely to lose by a considerable margin and even Rana is on a very sticky wicket. Even though, he had invested heavily on the Nagrota constituency.
Reports suggest that CM himself is not secure and there is a strong possibility that results could go in the direction of Ganderbal results, from where he had lost once and had shifted his constituency from there.
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| | | | Jammu records season's minimum 4.5 Degree Celsius; fog hits rail, air | | | | ET Report
Jammu, Dec 18: Fog today hit the rail and air service as the winter capital recorded season's minimum 4.5 Degree Celsius temperature thus throwing the normal life out of gear. Jammu today witnessed season's coldest day with minimum temperature 4.5 Degree Celsius while life in fog hit region remained standstill as people preferred to stay indoors.
Meanwhile, the rail and air services also remained affected due to the fog as the trains departed and arrived few hours later from their scheduled times.
The visit of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to address three public meetings across Jammu district was also cancelled due to poor visibility in view of fog. In all five flights inc... | |
| | | | HC for action against those hampering removal of encroachments | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 18: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked authorities to furnish particulars of all encroachers who are hampering operations to remove encroachments along water bodies so that contempt proceedings and penal action was taken against him.
"All the concerned authorities are directed to remove the encroachments," said a Division Bench of the court comprising Justices M H Attar and B L Bhat.
"Any person, who obstructs such effort, his particulars shall be furnished to the Registry of the Court so that contempt proceedings, besides penal action as prescribed by law, are initiated against him by the concerned statutory authorities," the bench said.
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| | | | 'NC has accepted defeat, its leaders frustrated' | | Rana's men thrash BSP supporters | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 18: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today alleged that National Conference Sarpanch at the behest of the NC provincial president Devender Singh Rana thrashed the BSP supporters at Nagrota from where Rana is contesting the ongoing assembly polls.
The BSP National General Secretary and Member Parliament Narender Kashyap, BSP state president Tulsi Dass Langeh and state general secretary and party's candidate from Nagrota constituency Rakesh Wazir while addressing a joint news conference here said: " The sarpanch Din Mohammad thrashed the BSP supporters on the directions of NC candidate Devender Singh Rana."
The BSP leaders alleged that NC goons led by the accused ... | |
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