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| Mehbooba’s party faces most humiliating defeat, secures mere 11 percent of seats | | DDC last nail in PDP’ coffin? | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 22: The poll results for the recently held DDC elections were out on Tuesday. If the outcome of this democratic exercise has revealed anything it is that the PDP is diminishing from the scenes of Kashmir’s political woods in a ruthless manner.
As per the reports coming to the fore, the PDP has won mere 26 out of the total 280 seats of the DDC polls. The outcome culminates to mere 11 percent of the entire scenario, reflecting how the party is sinking into oblivion in spite of making hectic efforts to steer the ship from sinking.
Mehbooba Mufti’s command over the party is proving detrimental and the poll results are only reflecting the peoples mood at large. Even the PDP’s strongest bastions in South Kashmir this time too voted against it and secured victory for the rival candidates. Last time, the PDP witnessed such a humiliating defeat was in parliament polls when the party couldn’t win a single parliamentary seat from Kashmir. However, this time as the party was expecting to gain some numbers keeping in view the prolonged detention of its leaders... | |
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| Mufti relatives in PDP shy away from DDC polls | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: Even as former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party, President, Mehbooba Mufti claims to be strengthening her party, her own close relatives who also happen to be senior PDP leaders stayed away from the District Development Council (DDC) elections.
Sources said the PDP didn’t have any major faces for campaigning for the party for the DDC elections, particularly in south Kashmir, which was often seen as the “stronghold of the party.”
Interestingly, none of the relatives of the Muftis, who also enjoy good position in the PDP contested the elections, though they were seen as “mature faces in the party.” In the previous PDP-led government, such le... | |
| | | | Grand-old party even failed to open account in its strongholds | | Ugly infighting resulted into humiliating defeat of Cong | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: Principal opposition party of Jammu province Congress performed very badly due to infighting and wrong distribution of tickets.
Instead of giving mandate to deserving candidates, senior Congress leaders preferred to manage mandates for their loyalists resulting in humiliating defeat of the party in Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Udhampur districts where party has failed to get respectable seats. Party even failed to open its account in Jammu, Samba and Udhampur districts.
Ego among senior leaders and infighting was the main cause of party insulting and humiliating defeat in the District Development Councils (DDCs) elections.
Humiliating defeat of party cand... | |
| | | | Though retired as CEs,SEs engineers in PDD other Deptts get pension as AEs, AEEs | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: Facing continuous callousness from the authorities hundreds of engineers in Power Development Department (PDD) who have suprrannuated on the post of Chief Engineers, Superintendent Engineers or Executive Engineer's are drawing their pension on the post of AEs or AEEs held by them decades back.
Despite giving promotion to higher ranks in their own pay and grade with charge allowance these officers have never been given promotions to the incumbent post they held during retirement or before that due to wrong policies of establishment and callousness of authorities.
Presently hundreds of engineers in PDD and some works departments are facing this proble... | |
| | | | LG Sinha’s determination expedites J&K’s development | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: The Centre shifting its focus on development of Jammu and Kashmir has exposed the Kashmir centric parties that ruled the erstwhile state in the past.
An observer while talking to Early Times said, “The works which these parties couldn’t do during the past 70-years are almost nearing completion.”
He said, “Someone needs to ask these politicians what they were doing during all these years. Why couldn’t they address the issues which touched the skin of a common man.” The observer said that the pace of development works has increased manifolds since the day Manoj Sinha has taken over as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
“LG Sinha has kept ... | |
| | | | BJP finally makes inroads into Kashmir, wins 3 DDC seats | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 22: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), the party which was seen as untouchable until recently, has finally made inroads in the Kashmir valley, winning three District Development Council (DDC) seats.
One each seat by BJP candidates has been won in Srinagar, Pulwama and Bandipora.
Counting of votes is underway for recently concluded DDC election in Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security arrangements.
The first seat for the BJP was won by BJP National vice-president and in charge West Bengal Youth Wing Er Ajaz Hussain from Khanmoh II. "I'm thankful to the people for giving me this opportunity to work for them. My win is a message to regional parties that peo... | |
| | | | Powers, functions of ‘DDC’ in JK UT | | | | ISHTIYAQ AHMAD
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: Set to prepare and approve district plans, the District Development Council (DDC) will oversee the functioning of Halqa Panchayats and block development councils in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The DDCs will also replace the District Planning and Development Boards in all districts across the region, which was implemented in erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir in 1954 to perform its functions such as formulation of periodic and annual plans for the development of a district.
Officials said that the DDCs are powerful to utilize the development aid or government funds for the development of an entire district and implemen... | |
| | | | Violation of Brick Kilns Regulation goes unabated in Pouni | | Sarpanch alleges inaction from police, local administration | |  Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: As the administration of Union Territory J&K under the leadership of Lt Guv Manoj Sinha and the central government are leaving no stone unturned to strengthen grass root public institutions by implementing 73rd and 74th amendments of Constitution in J&K, the elected representatives still find themselves as victim of red-tapism.
The officers are not only disobeying the advice of elected representatives, but they are reluctant to implement the... | |
| | | | DDC Election Results 2020: PAGD Sweeps Kashmir, BJP Holds Ground in Jammu | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 22: Latest trends in the counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir late on Tuesday night indicated that the Farooq Abdullah-led People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has taken a big lead over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even as the counting of votes is underway to determine the fate of 2,178 candidates.
The seven-party Gupkar alliance led by Farooq Abdullah was ahead in the seat tally in the maiden District Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir secured a clear lead in District Development Council (DDC) elections after counting of votes for results started on Tuesday. Acco... | |
| | | | Lotus blooms in 3 border districts of Jammu region | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: The development plank finally paid to the Saffron Brigade and the Lotus bloomed in three border districts of Jammu region with BJP winning 35 seats out of total 42, Bahujan Samaj Party and the National Conference winning one each while the counting for rest of the Territorial Constituencies was in progress. As per the official data provided by the Chief Electoral Office of Jammu and Kashmir, the Bhartiya Janata Party in the three border districts almost made a clean sweep by defeating its rivals like National Conference, Indian National Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party and others.
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| | | | Mehbooba’s party faces most humiliating defeat, secures mere 11 percent of seats | | DDC last nail in PDP’ coffin? | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 22: The poll results for the recently held DDC elections were out on Tuesday. If the outcome of this democratic exercise has revealed anything it is that the PDP is diminishing from the scenes of Kashmir’s political woods in a ruthless manner.
As per the reports coming to the fore, the PDP has won mere 26 out of the total 280 seats of the DDC polls. The outcome culminates to mere 11 percent of the entire scenario, reflecting how the party is sinking into oblivion in spite of making hectic efforts to steer the ship from sinking.
Mehbooba Mufti’s command over the party is proving detrimental and the poll results are only reflecting the peoples mood at large... | |
| | | | JK reports 308 new cases of COVID-19, six fresh deaths; number of positive cases reach 118803 | | Active positive 3646, recovered 113307, casualties 1850 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reached 1, 18,803 as 308 new cases of virus were reported today. The death toll due to the virus reached 1850 as six deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. Jammu district reported 99 fresh cases of Corona Virus followed by Srinagar district 65 cases, Budgam district 21 cases, Reasi district 16 cases, Baramulla, Udhampur and Samba districts 14 cases each, Pulwama district 12 cases, Rajouri district 10 cases, Bandipora and Kathua districts seven cases each, Doda and Kishtwar districts six cases each, Anantnag, Ganderbal and Kulgam districts four case... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents | | Residents of Sector 6 Trikuta Nagar pained due to least concern shown by people at helm | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: People living in sector 6 Trikuta Nagar are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance.
The sector 6 Trikuta Nagar is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this colony and they are suffering like ... | |
| | | | NC wins 6 seats while BJP, Congress share 3 seats each in Kishtwar DDC elections | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 22: Like in other parts of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the counting of the votes for District Development Council Elections was also held in Kishtwar with out of 14 seats, the results of 13 DDC constituencies declared by the authorities till late evening.
Result of prestigious Kishtwar DDC constituency hangs in suspense after two votes were found in excess in the ballot box forcing BJP and PDP to protest against the administration alleging rigging. The allegations were denied by the authorities at the helm of affairs since it was later found printing error as instead of 50 ballot votes passbook-it was 52 votes printed in one pa... | |
| | | | Snatcher decamps with mobile from student’s hand in broad daylight | | | | RAJESH TANDON
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 22: In an incident of broad daylight snatching, a miscreant decamped with a mobile phone of a student near Subhash Nagar Jammu on Tuesday.
The victim, Hritik Sharma, who is student of 11th class resident of Shanti Nagar, was going to Parade to attend his tuition class, when reached Subhash Nagar nearly at 2 pm, suddenly a man riding on a Scooty (Activa 5G- Silver) bearing registration number (JK02CM-1191) stopped near him and requested to give him mobile for making an urgent call and decamped with the mobile within no time.
“I was shocked, when the snatcher decamped with my mobile, all this happened so quickly that I could not do anything to... | |
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