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Clash of egos climaxes; employees intensify agitation | Row between ARO, SP Kishtwar | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Apr 21: Clash of egos between ARO and SP Kishtwar got a notch higher today with several employees' associations joining the stir of the poll officials who have been demanding action against SP Kishtwar, who allegedly misbehaved with the polling officials including the ARO.
Teachers/Masters association Kishtwar, Lecturer Association Kishtwar, Low Paid Employees Association, PDD Association, INTUC and others intensified their agitation against Superintendent of Police Kishtwar Sanjay Kotwal. The agitating employees' alleged misuse of election funds by DC and SP Kishtwar and demanded an independent probe against the guilty persons involved in siphoning of elections funds.
As per the details, all the employees of Deputy Commissioner Office Kishtwar today assemb... | |
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Modi's opponents are unable to wish him away | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 21: Addressing an election rally along with Congress leaders including Ghulam Nabi Azad and Professor Saifuddin Soz, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he would take a ticket to Muzaffarabad, but not stop criticizing and opposing the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Addressing an election rally in central Beerwah Tehsil of Budgam district, Omar Abdullah said Giriraj Singh of the BJP has said those who oppose Modi should go to Pakistan, Omar Abdullah said, "I don't have to take a ticket to Pakistan from any other place. I will take a ticket to Muzaffarabad from here and leave rather than stop criticism of Narendra Modi and h... | |
| | Estates Deptt starts online system, unauthorized cases yet to be cancelled | Allotment of rooms to Non Move employees | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: In the backdrop of criticism and controversies over allotment of residential accommodation for employees and officials, the Estates Department of J&K government has started procedure afresh this year with online application forms which are required to be signed duly by HODs besides self attestation with photographs- all to ensure some transparency and allotment to genuine cases. A proposal has also been made and forwarded to Chief Minister to cancel allotment of accommodation to non move employees in Kashmir, an issue which created furore last year among the employees following which this step was taken.The moot question remains will the Chief Minister ac... | |
| | JE in BDO office, Shahnaz Ganai's uncle enjoys political patronage | Notorious criminal remains untouched | | Early Times Report
Mandi, (Poonch) Apr 21: How a notorious history sheeter who earns an infamous distinction for having his picture hanging in a police post besides being charged with three FIRs since 2007 enjoys a government patronage as Junior Engineer in BDO office Mandi is an interesting report making rounds in Poonch.
Mohammad Assadullah, son of Ghulam Mohiuddin and resident of Arahi Mandi was found to be a petty crime roller who grew over the years as a notorious criminal involved in many small and big crimes.
Assadullah, interestingly happens to be a junior engineer in Rural Development Department against whom first FIR No. 97 was lodged in 2007 U/S 353, 323, 447, and 142 RPC , P... | |
| | Desperate NC turns to Azad for help | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 21: It seems that National Conference has sensed its defeat in the ongoing parliamentary elections and that is why the party has requested former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to campaign for its candidates.
Pertinently Azad addressed an election rally in South Kashmir today and is scheduled to hold more such rallies in South as well as other parts of Kashmir valley.
Political observers believe that leaders of National Conference have understood it well that people have decided to go for a change. As Azad is the politician of great repute, National Conference has decided to utilize his services to cause maximum damage to Peop... | |
| | Apprehending rout, Abdullah's make statements in desperation | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 21: Apprehending rout in Lok Sabha elections, National Conference (NC) president, Dr Farooq Abdullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah are issuing statements in total desperation.
Facing threat from arch rival People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which is in a commanding position in Kashmir Valley, the father-son duo are in deep frustration and making day in and day out statements against the PDP leaders launching personal attacks on them.
The two leaders of NC deliver provocative spee-ches in violation of Moral Code of Conduct. The emotive speeches made by the two leaders have generated public resentment with leaders of BJP and PDP making complaints before... | |
| | Jammu-Doda National Highway on verge of extinction, J&K govt goes missing | 'We are not Kashmir' | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Apr 21: With state government continuing its abysmal attitude and locals more bothered about settling communal scores, Jammu-Doda-Kishtwar national highway reached point of complete extinction.
National Highway-1B becomes invisible due to both land slipping and landslides on the entire 54 kilometre stretch from Batote to Doda and also Batote to Kishtwar even if rains for a few hours. The highway becomes a death trap and if care is not taken, one can get buried deep u... | |
| | Setting up of Industrial Biotech parks in limbo | Govt yet to take possession of land in Kathua town | | Bivek Mathur
Jammu, Apr 21: Even as sanction was accorded to the constitution of Governing Body and Task Force for establishment of Biotechnology parks in Srinagar and Jammu last year, the government is yet to take possession of land in Kathua town for the project. The concerned minister is all praise for the Chief Minister saying,"CM saheb bade interested hain" however eulogizing Omar is nothing but a futile attempt to hide the facts.
Under Government order number 554-GAD of 2013 dated 03-04-2013, sanction was accorded to the constitution of Governing Body and Task Force for establishment of Biotechnology parks in Srinagar and Jammu with Secretary DBT as Chairman of the Governing Body, C... | |
| | Registration of case against Geelani no solution | Needed: A stringent Action April 20 | | Neha
JAMMU, Apr 21: Jammu & Kashmir Police did well on April 20 to register a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani for calling for a boycott of election. "A case under Section 13 of Unlawful Activities Act has been registered against Geelani in police station Budgam," a police spokesman said. He did not divulge any further details. Geelani had given the alleged boycott call during a Press meet on Friday last. He had said during the press conference that people have a right to stay away from polls just like they have the right to vote. He had also called for "civil curfew" on April 24, 30 and May 7 when vot... | |
| | We will fight together for Kashmiris and their aspirations, says NC | Insulting people of Jammu, Ladakh | | Rustam
JAMMU, Apr 21: Election campaign in Kashmir is in full swing. The NC, PDP, the BJP and the AAP - apart from the presence of a few other candidates in the electoral arena - have fielded their candidates for all the three Lok Sabha seats. The NC and the PDP are the major players and the BJP is trying its level best to increase its support-base in the Valley. The AAP has claimed that it is also a serious contender. It appears to be a tall claim. Of course, it would get a few votes at the cost of the NC. Interestingly, the BJP candidates, all Muslims, have been taking on the NC and the PDP candidates, tearing into the NC-Congress coalition government and accusing it of failing the peop... | |
| | Militants carry out twin attacks in Tral, kill 3 persons | Sarpanch, numberdar among deceased | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Apr 21: In a late night development militants carried out two separate attacks in the Tral area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district leading to death of three persons including a Sarpanch.
Searches are going on in the area to nab the militants.
Reports reaching here said that unidentified gunmen appeared twice in the Tral area and shot dead the three persons within a short span of time. The killings sent shock waves among the people. Tonight's killings come few days after the recent killing of a Sarpanch in the Gulzarpora village of Awantipora area in the Pulwama district as well.
Reports said that militants fired upon Mohammad Anwar Khanday son of Sadiq Khanday... | |
| | Kamaal sees a secret deal in Geelani, Mirwaiz row | ‘Elections and Kashmir resolution two extreme ends’ | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Apr 21: Terming the ongoing war of words between Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq as an outcome of some secret deal between the two, National Conferences (NC) additional general secretary, Mustafa Kamaal said that elections and Kashmir resolution are two extreme ends which can never be compared with each other.
Talking to Early Times, Kamaal said that when both the senior separatist leaders, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq are up against each other on the issue of meeting Modi's emissaries, something fishy seems to be cooking up in the separatist camp.
"When BJP denied the claim of Geelani Sahab, the separatist leader should have come... | |
| | Omar too floats on 'Modi wave' | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Apr 21:Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's confession of a Modi wave across the country has not come as a surprise as political commentators believe that given the high probability of NC faring dismally in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections and the Assembly elections that shall follow soon after, Omar has started making preparations for a suitable political refuge in New Delhi post May 16.
The CM in two consecutive interviews, to different channels, has agreed that there is definitely Modi wave.
"People are voting for Modi not for the candidate of the BJP. It shows the impact of the Modi wave," he had said.
Omar, who about week back was saying that there was no M... | |
| | ECI showed its weakness: Soz on Amith Shah | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Apr 21: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Chief, Prof Saif-u-din Soz Monday said that after allowing BJP controversial leader Amith Shah to continue poll campaign, the election commission of India exposed its weakness.
Addressing a gathering in Verinag area of Anantnag district, Soz said, "On a single page affidavit Election commission of Indian allowed Amith Shah who had threatened to revenge and given a hate speech to carry his poll campaign, thus Election commission of Indian showed its weakness."
He said that on each and every day communal forces continue to threat the people of country. "Yesterday I issued a press statement in which I expressed my opinion ... | |
| | Says PDP has no role in National elections, separatists playing negative politics | NC-Congress coalition since 1933: Azad | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Apr 21: While stating that People's Democratic Party (PDP) has no role in the ongoing national elections, Union Health Minister and Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi today termed Congress-National conference collations decades old.
"History of Congress party dates back to 1885 and till 1965 Congress didn't open a unit in the state as Congress was treating national conference as its unit. Coalition of the both parties exists since 1933. However the relationship between the two parties sometimes goy strained but when secularism in the nation faces a threat we get united and fight back," Azad said while interacting with media persons after addressing the gath... | |
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