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With Rana, Nasir at important positions; NC grass- root workers feel betrayed by party leadership Take jibe at Omar for failing to connect with people on ground 4/6/2014 11:53:19 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Apr 6: As the National Conference President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah is all set to file his nomination papers for Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat on Monday the grass-root workers of the party are quite worried over the disconnect of party leaders especially Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah with the people on ground. The traditional National Conference workers and activists are quite worried that the younger lot of party leaders is keeping them away as if they have nothing done for the party. This they believe is the reason that some of the seasoned campaigners and leaders have parted their ways with the party. "National Conference was considered to be a party of the basic ground workers or grass-root workers who lived across the length and breadth of the state. However, the things have changed and there is no more respect as well as regard for the people who offered everything to the party," said a group of NC workers. The grass-root workers opine that with people like Nasir Aslam Wani and Devinder Singh Rana assuming important positions in the party the vetera...   READ MORE

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MCC, NC's do or die battle leaves Civil Secretariat deserted 4/6/2014 11:53:06 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 6: Imposition of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) coupled with Congress turning Lok Sabha elections into a 'do or die' battle and National Conference (NC) eyeing return to power in the upcoming assembly elections has resulted in civil secretariat wearing a deserted look. It seems as if the entire government has gone on holiday. More interesting is the acute drop in the number of visitors to the civil secretariat. Routine administrative issues which would otherwise remain pending due to other important works are being taken up and resolved. One can smell how relaxed the IAS and KAS officers are due to the absence of ministers and their supporters from the civil s...   READ MORE   CM shedding crocodile tears on Shrines Bill to win Pandits 4/6/2014 11:52:59 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 6: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and his National Conference (NC) today again tried to befool the Kashmiri Pandits on much talked about Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Temples Bill saying that People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sabotaged its passage forcing the Government to send the Bill to Joint Selection Committee of State legislature. Addressing a election rally at Tumal Bohri near here today organized by NC Minority Cell, Omar Abdullah exonerated his Party and its coalition partner Congress who actually were not interested in the passage of KP Shrines Bill targeted PDP and BJP for the same though both Opposition parties could ha...   READ MORE   Using anti PDP propaganda, Omar provoking community NC competing with PDP in garnering KP votes 4/6/2014 11:52:39 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 6: As campaign is in full swing for three Parliamentary seats of Kashmir as well, wooing Kashmiri Pandits as crucial vote bank in many segments has also started, this time NC is seeing it more as threat in competing with its rival PDP on that score. This became more than evident today when none other than the Chief Minister Omar Abdhullah himself showed what could be viewed as desperate attempt to garner KP votes using hate PDP strategy at his party's best tool. More than telling the community what NC could do for it in ameliorating their sufferings, Omar chose to remind the KPs what PDP thinks about it what its leadership had in mind in the past. That ever...   READ MORE   Congress 'less divisive', says Omar A compliment or an invective 4/6/2014 11:52:19 PM Rustam JAMMU, Apr 6: What does NC working president and Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah think about his alliance partner Congress? Does he consider the Congress party divisive". And what does he think about the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA? The answers are not far to seek. He himself answered these three questions the other day while answering questions on his first "google+ hangout", a video chat platform where none of the users was present from the state. As for the Congress and the UPA, Omar Abdullah said that the Congress is "less divisive" and the UPA a progressive and secular formation. "The Congress is less divisive and has a unifying agenda," he said, and add...   READ MORE   Battle for Jammu inching towards climax 4/6/2014 11:52:05 PM Kunal Shrivatsa JAMMU, Apr 6: As the countdown begins for polling in Jammu-Poonch parliamentary constituency, the battle for the prestigious seat is slowly inching towards a climax where anyone could emerge victorious as the gap between the incumbent Congress and hot favourite Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is so narrow and it is getting narrower with each passing day that it would not be easy to predict the actual result. Initially, the BJP riding high on 'NaMo' wave had clear edge over its arch rival Congress, but the sudden emergence of Union Health Minister and party stalwart Ghulam Nabi Azad into the state poll arena changed the entire political scenario in Jammu region. The 'Azad' fac...   READ MORE   More woes for coalition in Ladakh Islamia School, IKMT, Congress to field independent candidates 4/6/2014 11:51:57 PM Javaid Naikoo srinagar, Apr 6: There seems no end to the woes of the coalition partners in Ladakh. Islamia School, IKMT and local Congress wing have decided to field independent candidates. Two renowned religious schools of Kargil 'Islami School and Imam Khumaini Memorial Trust' along with a Congress wing of Kargil District headed by Chief Executive Councilor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) of Kargil district, Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai according to the details received have unanimously decided to field their own independent candidate to contest forthcoming Lok Sabha elections instead of Supporting NC-Congress alliance Candidate nominated by National Conference and C...   READ MORE   ARO Gandhi Nagar seizes Rs 10 lakh cash from Panama Chowk 4/6/2014 11:52:26 PM Asif Iqbal Naik JAMMU, Apr 6: Continuing its drive against offenders and violators of Model Code of Conduct, the ARO-71 Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, Rajesh Kumar Shavan recovered a cash of Rs 10 lakh from a vehicle near Panama Chowk here. Reports said that Shavan in a Naka laid by him along with the flying squad members Dr. Ravi Bharti, G D Gupta Sector Magistrate, police officer Khalid Qayoom and Joginder Singh recovered Rs. 10 lakh from vehicle bearing registration number JK02M-6140 (Maruti 800) near Panama Chowk. As per the details available with Early Times on suspicion the vehicle carrying the cash was signaled to stop near Panama Chowk at around 9.40 PM and on frisking it led to seizure o...   READ MORE   Victory of democracy in Kashmir Bhat accepts defeat, says not sure if people will boycott polls 4/6/2014 11:52:50 PM Neha JAMMU, Apr 6: The people of Kashmir need to be hailed. The reason is that they are likely to vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha election in large numbers to elect representatives of their own choice braving all odds, including threat to their life and limb. The 16th Lok Sabha elections to six parliamentary constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir will be held in five-phases from April 10 to May 17. Reports emanating from different parts of the Valley clearly suggest that bulk of the Kashmiri electorate wishes to take part in the electoral exercise on the D-day. This time they have several choices. The NC, in collaboration with its ally Congress, is in the fray. The opposition PDP, the Aam Aadm...   READ MORE   Crumbling coalition faces evaluation 4/6/2014 11:03:49 PM Mustansir Jammu, Apr 6: With just a few days left before the country votes for the Lok Sabha elections, officials in Jammu and Kashmir said they are ready to face the biggest election of the world has ever seen. Returning officer from Poonch district, Ajeet Kumar Sahu, said the arrangements for elections were in place. "All arrangements are in place. The electoral rolls are ready. We have distributed the photo voter slips used as an alternate identity proof yesterday to all voters of the area," Sahu added. Sahu further said, the officials had campaigned for a good electoral turnout at polling booths that used to experience low number of voters. "For a good turnout we have made a pla...   READ MORE   Visitors accuse Floriculture Department of cheating Tulips fail tourists 4/6/2014 11:03:15 PM Shakeel A Khan SRINAGAR, Apr 6: In what could be termed an act of cheating the Floriculture department made a fun of the tourists by declaring the tulip garden open for the tourists on April 5. Majority of the tourists left the garden on a very sad note. Many tourists who had made it to the garden out of curiosity returned dejected and disappointed. Since a handful of tulips had bloomed at the tulip garden there was nothing but disappointment and dejection on their faces. "Why did the floriculture department threw open the tulip garden in haste. The garden has nothing to offer. The ever worst spring season has taken toll on the tulips. There are only a few tulips which have bloomed...   READ MORE   Unscheduled power cuts irk Kupwara villagers 4/6/2014 10:47:33 PM Syed Tahir Bukhari KUPWARA, Apr 6: People of several villages of this frontier district are up in arms against the Power Development Department (PDD) for resorting to unscheduled power cuts. Unscheduled and long power cuts have become a regular feature in the district. Avoora, a revenue village just seven kilometers away from district headquarters with its adjoining areas, Mir Muqam, Munwan, Reshwari ,Muqam, Dar Mohalla and Harkarpora has been left in darkness because of high political drama on the ground which is hardly seen anywhere. A local Mohammad Shafi Khan alleges, "The currently installed 63 KV transformer often fails thus plunging three localities comprising of 42 households i...   READ MORE   Flood like situation in low lying areas of valley Incessant rains throw life out of gear 4/6/2014 10:47:17 PM Bashir Assad Srinagar, Apr 6: Incessant rains on Sunday brought life in Kashmir valley to a grinding halt as the inundated and waterlogged roads forced people to stay indoors while as the Sunday market in the civil lines area too was marred by the inclement weather. Normal life in the Kashmir valley was thrown out of gear today and the heavy rains lashed the valley inundating roads and low lying areas all across the Kashmir valley. All major roads and other links were submerged due to heavy rains while as the low lying areas were completely inundated disrupting the traffic and pedestrian movement. Water level in River Jehlum was also increasing as the rains were still continuing whe...   READ MORE   Sky thunders to applaud Mufti at Parade Ground `NC-Congress regime responsible for unemployment' 4/6/2014 10:47:27 PM Bivek Mathur Jammu, Apr 6: A thunderstorm greeted Mufti and his supporters today during a party rally at Parade Ground Jammu but when PDP Chief Patron Mufti Mohd Sayeed came to the podium, he too thundered to shake the NC-Congress coalition. Mufti started his short speech by attacking NC-Congress over widespread corruption and nepotism in the state for the last over five and half years. "Youth are major sufferer in this government, because this government has no policy for the future of the country", said Mufti. Mufti said that after NDA government, ten years of UPA in the centre have not yielded any fruitful result and the same has added to the miseries of people across the country a...   READ MORE

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