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NC, PDP suffered most in terms of vote-share Lok Sabha polls 5/25/2019 11:39:09 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 25: Top leaders of the NC in Kashmir valley may have been celebrating the victory of all three party candidates in Lok Sabha polls but a closer look at the voting share accumulated by the party candidates clearly reveal a different picture. Between 2014 and 2019, the total vote share of the party has gone down from 19.11 per cent to merely 7.88 per cent. It is ironical that despite getting 19.11 per cent votes in 2014, the NC had failed to win even a single seat, but this time it won all the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley - Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag. In case of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti has to deal with much more precarious situation ahead of the Assembly polls in the state. Her party's' vote share witnessed a sharp decline of 18 per cent. In 2014, the PDP had got a total vote share of 20.5 per cent while on May 23, the PDP failed to open its account in Kashmir valley. Its vote share dropped to 2.39 per cent. In 2009, PDP had secured a vote share of 22.36 per cent. In contrast, the vote share of both the national...   READ MORE

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Alliance with BJP defeated me, Mehbooba PDP to pursue divisive agenda 5/25/2019 11:38:53 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 25: PDP chief and former BJP-made CM Mehbooba Mufti has finally spoken and explained why she and her party suffered a massive defeat in the just-held general elections. Mehbooba Mufti lost election from Anantnag constituency, got a paltry 30,000 votes from a constituency of almost 14 lakh voters and came third. The NC won the seat and the Congress was the runners up. The NC candidate could get only a little over 40,000 votes and won. Reflecting on the causes of her defeat and defeat of the PDP, Mehbooba Mufti said that it was the PDP's alliance with the BJP, which didn't go well with the people of Kashmir and that became the fundamental factor for the defeat ...   READ MORE   PDP gets 3 out of 46 Assembly seats in Kashmir The complete whitewash! 5/25/2019 11:38:40 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 25: One wonders what could have been PDP's fate if assembly and parliament polls would have been held together, the party could have won just three assembly seats out of Kashmir's 46 assembly segments. There were only three assembly seats that too all situated in South Kashmir namely Bijbehara, Pulwama and Rajpora where PDP had a lead of few hundred votes. Surprisingly, PDP led by 16 votes in Bijbehara assembly constituency. In Pulwama assembly constituency, PDP led by 120 votes while in Rajpora assembly it led by 394 votes. In all other 46 assembly constituencies, PDP lost miserably, reflecting that this time around it is going to be pretty hard for the...   READ MORE   Udhampur: CEO accused of favouritism 5/25/2019 11:38:25 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 25: In the wake of indiscriminate attachments of teachers in various educational zones in district Udhampur and giving them clerical charge, the clerical staff of the district is up in arms against the Chief Education Officer, accusing him of making these attachments for 'ulterior motives'. The clerical staff has alleged that most of the teachers which are attached in different ZEO offices or CEO office are given charge of clerks who look after all the affairs of the zone and have close proximity with the concerned officers due to which the existing clerical staff is ignored. "The syndrome of giving clerical charge to attached teachers has gripped the entir...   READ MORE   Guv admin concerned over delay in furnishing info about developmental works 5/25/2019 11:38:18 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 25: The heads of departments have been delaying in furnishing the information about developmental works resulting delay in execution of works in Jammu and Kashmir. An official document reveals that in a recent meeting led by state authorities noticed that delay in furnishing information about new developmental works would delay in the tendering process and have cascading effect on the executing of ongoing works. "All district development commissioners shall initiate tendering process immediately after model code of conduct is over and ensure that process is completed before March 31 for commencement of works. The annual maintenance contra...   READ MORE   Can't allow few people to decide our destiny: Munish Carries out door to campaign in Exchange Gadigarh area 5/25/2019 11:38:01 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 25: Editor Early Times, Munsih Gupta, who has decided to contest the forthcoming Assembly elections from Gandhi Nagar constituency as an Independent candidate, on Saturday asked people of Jammu to come forward to empower themselves. Carrying forward his door to door campaign in Exchange upper Gadigarh area of Gandhi Nagar constituency, Gupta informed the people about the importance of empowerment. "We need to take decisions on our own rather than allowing others ...   READ MORE   School Edu Deptt defies HC orders 5/25/2019 11:37:30 PM Abid Hussain Wani Early Times Report DODA, May 25: In brazen violation of the orders of J&K High Court, the School Education department did not consider one of its employees for promotion before his retirement. The High Court had issued directions to the department in response to SWP No.30/2017 titled Chur Chand v/s State and others to consider the petitioner for the benefit of promotion. But, the Director, School Education department has failed to resolve the issue till date. Chur Chand was a senior assistant in the department and was supposed to be promoted as head assistant before his retirement. It is pertinent to mention here that the higher authorities in government including ...   READ MORE   Affected farmers pin hopes on elected BJP MPs Land acquisition for Ring Road 5/25/2019 11:37:18 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 25: The affected Jammu farmers of Ring Road project have pinned their hopes on the newly elected MPs who want them to take up the matter with the centre. During his visit on May 19, last year , Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated several infrastructural projects in J&K . PM who was on a two-day visit to the state last year laid foundation stones for Srinagar and Jammu ring roads projects. Modi inaugurated the Srinagar ring road project at Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) Srinagar while as the foundation stone for the Jammu ring road project was laid at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium in the University of Jammu. The Union transport...   READ MORE   PWD Reasi abandons Bhambla- Stoti road project midway 3 years on, locals go from pillar to post 5/25/2019 11:37:06 PM AB Sharma Early Times Report REASI, May 25: The Public Works Department Reasi has allegedly stopped the road work from Bhambal to Stoti in tehsil Pouni of district Reasi which was started nearly three years ago leaving the local residents in distress. Sources told Early Times that the work on 4.6 Km road was started in 2016-17 costing crores but after carrying out earth work the project was abandoned due to unknown reasons. Although the locals approached the concerned department urging it to complete work but all in vain. Meanwhile a local resident of Stoti raised a structure illegally in the middle of road which is a State land ostensibly obstructing the work but department didn't ta...   READ MORE   Engineer Rashid's performance in north Kashmir unnerves NC, PDP, PC 5/25/2019 10:11:07 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 5: Even as independent candidate and head of Awami Itehad Party Engineer Rashid lost the Baramulla Parliament seat to National Conference and emerged third in the number of votes secured, his performance has unnerved most of his rival parties. From the winner National Conference to the Peoples Conference that was hopeful of the victory on the north Kashmir seat to Peoples Democratic Party, sources said all the three key main regional players are unnerved by Er Rashid's performance and have started looking into the development seriously. Rashid secured 102168 votes trailing by just 1025 votes to PC candidate Raja Aijaz Ali who got 103193 votes where as Muham...   READ MORE

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