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BJP leaders skip last rites of slain party leader 5/5/2019 11:25:42 PM Early Times Report Anantnag, May 5: As expected, no one from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) attended the last rites of slain leader in South Kashmir's Nowgam Verinag village on Sunday. Slain BJP Leader, Gul Mohd Mir who was also district vice-President of Anantnag was laid to rest in Nowgam village on Sunday morning. Relatives, friends and neighbors participated the funeral prayers of the slain leader, however no one from BJP turned up to participate in his last rites. BJP state unit even didn't cancel its door to door election campaign in South Kashmir's Pulwama and Shopain district and most all his colleagues gave preference to election campaign. State Vice President who is also contesting Lok Shaba Eelections from Anantnag, Sofi Yousuf also continued with his schedule and didn't visit the bereaved family, informed sources told Early Times. Hours after his burial, BJP General Secretary (Org) Ashok Koul, District President Anantnag Rafiq Ahmad Wani, Veer Saraf and few others visited the residence of slain leader to express sympathies with the bereaved family....   READ MORE

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Slain leader's car recovered 5/5/2019 11:25:36 PM Early Times Report Anantnag, May 5: A day after BJP leader was shot dead, security forces on Sunday recovered his personal car from Dooru area in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. A police officer said that soon after militants murdered the BJP leader Gul Mohammad Mir (60), a joint team of security forces, including SOG, Police, Army and CRPF launched searches in several parts of Nowgam, Verinag, Dooru and adjoining areas. "The personal car of the slain BJP leader (Wagon R No. JK03D-0748) was taken away by the militants and the vehicle was left at Gujerbasti area of Watnad in Dooru," the officer said. The vehicle was recovered on Sunday morning, he said. A case under relevant sectio...   READ MORE   Amid sobs, BJP leader laid to rest in Nowgam Verinag Family, Party blame Police for slain killing 5/5/2019 11:25:27 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report anantnag, May 5: Hundreds of people on Sunday attended the funeral of slain Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Gul Mohd Mir who was killed by suspected militants on Saturday late evening at his home in Nowgam-Verinag village of South Kashmir's Anantnag district. Family members, relatives and neighbors of the family participated in funeral prayers of slain BJP Leader who was also the district vice-president of BJP in Anantnag district and had unsuccessfully contested 2014 assembly election from Dooru assembly segment of Anantnag. However, most of state BJP leaders and workers who had worked with him didn't turn up to attend the last rites of slain leader. ...   READ MORE   Governor orders tightening of security of political leaders 5/5/2019 11:25:07 PM Early Times Report srinagar, May 5: A day after BJP leader Gul Mohammed Mir was gunned down by unknown assailants in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag, state Governor Satya Pal Malik has ordered strict security for all political leaders and workers. The Governor has also ordered an inquiry into the deaths of politicians belonging to different political parties in the state over the last few months, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said on Sunday. The spokesperson said that the Governor was "very much pa...   READ MORE   Medical shops at SMGS Hospital pay nominal rent for last 75 yrs 5/5/2019 11:24:43 PM Early Times Report jammu, May 5: It seems the administration of the Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital Jammu is not bothered about the huge losses to the hospital's exchequers as no rent has been fixed for two medical shops which were rented out to medical fair price shops of Super Bazar (cooperative) for past more than 75 years. Pertinently, the matter of assessment of the rent of both shops was taken with Deputy Commissioner (Chairman District Level Committee of Rent Assessment of Shops Jammu) but the proposal of fixing the rent is gathering dust in the DC office for more than 5 years. Sources told Early Times that the matter was brought to concerned authorities notice by hi...   READ MORE   Mehbooba wants GoI to repeat last year's mistake again Turns spokesperson of terrorists again, pokes her nose into affairs which don't fall in her domain 5/5/2019 11:24:31 PM Early Times Report jammu, May 5: President of Peoples Democratic Party and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, just one day before the last round of the Parliamentary polls in south Kashmir's Anantnag district has once again tried to project herself as the spokesperson of the terrorists active in the Valley. On Saturday she appealed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce the ceasefire in Kashmir in the holy month of Ramadan like last year. She also called upon the terrorists to stop their actions in this month. "Last year when Mehbooba was the Chief Minister of the state she had compelled the Ministry of Home Affairs to announce the unilateral Ramadan ceasefi...   READ MORE   Revisiting May-June 2018 to know what happened in Kashmir 5/5/2019 11:24:21 PM Early Times Report jammu, May 5: Former J&K CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, who is fighting a last-ditch battle to save her political career in Kashmir, has yet again urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce ceasefire during the month of Ramzan and has also directed terrorists not to violate the sanctity of "holy month". "The month of Ramadan is in the offing - given the fact that the J&K is the Muslim majority state - I want to appeal the Government of India to initiate a Ramadan ceasefire like it was done last year. Raids, crackdowns and operations should be stopped during this month so that some respite is given to already affected people of the state. I want to tell the militan...   READ MORE   On phone, PDP seeks votes in name of Jamaat, JKLF 5/5/2019 11:24:14 PM Early Times Report srinagar, May 5: For the last leg of Parliament elections in Kashmir for Anantnag constituency seat, the Peoples Democratic Party has been seeking votes on phone with a promise of getting ban on Jamaat E Islami and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front revoked if brought back to power. The residents of Pulwama and Shopian district said in the recent past they had been getting phone calls from PDP that they should cast their vote to this particular party. Sources said the party was making use of recorded statements while making phone calls to the inhabitants of south Kashmir. "The caller which sounded like recording would say that apart from other issues ban on Jamaat and...   READ MORE   Doda truck terminal still non-operational, have Rs 3.23 cr gone down the drain? 5/5/2019 11:24:07 PM Early Times Report doda, May 5: Inspite of spending more than Rs 3.23 crore on the construction of a truck terminal in Doda, the authorities are unable to operationalize it as there are allegations that work done on the project is not of good quality and starting the project may expose the authorities. Some years back, the department of Urban Local Bodies Jammu invited tenders for the construction of truck terminal building at Akarambad area of Doda in order to reduce traffic congestion in the town. Initially the work was allotted to a contractor for Rs 1.50 cr approximately, but vide government order No: 49 HUD of 2019, dated 31.01.2019, post facto administrative approval was given to...   READ MORE   Kishtwar district under the shadow of ghost of terror Aimed growing public resentment against killing of RSS leader, Installation of Bunkers, Nakkas begins 5/5/2019 11:23:52 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report jammu, May 5: Kishtwar District that has witnessed the back to back killings of Parihar brothers and RSS leader, his PSO in a span of five month has not only rattled the confidence of peace loving people of Kishtwar District, but has also bring the situation in communally sensitive District of Chenab valley back to early 90s when people of eeriest while Doda District was reeling under the shadow of militancy and the situation was free for all before the army...   READ MORE   Handover Kishtwar to army, BJP to hold 3 hour sit-in 5/5/2019 11:23:22 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report jammu, May 5: In order to put pressure on state and center government to handover Kishtwar district to army after the killings of top RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma and his PSO, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has decided to hold three hour sit in infront of Dak Banglow tomorrow. The decision to hold three hour sit in was taken during the successive meetings of District units of BJP , BJYM and Women wing of the party held at BJP headquarter Kishtwar. "These killings have spread a wave of scare amongst the Hindu community. Despite repeated protests nothing worth has been achieved and killer are still at large" said BJP in a statement issued by p...   READ MORE   Votes at the cost of national security Anantnag poll 5/5/2019 10:34:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 5: The third and last phase of election in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency will be held on Monday. The first two phases recorded a very low voter turnout, thus unnerving the leadership of the two essentially Kashmir-based parties, the National Conference (NC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Both the parties on occasions more than one expressed dissatisfaction over the low voter turnout with none of them in a position to say that they will win the election from the highly volatile and militant-infested Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. Convinced that their poll prospects in the constituency are not bright, NC vice-president Omar Abdullah and PDP ch...   READ MORE

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