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Azad explores new equations to corner Sharma bros, Karra Infighting in PCC 7/21/2018 11:35:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: While the BJP has kick-started its campaign for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the opposition Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir is gearing up for more intrigues to scuttle the prospects of own party probables. And as usual, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is in the lead role playing the game behind the curtain and exploring new equations to corner his bete-noire. According to sources in Congress circles, Sharma brothers (Madan Lal Sharma and Sham Lal Sharma) and Tariq Hamid Karra are the main targets against whom lobbying is being triggered by the Azad camp that has suddenly become active against the trio. To corner the trio and consolidate his position, sources said that Azad has also joined hands with the incumbent PCC president Ghulam Ahmad Mir, against whom the Azad camp had been openly revolting earlier. While Sharma brothers are being opposed because of Madan Lal's claim for the Congress mandate on Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary seat, which has been represented by him twice in the...   READ MORE

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Over 20 BJP leaders from Kargil quit party, charge Koul with promoting sycophant culture 7/21/2018 11:35:37 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: Already facing allegations of promoting sycophants and yes-men in the party, BJP's state general secretary Ashok Koul faced embarrassment when over 20 leaders from Kargil quitted the party, blaming Koul for promoting only his blue-eyed boys. Ahead of coming elections of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil, this is big setback to BJP in this region and mass resignation of party leaders has also questioned credibility of Ashok Koul, who has been serious allegations. As per reports 23 senior leaders of BJP including vice president, spokesperson and general secretary submitted their resignation to party general secretary organization ...   READ MORE   Was Ram Madhav forced to cancel his Jammu visit? 7/21/2018 11:35:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: Decision of BJP's national general secretary Ram Madhav to cancel his visit to Jammu at the last minutes has raised many questions and there is discussions among party leaders that it is all due to Lal Singh factor that party's strongman had cancelled his visit. Credible sources said that BJP had planned meetings of Ram Madhav at Bani, Basohli and Billawar but party had not received good response from these areas because for party workers blamed Madhav for demonize Dogra community by accepting demand of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to remove Choudhary Lal Singh and Chander Parkash Ganga from ministerships. "Due to fear of peoples' anger against...   READ MORE   Land mafia grabs prime land in overnight 'operations' in Sidhra Authorities found sleeping, refuse to take action 7/21/2018 11:34:34 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: In two overnight raids in Sidhra area of Jammu city, vast stretches of prime government land has been encroached upon by some land grabbers along a seasonal nullah but the government are reluctant to take action for reasons best known to them. According to the locals, over 50 Kanals of prime government land along a seasonal nullah and some portion of nullah, which falls near the Police headquarters Sidhra, have been encroached by the land grabbers in two ni...   READ MORE   Ganai to hear public grievances on July 22/23 7/21/2018 11:33:32 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 21: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, will be available for public hearing between 10.00 am and 12.00 Noon on Monday (23.07.2018) at Convention Centre/ Hall, Canal Road, Jammu. Ganai will also be available between 5.00 pm and 7.00 pm on Sunday (22.07.2018) at State Guest House, Canal Road, Jammu to meet any delegation(s)....   READ MORE   Authorities mislead PM about 'poor' Reasi village 7/21/2018 11:21:54 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, July 21: Shockingly the authorities prepared a school girl with false data for video interaction with Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on status of power connections in village Dera of district Reasi. Under Deen Dyal Upadhayay Gramin Jyoti Yogna the PM was informed by the girl that most of the homes of her village are electrified while on visiting the village this reporter found that only a portion of the village is electrified. Another shocking fact which came to fore was that many adjoining villages too are awaiting electrification. Apart from this the labourers who helped in providing power connections to these villages had not yet got th...   READ MORE   BJP speaks Kashmiri language, says 'polls not for political solution of Kashmir issue' Disturbing development 7/21/2018 11:06:35 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 21: On June 19, the BJP high command snapped ties with PDP president and J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti. As a result, the PDP-BJP coalition collapsed. The Mehbooba Mufti's government fell the same day. While snapping ties with her, the BJP high command advanced many arguments in support of its decision to end ties with the PDP. Two of the arguments were: She had failed to meet the needs and urges of the people of Jammu and Ladakh and that her government had failed to tackle the menace of terrorism. These arguments constituted a sort of a big U-turn in the sense that the BJP leaders in the state and at the Centre had always defended Mehbooba Mufti's policies and repe...   READ MORE   Mafia runs illegal taxi stand at Katra 7/21/2018 11:06:26 PM Early Times Report Katra, July 21: At the base camp of the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, certain illegal activities are ruining its sanctity. As a pilgrim vehicle lands at the bus stop Katra, it is not guided towards new bus stand but is left held up near the slip counter site and graft is taken from him/her. This is a regular practice of some of the influential people of the town who do not have the administrative or official authority to take money from the vehicles parked around the venue, but the corrupt practice is going unabated. This also leads to the choking of the area which restricts the movement of the pedestrian pilgrims who are subjected to great hardships. Also, th...   READ MORE   Articles 35-A, 370 can be repealed in one minute Constitutional position 7/21/2018 11:06:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 21: Think-tanks in Kashmir and parties like NC and PDP are giving the people of Kashmir to understand that Article 370 and 35-A are bridges between J&K and the rest of the country and that J&K would go out of India in case these were abolished. They are also misleading the people of Kashmir that the accession of J&K to India was based on these Articles. They are wrong on both counts. Accession of J&K to India took place on October 26, 1947, the day Maharaja of the state, Hari Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession. He signed the Instrument of Accession in terms of the Constitutional law on the subject: Indian Independence Act of 1947, under which Pakist...   READ MORE   Loopholes in industrial policy encourage land mafia 7/21/2018 11:06:13 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, July 21: Over the years the state government has come up with a number of revised industrial policies for the state but it utterly failed to check the intervention of land mafia. Sources alleged that various corporations of the Industries department that owns the industrial estates in the state, have many a time sold, resold the same and particular piece of land, violating laid norms and taking advantage of the loopholes in the industrial policy. "The problem has further aggravated over the years by posting of the incumbent managing directors who encourage the continuing system of selling-reselling the allotted land. The irony is that the ...   READ MORE   BJP has some plan to form Govt as Assembly has been kept under suspended animation 7/21/2018 11:06:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: Even after witnessing internal revolt the PDP is in a bid to form the Government. Formation of the Government, for the PDP, may have to be a coalition Government in alliance with the BJP. But the BJP and the PDP know it well that the past three years have proved suicidal for both the parties. Yes the BJP could form the Government with the support of the grand alliance of the National Conference and the Congress.. Well forming the Government In alliance wit h the Congress, a better option for the PDP, may not help the PDP in winning even a simple majority. And the PDP leadership is dead set to avoid forming the Government with the help of the NC. Cle...   READ MORE   SSA forgets to fill posts advertised year ago 7/21/2018 11:05:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July21: The SSA had invited applications for various contractual posts but astoundingly has forgotten to start further process of recruitment. "Previous year, the officials of SSA had advertised nearby 40 posts of Junior Engineer, Data Entry operator 50 post, 28 posts of computer Assistant 75 posts of Orderly/Chowkidar, 15 posts of Resource Teachers, 30 posts of Research Assistant, 13 posts of Assistant Programmer, nine posts each at Assistant Engineer and Auditor, one posts at each Senior Auditor, Programer and Accounts Clerks and four posts of Programme officer", Rajesh Kumar an aspirant of Junior Engineer told Early Times. He further said that all these po...   READ MORE   Mehbooba throws 'tantrums' again 7/21/2018 11:05:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: Gauging that her party is at the verge of getting split, President of Peoples Democratic Party and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday stirred the Hornet's nest once again by claiming that her legislators are being coerced to leave the party with threats of NIA raids. "I'm not saying that New Delhi is doing it but I did talk to some people in New Delhi and told them that a perception is being created through media reports that MLAs can be bought with money or be motivated to leave the PDP for important cabinet portfolios, and if they're rejecting even this, they're being threatened with NIA raids," Mehbooba Mufti was quoted as having said ...   READ MORE   Now NC 'divided' over former JNU leader's entry into party folds 7/21/2018 11:05:41 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: While rumor mills are rife that a former JNU leader, who has been close to the National Conference, may formally join the party soon, her prospective entry has left the NC divided. Sources said some of the leaders are unhappy with her getting formal space in the party fold though the Abdullahs have been supporting her for long. Sources said a group of leaders feel that she was not fit to be a "political icon" for the NC as "her activism at the JNU was not in accordance with the ideology of the party founded by Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah." Sources said some of the leaders have been avoiding discussions on her prospective entry into the party, though the N...   READ MORE   In JK, one rape committed daily Demand for fast track courts growing 7/21/2018 11:05:31 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: The authorities concerned in Jammu and Kashmir appear reluctant to launch fast track courts to hear rape cases despite huge pendency of such cases in various courts in the state. A few selective cases have been fast tracked by the government, whereas many rape cases of serious nature are pending in various districts and tehsil headquarters for the past many years, sources told Early Times. Crime against women is on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir. In 2017, h...   READ MORE

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