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| CM Omar reshuffles cabinet, inducts 4 NC ministers, drops lone independent MLA | | Sagar, Shamima, Saifullah, Kalloo get berth; Satish Sharma dropped | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 27: More than two years after taking charge as the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday redrew his Council of Ministers, bringing in four National Conference (NC) leaders and showing the door to the government’s only independent minister.
The new inductees are veteran party leader Ali Mohammad Sagar, Mir Saifullah, Shameema Firdous and Altaf Ahmad Kalloo. Independent MLA Satish Sharma, who represents Chamb in Jammu district, was dropped from the Council.
The regional balance of the new entrants is notable. Two come from Srinagar district: Sagar, MLA from Khanyar, and Firdous, MLA from Habba Kadal. The | |
| | | | NC-Cong alliance hits ‘dead end’ | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 27: The Congress was present at the swearing-in, but not in the government. Although Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hamid Karra and other party MLAs attended the oath-taking ceremony of the newly inducted ministers on Tuesday, the Cabinet expansion has effectively marked the end of the Congress’s coalition with the ruling National Conference (NC). At the heart of the rift is a set of demands that the NC leadership turned down.
The Congress had sought the post of Deputy Chief Minister and that of Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. With the NC unwilling to concede either, the party declined to accept the single | |
| | | | LG Sinha administers oath of office, secrecy to newly appointed ministers | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: The Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly inducted Ministers of the Jammu & Kashmir Council of Ministers at a swearing-in ceremony held at Lok Bhavan on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister, Shri Omar Abdullah, was also present on the occasion.
The Lieutenant Governor administered the oath to MLAs Ali Mohammad Sagar, Altaf Ahmad Wani, Shamim Firdous, and Saifullah Mir as Ministers.
The ceremony was attended by Speaker, J&K Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather, JKNC President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary, Ministers Sakeena Masood Itoo, Javed Ahmed Rana, and Javid | |
| | | | LG Sinha chairs UHQ meeting | | Directs security top brass to neutralize terror ecosystem remnants | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 27: Directing security forces top brass to aggressively target and dismantle networks trying to misguide and radicalize the people, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that operations must continue to neutralize remnants of the terrorist ecosystem.
Chairing a Unified Headquarters (UHQ) meeting at Lok Bhavan here, LG Sinha said, “A foolproof counter-strategy must be implemented to completely choke off logistical and financial support for terrorists and we must step up measures to disrupt and counter infiltration.” He said, “Operations must continue to neutralize the remnants of the terrorist ecosystem. We should aggressively target and dismant | |
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