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| Azad faction says alliance with NC would be disastrous for Congress | | 2014 elections | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Jan 2: One doesn't really know if the Congress and National Conference (NC) would contest the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections together or separately. But one thing is becoming clear with each passing day: The Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad-led faction in the Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir is vehemently opposed to the idea of forging any pre-poll alliance with the NC and wants that the Congress must contest the coming elections on its own.
On Tuesday, a number of former Congress Ministers, including former Deputy Chief Minister, sitting MLAs and MLCs and several senior leaders issued a joint statement to demonstrate their opposition to the suggestion that there should be a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the PDP. The signatories to the statement hailed Azad and AICC president Saif-ud-Din Soz for their suggestion that the Congress would consider the views of the party workers and cadres before taking a final decision in this regard.
And On Wednesday, many Congress leaders belonging to the Azad faction termed the NC as "deceitful" and ... | |
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| Administration fails to clear interior roads in Anantnag, Kulgam | | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Jan 2: Disaster preparedness and tall claims of the administration in South Kashmir stand exposed as the authorities failed to restore inter-district road connectivity.
Pertinent to mention heavy snowfall on December 31 and January 1 had thrown life out of gear in Kashmir.
Reports said that authorities failed to clear snow on all leading roads connecting several rural areas like Kokernag-Anantnag, Verinag-Anantnag, Dooru Shahabad-Anantnag, Khiram Sirhama-Anantnag, Haptnar-Aishmuqam. Similar reports are pouring from Kulgam, Shopian and pulwama districts of South Kashmir.
They said that administration even failed to restore the inter-connectivity of Anantnag ... | |
| | | | Saffron production reduces to half : Farmers | | Experts say traditional methods of technology responsible | | | Irshad Bhat
Srinagar, Jan 2 : After experiencing a good crop last year saffron growers said that the production has reduced to about half this year compared to last year owing to insufficient rainfall and problems in saffron corm.
The farmers said that last year the production of saffron flowers per Kanal was about 15-20 kilogram which has reduced to seven to ten Kilogram this year.
"The land I am having under saffron cultivation is about 30 kanals which on average yielded eight to ten Kilograms of flower production per Kanal which is half the production that the fields yielded last year," said Irshad Ahmad, a resident of Patal Bagh.
The farmers said that t... | |
| | | | 2 years imprisonment to driver in negligent driving case | | | | JAMMU, Jan 2: 2nd Additional Munsiff Aarti Mohan has awarded two years imprisonment and fine Rs 5000 to Rakesh Singh who was facing trial for the last 8 years in rash and negligent driving in which one lady was killed. According to the police case that on January 30, 2005 police received information that a truck from Srinagar to Jammu hit a van and the passengers sitting in the van were grievously injured out of which one person namely Veena Kumari died due to the injuries sustained by her. A case under section 279/337/304-A RPC and after completion of investigation challan was presented. After hearing, Senior PO Puja Nijhon, 2nd Additional Munsiff Aarti Mohan observed that the accused was... | |
| | | | Power cuts, scarcity of water, blocked roads take toll on South Kashmir | | Omar misinformed through Video Conferencing | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Jan 2: In a bizarre development today, the Deputy Commissioners of Anantnag and Kulgam misinformed the Chief Minister about restoration of road connectivity and supply of essentials in the twin districts.
Concerned officials posted at district headquarters in south Kashmir, According to aggrieved people in rural areas of south Kashmir today managed to motivate the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah through video conferencing that everything was restored in South Kashmir after recent heavy snowfall. However ground situation has a different story to tell.
People said most of the rural areas of South Kashmir's Shopian, Pulwama and Kulgam districts are suffering due t... | |
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