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| EC rejects transfer of DCs, SSPs | | Home Secretary’s transfer upheld; caution put for future | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 21: The Election Commission of India has confirmed its first snub to the Jammu and Kashmir government by staying most of the transfers of senior officers in administration and police ordered on the eve of poll announcement.
The Commission has though confirmed the change of guard in Home Department but it has refused to approve transfers of the Deputy Commissioners.
The Election Commission has not approved some of the transfers effected by the Jammu and Kashmir Government minutes before the EC announced the unprecedented seven-phase polls in the state on October 19.
The EC, however, has cleared the appointment of Kursheed Ganai as the new Home Secretary replacing Anil Goswami, who has been transferred as Financial Commissioner (Revenue), the EC sources said.
They said the EC had not cleared the transfer of Deputy Commissioners Gazzanfer Hussain, Mohammed Afzal Bhat and Sudershan Sharma of Anantnag, Poonch and Kishtwar respectively.
They said the transfer of Superintendent of Police Leh and Poonch S R Samuel and Basant Kumar Rath respectively a... | |
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| New beginning: Trucks lift trade barriers | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
URI/POONCH, Oct 21: A new era of cooperation and economic development on both sides of the Line of Control begin today as trucks loaded with goods, mostly gift items, cross the Line of Control at two crossing points of Salamabad in North Kashmir and Chakkan-da-Bagh in Poonch.
Hours after flagging off of trucks from this side, consignments from other sides entered the Line of Control in Salamabad on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road. The consignments from Pakistan administered Kashmir on Poonch-Rawalakote road will be entering through Chakkan-da-Bagh tomorrow and the PaK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Khan is likely to come upto the crossing point terminal on LoC.
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| | | | A polling station for 10 voters | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 21: Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are watched keenly by outsiders for variety of political and security reasons but there are other interesting features which make this exercise unique in the country.
A polling station in Jammu and Kashmir has only 10 voters. This is perhaps the only case of its kind in the country. There is another polling station which is at highest height from the sea level -5000 meters from sea level. In total there are 8,109 polling stations across Jammu and Kashmir.
The maximum number of 999 polling booths will be established in Jammu district while as the newly-carved out Ganderbal district will have the lowest number of 142 pollin... | |
| | | | Vohra pays tributes to Police martyrs | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Oct 21: Lauding the role played by the J&K police in combating insurgency and maintaining law and order in the state, Governor, Mr. N. N. Vohra has said that the Police force is doing a commendable job in carrying out various tasks which it has been entrusted with.
He was addressing the Police Commemoration Day function held here today. He said that it was due to tireless efforts and sacrifice of the force and other security agencies that the menace of militancy has been curbed to a larger extent. He said, "we should not forget the sacrifices rendered by valiant officers and jawans who gave supreme sacrifices for the integrity of the country".
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| | | | Court refuses to drop FIR against Ex-MLA | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 21: In the charging up poll season when ‘aspiring legislator’ are keen about their clean image before public, a former MLA of the Panthers Party and potential hopeful from Udhampur Constituency, Balwant Singh Mankotia has earned disappointment as High Court has refused to quash a Police FIR against him.
Mankotia is facing charges of forcibly entering the house of a woman in 2005 along with more than 200 persons causing damage to her property. Justice Sunil Hali of Jammu and Kashmir High Court observed that none of the condition exists in the present case which would enable this court to intervene and cause obstruction in the track of investigation.
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| | | | Aspirants active, parties still numb | | Congress, BJP await central nods, NC yet to discuss strategy, PDP meet creates suspicion | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 21: Soon after the election announcement, aspirants have through started running to the grounds to secure a foothold but the parties are yet to come up with their strategies and agenda.
National political parties, like Congress and the BJP are looking towards their high commands and central leaderships for guideline and policy frameworks while the regional parties are yet to decide on what exactly they should take public.
Congress leaders are booking their trains to New Delhi for consultation with the high command. It is yet not clear in the party as exactly what role the PCC Chief Saif-ud-Din Soz and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad have to play and... | |
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