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| Phase II bugle sounded | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 29: Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today issued notification for holding elections in six of the 87 assembly constituencies in the border state in the first phase of the seven- stage poll on November 23.
The constituencies going to the polls on November 23 Kangan and Ganderbal in Kashmir valley, Nowshera, Darhal, Rajouri and Kalakote in Jammu region.
National Conference president Omar Abdullah is all set to contest election from family’s pocket-borough seat of Ganderbal in central Kashmir which goes to polls in the upcoming second phase of elections.
Vohra has issued similar notification for holding elections in ten assembly segments in the first p... | |
| | | | Fit for CM: Farooq | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Former chief minister and National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah, 71, believes he has the same energy and drive as he had in his youth and hopes to head the government again after the state assembly polls later this year.
Speaking to media persons here on the sidelines of a cricket association meeting that he heads, Abdullah said: “I am still young enough to be the chief minister.
“I have the same energy and drive today as I had when I was a youth.”
Beaming with confidence that he would once again be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after the assembly polls, the flamboyant Abdullah told those seeking Kashmir's independence to forg... | |
| | | | CHRONOLOGY RECENT EARTHQUAKES | | | | Sept 30, 1993 - India - A series of quakes killed almost 10,000 people in western and southern India. The first tremor was of magnitude 6.4.
Jan 17, 1995 - Japan - A magnitude 7.2 quake, the country's worst in half a century, rocks Kobe, killing 6,430 people.
Feb 4, 1998 - Afghanistan - At least 4,500 people are killed in Takhar province in a quake of magnitude 6.1.
May 30, 1998 - Afghanistan - A magnitude 6.9 quake kills up to 4,000 people in northern Takhar province.
Aug 17, 1999 - Turkey - More than 17,800 people are killed by a magnitude 7.4 quake.
Jan 26, 2001 - India - An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 strikes the western state of Gujarat killing at least 19,700 people and causing d... | |
| | | | PDP to contest all 87 seats | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Ending the suspense on eve of Diwali, the People's Democratic Party on Tuesday announced its decision to contest the ensuing Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
''Though we believe the situation is not conducive for credible elections, our Political Affairs committee decided to contest the polls in the larger interest of people of the state, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti told a press conference here .She said the party has decided to contest from all 87 seats.
The announcement to participate in the elections came four days after her father and PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed released a self-rule document on Kashmir in which he demanded among othe... | |
| | | | Second consignment exchanges | | LoC trade | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Twenty-five load carriers Tuesday crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, carrying goods from either side to the other.
“Eighteen local load carriers carrying apple consignments crossed the Kaman Bridge on the LoC and unloaded their consignments at Chakoti in Pakistan-administered Kashmir," a senior official said from Salamabad near the border town of Uri.
Seven load carriers carrying bananas, onions, pomegranates and garlic came from Chakoti to unload their consignments at Salamabad, he said.
While the trade convoy started from Salamabad trade facilitation centre at 2.30 p.m., the convoy from the other side reached... | |
| | | | Self-rule idea is PDP's nuclear mssile | | | | NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
JAMMU, Oct 29: The document on self-rule,which the PDP released in Srinagar on Saturday,is,in fact,the party's main poll manifesto.Not only this,the document,which had been kept under the carpet for about a year,has been released simply to influence the mind of the voters.The document is a mirror reflecting the ideas and ideology of the PDP.Had it not planned to use it for wooing the voters the Muftis would have not kept it under lock like a nclear missile which is fired when all the other weapons become ineffective either for winning the support of people or for silencing its critics.This is exactly what the PDP leadership did.The PDP leadershp pondered over the timing of ... | |
| | | | Daggers drawn in Forest deptt | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 29: Even in the absence of a political government where favours in transfers and postings are rampant, battle lines are clearly drawn in the Forest department where the state officers have taken daggers out against the Indian Forest Services (IFS) officers.
Alleging preferential treatment to the IFS officers, the State Forest Officers Association has warned of a non-cooperation movement if their postings and promotions were not rationalized. They also accused the IFS officers of hatching and executing conspiracies against them.
However, the IFS officers have taken strong exceptions to the observations and utterances of the State Forest Officers and instea... | |
| | | | Rape victim makes life bid, critical | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
BISHNAH, Oct 29: In a spine chilling incident a rape victim made bid on her life by setting herself ablaze.
Shanti (name changed) was admitted in the Government Medical College here with almost hundred per cent burn injured and little scope of survival.
Sources said Shanti Devi a resident of village Harsha Dhabad under the jurisdiction of Bishnah police station burnt herself and she was taken to Bishnah hospital from where sensing her condition critical she was referred to Government Medical College hospital where her condition is stated to be critical.
In her police statement Shanti said that her neighbour identified as Shamshar Singh son of Bachiter Singh barged in... | |
| | | | Mufti fears rigging, rushes to PM | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 29: A day after formally committing his party to the forthcoming assembly elections, the PDP patron, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, has rushed to New Delhi to meet the prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, with an urgent appeal to categorically allay suspicions that the outcome of the poll process in Jammu and Kashmir had already been decided by the centre, and to press for the release of, and pre-poll dialogue with, separatist leaders.
As parties in the state gear for the polls, they have also started lobbying in New Delhi to swing the situation in their favour, observers feel.
Mufti's dash to Delhi comes just a day after his party declared its participation in the p... | |
| | | | Pakistan quake kills 170, leaves thousands homeless | | | | AGENCIES
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Thousands of people in mountainous southwest Pakistan on Wednesday bedded down for a freezing night in the open, after a powerful earthquake destroyed their homes and killed at least 170.The 6.4-magnitude pre-dawn quake flattened mud houses and triggered landslides in the impoverished province of Baluchistan, killing or injuring their occupants as they slept.
Survivors were sent screaming into the streets in panic, eyewitnesses said.
At least eight villages were badly hit by the massive tremors, local police and officials said, voicing fears that some 46,000 people living in the wider region could now be in need of shelter and other assistance.
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