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| Three straight contests in Poonch distt | | BATTLE OF HILLS –I | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 30: A keen battle is in the offing in the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri going to polls in first and second phases, respectively, as parties have opened by their cards for most of the constituencies.
The Peoples Democratic Party had declared its candidates for six out of the seven constituencies in these districts, the Congress and National Conference have declared nominees for all three constituencies of Poonch districts. BJP and Panthers Party, with their no significant clout in the region, have already declared their candidates wherever they had people ready to contest.
Congress and National Conference are locked in a double whammy on the candidature of their nominees for four constituencies of Rajouri district. Though the potential aspirants have been sounded about their candidature but the mandates have not been announced officially thus leaving a scope for last minute changes.
In the strategically located Poonch-Haveli constituency, there are three main contestants in Bashir Ahmed Naz of Congress, Ajaz Jan of National Conferenc... | |
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| …and turncoat politics begins | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 30: Enthusiastic parties getting quantitatively oversized by the time are now finding it difficult to manage the cadres as a poll-time favourite politics of turncoats has begin with a bang.
As poll dates draw near, overconfidence is marring prospects of the parties even as the ambitious aspirants having little to do with ideologies are apparently standing at gain. Sitting Member of Legislative Council and senior National Conference leader Bashir Ahmed Naz has quit the party and got Congress ticket to contest from election from Poonch. Former Minister and Peoples Democratic Party leader Mohammad Sharif Tariq is all set to bid adieu to the party and seek elect... | |
| | | | JK’s first Hajj flight takes off for Jeddah | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Oct 30: The holy annual Hajj pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca and Madina has begun and first batch of pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir have taken direct flight to Jeddah this morning.
The first batch of 166 Haj pilgrims was accorded send off by Governor NN Vohra at the Srinagar Airport today. With the first flight taking off today, the departure schedule of pilgrims belonging to Jammu and Kashmir for performing the Haj this year commenced.
Advisor to Governor HH Tyabji, Chairman J&K State Haj Committee A. G. Shahbaz, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Masaud Samoon, Deputy Commissioners of Srinagar and Budgam besides Chief Executive Officer, State Haj Committee ... | |
| | | | Central forces arrive on poll duty | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 30: The Centre has dispatched 70 companies of para-military forces for maintaining peace and security during the seven phased assembly elections in the state.
Security officials here said on Thursday that the centre has so far sent 70 out of 425 sanctioned companies to J&K for holding peaceful elections during first phase of polling on November 17.
The J&K government had demanded for 625 companies of security forces from the centre for poll duty but due to elections in other five states only 452 were sanctioned.
Drawn from Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Special Services Bureau (SSB), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) an... | |
| | | | Barring Shilpi, BJP still undecided on candidates | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 30: Still unable to reach at a consensus on the list of its candidates, the Bhartiya Janta Party has said that it will campaign for empowerment of Jammu region. Earlier the party had claimed that through its ‘certain’ success in the ensuing elections the BJP will make Jammu epicenter of power.
Meanwhile, the tug of war still continues in BJP over distribution of tickets to the aspirants for ensuing assembly elections even as it is veering around one name –Shilpi, wife of Kuldeep Verma who had allegedly committed suicide during Amarnath land transfer row.
BJP General Secretary and incharge of Jammu and Kashmir affairs, Arun Jaitly today hinted in New Delhi ... | |
| | | | 25 BLASTS ROCK ASSAM; OVER 50 DEAD, 350 INJURED | | | | AGENCIES
GUWAHATI, Oct 30: Twenty-five co-ordinated blasts rocked busy areas of Guwahati and three other districts in Assam on Thursday, killing over 50 people and injuring 350, police and eyewitnesses said.
While four high-intensity blasts are reported to have taken place in the capital Guwahati, three each occurred in Barpeta and Kokrajhar, and one in Bongaigaon district of the northeastern state. The remaining blasts were reported to be of low-intensity.
In Guwahati, the blasts took place at Ganeshguri flyover, Fancy Bazaar, Pan Bazaar and near the district Deputy Commissioner's office. The authorities have imposed curfew in the city following the explosions. Also, the state’s bord... | |
| | | | 5 dead in Doda mishap | | 24 injured, 9 critical | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 30: In yet another tragic road accident in Doda district, at least 6 passengers have died and over two dozens other injured when a passenger bus skidded off the road after a tyre burst and rolled down a gorge. The incident happened on Doda-Kishtwar road when the ill fated vehicle was on its way from Thathri to Doda.
Reports said a local Matador bearing registration number 6449/JK02AD was on its way to Doda from Thathri when it skidded off the road and rolled down in river Chenab near Gardsu near Pull Doda resulting in on the spot death of five passengers and injuries to twenty four others.
On receipt of the information police rushed the spot and retrieved... | |
| | | | Hari Om calls quits | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 30: Hari Om, a senior leader and spokesman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Thursday quit the party following sharp differences among the senior leadership here over the candidate selection for the assembly polls. “I hereby resign from the party position and also from the primary membership of BJP,” he said in a letter to state party president Ashok Khajuria.
Hari Om, considered an intellectual and ideologue for the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, was not available for comments.
Party sources said he was attending a meeting chaired by Shanta Kumar, senior BJP leader and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister, to finalise the list of candidates. Following som... | |
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