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| Muftis vacate Pahalgam turf | | PDP releases list of 25 | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 1: Peoples Democratic Party patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and daughter Mehbooba Mufti have clearly opted out of their home turf of Pahalgam as party today announced list of its 25 candidates for as many constituencies in Kashmir and Jammu.
Barring Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in Pahalgam and Peer Mohammad Hussain in Shangus, the Peoples Democratic Party has repeated all its sitting legislators and most of those candidates who had contested last elections from same constituencies.
As already reported by this newspaper that Mufti or Mehbooba are unlikely to contest from Pahalgam, the party has done exactly the same by vacating this seat for another potential candidate. Mehbooba has won the Pahalgam seat in 2002 but vacated the same after her election to the Lok Sabha in 2004. Same year, Mufti Sayeed sought re-election from Pahalgam constituency and won with a record margin.
This time, however, the father-daughter duo have vacated the Pahalgam seat for Rafi Ahmed Mir who was earlier nominated by the party as Member of the Legislati... | |
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| Nomination on Indian stamp papers denied | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 1: Controversy has erupted on the nomination papers of candidate for assembly elections presently serving jail term on charges of militancy.
Mohammad Iqbal Jan serving in Tihar Jail has filed his nomination papers from Bandipore constituency as Panthers Party candidate but the Returning Officer declared his papers invalid as he had sworn on a stamp paper of Indian Stamps and not Jammu and Kashmir Stamp Papers. Now his case has been referred to the Election Commission for a decision.
Scrutiny of the nomination papers of Mohammad Iqbal Jan who is presently in judicial custody in Tihar Jail at New Delhi, was taken up today. The Returning Officer taking suo-m... | |
| | | | Samiti says no to poll campaign | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 1: In a bid to cash in on the Jammu agitation, the BJP may have counted its prospects too high by fielding agitation martyr Kuldeep Dogra's wife as a candidate in Bishnah but the Samiti has declared its intentions of not campaigning in favour of any party or candidate.
The Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangarsh Samiti (SAYSS), which spearheaded the over two-month long agitation on Amarnath land row, today said it will not campaign for any candidate in the upcoming seven-phased assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
"We will not campaign for any candidate, including Shilpi Verma—wife of Kuldeep Verma who committed suicide during the agitation," co-convenor Tilak Raj Sha... | |
| | | | PM in Assam, says not soft on terror | | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi visited Assam's main city of Guwahati on Saturday to review the situation following serial blasts that left 81 people dead and over 400 injured.
Talking to media persons after visiting the blast sites, Manmohan Singh extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the blast victims. Defending the government, the PM said that, "UPA is not soft on terror."
He gave assurance that strict action would be taken against those found guilty. "We will take strict action against the culprits behind such incidents and if any other country is found to be involved then the government will take up the m... | |
| | | | Vohra assures fair polls | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 1: The Governor N N Vohra has assured the people of Jammu and Kashmir that his administration is committed to the conduct of free and fair elections.
The Governor was on tour of Shopian district before having an aerial view of the Mughal Road project where he chaired a meeting of district officials to review development and obtain assessment of the election preparations.
“He reiterated that the State Administration is committed to ensuring free and fair Assembly elections and creating a conducive atmosphere for productive electioneering”, said a spokesman for the Governor.
He added, the Governor also reviewed the Election related arrangements a... | |
| | | | Samiti says no to poll campaign | | 4 cops write to Govt against Justice Sharma Commission | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 1: On the eve of completion of two months of Amarnath land row agitation agreement, the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti has said that four Police officers are making deliberate and malafide attempts to derail the course of the justice.
The Sangarsh Samiti has, however, not indicated any course of action on the matter except that it will seek an appointment with the Government to draw his attention to the case and for prevalence of the instruments of justice.
It may noted here that four Police officers –SSP Alok Kumar, SP Shalinder Singh, DySP Mohan Lal Kaith and Swatantra Arora –have written to the Law Department against Justice OP Sharma Commission o... | |
| | | | The dialogue which ended as monologue | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 1: After a long debate on fairness and credibility of electoral exercise in Jammu and Kashmir, the 2002 elections were held under a surcharged hype linked with the dialogue process and restoration of peace in the strife torn state.
In their tacit pre-poll alliance (which was made public only after results), the Peoples Democratic Party and the Congress projected these elections as a turning point in history of Jammu and Kashmir and sought votes for settlement of outstand issue. It was in this backdrop that the ‘peace process’ was listed as first priority in their Common Minimum Program of governance by the coalition government.
Item number one on the CMP t... | |
| | | | For floor discipline, give tickets to women | | | | NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
JAMMU, Nov 1: Though the process of giving tickets for contesting the forthcoming Assemly election in Jammu and Kashmir by various political parties is yet to be completed, initial reports indicate continued bias against the fair sex. This gender bias has been there right from the first election that was held in the state in 1951.The bias has been there whether it was national Conference or the Congress in power in the state. After the Government added two more seats to the Assembly it provided an opporunity for women to get berth in the House. But just two nominated women do not represent the over 45 per cent female population in the state. Yes, the two women could electr... | |
| | | | Offices shut in Srinagar | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Nov 1: The Civil Secretariat –the highest seat of the state’s administration –and its allied offices have closed down in Srinagar on account of biennial move and will reopen in Jammu on November 10.
While the civil secretariat offices closed yesterday, rest of the offices moving to Jammu for the six months of winter period closed today, official sources said.
The offices will now open in Jammu on November 10, the sources said.
'Durbar Move' is a practice started by Dogra Maharajas of the state in late nineteenth century as per which the state government functions in Srinagar for six summer months and in Jammu for the rest of the winter period.
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