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Omar questions Rahul's leadership, Farooq defends him Fall of the Congress 12/10/2013 11:01:50 PM Rustam JAMMU, Dec 10: The massive defeat of the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi and a spectacular victory of the BJP in all these four states, including the two Congress-ruled states of Delhi and Rajasthan, has evoked a contradictory response from National Conference working president and Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and party president and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah. On December 8, when the poll results were announced, Omar Abdullah virtually questioned the leadership qualities of AICC vice president, Sonia Gandhi's privilege son and the Congress's undeclared Prime Ministerial candidate Rahul Gandhi and said that the "poorly attended ones (in this case election rallies) definitely indicate big trouble". He in a way held Rahul Gandhi responsible for the humiliating defeat of the Congress. It was obvious that Omar Abdullah referred to the poorly-attended rallies like the two in Ambedkar Nagar and Mangolpuri in Delhi and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, which were addressed by Rahul Gandhi. That these rallies were not only poorly attended but t...   READ MORE

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Modi's rally, poll results: "Weak" Cong to follow dictates of "assertive" NC Rejoicing Congress failure, NC looks to play Big Bro 12/10/2013 11:01:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 10: Unprecedented turn out in the Lalkar Rally of Narendra Modi followed by shameful debacle of Congress party in the Assembly elections of four states has forced "weak" Congress to follow dictates of its coalition partner National Conference. Two important decisions taken by the ruling coalition on December 9 were indicators of the weakness of Congress party. The ruling National Conference had promised to take decision in the Cabinet meeting on 73rd amendment of the Indian Constitution but no announcement was made regarding extending this amendment in Jammu and Kashmir in the Cabinet meeting which was held on December 9. Instead of taking any decision, it wa...   READ MORE   Mirwaiz now sees a ray of hope in Arvind Kejriwal Communal dimension of Kashmir 12/10/2013 11:02:05 PM Neha JAMMU, Dec 10: Self-styled freedom fighter and chairman of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (HC) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday commended the performance of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi Assembly polls and termed its success as a "positive change". "This is a welcome change which has happened in the capital city of India. I congratulate Arvind Kejriwal of the AAP for his victory," Mirwaiz, who heads a group of nearly two dozen fanatics, self-seekers, rank opportunists and exploiters, told media persons on the sidelines of a photographic exhibition on the alleged human rights violations organized by the APHC-M. Earlier, during his seditious speech at the function of fanatics,...   READ MORE   Parent of alleged beneficiary arrested BOPEE scam 12/10/2013 11:03:33 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 10: In what can further ruffle the feathers in the stirred up controvesry on rigged and irregularity ridden entrance exams in state, the Crime Branch of Police today arrested a parent of one of the beneficiaries' of Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) scam involving selling of CET-2012 papers against hefty sums. Official sources disclosed that the Crime Branch arrested Farooq Ahmad Shah, parent of one of the alleged beneficiary for his involvement in buying the papers. A resident of Manghal in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, Shah has been lodged in Crime Branch lockup here. Shah is believed to have purchased the papers against whooping...   READ MORE   Murky transfers in Education Department 12/10/2013 11:02:55 PM Early Times Report Kathua, Dec 10: Amid charges of non transparency and recent ban on transfers affecting the transfers and adjustments of various categories of teachers, it seems that only the honest candidates are likely to suffer. Reliable sources of the School Education Department told Early Times that transfers have been effected in an objectionable manner. They added and disclosed a case where a master cadre teacher, who was working in a High school of district Reasi, was first attached in a school on the pretext of deployment vide Director School Education no. DSEJ/NG/M/13889-92 dt. 11-01-2013. After11 days a corrigendum, possibly ignoring the mandatory formality of publishing t...   READ MORE

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