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| Peon turned politician, GOI officials swindle crores | | CBI registers case, investigations on | | | Sumit Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 7: A peon turned politician from Rajouri district in connivance with a few officials of the Ministry of Textiles Government of India allegedly swindled government funds worth crores meant for undertaking various developmental programmes for the poor artisans in the Rajouri district.
Sources told Early Times in June this year that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case against the politician and Chairman cum MD and Secretary of two NGOs M/s National Foundation and M/s United National Handicrafts (Federation) Z A Bhatti and GOI officials, V K Sarita, V K Mahajan, Maya Devi, KK Sharma and Som Nath who remained Assistant Directors (Marketing & Service) from 2005 to 2013 in Jammu and Udhampur offices of Ministry of Textiles, under FIR No. 06/2014 U/s 120-B r/w 420 467 and Section 5(2) r/w 5(1)(d) of J&K PC Act on 17-11-2014 for misrepresentation of facts, forgery, misappropriation of government funds in undertaking different training schemes/programmes and workshops of department of Handicrafts, Ministry of Tex... | |
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| Woman Scholar's harassment complaint against Professor falls on JU authority's deaf ears | | | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 7: In an astounding incident, the interim Vice Chancellor University of Jammu, Prof. RD Sharma has not only refused to take cognizance of the written complaint of a woman scholar against a senior professor and Head of the Department, but even denied to admit the complaint in which serious allegations of harassment were leveled against the accused.
Ritu Devi, D/O Tirath Ram, R/O Jourian, a scholar of the Department of Dogri, pursuing her research work since 2010 in a written complaint (in possession of ET) to the Vice Chancellor had alleged that despite her best efforts to complete her research, her guide, Prof. Shiv Dev Singh had not only be... | |
| | | | Cong still a divided house; Azad, Soz holding meetings separately | | | | Sandeep Bhat
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 7: The state Congress is the worst unit ever. Even as the party is contesting the most crucial state elections, things are not well within it and it is still divided between Soz and Azad groups.
As per sources, former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is holding most of the election meetings and rallies across the state and Soz is mostly confined to Baramulla where his son Salman Soz is contesting on Congress ticket.
There was a division for last many years and the party is divided in Azad and Soz groups. Both these leaders are seen together when they have to share dias with Ambica Soni, senior Congress leader or in a press conference. Oth... | |
| | | | Campaigns at low key to benefit NC candidate | | BJP candidate sabotaging party's interest | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 7: A BJP candidate contesting in the ensuing assembly elections in the state has been accused of deliberately campaigning at low key to benefit rival candidate from NC.
The issue was taken up by various State leaders with the Party High Command seeking action against the candidate whose negative role is inimical to party interests in the State.
BJP candidate who influenced Party High Command to seek mandate for Assembly poll despite the fact that it had opposed mandate for two members of same family, was deliberately campaigning at low key to benefit the rival NC candidate.
Sources said the Party candidate created hurdles in giving mandate to a senior BJP... | |
| | | | ECI uploads illegible information of contesting candidates from Vijaypur | | Negligence or deliberate attempt to hamper public scrutiny? | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 7: The affidavits filed in 2008 by candidates who contested from Vijaypur constituency are not readable making it very difficult to draw a comparison of the documents. A question arises. Is it negligence or a deliberate attempt to help the candidates.
The official website of Chief Election Officer, Jammu and Kashmir depicts affidavits of 19 contesting candidates from Vijaypur constituency but the information is totally unreadable, restricting the general public from drawing any comparison of candidates.
Sources alleged that National Conference candidate Surjeet Singh Slathia was among the candidates who are once again in the fray from V... | |
| | | | Overconfident BJP candidates start dreaming of portfolios in new Govt | | Strangers overshadow committed workers in party offices | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 7: Riding on the Modi wave, State Bhartiya Janta Party leaders and its candidates have started flying high even as polling for three phases is yet to be held.
While strange faces have occupied the party offices and important assignments in the ongoing Assembly elections, some of the overconfident BJP candidates are learnt to have predicting important portfolios for them in the next State Government after polls.
According to the sources in BJP circles, a new brigade of strangers has flooded the State BJP and occupied important positions vis-à-vis election affairs in Jammu and Kashmir. Whether it is to accompany visiting Union Ministers and star campaigners ... | |
| | | | People leaving no space for bogus, mobile voters; politicians lure electorate by offering money, gifts | | High voter turnout in first two phases 'perturbs' NC | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 7: As the stage is set for the third phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, political parties are trying their best to reach out to the voters through different means as the record polling percentage in the first two phases has made the politicians believe that boycott factor, bogus voting and mobile voters are not going to help their cause.
Kashmir based parties, including ruling National Conference and opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), have organized massive road shows and rallies during the past few days amidst high threat perception as Valley witnessed four militant attacks on Friday.
Candidates of the small parties who cannot manage big... | |
| | | | CISF trooper sustain injuries in Tral grenade attack | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 7: A CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) trooper sustained minor injuries after militants hurled a grenade on a school building in which the forces were camping for poll duty in South Kashmir's Noorpora Tral area.
Official sources said that the militants this evening hurled a grenade at the E-Coy of 508 Central Industrial Security Forces near Higher Secondary School in Noorpora village of the volatile Tral.
They said that in the grenade attack one CISF trooper identified as R K Rajak received minor injuries and was shifted to hospital for treatment.
The CISF Company is stationed in the area for the upcoming elections, officials ... | |
| | | | Pampore all set for tough electoral battle | | | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Pampore, Dec 7: Kashmir's saffron town, Pampore is all set for a tough electoral battle on December 9 between National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party PDP).
Political observers said that it would be interesting to see the electoral battle of National Conference's new face as he is contesting first time from this constituency. However they said, "PDP has very good chance to secure the seat and will give a tough fight to opponents."
However, In the 2008 assembly elections the incumbent PDP MLA Zahoor Ah Mir registered win by nearly 5300 votes. While as the runner up candidate from Indian National Congress Mohammad Anwar Bhat got 5800 votes, ... | |
| | | | BJP's move to engage Islamic clerics to get votes draws flak from valley residents | | | | Mudasir Tariq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 7: Bharatiya Janata Party's move of engaging Islamic clerics in Kashmir to woo voters in order to boost its chances to win the state election has drawn flak among masses and the move is being criticized at large.
The BJP is going all out in the Valley with the target of winning 44 of the state's 87 assembly seats. Majority of the people in Kashmir valley believe that the party is using religious card to fulfill its interests.
According to the reports a key campaigner for the party is Deoband-based Maulana Suhaib Qasmi who heads the Jamaat Ulema-e-Hind. Qasmi has already delivered many lectures in several madrassas of the valley to help... | |
| | | | BJP working overtime for one lakh gathering at PM's rally | | Security grid on high alert, mobile services could be suspended | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 7: BJP Kashmir is putting in all out efforts to ensure a gathering of over one lakh gathering at the Sher-i-kashmir stadium tomorrow where Prime minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address an elections rally. Taking challenge to conduct a rally in Srinagar amid Separatist rant of poll boycott and bitter opposition to BJP's Kashmir policy from Mainstream political parties like National Conference and People's Democratic party, office bearers of BJP Kashmir are determined to make the rally best ever in the History of Kashmir.
"One lakh people from all corners of valley are scheduled to reach Srinagar and listen to PM Modi," said Altaf Tha... | |
| | | | J&K students flee Haryana college after clash with locals | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 7 : A day after their clash with locals over the alleged issue of raising anti-national slogans, several J&K students, some of whom were said to have sustained injuries, have fled a Haryana engineering college.
The incident occurred at Global Research Institute for Management and Technology in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, yesterday.
Some of the J&K students told Early Times on phone said they feared threat to their lives. They claimed that a minor issue that had erupted in the hostel was sorted out with the intervention of hostlers. The situation worsened after some outsiders came there and beat them up, they alleged.
They alleged that p... | |
| | | | Caste factor likely to benefit Lal in Bani constituency | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa/ Sanjay Pathak
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 7 : With caste factor playing a major role in the mountainous Bani Assembly constituency in district Kathua, the stake holders in the segment including the Congress, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the National Conference (NC) are getting goose bumps as there is clear polarization of votes on caste lines. The political analysts and some of the prominent citizens of Bani Assembly segment told Early Times that if the voters got swayed by the social divide in the constituency then it will eventually benefit the BJP rebel Master Lal Chand, who is contesting the polls as an independent. As many as 11 candidates are in fray fr... | |
| | | | PM Modi's election rally throws life out of gear in Srinagar, security beefed up across Kashmir | | Nakas, barricades erected to ensure incident free rally | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 7 : Security has been beefed up across Kashmir valley as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is arriving here to address an election rally at the Sher-I-Kashmir Cricket Stadium on Monday. The forces and police personnel have been put on high alert to ensure that no untoward incident takes place. The venue of the election rally has virtually been sealed off by the police and security forces personnel. Barricades have been erected at many places leading towards the venue of the election rally. People are being frisked at various places in order to ensure that no untoward incident takes place. Militant attacks across Kashmir on Friday have put on... | |
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