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| Nirmal under pressure to contest as Independent candidate | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 9: Although incharge of J&K BJP Avinash Rai Khanna has tried to pacify annoyed BJP leader Dr Nirmal Singh, yet he (Dr Nirmal Singh) is facing pressure from his supporters to contest election as Independent candidate from Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat.
Today a number of youth from Ramban, Banihal, Bhaderwah, Doda and Kishtwar called on Dr Nirmal Singh and asked him to come forward to contest Lok Sabha elections.
Credible sources close to Dr Nirmal Singh said that youth asked Dr Nirmal Singh that BJP leadership has humiliated him badly so it will be unwise on his part to remain in that party. Singh's supporters tried to convince him that due to opposition of... | |
| | | | BJP rift widens, Nirmal Singh supporters hold protest | | Parliamentary election 2014 | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, Mar 9: Ahead of 2014 general elections, the rift within the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) over denial of mandate from Kathua -Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary seat has further deepened as the supporters of Dr. Nirmal Singh held a strong protest at Kathua seeking ticket for him.
As per the details, Dr. Nirmal Singh supporters blocked the road at Muthi Jaggir on Jammu-Pathankot National Highway and disrupted vehicular movement.. The protesters belonged to youth wing of the party. The angry supporters of Dr. Nirmal Singh raised slogans against party leadership. They also chanted "Dr. Nirmal Singh Nahi Toh BJP Nahi (If there is no ticket for Dr. Nirmal Singh--- then there... | |
| | | | Creation of Deputy Director Posts goes on at will | | It's rain of different kind in Technical Education Department | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Mar 9: Trampling of laid down rules and regulations has become a norm in the Technical Education department with adjustments, promotions and appointments being carried out in total violation of cadre management rules that exist in the department.
On November 20, 2013, the Technical Education department vide order no 238-Edu-Tech of 2013 made adjustment of three more Deputy Directors against the requirement of only one Deputy Director. There are only three Deputy Directors in the Directorate. These Deputy Directors are Deputy Director Kashmir, Deputy Director Jammu and Deputy Director Central.
Sources said that in 2008, Deputy Director Central was downgraded a... | |
| | | | LS poll 2014, winners not known, losers already identified | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 9: Is corruption really an election issue in Jammu and Kashmir? Would the fate of the contestants in 2014 Lok Sabha elections in the State be decided on corruption issues? Would the corrupt and nepotic politicians finally find their exit during these elections?
Euphemistic and simple questions. Perhaps every voter will claim to know the answers and so would all the political analysts, pollsters, soothsayers and newsmen.
The fact, however, remains that it is not clear yet and it might not be clear till the results are out to know whether corruption is really a poll issue in the State.
Corruption has not only become a part and parcel of the routine dealing... | |
| | | | Civil Sectt presents dull look again, Ministers away | | Visitors rush too getting thin, thanks to 'MCC' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 9: As budget session of Assembly came to close last week, Civil Secretariat once again presents a dull and deserted look with most of the ministers staying away from their seats of power. After attending over a month long budget session which was loaded with hectic schedule of the proceedings and business, a 'break' is well deserved for the 'tired' lot. Model Code of Conduct on account of Parliamentary polls too came handy to avoid and keep away the people who would normally come pestering on various fronts.
There is a 'reason' to say their 'works' cannot be done on this account which is why the number of visitors to Secretariat has also thinned down consi... | |
| | | | Denied mandate from Doda-Kathua -Udhampur, Dr Nirmal Singh may walk out of BJP | | Party rank and file forlorn | | | Sandeep Bhat
Jammu, Mar 9: Taken aback by the denial of mandate to contest from Doda-Kathua -Udhampur Parliamentary seat, former president of the state BJP, Dr. Nirmal Singh may walk out of the party and if sources close to him can be believed, he might walk into the ideologically opposed PDP. Sources disclose that Nirmal Singh, who has lost close battles against Madan Lal of the Congress from Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary seat and against Raman Bhalla from Gandhinagar Assembly seat was expecting party mandate from Doda-Kathua -Udhampur Parliamentary seat and had been camping there along with his wife, a leader of the party's women wing has gone ex communico since then. Sources further adde... | |
| | | | Omar will know whether there is Modi wave or not | | BJP should convince Modi to contest from Jammu | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 9: The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah is not able to digest Narendra Modi impact in Jammu and Kashmir despite the fact that around 80000 people turned up in his rally on December 1 last year.
Omar denies that NaMo has made inroads in his state which has been ruled by his party, National Conference (NC) for most of the time during past 67 years.
The Chief Minister must be aware that if Modi decides to contest the Lok Sabha elections in either of the two seats of Jammu region, Jammu-Poonch or Udhampur-Doda, the Chief Minister will not be able to stop him from winning this. Not even the NC-Congress coalition government would be able to stop ... | |
| | | | Omar bats for change within internal security-related laws | | AFSPA, Army and legal immunity | | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 9: NC working president and Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who had been demanding revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and withdrawal of the Army from certain areas of the state since 2009, but failed to convince the authorities of his demands on Saturday advocated the need for a change within laws like the AFSPA so that they are not misused by the Army. "There is a need to build a 'fear of consequences' within laws like the AFSPA so that they are not misused by the Army," Omar Abdullah said in Delhi on March 8 while talking on wide-ranging issues at the two-day India Today conclave, and dismissed out-of-hand the well-founded suggestion... | |
| | | | Kashmir Congress can upset alliance in LS election | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Mar 9: Although the ruling National Conference-Congress coalition have decided to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections jointly, the simmering discontent among the Congress workers in Kashmir valley can upset a lot many calculations in the electoral process.
The ground situation in Kashmir valley suggest that for now, the anger among the congress workers may upset the coalition at the highest level which admittedly has not percolated down to the gross roots level which is obvious from the fact that last five years have been marked by deep rift with the Kashmir congress always complaining of discrimination by the NC party.
It is also being said that the major thi... | |
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