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| Orders issued after invocation of Model Code of Conduct, Civil Secretariat denies issuance of orders | | DC Pulwama, Budgam issue orders without consent of CEO Urban Development Agency Kashmir | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Mar 18: Confusion and mystery shrouds the recent orders issued by Deputy Commissioners of two different districts of Kashmir valley with issuance to the assigning of charges in the District Urban Development Agency in these two districts.
The issuance of the orders has come under a cloud since the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Urban Development Agency Kashmir (UDAK) has made it public that he has not been taken into confidence by the concerned deputy commissioners. The CEO also said that some corridors of power in Civil Secretariat have feigned ignorance about the orders and as such these orders hold no weight.
It would be in place to mention here that the two orders have been issued on March 8 and 11 respectively. These orders have come in violation of Model Code of Conduct announced by Election Commission of India in view of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled to start from April 7.
District Development Commissioner, Pulwama, Manzoor Ahmad Lone in his order wrote that Assistant Commissioner Development, Pulwama shall hold the charge of Project Officer, ... | |
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| Suspense continues over Azad’s candidature | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 18: Congress has released third list of its 58 candidates but there was no mention of candidates of Jammu and Kashmir. Suspense over candidate of most important Udhampur-Doda-Kathua seat still continues because Congress party has not announced candidate for this seat.
Credible sources in the Congress said that name of Union Minister and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has almost finalized but Congress high command is waiting for appropriate opportunity to announce Azad's candidature for this seat. Important to mention here that just four days have been left for filing nomination papers but Congress leadership has yet to announce candidate for J... | |
| | | | Gullible licence seekers satiating Swaran Singh's hunger for bribery | | ARTO's Dictum: Everything comes with a price | | | Ajay Sharma
RAMBAN, Mar 18: A rule of anarchy is allegedly at galore in Ramban where a Government employee posted as Assistant Road Transport Officer is executing duties at his own whims while exercising corrupt and fraudulent means to satiate his need of bribery
The issue came to light when some of the people who reached the ARTO Swaran Singh with their genuine cases of getting their licences renewed or to get the district route permits for their vehicles, which the concerned officer put them to unusual harassment leading them to fall trap to the agents to get their work done.
"This is a commonplace phenomenon at ARTO office that he puts the genuine people to unnecessary harassment and ... | |
| | | | Anti national postings galore on social media sites | | Police cyber cell a lame duck | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, Mar 18: Tall claims of Jammu and Kashmir Police of having state of the art anti cyber crime cell to tackle cyber crimes in state have turned out to be hoax as it has failed to detect and act against elements who spread communal hatred and anti national agenda using these social networking sites.
In a bid to tackle the menace of growing cyber crime, Jammu and Kashmir Police in the year 2012 established two special cyber cells in Jammu and Srinagar, but the initiative has proved to be an exercise in futility as they have failed to check the anti India rant on the social networking sites like "Facebook" and "twitter".
As per the details available with "Early Times", ... | |
| | | | Modi arriving on March 26; BJP planning rallies in Srinagar, Kargil | | J&K Lok Sabha elections | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 18: Gearing up for taking Congress-National Conference (NC) coalition candidates head-on, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is confirming dates for holding rallies of its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi not only in Jammu but in Srinagar and Ladakh as well.
Highly placed sources said that Narendra Modi would begin his J&K election campaign by addressing a rally in Samba district of Jammu region on March 26. They added that the rally would be followed by Narendra Modi visiting Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine on the same day. He wants to get blessings of Mata Vaishno Devi before taking forward his election campaign in rest of the country, said a source in New Delhi... | |
| | | | 20,000 families denied ration cards in Ganderbal | | As CM, FM watch helplessly | | | Early Times Report
ganderbal, Mar 18: Notwithstanding the claims of the Government to provide ration to every house hold after the passage of Food Security Bill by Parliament, over 20,000 families in Ganderbal district have been deprived of ration cards as per the census of 2011.
According to sources over 20,000 families as per the census of 2011 are deprived of ration cards in the Chief Minister's Ganderbal Constituency alone and though there is a lot of public outcry in the area the Government till date has failed to solve the issue.
As per the figures available with CAPD Department, 43,500 families have been allocated ration cards in Ganderbal district as per the census of 2001. Howev... | |
| | | | Pro-Cong, pro-NC wave blowing in J&K, says Azad | | Election Scene | | | Rustam
jammu, Mar 18: Senior Congress leader and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad asserted the other day while addressing a public meeting in Rajouri district that a strong pro-Congress and pro-National Conference (NC) wave is sweeping the state and that the coalition would win all the six Lok Sabha seats. He is a leader of a political party and it's natural that he would make such claims. After all, he has to keep the morale of the otherwise demoralized Congress supporters and cadres high. Hence, what he said should be viewed in this context.
Is a pro-Congress and pro-NC wind blowing in the state? Has the coalition done anything substantial during its more than five-year rule tha... | |
| | | | POJK part of Pakistan, shows AAP's map | | Referendum in Kashmir | | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 18: Days after senior party leader Prashant Bhushan unleashed a national outrage over his repeated assertion that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) believes in holding a referendum in Kashmir valley on the Army's presence there and that Kashmir be allowed to go out of India if the referendum result shows that the people of Kashmir do not want to live with India, the AAP has courted yet another controversy by showing part of Pakistan-occupied-Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in Pakistan on its website.
According to reports, the world map on the AAP's website showed PoJK in Pakistan instead of India. However, after being denounced on social media by the nationalists over the issue, the part... | |
| | | | Omar's `golden era' won JK most corrupt state title | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 18: Even as the Lok Sabha elections are drawing closer, the National Conference (NC) leaders are trying their best to project Omar's regime as a golden era of development. However, the ground situation narrates an entirely different story.
The truth about National Conference led coalition Government's developmental activities came to fore in June, 2011 when Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram visited the summer capital. He took the administration for a `ride' around old city. And during his `joyride' around the old city he sought reasons for dilapidated roads and drains. He was told that no developmental work could be undertaken last year due to unrest. How... | |
| | | | PDP ridicules Hansa Group's opinion poll predicting clean sweep for NC | | `No such exercise undertaken in JK' | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, Mar 18: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has ridiculed a survey conducted by Hansa Research Group predicting a clean sweep for the National Conference (NC) in the forthcoming Parliamentary elections. The projections of the survey are available on the website of a New Delhi based news channel.
A letter has been sent to the news channel seeking clarification on the opinion poll. PDP chief spokesperson Nayeem Akthar said some of the results of previous elections have been repeated in the projections.
"The Group has not done any opinion poll in states like Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir and the North Eastern States.” Nayeem said. He said that the channel has clari... | |
| | | | Sulking Lal Singh creates furore in New Delhi | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 18: In what could be termed as major embarrassment for J&K Congress, Member Parliament (MP) from Udhampur-Doda constituency Choudhary Lal Singh has trained guns at party high command in New Delhi, threatening to contest as Independent.
Though exact reasons for his change of stance could not be ascertained but sources said that he has accused the Congress high command of victimising him. They added that it is due to this new stance of Lal Singh which has resulted in Congress delaying naming of candidate for Doda-Udhampur parliamentary constituency.
Sources further said that New Delhi has already told Lal Singh to return to Jammu and start campaign in favour... | |
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