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Sonia kicks off campaign from ‘kitchen’ 4/12/2008 11:44:32 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 12 The Congress president today literally kicked off the poll campaign of the party from “kitchen” not only for Jammu and Kashmir elections but also for other states where polls are due this year. Kicking off poll campaign at the women conference here meant that the Congress party was this time eyeing around the strong constituency of women and thus the campaign begins from the kitchen to reach the poll battle. She also struck an emotional chord with the womenfolk that it was a dream of her deceased husband Rajiv Gandhi that women should the reservation in legislature. Sonia asked the women of Jammu and Kashmir to fan out all across the state with the message of peace and prosperity and get the party re-elected in the elections in 2008. She said the women had a special role to play in this election year - to spread the message of Congress' programmes and achievements to the people in one and all villages. 'Your work should help Congress regain power in the state,' she said. The Congress president said the party had brought about peace and de...   READ MORE

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Congress may go it alone Coalition word missing from Sonia discourse 4/12/2008 11:44:00 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 12 ET SPECIAL For many the continuation of an alliance between the Congress and Peoples Democratic Party was more or less a foregone conclusion but as the elections approach near, things are seen taking a different shape. While local Congress leaders and their PDP counterparts remain engaged in diatribe against each other, so far the party high command had given all the positive signals for continuation of the alliance. However, for the first time today, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi dropped a hint that her party may go it alone in the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir. During her brief and crisp 14 minute speech at the party’s women c...   READ MORE   OBC may spell political puff in J&K 4/12/2008 11:43:05 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 12 ET EXCLUSIVE The Supreme Court verdict of upholding the 27 per cent reservation quote for Other Backward Classes may have got across the board appreciation from all political parties but in Jammu and Kashmir it can bring along a problem for the government. Giving a big push to reservation policy, the Supreme Court had on Thursday upheld the controversial law providing 27 per cent quota for OBCs in IITs, IIMs and other central educational institutions but excluded the "creamy layer" from its ambit. The law was earlier passed by the Parliament of India and was applicable to entire country except the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Though being cleared by...   READ MORE   119 drug shops shut 4/12/2008 11:42:09 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 12 The Drug and Food Control Organization has cancelled 123 drugs licenses and sealed 119 unlicensed drug shops during 2007-08 which is the highest number even recorded by the department in a year. It lifted a record number of 1215 samples of medicines/drugs during 2007-08 of which 1029 were analyzed in the state laboratories at Srinagar and Jammu. Only 48 of these were found to be sub-standard. During the last year only 664 samples were lifted and only, 40 of them were found to be of sub-standard quality. For the first time special drives were launched periodically to inspect maximum number of drugs shops. This resulted in inspection of over 8205 drugs s...   READ MORE   Third Front in making: Mir 4/12/2008 11:41:12 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 12 Even though there yet any word to be heard from Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen and MY Tarigami, the Peoples Democratic Party rebel Ghulam Hassan Mir has claimed that the third front is in the making. Speaking to a local cable television channel, Mir claimed that many leaders were in close touch with him and the third front could take shape towards the end of this months or early next month. Mir, said “the talks with other political leaders and groups have entered into a crucial stage. He said ‘”the Third Front will take final shape either towards the end of the current month or by the middle of next month.” In reply to a question he said that the political...   READ MORE

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