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Security up as first phase polling today 4/15/2009 11:34:53 PM Munish Gupta Jammu, Apr 15: Intelligence inputs and speculations about possible militants’ strike in Jammu city in wake of parliamentary elections tight security has been put in place for tomorrow’s first phase of parliamentary elections in which Jammu- Poonch constituency would go to poll with four districts. Meanwhile, poll related material and officials of the state government have been sent to the respective polling stations for carrying out poll duties. Besides outer districts of Jammu region including Samba, Rajouri and Poonch, the security has also been beefed up in the ‘City of Temples’ with deployment of additional forces for free and fair Lok Sabha polls. ''Para-military forces including CRPF, BSF, Army and other security agencies have been deployed in all 2210 polling stations in Samba, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts of this parliamentary constituency,'' IG Jammu K Rajendra told early Times Correspondant adding that special security grid has been put in place for sensitive and hypersensitive polling booths. . “The security deployment has been put on maximum a...   READ MORE

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17 lakh eligible to cast votes 4/15/2009 11:34:33 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, APRIL 15: As many as 17.21 lakh voters will decide fate of 21 contestants on Thursday in the first phase of polling in Lok Sabha elections in Jammu Parliamentary constituency (PC). Jammu PC is going to polls along with 123 other constituencies spread over 15 states of the country. A total of 20 Assembly segments spread over 4 districts will go to the polls with a total electorate of 17,21,696 including 23,674 service voters. Polling would be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow simultaneously at 2,210 polling stations set up across Jammu, Samba, Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu Parliamentary constituency. The electors exercising their franchise in the f...   READ MORE   Hizbul threat taken seriously 4/15/2009 11:34:05 PM NEW DELHI: After Hizbul Mujahiddin chief Syed Salahuddin threatened to disrupt the poll process in Jammu and Kashmir, Army today said that the militant's threat was taken "seriously" and that it was working to ensure free and fair elections in the state. "This threat, which has been issued by Syed Salahuddin to interfere with elections in Kashmir has been taken seriously by us...it is our duty to make sure that the electorate is not intimidated and the election process is fair and free," Army Vice-Chief Lieutenant General Noble Thamburaj said. On Monday, the Hizbul chief had called for boycott of elections in Kashmir. Security forces were carrying out sustained operations to sanitiz...   READ MORE   No talks with Pak: PM 4/15/2009 11:33:53 PM NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ruled out resumption of talks with Pakistan as long as it allows terrorists to use its territory against India and shows "sincerity" in bringing the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks to justice. He also rejected as "not true" Islamabad contention that India has not provided sufficient evidence to Pakistan in connection with the 26/11 attacks. "The present situation is so long as Pakistan chooses to allow its territory to be used against India, no negotiation can take place. "We are for engagement with Pakistan but Pakistan must prove its sincerity by bringing the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks to book," he said in an interaction with members...   READ MORE   Kolkata youth held near IB 4/15/2009 11:33:35 PM Early Times Report JAMMU: BSF troops today arrested a youth from Kolkata under suspicious circumstances near the Indo-Pak border in Jammu district, official sources said. The jawans of 135 battalion of BSF observed some movement near the international border (IB) in Nawapind border outpost in R S Pura border tehsil in Jammu district, they said. They saw 17-year-old Chand Lohar moving around under suspicious circumstances near the IB and later arrested him, they said. Nothing incriminating was recovered from him, they said. ...   READ MORE   Mehbooba takes Omar’s EVM wiggle to EC table 4/15/2009 11:33:14 PM SALMAN Ahmed Jammu, Apr 15: Taking Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s statement on wrong side of the wit, Peoples Democratic Party has filed a complaint of Model Code of Conduct violation before the Election Commission. Addressing a rally with Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in Vijaypur on Tuesday, Omar had wittingly said that only Congress button on the Electronic Voting Machine is effective while others have no relevance. Taking note of the newspaper report of Omar’s speech, the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has written to the Election Commission for cognizance. Mehbooba Mufti while talking to early times on phone said that such confusing statement has developed distrust amon...   READ MORE   Speaker names 14 House panels 4/15/2009 11:32:50 PM early Times Report JAMMU, APRIL 15: The Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Mr. Mohammad Akbar Lone today constituted 13 House Committees for the year 2009-10. As per the notifications issued by the Assembly Secretariat today, the Members nominated for “General Purpose Committee” under the Chairmanship of Speaker would be Deputy Speaker, Chairman PAC, Chairman PUC, Chairman Estimates Committee, Ms. Mehbooba Mufti, Moulvi Iftikhar Hussian Ansari, Mr. G. M. Saroori, Mr. Balwant Singh Mankotia, Mr. Zulifikar Ali and Mr. Charanjit Singh. Similarly, “A Committee on Environment” headed by Mr. Nizam-ud-Din Bhat would have Mr. Radhey Sham Sharma, Mr. Rafi Ahmad Mir, Mr. Ashwani Ku...   READ MORE   PDP dubs NC as proxy of Congress 4/15/2009 11:32:22 PM Early TImes Report Anantnag, Apr 15: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has said the successive accords of the National Conference (NC) with Delhi’ s political leadership were always used by the party to grab power bartering, in the process, the State’s political and economic interests. Addressing a series of election rallies in Dooru assembly segment of Anantnag-Pulwama Parliamentary constituency today, Mehbooba said after having bartered Rai Shumari, autonomy and even the State’s resources and the honor and dignity of its people through successive accords with the Centre, the NC leadership has, through the January 2009 accord, now even mortgaged the party’s ideolo...   READ MORE

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