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| Anantnag records highest voter turnout among four districts of South | | Noorabad tops among Assembly segments | | | Saahil Suhail
SRINAGAR, Apr 24: In 3- Anantnag parliamentary constituency, district Anantnag today ranked first in terms of voter turnout as 37.76% of its electorate exercised franchise, while as Noorabad Assembly segment of Kulgam district stood first among the Assembly segments with a voter turnout of 71.14% up to 6:00 pm
Spread on six Assembly segments Anantnag-Dooru-Kokernag-Shangus-Bijbehara and Pahalgam district Anantnag managed to record highest voter turnout while as Pulwama recorded lowest with only 7.54% of its electorate exercised its franchise in the district amid clashes and violence.
Similarly in Shopian besides worst kind of violence and disturbance its 20.43% electorate u... | |
| | | | Shariq confronts NC workers' fury for block president's folly | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, Apr 24: National Conference-Congress coalition candidate for Baramulla Lok Sabha seat Sharif-ud-Din Shariq faced angry workers at Sheeri. The angry protesters accused Block President of NC for backing his brother in-law who has grabbed forest land in the Zandfaran area of this North Kashmir district.
According to reports as the Block President of NC stood up for his address, some of the workers objected to the same and demanded that Shariq who had already completed his speech must redress the issue of land grabbing by one of its workers in Zandfaran area.
Workers of both NC and Congress fought against each other and did not allow the NC Block President to s... | |
| | | | Voting percentage dismal in Pulwama, low in Shopian; moderate in Anantnag, Kulgam | | Poll official gets killed as militants attack polling party at Nagbal in Shopian | | | Jehangir Rashid/Mustansir
SRINAGAR, Apr 24: Killing of three persons including a Sarpanch on the night of April 21 at Tral virtually led to dismal polling in the Pulwama district as the voting for the Anantnag Lok Sabha culminated in the evening today.
The polling percentage turned out to be moderate in Anantnag and Kulgam districts and low in Shopian. While Anantnag recorded the poll percentage of 37.76, Kulgam recorded the poll percentage of 36.68. In Shopian 20.43 percent people exercised their franchise with Pulwama recording the dismal poll percentage of 6.32 percent.
In the meantime, a polling official got killed after militants attacked a poll party as they were returning after pe... | |
| | | | Stone pelting shuts Sopore | | Militants give slip to SF | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, Apr 24: Panic gripped North Kashmir's Baramulla district when a group of youth suddenly appeared in the market and asked shopkeepers to put down their shutters. In another incident militants managed to give a slip to Government forces in Sopore Town.
According to reports, the youth pelted stones on shops and CRPF bunker stationed inside State Bank of India. Life was normal in Sopore town when suddenly scores of youth appeared in the market and enforced shutdown there. The youth amid pro-freedom and pro-election boycott slogans resorted to stone-pelting as a result the market presented a deserted look.
Government forces used tear-smoke shells to disperse the ... | |
| | | | Anantnag may spell doom for NC | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 24: The gradual though subtle increase in polling percentage in Anantnag constituency is worrying trend for National Conference. According to reports, despite the best of the efforts of the National Conference, which had all the resources at its disposal, the voter turnout suggests that it's vote for change, like in other parts of the country.
According to sources, the National Conference had made it a point to defeat PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. It had devised a special strategy as its game plan was if Mehbooba is defeated that it will spell doom for the party and it could be to the advantage of the National Conference.
The significant shift in the last ... | |
| | | | 3 palatial bungalows, hotels, land, shopping complex amongst unaccounted assets | | Naib Tehsildar booked in DA case | | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Apr 24: The State Vigilance Organization, Jammu lodged FIR against tainted Naib Tehsildar for owning huge assets, disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Sources said the FIR 11/2014-VOJ was registered under section 51 E, read with section 52 PC Act, in Police Station Vigilance Organization Jammu against Naib Tehsildar Sher Singh, earlier posted in Katra, now in Satwari Niabat, for owning assets much beyond his known sources of Income, following which three simultaneously raids by vigilance sleuths under the supervision of SSP M.Y Kitchloo were conducted at the residences of the Naib Tehsildar at Jammu, Katra and Reasi.
Sources further informed that t... | |
| | | | `Low turnout dangerous for democracy' | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 24: The low voting percentage in Anantnag parliamentary constituency in general and in Pulwama district in particular is very dangerous trend being setup in Kashmir valley, which is trying to come out of the violence phase of 25 years.
It is a known fact that reason behind low turnout in Pulwama district of south Kashmir is the recent killings of Sarpanches and the posters put up on the name of Hizbul Mujahideen cautioning people against voting.
But people must understand this fact that since 1987 when elections were rigged by then ruling party and followed by low turnout in almost every Assembly or Parliamentary elections here benefitted only one party. Not... | |
| | | | With PhD in Dogri, Dr Kesar heads Punjabi department | | JU gifts away posts to influential candidates | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 24: It would not be perhaps wrong to say that the Jammu University is the most (so called) liberal institute to take 'arbitrary' decisions while employing its faculty, succumbing to influential pressure.
Despite strong orders from the Governor (Chancellor Jammu University) about one person one post in the university, Dr Archana Kesar seems to be an exception holding three different posts, even without having proper knowledge and understanding of one of the departments and subjects.
According to a professor in the University, Dr Archana has done her masters in Sanskrit, followed by M.Phil in same subject and Hon's in Dogri. She has done her Ph.D in Dogri. De... | |
| | | | Probe Panel fails to find a competent candidate for JKBOSE headship | | Goswami stays in Chair 'till further orders' | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Apr 24: After failure of a five member panel to identify a competent candidate for the coveted post of Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE), Renu Goswami, the incumbent Secretary has managed to cling on to the headship 'till further orders'.
It was learnt from sources that Government accorded extension to Goswami in view of criticism from different quarters over the failure of the five members search panel including Principal Secretary Home Suresh Kumar, Secretary School Education Hridesh Kumar, Secretary Higher Education Sheikh Mushtaq Ahmed, Secretary Housing and Urban Development Satish Nehru and former JKBOSE Chairman Sheikh Bashir Ahmed t... | |
| | | | NC-Congress's defeat imminent, predicts upbeat PDP | | Farooq Abdullah's News X interview | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Apr 24: The main opposition political party in the Kashmir Valley, People's democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday predicted doom for the Congress and National Conference (NC) in the elections and asserted that it would perform exceedingly well in Kashmir. "Farooq Abdullah (NC president and Union Minister for renewable energy) is behaving like a rat on a sinking ship, blaming all others except himself. Their (NC-Congress coalition's) defeat in Kashmir is imminent," said PDP spokesperson Naeem Akhtar. He was reacting to the Farooq Abdullah's admission that "it's all over" for the Congress-led UPA of which the NC is an integral part.
In an interview to news channel News X on ... | |
| | | | Congress' U-turn on Ladakh | | Struggle for UT status | | | Neha
JAMMU, Apr 24: On April 15, the Congress unit in the trans-Himalayan strategic Ladakh released 29-point manifesto for Ladakh, which, among other things, held out a solemn commitment that the party, if voted to power at the Centre, will work for Union Territory (UT) status for the grossly ignored, politically marginalised and discriminated against Ladakh region. The manifesto was released with much fanfare by the party candidate to the lone Ladakh Lok Sabha seat, Tsering Samphal, in the presence of all senior Congress leaders, including former Union Minister P Namgyal and Rigzin Jora, Cabinet Minister in the Omar Abdullah NC-Congress coalition Government . The objective, obviously, wa... | |
| | | | Tourism deptt reduces Sidhra Golf Course into private domain of chosen few | | | | Arun Singh
Jammu, Apr 24: The idea of promoting high end golf tourism in Jammu and Kashmir through the three golf courses of Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu is dying a slow death due to the lack of vision on part of the Tourism department of the state, especially with regards to the Sidhra golf course where unwarranted restrictions have reduced this public property into the domain of the chosen few.
Sources told Early Times that the development of 18 holes Golf Course Sidra was taken up in 2007 with an objective of promoting golf tourism in Jammu but surprisingly only chosen few have been allowed to enter the premises of the Golf course, defeating the purpose of its inception.
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