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| Choudhary, Lone, Rather get biggest leads for NC | | Farooq, Mufti, Mehbooba, Ruhullah, Veeri among poor performes | | |
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, May 17: Ruling National Conference’s clean sweep euphoria apart, both the seniormost leaders---Dr Farooq Abdullah as well as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah---have proved to be poor performers among the incumbent MLAs in the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu & Kashmir results for which were declared on Saturday. Others of the lot include NC’s Ministerial aspirants, Aga Syed Ruhulla and Javed Ahmed Dar, besides Peoples Democratic Party’s top brass, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti, and former Ministers of PDP Abdul Rehman Veeri and Abdul Gaffar Sofi.
Even after engineering former PDP leader Sheikh Ghulam Qadir Pardesi’s defection, allegedly with the commitment... | |
| | | | Farooq meets Governor | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, May17- After the successful culmination of Lok Sabha elections, National Conference President and Member Parliament, Dr. Farooq Abdullah met the Governor, NN Vohra here today.
The Governor congratulated Dr. Abdullah on being elected to the Lok Sabha from the Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency.
During the hour long meeting, the Governor and Dr. Abdullah discussed various issues pertaining to the future development of Jammu and Kashmir.
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| | | | Ex-Banker may go to Rajya Sabha | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, May 17: The former chairman Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Mohammad Yusuf Khan is likely to be the National Conference candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat that has fallen vacant after Dr Farooq Abdullah was elected to the Lok Sabha. Sources in the National Conference said that Khan had been tipped for getting elected to the Legislative Council when several seats were vacant but Khan had declined. Sources said that Khan wanted to be in the Rajya Sabha so that he could play a bigger role. Party sources said that the National Conference leadership has not made up its mind as far as nominating Khan for the Rajya Sabha seat because some senior leaders including Chief Minister,... | |
| | | | LS to have a full budget session | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi: The newly-elected Lok Sabha to be constituted after the elections is all set to have a full budget session in June which will last till August, but it will have no monsoon session this year.
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will make the customary address to the first and brief joint session of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, marking the beginning of the new House, said Lok Sabha Secretary General P D T Achary to media persons in the capital on Saturday.
"If the new session starts in the first week of June after the brief session, then the full Budget session will go on till August. So, there will be no monsoon session," Achary said.
This brief session is expecte... | |
| | | | Results augurs well for coalition | | | | NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
Jammu, May 17: Even though the voters mandate in the Lok Sabha election did not favour one party, the Congress led UPA Government, which is back in power, is expected to provide a stable and strong Government in the country.
It will be stronger than what it was between 2004 and 2009.The reason for that was the role of the leftists. The leftists tried to raise objections to series of decisions the Congress led Government would take. It was ultimately the nuclear deal with the USA that ruptured the alliance with the leftists. The leftists had thought that by opposing the nuclear deal they would be able to improve their 2004 performance. Their calculations proved wrong. Th... | |
| | | | CD hospital –visit for cures, also for ailments | | Bio-medical waste posting threat to patients, others in vicinity | | | SALMAN NIZAMI
JAMMU MAY 17: Thronged every day by hundreds for treatment, the Government Chest Diseases Hospital at Bakshi Nagar is not only a destination for cures of the chest disorders but also a source of some of the ailments.
The heaps and bounds of bio medical waste including used syringes just on the hospital’s door step in government Chest Disease Hospital can be infectious and can spread diseases like TB.
In gross violation of the bio medical Waste Management and handling rules, most of the health institutions flout these norms, endangering the health of several patients as they are supposed to visit for treatment. More than 10,000 kg of hazardous bio- medical waste is ... | |
| | | | Twin Capitals have hottest day of season | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, May 17: With the mercury rising, both the summer and winter capitals of Jammu and Kashmir today experienced the hottest day of the season.
According to the Met office here, while Srinagar recorded a maximum of 29 degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal, it was 41.9 degrees in Jammu, nearly three degrees above normal, it said.
On May 14, the maximum had shot up to 28.5 degrees Celsius in the summer capital, forcing residents to turn on their fans.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar was 11.9 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal. In Jammu, the night temperature was 26.2 degrees Celsius, 0.2 degrees above normal, he said.
Kupwara in north Kashm... | |
| | | | Profile: New MPs have assets worth Rs 3,000 Crs; 150 have criminal charges | | | | ET DESK
Jammu, May 17: India is home to the largest number of poor in the world, but 543 MPs who have been elected to the Lok Sabha have a combined asset of Rs 3,075 crore. Interestingly, nearly one-fourth of the total MPs elected also have criminal cases pending against them.
In a nation where over 28 crore people live below poverty line, the average asset of the MPs elected to the Lower House of Parliament works out to be over Rs five crore. According to UN estimates, 80 per cent of Indians live on less than two dollars (Rs 100) a day.
Interestingly, the total asset size of the new MPs makes their congregation more valuable than a vast majority of the public companies in the ... | |
| | | | | | | Govt formation | | Prez set to invite UPA | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi, May 17 : President Pratibha Patil is set to invite the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which has emerged as the largest alliance with 262 Lok Sabha seats, to form the next government. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to call on her Monday after a cabinet meeting.
Patil Sunday met former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan - the second constitutional expert she has spoken to after a clear verdict emerged in favour of the UPA.
The president met Ashok Desai, a constitutional expert and also a former attorney general of India, Saturday evening to seek his advice on constitutional niceties about the formation of the next government.... | |
| | | | Govt formation | | Prez set to invite UPA | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi, May 17 : President Pratibha Patil is set to invite the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which has emerged as the largest alliance with 262 Lok Sabha seats, to form the next government. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to call on her Monday after a cabinet meeting.
Patil Sunday met former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan - the second constitutional expert she has spoken to after a clear verdict emerged in favour of the UPA.
The president met Ashok Desai, a constitutional expert and also a former attorney general of India, Saturday evening to seek his advice on constitutional niceties about the formation of the next government.... | |
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