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| Rajendra expected to get second tenure as DGP, ADG Doley to be Director NEPA,SSP Goel to go in NIA on deputation | | Major reshuffle in Police on cards | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, May 17: With the culmination of Lok Sabha elections, Omar led coalition government is all set to make transfers in Police department right from SP to higher ranks officers and exercise in this regard is in progress.
Further, decks has also been cleared for K. Rajendra for the post of top cop in Jammu and Kashmir Police Force as DGP Prasad is going back to his parental department i,e in Intelligence Bureau as Special Director General. K.Rajendra is discharging his duties as Special DGP at present.
Highly placed sources informed that a special post has been carved out for Ashok Prasad in IB who is expected to relieve within days to come as police chief. Though ... | |
| | | | Congress not to backtrack, coalition to complete term | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, May 17: Rejecting all speculations of Congress backtracking from ongoing coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, JKPCC vice president Ghulam Nabi Monga said that incapable candidates and dishonest workers of NC were responsible for shameful defeat of coalition partners in Jammu and Kashmir.
Talking to Early Times, Ghulam Nabi Monga said that congress is committed to its stand to support National Conference till last day of its tenure as a ruling party."There is no chance of backtracking from NC before its official expiry date," he said.
"The incapable candidates which NC fielded had their own issues, they were not acceptable by the people of Kashmir, also dishonest w... | |
| | | | "Soz played spoilsport" | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 18: With Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) showing an overwhelming performance by securing all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley, National Conference on Saturday trained its guns on Congress saying its alliance with the party has proved 'disastrous' for it. The party also made it clear that the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will not step down and will complete his full term in office to fulfill all the pending developmental projects in the state. Nasir Aslam Wani, provincial president Kashmir regretted formation of pre poll alliance with its coalition partner Congress. Wani said: "Had National Conference fought these elections separately the results cou... | |
| | | | NC's impromptu 'INTROSPECTIVE' exercise begins | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken the blame for bad performance of his party and candidly said the other day that he holds himself responsible for worst ever debacle, National Conference high command already pushed itself into an exercise which would determine where and how things went wrong on polling stations for the party. It is a sort of anatomy NC style of all polling stations for the three Parliamentary seats of Kashmir Valley which party lost to its rival PDP.
Sources said shocked over the drubbing on all the three seats, NC high command has set up a team of senior leaders who would perform a specific task of taking assessment of boo... | |
| | | | NC's impromptu 'INTROSPECTIVE' exercise begins | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken the blame for bad performance of his party and candidly said the other day that he holds himself responsible for worst ever debacle, National Conference high command already pushed itself into an exercise which would determine where and how things went wrong on polling stations for the party. It is a sort of anatomy NC style of all polling stations for the three Parliamentary seats of Kashmir Valley which party lost to its rival PDP.
Sources said shocked over the drubbing on all the three seats, NC high command has set up a team of senior leaders who would perform a specific task of taking assessment of boo... | |
| | | | Major rehash in NC, Cong organizational set up | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, May 17: After 6-0 rout in Parliament elections, both National Conference and Congress will witness massive organizational changes in the next few days.
Highly placed sources within the NC told Early Times that Party president Farooq Abdullah and working president and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah after assessing the poll debacle wherein PDP has taken the lead in 39 assembly segments of Kashmir valley out of 46 will take a final call on reorganization of party set up.
The sources said that in possible reorganization set up, few ministers in present coalition government will be asked to quit so that they can entrusted with the new role in party set up as only few... | |
| | | | Eighth Pak Ceasefire violation | | | | Early Times Report
Poonch, May 17: Pakistani troops again violated ceasefire along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district by targeting Indian posts, the eighth incident in the last three weeks.
"Pakistani troops resorted again to firing from automatic and small arms on Indian posts along the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district from 1935 hours yesterday," a defence spokesperson said here today.
Troops guarding the borderline retaliated resulting in intermittent exchanges of fire, he said, adding, "Firing exchanges continued for a brief period till 1940 hours."
There was no casualty or damage on this side of the LoC due to the firing, the spokesperson said.
This is the eig... | |
| | | | State BJP in dilemma | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: The state unit of the BJP may have been celebrating the grand victory of three party candidates in the Lok Sabha polls with huge margins but inside reports claimed that several senior leaders of the party are in a dilemma on how to improve the party fortunes in the coming Assembly polls due in November 2014.
The constituency wise analysis of the voting pattern did paint a rosy picture as BJP was able to establish a healthy lead on 23 Assembly segments falling under two Lok Sabha seats in Jammu region but the biggest worry of BJP leaders is whether they would be able to sustain the momentum till forthcoming elections are announced.
BJP had established ... | |
| | | | `Coke is as bad as heroin, causes osteoporosis, menopausal symptoms' | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 17 : The revised second edition of the Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine has made some frightening disclosures about Coca Cola. For some of them coke is as good, rather as bad as heroin. The experts say, in the first ten minutes, at least ten teaspoons of sugar hit the system (body). This is 100% increase in the recommended intake of a normal person. Excessive intake of sugar makes one vomit immediately but the overwhelming sweetness of the coke is cut down by phosphoric acid (which coke contains in abundance). After twenty minutes, the blood sugar spikes cause an insulin burst. The liver responds to this by turning sugar into fat. At this point of time, exp... | |
| | | | Play of light & darkness on Gupkar road speaks of PDP,NC fortunes | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, May17 : Can a stretch of 200 meters see darkness and vibrant light at the same time ? Certainly, this seemed to be the case at Gupkar- road, the most exclusive residential address in Jammu and Kashmir's power centre-Srinagar. Today morning on wards, the residences of Dr. Farooq Abdullah and his son, chief minister Omar Abdullah seemed to be shrouded by sadness and an all- prevailing darkness.
In stark contrast, the fairview residence of PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was awash in a vibrant, happy light. Even from the road it was clear that the place was abuzz with enthusiasm and optimism. Clearly, the results of the parliamentary elections have dealt a blow in J&... | |
| | | | Queries about absence of teachers angers ZEO Mandi | | Instigates teachers' to lodge protest against Tehsildar, SHO concerned | | | M S Nazki
Jammu, May 17 : In an attempt to demolish education system at grass root level, ZEO Mandi Danish Nazir created scene today and got irked when he was questioned about unauthorized absence of some teachers from Government Primary School Purian in Zone Mandi.
Following protest by the families of students studying there in the Government Primary School Purian yesterday for unauthorized absence of two teachers for the last over a quite time, Tehsildar concerned Aamir Rather and Probationer Dy SP, at present SHO Mandi Dr. Hilal Ahmad interacted with the agitating families and assured action against the erring teachers.
Following this, a written complaint was also lodged against the ... | |
| | | | Were people angry only against NC and not against Congress in J&K ? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17 : The Pradesh Congress Chief,Saif-ud-Din Soz,has said that the National Conference lost all the three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley because of anger of people against the National Conference. When the Congress lost the three seats in the regions of Jammu and Ladakh was it the outcome of peoples' anger against the Congress or the capacity of the BJP to outwit the party led by Soz ?
This question can be answered only by Soz who has claimed that despite the congress support the NC candidates could not win because of peoples' anger against the NC . Does he mean that despite the support from NC workers,activists and leaders the Congress failed to win... | |
| | | | PDP's responsibility increases manifold | | Countering the defeated NC | | | Rustam
JAMMU, May 17 : The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has done it. It trounced the NC by inflicting a comprehensive and humiliating defeat on its all the three candidates, including the party president and outgoing Union Minister Farooq Abdullah, re-seeking election to the 16th Lok Sabha. The PDP will have to behave in a responsible manner and play a constructive role, instead of indulging in soft secessionism. With its remarkable victory, the PDP's responsibility has increased manifold in the sense that the defeated, desperate and frustrated NC leadership will turn more radical in the coming days to restore the political space it lost to the PDP, which also got less number of votes t... | |
| | | | NC and similar other "secular" parties stand decimated | | Mandate - 2014 | | | Neha
JAMMU, May 17 : While the people gave a massive mandate to the BJP and its allies, they rejected most of the "secular parties". As for the Congress, it failed to open its account in states like Odisha, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Goa, Uttrakhand, Tripura, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. These states return to the Lok Sabha 176 members. It performed very poorly in West Bengal (4 out 42), Assam (3 out of 14), UP (2 out of 80), Haryana (1 out of 11), MP (2 out of 29), Maharashtra (4 out of 48), Punjab (3 out of 13), Bihar (3 out of 40) and Andhra Pradesh (2 out of 42), It performed slightly better in Kerala (7 out of 20) and Karnataka (9 out of 28)... | |
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