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| While going gets tough for NC, tough relents to get going for NC | | Admits sloganeering Omar receives cadre's backlash | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, May 20: National conference top leadership had to face huge embarrassment today after party workers protested outside party's Srinagar headquarters Nawa-i-Subh and raised slogans against Omar Abdullah and his coterie.
Ahead of the second introspection meet , the venue turned into battle field as workers alleged that only fair faces were allowed to enter and workers from different parts of Kashmir were denied entry inside NC headquarter, Nawa-i-subh. The Workers while raising anti NC slogans demanded that Omar Abdullah must be replaced by Farooq Abdullah as the party president and projected as next Chief Ministerial candidate ; besides there must be reshuffle in provincial and District committees.
"Close associates of Ministers who act as dealers between officials and Ministers, Provincial Presidents, District heads actually defamed NC by way of looting government exchequer over the years, only such people were allowed to enter instead of grass root workers," said one agitating block President who as a mark of protest did not attended meeting.
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| Farooq is NC's CM candidate | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, May 20: After being decimated in the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the National Conference, while realizing the failure of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to govern, has decided to put a brave face in the Assembly elections, with Dr Farooq Abdullah as its Chief Ministerial candidate.
Party insiders say senior leaders from all three regions have put the blame for the electoral debacle on the young brigade of Omar. They have made it emphatically clear that revamp is only possible through restructuring of the party from top to bottom.
Sources said that Abdullah Senior has agreed to lead the party in the state Assembly elections, due in October this year. Sources a... | |
| | | | Govt lifts ban on pre-paid SMS | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 20: The State Government today decided to lift the ban on Short Messaging Service (SMS) on pre-paid SIM cards from tomorrow morning (May 21). The Short Message Services (SMS) to all the prepaid mobile subscribers had been suspended vide Government Order No. Home -1479 of 2010 in December 2010.
Reliable sources told a local news agency that after assessing the situation in Valley and further in the back drop of emerging new technologies, government decided to lift the ban of SMS on pre-paid services.
All the cellular companies have received government order in this regard in which they have been permitted to start pre-paid SMS services again.
On June 3... | |
| | | | Congress ridicules CM's statement on coalition | | `Omar is a turncoat' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 20: The Congress has mocked at the statement of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hinting at snapping ties with the Congress ahead of the assembly elections. Party leaders said Omar has come as a turn coat in true spirit of the NC which had always used allies just to remain in power.
Omar Abdullah in an interview to NDTV , with which he shares personal and cordial relation, had said he can't say if the alliance will continue.
"There are many voices in the party which are against the continuation of an alliance," he said.
It was virtually a u-turn by Omar Abdullah. The CM had in November said that his future, read NC, rests with the Congress led UPA. He ha... | |
| | | | PDP asks Abdullahs to find a safe seat in POJK | | | | Rustam
JAMMU, May 20: All the three Abdullahs - Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mustafa Kamaal - are totally disappointed and feeling highly perturbed, disturbed and alarmed. It's natural. After all, NC president Farooq Abdullah lost the Lok Sabha election in Srinagar constituency to the PDP candidate Tariq Hamid Karra by a huge margin. Srinagar seat was considered the NC's pocket borough.
As for Omar Abdullah and Mustafa Kamaal, the PDP turned tables on them in both Ganderbal and Hazratbal, the constituencies the two other Abdullahs at present represent in the J&K Legislative Assembly. The PDP led in these constituencies in the just-held Lok Sabha elections. The PDP led in the Gand... | |
| | | | Congress' apple-cart turns turtle in Jammu | | Will ministers take responsibility and resign? | | | Neha
JAMMU, May 20: Will the Congress Ministers in Jammu follow in the footsteps of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who resigned on Sunday taking moral responsibility for the defeat of the JDU, and put in papers? Or will they imitate senior Congress leader and three-time Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gagoi, who has also decided to put in his papers saying he takes moral responsibility for the ignominious defeat of the Congress party in his state. The JDU won only two seats, as against its 2009 tally of 20 and the Congress won only three seats, as against its 2009 tally of 10 seats.
Even AICC president Sonia Gandhi and AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday had offered to resign tak... | |
| | | | Police to seize residence of Shahida Parveen | | Roopnagar brothel row | |  Sumit Sharma
Jammu, May 20: Police is all set to seize the residence of the Shahida Parveen, main accused in infamous Roopnagar immoral trafficking case and an employee of Forest Department, as order in this connection has been issued by District Magistrate, Jammu.
The orders were passed on to district police after district administration received number of complaints from the residents of the locality that Shahida had been running a brothel at her residence which had been badly affecting t... | |
| | | | Sacking of deadwood, incompetent demanded | | Dissent in Congress | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 20: The dissidents in Congress are demanding sacking of a few ministers.
The demand for introspection is also gaining ground. Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir has a tough task ahead after worst ever poll debacle in Lok sabha elections which gave decisive mandate to Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Jammu and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kashmir..
Sources in the Congress party told Early Times that those ministers who are only focusing on the constituencies and ignoring other parts of the stat especially Jammu region, where the party is strong, must be shown the door.
"These ministers are responsible for not getting people's support during the Lok Sa... | |
| | | | Sopore youth had affiliation with militants: Police | | Body of missing minor fished out from Wullar | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, May 20: Dead body of a teenage, who went missing on May 6, has been found on the banks of famous Wullar Lake in Bandipora district on Tuesday.
According to sources, The body of teenaged Fahim Asgar, who was believed to have slipped into a stream in state's summer capital Srinagar on May 6, was fished out on Tuesday from Wullar lake by locals. "Body was found by people of Laharwalpora on the banks of Wullar," about 60 kms from Fahim's residence in Old City's Nawpur, is located on the banks of the lake in Bandipora district" a senior police official said.
3-year-old Fahim, was believed to have slipped into the Nawpur-Babedemb stream on the evening of May 6. ... | |
| | | | Jammu & Kashmir Bank announces sops for traders | | Relief in interest rates on loans | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, May 20: The Jammu & Kashmir Bank today announced a relief of 0.25 percent to 1 percent in interest rate for the loans acquired by the traders for their business purposes. The relief would be extended to all sectors depending upon their rating in the market. The announcement was made by Mushtaq Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Jammu & Kashmir Bank during a function organized by Kashmir Economic Alliance here at SKICC. Besides top notch officials of the Bank, the function was attended by traders belonging to various sectors of economy. "Over the last few months we have been receiving requests from the businessmen to ease the interest rates on loans tak... | |
| | | | Kishtwar Road Project worth Rs 376 Lakhs delayed | | KPCC fails to compensate damages | | | Bivek Mathur
Jammu, May 20: The unplanned excavation of a PMGSY Parna-Bunda road which is about 4.50 Kilometers stretch in the Inderwal constituency of the Kishtwar district has led to a dispute between the residents of the area and the executing company JKPCC owing to which the road project at the cost of Rs 376 Lakhs is being delayed and is likely to miss its estimated date of completion.
The road (4.5 Kmts) (Stage -II) package number JK04-73 was started in May 2010 with an estimated cost of Rs 376.00 Lakhs by the executing company-JKPCC for which a commutative fund of Rs 131.80 Crores were released out of which work at the cost of Rs 90 Lakhs were done up to ending 2013 and duri... | |
| | | | Humbled by PDP NC introspection on fast track | | Congress yet to initiate move, leaders disjointed | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 20: At a time when National Conference appears to be serious in taking stock of mistakes and blunders that led to disastrous defeat on all the three seats of Lok Sabha in Kashmir Valley, state unit of Congress is in a state of slumber with most of the leaders still confined to their own constituencies and not in a mood to accept the fact the party stands shattered and completely decimated on all the three seats it contested. Barring a brief statement terming results as 'unfortunate' by the Pradesh Congress President Prof Saif-u-Din Soz, no response nor any meeting has been called or convened at any level to take stock of performance segment wise by the Congr... | |
| | | | Govt misuses Art 370, denies rights to people:AIBCU | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 20: All India Backward Classes Union, (AIBCU) has taken the coalition Government to task for denial of Constitutional rights to State Subjects of J&K.
In a letter to Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah the Union alleged that the coalition has deprived the OBCs of 27 percent reservation as recommended by Mandal Commission report. The letter said that all reservations including the RBA which are covered under Article 16 (1) has to be adjusted in horizontal reservation, a process which is already being carried out for ex-servicemen and handicapped persons under para 95 of the Apex Court judgment of 1992 on Mandal report.
The Union in its letter to CM suggested in c... | |
| | | | NC-Cong blame game continues, cause cracks in coalition | | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, May 20: Allegations and counter allegations work as a foundation on which the political constructions are done. The coalition partners, National Conference and Congress have been doing the same since decades and are still following the same so that their existence be felt every time. Ruling National conference and its coalition partner stand set against each other these days. Both these parties are facing the worst ever time of their political history as they blame each other for their debacle in the recently concluded parliamentary elections.
The war of words has already picked up between the two parties which is likely to intensify in the coming days as none o... | |
| | | | Of GMC's outdated labs, non-functional lifts | | Doctors, Para medical staff rude on attendants, patients | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, May 20: Within the tall claims of better healthcare by the Omar Abdullah led coalition government, the non functional lift and delay in distribution of reports of clinical cum diagnostic facilities at premier health care institute of Jammu region , Government Medical College subjects patients and their attendants to inconvenience.
While talking to Early Times several patients and their attendants complained about delay in providing the medical services to the patients particularly in terms of conducting clinical and diagnostic test within the time. The people complain that lower staff, particularly the staff posted at various pathological labs of the hospital and ... | |
| | | | 21 killed, 70 injured | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, May 20: At least 21 people were killed, while 70 others sustained injuries in different accidents across Jammu region. Most gruesome accident took place at Digdol in Ramban where 17 persons including 6 women died and 34 were injured when a passenger bus bearing registration No: JK02AJ-3547 in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into 400 feet deep gorge on Srinagar-Jammu Highway at around last midnight.
As per details the bus was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar when the driver lost control over it plunging it into a deep gorge. The ill fated bus was carrying passengers including tourists from Gujarat, students and a non local labourer group o... | |
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