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| Karnataka: Congress decimates BJP to get 121/223 | | | | Karnataka: Congress today made a spectacular come back in Karnataka wresting power after seven years in its old southern fortress and in the process decimated the ruling BJP whose fate was sealed by a fractious split and corruption charges.
Battered by a series of scams at the national stage, Congress put up an impressive show in the Assembly elections crossing the half-way mark of 113 seats in a House of 224 obviating the need for crutches and belying predictions.
The Congress has won 118 seats and was leading in three others, a gain of 41 seats over the elections five years ago, setting off a Chief Ministerial race into which OBC leader Siddaramaiah and Dalit leader and Central Minister Mallikarjun Kharge threw their hat.
Hit by the exit of former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and the image of corruption during its tenure in the first government in the south, the BJP has won 37 seats and was leading in three more. It had had won 110 seats five years ago.
Similarly, the JD(S), which had 28 seats in the 2008 elections, has won 37 seats and was ahead in three more. The BJP and J... | |
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| Renewed confidence of youth augurs well for state: Mir | | | | Early Times Report
narbal, May 8: Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir Wednesday said that the confidence level of our younger generation is showing upward trend in every passing day which augurs well for the state.
The Minister said this while addressing a mammoth public gathering at Narbal this afternoon.
Senior leaders, Dr. S. Safdar, Farooq Jan, Hilal Pervaze, Muzafar Ahmad Reshi, and Masrat Qadari also spoke on the occasion.
The Minister said “the ground reality shows that that the youth of valley have now developed the tendency to prove their potential in every field for the betterment of the society and nation and it shall be source of inspiration for coming gener... | |
| | | | Governor for enlarging corpus of Red Cross Volunteers | | World Red Cross Day celebrated | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 8: Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, today emphasized the crucial need for raising a corpus of Red Cross Volunteers at Village, Block, Tehsil and District levels to strengthen Red Cross movement in the State and provide succour to the needy in the event of any unforeseen or emergent situation.
The Governor was addressing the gathering at the Red Cross Mela organized by the District Red Cross Society, Srinagar, at Joggers Park, Raj Bagh here today to celebrate the World Red Cross Day.
The Governor observed that the Red Cross Volunteers need to be adequately trained and equipped with the required equipment to enable them to provide all required and timely hel... | |
| | | | Postal department releases special postal cover on Red Cross day | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 8:The Indian Red Cross Society, J&K State Branch organized a function to celebrate World Red Cross Day-2013 at its Branch Office here today.
The Chief Post Master General, J&K Circle Mr. John Samuel was the chief guest on the occasion.
The World Red Cross Day is celebrated every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of founder Sir Henry Dunant and to remember his contributions towards humanity and to pay homage to him. The Day is being observed every year on different themes and this year’s theme is “150 years of Humanitarian Action” (1863-2013).
The Red Cross Society is an organization which is free from political, military, religious and regional... | |
| | | | Altaf stresses on sensitizing civil society about environment conservation | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, May 8:Minister for Forests & Environment, Main Altaf Ahmad, on Wednesday exhorted upon the officers to sensitize the society about the significance of environment conservation besides ensuring people participation in Projects envisaging green Jammu.
The Minister was taking a review of functioning of forest department in Jammu Province.
“The department is taking various innovative measures aimed at making Jammu a green and clean city”, the Minister maintained.
The Minister asked the concerned officers to raise massive awareness among the people about the importance of protecting our forests for posterity. He also asked them to educate the people about the depa... | |
| | | | DTFC approves 55 cases under JKSES | | | | KATHUA: The District Task Force Committee (DTFC) today cleared fifty five applicants who had applied to avail loan to setup their own income generating units under J&K Self Employment Scheme (JKSES).
The Committee which met under the chairmanship of Ajay Singh Jamwal, Additional District Development Commissioner Kathua, conducted the interview of the applicants which include 9 women entrepreneurs.
The loan to the tune of Rs 36.00 Lakhs, Rs 56.00 lakhs and Rs 10.00 Lakahs was approved in favour of 28, 26 and 01 candidates respectively . The Service Sector also included 12 cases of Dairy Units.
Others who attended the meeting were Lead Bank Officer Kathua, District Coordinator JKB... | |
| | | | Omar asks Banks to increase CDR | | Governor RBI fixes 40% target for CDR | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 8: Flagging Credit Deposit Ratio (CDR) increase, hassle-free lending to budding entrepreneurs and agriculturists, and fulfilling social sector responsibilities by Banks as thrust areas to be focused to achieve the tangible results on economic growth and development, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday impressed upon the Banks to walk an extra-mile in this regard and achieve the targets in full.
Addressing the special meeting of J&K State Level Bankers’ Committee (J&K SLBC) at SKICC here, the Chief Minister highlighted the role of Bankers in augmenting and strengthening the efforts of State Government to nurture MSME sector and give considerable boo... | |
| | | | LMD Kathua penalizes erring traders | | | |
KATHUA: A team of Legal Metrology department (LMD) today charged Rs 8500 fine from eight traders found violating various provisions of Weight and Measures Act & Rules.
The team, on the directions of DDC Kathua, conducted inspection of various markets of Kathua and Dyala Chack and realized a fine of Rs 8500 from 8 traders for violation of various provisions Of Weight and Measures Act & Rules.
The department also warned strict action under law against the traders found indulging in unfair trade practices.... | |
| | | | Governor RBI calls on CM | | | | SRINAGAR: Governor Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Subba Rao Wednesday afternoon called on Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah here and discussed RBI initiatives aimed at helping growth and development in Jammu and Kashmir.Matters pertaining to improving Credit Deposit Ratio (CDR), Kissan Credit Cards distribution, agriculture lending, hassle-free flow of credit to budding entrepreneurs, social corporate sector responsibilities by Banks and financial inclusion were discussed in the meeting.
The Chief Minister emphasized upon enhancing agriculture credit to the farmers and making it easy and timely so that farmers do not feel any difficulty in implementing their agricultural activities. He laid stress... | |
| | | | Army dismantling Bunkers in Chumar in Ladakh | | | | NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is dismantling its bunkers in Chumar area in Ladakh as part of the understanding reached with the Chinese Army that ended the 21-day stand-off over the intrusion by Chinese troops in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector.
The bunkers are in the process of being dismantled by the Army as per the understanding between the armies of the two sides during the flag meetings, sources said here today.
Indian troops were moved to the bunkers that were built a few months back in a bid to pressurise the Chinese troops to leave their posts from Depsang valley in the DBO sector, they said.
The dismantling of bunkers is, however, being seen as a "strategic disadvantage" for the I... | |
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