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| Rat 'race' among Congress leaders begins for the vacant seat of Upper House | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Jammu, June 7: With a seat in Legislative Council (LC) falling vacant on April 1 last, a rat race has begun within a section of leaders in the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) with these leaders vying to become a member of Upper House.
Sources within Congress said that several aspirants are indulging in hectic lobbying for the single Legislative Council seat, which fell vacant after the retirement of Congress leader Subhash Gupta. It is believed that days ahead would generate more political heat as the aspirants might start maneuvering to secure party mandate.
"The vacant Legislative Council seat is one among the eight seats which comes under the nomination category. The... | |
| | | | Struggling for restoration of the lost political space | | Farooq Abdullah's Amnesty card | | |
Neha
Jammu, June 7: The National Conference (NC), which suffered a massive defeat at the hands of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Kashmir in the just-concluded Lok Sabha election, is trying its level best to restore the lost political space. During the past few days, it has taken a couple of steps in this direction, including increase in the retirement age and withdrawal of the irrational and roundly condemned recruitment of policy. Besides, it has sought to give an emotional touch to its moves to hoodwink and mislead the people of Kashmir. So desperate has the NC leadership turned that its president and former Union Minister Farooq Abdullah, who was trounced by the PDP candidat... | |
| | | | 4 Cops, 2 civilians injured in Shopian attack | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 7: At least six persons, including two civilians were injured today after a police party was attacked by suspected militants in South Kashmir's Shopian district. According to reports at around 2.30 pm, one police team of District Police Lines Shopian was on a routine check to Bongam Chowk of main town Shopian when suspected militants opened fire at them resulting in injuries to four police personnel and two civilians.
Police spokesperson said that unknown gunmen fired upon a police party in Shopian this afternoon, near Hospital, in the jurisdiction of Police station Shopian in which six persons including four policemen were injured and three policemen ... | |
| | | | NC hates Indian laws but not Indian rupees | | Rs 50,000 crore proposal to Centre | | | Rustam
Jammu, June 7: The Kashmir-based parties, including the NC, do not consider Jammu and Kashmir an integral part of India in the real sense of the term and denounce the Central laws and Central institutions. In fact, they dismiss the Central laws and institutions as anti-Kashmir and anti-Kashmiri Muslims and want New Delhi to roll back all the central laws and institutions which were extended to the State after August 9, 1953. But, at the same time, they want New Delhi to pump into Kashmir billions and billions of Indian rupees so that its needs and needs of the people of Kashmir could be met. It is strange that they despise the mainstream politics, but go to Delhi with a begging bowl... | |
| | | | Labourer beaten up, SHO refuses FIR | | Another instance of police brutality | | | MS Nazki
Jammu, June 7: In yet another instance of police brutality, a labourer youth was beaten up by Dy.SP of Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police (JKAP) inside a locked room when the labourer had gone to repair a leaked pipe inside a police infrastructure.
According to sources, the labourer youth namely Vikram Sharma, resident of Ari, a plumber by profession was directed by a local contractor namely Tazeem to repair a leaking pipe at JKAP 6th Battalion in Dhera, Mendhar. On the direction of the contractor, the labourer went there in early hours of the day. The moment he started work, he was attacked and was taken into a locked room by two PSOs where he was thrashed by Chib allegedly for not ... | |
| | | | Omar's ignorance, Jammu’s bitterness | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's alleged secret meeting with the employees' leaders of Kashmir division while showering sops upon them and holding back Jammu employees aspirations have drawn sever criticism from the employees here.
Different employees' leaders of Jammu Province questioned Chief Minister's 'morality audience' to Kashmir province employees on their demands while ignoring the Jammu employees and said that such exercise seems to be an apparent pointer towards polarization of the issue as envisaged himself by the head of the state.
They inquired from the Chief Minister as how can employee leaders of Kashmir province can represent those in Ja... | |
| | | | Will Modi wave last till the Assembly poll in J&K? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: If the BJP managed to win three Lok Sabha seats in the regions of Jammu and Ladakh it was the result of Modi wave having made secret entry into these two regions. A recent study on the Lok Sabha poll at the national level has revealed that had not Modi been nominated as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate the BJP would not have won the election with an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha.
As far as the region of Jammu was concerned it has remained a stronghold for the BJP. But factional feuds followed by expulsion of seven party MLAs on charge of anti-party activities and consequent split had emaciated the party in the region. When the BJP candidates filed... | |
| | | | Top BJP leaders conspicuous by their absence | | Jitendra Singh's reception | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: The top BJP leaders including its state president, Jugal Kishore Sharma, former presidents Dr Nirmal Singh and Shamsher Singh Manhas were conspicuous by their absence during the reception in honour of Union MoS in PM's Office, Dr Jitendra Singh during his maiden visit to City of Temples after taking over as Union Minister at New Delhi on May 26.
No senior BJP leaders except its Legislative Party leader, Ashok Khajuria and Party organisational general secretary, Ashok Kaul others skipped the reception in honour of Dr Singh at Party office this morning. This reveals the groupism and internal rivalry in Party has come to fore and there was no change in bring... | |
| | | | Director Health activates men, machinery as victim seeks justice | | Nurse Molestation case: | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, June 7: A day after Srinagar police formally registered a case of molestation against the Director Health Services Kashmir and three other district level officers of the department for allegedly molesting a staff nurse, Dr Salim-ur-Rehman, key accused in the molestation case today allegedly activated its men and machinery for enacting a protest drama.
Ironically, Doctors, Paramedical staff left their duties while breaching the administrative rules for pleasing their top boss who is the soap and blindly termed the registration of FIR against the four officers highly deplorable and condemnable that too on stage when police had not even actually started the invest... | |
| | | | Omar's announcement about increase in retirement age doubted by masses in general | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, June 7: Omar Abdullah led coalition government's knee jerk reaction after the debacle in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has not gone well with the people with masses saying that steps taken recently could have taken much earlier.
In the last week the state government announced the increase in retirement age of the employees from 58 to 60 years. Ever since Omar took over as the chief minister of the state the state government employees were on a warpath with the state government. They were up in arms with respect to their demands and wanted the government to act fast.
"For the last five and half years the coalition government did not take any decision with respe... | |
| | | | Seeking water for paddy fields, Tangmarg villagers block Gulmarg road | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, June 7: People protesting the negligence of R&B and Flood Control departments, blocked Gulmarg road near Government Degree College Chandilora, in North Kashmir's Baramulla district today.
Paddy fields in Tangmarag villages are facing shortage of irrigation water. Expressing concerns, farmers said that growth of paddy crops could be affected due to shortage of water in major streams.
According to sources that, "People were protesting because the water stream which is flowing from Tangmarag to Reran village is completely damaged and water was flowing on the roads. Due to which everyone be it a local or tourists were having many problems particularly school g... | |
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