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JAMMU simmers on religious sacrilegious carnages, KASHMIR boils on Palestine EVIL EVENTS CASTING THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE 7/31/2014 12:23:32 AM Advent of state polarization ahead of coming elections? State's criminal silence on the issue hints at the Government connivance in the act: Panthers Nonchalance of the police department leaving the issue burning: PDP Frustrated NC-Cong combine embarked upon such activities to taint PM Narendra Modi as communal: BJP K. Koushal Jammu, July 30: The recent act of religious sacrilege in two separate districts of Jammu in two consecutive days where cows were found slaughtered raking up communal tensions has raised many eyebrows. The acts are being seen as an underlining process to communalize and polarize the two divisions of Jammu and Kashmir, allegedly, to cash upon the vote banks of the regions as Assembly elections are drawing nearer. If the speculations rife over the issue are to be believed, the people of the region in general and the entire sate in particular is of opinion that Government sitting silent over such issues is obviously a hint at the advent of an evil events casting their shadows before. While the political parties are reluctant to admit the fact openly, y...   READ MORE

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Omar raking up AFSPA issue to counter PDP In search of issues 7/31/2014 12:22:43 AM Rustam Jammu, July 30: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who virtually controls the defeated and "unpopular" National Conference (NC), has no impressive report card to present to the people to win them over and check the fast-growing influence of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), particularly in Kashmir that returns 46 members to the 87-member Assembly. Since his Government has utterly failed to deliver on any front and since the people have abandoned it, he is trying his level best to find some issues which could help him put up a good show in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, but with no result. In the Lok Sabha election, the NC could not lead even in 10 Assembly segments in K...   READ MORE   JU Cong affiliates writing filthy anonymous letters, pledging loyalty with RSS Stalling recruitment for 25 posts! 7/31/2014 12:22:25 AM This battle has unnerved the officials involved in the process of recruitment and they are desisting from taking it forward. Early Times Report Jammu, July 30: A do-or-die intense battle is going in Jammu University (JU) with various stakeholders especially those with political connections and also claiming RSS affiliation making knee deep efforts to sabotage the recruitment process for 25 posts which began in the month of June this year. This battle has unnerved the officials involved in the process of recruitment and they are desisting from taking it forward. Scrutiny of forms is yet to be done and those who are supposed to hold the interviews are fearful of the repercussions. Stakeh...   READ MORE   30 booked for anti-India rant post Eid prayers 7/31/2014 12:22:02 AM Asif Iqbal Naik KISHTWAR, July 30: A day after Eid-ul-Fitr, Kishtwar police on the basis of the complaint filed by Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, booked 30 persons for raising anti India and pro Pakistan slogans after Eid Nimaz in Kishtwar on Tuesday. As per the details available with "Early Times", Kishtwar police in FIR No. 152 registered U/S 120 B/153 A named 30 accused in the said FIR including some relatives of local ruling party leaders and workers of other political parties. The sources added that police is also preparing the list of other miscreants who were involved in raising anti India and provocative slogans after Eid Nimaz on way to the shrine of 17th century Sufi saint Haz...   READ MORE   Alarm bells ring as Lal Singh knocks at BJP's door Sapolia flexes muscles as Kathua refuses to relent 7/31/2014 12:21:53 AM Kunal Shrivatsa Jammu, July 30: Unnerved by the speculations that Choudhary Lal Singh, who quit Congress recently, may join the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in the next few days, the sitting BJP MLA from Basohli today stoutly said come what may he will contest the forthcoming Assembly polls. Speaking to Early Times, MLA Basohli Jagdish Sapolia though did not say anything on Lal Singh's proposed entry into BJP, he vehemently said that he will throw the gauntlet for the next Assembly election from the constituency he represents presently. "Whatever happens… I am in the race and will definitely fight the upcoming Assembly polls from Basohli…I am hundred percent sure that party will give mand...   READ MORE   `Tainted' Director's blue eyed doctors skipping duties ISM doctor prescribes allopathic drugs in Srigufwara 7/31/2014 12:21:40 AM Saahil Suhail ANANTNAG, July 30: As district authorities including Deputy commissioner Anantnag has evidently flashed an allegiance with `tainted' Health department officials including Director Health Services Kashmir. Several blued eyed doctors posted in Primary Health Centers of the district continue to skip their duties for earning out of the unholy private practice while as ISM doctors continue putting lives of innocents at risk by prescribing allopathic medicines. Highly placed sources said that the blue eyed doctors who helped and organized protest marches in favor of tainted Director, Dr Saleem-ul-Rehman when he was facing accusation of molesting a female staff nurse in his office,...   READ MORE   Senior leaders ignored, outsiders with doubtful credentials taking important decisions State unit of BJP in complete disarray as weak president failed to take control of party 7/31/2014 12:21:25 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 30: State unit of BJP is gripped with unprecedented crisis because there is no taker of party in the sensitive border state of Jammu and Kashmir. After becoming Member of the Parliament (MP), the incumbent State president, Jugal Kishore Sharma has become "out of reach" because he is now a national leader. With the absence of the "local" president, the State unit of BJP is captured by two groups which ultimately led to complete chaos and confusion in the party. On the one hand, a general secretary of the party has dominated the party while on the other some outsiders, who are running a NGO, are projecting themselves as real decision makers of the party. The ...   READ MORE   Who will win Jammu? 2014 Assembly elections 7/30/2014 11:16:01 PM Neha JAMMU, July 30: Battle lines in Kashmir are clearly drawn. It would be the PDP vs the NC in the Valley. The Congress and a few other marginal political players are also there in the Valley, but the contest would be mainly between the PDP and the NC. And everyone knows who will win and who will lose in Kashmir. However, it is Jammu province where the picture is not yet clear. There are several political actors who will test the political waters in the coming assembly elections. There is the upbeat BJP, which in 2008 won 11 seats, and which now asserts that it would sweep the Jammu province. Its claim is that it would win a minimum of 30 seats in Jammu province. It has declared 44+ a...   READ MORE

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