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| As consensus eludes NC, Cong ready for friendly contest on over 12 seats | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 23: Even as the National Conference president and former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah confirmed a pre-poll alliance with the Congress, both parties are yet to evolve consensus on over a dozen assembly segments.
The National Conference and local leadership of the Congress have staked their claims on these Assembly segments where both parties are strong.
Highly placed sources said that Congress is not ready to give any Assembly seat to the National Conference from Jammu district but the latter has been demanding as many as three seats.
The same is the story in the Doda and Kishtwar districts where the Congress is ready to give one seat to the National Conference but the latter has staked a claim on three segments including the Doda seat.
Interestingly the Congress is also demanding the Nowshera assembly segment but the NC leadership is not ready to leave that.
In the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri, the Congress is demanding a majority of the seats but the NC is adamant on the formula of fifty-fifty.
Meanwhile, vice-presid... | |
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| Amit Shah slams Congress for tie-up with NC | | ‘Party risking India’s unity for greed of power’ | |  New Delhi, Aug 23:
Agencies
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the Congress for its alliance with the National Conference for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, accusing the party of repeatedly risking the country’s unity and security in its greed for power.
The Congress has once again “exposed its ulterior motives by allying with the Abdullah family’s National Conference,” the BJP leader said on X and posted 10 questions for the national party and its leader Rahul Gandhi... | |
| | | | Ram Madhav back in action to identify winnable candidates | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 23: Within hours of his reappointment as election incharge in the crucial Jammu and Kashmir ahead of assembly polls, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ram Madhav is busy holding back-to-back closed-door meetings in Jammu and Srinagar to shortlist winnable candidates for the party.
Highly placed sources said that during the last two days, Ram Madhav has convened half a dozen closed-door meetings in Srinagar and Jammu with senior functionaries of the p... | |
| | | | Govind Mohan takes charge as Union Home Secy | | |  New Delhi, Aug 23:
Agencies
Senior IAS officer Govind Mohan on Friday took charge as the Union home secretary following the retirement of incumbent Ajay Kumar Bhalla.
Mohan, a 1989-batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre, was serving as Union culture secretary before being appointed as Union home secretary last week. A B.Tech from Banaras Hindu University and PG Diploma from IIM, Ahmedabad, the senior bureaucrat has a wide experience of serving both the Sikkim and the central governments in v... | |
| | | | Implement guidelines on school safety: Education Ministry directs States, UTs | | |  New Delhi, Aug 23:
Agencies
The Union Education Ministry on Friday asked all states and Union Territories to implement “Guidelines on School Safety and Security” to ensure safety and security of children in schools.
The govts of states and UTs also have been asked to inform the status of notification of guidelines on School Safety and Security-2021 in their State/UT.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, said that it is deeply committed to ensuring the sa... | |
| | | | Reservoir levels improve: CWC | | | | NEW DELHI, Aug 23:
Agencies
The overall water-storage levels across the country’s major reservoirs have improved significantly compared to last year but certain areas, particularly in the northern region, are facing lower-than-normal storage levels, which could impact water availability in the coming months, according to official data.
The Central Water Commission (CWC) has released its latest report on the live storage status of 155 reservoirs across India, revealing that the overall water-storage levels have improved significantly compared to last year.
According to the bulletin released on Friday, the live storage available in these reservoirs is 130.800 billion cubic metres (B... | |
| | | | Pak intruder held along LoC | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 23: A Pakistani intruder was apprehended along the Line of Control (LoC) after crossing into this side in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, official sources said.
He was picked up by the security forces in the area along the LoC close to Chakan Da Bagh.
The intruder identified as Azhar is being questioned. ... | |
| | | | Search operation launched in Kathua | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 23: The security forces launched a search operation in the border belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district following a suspected movement in the area on Thursday night, officials said.
Acting on information about the suspected movement of two persons, the security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Jandor belt of the district, they said.
The entire area has been put under cordon and a search operation was going on when last reports came from the area, the officials said.... | |
| | | | Mini-UAV drifts into PoJK | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 23: A mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Army inadvertently drifted into Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said.
The UAV, which was on a test training sortie in the hinterland in Bhimber Gali area, developed some snag and lost control with the operator, thereby drifting into other side of the LoC, they said.
It is believed to have fallen into the Nikial b... | |
| | | | Poll dates declared as paid holidays | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 23: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday declared public holidays on poll dates for three phases of the upcoming Assembly Elections-2024 in all 90 Assembly Constituencies.
As per a government order, issued by the GAD, the government has notified three days as holidays under section 135 B of the Representation of the People Act 1951.
According to the GAD order, the paid holidays shall be observed as per the election dates in all assembly constituencies across Jammu and Kashmir. In first phase, to be held on September 18, 2024 (Wednesday), the paid holiday shall be observed in 24 Assembly segments. In the second phase of elections, the paid holida... | |
| | | | Govt has taken futuristic decisions: PM | | |  NEW DELHI, Aug 23:
Agencies
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted people on the first National Space Day, and said his government has taken a series of futuristic decisions relating to this sector and will do even more in the times to come.
Modi had announced the celebration of the National Space Day last year following India’s success in landing its first spacecraft on the moon on this day with the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
He said on X, “Greetings to everyone on the first Nati... | |
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