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| Today’s polling to decide PDP’s fate in J&K politics | | Assembly Elections | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: Although a total of 219 candidates are in the fray for 24 assembly segments going for polls on Wednesday, the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (PDP) stakes are very high in the first phase of elections.
For the first phase of elections, polling will be held on 16 assembly constituencies of south Kashmir, which were considered citadels of the PDP as the party used to get its political support from these assembly segments.
More importantly, PDP has fielded Itlija Mufti, daughter of party president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, from the Srigufwara – Bijbehara seat, which is a citadel of the Mufti family.
Iltija Mufti is fighting the first electoral battle of her brief political career and Wednesday’s polling will decide her faith.
Wednesday’s polling not only decide the political future of Iltija Mufti but also will be a deciding factor in making the PDP a force in the political scenario of Jammu and Kashmir.
In south Kashmir 16 Assembly Constituencies comprising Pampore, Tral, Pulwama, Rajpora, Zainapora, Shopian, DH Pora, Kulga... | |
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| Cong will ensure J&K gets statehood back: Kharge | | | 
NEW DELHI, Sept 17:
Agencies
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said his party guarantees the rights of Jammu and Kashmir and will ensure it gets back the status of a full-fledged state. Tagging screenshots of the seven guarantees promised by the Congress ahead of the assembly elections, Kharge said in a post on X that the party would “give new energy to the youth” by filling one lakh government jobs.
“The Congress guarantees the rights of Jammu and Kashmir. We will get J... | |
| | | | Security beefed up in Srinagar ahead of PM’s rally | | | 
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 17: The area around the Sher-e-Kashmir park here has been put under a multi-layer security blanket ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally scheduled for Wednesday, a senior police official said. This will be Modi’s first rally for BJP candidates in Kashmir before the assembly elections in the Union territory later this month.
“We have made a multi-tier security arrangement for the VVIP visit as per the Standard Operating Procedure laid dow... | |
| | | | Art 370 abrogation Parliament decision, not God’s: Omar | | | 
Early Times Report
BUDGAM, Sept 17: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the abrogation of Article 370 was a decision taken by Parliament, and not by God, and asserted that it can be changed.
He was reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark at an election rally in Jammu on Monday that Article 370 is history and will never be part of India’s Constitution again.
“Nothing is impossible,” Abdullah added.
The NC leader also held the BJP-led Centra... | |
| | | | Plan to implement simultaneous polls within current tenure: Amit Shah | | | 
NEW DELHI, Sept 17:
Agencies
Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the BJP-led NDA Government will implement the ‘one nation, one election’ within its current tenure.
Addressing a press conference here to mark the 100 days of the third consecutive term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shah said, “We plan to implement one nation one poll within the tenure of this government.
Shah was flanked by I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at the press conference.
In his Independence Day address... | |
| | | | Cong, its ecosystem angry with me for participating in Ganesh Puja: PM Modi | | | 
Bhubaneswar, Sep 17:
Agencies
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Congress and its “ecosystem” was angry with him for taking part in Ganesh Puja, claiming that “power-hungry” people who were dividing society were also having problems with this festival.
PM Modi made the comment in an apparent reference to the criticism by the opposition parties for participating in Ganesh Puja rituals at the residence of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, while addressing a rally aft... | |
| | | | Wholesale inflation at 4-month low of 1.31% in Aug | | | 
New Delhi, Sep 17:
Agencies
Wholesale inflation fell to a 4-month low of 1.31 per cent in August due to a decline in prices of vegetables and fuel, even though onion and potato prices spiked, according to official data released on Tuesday.
Wholesale price index-based inflation fell for the second straight month in August after it hit a high of 3.43 per cent in May. Inflation in July was 2.04 per cent. In August last year, WPI inflation was (-) 0.46 per cent.
“Positive rate of inflat... | |
| | | | Anurag Garg appointed DG Narcotics Control Bureau | | | 
NEW DELHI, Sept 17:
Agencies
Anurag Garg, an IPS officer of the 1993 batch, has been appointed as the new director general of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), a government order said on Tuesday.
Garg is currently working as an Additional DG in the Border Security Force (BSF) at its headquarters here.
An order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Garg, a 1993 batch Indian Police Service off... | |
| | | | Landslide hits Reasi, 2 missing | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: At least two persons have been reported missing following a major landslide in Reasi district, a senior government officer said on Tuesday.
The officer said that rescuers have intensified their search efforts, deploying over a dozen earthmovers to clear the debris in the affected area.
The landslide occurred near Avtar Morh near the remote Chassana area along the under-construction Budhhal-Mahore-Gool road on Monday, Reasi Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Paul Mahajan said.
Mahajan confirmed that two persons, including the driver of an earthmover, are reported missing and are believed to be trapped under the debris.
Senior civil and police officers... | |
| | | | Centre extends LTC facility by 2 more years | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 17: The Centre on Tuesday extended by two more years, till September 25, 2026, the scheme to allow its employees to visit Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the northeast region on leave travel concession (LTC).
The eligible central government employees get reimbursement of tickets for to and fro journeys, besides paid leave, when they avail LTC.
The scheme allowing government servants to travel by air to northeast, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands is extended for a further period of two years till September 25, 2026, the Personnel Ministry said in an order.
All eligible government servants may avail LTC to visi... | |
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