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| BJP’s damage control: Dropped senior leaders appointed to strategic positions | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 9: Realizing that annoying senior leaders would prove disastrous for the party in the ongoing Assembly elections, the BJP has strategically placed several of its senior leaders into key organizational roles after they were passed over for tickets.
Prominent leaders such as Sat Sharma, Kavinder Gupta, and Nirmal Singh have been entrusted with important responsibilities in preparation for the elections.
Sat Sharma, who was not given a ticket for the forthcoming elections without any reason, has been appointed as the working president of the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit. This role positions him to gradually take over from Ravinder Raina, the former BJP J&K president, who is now a candidate in the upcoming elections. A former MLA and a past president of the party's J&K unit, Sharma brings considerable experience to the position.
Additionally, the BJP has named Nirmal Singh,
a former deputy chief minister, as the head of the campaign committee for the elections. Previously, Singh had been entrusted with leading the party’s manifesto committee in the... | |
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| Sat Sharma appointed working president | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 9: Sat Sharma CA, who has been denied party mandate, has been appointed as working president of the party.
Sat Sharma, a former J&K BJP Chief from 2015 to 2018, successfully contested the 2014 assembly elections from Jammu West and served as a cabinet minister in April 2018.
A staunch RSS ideologue and Chartered Accountant by profession, Sharma comes from a family of freedom fighters and was imprisoned during the Emergency for protesting against the government... | |
| | | | Azad to come out of “political hibernation” | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 9: Virtually sidelined during electioneering, veteran politician and “ailing” leader Ghulam Nabi Azad wanted to come out of political hibernation as he is going to start the election campaign for his party candidates on September 12.
“With your prayers and blessings, Alhamdullilah! I’m feeling better now. I’ll be starting my campaign for our candidates in South Kashmir and Chenab Valley from September 12th. Join us in our mission to bring back an era of peace a... | |
| | | | NC, Cong will form next Govt in J&K: Omar | | | | Early Times Report
Banihal, Sep 9: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday exuded confidence that his party along with its coalition partner Congress is all set to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing an election rally in support of party candidate Sajjad Shaheen in this assembly segment of Ramban district, Abdullah lashed out at Congress candidate and former minister Vikar Rasool Wani and also criticised the BJP and PDP, accusing them of destroying the erstwhile state.
“When we cobbled an alliance with the Congress, we tried to reach an agreement on seat-sharing. There was an issue over some seats and both sides were rigid and the situation rea... | |
| | | | Farooq vows to bring back Art 370 | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sep 9: National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah on Monday vowed to bring back Article 370 to Jammu and Kashmir one day even if it takes time.
Farooq said this while reacting to a remark made by Union Minister Amit Shah during an election rally in Jammu when he said that NC and PDP are dreaming of bringing back Article 370 to Jammu and Kashmir.
“It may take time, but we will bring back Article 370. It took them (BJP) years to abrogate it; maybe it will take us time to restore it.” Abdullah told reporters in north Kashmir.
He said this is the voice of all the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Farooq questioned the BJP for claiming that terrorism in Ja... | |
| | | | Afraid of Er Rashid’s growing popularity, NC, PDP dub AIP as BJP’s “proxy” | | Both parties have already labeled Apni Party and Peoples Conference as “A” and “B” teams of BJP | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 9: After dubbing the Apni Party and Peoples’ Conference as “A” and “B” teams of the Saffron Party, the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) now jointly launched a campaign to label Engineer Rashid Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) as a “proxy” of the Saffron Party.
Interestingly, leaders of the NC and PDP are trying to demonize each other during the election campaign but they are unanimous in dubbing AIP as a “proxy” of the BJP due to the growing popularity of this party.
On Saturday Omar Abdullah Omar Abdullah highlighted that Home Minister Amit Shah didn’t mention certain parties during a Jammu press conference which hinted at potential fut... | |
| | | | ‘Screen, test all suspect Mpox cases’ | | | |
New Delhi, Sept 9: The Centre on Monday advised states and union territories to screen and test of all suspect mpox cases in the community, and identify isolation facilities in hospitals for both suspect and confirmed patients.
In a letter sent to states and union territories on Monday, Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra asked them prevent any undue panic amongst the masses.
"No new case of Mpox has been reported in India in the current outbreak, and none of the samples in suspected cases have tested positive," he said, while emphasising the need to stay alert.
He underlined that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare continues to closely monitor the evolving situation.
He asked... | |
| | | | Rajouri: 2 terrorists killed as Army foils infiltration bid | | War-like stores, including 2 AK-47 rifles, M-4 rifle recovered | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 9: Two heavily armed terrorists were killed in a gunfight with the security forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, officials said on Monday.
The gunfight broke out in the Laam area of the Nowshera sector late on Sunday night after alert Army troops noticed terrorists trying to sneak into this side from across the border, they said.
“In a joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Army successfully foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists in the Nowshera sector. Intelligence inputs received since August 30 indicated the presence of terrorists opposite the Nowshera Sector. All likely infiltration routes were kept under survei... | |
| | | | Jailed accused can seek anticipatory bail in another criminal case: SC | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Sept 9: The Supreme Court on Monday held that an accused, who is in custody in a case, is entitled to seek anticipatory bail in another matter if not arrested.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was dealing with a legal question as to whether a jailed accused is entitled to apply for the pre-arrest bail in another criminal case.
“An accused is entitled to seek anticipatory bail so long as he is not arrested in relation to that offence and if he is arrested in that case also then only remedy is to apply for regular bail,” Justice Pardiwala said while pronouncing the verdict for the bench.
The judgement came on... | |
| | | | Fire damages 3 houses | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sep 9: In a major fire incident, three residential houses were gutted in Srinagar on Monday, causing extensive damage to the property, officials said.
The Fire and Emergency official said that fire broke out in a residential house at Gatt Colony Noorbagh at 7 am on Monday and engulfed two other nearby houses, causing extensive damage to the first and second floors of a house and the attic portion of two houses.
Several fire tenders were rushed from the city fire stations to douse the leaping flames.
There was no report of loss of life or injury to anyone, they said, adding that the cause of the fire is being ascertained.... | |
| | | | Need to integrate HIMS portal with other portals: Health Secy | | |  Agencies
New Delhi, Sep 9: There is a need to integrate the Health Management Information System (HMIS) portal with the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) portal and other portals of the health ministry to ensure that the data is uploaded timely and analysed carefully, Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra said On Monday.
Chandra made the remarks as he released "Health Dynamics of India (Infrastructure and Human Resources) 2022-23", an annual publication formerly known as "Rural Health St... | |
| | | | A K Mishra relieved | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 9: The Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir has relieved IPS officer Ashish Kumar Mishra from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to enable him take up the new assignment in New Delhi Police.... | |
| | | | Employee found guilty of misconduct not entitled for promotion: High Court | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 9: A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Rajesh Sekhri holds that an employee ,who is found guilty of misconduct, is not entitled to be promoted.
This judgment has been passed in a LPA filed by Chairman Airports Authority of India against an order and judgment dated 04.05.2022 passed by a Single Judge of this Court in SWP No. 862/2009 titled 'V.P.Saini vs Chairman, Airport Authority of India and others' whereby the Writ Court has allowed the petition of the writ petitioner ['the respondent'] and by a writ of certiorari quashed the proceedings
initiated by the appellants which resulted into ... | |
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