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| After terming PDP ‘irrelevant,’ Omar looks towards Mehbooba to help NC | | Lok Sabha Polls | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 2: After terming Peoples Democratic Party “irrelevant” and announcing that National Conference would field candidates from all the three seats in Kashmir, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday exuded hope that PDP may not field candidates against NC in any of the Lok Sabha constituencies.
Talking to reporters here Omar said that PDP president Mehbooba Mufti hasn’t shown any intention to field candidates against the NC.
He referred to a recent rally of the INDIA bloc in Delhi, where Mehbooba Mufti shared the stage with NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah and reiterated PDP’s commitment to the alliance.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, “It seems that Omar has realized that if the PDP fields its candidates it can make the competition tough and the NC candidates can face the heat.”
Pertinently, the National Conference has fielded prominent Gujjar leader and former minister, Mian Altaf from Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency, while Ghulam Nabi Azad, president of the DPAP has also decided to try his luck from the same seat.
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| PDP, NC important constituents of INDIA bloc: Omar | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 2: A day after announcing the candidate for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, the National Conference on Tuesday is optimistic that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) would not field its nominee on this prestigious segment to ensure unity among opposition parties.
Quoting the statement of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti during the opposition’s rally at Ram Leela Maidan in Delhi, former Chief Minister and Vice-President of the NC Omar Abdullah hoped that there would be no division of anti-BJP votes in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
“PDP and the NC are important constituents of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc so both... | |
| | | | Farooq joins Congress’s rally, PDP conspicuously skip event | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 2: Today was a show of strength for the constituents of the Indian National Developmental Progressive Alliance (INDIA) bloc in Jammu when Congress candidate Raman Bhalla filed his nomination papers for the Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha seat.
To make the even more impressive, Congress has utilized all its resources to mobilize the maximum number of people for today’s roadshow.
Former Chief Minister and president of the National Conference came all the way from Srinagar to attend today’s rally to express solidarity with the Congress party.
Highly placed sources said that Congress leadership has extended invitations to leaders of all opposition parties which are con... | |
| | | | Azad to contest from Anantnag-Rajouri constituency | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 2: Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Anantnag -Rajouri constituency, his party DPAP said.
Azad left the Congress in 2022, ending his five-decade-long association with the party, and floated his own political outfit-Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP). Today the core committee of DPAP met and we have decided that (party president) Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest the Anantnag-Rajouri seat,” DPAP leader Taj Mohiuddin told reporters here.
This will be the first Lok Sabha election for Azad after he lost from Udhampur constituency in 2014 to BJP leader Jitendra Singh.
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| | | | Over 1.13 lakh migrants eligible to vote for 3 seats in Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 2: Over 1.13 lakh Kashmiri migrants are registered to cast their votes for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections for three seats in the Valley, officials said.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration will hold special awareness camps for Kashmiri migrants in Jammu and Udhampur districts from April 3 to 14 to ensure their participation in the Lok Sabha elections. “We have 1.13 lakh registered Kashmiri migrant voters as of now. The updated voter list is being prepared as per the election process,” Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner Arvind Karwani said.
Karwani, who is looking after the arrangements for the polling of migrants, said that polling will be held in t... | |
| | | | Action against corrupt to go on: PM Modi | | | | Rudrapur (U’Khand), Apr 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that the action against the corrupt will go on and he cannot be deterred by threats and abuses. Beginning his Lok Sabha campaign in Uttarakhand from Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar district, he also said that more development work has been done in Uttarakhand over the last 10 years than in the 50-60 years before that. Don’t you think the corrupt should go to jail. The corrupt are threatening and abusing me. But they can’t deter me. Action against each one of the corrupt will continue,” Modi said.
The prime minister’s remarks come amid opposition onslaught against the ruling party in the wake of arrest of Chief Minist... | |
| | | | 1 dead, another injured in Doda accident | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 2: A man was killed and another injured Tuesday when a vehicle skidded off a road and plunged into a deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said.
The accident took place at Assar-Bulandpur when the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a curve, they said.
A rescue operation was immediately launched and the two accident victims were taken to a hospital where one Kamal Singh (27) was declared dead, they said.
The condition of Ranjeet Singh who also received injuries was stated to be critical, the officials said.... | |
| | | | 3 terrorist aides arrested | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 2: Security forces on Tuesday arrested three terrorist associates from Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
A pistol and other incriminating materials were recovered from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said the security forces established a joint checkpoint and noticed three suspicious persons attempting to flee from the spot.
“However, the alert party apprehended them tactfully. They have been identified as Faisal Ahmad Kachroo, Aquib Mehraj Kana and Adil Akber Gojree. During search, a pistol, mobile phones and other incriminating materials were recovered from their possession,” the spokesman said.
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| | | | Mortar shell destroyed in Samba | | | | Early Times Report
SAMBA, Apr 2: An mortar shell was found in a field and was later destroyed in a controlled explosion by a bomb disposal squad in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Tuesday, police said. The mortar shell, which was old and rusted, was noticed by a person working in his fields at Rajpura village in Ghagwal, a police official said.
He said a police party along with a BDS team was rushed to the scene and the mortar shell was later destroyed at the scene without causing any damage.... | |
| | | | 19 lakh pilgrims visit Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in 3 months | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 2: In the first three months of the current year, more than 19 lakh pilgrims visited the holy cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, nestled in the Trikuta Hills of Katra town in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A Shrine Board official said that this year from January to March, over 19 lakh devotees visited the cave shrine, adding, “In 2023, 18,33,266 devotees paid obeisance at Bhawan, which means around 77,838 more pilgrims visited the Bhawan in the said period.” He stated that in January this year, 6,16,609, in February 4,32,925 and in March 8,61,570 pilgrims visited the Bhawan as compared to last year, in January 5,24,184, in February 4,14,432 an... | |
| | | | Terror hideout busted in Poonch | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 2: Acting on a tip-off regarding the movement of some suspected people, the security forces busted a terror hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials on Tuesday said.
A joint operation was launched by the Special Operations Group (SOG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Rashtriya Rifles in the forest area of Tavi and Upper Gursai in Mendhar sub-division, they said. The terror hideout was busted in a cave and some clothes and eatables were recovered. However, no arms and ammunition were found, the officials said.
While the search operation in the district is still on, no arrests have been made so far, they said.
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| | | | Rahul Gandhi no match for PM Modi: Amit Shah | | ‘Modi never takes leave, Gandhi goes abroad for summer’ | |  BENGALURU, Apr 2: Exuding confidence about the BJP’s ‘400 paar’ (400-plus) target, senior party leader Amit Shah on Tuesday said there is no match between the NDA led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the INDIA bloc which he called an alliance of ‘pariwarwadis’ (dynasts) and ‘brashtacharis’ (corrupt persons).
The union Home Minister said he believed the BJP would win all 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka as well. There is no match between the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA alliance, he... | |
| | | | 5 IAF helicopters conduct trial landing, take-off on Jmu-Sgr highway | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 2: Five IAF helicopters, including the recently inducted US-manufactured Chinook, landed on a stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway as part of an Emergency Landing Facility drill, the first such exercise in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.
With this, Jammu and Kashmir became the first Union territory to operationalise an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF). Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are the three states where these emerge... | |
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