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| Kathua to decide fate of BJP, Cong candidates on Udhampur-Doda seat | | Lok Sabha Polls | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 6: Although the name of the constituency is Udhampur-Doda, it is the Kathua district that will decide the fate of the two main contestants namely Dr. Jitendra Singh of BJP and Choudhary Lal Singh of Congress.
Union Minister and BJP candidate Dr. Jitendra Singh has won two successive elections on this seat due to overwhelming support from Kathua district comprising of six assembly segments.
Actually, in this parliamentary constituency, a total of 16.23 lakh voters of 18 assembly constituencies of five districts are going to play an important role in deciding the victory or defeat. But out of the five districts, Kathua district has the highest number of voters.
Kathua district, which has 6 assembly constituencies, has more than 5 lakh 3 thousand 227 voters than the entire parliamentary constituency.
Which is more than the total voters of Ramban and Kishtwar combined. After this, the district with the highest number of voters is Udhampur.
Where 4 lakh 19 thousand 854 voters will cast their votes in this election. Whereas, this time 3 lakh 5 th... | |
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| To avoid confrontation LAB cancels ‘Pashmina march’ | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 6: A day after the administration imposed restrictions, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) announced on Saturday that they are withdrawing their planned march to the Changthang border with China on April 7. They stated that this decision is made in the best interest of the people, even as they criticized the administration for transforming Leh into what they described as a “war zone”.
The LAB emphasized that they have already achieved their goal of raising awareness among the citizens regarding the challenges faced by farmers.
They highlighted the issue of farmers losing valuable pasture land to large industrial projects in the south and alleged encroachments by Ch... | |
| | | | Infiltration bid Pak’s desperation to fuel unrest in Kashmir ahead of polls: Army | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 6: The infiltration bid that was foiled on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla indicated desperation on part of Pakistan to fuel unrest in Kashmir Valley ahead of general elections, Army said.
Two terrorists were killed close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district when they were trying to sneak into Kashmir. Army said intermittent fire was also drawn from Pakistan forward posts, in the vicinity of LoC during the counter infiltration operation.
A statement by the Army said the infiltration bid was successfully foiled on Friday in a joint operation led by the Indian Army.
“Numerous inputs were earlier received from mult... | |
| | | | Kashmir far ahead than Jammu in registering corruption cases | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 6: Around 70 percent corruption cases since 2021 were registered in Kashmir while 30 percent were filed in Jammu.
According to the details over the past ten years, numerous scandals have emerged, wreaking havoc on the careers of many young individuals. Among these, the Sub Inspector Recruitment and JE Recruitment scandals stand out.
Also notable among these are the Roshni Scheme scam, the Rs 3,000 crore scandal involving the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, the distribution of four lakh fake gun licenses, and recruitment scams within the Police Sub Inspector and JE Civil departments.
However, a senior ACB official told a Srinagar based news agency that the... | |
| | | | SI recruitment scam case: ED attaches movable properties of accused | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 6: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached movable properties in the form of bank balances to the tune of Rs one crore related to some of the accused, including mastermind Yatin Yadav, in the 2022 police sub-inspector scam in Jammu and Kashmir, the agency said. The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) conducted the examination in March 2022 but the selected list of 1,200 candidates was cancelled by the administration in July following allegations of paper leak and malpractice.
The CBI, which was handed over the case, filed its chargesheet against 33 accused, including Yadav from Haryana, in November 2022.
Subsequently, the E... | |
| | | | 2 miscreants booked under PSA | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 6: Police on Saturday claimed to have booked two alleged miscreants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted them to District Jail at Udhampur.
Police said two anti-national elements – Abdul Rashid Sheikh of Lalpora Kharkhal Kunzer & Mohammad Akbar Malik of Wanikhal Kunzer – were booked under the PSA after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent authority.
“Many cases are registered against these persons and were involved in disturbance of L&O (law and order) and subversion. Despite their involvement in many FIR’s they did not mend their anti national & Social activities,” police spokesman ... | |
| | | | Army opens fire after noticing suspicious movement in Rajouri | | | |
Early Times Report
Rajouri/Jammu, Apr 6: Army troops opened fire and subsequently launched a search operation after noticing suspicious movement near their camp in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district early Saturday, officials said.
There was no report of any casualty in the firing at the Srotha Morha village in the Darhal area, the officials said.
They said a sentry fired a few rounds on seeing the movement of a group of unidentified persons towards the camp under the cover of darkness.
The group retreated into the nearby village, following which a search operation was launched, the officials said, adding the operation was going on when last reports were received bu... | |
| | | | 23 candidates in fray for Jammu LS seat | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 6: The nomination of three candidates were rejected during scrutiny of papers for Jammu Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday, leaving 23 candidates in the fray, officials said.
The Lok Sabha polls in Jammu constituency will be held in the second phase of elections on April 26.
Returning Officer for Jammu parliamentary constituency Sachin Kumar Vaishya, conducted the scrutiny of nomination papers submitted by the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, they said.
After thorough scrutiny, the nomination forms of 23 candidates were found valid, while the candidature of three candidates, two covering candidates – Chanranjeet Chargotra (BSP) and In... | |
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