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| 'Opportunistic' Omar wants Congress to facilitate his dad's entry into Rajya Sabha | | Leaves Azad in lurch, forgets party fulfilled his wish to rule JK for 6-yrs | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
ET Report
JAMMU, Jan 22: Fate of senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha hangs in balance as the former chief minister Omar Abdullah today hinted that his ailing father, Dr Farooq Abdullah, who recently underwent kidney transplantation surgery in London, could be the National Conference candidate for the forthcoming RS polls.
Omar while responding to a tweet by a journalist that Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad has chance of getting re-elected to Upper House from Jammu and Kashmir if National Conference supports him, Omar replied, "And what of Dr (Farooq) Abdullah's chances if Congress supports him?."
Omar's comments have come at a... | |
| | | | Sajad Lone wants RS seat for PC from BJP | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 22: After the notification for the four Rajya Sabha seats was issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on January 21 for Jammu and Kashmir, BJP is mulling to nominate a candidate from Kashmir valley with the talks over the issue gaining momentum with the Peoples' Conference (PC) chairman Sajad Gani Lone.
Lone, the former separatist, according to sources wants BJP to nominate his party man for the Rajya Sabha post, saying party's representation is needed from valley and that it would strengthen party's ground in troubled land of Kashmir. Sources said that if BJP-PDP alliance takes shape ahead of February 7, the saffron party would strive to nomin... | |
| | | | Appointment of standing counsels: Resentment among pro-BJP, RSS lawyers after Cong supporters advocates accommodated | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 22: Resentment brewing among some pro-BJP advocates after Union Ministry of Law and Justice ordered engagement of Advocates as Senior Panel Counsel and Central Government Counsel for J&K High Court at Jammu and Srinagar Bench and Senior Panel Counsel and Additional Government Standing Counsel at CAT Circuit Bench, Jammu on January 15.
A number of advocates, who are staunch RSS supporters and some of them, who are actively associated with RSS and other affiliated organizations, have been ignored while as some advocates, who have association with Congress, are engaged by the Union Law Ministry.
Credible sources in the BJP said that list of advocates was approv... | |
| | | | Demanding holiday on Basant Panchami | | Political Hypocrisy | | | Rana wakes up after electorate show exit
door to NC
Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 22: Electorate showing exit door to National Conference has woken up former chief minister Omar Abdullah's Friday Man and newly elected MLA Nagrota, Devender Singh Rana, to remain relevant in Jammu region he recently tried to strike a chord with the people by demanding that government should declare Basant Panchami as holiday.
It is preposterous that after being first party to National Conference's anti Jammu policies for six years, Rana is trying to project himself as thechampion of the religious sentiments of Jammu people. It has woefully exposed his political hypocrisy and opportunism.... | |
| | | | NC, Cong likely to suffer yet another ignominious defeat | | Rajya Sabha elections | | | Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 22: The NC and its former coalition partner Congress, which suffered ignominious defeats in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 2014, is all set to suffer another massive defeat in the scheduled Rajya Sabha elections on February 7. On the other hand, the PDP, the NC's arch-political rival in the Valley, and the BJP, the Congress's arch political rival in Jammu, are destined to create another history in the state by sweeping the Rajya Sabha polls. The PDP and the BJP are likely to win two seats each. The PDP and the BJP had created a history of sorts in the Lok Sabha elections by wining three seats each, with the NC and Congress biting dust. They al... | |
| | | | Population of West Pakistan refugees | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 22: What is the population of Refugees from West Pakistan, who have been living in wretched conditions in different parts of Jammu province, especially its Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts, since 1947? Actually, a debate is also taking place over the number of the West Pakistan refugees residing in Jammu province. According to a prominent leader of the West Pakistan Refugee Organisation (WPRO) Labha Ram Gandhi, 5764 families migrated to Jammu in 1947 and at present, the number of families of the West Pakistan refugees is 25,460 and the total number of these refugees is approximately 1.5 lakh.
Interestingly, those who have studied the West Pakistan refugees... | |
| | | | Filthy toilets at GMC expose cleanliness claims | | Authorities fail to fight major source of infection | |  Authorities fail to fight major source of infection
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 22: The claims may be tall but the ground reality that most of toilets of the prime hospital of Jammu province- Government Medical College and Hospital are dirty. The unhygienic conditions make them a perfect breeding ground for germs. However, authorities concerned are busy passing the buck, are least bothered.
Pertinently, the GMC hospital Jammu caters to thousands of patients from across ... | |
| | | | Respecting poll verdicts in Jammu, Valley | | Formation of PDP-BJP Govt | | |
Neha
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 22: Not all in Kashmir are opposed to an alliance between the PDP and the BJP, which emerged as the single and second largest parties, respectively, in the 87-member Legislative Assembly in the recently-held Assembly elections. There are some persons in the Valley who see reason and express views in a positive manner, notwithstanding the fact that they also insist that elections and Kashmir issue are two different things and that the Kashmiri sentiment has be recognized by the Indian State one day or the other. It is quite understandable. After all, these persons belong to the Valley and follow a particular religion.
On Thursday, one such person i... | |
| | | | BJP wants Govt in JK before Delhi polls | | | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan: 22 : The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leadership is engaged in a secret dialogue with the PDP leaders over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir and will reach a conclusion before the Delhi polls as the saffron party wants the mandate they have got should not go waste.
According to BJP sources, the party’s top brass despite being involved in the election campaign in Delhi, the party intends to form the stable government in JK. “We have a mandate and have a huge vote share. We don’t want this should go waste. Efforts are on to ensure a stable government is formed in JK,” said a BJP leader.
Sources in the BJP said that the party chi... | |
| | | | R-Day threat on ‘soft targets’ | | We won’t shut down schools: DSE | | | Army schools walk a mile ahead to take extra precautions
K Koushal
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 22: While the army schools in Jammu region, taking extra precautions have closed down the schools for a period Jan 22 to Jan 30 in the wake of militants’ threat to target schools, government as well as the private schools in the province would remain open.
Director School Education R A Inqulabi when contacted said that such threats have been a routine phenomenon since past twenty years and government doesn’t needs to get budged down by such threats.
“We are not closing the schools. They would remain open as usual as many of them are participating in the Republic Day functions also,”... | |
| | | | As Obama comes to union capital for attending R-Day function, security gets beefed up across Kashmir | | Police, security agencies all alert to avoid any untoward incident | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 22: Close on the heels of visit of President, United States of America, Barrack Obama and Republic Day, security has been beefed up across Kashmir valley in order to thwart any militant attack coinciding with these events.
Reports said that police and security forces have erected barricades in various areas of the city so as to ensure that situation is normal in the summer capital. Random checking of the public vehicles is being carried out in the different areas of the city and frisking of the civilians has also been going on over the past few days.
Barricades have been set up on Maulana Azad Road, Residency Road, Lal Chowk, Budshah... | |
| | | | PDP-BJP alliance before RS elections may shock NC, Congress | | Farooq’s road to RS likely to meet dead end | | | Bivek Mathur
Jammu, Jan 22: Notification of Rajya Sabha elections has suddenly seen the political temperatures soaring in the state. While ice has started breaking between BJP and PDP over government formation in the state, former coalition partners turned foes NC and Congress have also started coming closer, seeking at least one seat each in the House of eleders. The political analyst observe that alliance between BJP and PDP who have 25 and 28 seats respectively may shock the NC as well as Congress who had all the four seats in Rajya Sabha with over 45 members in Legislative Assembly in 2009 LA elections. The likely alliance will wipe out former coalition allies from the Rajya Sabh... | |
| | | | First ever EDM on KPs tabled in UK Parliament, Members Express concern | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 22: A few Days after observing 25 years in exile, they found some hope in the motion moved in UK Parliament.
According to national media reports, the Early Day Motion (EDM) was tabled by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of British Hindus, which was led by lawmaker Bob Blackman and supported by four other Members of the Parliament.
According to details EDM tabled reads that 'this House commemorates with deep sadness the 25th anniversary of the attack in January 1990 by cross-border Islamic militants on the population of Jammu and Kashmir; expresses its condolences to the families and friends of all those who were killed, raped and i... | |
| | | | 9-day discussions on revised estimates 2014-15 from Jan 27 | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 22: With a slight change in the previous schedule, the discussion on revised estimates for financial year 2014-15 along with finalization of Annual Plan 2015-16 are now scheduled to begin on January 27 and will conclude on February 4.
Sources in Jammu and Kashmir Planning and Development department (JKP&DD) informed Early Times that as per previous schedule, the sector wise discussion on finalization of annual plan 2015-16 and discussions on revised estimates for concluding year 2014-15 had to begun on January 27 and concluded on February 3 but now the department has issued a revised schedule, according to which the sector wise discussion would... | |
| | | | Budgam residents allege unfair distribution of relief cheques for flood affected people | | | | Shakeel A Khan
Early Times Report
BUDGAM, Jan 22: Like the other flood affected areas of Kashmir the residents of this Central Kashmir are also up in arms against the state government with respect to the compensation paid to the affected people.
The residents allege that the distribution of relief cheques meant for the flood victims has been unfair. Most of them complain that they haven't received any. The mishandling of the situation that arose in the aftermath of the flood has created confusion in the common masses.
"One fails to understand why the revenue department has overlooked the ones whose houses were deluged. Many people were compensated merely for the reasons that their hou... | |
| | | | Anantnag people hail shifting of M&CC Hospital from unsafe building | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Jan 22 : Years after its main building was declared unsafe by the department of Fire and Emergency services, administration has finally shifted the main Maternity and Child Care Hospital to Janglatmandi Anantnag. Locals have hailed the move, saying new building of the hospital in Janglatmandi is accessible to all. The building of the hospital was declared unsafe by the department of Fire and Emergency Services, official sources revealed Official sources said that in the last fire broke out in the building and damaged the main theater forcing higher ups of the department to take a final call on the shifting of hospital which was being delayed s... | |
| | | | Bandipora residents protest against usage of sub-standard material in re-construction of bunds | | | |
Majid Nabi
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 22: Residents of village Nowgam in North Kashmir's Bandipora district today held massive protest demonstrations against the administration for allegedly closing its eyes towards the sufferings of the flood hit families.
Shouting loud slogans against district administration for allegedly putting the lives of thousands of people at risk, residents of Nowgam, Gundi Nowgam, Payeen Nowgam and Zalpora villages in Bandipora district this afternoon staged demonstrations at Lal Chowk here accusing the authorities of giving free hand to blue-eyed contractors to use sub-standard material for the reconstruction of the breached bunds.
The protesters ... | |
| | | | Black marketers make fortunes in Baramulla | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Jan 22: Black marketers are fleecing consumers day in and day out, here in Baramulla district by selling essential commodities at sky-high prices.
According to sources consumers in major towns of Baramulla, Khowjabagh, Pattan, Sopore, Kreeri and Rafiabad complained that most of the shopkeepers, including vegetable and fruit vendors, were overcharging them for essential commodities and that too when Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for a day due to heavy snowfall near Jawahar Tunnel.
Under the garb of moderate snowfall in plains on Thursday, the shopkeepers were fleecing them on almost all essential commodities, sources sa... | |
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