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| NC shows teeth to Cong after Bengal, Punjab episodes | | Lok Sabha Polls | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 27: Two days after Congress received a severe setback on seat-sharing in two important states of West Bengal and Punjab, the National Conference showed teeth of the “Grand Old Party”.
Senior National Conference leader and Lok Sabha member from Anantnag Parliamentary constituency Hasnain Masoodi on Saturday asked Congress leaders to learn lessons from West Bengal and Punjab.
“Developments in West Bengal and Punjab are an eye-opener for the Congress party. Instead of behaving arrogantly with the coalition partners Congress leadership must give due respect to the constituents of the INDIA block”, Masoodi said and regretted the Congress leaders are not treating their partners properly.
As reported earlier, Congress received a severe setback on Wednesday when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that her party TMC would contest all the Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal. Within minutes after Mamata Banerjee’s announcement, Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Singh Maan also declared that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party will win all 13 Lok Sab... | |
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| NC, PDP, Cong not ready to share any seats | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 27: National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party and Congress are at loggerheads over giving up their stake on parliamentary seats in Kashmir.
Sources told Early Times that NC and PDP are yet to reach on any seat sharing consensus and chances of both the parties leaving any seats for each other look bleak. Pertinently, Parliamentary elections are likely to be held in April and May this year. Both NC and PDP are part of INDIA bloc, an alliance of opposition parties formed to give tough fight to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in forthcoming Parliamentary elections.
Sources said that NC, PDP and Congress are adamant to leave space to other political part... | |
| | | | J&K Cong facing financial crunch; donation campaign evokes poor response | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 27: Like many parts of the country, the Jammu and Kashmir Congress is also facing a severe financial crunch due to the non-cooperative attitude of the affluential party leaders.
Sources said that the “Donate for Desh” campaign launched by the party to raise funds through crowdfunding has not received an encouraging response due to the indifferent attitude of the senior leaders.
“What to say of taking this campaign among masses to get donations from all sections of the society, most of the rich Congress donated meagerly for the party”, a source in the Congress said and added that except a couple of senior leaders most of the former ministers, who enjoye... | |
| | | | PM to inaugurate diamond jubilee celebration of SC | | | 
Agencies
New Delhi, Jan 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Supreme Court of India on Sunday noon on the apex court premises. Marking the 75th year of the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister will launch citizen-centric information and technology initiatives that include Digital Supreme Court Reports (Digi SCR), Digital Courts 2.0 and new website of the Supreme Court, a release from the Prime Minister’s Office office said on Saturday.
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| | | | 1 dead, 3 injured in Doda accident | | Doctors missing at GMC Doda , allege attendants; MS says all doctors present | |  Early Times Report
Doda, Jan 27: An accident near Doda left four persons injured and one dead.
The victims were rushed to the Government Medical College (GMC) Doda for treatment. However, attendants alleged that no doctors were present in the hospital and even the ultrasound room was locked.
“Despite the critical condition of the accident victims, there is an apparent lack of medical personnel on hand. We have been waiting for the past 45 minutes, desperately seeking assistance for the i... | |
| | | | Terror supporters used gold coins to fund unrest in J&K | | ED files prosecution complaint against 3 accused | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 27: Enforcement Directorate has filed a prosecution complaint against three persons before a Srinagar court in a case related to terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement a ED spokesperson said that the complaint was filed against Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh, Mushtaq Ahmad Kambay and Mohammad Iqbal Khan under Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002.
The statement said that the court has taken cognizance of the complaint and issued notices to the accused persons for further trial.
“The ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR dated 11.07.2015 registered by Police Station Kulgam against Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh, Mushtaq Ahmad. Kambay, Mohammad Iqb... | |
| | | | 5 terrorist aides held | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 27: Five terrorist aides, who were involved in smuggling of arms and ammunition, were arrested in Kupwara district, Police said on Saturday.
The module was busted following credible information about smuggling of arms and ammunition from two Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers, orginally hailing from Kupwara.
The first one to be be arrested in the case was Zahoor Ahmad Bhat of Rear Sudhpora Karnah, a village close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara.
“Acting on credible information from own sources and corroborated by other sister agencies and counterparts, Kupwara Police along with ( Army’s) 9-PARA Field Regiment... | |
| | | | Thandikhui Toll Plaza closed | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 27: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has closed the toll plaza at Thandikhui in Samba district, a move that is likely to come as a major relief to commuters travelling between Jammu, Samba and Kathua.
“The influence length of Lakhanpur and Ban fee plazas have been increased so as to eliminate the requirement of Thandikhui fee plaza,” read an order issued by Y P S Jadon, NHAI Project Director, PIU-Jammu.
However, while terminating the collection of toll from vehicles at Thandikhui with effect from 8 am on January 26, it has revised the toll to be collected at Ban and Lakhanpur toll plazas.... | |
| | | | India records 159 new Covid cases | | | |
New Delhi, Jan 27:
India has registered a single-day rise of 159 new COVID-19 infections and the count of active cases of the disease stands at 1,623 in the country, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. One fatality due to the infection was reported in Kerala in a span of 24 hours, according to the data updated by the ministry at 8 am.
The number of daily cases of COVID-19 in the country had dropped to double-digits by December 5, but it began to climb after the emergence of a new variant and the cold weather conditions.
After December 5, the highest single-day rise of 841 new cases was reported on December 31.
Of the total active cases, around 92 per cent are recovering und... | |
| | | | Kashmir upper reaches receive light snowfall | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 27: Higher reaches of Kashmir received light rain and snowfall during the past 24 hours ending the prolonged dry spell in the region, officials said on Saturday.
The Meteorological (MeT) department has predicted wet weather till February 3.
The accumulation of snow has forced closure of Mughal Road- that connects Poonch and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region with south Kashmir's Shopian district- and the Srinagar-Leh highway on Saturday.
"Both highways are closed due to the snow accumulation," said a Traffic official.
The MeT said weather would be partly to generally cloudy with possibility of light snow at isolated higher reaches towards late ... | |
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