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| Assembly election on cards in J&K: Azad’s DAP applies for party symbol | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: While veteran politician, Ghulam Nabi Azad recently floated his political party the Democratic Azad Party, the DAP has applied for party symbol before the Election Commission of India –giving another hint of the Assembly elections of being held in the coming months.
Sources said Ghulam Nabi Azad applied for a symbol of his choice but that he has been asked to give three options for the symbol.
“They (ECI) people have told us to give three options for the symbol and that one of them would be approved depending on the priority of the three entries given by us,” said the source.
While the party is tight lipped on the issue, the leadership is understood to have applied for the symbol, which “touches the common man’s life.”
Sources said while some of the politicians from Kashmir had proposed that apple be kept the symbol, but that they were told the symbol has already been registered with the ECI by another party. “Otherwise also nowadays apple is more of a symbol for style statement and that wouldn’t go proper with the local aspirations of the... | |
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| PM declares Modhera as India’s first 24x7 solar-powered village | | | | Agencies
Modhera, Oct 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared Modhera in Gujarat’s Mehsana district as India’s first 24x7 solar-powered village.
Addressing a rally, Prime Minister Modi said Modhera was known for the Sun temple, now it will also be known as solar-powered village.
Making Modhera the country’s first round-the-clock solar-powered village involved developing a ground-mounted solar power plant and more than 1,300 rooftop solar systems on residential and government buildings, a government release said.
Assembly elections in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Gujarat are scheduled to be held by the end of this year.... | |
| | | | AC approves disinvestment proposal for JKCL | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 9: After exploring all possibilities for revival of the Jammu and Kashmir Cements Limited, the Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal for disinvestment of Jammu and Kashmir Cements Limited
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor and Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K attended the meeting.
The disinvestment in the JK Cements was necessitated as the company was not able to sustain and manage its finances properly and maintain efficiencies of operations over the period of time. The company was also not able to fully exploit the potential and... | |
| | | | 2 LeT terrorist aides booked under PSA | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 9: Police on Sunday said that two LeT terrorist aides were booked under PSA by authorities in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
In a handout, the police said that two Militant associates of LeT were detained under PSA ,one namely Ishfaq Majeed Dar son of Ab Majeed Dar @Salahudin resindent of Saderkoot Bala who was a hard-core ANE’s & was in touch with Militant in Pok & was given the task by his handlers across the border to mobilise the youth in Bandipora for recruiting them into banned militant organisation LeT & was further given the task to identify Police/ Crpf Naka’s in Hajin area of Bandipora along with co_ordinates for carrying militant attacks ... | |
| | | | Increase in number of girl students in technical education will expedite country’s progress: President Murmu at PEC Chandigarh | | | | Agencies
Chandigarh, Oct 9: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said the number of girl students should be increased in technical educational institutions to give more impetus to the progress of the country.
Murmu was addressing 52nd convocation and closing ceremony of centenary year celebrations of Punjab Engineering College (PEC) in Chandigarh.
The president lauded the institute and said she was happy to note that it has provided many luminaries to the country.
Among its famous alumni, she named former Chairman of ISRO and father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India, Prof Satish Dhawan, eminent educationist and founder Director of IIT-Delhi, Prof RN Dogra and an expert... | |
| | | | Clear stranded trucks on highway within 24 hrs: CS directs traffic authorities | | Directs for submitting daily reports; associating fruit growers in formulation of traffic plan on the highway | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: In a marathon meeting held today to take stock of traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta impressed upon the concerned traffic authorities to clear the stranded traffic within 24 hours and certify the same at an earliest.
The meeting was virtually attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production; Additional Chief Secretary, Home, both the Divisional Commissioners, Secretary Transport; IG Traffic; concerned Deputy Commissioners and other senior officers from Traffic Department and those from NHAI.
The Chief Secretary directed the Traffic Department to formulate a viable plan for smooth movement o... | |
| | | | BJP ready for Himachal Assembly elections: Anurag Thakur | | | | Agencies
Hamirpur (HP), Oct 9: The ruling BJP is ready for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, senior party leader and Union minister Anurag Thakur said here on Sunday.
The Union information and broadcasting minister inaugurated several projects, including a parking lot and a road, in Bhota in Hamirpur district.
The Election Commission will decide the dates for elections but the BJP is fully ready for the polls whenever it is held, he said.
Thakur said all efforts have been made to fulfil every demand of the people of his parliamentary constituency of Hamirpur.
The Union minister directed the authorities to identify land for a sports ground in Bhota so that the yo... | |
| | | | Ensure financial discipline: Amit Shah to CMs of NE states | | | | Agencies
Guwahati, Oct 9: Financial discipline of Northeastern states is essential to make the Indian economy the second largest in the world, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.
Addressing the 70th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here, Shah said insurgency, lack of connectivity and failure of previous governments to focus on Northeast hampered the region’s development for decades.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tried to understand the core problems and evolved ways to permanently solve the issues to take the region to the path of development,” he said.
During the last eight years of the Modi government, many efforts have been made to bring ... | |
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