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| Extends support to independent candidates against BJP in MC Lakhanpur | | Lal Singh, BJP feud goes public | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Without uttering a single word against the party, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) legislator from Basohli constituency Choudhary Lal Singh has given open support to some independent candidates in various wards of Lakhanpur Municipal Committee, rather than the candidates of BJP.
According to locals, the Lakhanpur Municipal Committee has been a strong bastion of Choudhary Lal Singh but instead of taking him into confidence, the BJP had given mandate to the candidates of their own choice, in all the seven wards of MC Lakhanpur. The MC Lakhanpur has a total of 791 votes, scheduled for polling on October 10.
On Sunday evening, some of the independent candidates, who are learnt to be close to Choudhary Lal Singh, organized a meeting at Lakhanpur Ramlila ground. The meeting was attended by Chairman of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan. Before Singh's arrival, songs of Dogra Swabhiman were renting the air.
Without uttering a single word against BJP or its state leaders, Lal Singh simply appealed the voters to vote in favour of the independent candidates in MC e... | |
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| Finally, UGC wakes up to CUK mess | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: The confusion prevalent over the construction of campus for Central University of Kashmir (CUK) has reached the University Grants Commission (UGC) that on Monday dispatched a high level team to question the varsity officials over the inordinate delay.
As per reports, the UGC team comprising Prof. Sushma Yadav, Vice-Chancellor, B.P. S Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Prof. Inder Mohan Kapathy and Ms. Sushma Rathore, Under Secretary, UGC, held threadbare discussions with Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir, Registrar, Prof. Fayaz A Nika, Finance Officer, Bashir Ahmad Haji, other senior functionaries of the CUK.
The main objective of the team was to seek deta... | |
| | | | Officials' properties: Guv irked at delay in submission of statements | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 8: Following the observations that despite government directions the officials are not submitting the requisite annual property statements to competent authorities, Governor Satya Paul Malik has directed Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam to strictly order all the officers/officials to furnish the statements in a month.
Sources told Early Times that the Raj Bhawan has received information that there is a huge default in the submission of the property statements by the employees of various departments who are bound under the government ruling to submit property statements.
Sources said that even several top officers have failed to submit prop... | |
| | | | #MeToo reaches Kashmir: Delhi women name Kashmir journos | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Nationwide social media campaign on sexual harassment of women, #MeToo, has reached Kashmir with victims naming some Kashmiri journalists.
In the last few days, atleast three journalists working in New Delhi have taken to social media to expose how they were sexually harassed by three Kashmiri journalists.
Two of the women journalists have even "named and shamed" two Kashmiri journalists for having sexually harassed them. One of the accused runs a news portal and is already under police scanner for his trip to England while the other one is a photo journalist. The women have exposed them both.
"F***d S***h (name withheld) is my molester too. I have kept ... | |
| | | | Vested interests of political parties play spoil sport | | SWMP in Jammu fails for want of political will | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Despite lapse of 10 years, the much needed Solid Waste Management Plant to handle urban waste in Jammu has remained a distant dream due to alleged vested interest of political parties which remained in power in the State.
Sources said that the Housing & Urban Development Department had started the process for bringing the project of Solid Waste Plant in Jammu on ground level in 2008, and thereafter number of the times the tenders were invited but it failed to get even a single tender matured till date.
"Every time when process was initiated to get the project tendered, the political interference failed it to take off obviously due to monetary benefits in ... | |
| | | | J-K policemen decamped with 30 weapons | | Alarming situation | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Reports emanating from the terror-infested Kashmir Valley are not inspiring. Reports are frightening. Frightening all the more because some of those appointed to maintain law and order in J&K in the vital police department are deserting the department, decamping with sophisticated weapons and joining the militants' ranks. Their conduct has disturbed the powers-that-be in the state and at the centre. It is only natural.
As per one of "internal report" of the J&K police, "as many as 12 J&K policemen have decamped with around 30 weapons in last three years". Relevant documents, according to reports, have claimed that "as many as 12 policemen and two army pers... | |
| | | | NC, PDP leaders enjoy privileges despite toeing separatist line | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Separatist turned mainstream politician Sajad Lone on Monday acknowledged that boycott politics has not yielded anything during the past 25-years.
He took a dig at the National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party for boycotting the urban local body and panchayat polls. "Peoples Conference boycotted for twenty five years and we experienced its final outcome and results. Let National Conference and PDP boycott for another twenty five years the way Peoples Conference boycotted for twenty five years. Let National Conference and PDP ask its MLAs and MPs to quit their seats in state assembly and parliament. They will come to know what is the final outcome of... | |
| | | | Heavy polling in Poonch, Rajouri, Kargil upset applecart of Kashmiri leaders | | Civic polls | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Kashmir-based parties, including NC and PDP, last month sprung a surprise by announcing boycott of the upcoming ULB elections. A number of statements, coupled with threats, were made by Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, to explain why they decided to boycott the upcoming polls. The Governor asked them to reconsider their decision and make the ongoing democratic exercise at the grassroots level a grand success, but with no result.
The Kashmiri leaders stuck to their stand saying they had no other option but to boycott the polls as the concerned authorities had failed to allay their fears regarding Article 35-A that granted the solitary stat... | |
| | | | Muslims of Jammu give befitting reply to NC, PDP, separatists | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Long queues of voters in Muslim majority areas of Jammu city namely Gujjar Nagar, Talab Khatikan, Ustad Mohalla and Bhatindi were giving a befitting reply to those who have given a call to boycott civic body elections in J&K. Not only Muslims of Jammu have shown mirror to PDP and NC but they have also defied terror threats.
In a striking contrast to low voter turnout in South Kashmir where people succumbed to terror threats, the mood among the voters was upbeat across Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts which witnessed brisk polling for civic bodies on Monday.
Today's turnout in Muslim majority areas was a clear snub to separatists, who had given a boycot... | |
| | | | Presiding officer suspended in Bandipora; Kupwara records highest turnout in north Kashmir | | ULB elections phase-I | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Oct 8: Amid complete shutdown and heightened security arrangements in the valley, the north Kashmir towns saw mixed responses, and Kupwara district recorded highest turnout in first phase of ULB elections Meanwhile, a Presiding officer was suspended for violating the norms in Bandipora.
Unprecedented security arrangements were placed in all major parts of north Kashmir's Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora districts to ensure peaceful polls, but 1325 votes were casted out of 26149 with the Percentage of 5.11% in the first phase of Baramulla municipal polls.
It is learnt that a total of 41 candidates contested in the 21 municipal wards in t... | |
| | | | In Kokernag, only ward 5 recorded double digit percentage | | | | Early Times Report
Anantnag, Oct 8: In Southern Kashmir, elections were held on four wards of Kokernag Muncipal Comittee on Monday in first phase of muncipal elections that are underway in the state.
At Kokernag, among four Muncipal wards, only ward-5 recorded double digit poll percentage.
According to official figures, at Ward-5, 106 votes were polled out of 276 registered voters.
While as in Muncipal Ward-9, two votes out of 264, In Ward-11, 4 votes out of 218 and in Ward-13, 7 votes out of 904 registered voters were polled till 4pm. According to figures released by Chief Electoral Officer, 119 votes out of 1662 Votes were polled in the day.
With this, Anantnag district of Sou... | |
| | | | Rajouri tops poll percentage followed by Kargil, Kupwara district leads in Kashmir | | First phase of civic polls culminates in JK, 56 percent people come out to vote | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 8: Like the past the frontier districts of Jammu & Kashmir yet again took a lead with regards to the electoral process with people in large number coming out to cast their vote in the first phase of municipal polls that culminated in the evening today.
The tentative figures put out by the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu & Kashmir at the end of polling said that Rajouri district led the other districts with respect to the voting in the first phase of municipal polls. The Rajouri district was closely followed by other districts such as Kargil, Poonch, Jammu and Leh. In the Rajouri district 81 percent people came out to cast the... | |
| | | | SIC directs DC office Samba to provide info under RTI | | Engagement of employees for Defence Land Acquisition | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: State Information Commission (SIC) has directed Deputy Commissioner Office Samba to provide information if available related to appointment of few officials in the defence land acquisition section of DC office. The DC office argues that officials have been appointed by Defence Estates Officer who is controlled by Directorate of Defence Estates a central Govt organization.
Details available with Early Times reveal that one Chanchal Yogi R/O Ismail Pora Bari Brahmana district Sabma filed an RTI application with PIO/AC (R), Samba on 10.01.2018 seeking information with regard to recruitment of 03 employees viz. a Senior Assistant, a Junior Assistant and a... | |
| | | | Are the politicians above common masses | | |  Early Times Report
Udhampur, October 8: Ahead of 2nd phase of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Election Scheduled to be held on 10th of October, the BJP organized a bike rally in favour of contesting candidates to seeks votes in favour of BJP the said rally started from Dak Bungalow and after passing through main markets of Udhampur city, it finally culminated at BJP office here today.
But all traffic norms were violated openly under the nose of District Administration, Motor Vehicles ... | |
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