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| At Mumbai NC, PDP vow to fight BJP but in Kashmir, both are fighting against each other | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 18: While the National Conference president Dr. Farooq Abdullah, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti attended the concluding event of the Bharat Jodo Nayay Yatra of Rahul Gandhi, both the parties are preparing to fight against each other in the coming Assembly elections.
Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti addressed when Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra concluded at Mumbai's Shivaji Park on Sunday evening.
Interestingly both leaders from Kashmir Valley reiterated their commitment to jointly fight the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra but in J&K leaders of both parties are ready to take on each other.
Within minutes after Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti reiterated to jointly fight the BJP, vice president of the National Conference and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that his party was going to announce candidates for all the three seats of Kashmir Valley within day or two.
Dr. Farooq Abdullah, speaking at the event called on the voters to safeguard vote... | |
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| After refusing to accommodate PDP, Omar says PAGD ‘intact’ | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 18: A few days after Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti accused National Conference vice-president, Omar Abdullah, of breaking the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), the NC leader on Monday claimed that alliance is ‘intact.’
In reply to a question over the status of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), Omar while talking to reporters here said the alliance stands “What has happened to its status? We run our different parties… We have held press conferences together as well as individually. And today, I am talking to you individually, does that mean there is no PAGD. It stands and they will meet in a day or ... | |
| | | | ‘Will stop construction of Maha Bhawan after coming to power’ | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 18: Within days after the Maharashtra Government announced to construction of the Maharashtra Bhawan in Srinagar, former Chief Minister and Vice-President Omar Abdullah threatened to close this Bhawan after the formation of a democratic government in October this year. “You are constructing Bhawans in Kashmir to provide accommodation to tourists in Srinagar. I can not say what will be the fate of these Bhawans”, Omar threatened while mentioning towards propos... | |
| | | | Rahul’s ‘fight with Shakti’ remark backfires on Congress | | Controversy Erupts | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 18: The highly controversial remark of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Hindu Goddess “Shakti” snowballed into a big controversy as BJP dubbed the party as “anti-Hindu”.
Rahul Gandhi at the conclusion ceremony of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Mumbai that his party and the entire opposition are fighting against a Shakti (power).
“There is a word ‘Shakti’ in Hinduism. We are fighting against a Shakti. The question is, what is that Shakti. The soul of the King i... | |
| | | | LG meets family members of missing Jammu seaman | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 18: Family members of the missing Seaman from Jammu Sahil Verma, called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, today at Raj Bhawan.
The Lt Governor assured every possible support from the administration to the family to ensure the safe return of Sahil Verma.
The Seaman hailing from Jammu’s Ghou Manhasan area went missing on 27th February from Indian Naval Ship. Senior Advocate Abhinav Sharma was also present.... | |
| | | | Major fire erupts in Zabarwan hills | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 18: A major fire erupted in the forest range of Zabarwan hills in the Brain-Nishat range in Srinagar during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, officials said.
They said the fire broke out on Sunday evening and spread in a vast area of the forest range of the Brain unit of Zabarwan hills.
A joint operation was launched by the Fire and Emergency Service, Wildlife department, Forest department and Police to bring the fire under control.
Fire and Emergency Service officials said the fire was still going on in a small patch and fire fighting teams were on the job to douse it.
The fire erupted most likely due to the negligence of the local pe... | |
| | | | ‘4 June Ko 400 Paar...’: PM Modi urges Karnataka people to vote for BJP | | | 
New Delhi, Mar 18:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the NDA has set the target to achieve over 400 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections and to hit that target the state of Karnataka has a great responsibility to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Asking a rhetorical question why BJP is talking about 400 plus seats PM said that it is for developed and corruption-free India.
Addressing the rally in Shivamogga, Karnataka PM Modi said, "4 June ko 400 paar. Karna... | |
| | | | Govt sets up tribunals to adjudicate ban | | | 
New Delhi, Mar 18:
The Centre on Monday constituted two tribunals under Justice Neena Bansal Krishna of the Delhi High Court to adjudicate whether there are sufficient grounds for declaring the Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir (Bhat faction) and the Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir (Sumji faction) as banned groups. Both the organisations were declared banned groups by the government on February 28 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for five years for their anti-Ind... | |
| | | | SIA files chargesheet against 2 narco-terror financers | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 18: State Investigation Agency, Jammu and Kashmir police, on Monday filed chargesheet against two accused who along with their other associates were involved in operating a narco terror financing module in the union territory.
A statement by the Agency said the chargesheet was filed against Zaheed Ahmad Khoja and Zameer Ahmad Lone under various provisions of NDPS Act and UA(P) Act in Special Designated UAPA Court under the NIA Act.
SIA said Khoja was arrested in September last year when he was intercepted while transporting a huge consignment of Heroin weighing 3.565 Kgs (valued at more than Rs 25 crores) while Lone is an active terrorist of Lashka... | |
| | | | Man killed in Doda accident | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 18: One person was killed and another injured in a road accident in J&K’s Doda district on Monday, officials said.
Officials said that a car went out of the driver’s control and dropped into a gorge on Khilani Marmat Link Road in Doda.
“One person identified as Roshan Lal died on the spot while another, Tanveer Ahmad sustained injuries. The injured person was shifted to the government medical college hospital in Jammu city for treatment. Police have registered a case in this incident,” an official said. ... | |
| | | | Cattle smuggler slapped with PSA | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 18: A suspected cattle smuggler was arrested and lodged in the central jail here under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on Monday, police said. Ghulam Murtaza, a resident of Asrar Abad Sidhra village on the outskirts of Jammu, was arrested after a warrant of arrest under the PSA was issued against him by the deputy commissioner, they said.
Murtaza is a notorious smuggler who was named in six FIRs registered at different police stations of Jammu district for smuggling bovine in an organised manner and posing a threat to peace and order, they said. ... | |
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