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| Panchayat elections take priority as by-polls of Budgam, Nagrota face uncertainty | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 13: With the summary revision process underway, the likelihood of early by-elections for the Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituencies has diminished. Instead, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will prioritize Panchayat elections, followed by polls for Block Development Councils (BDCs) and District Development Councils (DDCs).
Previously, by-elections for these two constituencies were expected within six months of the Assembly members taking oath. However, the ongoing summary revision has removed the obligation to complete this process within that timeframe.
According to reliable sources, the State Election Commission will soon announce the Panchayat election schedule after finalizing reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). These long-overdue elections aim to restore grassroots governance in the Union Territory. The last Panchayat term, elected in December 2018, ended on January 9, 2024, while municipal terms concluded in October 2023.
Jammu and Kashmir has 4,291 panchayats, each with a sarpanch, and over 33,000 panch wards. The re... | |
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| MP Ruhullah rejects ACB charges, calls it attempt to ‘silence’ him | | |  Early Times Report
Budgam, Apr 13: A day after the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) filed a chargesheet against 22 individuals including Member of Parliament and senior National Conference (NC) leader Aga Ruhullah in connection with an alleged fraudulent land compensation case, Ruhullah hit back on Sunday, terming the move “a frivolous attempt” to silence him for his political views.
Addressing a press conference here, Ruhullah denied any wrongdoing in the land compensation ... | |
| | | | 2003 Gazi Baba killing was a big success: BSF history book | | |  NEW DELHI, Apr 13: The 2003 BSF operation which led to the killing of terrorist Gazi Baba in Jammu and Kashmir, and is now the subject of an upcoming action movie, reduced the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to an “army without generals”. It also earned the paramilitary force a dozen gallantry medals including two military decorations.
The operation has been etched in the official history book of the 1965 raised force that is primarily tasked to guard Indian fronts with Pakistan and Bangladesh apart fr... | |
| | | | Around 20 % posts lying vacant in KU, reveals RTI reply | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 13: Nearly 20 per cent of the 2,859 sanctioned posts in the University of Kashmir were lying vacant as on February 2024, the varsity said in response to an application filed under Right to Information Act (RTI), highlighting significant staff shortage across departments.
The application filed by Jammu-based RTI activist Raman Kumar Sharma in February this year revealed that majority of the vacancies are at the faculty level. This includes over 200 key posts of ... | |
| | | | NIA probes Rana’s links with Dubai man | | |  NEW DELHI, Apr 13: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) questioned Mumbai attacks conspirator Tahawwur Hussain Rana for the second consecutive day to probe larger conspiracy behind the terror strikes of 2008, sources said.
Rana is said to be grilled on the basis of various leads gathered by the probe agency during the course of its investigation including a large number of phone calls between him and his co-conspirator David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a U.S. citizen currently in pr... | |
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