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Experts keep fingers crossed Udhampur-Doda seat 4/20/2024 11:00:22 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 20: Although both BJP and Congress staking claims of comfortably winning the Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat, experts have kept their fingers crossed after watching voting patterns in different assembly segments on this Parliamentary seat. Experts have reasons to keep their fingers crossed because brisk voting was held in strongholds of both BJP and Congress candidates namely Dr. Jitendra Singh and Choudhary Lal Singh. In the Hiranagar assembly segment of Kathua district, which is a citadel of BJP 63,637 voters cast their votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, out of a total of 1,21, 937 voters 88507 had cast their votes. Out of these 88507 votes, Dr. Jitendra Singh got 70763 votes. Similarly in the Banihal Assembly segment of the Ramban district, 45215 voters had cast their votes in the 2019 elections out of which the then Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh got 34011 votes. This time 72336 voters cast their votes on Friday. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Dr. Jitendra Singh got the majority of votes from Udhampur and Kathua district. Fro...   READ MORE

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Candidates having BJP’s blessing will emerge victorious in Kashmir: Ravinder Raina Lok Sabha Polls 4/20/2024 11:00:00 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 20: Amid debate over the decision of the party not to field candidates on three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir Valley, J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina on Saturday said that the local unit wanted to join the electoral battle but central leadership took the decision in the right perspective. “As far as the J&K unit is concerned, we wanted to field our candidates on three seats of Kashmir Valley but the central leaders have another plan for the Valley”, he said but...   READ MORE   Omar accuses PDP of turning greedy for Anantnag seat 4/20/2024 10:59:35 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 20: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of turning greedy for Anantnag- Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. The NC and PDP, despite being part of the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, are pitted against each other in all three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir. The two parties were also a part of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), which was formed for the restoration of Article 370. PDP Chief Meh...   READ MORE   Sajad Lone seeks Apni Party support to corner NC 4/20/2024 10:59:10 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 20: People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Saturday sought support from the Apni Party to consolidate all anti-National Conference votes in north Kashmir. Lone, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from north Kashmir’s Baramulla seat, claimed the National Conference benefits from the fragmentation of votes. The People’s Conference chief is contesting against Omar Abdullah, the National Conference vice-president and a former chief minister of the ers...   READ MORE   India set for criminal justice system significant overhaul : CJI 4/20/2024 10:58:54 PM NEW DELHI, Apr 20: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud on Saturday expressed his appreciation for the enactment of the new criminal justice laws, describing it as a “watershed moment for society”. He emphasized the importance of India undergoing a significant overhaul of its criminal justice system. During a conference in New Delhi focused on ‘India’s Progressive Path in the Administration of Criminal Justice System’, he highlighted the necessity for citizens to adopt the new law...   READ MORE   Big and powerful people in India, abroad joined hands to remove me from power: PM Modi 4/20/2024 10:58:34 PM Bengaluru Apr 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said big and powerful people in India and abroad have joined hands to remove him from power. Addressing a mega public meeting in Chikkaballapura, near here, he said, “Mothers and sisters have come in a large number here. Your struggle and the challenges you face to nurture your family, Modi has seen this in his house. These days, big and powerful people in the country and abroad have united to remove Modi.” “But, because of Nari...   READ MORE   Arms, ammunition recovered 4/20/2024 10:58:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 20: Security forces on Saturday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from a terrorist hideout in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police sources said that acting on reliable information regarding the presence of a hideout in the Dalas Barneli area of Arnas, a joint operation was launched. During searches security forces recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition from the hideout. The recovery included two detonators, 12 cartridges of Assault Rifle, one pull-through, one hand-held tape recorder IED enabled, one calculator IED enabled, one battery, and few connecting wires. Senior Superintendent of Police, Reasi Mohita Sharma shared that ...   READ MORE   CS inaugurates 2-day multi-speciality medical camp at Jagti 4/20/2024 10:58:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 20: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today threw open a 2-day multi-speciality medical camp here at the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) at Jagti township here. Those who were present includes Director Health Services, Jammu; Relief Commissioner; ADC, Jammu and other prominent citizens and doctors invited to attend this camp. On this occasion the Chief Secretary observed that good health is the greatest blessing for any person and to sustain it one has to be careful....   READ MORE   Increase focus on human intelligence gathering: IGP Birdi to officers 4/20/2024 10:57:58 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 20: Inspector General of Police Kashmir V K Birdi on Saturday urged officers to increase focus on human intelligence gathering along with technical inputs so as to intensify anti-terrorist operations to flush out the inimical elements. He also urged the district police chief and their counterparts in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Army to critically evaluate and enhance existing strategies to thwart any potential terror activities. Birdi was speaki...   READ MORE

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