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| Transferring over one lakh ‘hard-core’ votes major challenge for BJP in Poonch, Rajouri | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 4: Even as the BJP has announced to support the candidate of the “like-minded” party on the prestigious Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, the biggest challenge before the party leadership is to transfer its hardcore voters of the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri.
Although the party is expecting the support of the majority of Paharis on this seat, the BJP has over one lakh hard-core voters in two border districts of Poonch and Rajouri.
As the party leaders are not openly declaring support for any candidate, these hardcore BJP voters are confused because they have never voted for any other party in successive elections.
In successive Lok Sabha elections, the BJP managed to get respectable votes from the assembly constituencies of Poonch and Rajouri.
In the year 2019 Lok Sabha elections BJP candidate Jugal Kishore got 1,34,653 votes from the five constituencies of Poonch and Rajouri. Five constituencies including Kalakote which is now part of the Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha seat.
In the 2019 Parliamentary elections, BJP got the lead from t... | |
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| Over 20% candidates in fourth phase of LS polls declare criminal cases: ADR Report | | | | NEW DELHI, May 4:
Out of the 1,710 candidates contesting in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, 21 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves and 24 candidates have declared zero assets, as per the Association for Democratic Reforms report. The ADR and The National Election Watch analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1710 out of 1717 candidates, who are contesting in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase IV on May 13.
A total of 360 candidates have declared criminal cases against them. Emphasising the disparities amongst the financial backgrounds of the candidates with the richest candidate in the fray is Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani of Telugu Desam Party with assets ov... | |
| | | | 5 in fray for Ladakh Lok Sabha seat | | |  Early Times Report
LEH, May 4: Nominations of two covering candidates and an Independent were rejected during scrutiny of papers for the Ladakh parliamentary constituency on Saturday, the Returning officer said.
The rejections left only five candidates in the fray, Santosh Sukhadeve said. Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, the largest in the country with a total area of 173.266 sq km and more than 1.82 lakh voters, will go to polls in the fifth phase of elections on May 20.
The last date fo... | |
| | | | All those who indulged in corruption will face legal action in next 5-yrs: PM Modi | | |  SISAI (JHARKHAND), May 4:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the NDA government has “unmasked” corrupt forces, and all those who indulged in corruption would face action under law in the next five years.
Hitting out at jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren without taking his name, Modi said leaders of the Congress and the opposition INDIA bloc take out rallies in support of the corrupt.
The former Jharkhand CM is behind bars for corruption; Modi is committed to ... | |
| | | | MeT predicts cloudy weather | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 4: Weather department here on Saturday forecast generally cloudy weather with light rain and thunder at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
A meteorological department official said that from May 5-10, generally dry weather is expected but afternoon thundershower activity can’t be ruled out at a few places. From May 11-13, he said, generally cloudy weather with light rain and snow (over higher reaches) is expected at many places. Also, he said, there is a possibility of thunder activity at a few places during these days.
Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 11.0°C against 7.8°C on the previous night and it ... | |
| | | | LG attends Medhavi Chhatra Samman Samaroh | | |  GHAZIPUR, May 4:
Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha attended the Medhavi Chhatra Samman Samaroh at Dr BR Ambedkar Inter-College, Sadat, Ghazipur. He also addressed a symposium on the idea of an ideal society and educational research.
In his keynote address, the Lt Governor highlighted the works done by thinkers and educationists on inclusive development and overall progressive policy framework that has been cited in various educational research papers and played a critical role in promo... | |
| | | | MeT predicts cloudy weather | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 4: Weather department here on Saturday forecast generally cloudy weather with light rain and thunder at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
A meteorological department official said that from May 5-10, generally dry weather is expected but afternoon thundershower activity can’t be ruled out at a few places. From May 11-13, he said, generally cloudy weather with light rain and snow (over higher reaches) is expected at many places. Also, he said, there is a possibility of thunder activity at a few places during these days.
Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 11.0°C against 7.8°C on the previous night and it ... | |
| | | | Juvenile justice shaped by intricate interplay of various legislative acts: CJI Chandrachud | | |  KATHMANDU, May 4:
Juvenile justice is not confined solely to the dictates of the Juvenile Justice Act but is shaped by the intricate interplay of various legislative acts, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has said, recalling how the apex court recently granted a 14-year-old rape survivor’s request for termination of her 30-week pregnancy.
The top court, on April 22, exercised its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, which empowers it to pass any order necessary for doing co... | |
| | | | IAF warrior martyred, 4 injured in Poonch terror attack | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 4: One IAF warrior was martyred and four were injured as terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Poonch district on Saturday, three weeks ahead of polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.
Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency which goes to polls in the sixth phase on May 25.
Officials said five security personnel were injured, two of them critically, when four terrorists opened fire on IAF vehicles moving to... | |
| | | | Court grants 9-day police remand of ex-SSP, 6 others | | Greater Kailash Murder case | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 4: City Judge Jammu Pooja Raina today grants Nine days police remand of Ex-SSP Sheikh Mehmood, Parshtom Singh @Nikka, Suraj Singh S/o Parshtom Singh, Sandeep Charak, Vikas Singh, Ravinder Kumar Gupta @ Gola Shah and Rajat Jandyal son of Ravinder Gupta in much publicized Greater Kailash Murder case. (JNF)... | |
| | | | Soldier dies in Verinag accident | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 4: An army man has died and nine other personnel were injured after a vehicle they were traveling in rolled down into a gorge in the Verinag area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official said that the army vehicle of 19 RR, skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge at Batagund Verinag. “So far one army man is confirmed to have died while nine others have different bodily injuries,” the official said, adding, “All the injured army men have been taken to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment.” ... | |
| | | | Drone, 2 Heroin packets found near IB | | | |
CHANDIGARH, May 4:
A drone and two packets of heroin were recovered in three separate incidents near the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab, an official said on Saturday.
The Border Security Force recovered the drone in broken condition from a field in village Kalia in Tarn Taran district on Friday, said a spokesperson of the force.
The drone was a China-made DJI Mavic 3 Classic, the spokesperson said.
In another incident, BSF troops recovered a packet of heroin weighing 460 grams and a small torch tied to it from a field adjacent to village Hardo Ratan in Amritsar.
The search operation was launched after the BSF was tipped-off about the heroin.
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