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| BJP retains 2 Jammu seats; Omar loses Bla to Er Rashid, Mian Altaf defeats Mehbooba | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 4: First time in the electoral history of Jammu and Kashmir two former chief ministers lost Lok Sabha elections with huge margins.
While the jailed leader Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid emerged as a giant killer by defeating former chief minister and National Conference candidate Omar Abdullah by a huge margin of 204142, veteran Gujjar leader Mian Altaf defeated Peoples’ Democratic Party chief Mehooba Mufti by a huge margin of 2,81,794 votes which is highest victory margin in Jammu and Kashmir.
On two Lok Sabha seats of Jammu province, Jugal Kishore Sharma of BJP scripted a new chapter by making a hat-trick on the Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha seat.
Jugal Kishore Sharma is the first leader who won the Jammu Parliamentary seat in three successive elections. Sharma defeated Congress candidate Raman Bhalla by a margin of 1,35,498 votes.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh won elections on the Udhampur-Doda seat on three successive terms but veteran leader Dr. Karan Singh had earlier won three successive elections on this seat.
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| History repeats as NC rebel defeats Cong candidate on Ladakh seat | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 4: In a significant political shift, Independent candidate Mohammad Haneefa Jan has won the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat, defeating both the Congress and BJP candidates. This marks a major upset for the BJP, which had held the seat in the previous two elections.
Haneefa Jan, a rebel leader from the National Conference (NC), secured 64,443 votes, significantly outpacing his nearest rival, Congress candidate Tsering Namgyal, who garnered 35,770 votes. The BJP candidate, Tashi Gyalson, chairman of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh, finished third with 31,505 votes.
Today’s election result was a repetition of history because the same episo... | |
| | | | PM Modi set for historic 3rd term | | |  New Delhi, June 4:
A third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears certain with the NDA hovering around the 300 mark. But the day belongs to the resurgent Opposition, which performed way over the modest expectations raised by exit polls.
Addressing the nation from the BJP's HQ in Delhi after it became apparent the party will form the new government - albeit with much-needed support from NDA partners - Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked voters and said, "Today's victory (is) a victo... | |
| | | | People have trusted NDA for third time: PM Modi | | |  New Delhi, June 4:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked the people of India for giving the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) a third consecutive win. "People have placed their faith in NDA, for a third consecutive time! This is a historical feat in India's history," PM Modi said in a post on X.
Trends show the NDA crossed the halfway mark and won 293 seats. The Opposition bloc INDIA also made a comeback of sorts, winning 231 seats in the Lok Sabha - a huge improvement since 2019.
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| | | | ‘After 1962, first time any Govt has won third consecutive term’ | | | | New Delhi, June 4:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said people have shown full confidence in the BJP and the NDA and the Lok Sabha elections results were a victory of the people, democracy and faith in the country’s Constitution. “After 1962, for the first time a government has won the mandate for a third consecutive term,” Modi said addressing a gathering at the BJP headquarters.
Modi, who started his victory speech with ‘Jai Jagannath’, also thanked the people of Odisha for giving a clear mandate to the BJP to form its government for the first time in the state.
He also referred to the victory of the BJP candidate in Kerala, saying many party workers have sacrificed their li... | |
| | | | NDA’s victory people’s blessings for PM Modi: Amit Shah | | |  New Delhi, June 4:
The NDA’s victory in the Lok Sabha polls is the “blessing of people” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has worked hard over the past 10 years to fulfil the dreams of the poor, women, backward and the youth, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday.
He also said this is the victory of Modi’s marathon effort in the last 23 years of public life, without taking a single day off, without caring for himself, and working day and night only for the welfare of the country and ... | |
| | | | Over 88% candidates lose security deposit in Udhampur, Jammu | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 4: Over 88 per cent of candidates, including a former minister, lost their security deposit for failing to secure a minimum of one-sixth of the total valid votes polled in Udhampur and Jammu Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu, according to election commission data.
Both seats were won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the third consecutive time.
None of the above (NOTA) option availed by the voters outnumbered most of the candidates in the two constitu... | |
| | | | Om Birla becomes first LS speaker in 20 years to be re-elected | | | 
New Delhi, June 4:
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla won the Kota parliamentary seat by a margin of more than 41,139 votes on Tuesday, thus becoming the first presiding officer in 20 years to be re-elected to the Lower House. The last Lok Sabha speaker to get re-elected to the Lower House was P A Sangma, who was the presiding officer of the 11th Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998.
Sangma, then a Congress member, was re-elected from Tura in Meghalaya in the 1998 Lok Sabha election.
In 1999, Telugu D... | |
| | | | HC upholds PSA of narco smuggler | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 4: Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court today upheld the detention under PSA of Mohammad Owais Gul Narco Smuggler.
Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi after hearing both the sides observed that It is trite law that an order of detention is not a curative or reformative or punitive action, but a preventive action, avowed object of which being to prevent the anti-social and subversive elements from imperilling the welfare of the country or the security of the nation or from disturbing the public tranquility or from indulging in smuggling activities or from engaging in illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ... | |
| | | | NTA announces NEET-UG results | | | |
NEW DELHI, June 4:
The results for the medical entrance exam NEET-UG have been announced, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said on Tuesday.
“The results are live, candidates can check through website. The details of top scorers and qualifying candidates will be available shortly,” a senior NTA official said. This year, a record 23 lakh candidates registered for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), of whom over 10 lakh were male students, over 13 lakh were female and 24 under the third gender category.
Region-wise, Uttar Pradesh had registered the highest number of candidates at 3,39,125, followed by Maharashtra at 2,79,904 and Rajasthan at 1,96,139.... | |
| | | | Temp rises amid rain forecast | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 4: Amid forecast for partly to generally cloudy weather with intermittent light to moderate rain at a few places during next few days, night temperature recorded an increase at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
A meteorological department official said till June 7, weather is likely to be partly to generally cloudy with intermittent light to moderate rain/thunder at many places. There is possibility of gusty winds at a few places also, he said. “Few places may receive moderate intensity showers for a brief period,” he said.
The weather department has also urged farmers to suspend farm operations during June 5 and 6.
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