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| Cong succumbs to NC pressure, ditches PDP again | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 24: Although former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti reiterated her commitment to supporting anti-BJP parties, the Congress and National Conference once again ditched the Peoples’ Democratic Party while stitching a pre-poll alliance.
In the second successive election, the leadership of Congress and the National Conference ignored PDP despite the fact that Mehbooba Mufti repeatedly reiterated her commitment to remain part and parcel of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc.
On August 22, after meeting with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, National Conference president and former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah confirmed the alliance with the Grand Old Party.
Although senior Abdullah announced to inclusion of CPI(M) in the alliance, he avoided the question of making the PDP part of the coalition.
Sources said that Congress leadership wanted to include PDP in the alliance but the NC leadership was not ready to accommodate its arch political rival in the alliance.
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| Will extend support to Cong-NC alliance if it accepts PDP agenda: Mehbooba | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 24: The PDP will extend complete support to the Congress-NC alliance and leave all seats in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections to the coalition if it is ready to accept the party’s agenda, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday. Mehbooba also ruled out an alliance with the BJP, with which the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier run a coalition government.
“Forget about alliance and seat-sharing, if the Congress and the National Conference ... | |
| | | | Amit Shah chairs coordination meeting on Naxalism | | |  RAIPUR, Aug 24:
Agencies
An interstate coordination meeting on Naxalism chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah began in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Saturday.
The meeting, which is being attended by senior officials of seven states, will review the inter-state coordination and Left Wing Extremism situation, an official said. Among those taking part are Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and Deputy CM Vijay Sharma, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai as well as Chie... | |
| | | | Main aim is to ensure trust, peace: Army Chief in Manipur | | |  Imphal (Manipur), Aug 24:
Agencies
Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said that the main aim of his ongoing visit to Manipur was to ensure that there is trust, peace and tranquillity in the State which has seen ethnic violence in recent times.
General Dwivedi said that he had met Chief Minister N Biren Singh where the two discussed a lot of issues.
“My main aim to come here was to review the security situation as of today in Manipur and I was happy to see the great c... | |
| | | | Cabinet approves assured pension for employees | | |  NEW DELHI, Aug 24:
Agencies
Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an assured 50 per cent of salary as pension for 23 lakh government employees who joined service under the National Pension System (NPS).
The National Pension System is applicable for government employees joining the service after April 1, 2004. It was based on the premise of contribution rather than defined benefit applicable for employees prior to the NPS.
Announcing Cabinet decisions, Information and Broadcasting Minister ... | |
| | | | MHA providing security to conduct polls in J&K: CEO Pole | | About 88 lakh voters to cast ballot | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 24: PK Pole, Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir said on Saturday that the Ministry of Home Affairs is providing security to conduct the upcoming Assembly elections in Union Territory.
Pole said that this decision has been taken by the home ministry given the security challenges in the Jammu and Kashmir region, and to carry out a peaceful election process.
“There have been security challenges in Jammu and Kashmir over the last 2-3 decades. There has ... | |
| | | | Terrorist killed in Rafiabad | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 24: A terrorist was killed during an attack on security forces in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday, officials said.
Quoting a top official, KNO reported that militants targeted a naka party in the Watergam area of Rafiabad, but the attack was successfully repelled.
The official confirmed that in the retaliatory fire, one militant was killed. The entire area has been cordoned off.... | |
| | | | 3-day Kailash Kund Yatra to begin on Aug 30 | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 24: The three-day annual Kailash Kund Yatra is set to commence on August 30 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district amid tight security arrangements, officials here said.
The yatra will begin amid threat perception following multiple terror incidents in the Udhampur-Doda mountainous belt in past over the past two months, promoting authorities to increase security in the area.
“The yatra to the high-altitude Lake shrine of Kailash Kund will begin from Udhamp... | |
| | | | Security enhanced at Jammu hospitals | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 23: Security has been beefed up at government hospitals in Jammu with the deployment of armed security personnel to ensure the safety of medical staff and doctors, officials said on Friday.
This step was taken in the wake of the rape and murder of a doctor at a hospital in Kolkata and related incidents of violence at the hospital.
The deployment of security forces, including CRPF, has been made at Government Medical College (GMC) hospital and Sri Maharaja ... | |
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