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Kargil Council elections: NC candidates fighting without ‘plough’ symbol | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 27: Although the National Conference has fielded candidates for 24 seats of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil elections, the party nominees are fighting the election in their respective constituencies with the “plough” symbol.
First time in history, the National Conference is fighting any election without the party symbol.
As no state party has been recognized in the Union Territory of Ladakh since its formation after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory administration said that no unrecognized political party (including National Conference) can stake claim on any symbol. The symbols are allotted to unrecognized political parties by the administration.
After granting Union Territory status to Ladakh, the first elections were going to the held in this party so the administration refused to consider any political party as a recognized state party.
Only three national parties namely BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi (AAP) have allotted their symbols.
The party candidates have f... | |
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Accused of backdoor job, fake degrees, KU official co-develops JK admin portal against corruption | Jail Mein Surang! | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 28: Even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration recently launched its portal to make JK “corruption free”, the same has been allegedly co-developed by an official who is himself accused of “backdoor appointment, fake degrees and illegal promotions” at the Kashmir University.
Officials said the portal has been developed by the General Administration Department in collaboration with the Kashmir University for processing and monitoring of disciplinary proceedings initiated against employees.
As per the officials, the portal “will enable the concerned authorities to monitor the disposal of RDAs in a time-bound manner and will also ensure that there are no d... | |
| | 9-year old specially abled boy defies odds, plays cricket with one hand | Wants to become like Dhoni; awaits support to chase his dreams | | Early Times Report
Anantnag, Aug 28: In a quiet corner of Tuli Nowpora in South Kashmir, a determined 9-year-old boy Imad is defying all odds as he pursues his dream of becoming a cricketer.
Imad, who lost his mother shortly after birth and was born with a handicap, has not let his physical challenges deter his passion for the sport he loves.
Imad's story is one of resilience, determination, and an unwavering spirit to overcome challenges. From a very young age, he harbored a deep love fo... | |
| | Automobile, pharma, tourism sectors expected to grow at rapid pace: PM Modi | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Indian economy was on the path of rapid growth which had led to creating big opportunities for employment of the youth.
Addressing a Rozgar Mela where he distributed over 51,000 appointment letters to the youth, mostly in the security forces, the prime minister said automobile, pharma, tourism and food processing sectors were expected to grow at a rapid pace and open up employment opportunities for the youth. He said the tourism sector alone was expected to contribute Rs 20 lakh crore to the economy by 2030 and had the potential to create 13-14 crore new jobs.
The prime minister said India was set to emerge ... | |
| | Mishra hands over appointment letters to new BSF recruits from J&K | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 28: Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra on Monday handed over the appointment letters to newly inducted recruits of J&K under "Rozgar Mela" at BSF campus in Srinagar.
To infuse the flow of young blood into the Central Armed Police Forces & to provide employment opportunities for youth, Mishra handed over the appointment letters to newly inducted recruits of J&K during a function in Srinagar on Monday.
Offers of appointment letters will be handed over to more than 51000 CAPF candidates at 45 venues all over India today.
Addressing Jawans at BSF in Srinagar, Mishra said that the world was not aware about India before 2014 and today every... | |
| | ‘ISRO's solar mission Aditya-L1 to be launched on Sep 2’ | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 28: After the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO on Monday announced the launch of Aditya-L1 spacecraft to study the Sun on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport.
Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and in-situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth.
It will be the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun to be launched by the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency.
The space agency said in a social media post that the spacecraft -- the first space-based Indian observatory to study the ... | |
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