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| Only 6 days left for polling suspense continues over Congress’s manifesto | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 14: Although only six days left for campaigning for the first phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the suspense continues over the election manifesto of the Congress party.
With much publicity, the Congress had announced formation of manifesto committee headed by former minister and ex-president of the Pradesh Congress Committee Prof Saif-ud-Soz but the party has failed to release the manifesto so far.
Taking lead from other political parties, Congress had constituted election manifesto committee in the month of July when there was uncertainty over Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
Before the announcement of schedule for the Assembly elections in J&K, members of the Congress’s election manifesto committee had interacted with cross ... | |
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| Terrorism on its last legs in J&K, dynasty politics won't return: PM | | | 
Early Times Report
Doda, Sept 14: Kickstarting election campaign for his party candidates from the crucial Chenab region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday warned the people against the nefarious designs of dynastic parties, who according him, have ruined Jammu and Kashmir.
The Prime Minister, however, said that during the last some years, the BJP-led government has nurtured new leadership to counter dynastic politics.
"The present assembly election will decide Jammu and Kashmir... | |
| | | | ‘3 families destroyed J&K’ | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 14: Prime minister Narendra Modi targeted Congress , National Conference and PDP from Doda and said that 3 political families of Jammu and Kashmir destroyed the state. He said that the families turned a blind eye on terrorism for self interest.
PM Modi said, “Till now ‘Pariwarwad’ did not allow the youth to come forward and that is why after coming to power in 2014, I have tried to bring forward the new leadership of the youth in Jammu and Kashmir. Then in 2018, Panchayat elections were held here. In 2019, BDC elections were held and in 2020, DDC elections were held for the first time. Why were these elections held? So that democracy reaches the grassr... | |
| | | | ‘Shagun Parihar given ticket to reflect BJP’s determination’ | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the BJP gave ticket to terror victim Shagun Parihar to reflect the party’s “determination” to wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir.
Joining the BJP’s election campaign in the Doda district, which along with six other districts of Chenab valley and south Kashmir are going to polls in the first phase of elections beginning September 18, PM Modi said the BJP is looking forward to make Jammu and Kashmir ‘f... | |
| | | | Focus on ‘deteriorating’ J&K security situation instead of dynastic politics: Omar to PM Modi | | | 
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi should focus on the “deteriorating” security situation in Jammu and Kashmir instead of raising the bogey of dynastic politics, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. Addressing an election rally in the Doda district in support of BJP candidates earlier in the day, Modi said political dynasties in Jammu and Kashmir have destroyed the region and not allowed new leadership to grow. Hitting back at ... | |
| | | | 3 terrorists killed in Baramulla encounter | | | 
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 14: Three terrorists were killed on Saturday morning in an overnight encounter with security forces in Baramulla district, police said. They said a cordon-and-search operation was launched in Chak Tapper Kreeri in the north Kashmir district’s Pattan area late Friday night.
The operation turned into an encounter after terrorists fired on a search party of the forces, who then retaliated, according to a police official.
The cordon was maintained through... | |
| | | | Army foils infiltration bid | | | |
Early Times Report
RAJOURI/JAMMU, Sept 14: An army personnel was injured in an encounter with terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri on Saturday, security officials said.
The encounter occurred in the Kalal area of the Nowshera sector when army troops guarding the LoC intercepted a group of terrorists trying to infiltrate into this side, the officials said.
This was the second infiltration attempt by terrorists in Nowshera in the past week. Earlier on September 9, two heavily armed terrorists were killed near the LoC in the Laam area of this sector.
Army troops noticed some terrorists and challenged them, leading to a gunfight which contin... | |
| | | | Anti-terror ops intensified in Jammu parts | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 14: Security forces intensified their anti-terror operations in parts of Kishtwar, Udhampur, Poonch and Rajouri districts on Saturday, following recent encounters in which two soldiers led down their lives and two terrorists were killed, officials said.
A joint operation in the forests of Pingnal Dugadda in the Chhatroo belt of Kishtwar district entered the second day, with reinforcements joining the search parties to hunt down the terrorists responsible for martyring two Army personnel, including a JCO, and injuring two others in a gunfight the previous day, they said.
The officials said a vast area was kept under cordon with security forces utilising... | |
| | | | Martyred JCO cremated with full military honours | | | 
Early Times Report
Rajouri/Jammu, Sept 14: A junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the Indian Army, who was martyred in an encounter with terrorists, was cremated with full military honours at his village in Rajouri district on Saturday. Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar (42), along with Sepoy Arvind Singh from Himachal Pradesh, was martyred while two other soldiers were injured, when terrorists opened fire on a joint search party of the Army and police in a forest area in the upper reaches of Chhat... | |
| | | | J&K ACB traps, arrests forester, forest guard | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 14: Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint alleging therein that public servants namely Rashpaul Singh (BO) Forester and Avdesh Singh, Forest Guard demanded bribe of Rs 15000 for release of bill of the work namely “fencing work, Mawa Plantation of vitex etc, Pit Planting and Patch showing in Co. 28/K (Kaneli Nallah), Budhi Block Kathua Forest Range for Rs 2,81,290”.
The complainant didn’t want to pay bribe and has approached Anti-Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servants under law.
On receipt of the complaint, a discreet verification was conducted, which confirms the demand of bribe by the pub... | |
| | | | Landslide suspends traffic | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 14: A massive landslide hit the Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch National Highway on Saturday leading to the suspension of vehicular traffic. Connectivity to the Bhata Dhurian village has been affected.
According to official sources, road-widening work was under way when debris, including big boulders, fell on the road resulting in its complete closure. However, restoration work has begun to assist the hundreds of stranded vehicles. ... | |
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