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| BJP stakes high in today's crucial polls | | Assembly Elections Second Phase | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 24: Although the second phase of elections will decide the fate of political stalwarts of Jammu and Kashmir, BJP’s stakes are very high among all political parties for this phase as the party is hoping to reap the political benefit of its historic decision.
Out of the total 11 Assembly seats of Jammu province which are going for polling on Wednesday, the BJP is hoping to win the maximum of these segments.
After granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the ethnic Pahari tribe and political reservations to the Gujjars and Bakerwals, the BJP is confident of creating history in the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri which both Gujjar-Bakerwals and Paharis are a dominate force.
First time in the political history of Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP won two assembly seats in this mountainous belt when the incumbent party president Ravinder Raina won elections from the Nowshera assembly segment in 2014 and Abdul Gani Kohli emerged victorious from the Kalakot seat.
This time, the ruling BJP has utilized all its resources to win seats in the border... | |
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| Mehbooba urges ECI to check electoral malpractices | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 24: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to direct the police and local administration to stop electoral malpractices amid allegations of “vote-buying” through money distribution.
Earlier, PDP candidate from Budgam, Agha Syed Muntazir, accused the National Conference (NC) of manipulating the election process and violating the model code of conduct.
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| | | | All eyes on Srinagar | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 24: On Wednesday when voting for the second phase of the Assembly elections- being held after a decade – commences amid high security, all eyes will be on Srinagar – once a bastion of election boycott.
Of the 90 assembly seats, the polling will be held on Wednesday in 26 Assembly Constituencies across six districts of Jammu & Kashmir. In Jammu region, polling will take place in 11 constituencies and in Kashmir it will be held in 15 seats.
A total of 27.7... | |
| | | | Security stepped up at polling booths | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 24: More than 13,000 polling staff on Tuesday took positions at 3,500 polling stations set up across 26 assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, where voting will be held Wednesday in the second phase polls in the union territory.
The security forces personnel comprising police, armed police and central armed paramilitary forces left for the polling stations early morning, the officials said.
They said a multi-tier security blanket has been thrown a... | |
| | | | Cop among 2 dead in Reasi accident | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 24: Two people including a policeman were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The accident took place near remote Tukson-Angadi village in Mahore area late this afternoon, the officials said.
They said rescuers retrieved bodies of constable Aijaz Khan and driver Javed Ahmad from the scene.... | |
| | | | 2019 Pulwama terror attack accused dies of heart attack in Jammu hospital | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 24: A 32-year-old man chargesheeted in the deadly terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district five years ago has died of a heart attack in the Government Medical College Hospital here, officials said. Bilal Ahmad Kuchey of Kakapora’s Hajibal village was among 19 people formally charged in the case.
Forty CRPF personnel were killed and eight more injured when a terrorist of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad rammed his explosive-lad... | |
| | | | GST officers detect 10,700 bogus firms, over Rs 10k cr evasion | | Fake Registration Drive | | | NEW DELHI, Sept 24:
Agencies
Tax officers have detected around 10,700 fake registrations under the GST, involving evasion of Rs 10,179 crore in the ongoing all-India drive against fake companies set up to defraud the exchequer, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) member Shashank Priya said Aadhaar authentication of GST registration is already in place in 12 states and by October 4, another four states would join.
Eventually, 20 states, including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, will start Aadhaar authentication.
Speaking at an Assocham event, Shashank Priya also said that in future, the tax... | |
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