New
faces introduced in
entire Pulwama, Shopian
districts
NC's 65
nominees include 15
ex-Ministers, 32 new
faces
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Nov 6: National
Conference (NC) has
shifted its Chief
Ministerial candidate Dr
Farooq Abdullah from
Ganderbal to Hazratbal
Assembly segment and
released names of 65 of
its candidates for
remaining five phases of
polling in 16 districts
in Jammu & Kashmir.
While the party's mandate
has gone to 15 former
Ministers, NC has
introduced 32 new faces
with near-total
replacement in the
PDP-dominated south
Kashmir districts of
Anantnag, Pulwama and
Shopian....more
Kashmir
separatists release
anti-election shutdown
calendar
CC's
Jammu remembrance call
foiled by undeclared
curfew
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Nov 6: Government
today enforced undeclared
curfew in entire Kashmir
valley in order to fail
the separatist
Coordination Committee's
call of 'Jamia Masjid
Chalo' for paying homage
to members of Muslim
community killed in the
communal riots of Jammu
in 1947. The conglomerate
of different political,
religious and other
Kashmiri
organizations---including
both factions of the
separatist Hurriyat
Conference---had planned
to organize such an event
in the Valley for the
first time in the last 60
years.....more
About
dozen in race for 3rd to
6th entry in Assembly
6
candidates seek 3rd
straight term
By Sanjeev
Pargal
JAMMU,
Nov 6: At
least six candidates of
different political
parties will be seeking a
third straight term in
Legislative Assembly from
Jammu region in 2008
elections. Nearly a dozen
other candidates are
likely to be in fray from
third to sixth term in
the Lower House, albeit
with interruptions.......more
9
nominations rejected
65 in
fray in Rajouri
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Nov 6:
Nomination papers of
nine candidates were
rejected during scrutiny
for four Assembly
segments of Rajouri
district, which was held
today. With this, 65
candidates were left in
the fray for Rajouri
district, which will go
to polls in second phase
on November 23....more
Farooq
hails Obama’s
election
SRINAGAR,
Nov 6: Hailing
the election of Barack
Obama as the new US
President, National
Conference patron Farooq
Abdullah today hoped that
he will play an important
role in furthering the
friendship between India
and Pakistan to restore
lasting peace in the
sub-continent....more
MFs,
insurance investments put
to scrutiny
IT
detects misuse of Form 60
for tax evasion
By Mohinder
Verma
JAMMU,
Nov 6: Following
inputs about glaring
misuse of Form 60 in
order to evade tax in
Jammu and Kashmir, the
Income Tax Department has
started seeking details
from the banks to detect
tax evasion under the
garb of declaration form.
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