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| Indian Railways witnessed massive transformation under PM Modi’s rule: LG Sinha | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 4: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that Indian Railways witnessed massive transformation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule during the past 12- years.
While talking to the officer trainees of the Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management, Lucknow, who are on the field visit to Jammu Kashmir the Lieutenant Governor emphasized the key role of Indian Railways in India’s transformation. He highlighted the progress achieved over the past 12 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. “Electrification at record levels, the expansion of the dedicated Freight Corridor, the realization of the dream of connecting Kashmir to K... | |
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| J&K achieves full literacy milestone, LG Sinha hails feat | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 4: Jammu Kashmir proudly joins the league of Fully Literate nine States/ UTs under Government of India’s ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) scheme.
The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended his heartiest congratulations to the teachers, administrators and every stakeholder for the historic milestone.
In a post of X, the Lieutenant Governor wrote:
“UT of Jammu Kashmir proudly joins the league of Fully Literate States/UTs under the ULLAS scheme of Government of India. With 99.09% success, it stands tall as the largest population region to achieve this milestone. Congratulations to our teachers, administrators and every stak... | |
| | | | Rs 62,683 crore lying unclaimed in banks; thousands of crores await owners | | |  Mahim Gupta
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 4: Unclaimed deposits lying with Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have risen to Rs 62,683.19 crore as of June 30, 2026, prompting the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to roll out a series of measures to help depositors, nominees and legal heirs trace and recover their money.
The information was shared by Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
The Minister said t... | |
| | | | Another cop dismissed; Over a dozen axed in two-year narco-terror crackdown | | |  Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 4: Sacking of another Jammu and Kashmir Police constable over alleged involvement in narcotics smuggling has once again brought the issue of police personnel's links with the narco-terror network into sharp focus, with more than a dozen policemen having been dismissed or terminated over the past two years as part of an intensified crackdown on the drug-terror nexus in the Union Territory.
On Tuesday, the Kathua Police dismissed a Selection Grade Co... | |
| | | | Cancer toll mounts in J&K: Cases near 14,500, deaths cross 8,000 in 2025 | | |  Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 4: Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a steady rise in both cancer incidence and mortality, with official estimates indicating that nearly 14,500 new cancer cases and more than 8,000 cancer-related deaths were recorded in the Union Territory in 2025.
The figures were revealed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, citing estimates prepared by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute... | |
| | | | One in four Indian adults overweight or obese: Health Ministry sounds alarm | | | | Muskan Thakur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 4: Nearly one in four Indian adults is now overweight or obese, highlighting the growing burden of lifestyle-related diseases in the country, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
In a written reply to an unstarred question by Rajya Sabha MP Milind Murli Deora, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav said that according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 (2019-21), 24 per cent of women and 23 per cent of men in India are overweight or obese. The survey also found that 3.4 per cent of children below five years of age are overweight based on weight-for-height measurements.
The Minister further said... | |
| | | | CM Omar pledges to make J&K premier golf tourism destination | | Tees off PGTI tournament at RSGC, unveils trophy, announces plans for golf academy | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 4: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today inaugurated the 5th edition of J&K Open 2026 DP World Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) by teeing off the prestigious four-day tournament and unveiling the championship trophy at the picturesque Royal Springs Golf Course (RSGC), Srinagar. The event marks the return of a major professional golf tournament to Kashmir after a significant gap and underscores the Government’s renewed focus on positioning Jammu & Kashmir a... | |
| | | | Fresh batch of pilgrims leaves for Amarnath Yatra | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 4: A batch of 964 devotees left the base camp here on Tuesday for the annual Amarnath yatra in Kashmir, the smallest batch of pilgrims so far.
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which was shut for several hours due to slippery road conditions and debris clearance operation, was reopened for traffic facilitating passage of the yatra.
The fresh batch of pilgrims left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for Baltal in 39 vehicles around 3 am, they said.
With the departure of the batch, the total number of pilgrims who have left the Jammu base camp for the annual pilgrimage has risen to 1,41,712, officials said.
This is the smallest batch that has left ... | |
| | | | NIA Court rejects bail pleas of 6 in cross-LoC terror case | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 4: The Special NIA Court, Jammu, has rejected the bail pleas of six accused facing trial in an alleged Pakistan-backed conspiracy involving the smuggling of arms, ammunition, explosives and narcotics across the Line of Control to revive terrorism in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri.
Special Judge NIA Cases Prem Sagar, through three separate orders passed on July 31, dismissed the applications filed by Mohd Mustafa Khan, Mohd Nakeem Khan, Mohd Yaseen K... | |
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