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Cong to decide on relations with NC after Delhi Assembly polls 1/19/2025 10:23:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 19: Congress high command will take the decision on the party’s relations with the ruling National Conference after completion of the Delhi Assembly polls. Highly placed sources said that during his recent visit to the union capital the Pradesh Congress Committee chief Tariq Hameed Karra has sounded the central leadership about the opinion of the majority of the party leaders who want to come out of the “alliance”. Sources said that the central leadership of the Congress will not make any hasty decision because the party will assess all the pros and cons of the taking this decision. Notably, Congress entered into a pre-poll alliance with the National Conference just before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by ignoring the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)...   READ MORE

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Badhall records another death, Aslam’s last child passes away; death toll 17 1/19/2025 10:22:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 19: Tragedy struck Rajouri’s Badhaal village as the last surviving child of Mohammad Aslam succumbed to a mysterious illness at the ICU of SMGS Hospital in Jammu on Sunday evening, marking the end of an ill-fated family’s ordeal. The death toll from the unidentified disease has now climbed to 17, leaving authorities struggling to identify its cause. The latest victim, Yasmeena Jan, was rushed to GMC Rajouri last Sunday and later referred to SMGS Hospital Jammu, where she died during treatment. Yasmeena’s death comes just days after her siblings and other family members passed away in a harrowing sequence of events. Within a week, Mohammad Aslam’s enti...   READ MORE   Expert team has arrived: LG Sinha 1/19/2025 10:22:15 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 19: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said that the efforts are on to ascertain the cause of mysterious deaths of 17 people who died in Rajouri’s Budhal village during the past 45 days. Talking to reporters here LG Sinha said, “The Health Department of J&K and other departments also conducted an investigation into the matter but the correct facts could not be ascertained. “ He said, “Yesterday Union Home Minister Amit Shah constituted a committee of...   READ MORE   Train to Kashmir: 22-bogie rail conducts successful trial run on Katra-Srinagar line 1/19/2025 10:21:57 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 19: A 22-bogie train chugged between Katra and Srinagar railway stations on Sunday, officials said, marking the first successful trial run on the newly completed line to connect Kashmir with the rest of the country via rail. The train, comprising 18 AC coaches, two luggage carriers and two engines, left the Katra railway station at around 8 am, successfully reaching its destination within four hours under the watchful eyes of the railway authorities, the offic...   READ MORE   EC used technology to strengthen people’s power: PM Modi ‘Mann Ki Baat’ 1/19/2025 10:21:46 PM New Delhi, Jan 19: Agencies Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Election Commission on Sunday, saying it has used the power of technology to strengthen people’s power and also shown commitment to a fair polling process. Modi’s praise for the poll body in his monthly Mann ki Baat broadcast came ahead of its foundation day on January 25, observed as the National Voters’ Day, and amid frequent criticism from the opposition for its alleged pro-BJP bias. The EC has modernised and streng...   READ MORE   Will make India developed country by 2047: Rajnath Singh 1/19/2025 10:21:27 PM JAUNPUR (UP), Jan 19: Agencies Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has become the largest digital economy today. While talking to the reporters, the Defence Minister said, “There are the highest number of 5G users from cities to villages. We will make India a developed country by 2047.” He was talking to journalists after attending a ceremony organised at the residence of senior BJP leader Jagat Narayan Dubey. R...   READ MORE   SC appoints amicus to examine plea 1/19/2025 10:21:16 PM NEW DELHI, Jan 19: Agencies The Supreme Court has appointed an amicus curiae to assist it on a plea of civil service aspirants, seeking direction to the UPSC for disclosure of the answer keys, cut-off marks and marks of the candidates appearing in civil service (preliminary) examination The UPSC in almost all the previous examinations, including the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination of 2023, has maintained that the marks, cut off marks and the answer keys shall be disclosed “onl...   READ MORE   Cylinder blast triggers fire at Maha Kumbh, no casualty reported 1/19/2025 10:21:05 PM MAHAKUMBH NAGAR, Jan 19 : Agencies A big fire broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela on Sunday due to a cylinder blast, engulfing 18 tents in Sector 19, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, the government said in a statement. Kumbh Mela Chief Fire Officer Pramod Sharma said 15 fire tenders were pressed into service to contain the blaze which engulfed 18 tents. “Fire has been doused and the situation in the area is under control,” Sharma said. Earlier, Akhara Police S...   READ MORE   Gunfight breaks out in Sopore 1/19/2025 10:20:51 PM Early Times Report Sopore, Jan 19: A gunfight broke out between the security forces and terrorists here in North Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. They said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation at Gujjar Pati area in Zaloora in Police district Sopore this evening. "As the joint team of the security forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists fired upon it which was retaliated triggering a gunfight." As this report...   READ MORE   Assam Police Chief appointed CRPF DG 1/19/2025 10:20:37 PM NEW DELHI, Jan 19: Agencies Assam Police chief Gyanendra Pratap Singh has been appointed as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), according to a Personnel Ministry order. Singh is a 1991 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Singh’s appointment as the CRPF DG till the date of his superannuation on November 30, 2027, the order dated January 18 said. Senior IPS officer Vi...   READ MORE   MeT predicts wet spell from today 1/19/2025 10:20:26 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 19: The Meteorological Centre Srinagar predicted three-day wet weather from Monday with rain and snow over Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The MeT office said the weather will remain dry over the plains with the possibility of light rain or snow over the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. During January 20 and 21 there is a possibility of light snow at isolated to scattered places while light rain over the plains of Jammu and on January 22...   READ MORE   Mortar shell found near IB 1/19/2025 10:20:09 PM Early Times Report Samba/Jammu, Jan 19: A rusted 82-mm mortar shell was recovered on Sunday by the Border Security Force (BSF) near the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The mortar shell was noticed by a BSF patrolling party near Border Outpost Kamour area in Ramgarh sub-sector around 9.45 am, the officials said. The area was immediately cordoned off and the explosive device is being safely defused. ...   READ MORE

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