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Jammu continues to bleed with 3rd terror strike in 3 weeks 1/21/2023 11:10:35 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 21: Even as seven civilians lost lives in terror strikes on the first day of the new year in the frontier district of Rajauri, the twin blasts in Narwal on Saturday have taken the toll of terror strikes in Jammu region to three in almost three weeks. Whereas at least seven persons were wounded in Narwal area of Jammu city on January 21, two blasts rocked the marketplace along the highway in the morning hours. Sources close to the investigations said explosives were planted in two vehicles in the busy market place. While the first blast occurred at around 11:00 AM, the second one exploded twenty minutes later. The attack came barely a week after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited J&K to review security preparedness in the wake of Rajauri attack. Terrorists in Army disguise had stormed a village in Rajauri and opened fire on the poor villagers after checking their identity cards on the evening of January 1. Whereas four persons were killed on the spot, two persons including a kid died when IED planted by the terrorists exploded in the affecte...   READ MORE

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7 injured in Narwal twin blasts, LG Sinha condemns, announces relief 1/21/2023 11:10:29 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 21: At least seven persons were injured in twin mysterious blasts in Transport Yard in Narwal area here on Saturday. Two explosions took place this morning in Yard number 7 of Narwal area in East Jammu. "Basts occured in two different vehicles. Six persons suffered injuries in the explosions," said police. The blasts happened ahead of Republic Day celebrations and Bharat Jodo Yatra that has already entered the Jammu and Kashmir and presently halting at village Chadwal of Kathua district. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh confirmed the incident. The area has been cordoned off and nearby shops have been closed due to securi...   READ MORE   Security agencies to identify sleeper cells in Narwal localities 1/21/2023 11:10:18 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 21: After twin blasts in the Narwal area of Jammu city, security agencies are likely to launch a massive search and combing operation in the areas adjoining Narwal, Sunjwan, and Bithandi to single out sleeping cells of various terror groups. Today’s blast was not an isolated case, earlier half a dozen terror incidents took place in the vicinity of Narwal and adjoining localities. In November 2022, Jammu Police had busted a terror module of Jaish-e-Mohammad and arrested three operatives from the Narwal area recovering a rich haul of arms and ammunition. Terrorists were trying to transport these arms and ammunition Three persons namely Mohammad Yaseen of...   READ MORE   SDMA issues avalanche warning for 10 J&K districts 1/21/2023 11:09:35 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 21: J&K authorities on Saturday issued avalanche warning for 10 districts of the union territory that have witnessed moderate snowfall over the past 48 hours. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) issued a 'medium danger' avalanche warning for central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. Avalanche with medium danger level is likely to occur above 2500 metres over Ganderbal district in next 24 hours, SDMA said. And avalanche with low danger level is likely to occur above 2500 metres over Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Doda, Kishtwar, Kulgam, Kupwara, Poonch and Ramban districts in next 24 hours, SDMA added. The SDMA advised people living in these ...   READ MORE   I&B Secy asks big-tech companies to share revenue with digital news platforms 1/21/2023 11:09:29 PM Agencies New Delhi, Jan 21: Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra made a strong pitch for big-tech aggregators to share a part of their revenue with publishers of digital news, who generate original content. In a message sent to the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) conference on Friday, Chandra said Australia, Canada, France and European Union have already taken the initiative through their legislatures and strengthened their competition commissions to ensure a fair split of revenue among the creators of news content and the aggregators. “For the growth of the news industry, it is important that the digital news platform of all these publishers which are ...   READ MORE

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