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Ministerial ambitions drive Cong MLAs to oppose NC alliance exit 1/22/2025 10:21:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 22: A week after the much-publicized assembly election review meeting of the party, serious differences have reportedly cropped up in Congress over the continuation of the alliance with the National Conference. While the majority of the leaders and defeated MLAs were of the opinion that there was no reason to remain in the coalition after the National Conference has humiliated the party during the formation of the government, elected MLAs of the party were in favour of continuing in the alliance. Highly placed sources said that MLAs of the party were hoping that during the expansion of the Cabinet, they would get a chance to be inducted into the government headed by Omar Abdullah. “Despite being completely sidelined by the ruling National Conference, MLAs of the party are still hopeful of getting ministerial berths during the expansion of the ministry”, a senior leader of the party told The Early Times. Wishing for anonymity, the leader said that the majority in the Congress was of the opinion that the party National Conference has complete...   READ MORE

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Fact-finding committee submits report on party’s poor show Cong debacle in Assembly polls 1/22/2025 10:21:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 22: Report of the fact-finding committee on the Congress Party’s poor show in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections held last year is all set to open a “Pandora’s Box.” The panel, according to a senior Congress leader, was formed to ascertain the reasons behind the Congress’s poor performance soon after the results of the assembly polls were declared in October 2024. The grand old party only won six out of ninety assembly seats in J&K of which it bagged five in Kashmir and one in Jammu region, considered to be the party’s citadel just a few years ago. A top Congress leader while speaking to a Srinagar based news agency said, “The committee worked ...   READ MORE   Train to Kashmir may face few months delay: Farooq 1/22/2025 10:21:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 22: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that the Katra-Sangaldan train service is likely to be delayed by a few months and will begin operations in April with the onset of the tourism season. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a party function here, Abdullah said he was preparing to travel to Srinagar onboard the train on January 25. “I heard that the train (to Kashmir) will face a two-month delay due to some incomplete wo...   READ MORE   Budhaal remains on edge, 4 more hospitalised Mysterious Deaths 1/22/2025 10:21:07 PM Early Times Report Rajouri/Jammu, Jan 22: Four people, including three sisters, have been shifted to hospitals from Budhaal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district where a mysterious illness has claimed 17 lives over the past one-and-a-half months. A central team continued its investigation into the cause of the deaths, which took place in three families, on Wednesday. A senior doctor part of the investigations said over 200 samples have been sent for testing to different institutes. Three sisters, aged between 16 and 22, were shifted to the Government Medical College (GMC), Rajouri from Budhaal after their health suddenly deteriorated on Wednesday. Another critically ill pa...   READ MORE   Budhaal declared containment zone 1/22/2025 10:20:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 22: Unable to reach a conclusive finding as to what caused 17 mysterious deaths in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, authorities on Wednesday declared the Budhaal village as a containment zone under section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). District Magistrate of Rajouri has declared Badhaal a containment zone following recent health concerns in the area. Acting under Section 163 of the BNSS Act (previously Section 144 of the CrPC), stric...   READ MORE   ‘Brain involvement common factor in all deaths’ 1/22/2025 10:20:34 PM Early Times Report RAJOURI, Jan 22: A mysterious illness has struck the Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in 17 deaths. Medical authorities have rushed to the area to investigate the cause of the illness. According to Dr Amarjeet Singh Bhatia, Principal of Government Medical College Rajouri, a common factor among the deaths is the involvement of the brain and damage to the nervous system. “Forensic departments from Chandigarh and Lucknow, and teams from MHA are present here. A common factor in all the deaths is the involvement of the brain and damage to the nervous system,” Dr Bhatia said. He also emphasised the recovery rate of the people affected by this ‘unidenti...   READ MORE   CM Omar meets delegations in Jammu Assures all possible support, resolution of issues 1/22/2025 10:19:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 22: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met several deputations at Civil Secretariat Jammu, and listened to their issues, demands and grievances for immediate redressal. A deputation led by District Development Council Chairman Kishtwar, Pooja Thakur, brought development and employment issues to the notice of the Chief Minister. Representing far-flung areas of Paddar, Dachhan, Atholi, Nagseni and other areas of Kishtwar district, the delegation submitted a memo...   READ MORE   Gulmarg gets more snow 1/22/2025 10:19:20 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 22: Kashmir’s famed ski resort Gulmarg received yet another spell of snowfall while some plains also experienced rainfall during the past 24 hours, officials said. According to the Meteorological Centre in Srinagar, the plains of Jammu are expected to experience light to moderate rainfall, while several areas in Jammu and Kashmir, including the higher altitudes of the Chenab Valley and the Pir Panjal Range, are likely to witness light to moderate snowfal...   READ MORE   CB books 6, including J&K Bank employee, for duping job aspirants 1/22/2025 10:19:07 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 22: Crime Branch (CB) has booked six accused including a J&K Bank employee for duping 15 candidates of Rs. 1.34 crores on the pretext of providing jobs in Territorial Army and J&K Bank. In a statement here a CB spokesman said that two written complaints with same contents were received in Crime Branch wherein the complainants namely Jugal Kumar S/o Sain Dass R/o Village Shahzad Pur Ramgarh Samba and Gopal Chand S/o Amir Chand R/o Village Rajpur Jatan Tehsil R...   READ MORE   Centre to establish 100 new Sainik schools: Rajnath Singh 1/22/2025 10:18:52 PM ALAPPUZHA (Kerala), Jan 22: Agencies Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that the Centre’s decision to establish 100 new sainik schools across the country was part of its efforts to improve the quality of basic education in India, contributing to the overall development of the nation. After inaugurating the 47th annual day celebrations of the Vidyadhiraja Sainik School in Alappuzha, Singh stated that the Central government has also paved the way for the admission of girls ...   READ MORE   Army open fire on Pak drone 1/22/2025 10:18:39 PM Early Times Report Mendhar/Jammu, Jan 22: Army troops opened fire to bring down a Pakistani drone which entered into the Indian side from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir early Wednesday, officials said. However, the drone returned to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after hovering briefly over an area near the border fence in Mendhar sector, they said. The troops picked up the movement of the drone around 1 am and fired nearly a dozen rounds. ...   READ MORE   Over 100 sheep charred to death 1/22/2025 10:18:27 PM Early Times Report SAMBA/JAMMU, Jan 22: Over 100 sheep died after a cowshed caught fire and was gutted in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir early Wednesday, officials said. The fire broke out in the cowshed of Shapian, son of Jamal Din, at Rakh Barotian in the Vijaypur tehsil around 3.30 am, the officials said. They said four fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was put off quickly. “More than 100 sheep were burnt to death in the fire, while a few could be saved,...   READ MORE

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