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| Eliminate terror eco-system, strengthen operations in J&K: Amit Shah | | Chairs security review meeting on UT’s security situation | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 2: Taking serious note of the recent terror attacks in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah on Tuesday instructed to strengthen the counter-terrorism operations and the need for the complete elimination of terror eco-system.
He also advised the security agencies for appropriate deployment in vulnerable areas. He reiterated that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government will continue to adopt a zero-tolerance approach against terrorism.
Shah today chaired a review meeting on the security situation of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, in wake of recent terror attack.
During the meeting, the Home Minister reviewed the area domination plan of security agencies in Jam... | |
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| NIA strikes at core of terror outfits, separatist organizations | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 2: In a determined move to dismantle the intricate network supporting terrorism in Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has intensified its operations, striking at the core of terror outfits and separatist organizations.
An observer while talking to Early Times said, “The NIA has gone beyond targeting armed terrorists, the agency has focused on disrupting the financial and logistical pipelines that fuel terror activities, sending a strong message to those aiding and abetting violent agendas.”
“The NIA’s recent successes speak volumes about its comprehensive approach. The agency has exposed the nexus between terror outfits and seemingly legitima... | |
| | | | MHA likely to notify 3 criminal laws before Jan 26 | | | | New Delhi, Jan 2: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is all set to notify the three new criminal justice acts replacing colonial laws namely the IPC, the CrPC and the Evidence Act before January 26, official sources said.
The procedure to notify the three new laws– Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam– started soon after President Droupadi Murmu on December 25 gave her assent.
As per the sources, the MHA will start a training programme for police officers, investigators and those linked to forensic fields soon after the three laws are notified. The training aims to provide training to the policemen to ensure the implementation of thes... | |
| | | | Indian youth creating brave new world: PM Modi | | | | Tiruchirappalli, Jan 2: Indian innovators took the number of patents from around 4,000 in 2014 to almost 50,000 now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Tuesday.
Addressing the convocation ceremony of state-run Bharathidasan University here, the Prime Minister quoted the ‘Puthiyathor Ulagam Seivom’ Tamil verses of poet Bharathidasan, after whom the university had been named, and said it meant creating a brave new world which is also the university’s motto.
Modi said the Indian youth were already creating such a world. The Indian scientists are on the world map through missions like Chandrayaan and ‘our innovators took the number of patents from around 4,000 in 2014 to almost 50,000 ... | |
| | | | Water bodies freeze in Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 2: A thin layer of ice has formed over the surface of the Dal Lake as the minimum temperature in Srinagar on Monday night was minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, officials said.
The residents of the lake, who live in houseboats, had a tough time breaking the ice layer while roving their boats towards the banks.
Water supply pipes have frozen in many areas of Kashmir due to extreme cold wave conditions.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, down from the previous night’s minus 5.7 degrees Celsius, they said.
Gulmarg skiing r... | |
| | | | | | | SIA raids cop’s house in Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 2: State Investigation Agency is carrying out raids at multiple locations in Jammu. The raids are said to be in connection with a case pertaining to terror financing and Hawala transactions.
Sources said that in Belicharana area under Satwari police station, a team of SIA led by Inspector rank officer arrived today afternoon to carry out searches at the residence of a cop . The said cop is presently posted in armed wing of Jammu and Kashmir police and is posted in Kashmir.... | |
| | | | Transporters call off strike | | | | New Delhi, Jan 2: Transporters late Tuesday night called off the country-wide strike against the increase in punishment in hit-and-run cases after the intervention of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
“The government wants to clarify that the new laws have not been implemented yet. We would also like to point out that the decision to invoke Section 106(2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita will be taken only after consultation with the All India Motor Transport Congress. I appeal to the body and transporters to return to work,” Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said after a meeting with the All India Motor Transport Congress.
Following the Union Home Secretary’s assurance the transporters called... | |
| | | | 312 new Covid cases detected till date | | | | NEW DLEHI, Dec 2: A total of 312 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country so far, with about 47 per cent of them recorded in Kerala, according to the INSACOG’s data updated on Tuesday.
Ten states and Union territories have so far detected the presence of the JN.1 sub-variant of the virus.
These states are Kerala (147), Goa (51), Gujarat (34), Maharashtra (26), Tamil Nadu (22), Delhi (16), Karnataka (eight), Rajasthan (five), Telangana (two) and Odisha (one), according to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).
The INSACOG’s data showed 279 Covid cases recorded in the country in December had the presence of JN.1, while 33 such cases were detected i... | |
| | | | Mobile phone recovered from jail | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 2: A mobile phone without a SIM, an earphone and an adapter were seized from the premises of the high security central jail at Kot Bhalwal in Jammu, a police official said on Tuesday.
The seizure was made from a polythene bag found lying in an open area inside the prison complex, the official said.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel guarding the prison that houses foreign and local terrorists noticed the polythene bag and informed the police station concerned, he said.
A police team rushed to the spot and searched the polythene bag, leading to the recovery of the phone and the accessories, the official said.
The police have registered a c... | |
| | | | Amid opposition from loyalists, Mehbooba ready to re-induct Beigh, others into PDP | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 2: Notwithstanding reservations of some loyal leaders, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief, and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is ready to reinduct some leaders including former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beigh into the party.
Beigh along with some ex-MLAs and former ministers is likely to rejoin the PDP on the seventh death anniversary of party founder and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Credible sources in PDP said that Beigh... | |
| | | | Fraudster creates fake FB page of ADGP Anand Jain | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 2: One fraudster identified as Ashish Kumar has created a fake Facebook page for Zone Police Headquarters to cheat the people.
“It has come to our attention that there is a fake Facebook official account of Zonal Police Headquarters, Jammu circulating on social media platforms, posing as ADGP Jammu Anand Jain created by one Ashish Kumar having mobile number 09348612039”, reads a handout issued by the police.
“The Impostor introduced himself as Commandant CRPF Ba... | |
| | | | ‘Drone menace along Pak border will end in 6 months’ | | | | NEW DELHI, Jan 2: Use of drones to smuggle arms and narcotics from across the border into Indian territory will be over in the next six months as an indigenous anti-drone technology is being developed to check all such misadventures by the anti-national elements, a senior government functionary said.
Security agencies are working on as many as three designs of the anti-drone technology and the final outcome could be three or a combination of all three. ”The menace of smuggling in arms and narcotics from across the border through the use of drones will be over in the next six months. Definitely the anti-drone technology will be placed by then,” the functionary said.
Trials on the new techn... | |
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