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| Late marriages turning J&K infertile, warn experts | | ‘Establish more IVF centers, encourage youngsters to start family at early age’ | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 3: Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing a surge in infertility cases, experts said on Wednesday.
Nearly 150 experts of Indian Fertility Society (IFS) from different parts of the country attended a national conference on “ART and Reproductive Medicine” in Gulmarg and unanimously agreed upon the fact that infertility in J&K is on rise and immediate steps need to be taken to prevent this problem from snowballing into a “big issue.”
“There are only a few reliable infertility and IVF centers available for the treatment in J&K. More centers need to be developed and awareness needs to be created about the fact that infertility is not incurable. It can be cur... | |
| | | | DGPs, IGPs conference to discuss terror threats in J&K, cyber frauds, activities of pro-Khalistani groups | | PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend, interact with country’s top Police brass | |  New Delhi, Jan 3: Terror threats in Jammu and Kashmir, cyber frauds and activities of pro-Khalistani groups are among the key issues to be discussed at the three-day conference of DGPs and IGPs in Jaipur, beginning January 5, officials said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the country’s top police officers before addressing them at a formal session. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be present throughout the conference that will span several sessions.
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| | | | Vice-Prez to visit Jammu, Kathua today | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 3: Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar to visit Jammu and Kathua districts of Union Territory on Thursday.
Official spokesman here on Wednesday said that Vice President, Jagdeep Dhankhar will be on a one-day
visit to Jammu and Kashmir on
January 4.
“He will be the Chief Guest at the 8th Convocation of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Jammu,” said the spokesman.
He further added that the Vice President will also be the Chief Guest at the inauguration of Biotech Startup Expo at Kathua district later in the day.... | |
| | | | Kathua: Police issue traffic advisory | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 3: Traffic Police have issued an advisory in connection with the visit of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and other dignitaries to Kathua on Thursday.
In a statement a police spokesman said that some short interval on spot traffic restrictions/ traffic diversions in the afternoon hours will be carried out by
Traffic Police Rural Jammu on the movement of all types of vehicles/PSVs/ LMVs from Kali Bari Chowk to DPL Kathua and as per ground requirement.
The public in general is requested to avoid wrong/illegal parking on the approaching route/Venue.
In case of foggy weather, the brief plugging will also be carried out on the main Jammu-Kathua NHW in a... | |
| | | | 5 succumb to Covid in 24 hours | | | | New Delhi, Jan 3: The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) under the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported five deaths due to Covid in the last 24 hours in the country. A total of 511 cases of the JN.1 series variant have been reported from 11 states till January 2, 2024.
602 new cases have been registered in the last 24 hours, and the total number of cases stood at cases are 4,50,15,136, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
The active caseload stood at 4,440, which showed a decrease of 125 since Tuesday.
722 people recovered in the last 24 hours and the total recovered cases stood at 4,44,77,272.
State-wise distribution indicated 2 deaths in Ker... | |
| | | | Kashmir continues to freeze | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 3: Kashmir Valley continued to reel under severe cold, with Srinagar recording a low of -4.8C and Pahalgam -6.6 C on Wednesday.
The Meteorological Centre Srinagar said the minimum temperature in Srinagar settled at -4.8 C for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. It was -2.7 C below normal for the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir during this period of the season.
Parts of Dal Lake and other water bodies froze due to the impact of the temperature in Srinagar and other parts of the valley.
The maximum temperature was 4.3C above the normal of 6.9 C, against 11.2 C in Srinagar the previous day amid sun appearing during the day. The other stations in ... | |
| | | | Search operation underway in Poonch | | | | Early Times Report
POONCH/JAMMU, Jan 3: Security forces on Wednesday launched a search operation in the forest areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The joint operation by the Army and police is underway in Kachblari in Mehdhar and Ardhie in Mandi areas following information about some suspicious movement, they said.... | |
| | | | Cross-border narcotic syndicate : SIA arrests cop, sarpanch | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 3: The Special Investigation Agency (SIA) has arrested two more persons, including a policeman, for allegedly being part of a cross-border narcotic syndicate involved in terror funding here, officials said on Wednesday. The arrest of Selection grade constable Saif-ud-din of Jammu and former sarpanch Farooq Ahmad Jungal of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district took the number of accused in the case to 17, they said.
They said the syndicate was unearthed by SIA following investigation in a hawala case involving former minister and chairman of Nature-Mankind Friendly Party Jatinder Singh alias “Babu Singh”. Singh was arrested in April 2022 after one of his... | |
| | | | Immovable property of terror accused attached | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 3: Immovable property of a terror accused was attached in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, police said.
The police in Ganderbal in a significant move has taken action by attaching land measuring 10 marlas situated at Revenue Estate Wakoora belonging to Lateef Ahmad Kambay, a resident of Wakoora area of Central Kashmir district, said a spokesman.
He said the action was taken in pursuance to the orders passed by the honourable court of Additional Session Judge (Special Judge designated under NIA Act) Ganderbal in a case registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Unlawf... | |
| | | | HC dismisses Azad’s plea seeking release | | Parliament security breach case: | |  NEW DELHI, Jan 3: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by Neelam Azad, an accused arrested in the December 13 Parliament security breach case, seeking her release on the grounds that her police remand was illegal.
A bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait said the petition, which alleged that Azad was not allowed to consult a lawyer of her choice before the trial court at the time of remand, was not maintainable.
“Petitioner has already moved bail application before the tr... | |
| | | | SC seeks response from Centre, 11 States | | PIL alleging caste-based discrimination in jails | | | New Delhi, Jan 3: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states encourage caste-based discrimination in jails.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of senior advocate S Muralidhar’s submissions that the jail manuals of these 11 states discriminate in allocation of work inside their prisons and caste determines the places where inmates are lodged.
Certain de-notified tribes and habitual offenders are treated differently and discriminated against, the senior lawyer said.... | |
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