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| As Army pays tributes to 5 bravehearts, JK Govt celebrates Mushaira in same district | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Even as the Indian Army on Tuesday held a solemn ceremony to pay rich tributes to the five fallen soldiers who laid down their lives during conduct of Counter Terrorist operation in general area Thanamandi on 11 October, the Jammu and Kashmir government hosted a multilingual Mushaira in the same district where the gunfight had taken place.
As per an official handout from the Information department, a “Multilingual Mushaira was today organised by J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (Rajouri- Poonch) in collaboration with Poonch Development Authority and District Administration here at historical Poonch Fort.” It’s to pertinent to mention that just a day before the Mushaira, four jawans and a Junior Commissioned Officer sacrificed their lives f... | |
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| BJP leaders stage protest against ‘babu raj” in Srinagar | | Admin treating us like political prisoners, not workers; party leaders will go on hunger strike if Govt fails to address secure accommodation issue: Altaf Thakur | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: Leaders and activists of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party staged a protest against bureaucrats outside the Civil Secretariat here on Tuesday.
Raising slogans like “bureaucracy nahin chalaygi” and “bureaucracy murdabad” the BJP leaders led by party’s Kashmir spokesman Altaf Thakur appeared outside the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar this afternoon and staged a sit-in against what they called “treating political leaders like prisoners.”
Talking to reporters T... | |
| | | | Disconnect tourism from normalcy narrative, stop propaganda: Omar Abdullah | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah has said that tourists visiting J&K is nothing new and it should be disconnected from the normalcy narrative.
In an interview, Omar said, “Using tourism as a barometer of normalcy is always dangerous. When you start projecting the return of tourists as the end of militancy, a tragedy follows.”
Omar said that during his tenure as the J&K Chief Minister tourists a good number of tourists used to visit the erstwhile state. “We never projected tourists visiting J&K as the end of militancy. We kept it away from the normalcy narrative. Today what we are seeing is p... | |
| | | | Mehbooba exposes Govt’s ‘casual’ approach in dealing security issues | | Instead of providing security to minorities, forces are busy in ministers’ visits | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Notwithstanding tall claims of the J&K Government, former chief minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday made a startling revelation that authorities have prior information regarding the possible attacks on minorities.
“The Jammu and Kashmir administration had prior information about attacks on minority community members but ignored the inputs to provide security to Union ministers, who came here to amplify ... | |
| | | | 5 militants down in Shopian after 2 fresh kills | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: Security forces on Tuesday brought down five terrorists in Shopian alone as they gunned down two more unidentified militants in South Kashmir hours after the gunfight broke out leaving three militants dead.
The fresh gunfight broke out in Feripora area of Shopian when joint teams were conducting a cordon and search operation in the area. This is the fifth gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir between hiding militants and the forces in the past 30 hours after last week's civilian killings and a brutal attack on the army on Monday that saw the death of a JCO and four jawans.
As the joint team cordoned the area aiming to flush out hiding militants, the pa... | |
| | | | Will not allow any infiltration across LoC: Lt Gen Pandey | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: General officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lieutenant General D.P. Pandey on Tuesday said the army is absolutely vigilant on the Line of Control and will not allow any infiltration to come through.
He said the army has been getting inputs that before winter sets in Pakistan may try to push more militants across the LoC.
This is a last ditch opportunity for our inimical agents to ensure they can push terrorists and terrorist groups. We have been getting inputs, Lt Gen Pandey said while talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in Srinagar.
He said there have been two infiltration attempts in Uri and Rampur sector which ... | |
| | | | Pak handler tasked to receive air dropped weapons on Oct 2 nabbed | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Jammu police have arrested one Pakistani handler associated with the LeT, who was to receive the consignment of weapons air dropped on October 2 here in the city outskirts. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said that one Irfan Ahmed Bhat from Anantnag was arrested in the Phallian Mandal air dropping case as he was the receiver of the consignment.
A case was registered at Satwari police station. "He has confessed that he is in touch with handlers across and is associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist outfit," said the top cop.
Bhat from Veerinag village had come to receive the consignment that included one... | |
| | | | Arms Licencing Racket: CBI conducts searches at around 41 locations in J&K, Delhi, MP | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: The sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday conducted searches at around 41 locations in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and in Madhya Pradesh in an on-going infamous investigation of a case related to the Jammu and Kashmir Arms licence racket. The CBI spokesman said that raids were conducted this morning at Srinagar, Anantnag, Banihal, Baramulla, Jammu, Doda, Rajouri, Kishtwar areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Leh, Delhi and Bhind in Madhya Pradesh at the official and residential premises of around 14 then public servants including then District Magistrates (IAS/KAS), DIO, Clerks etc.
Around five private persons (middleme... | |
| | | | Former Advisor’s houses raided by CBI in Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: A week after Baseer Khan was removed as advisor to J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the Central Bureau of Investigations carried out a raid at his house in Srinagar, official sources said.
They said the raid is part of the probe into the investigation of issuance of large-scale gun licences that had been procured from the militancy-infested J&K by submitting forged documents including that of armed forces personnel. It was alleged that more than 2.78 lakh arms licences were issued to the non-entitled persons. CBI also collected documents pertaining to the issuance of said armed licences allegedly spread over 22 districts of J&K.
An official st... | |
| | | | Human rights are violated when viewed in 'political hue': PM | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Oct 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that human rights are grossly violated when it is viewed through "political lens" giving it political colour that tends to be harmful for any democracy.
"In recent years, some people have started interpreting human rights in their own way, looking at their own interests. They try to dent image of our country in the name of human rights.
"While they see human rights violation in one incident they do not see violation in another. This kind of mentality causes damage to human rights," the PM said while addressing the 28th National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) foundation programme virtually on Tuesday.
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| | | | 13 J&K districts achieve 100% coverage of first Covid vaccine dose | | Jammu records 13 new cases, Kashmir 67 | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: The Government Bulletin on Covid today highlighted that thirteen districts; Anantnag, Bandipora, Budgam, Doda, Ganderbal, Jammu, Kulgam, Poonch, Pulwama, Rajouri, Ramban, Samba and Shopian have achieved 100% coverage of first dose Covid vaccine for the age group of above 18 years old.
The Bulletin also informs that 1,18,331 doses of COVID vaccine were administered in the last 24 hours across the UT bringing the cumulative number of doses administered here to 13,306,893. It adds that 99.13 percent of the population above the age of 18 years has been vaccinated across Jammu and Kashmir.
On Covid status, the Daily Bulletin informs that 80 new positive... | |
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