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JK admin likely to seek Army assistance to restore normalcy in Kashmir 10/25/2019 10:37:41 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 25: With the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Srinagar based 15 Crops Lt General KJS Dhillon having hinted that Army was ready to provide security to fruit growers in the wake of terror attacks, the Jammu and Kashmir administration looks ahead to formally discuss the proposal with the Army. Sources said the Jammu and Kashmir administration looks ahead to hold a High Command meeting to be chaired by the Governor in the coming days where the plan will be discussed to finalize the modalities. Sources said the civil and police administration in Kashmir looks ahead to formally seek Army assistance for deployment in the sensitive areas especially the rural belts of south and north Kashmir to prevent any further terror strikes. "If Army provides deployment of its forces on the roads leading the orchards and also in market places, the sense of security among the general masses can improve and the anti-national forces can be kept at bay," said a senior official on the condition of anonymity. He said the presence of Army would essentially keep ter...   READ MORE

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Post UT Creation, Govt to hold talks with incarcerated politicians Detained leaders not to be released anytime soon 10/25/2019 10:37:33 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: The fate of scores of the detained political leaders in Kashmir continues to hang in balance even when the Jammu and Kashmir is treading towards becoming a Union Territory on October 31, this year. As per the reports coming to the fore, the government is still indecisive over what should be done with the politicians it had detained on August and placed in various detention centres including the famed hotel located on the famed water body Dal Lake. Sources divulged that these leaders which include former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti besides an estimated 50 other senior politicians who have been kept under preventive custody by the go...   READ MORE   Pak Army, terrorists carrying out Imran Khan's bloodbath threat in Kashmir 10/25/2019 10:37:20 PM Early Times Report jammu, Oct 25: Terrorists killing two more non-local truckers in South Kashmir's Shopian district has once again brought to fore the real agenda of Pakistan. Besides, Pakistan sponsored terrorists killing the innocent truckers its Army resorted to heavy shelling in Ganghdar Sector, killing a woman and injuring two other civilians. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "The guns of terrorists and Pakistan Army turning towards civilians indicate that Pakistani rulers have decided to push the people of Kashmir to the wall by creating fear psychosis." He said, "Pakistan is finding it hard to digest that people are not coming out in streets and they are defying the...   READ MORE   Shock Value: The newest targets on terror hit list in Kashmir - Electrical Towers 10/25/2019 10:37:03 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 25: In what appears to be a fresh strategy to disrupt life in Kashmir and destroy critical infrastructure, terrorists have started targeting electricity transmission towers in the Valley. On Thursday evening, during a search operation following a jihadist attack on non-local truckers in Chitragam area of south Kashmir's Shopian district, security personnel were surprised to find two sections of a 400MW strategic power transmission line cut at the base. The joint forces of Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force were combing through the village following the terror strike in which two truckers were killed and one injured. They found ...   READ MORE   After debacle in BDC polls, BJP on back foot for DDB Chairman elections Out of 22 districts gets majority in only Kishtwar, Shopian 10/25/2019 10:36:44 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report jammu, Oct 25: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Jammu and Kashmir is on back foot over the holding of District Development Board Chairman elections following the debacle in just concluded Block Development Council (BDC) polls. In the BDC elections, the saffron party lost in 20 districts and managed to get majority in only two districts viz Kishtwar in Jammu province and militancy infested Shopian District of South Kashmir where only BJP candidates filed their nomination papers at the time of Panchayat elections last year after NC and PDP decided to boycott the Panchayat elections following security threat from the militants while party also lost in La...   READ MORE   GC Murmu appointed as J&K Lt Guv, RK Mathur for Ladakh 10/25/2019 10:35:38 PM Early Times Report jammu, Oct 25: Union Expenditure Secretary Girish Chandra Murmu, who is considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and former Chief Information Commissioner R K Mathur were on Friday appointed as the first Lt Governors of Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh respectively. Incumbent Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik has been transfered to Goa. The union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will come into being on October 31. The app...   READ MORE   Haphazard parking in ever busy markets in Jammu city creating problems for visitors Shopping goers being fleeced on eve of Diwali festival 10/25/2019 10:06:48 PM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 25: As Diwali festival has approached near, the entire market in Jammu city is abuzz with people shopping for Diwali celebrations but the haphazard parking on the road in some ever busy markets in Jammu city has been creating inconvenience for visitors. Moreover the people are being fleeced by the shopkeepers as things are being sold on exorbitant rates in guise of Diwali festival but the concerned authorities seem to be lazy to take action against...   READ MORE   5000 trucks stranded at Qazigund, truckers decry official apathy Traffic chaos on National Highway! 10/25/2019 10:06:14 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Oct 25: Traffic chaos on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway due to its bad condition can be gauged from the fact that around five thousand trucks loaded with fresh apples are stranded on highway in Qazigund area of South Kashmir's Anantnag district. The stranded truckrs are up in arms against the Jammu and Kashmir Government particularly a day after terrorists attacked and killed two more truck drivers in Shopain district of South Kashmir. The apple fruit loaded trucks are lined-up from Mirbazar to Jawhar Tunnel in Qazigund and they aren't allowed to move towards Jammu and Delhi, drivers told ET They decried official apathy and hoax claims of sta...   READ MORE

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