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Shah visits Gurudwara Chatti Patshahi in Rainawari

10/5/2022 11:50:55 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the Gurudwara Chatti Patshahi in Rainawari area here on Wednesday, officials said. After the public rally in Baramulla district in north Kashmir, Shah returned to Srinagar and attended a function at the Raj Bhavan here, the officials said. They said immediately after the function ended, Shah visited Rainawari area of the city and paid obeisance at the Gurudwara Chatti Patshahi. He was accompanied by Jammu and Kashm...

Ensure zero fear of terrorists among residents: Amit Shah directs forces

10/5/2022 11:50:02 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: Known for his straightforwardness and sincerity to deal with any situation, the Union Home Minister on Wednesday gave a clear message to the forces including the Jammu and Kashmir Police to get terrorists’ fear out from the heart of the people of J&K. Reviewing the security scenario in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in a high-level meeting in Srinagar on Wednesday, Union Home Minister asked security forces and police to adopt a proactive policy to...

Amit Shah gets rousing welcome in Baramulla, Paharis jubilant

10/5/2022 11:49:49 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: In a significant development, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah got a rousing welcome in Baramulla on Wednesday even as thousands of people from across Kashmir especially the Pahari community attended his maiden rally here. Convoys of buses and other vehicles kept pouring in the frontier town since the early morning hours with the scores of people trying to rush in to the venue before the visiting dignitary would arrive for his speech, which started at around 12:30 PM as the Home Minister reached here after reviewing a crucial security meeting in the summer capital. A senior official told the Early Times that thousands of buses apart from other vehicle...

Amit Shah changes route to meet family of martyr policeman in Uri

10/5/2022 11:49:42 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s three-day visit to J&K is making all the headlines. After addressing a massive public rally in Baramulla, chairing a high-level security meeting to review the security situation in the valley, and even paying obeisance at the Chhati Patshahi Gurudwara, Shah made a surprise visit to Uri to pay his respects to the family of the slain policeman. Shah was accompanied by J&K LG Manoj Sinha and MoS PMO Jitendra Singh on his visit ...

‘Gupkar in Kashmir laid out “Red Carpet” for Pak terrorists’

10/5/2022 11:49:30 PM

Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Oct 5: Launching an attack on former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the ‘Gupkar alliance’ of “laying a red carpet” for Pakistani terrorists into the country. Mr Shah said that the “Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration model” (PAGD) had presented the youth of the region with stones, closed colleges and machine guns in their hands, whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s model has brought them education. PAGD is a political alliance between the six regional parties in J-K formed by Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. The alliance seeks the restoration of Article 37...

‘No talks with Pak; Modi Govt won’t tolerate terrorism’

10/5/2022 11:49:24 PM

Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday ruled out holding any dialogue with Pakistan and asserted that the Modi government will wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir and make it the most peaceful place in the country. Addressing a rally here, Shah asked whether terrorism has ever benefited anyone as the menace has claimed 42,000 lives since the 1990s in J and K. He also blamed the families of the Abdullahs (National Conference), Muftis (PDP) and Nehru-Gandhi (Congress) for the alleged underdevelopment of Jammu and Kashmir as they ruled the erstwhile state most of the time since the country’s independence in 1947. “Some people say we should ta...

‘Elections in J&K ‘after completion of electoral rolls exercise’

10/5/2022 11:49:18 PM

Agencies NEW DELHI, Oct 5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that the assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir will be conducted once the Election Commission completes the exercise of publishing the revised electoral rolls. Shah was addressing a public rally in Baramulla district of north Kashmir. “We have started a political process. I want to assure you that once the work of publishing electoral rolls by the Election Commission is completed, elections will be conducted with full transparency and your own elected representatives will govern here,” the Union minister said. The BJP leader said that earlier only three families — the Abdullahs, the Muftis and the Gandhis – ...

H K Lohia Murder: No terror link found, interrogation of accused underway

10/5/2022 11:49:11 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh on Wednesday said that no terror angle has emerged during the investigation in the murder case of Director General (DG) of Prisons HK Lohia. HK Lohia was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a house in the Udaywala area of Jammu on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday and the police had arrested the suspected accused Yasir Ahmed in his killing. Ahmed was the house help of DG prisons who had been working at Lohia’s house for nearly six months and he was reported “quite aggressive” and “under depression” as per some documentary evidence that was seized by the police reflecting his mental ...

Who recommended depressed youth as domestic help for H K Lohia ?

10/5/2022 11:49:04 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: Although Jammu Police arrested Mohammad Yasir, the domestic help of the Director General of Police (DGP) in the sensational murder case, the police higher-ups are tightlipped over the name of the person who recommended the “under-depression” person as a servant for the DGP. Highly placed sources said that Mohammad Yasir had earlier served as domestic help of a senior bureaucrat and after that, someone recommended his name to DGP H K Lohia. The police have ...

Rajnath Singh performs "Shastra Puja" at Military Base in Uttarakhand

10/5/2022 11:48:41 PM

Agencies New Delhi, Oct 5: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today performed 'Shastra Puja' (worship of weapons) on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami at a military base in Uttarakhand's Auli. In his impromptu address to the soldiers, Mr Singh hailed the "unparalleled bravery and courage" of the military personnel during the clashes in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley in June 2020. He said India believes in the principle "the whole world is one family" but gives a befitting response if any outsider casts an "evil eye" on it. Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande and General-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of Surya Command Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri were among the officials present on the occasion. B...

India should not ignore religion-based population imbalances: RSS

10/5/2022 11:48:35 PM

Agencies NAGPUR, Oct 5: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said India should have a population policy prepared after comprehensive thought and be applicable to all communities equally. Speaking at the RSS Dussehra rally at the Reshimbagh Ground in Nagpur, Bhagwat said community-based population imbalance is an important subject and should not be ignored. Population imbalances lead to changes in geographical boundaries, he said. The new population policy should be applicable to all communities equally to strike a balance, he said. There has to be a balance among the communities in this country, he added. “Alongside the differences in birth rate, co...