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| 1987 rigged elections pushed J&K into turmoil, acknowledges Omar | | | 
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 13: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah has acknowledged that rigged elections of 1987 led to the terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
“If Article 370 was the root cause of terrorism in J&K, then terrorism should have started in 1947 not in 1987. For 40 years prior to 1987 you still had no terrorism”, Omar said in an interview with national news channel.
This statement assumes immense significance, particularly as the NC faces repeated accusations of orchestrating electoral rigging in collusion with the Congress. The rigged 1987 elections, manipulated by the Congress-NC alliance, are underscored as the fundamental trigger for the enduring violence that has plagued Jammu and Kashmir for over three d... | |
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| Dark revelation of truth by even darker subconscious mind: Imran Ansari | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 13: Peoples Conference senior leader Imran Reza Ansari on Wednesday termed NC vice-president Omar Abdullah’s statement about terrorism breaking out in J&K after rigged elections of 1987 as “the dark revelation of the truth by the even darker subconscious mind.”
“So you do agree the violence started in 1987. So now you do agree that people of J&K were provoked and the provocation was the rigged election of 1987”, Ansari said.
Pertinently, Omar in a recent interview attributed J&K’s violent history unequivocally to the rigged 1987 elections.
“Aaah!!! The ultimate Freudian slip. That 1987 was the bloody tipping point. And till date there has not been a c... | |
| | | | Cracks appear in agitating Ladakhi groups over Apex Court’s verdict | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 13: Serious differences cropped up in groups of Ladakh, spearheading agitation for statehood and sixth schedule, after historic verdict of Supreme Court on Article 370 and 35-A.
While the Leh Apex Body (LAB) has hailed the verdict of the Supreme Court to uphold decision of the BJP led government to abrogate Article 370, the Kargil Democratic Alliance has expressed disappointment over Apex Court’s verdict.
The LAB and the KDA are jointly agitating for the restoration of statehood and getting the Sixth Schedule implemented in Ladakh.
Former Ladakh MP Thupstan Chhewang, who is the chairman of the LAB, hailed the SC verdict, describing it as a strong step ... | |
| | | | Medical Negligence: On SCDRC directions Police attach Nursing Home in Bandipora | | Husband of deceased patient awarded Rs 7.5 lakh compensation | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 13: On the directions of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached a private nursing home in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
According to the details available with Early Times, Police attached a Nursing Home located at Nowpora Bandipora in the presence of Executive Magistrate 1st Class Bandipora.
Pertinently, the commission passed these directions in the death of a 35-year-old female patient at the said Nursing Home in 2007. After the death of the woman, the family of the victim had approached the Commission seeking action against the Assistant Surgeon and her husband (owner of the Nu... | |
| | | | LG Sinha chairs meeting to review implementation of PM SHRI Schools scheme | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 13: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha chaired a meeting to review the implementation of PM SHRI Schools (PM Schools for Rising India) scheme in the Union Territory.
On the occasion of Teacher’s Day in 2022 Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had announced PM-SHRI for the upgradation and development of around 14,500 schools across the country.
In Phase-I, a total of 233 Schools from J&K have been approved for PM SHRI Schools by the Ministry of Educ... | |
| | | | Security breach in Lok Sabha, 4 detained | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 13: In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, two persons on Wednesday jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour and released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs.
Around the same time, two persons, including a woman, also sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting slogans ‘tanashahi nahi chalegi’ outside the Parliament premises.
All four have been detained by security forces.
Two persons, involved in the Lok Sabha incident, have been identified as Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan. Sharma had come to the visitor’s gallery as a guest of Mysuru... | |
| | | | CBJ files chargesheet against owners of Sai Agro Food Industry for fraud | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 13: The Economic Offences Wing – Crime Branch Jammu has filed a 224-page charge-sheet against the proprietors of M/S Sai Agro Food Industry, Munish Verma (son of Batuk Nath) and Babita Verma (wife of Munish Verma), both residents of D-45/24 Ramapura, Nai Basti, Luxa Varanasi, U.P. The charge-sheet, filed in connection with FIR No. 40/2023 under sections 420 and 120-B IPC, pertains to allegations of criminal conspiracy and cheating against the accused.
The case originated from a written complaint lodged by Sunny Dogra, a sales representative of M/s Sai Agro Food Industry, alleging that M/s Mahajan Agency, a trading firm dealing in FMCG products in Udhampu... | |
| | | | SIA raids several locations in south Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 13: Jammu and Kashmir Police's State Investigation Agency (SIA) conducted raids at several locations in south Kashmir on Wednesday, official sources said.
They said the pre-dawn searches and raids were carried out by special teams of the SIA in different districts of south Kashmir.
More details about raids are emerging. ... | |
| | | | At minus 5.3 C, Srinagar records season’s coldest night | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 13: Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season, with temperature plunges to -5.3C on Wednesday as intense cold sweeps the Kashmir valley.
Srinagar experienced the season's coldest night at -5.3C on Wednesday, compared to the -1.5C recorded the previous night. It was -4.3C below normal for the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir during this period of the season, the meteorological office said.
Srinagar had earlier recorded the season's coldest night at -4.8C on December 11 this year.
The maximum temperature recorded at Srinagar was 2.5C above the normal of 9.5C recorded on the previous day.
The minimum temperature at Gulmarg dipped to -5.5C on... | |
| | | | Parts of Dal Lake freeze | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 13: Parts of Dal Lake and other water bodies froze as temperature plummeted in Srinagar and other major parts of Kashmir Valley Tuesday night.
Srinagar recorded a season's lowest at minus 5.3 degree Celsius.
A thick layer of frozen surface emerged at several interior parts of the famous Dal Lake, including Chunti Khul, a rivulet connecting it to Srinagar, and other water bodies due to a further fall in the minimum temperature all across the Kashmir valley on Wednesday.
The boatmen were rowing their boats by breaking the icy surface of the lake to move forward in the cold weather conditions coupled with fog. Some people were holding the icy sheets in ... | |
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