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Omar, Mehbooba left with nothing to sell Disillusioned former J&K chief ministers go in a shell, take pause 12/14/2023 11:35:55 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 14: Former J&K chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have announced temporary retreats from active politics. Omar , citing a need to "re energize himself" has declared a break until the new year, while Mehbooba has opted for a one-week suspension to "reflect on the current situation." Both leaders have attributed their decisions to the Supreme Court's recent verdict upholding the central government's abrogation of Article 370, which granted the erstwhile state of J&K special status. Omar had announced on social media that he is disappointed and he is going off the grid till new year. Mehbooba had claimed that PDP activities will remain suspended to express solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir. While the stated reasons for their pa...   READ MORE

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3 witnesses fail to appear before TADA court Cases Involving JKLF Chief Yasin Malik 12/14/2023 11:34:37 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: Three witnesses, including former Kashmir Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom, failed to appear in a special court here on Thursday in connection with the 1989 abduction of Rubaiya Sayeed, while separatist leader Yasin Malik and his associate Rafiq Pahloo appeared before it via video-conferencing. Pahloo was given a final opportunity by the special TADA court to file objections to an application for the cancellation of his bail in a 1990 case in which four Indian Air Force (IAF) officers were killed case and the abduction case of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of the then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. “Four eyewitnesses were summon...   READ MORE   14 Opposition MPs suspended from LS 12/14/2023 11:34:21 PM New Delhi, Dec 14: Fourteen opposition MPs from different parties were suspended from the Lok Sabha for the remaining period of Winter Session on Thursday for disrupting House proceedings. Amid demands from the opposition for a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the security breach in Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved two resolutions on separate occasions for the suspension of the MPs. Before their suspension, the MPs moved into the Well of the House raising slogans with demand of a statement from the government on the Wednesday security breach. The House witnessed the first adjournment during the question hour when it...   READ MORE   Court extends bail of Lal Singh, others 12/14/2023 11:34:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 14: Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Sanjay Parihar today extended the bail of former Minister and Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP) supremo Lal Singh upto December 20, 2023. Meanwhile Special Judge CBI Bala Joyti also extended the pre-arrest bail of Kanta Andotra and Dr. Kranti Singh....   READ MORE   HED counters fake order 12/14/2023 11:34:06 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: The Higher Education Department has fact- checked a fake order doing rounds on WhatsApp and other social media platforms regarding winter vacation in Government Degree Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir divisions. According to a communication received here in this regard, the department has confirmed that it has not issued the fake order bearing government order number 271-JK(HE) of 2023 dated 12-12-2023 regarding winter vacation in GDCs of J&K being circulated in WhatsApp, social media groups besides print and electronic media....   READ MORE   17 % Judges appointed since 2018 belong to categories 12/14/2023 11:33:54 PM New Delhi, Dec 14: Nearly 17 per cent of the 650 judges appointed to various high courts since 2018 belong to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories, the government informed Parliament on Thursday. Minorities account for less than 6 per cent of the total number of judges appointed since 2018, it said. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha , Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal also said there is no provision for reservation for any caste or class of persons for being appointed to the Supreme Court and the 25 high courts. He said category-wise data pertaining to the representation of OBC, SCs, STs and minorities among high court ...   READ MORE   Interests on moon not over yet: ISRO Chief 12/14/2023 11:33:42 PM New Delhi, Dec 14: Buoyed by the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO chief S Somanath on Thursday said the interest on the moon is not over yet and that the space agency is now eyeing to bring some rocks from its surface. Delivering a lecture at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre (RBCC) here under the ‘Rashtrapati Bhavan Vimarsh Shrinkhala’, he shared details of a “sample return mission” to bring back rocks from the moon. “On the moon, our interests are not yet over. I assure Rashtrapati J...   READ MORE   Easy to file allegations: CJI 12/14/2023 11:33:19 PM New Delhi, Dec 14: It is very easy to fling allegations and letters, an anguished Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud Thursday said while clarifying that the bail plea of AAP leader Satyendar Kumar Jain in a money laundering case was listed before a bench headed by Justice Bela M Trivedi as Justice A S Bopanna was unavailable due to illness. Justice Chandrachud made the remark in the context of an unsavoury row that has erupted in the top court after two senior members of the Bar-Dushyant D...   READ MORE   Kashmir shivers at Minus 5.8°C, water supply pipes freeze 12/14/2023 11:33:01 PM Early Tims Report SRINAGAR, Dec 14: Kashmir is freezing under intense cold wave with Srinagar city recording the coldest night of this season even as the minimum settled several degrees below freezing point across the valley, officials said on Thursday. Srinagar city the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night which was slightly lower than previous night’s minus 5.3 degrees Celsius. It was the lowest minimum temperature recorded this winter in the city, the officials said. Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 5....   READ MORE

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