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| Searches underway in Poonch, Kishtwar | | | 
Early Times Report
POONCH/JAMMU, Dec 22: Security forces Friday launched a massive cordon and search operation in the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and a National Investigation Agency team also visited there, a day after five army personnel were martyred and two others injured in a terrorist attack.
The General officer Commanding (GoC), XVI corps, Lt Gen Sandeep Jain and Director General of Police.
R R Swain visited Ground Zero and reviewed the situation with top army and police officers, officials said.
“Indian Army and White knight Corps salutes the bravery and supreme sacrifice of four soldiers in Surankote on yesterday while fighting the scourge of terrorism”, White Knight Corps, or XVI corps, wrote on X.
An official said aerial monitoring using helicopte... | |
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| Brother of martyred soldier recalls last conversation | | | 
Kanpur (UP), Dec 22: Family members and villagers are mourning the loss of 29-year-old Karan Yadav who lost his life in the Poonch terror attack on Thursday. He is survived by his wife and two children. Daughter Arya is 6 years old and son Ayush is just 1 year old.
Karan Kumar Yadav, a resident of Bhaupur in the Chaubepur suburb of Kanpur had joined the Army as a driver in 2013. He was posted in Rajouri. The family was informed about this heart-wrenching news late on Thursday night.
His you... | |
| | | | Private agencies to prepare report cards of sitting BJP MPs | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: Apart from seeking feedback from workers of various offshoots of the Sangh Parivar before finalizing mandates of party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, BJP will review report cards of all its sitting Lok Sabha members before finalizing their tickets.
Reports said that the party has engaged some private agencies to seek responses from the people about the performance of their respective Lok Sabha members. The BJP has now sought a report card of works done from its Lok Sabha members.
The initiative of the Prime Minister's office is being seen as an effort to collect inputs for the BJP leadership to help them while preparing a shortlist of candid... | |
| | | | Assembly polls: J&K BJP leaders summoned to Delhi | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 22: Top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Jammu and Kashmir have been summoned to New Delhi for 2-day crucial meeting, which commenced on Friday.
Sources told Early Times the primary agenda of the meeting is to deliberate on a strategic plan for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “Discussions will focus on BJP’s preparation for Assembly elections in J&K in accordance with the directives issued by the Supreme Court earlier this month.”
Pertinently, the Apex while upholding the decision of the Central Government to abrogate Article 370 earlier this month had directed for holding assembly elections in the Union Territory by September 2024.
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| | | | Teachings of Bhagavad Gita should reach all parts of India, world: Amit Shah | | | |
Kurukshetra (Haryana), Dec 22: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that teachings of the Bhagavad Gita should reach all parts of India and the rest of the world.
Addressing the ‘Sant Sammelan 2023’ on the occasion of Gita Jayanti Mahotsav, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Prime Minister Modi wished for an annual International Gita Mahotsav, which CM Manoharlal Khattar fulfilled in 2016. The teachings of Bhagavad Gita should reach all parts of India and the world.”
“The Mahotsav has been a huge success since 2016. For the last seven years, Gita Jayanti Mahotsav has been successfully organised and is achieving its objectives,” he added.
International Gita Jayanti Mahotsav i... | |
| | | | Air power would continue to play pivotal role: IAF Chief | | | 
New Delhi, Dec 22: The world is at a pivotal juncture and winds of change are blowing strongly in India’s favour, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said on Friday.
The Air Chief Marshal also said that India’s rise in the Global South marks a “pivotal point” in international affairs.
He was speaking at a seminar on “India and Global South: Challenges and Opportunities”.
“Rooted in a rich historical tapestry, the country’s emergence from colonial shadows to a prominent globa... | |
| | | | Ahead of Christmas, New Year Gulmarg, Pahalgam sold out in Kashmir | | | 
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: Tourists are heading to Kashmir in droves to celebrate Christmas and welcome the New Year, with hotels at the famous destinations in the valley sold out for the weeks ahead, especially in anticipation of snowfall.
Officials said tourists are making a beeline to Kashmir, especially to the famous ski resort of Gulmarg, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, and Pahalgam, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag.
Describing it as a positive indication, Tourism Secret... | |
| | | | Terrorism on death bed in Kashmir: LG Sinha | | | 
Kolkata, Dec 22: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday asserted that the security situation has improved in the union territory after the abrogation of Article 370, and terrorism was on its deathbed in the valley. Sinha also termed as ”unfortunate” the terror attack on an army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, in which five soldiers were killed and two injured.
In an apparent reference to Pakistan, he blamed ”our neighbour” for attempts to disturb peace... | |
| | | | ADGP Kumar gets additional charge | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: Government of Jammu and Kashmir has given Additional Director of General Police (Law & Order) Vijay Kumar additional charge of Director, Anti-corruption Bureau Jammu and Kashmir.
The additional charge to ADGP (L&O), Kumar has been given wake as the government has relieved the Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, from the additional charges of Director of the Anti-corruption Bureau.
“In the interest of administration, it is hereby ordered that Shri Vi... | |
| | | | 22 cases of Covid's JN.1 variant detected | | | |
New Delhi, Dec 22: Twenty-two cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country till Thursday, with 21 cases being reported from Goa and another from Kerala, official sources said.
In Goa, the sources told Press Trust of India, no clustering of cases of the JN.1 variant has been seen and all infected people have recovered without complications.
Those infected had mild upper respiratory tract infection with symptoms of mild dry cough, sore throat with or without fever, sources said.
In November, 62 samples were sent to different INSACOG labs for whole genome sequencing for detection of the JN.1 variant, while in December, so far, 253 samples have been sent, the sou... | |
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