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| After Pandits, Sikh community faces terror threats in Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 24: Even as the victimized Pandit community has been facing multiple terror threats in Kashmir, now the Sikh community has also received similar threats.
As per the sources, the Sikh community has been targeted through a provocative threat letter believed to be from the same, The Resistance Front or TRF which has already been attacking the victimized Pandit community.
It’s fifth such threat- letter since mid of November when first such content appeared on the social media. Thereafter, there consecutive threats were addressed to the Pandit community which has already been bearing the brunt of targeted killings.
In October last year, the terrorists shot dead a woman school principal from the Kashmiri Sikh community and a Kashmiri Pandit teacher after demanding to see their identity cards inside a government-run campus in Srinagar's Eidgah locality, two days after a prominent Kashmiri Pandit businessman Makhan Lal Bindroo and a migrant roadside vendor from Bihar were gunned down within hours of each other.
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| SIA seizes Rs 122.89 cr worth property including house registered in Geelani's name | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 24: Jammu and Kashmir Police's State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday seized Rs 122.89 crore worth properties of banned Jamaat-e- Islami in Pulwama, Kulgam, Budgam and Srinagar districts.
A house in the name of deceased Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani has also been seized. Geelani died in September, 2021.
Geelani's house in the Barzulla area of Srinagar was seized days after District Magistrate (DM) Srinagar ordered the sealing of three properties of Jamaat including a house recorded in the name of Syed Ali Geelani.
Officials said the Barzulla house was Jamaat's property and was registered in Geelani's name.
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| | | | Advocate Bhardwaj praises Dr Manohar Lal’s commitment towards people | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 24: President of Jammu Bar Association Advocate Mohinder Bhardwaj on Saturday said that they are trying to highlight the issues of people and praised senior leader Dr Manohar Lal for his commitment towards the cause of people. Speaking at a press conference organized by former J&K deputy chief minister, Tara Chand and others, who were expelled by Democratic Azad Party president, Ghulam Nabi Azad, recently, Advocate Bhardwaj said, “No one can undermine the contribution of Dr Manohar Lal Sharma as a leader. He is a grass root leader. He has a historical background. He is a product of struggle. He became MLA two times due to his own efforts. He also remained ... | |
| | | | Futuristic education system being created in India: PM Modi on NEP | | | |
Agencies
Rajkot/Gujarat, Dec 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that through the new National Education Policy (NEP), a forward-looking and futuristic education system was being created in India for the first time, and accused the past governments of not doing anything to regain the country's lost glory due to their "slave mentality".
PM Modi, who was addressing the 75th 'Amrut Mahotsav' of Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul at Rajkot via video link, also said the number of premier educational institutions like IITs, IIMs and medical colleges in the country increased substantially after 2014, the year when his government came to power at the Centre for the first time.
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| | | | Education in mother tongue will increase students' ability to think, reason, analyse: Amit Shah | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 24: Education imparted to a student in his mother tongue as provided under the new National Education Policy (NEP) will increase his ability to think, reason, analyse and research, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Saturday.
Addressing a gathering at the 95th anniversary of Sheth G C High School at Vijapur here, Shah said work was underway to translate into regional languages the syllabi of technical, medical and higher education courses, and added that the NEP will make India number one country in the next 25 years.
Under the British education policy for pre-Independent India, rote learning was a sign of intelligence, he said, adding that students d... | |
| | | | Huge cache of arms, ammunition recovered in Uri | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 24: Security forces achieved a major success in Kashmir when they recovered a large cache of arms including 8 AK series rifles and 12 pistols in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The recovery was made by Police and Army at Hathlanga sector of Uri on Saturday.
"In a joint operation, Barmulla police along 3 Rajput of army recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition including 8 AKS 74u with 24 magazines and 560 rounds, 12 pistols (Tokarev type) with 24 magazines and 244 rounds, 14 grenades, 81 balloons with Pak flag imprint, wheat bags/ synthetic gunny bags with made in Pakistan print 5 No's among other incriminating materials recove... | |
| | | | Chillai Kalan freezes Kashmir, Srinagar records -5.5 degrees | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 24: The winter's harshest period, Chillai Kalan, continues to tighten its grip on the region as Kashmir continues to witness freezing nights.
An official of the Meteorological Centre here said the minimum temperature overnight in Srinagar was recorded at minus 5.4C.
On December 22, Srinagar had recorded minus 5.5C overnight temperature which was the coldest of the season so far.
The Konibal weather station in Pampore Pulwama recorded the overnight temperature of minus 7 degrees Celsius making it the coldest place in the region.
The tourist resorts of Gulmarg in north Kashmir and Pahalgam in south Kashmir recorded overnight temperatures of -6.4C.
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