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| Drone sighting along Pak border tripled in 1-year | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 26: There has been a threefold increase in drone sighting incidents along the India-Pakistan border, with 311 observations of such Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) till December 23 this year compared to 104 in 2021.
Besides this data collated by the Border Security Force (BSF), which is mandated to guard the 3,323 km India-Pakistan border, the drone sighting incidents have quadrupled as compared to 2020 when 77 UAVs — a major source of smuggling arms and ammunition, as well as drugs into India — were observed along the Pakistan border.
The drone sightings, which were majorly observed in different areas in Punjab, were within a range of 2-10 km of the Internation... | |
| | | | Sacrifice of Sahibzades, Guru Gobind Singh ji would continue to guide humanity for all times to come: LG | | Attends 'Shabad Kirtan' organised by All J&K Sikh Coordination Committee to mark Veer Baal Diwas in Jammu | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today attended 'Shabad Kirtan' organized by All J&K Sikh Coordination Committee to mark ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ at Gurdwara Sant Mela Singh Dastkari Ashram, Digiana, Jammu.
The Lt Governor paid obeisance to Sahibzades, Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Mata Gujri Ji and urged the new generation to draw inspiration from their courage, perseverance and sacrifice.
Addressing the gathering, the Lt Governor said, people across the sections of... | |
| | | | IED recovered, suspect arrested in Udhampur | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday averted a major tragedy by recovering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from Basantgarh area of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said that an IED weighing approximately 15-kg was recovered during a patrol launched on specific inputs.
An IED-like material in cylindrical shape, explosive (suspected RDX), 7.62mm cartridges, detonators, coded sheet, letter pad page of banned terrorist organisation LeT has been seized from the area of Basantgarh, They said.
They added that one suspect has also been taken into custody and the matter is being investigated. ... | |
| | | | 2 killed in Ramban accident | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: Two persons were killed when a truck they were travelling in rolled down into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said that a LPG gas cylinders laden truck early morning on Monday met with an accident and rolled down deep into the gorge near Battery Chashma.
"The police, army team swung into action and retrieved the bodies," they said.
The identities of deceased persons are yet to be ascertained, police added.... | |
| | | | Man held with arms, ammunition in Kupwara | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 26: Security forces on Monday arrested a person alongwith arms and ammunition in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara.
Kupwara Police and Army arrested a person identified as Mohammed Azam Daniyal, a resident of Dhani Karnah on specific information that the individual is involved in smuggling of arms, ammunition and narcotics from across the border", a police statement said.
During the interrogation the accused led to the recovery of 1 Pistol, 2 Pistol Magazines and 43 Pistol rounds from the lawns of his house which he had kept buried under the soil", the statement reads.
"A case under relevant sections of Law has been registered and investigations ta... | |
| | | | Srinagar records minus 3.5 C | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 26: The minimum temperature in Kashmir rose by a couple of degrees but stayed below the freezing point offering little respite from cold conditions, officials said today.
The valley is going through a dry spell with no major precipitation forecast till the end of December. However, there is a possibility of a brief wet spell this week, the MET department said.
The minimum temperature on Sunday night rose two to three degrees from the previous night but stayed below the freezing point. The intense cold conditions led to freezing of water supply lines in many areas as well as the freezing of the interiors of the Dal Lake, they said.
The minimum temp... | |
| | | | India needs to break free from narrow views of past, achieve heights of success: PM | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India needs to break free from the "narrow views" of the past to take the country to heights of success.
Speaking at the first 'Veer Bal Diwas' event, Modi paid tributes to Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, Guru Gobind Singh's sons who laid down their lives while defending their faith.
"On the one hand there was terrorism and on the other spiritualism. On one hand there was communal violence while on the other there was liberalism. On one hand there were forces of lakhs while on the other there were just Veer Sahibzaade who did not budge at all," he said referring to the two martyred children of the Guru.
"Auran... | |
| | | | HC dismisses Lal Singh’s plea to let him stay in Govt bungalow | | ‘Central, UT Govts under no obligation to provide official accommodation to Z- category protectee’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court dismissed the appeal filed by former minister, MP and MLA, Choudhary Lal Singh seeking an injunction against the respondents from evicting him from government bungalow No. 2-PWD, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
The DB comprising Chief Justice (A) Tashi Rabstan and Justice Rajesh Sekri dismissed the petition stating that there is nothing on the record to suggest that there is any policy or guideline which obligates the Central Government or the UT Government for that matter to provide official accommodation to Z-Category protectee.
Singh had pleaded that he should be granted injunction till the government ... | |
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