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| Poonch terror attack: Search operation enters 6th day | | |  Early Times Report
Poonch/Jammu, Dec 26: Battling difficult terrains and dense forests, security forces continued to carry out cordon and search operations for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday to track down the terrorists behind the ambush that left four soldiers dead in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch last week, officials said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to visit ground zero on Wednesday with top Army and civilian officials monitoring the situation in Poonch in view of the ter... | |
| | | | J&K Reservation Act: MHA notifies to enforce provisions | | | | New Delhi, Dec 26: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday notified to enforce the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023–significant legislation that aimed at providing “rights to those who faced injustice” and were deprived of their rights in the Union Territory.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla issued the notification that declared December 26, 2023 (Tuesday) as the date on which the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023, shall come into force. The move comes days after the Parliament passed the J&K Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, in the recently concluded Winter Session. The MHA took the decision to exercise the ... | |
| | | | 100 Pak drones shot down in 2023 | | | | New Delhi, Dec 26: The Border Security Force (BSF) informed on Tuesday that its personnel have either successfully shot down or recovered 100 Pakistani drones, through which attempts were made to smuggle narcotics, arms and ammunition into Indian territory, to date.
The BSF said it has devised a ‘three-pronged strategy’ in a bid to curtail the movement of drugs and other narcotic substances into Indian territory on the sly.
The forces added that they successfully apprehended smugglers, who were ‘facilitating’ the smuggling of narcotics through drones.
In a series of posts on X, the BSF Punjab Frontier stated, “Till now, in 2023, BSF Punjab has successfully shot down or recovered 100 Paki... | |
| | | | 3 held, arms recovered | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 26: Security forces have arrested three persons and recovered weapons from them in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said on Tuesday.
”Based on specific intelligence inputs, a Joint Cordon & Search Operation (CASO) was launched by Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police at Panzu and Gamiraj in Pulwama on 25 December, 2023. Three suspected individuals have been apprehended with recovery of 2 pistols and other war-like stores,” Srinagar-based Chinar Corps posted on X.
It said the suspects were being questioned jointly by the Army and the police.... | |
| | | | Earthquakes hit Ladakh, Kishtwar | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: Two earthquakes of mild intensity struck Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, officials said. There were no immediate reports of any damage due to the tremors, they said.
The epicentre of the two quakes were in Ladakh’s Leh district and Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, they added.
According to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS), an earthquake of 4.5 magnitude occurred at 4.33 am in Ladakh.
The depth of the earthquake was five kilometers below the surface of the earth at 34.73 degrees latitude and 77.07 degrees longitude, it said.
The earthquake jolted sleeping residents of both Kargil and Leh districts but police said there was no ... | |
| | | | Pilgrim count at Vaishno Devi Shrine highest in decade | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: The cave shrine of Vaishno Devi has been visited by more than 93.50 lakh pilgrims so far this year – the highest footfall in a decade.
According to the shrine officials, a total of 93.50 lakh people had visited the temple in Trikuta hills in Jammu’s Reasi district by Monday, surpassing the 2013 figure of 93.24 lakh.
“The pilgrimage with a new record of over 93.24 lakh pilgrims is the highest in the last ten years,” Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Chief Executive Officer Anshul Garg said.
The highest number in the history of pilgrimage journey was in 2012, with 1,04,09,569 devotees, followed by 1,01,15,647 in 2011.
Between 37,000 and 44,000 devote... | |
| | | | Army Chief calls on Prez Murmu | | | | NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Army chief General Manoj Pande on Tuesday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. “Chief of the Army Staff, General Manoj Pande called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the President’s office said in a post on X, along with a picture of the meeting.... | |
| | | | ‘Follow IT rules’ | | | | New Delhi, Dec 26: The government has issued an advisory to all platforms to comply with IT rules amid growing concerns around deepfakes and misinformation powered by AI, according to an official release.
The advisory mandates that intermediaries (digital and social media platforms) communicate prohibited content specified under IT Rules clearly and precisely to users.
“The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has issued an advisory to all intermediaries, ensuring compliance with the existing IT rules,” it said.
The directive specifically targets growing concerns around misinformation powered by AI-Deepfakes.
This advisory is the culmination of discussions held by ... | |
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