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| No meat, no wine: Congress fumes over vegetarian menu at Putin’s state banquet | | | | Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: Upset over not inviting Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to the state banquet hosted in honour of Russian President Vladimir Putin at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Congress on Saturday sharpened its attack on the government—this time criticising the all-vegetarian menu served at the event.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram strongly objected to the absence of meat, fish, fowl, and Indian wines at the banquet, accusing the BJP-led government of attempting to impose what he termed “puritanical vegetarianism” under the guise of cultural pride.
“Completely vegetarian? Why?” Chidambaram wrote on X, questioning why a state banquet meant to showcase India’s culinary richness excluded non-vegetarian dishes and alcoholic beverages.
“To acknowledge and celebrate Indian cuisine, dishes of meat, fowl, and seafood should have been included. Indian wines should have featured too. Nearly 80% of Indians consume meat, fowl or fish. It’s an intrinsic part of our food culture. This ‘puritanical’ vegetarian thrust is a BJP and allied outfits construct,” h... | |
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| Social media claims on JKPSC misleading; LG office clarifies | | |  Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: Amid intense social media campaign and rising concerns among aspirants of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services (JKAS), the Office of the Lieutenant Governor on Saturday clarified that several social media posts circulating about the JKPSC Prelims examination were “misleading,” asserting that the age-relaxation file sent by the government was promptly returned the same day with a key query, but no response has been received since.
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| | | | 4 of family killed in Kishtwar accident | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: Four members of a family were killed after their car toppled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Saturday, officials said.
The accident took place on the Drabshalla link road, about 25 km from Kishtwar town, when the family was returning to their residence in Dessa village in Doda after paying obeisance at Sarthal Mata temple, they added.
Prima facie, the driver of the car lost control while negotiating a blind curve, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and fall into the gorge, police said.
Local volunteers rushed to rescue the victims and found three persons, including a girl, dead on-the-spot.
A woman was pulled ... | |
| | | | Leh violence panel set to examine evidence from Dec 10 | | | | Sandeep Bhat
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: The Judicial Inquiry Commission constituted by the Union Government to probe the September 24 Leh violence will begin examining evidence submitted by individuals and various organisations from December 10, officials said on Friday.
According to reports, over two dozen people and organisations have already submitted statements, documents, and other material related to the clashes. The final deadline for submitting evidence is December 8, after the earlier cut-off of November 28 was extended to provide more time for public participation.
The extension came after a formal request from the Leh Apex Body (LAB), which wrote to Justice (Retd.) ... | |
| | | | INDIA Bloc on life support: CM Omar | | |  Early Times Report
New Delhi, Dec 6: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the opposition INDIA bloc is currently “on life support” and risks being wheeled into the “ICU” due to infighting and a failure to match the BJP’s round-the-clock election machine.
Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit here, Abdullah detailed the “organisational and strategic failures” of the opposition bloc, contrasting its approach with the BJP’s “unparallele... | |
| | | | Police recover separatist posters, banned literature | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 6: Police on Saturday recovered incriminating material, including posters of a separatist outfit and some banned literature, during a search in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Acting on a search warrant issued by the NIA Court Pulwama in a case registered under the UAP Act, the police carried out a search at a shop belonging to Mohamed Amir Rather, a resident of Litter Pulwama, a police spokesman said.
According to the spokesperson, the search opera... | |
| | | | Crime Branch Kashmir chargesheets chronic fraudster | | Dubai Export Scam | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 6: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has once again booked notorious repeat offender Zahid Bashir Sofi alias Shagoo after filing a chargesheet in a high-value export scam, reaffirming concerns over his long-standing pattern of financial fraud and continued evasion of law enforcement.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in Case FIR No. 31/2023 under Sections 420 and 120-B RPC before the Hon’b... | |
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