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| CDS Gen Rawat, wife, 11 military personnel killed in helicopter crash | | |  Early Times Report
Coonoor, Dec 8: Highly-decorated India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other military personnel were on Wednesday killed in a helicopter crash here in Tamil Nadu, sending a wave of sorrow across the country.
The pilot of the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was the lone survivor in the crash that took place in Coonoor valley at around noon when Gen Rawat was on his way to Wellington to deliver a lecture.
According to reports and eyewitness accounts, the helicopter crashed after hitting some trees and burst into flames. The chopper took off at 11:47 am from Sulur and was heading to Wellington when it crashed at 12:20 am, about 5-10 km and five minutes from the landing site.
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| Gen Rawat’s tragic death refreshes Poonch plane crash of 1963 | | Lt General Bikram Singh among six top commanders of Army, Air Force were killed in crash | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 8: Tragic death of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat along with 12 other people in the chopper crash near Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday refresh plane crash of 1963 in Poonch district.
Top commanders of the Indian Army and the Air Force were killed this day in 1963 in a helicopter crash in Poonch district of Jammu region. Lieutenant General Daulat Singh, general officer commanding in chief, western command; Air Vice Marshal E.W. Pinto, air officer commanding, western command; Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, general officer commanding, 15 Corps; Major General K.N.D. Nanavati, Military Cross, general officer commanding 25 Infantry Division;... | |
| | | | BJP shares Mamata’s video forgets it has blocked advts to newspapers who don’t toe its line | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 8: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sharing the video of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging local newspapers to print ‘positive’ news to earn government advertisements.
Mamata had stirred a controversy while addressing a press event in Kolkata recently by stating that she will direct district magistrates (DMs) to consider the newspapers for advertisements which publish positive news of the government. She rued that TV channels only show the govt’s good work only once, but rural newspapers were writing about it in detail.
After Mamata’s statement BJP I-T chief Amit Malviya shared a video of the event to send a message how she was trying to con... | |
| | | | J&K babus mislead MoS Home | | Many newspapers, including Early Times, not getting Govt advts for reporting truth | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 8: It seems that Jammu and Kashmir Government has misinformed Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, who on Wednesday informed the Parliament that the Jammu and Kashmir government has not issued any order under which journalists can be stopped from reporting if their work threatens peace and public tranquility.
Many newspapers, including Early Times, have not been getting government advertisements in J&K for the past many months for reporting truth. The officials from J&K have provided wrong information to Union Home Ministry and the ones who are responsible for misleading the minister need to be asked why are they lying?... | |
| | | | No Govt order to stop journalists from reporting in J&K: MoS Home tells Parliament | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 8: The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that the Jammu and Kashmir government has not issued any order under which journalists can be stopped from reporting if their work threatens peace and public tranquility.
Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai stated this in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
“The government of UT of Jammu and Kashmir has informed that no such order has been issued,” he stated. He was asked if the J&K administration has issued orders under which journalists can be stopped from reporting if their work threatens peace and public tranquility, and which directs unauthorised/unregistered journalists to complete their reg... | |
| | | | Will austerity measures implement on some Babus also? | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 8: After the J&K government announced austerity measures to promote fiscal discipline biggest question before the administration is to check abuse of power by some Babus who have been directly or indirectly looting the public exchequer.
These Babus, who are enjoying special privileges without any qualification or working, yet not drop any hints to curtail expenditure on their luxuries.
Highly placed sources said that the J&K government is very month spending lakhs and lakhs of rupees to provide as much as luxuries to these Babus, who are not entitled to the same.
Some Babus have been allocated palatial bungalows which were earlier allotted to the cabine... | |
| | | | COVID-19: JK reports 2 deaths, 151 new cases | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 8: The Government today informed that 151 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 44 from Jammu division and 107 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 338198.Also, 02 COVID deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu Division and 01 from Kashmir Division.
Moreover, 111 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 16from Jammu Division and 95 from Kashmir Division.
The Bulletin informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today.
On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 57,350doses of COVID vacci... | |
| | | | Press not free to write against Govt: Dr Farooq | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 8: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday accused the J & K administration of choking the media in the Union Territory.
While addressing party workers’ meeting, Dr Abdullah said that the press was not free to write against the government. He demanded legislation in the Parliament to ensure media houses function free of fear.
He said the current situation in the Union Territory was so bad that had the Farooq Abdullah government in pow... | |
| | | | Construction of flour mill: Dabang naib sarpanch refuses to show documents, ignores official orders | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
Sunderbani, Dec 8: In an apparent ‘misuse’ of official position, a local naib sarpanch is ostensibly not producing documents for establishing a flour mill.
According to sources, naib sarpanch is not ready to show documents of approval and license of the flour mill because he has managed it through alleged illegal means.
“A naib sarpanch in one of the tehsils of Sunderbani is exhibiting full power by ignoring official summons,” said sources, adding that the naib sarpanch is so influential that he has taken entire administration on ride.
Sources maintained that the naib sarpanch managed license of flour mill from Revenue Department.
“Sensing forger... | |
| | | | Vacations aren’t vacations for CEO Srinagar | | Asks teachers not to leave station even during holidays | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 8: The latest order issued by the Chief Education Officer of Srinagar has annoyed teaching fraternity across the region. The teachers have termed the order as “ruthless diktat’ reminiscent not even of the colonial past.
On Wednesday, the Chief Education Officer Srinagar issued an order, rejecting station permission in favor of the teachers during the winter period.
The order reads: “This office has been receiving a huge number of applications from teaching and non-teaching staff seeking station permissions. In the same context, all the HODs are placed under strict instructions not to entertain/ forward any station leaving permission application from teach... | |
| | | | 3 militants killed in South Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 8: Three unidentified militants were killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police said. The police said the gunfight erupted at the Check Cholan village of the district when the joint teams of Police, Army and CRPF cordoned the area after receiving input about the presence of militants in the area.
"During the search operation at Check Cholan, as the presence of terrorists got ascertained, they fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated leading to an encounter. A terrorist was killed in the initial gunfight and later two more were neutralised ," a senior police officer said.
The iden... | |
| | | | Mughal road still closed; Gurez, Kernah roads opened in Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 8: The traditional Mughal road connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri in Jammu division remained closed for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Razdan Top and Gurez in Bandipora district of north Kashmir, which were also closed as a precautionary measure following fresh snowfall on Sunday, were put through for vehicular traffic on Wednesday, a traffic police official said here.
Besides, Keran and Karnah roads in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara were also cleared of snow and traffic was allowed to ply on them, he added. The snow clearance operation, which was taken up on Monday on Mughal road, could not continue due to the... | |
| | | | Audit Team finds faults in designs, construction of public toilet complex in Poonch | | |  rajesh tandon
Early Times Report
POONCH, Dec 8: The construction as well as the design of public toilet complex in Poonch near Nakha Wali Chowk has been caught in flaws which have been vindicated by the audit team which inspected the complex.
Sources told Early Times that the entire design has been found faulty as no guidelines have been followed in its construction. Although, the marble plate affixed on the entry of complex which given information that the concerned councilor of ward 4 of... | |
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