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Breaking News :   With NC leadership treading cautiously, Centre poised for generous funding to J&K | CM holds pre-budget consultation with public representatives | LG Sinha directs security forces to crush terrorism | Court awards 7-yrs imprisonment in minor’s rape case | GOC Sachdeva leads wreath-laying ceremony of martyrs | Soldier son martyred in IED attack 2 months before marriage | Need to develop new concepts for future warfare: CDS Chauhan | Judicial officers’ pension: UPS notified, Centre tells SC | No discrimination in education: SC | Statehood won’t end terrorism in J&K: Farooq | Scope for domestic industry to indigenise solutions: Navy Chief | Man killed in Ramban accident | Rusted mortar shell found | Theft accused dies in Jammu hospital | Doda Taekwondo Team clinches 25 medals at 27th J&K UT Taekwondo Championships | KU organizes free medical camp for community health awareness | BGSBU holds awareness program on new criminal laws | Ayodhya Ram Temple Head Priest Mahant Das Passes Away | Dr. Darakhshan Launches ‘Soun Alamdar’ Video Featuring Verses of Nund Reshi | NCR Transport Corporation starts power supply to Shatabdi Nagar for Namo Bharat trains | AB-PMJAY Under Scanner | Pakistan in frustration trying to derail peace in J&K: Kavinder | Vikram Randhawa calls for spreading message of love & compassion on Guru Ravi Dass Jayanti | Health Minister addresses annual day celebration | Sadhotra Mourns Martyrdom of Army Personnel in Akhnoor | At Maha Kumbh, religious leaders, experts to discuss ways to tackle climate change on Feb 16 | CAT Directs Education Dept to appoint petitioner for land taken for school | Dr Rachna Sabharwal becomes first NABL Assessor from J&K | Four gamblers arrested by Bakshi Nagar police | BLSKS presents Mega Musical Play 'Kathothi Main Ganga' | 38th Convocation of IGNOU to be held on 5th March, 2025 | Vi adds baggage protection to International Roaming packs | BSS celebrates 130th birth anniversary of Acharya Srimat Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj | Apni Party leaders visit fire victims in Sonamarg | Sadguru Madhuparamhans Ji Maharaj enlightens congregation on Poornima | Samba police arrested bovine smuggler | JU triumphs in North Zone Inter-University Cricket | PSPS, GCW, Gandhinagar launches Retail Management Training Program | Galgotias University honors NCC Cadets for Republic Day Parade | Udhampur district wins 14 medals at 27th J&K UT Taekwondo Championship | MCM pays tribute to Swami Dayanand on his 201st birth anniversary | LPU hosts JUGNI: Celebrating India-Kazakhstan Cultural Exchange | Kerala enter Ranji Trophy semis on back of 1-run first innings lead over J&K | Back Issues  
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With NC leadership treading cautiously, Centre poised for generous funding to J&K
2/12/2025 11:10:25 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah ahead of the upcoming budget session has sparked intense debate. While opposition parties have sharply criticized the interaction, political analysts see it as a clear indication that the BJP-led central government is willing to provide generous financial assistance to the National Conference (NC) government, as long as it continues to focus on economic and developmental issues rather than politically sensitive matters. Reliable sources suggest that the Union government has no major objections to the NC government in Jammu and Kashmir, provided it refrains from raising contentious demands such as the restoration of Article 370 and Article 35-A. The BJP-led Centre has maintained a firm stance on these issues, asserting that the abrogation of the special status is irreversible. As long as the state administration under Omar Abdullah focuses on governance, infrastructure, and social welfare, the Centre appears willing to extend its support through liberal funding. This...
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CM holds pre-budget consultation with public representatives
MLAs seek liberal funding for development works, public oriented projects
2/12/2025 11:10:11 PM
Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 12: Continuing with extensive pre-budget consultations, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today held a series of meetings with public representatives from various districts of Kashmir at the Civil Secretariat, Srinagar. The Chief Minister chaired pre-budget consultations with the chairpersons of District Development Councils (DDCs) and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from the districts of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Bandipora, who participated both in p...
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LG Sinha directs security forces to crush terrorism
2/12/2025 11:09:46 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 12: After Union Home Minister Amit Shah held back to back meetings in New Delhi to review J&K security, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday chaired a high level meeting here to review the security scenario in Kashmir. After chairing the meeting LG Sinha said that he has given a freehand to the security forces to crush terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. “Chaired a high-level security meeting today at PCR, Srinagar. Directed J&K Police and its various...
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Court awards 7-yrs imprisonment in minor’s rape case
2/12/2025 11:09:31 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: Principal Sessions Judge Ganderbal Abdul Nasir today awarded seven years imprisonment and fine Rs 25000 to Amir Ashraf Zargar s/o Mohammad Ashraf Zargar, R/o Waripora Safapora, Ganderbal who was facing trial in rape with minor for the last 9 years. According to the police case that on 06-07-2016 complainant lodged a written complaint in the police station concerned alleging therein that his minor sister aged about 14 years (name with held, and shall be r...
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GOC Sachdeva leads wreath-laying ceremony of martyrs
2/12/2025 11:09:21 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: General Officer Commanding of the Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, on Wednesday led the wreath-laying ceremony of two Army personnel, including a captain, who were martyred in an IED blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector here the previous day. The solemn wreath-laying ceremony to pay homage to Captain Karamjit Singh Bakshi from Jharkhand’s Ranchi and Naik Mukesh Singh Manhas from Jammu and Kashmir’s Sa...
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Soldier son martyred in IED attack 2 months before marriage
2/12/2025 11:09:13 PM
Early Times Report Samba/Jammu, Feb 12: He had returned to his Army unit on January 28 after his engagement and giving final touches to his new house. Just 14 days later, Naik Mukesh Singh Manhas was martyred in an IED blast, leaving his family shattered and pondering a future gone dark. The 29-year-old from Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba, who was supposed to get married in April, was martyred along with Captain Karamjit Singh Bakshi from Jharkhand’s Ranchi in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast carried out by terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector on Tuesday In his native Bri Kamila village in the border district of Samba, villagers remembered Manhas a...
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Need to develop new concepts for future warfare: CDS Chauhan
2/12/2025 11:09:01 PM
Bengaluru, Feb 12: Agencies Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Wednesday said that aligning technologies with future warfare is not the sole solution to achieving victory in war. He emphasised the need to develop new concepts and doctrines to complement technological advancements. He was speaking at a seminar on aligning technologies with future conflicts at Aero India here. “Aligning technologies with future warfare is only part of the solution to achieving victory. Yo...
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Judicial officers’ pension: UPS notified, Centre tells SC
2/12/2025 11:08:50 PM
NEW DELHI, Feb 12: Agencies The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it recently notified the Unified Pension Scheme which might address the concerns of judicial officers. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih heard the submission made by the Centre’s counsel. Attorney general R Venkataramani and solicitor general Tushar Mehta appeared for the Centre and apprised the bench about the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). The matter relates to the applicability ...
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No discrimination in education: SC
Plea for schools to Rohingya refugees
2/12/2025 11:08:43 PM
NEW DELHI, Feb 12: Agencies No child will be discriminated against in education, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while fixing for next week a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and the Delhi governments to grant Rohingya refugees in the city access to public schools and hospitals. The court just wants to know where these Rohingya families are living, in whose house and what are their particulars, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said while making the the n...
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Statehood won’t end terrorism in J&K: Farooq
2/12/2025 11:08:26 PM
Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 12: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that even if statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is restored, terrorism will still not end and that it needs peoples support. Speaking with reporters, Farooq Abdullah, said that the issue of statehood has been there for many years. “Even if statehood is restored and we will get everything, but do people think it will end terrorism here. Those who have been making tall claims that terrorism h...
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Scope for domestic industry to indigenise solutions: Navy Chief
2/12/2025 11:08:09 PM
BENGALURU, Feb 12: Agencies Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Wednesday said there is significant increment in scale, synthesis and scope of capabilities in the maritime air domain, as he called on the domestic industry to work with the Navy to develop indigenised solutions. He said Indian Navy is steadfastly committed to supporting the domestic industry and creating a conducive ecosystem for capability development. “There is significant increment in scale, synthesi...
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Man killed in Ramban accident
2/12/2025 11:07:55 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: One Person was killed after a vehicle fell into deep gorge near Battery Chashma area of Ramban district on Wednesday. Officials said that a swift car lost its control near Battery Chashma and fell into deep gorge. Soon a team of police and locals reached the spot and started rescue operation, during which one deadbody was recovered. The deceased has been identified as Amit Koul resident of Barhmana Jammu. Meanwhile, rescue operation was underway when this story was being prepared. ...
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Rusted mortar shell found
2/12/2025 11:07:49 PM
Early Times Report Mendhar/Jammu, Feb 12: Army troops on Wednesday recovered a rusted mortar shell near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The mortar shell was found lying in an open area in the Mankote sector of Mendhar sub-division, the officials said. They said the Army cordoned off the area and its experts later removed the mortar shell. ...
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Theft accused dies in Jammu hospital
2/12/2025 11:07:33 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: A man arrested in a theft case over a week ago died at a hospital here after complaining of severe pain in his chest and abdomen, police said on Wednesday. Madhya Pradesh native Suresh Anuragi, who was presently residing in Jammu’s Trikuta Nagar, was on February 4 arrested along with two other associates in a burglary case registered at police station Bahu Fort, they said in a statement late Tuesday night. The police said the accused complained of severe pain in his chest and abdomen and was swiftly shifted to District Police hospital Jammu and his family was also informed. Later, he was referred to Government Medical College Hospital at around 4 p...
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