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| Ex-Dy CM Tara Chand ‘sidelined’ in Congress | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 20: Almost one and half months have passed after 17 ex-loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad rejoined the Congress but the party high command has yet not taken any step to “rehabilitate” those who were on “leave”.
While ex-loyalists of Azad from Kashmir Valley have been involved in day to day activities of the party, Jammu-based leaders are still missing from political activities.
Except for symbolic presence during the entry of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, Tara Chand and other senior leaders are still sidelined in the Congress party.
Either “Tara Chand and others” have been sidelined in the Congress or they are deliberately maintaining a distance from the activities of the party.
After the completion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, over a dozen important events were held in Jammu in which central leaders were present but “Tara and others” were missing from all these events.
On February 17, Bharatsinh Solanki, former Union Minister, and AICC observer for J&K addressed an important function at Jammu in connection with the ‘Haath se Haath Jodo’ ... | |
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| LG Sinha pays obeisance at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine | | Inaugurates Tripti Bhojanalaya and Prasad Kendra | |  Early Times Report
KATRA, Feb 20: Lieutenant Governor, Shri Manoj Sinha visited the Holy Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji and paid obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum.
The Lt Governor accompanied by Mahamandleshwar Shri Swami Vishveshvaranand Giriji Maharaj and other board members prayed for peace, prosperity and happiness for all.
The Lt Governor, during his visit, inaugurated Tripti Bhojanalaya and Prasad Kendra cum Souvenir Shop at the holy shrine.
Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board is f... | |
| | | | Standards of Congress leaders falling since: Amit Shah | | | | Agencies
Mon Town (Nagaland), Feb 20: BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday strongly condemned a Congress spokesperson’s choice of words for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said the standard of opposition party’s members is falling by the day since Rahul Gandhi became its leader.
“The kind of language the Congress spokesperson has used (for PM) and the sort of reaction it has drawn from people from across the country... you will see Rahul Gandhi that the Congress will not be visible even through telescope after the Lok Sabha polls in 2024. People will respond through the ballot box,” Mr Shah told a public meeting here.
Mr Shah neither made reference to he objectionable wor... | |
| | | | Big investments in Uttarakhand will ensure return of youth: PM Modi | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Feb 20: Big investments are being made in the infrastructure sector in Uttarakhand to ensure that the state’s youths return to their villages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. The prime minister, who was virtually addressing a Rozgar Mela to distribute appointment letters among assistant teachers here, described teachers as a medium for big change. “They have to prepare the youths of the state for a new century as per the new education policy...,” he said. Large-scale investments in the hill state’s infrastructure sector are creating new employment opportunities for youths nearer their homes, he added.... | |
| | | | SIU conducts raids in Awantipora terror case | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 20: Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Monday carried searches at two places in a terror case in Awantipora sub district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said SIU Awantipora conducted raids at two different locations in connection with case registered at Police Station Tral.
The searched were carried in the houses of two suspects Jamsheed Ahmad Bhat of Satoora Tral and Sameer Ahmad Mohand of Shairabad Tral.
“During the search, proper SOPs were followed and relevant information was gathered, incriminating material was recovered by the SIU Awantipora,” a police spokesman said.
It is pertinent to mention here that, searches wer... | |
| | | | Govt employee impersonating as IPS officer arrested | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 20: A fourth class employee of Jammu and Kashmir Irrigation Department impersonating as IPS rank officer has been arrested in a fraud case.
Police on Monday said acting on a complaint lodged by a lady from Punjab that she was duped of Rs 7-8 lakhs, Jammu Police swung into action. The complainant reported that being an aspirant of IPS probationary examination, she met the accused on social media, police said. “The accused was impersonating as IPS rank officer and handling a fake account on Facebook in the name of a senior IPS officer of DIG rank posted in Madhya Pradesh,” said the police. They said in drive against cyber crime, Jammu Police team acted swift... | |
| | | | BJP to boost social media presence | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 20: The impact and reach of social media emerged as the main point of discussion in the day long workshop which was chaired by the party president Ravinder Raina and attended by about 100 attendees.
While addressing the meet, Ravinder Raina spoke to the attendees about the party’s expectations from them and the ideology guiding the party.
“It is a boon of modern times,” Raina told the participants while also cautioning them about its flip-side as even a small ... | |
| | | | Parts of Kashmir to experience snow, rain: MeT | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 20: Higher reaches of Kashmir valley are likely to receive light snow while many parts of plains may experience light rain during the next 24 hours, officials said.
Meteorological Centre Srinagar forecast generally cloudy weather with Light rain/snow at Kupwara, Baramulla, Handwara, Uri, Gulmarg and Shopian of Kashmir Division from Monday late afternoon onwards.
It said the weather will remain dry with occasionally cloudy weather from February 21-24 while generally cloudy with Light Rain/snow at isolated to scattered higher reaches of Kashmir Division during February 26 and February 28 is expected.
Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, re... | |
| | | | Gap between civilians, security forces reducing in Kashmir: SSB Commandant | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 20: The general atmosphere in Kashmir has undergone a positive change as the gap between civilians and security forces has reduced over the past few years, a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) official said on Monday.
“There is a change in the atmosphere of the valley. Earlier, kids used to be scared of the security forces but now they have started to come closer. We will take them along and this bonding will be strengthened,” SSB 10 Battalion Commandant R S Rawat told reporters here.
Rawat was talking to reporters after flagging off 23 students from Government Boys Higher Secondary School Batamaloo on ‘Bharat Darshan’ tour, sponsored by the Ministry of Home Aff... | |
| | | | No one votes on basis of educational qualification in India: Supreme court | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Feb 20: No one in India votes on the basis of the candidates’ educational qualifications, the Supreme Court observed on Monday while dismissing a plea against the election of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Harsh Vardhan Bajpayee to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in 2017.
A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna said most voters do not look at a candidate’s educational background before exercising their franchise. “No one votes on the basis of educational qualifications in our country anyway,” the bench observed orally.
The remarks came while the bench was hearing a plea moved by Congress leader Anugrah Narayan Singh, seeking that Bajpayee’s election be decla... | |
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