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| After exposing Abdullahs,’ Azad lambasts PDP for enjoying power with BJP | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 28: Former Chief Minister and chairman of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), Ghulam Nabi Azad, characterized the National Conference and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) as the “A” teams of the ruling BJP during a rally in Doda on Wednesday.
Azad, the former leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, criticized the leaders of both regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir for now labeling DPAP as a "B" team of the BJP while they had previously aligned closely with the Saffron Party. Without directly naming individuals, Azad pointed out the historical connections between the leaders of the National Conference and PDP with the BJP.
He questioned the audience about past alliances and emphasized the shared history between these parties and t... | |
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| BJP to take feedback from Sangh Parivar before short listing party candidates | | Lok Sabha Polls | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 28: Even as the J&K unit of BJP constituted panels of candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the party's high command will take feedback from various offshoots of Sangh Parivar before giving consent for the names of candidates.
Highly placed sources said that no final decision regarding candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections has been taken so far.
“The party leadership is presently focusing on bigger states likes Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, etc”, sources said and added that process of shortlisting candidates in J&K will be started only after imposition of the model code of conduct. Sources said apart from taki... | |
| | | | NCB seizes gigantic drugs consignment, Amit Shah lauds historic success | | | 
NEW DELHI, Feb 28:
The Narcotics Control Bureau, the Navy and the Gujarat Police have seized a gigantic consignment of 3,132 kg of drugs in a joint operation, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.
Shah said the historic success is a testament to the Modi government’s unwavering commitment to making the nation drug-free.
In a post on X, the home minister said pursuing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a drug-free Bharat, the agencies have achieved the grand success of m... | |
| | | | Tendulkar praises J&K, PM Modi says let’s build developed India | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 28: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s admiration of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday drew concurring praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said his visit to the Union Territory has two important takeaways for the youth.
Tendulkar posted a short highlight of his visit to the region and said it will remain a beautiful experience etched in his memory. ”There was snow all around but we felt warm because of people’s exceptional hospitality. Prime Minister Nar... | |
| | | | Opposition created north-south divide for political gains: Rajnath Singh | | | 
Visakhapatnam, Feb 28:
The BJP is not a north-centric party and the north-south binary has been created by the opposition parties for "narrow" political gains, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, asserting that such efforts to discredit the party also put a question mark on national integrity.
In an address at an event, Mr Singh said the BJP was the ruling party across various states in the country including in the southern state of Karnataka and the allegation that it is on... | |
| | | | ‘40% pillion rider accident victims didn’t use helmets’ | | | |
New Delhi, Feb 28:
Forty per cent pillion riders on two-wheelers in Delhi did not use helmets leading to head injuries, according to a data collected in 2022 at the AIIMS Trauma Centre here.
However, the data showed that nearly 85 per cent of the riders of two-wheelers used helmets while the rest did not wear the protective gear leading to head injuries, which resulted in mortality or morbidity, said AIIMS Trauma Centre chief Dr Kamran Farooque.
He referred to data collected at the centre between January 21 to December 22.
He further informed that according to the data, almost 82 per cent of the patients who were brought dead to the hospital in 2022 had met with road accidents. ... | |
| | | | National parties declare income of Rs 3077 crore, BJP has highest share | | | |
NEW DELHI, Feb 28:
The six national parties have declared a total income of nearly Rs 3077 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal, with the BJP getting the maximum share totalling around Rs 2361 crore, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said on Wednesday.
The ruling BJP’s income forms 76.73 per cent of the total income of the six national parties during FY 2022-23, it said.
The Congress declared the second highest income of Rs 452.375 crore, which forms 14.70 per cent of the total income of the six national parties. Besides the BJP and the Congress, BSP, AAP, NPP and CPI-M have declared their income.
Between FY 2021-22 and 2022-23, the income of the BJP increased by 23.15 per cent o... | |
| | | | Properties of drug peddlers attached | | | |
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Feb 28: Jammu and Kashmir police attached properties worth around ₹60 lakh belonging to drug peddlers in Baramulla district, officials said on Wednesday.
The drug peddlers whose properties have been seized were identified as Mohd Ayoob Shah and Ghulam Mohammad Shah, alias Gulshah, residents of the Ladoora Rafiabad area in Baramulla district. The action was taken based on a case under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS), the police said.
According to Baramulla police, the seized properties included a single-story residential house and a double-story shopping complex with two separate washrooms.
During the i... | |
| | | | Army opens fire on Pak drone | | | |
Early Times Report
Mendhar/Jammu, Feb 28: Army troops guarding the Line of Control fired nearly two dozen rounds at a Pakistani drone after it intruded into Indian territory in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
However, the drone managed to return to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after hovering briefly over some forward Indian posts in Mendhar and Krishna Ghati sectors, the officials said.
The incident happened late Tuesday, prompting a search operation to ensure that there was no airdropping of weapons or narcotics by the drone, they said.
The operation was on when the last reports were received, they added.
The troops also opened fire after obse... | |
| | | | Terrorist aide arrested in Sopore | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 28: Security forces arrested a terrorist aide in North Kashmir’s Sopore town, police said on Wednesday.
The arrest was made a day after Lashkar-e-Taiba’s terrorist associate was arrested in the neighbouring Baramulla district.
Police said, “Terrorist associate Arif Hussain Bhat of Mundji Bomai Sopore, who was in constant contact with terrorist handlers across the border, was apprehended following information by Sopore Police along with the Army’s 22 Rashtriya Rifles and 179 battalion CRPF.”
“During questioning, the subject admitted his terrorist links, and based on his disclosure, a live hand grenade was recovered,” police said.
Accordingly, a case ... | |
| | | | Kashmir braces up for major snowfall: MeT | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 28: Kashmir Valley is bracing for a major snowfall tomorrow that may disrupt surface and air transport, officials said on Wednesday.
The Meteorological Centre Srinagar has already issued an advisory in view of the forecast of heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, cautioning about the disruption of surface and air transport.
The weather will remain partly cloudy with light snow over isolated higher reaches on Wednesday.
The MeT centre said an active Western disturbance is most likely to affect J&K and adjoining areas from February 29 evening/night onwards and can cause widespread moderate rain/snow in Jammu and Kashmir night/early morning of March 1 an... | |
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