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BJP leaders ‘inactive on ground’ to face action

3/12/2023 10:26:14 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 12: Amid complaints that some of the leaders of the Bharatiya Janta Party from Kashmir were “only busy behaving like VIPs and being inactive on the ground”, the party is set to initiate action against the alleged deadwood. Sources said the party is likely to sent show cause notices on this front to some of the “prominent leaders” especially from Kashmir region who are accused of not being connected to the grassroots. A source in the party said there was a growing dissent against such politicians, including two from central Kashmir, “who are neither doing any ground work for the party nor are benefitting the party.” “One of them behaves like a VIP even ...

Brutal murder of young doctor by lover

Justice for Sumeda” campaign intensifies in Jammu

3/12/2023 10:26:09 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 12: Even as police have started an investigation into the gruesome murder of Dr. Sumeda Sharma, the campaign for justice for the killed doctor has been intensified in Jammu city. A large number of people gathered at Janipur Chowk and took out candle light process in memory of Dr. Sumeda Sharma, who was brutally murdered by her lover Dr. Johar Ganai, son of Mehmood Ganai, a resident of Bhaderwah and presently living in Pomposh Colony of Janipur area of the city. Slogans “Dr. Sumeda Ko Insaaf Do” rented in the air as enraged residents demanded justice for the victim doctor. In a horrific incident, a 26-year-old dentist was brutally murdered by her male fr...

Villagers lock down Govt school, teacher found drunk

3/12/2023 10:25:55 PM

Early Times Report Doda, Mar 12: The residents of a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda locked down a government primary school after a teacher was found in an inebriated condition during working hours. A video of the incident that happened in Chanti village on Saturday surfaced on social media, prompting authorities to initiate an inquiry against the accused. According to the villagers, the accused teacher Bikram Singh had asked some students to get a glass for him to have alcohol inside the school. Singh, in an inebriated condition, created a ruckus on being confronted by the villagers, village head Gajoth Panchayat Devinder Kotwal said. A few more bottles of alcohol were recov...

Govt seeks peoples’ feedback on proposed Property Tax

3/12/2023 10:25:49 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 12: As the proposal of the Union Territory administration to impose Property Tax in urban areas has snowballed into a big political issue, the government has sought feedback from the general public over the proposed tax. A notice issued by the Housing & Urban Development has sought suggestions and comments from the general public over the imposition of Property Tax in Jammu & Kashmir. “The UT of Jammu & Kashmir is imposing a levy of Property Tax on residential houses/apartments, commercial establishments, within the municipal areas from April 01, 2023, in terms of two notifications issued by the H&UDD on February 21”, the notice reads. “Any suggest...

JKSSB to install jammers outside examination centres

3/12/2023 10:25:41 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 12: Facing criticism for hiring a black-listed company to conduct written exams, the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) has decided to take some effective steps to ensure fairness and transparency in coming examinations for different posts. First-time the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB)-the nodal agency for conducting recruitments, has decided to install jammers in the examination centres for free and fair conduct of tests. The JKSSB has also resorted to Third Party Audits of Computer Centres. Maintaining that the credibility of centers was the vital factor in ensuring the conduct of fair and transparent examinations, sen...

Banihal-Hingni stretch of USBRL project likely to be completed by June end

3/12/2023 10:23:19 PM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 12: Work on a 23-km stretch from Banihal to Hingni on the prestigious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be completed by the end of June, an official said. The USBRL project is aimed at providing seamless and hassle-free connectivity to Kashmir valley. Out of the total 272-km USBRL project, 161 km was commissioned in phases with first phase of 118-km Qazigund-Baramulla section commissioned in October 2009 followed by 18-km Banihal-Qazigund in June 2013 and 25-km Udhampur-Katra in July 2014. According to Northern Railways, 93 percent work on the under-construction 111-km Banihal-Katra section has b...

PM Modi slams Rahul Gandhi for remarks on democracy

3/12/2023 10:23:13 PM

Agencies Dharwad (K'taka), Mar 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday targeted Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on democracy in the country at an international forum and said no power in the world can harm India's democratic traditions. Without naming Gandhi and referring to the Congress leader's remarks made in London -- that structures of Indian democracy are under "brutal attack", Modi termed it an insult to 12th century social reformer Basaveshwara, the people of Karnataka, India's great traditions and its citizens. The PM's statement is being seen with political significance, as Basaveshwara is highly revered in Karnataka, especially by the dominant Lingayat community who form...

J&K Police stonewalls ISI’s move to woo Kashmiri boys into terror ranks

3/12/2023 10:23:05 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar/New Delhi, Mar 12: Strict action by the Jammu and Kashmir Police has put the brakes on Pakistan’s external spy agency ISI’s method of wooing Kashmiri boys into terror ranks by taking them to the neighbouring country using passport and later infiltrating them into the valley along with mercenaries, officials said on Sunday. Citing interrogation reports of some of the youths arrested after infiltrating into the Union Territory, the officials said the ISI was pressing terrorists to get youths from the valley by any means, be it for educational and religious purpose or social functions. Some of the Kashmiri youths who visited Pakistan through legal channels ...

Centre opposes pleas for validation of same-sex marriage in SC

3/12/2023 10:22:57 PM

Agencies NEW DELHI, Mar 12: The Centre has opposed in the Supreme Court a batch of pleas seeking legal validation of same-sex marriage, saying it would cause a complete havoc with the delicate balance of personal laws and in accepted societal values. It is submitted that despite the decriminalisation of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the petitioners cannot claim a fundamental right for same-sex marriage to be recognised under the laws of the country, it said. In its affidavit, filed before the Supreme Court which is scheduled to hear the matter on Monday, the Centre said the institution of marriage between two individuals of the same gender is neither recognised nor accepted...

Modi Govt’s zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism will continue: Amit Shah

3/12/2023 10:22:51 PM

Agencies HYDERABAD, Mar 12: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that PM Narendra Modi government’s policy of zero-tolerance towards terrorism will continue in the times to come. Speaking at the 54th Raising Day Parade of CISF here, he said separatism, terrorism and anti-national activities in any part of the country will be dealt with firmly. Noting that NDA government has successfully tackled internal security challenges in the last nine years, the union minister affirmed that violence is coming down substantially in Kashmir, while insurgency in Northeast and Left Wing Extremism-affected areas has also reduced and the people’s confidence is increasing. The number of...