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Amid record tourism in Kashmir, Modi Govt makes Pak bite dust internationally 3/13/2023 11:39:33 PM Sanjay Pandita Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: With the abrogation of the so-called special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the Modi government has been able to cut Pakistan to its size as the enemy country has started biting dust over its “international conspiracies” against Kashmir, which continues to witness record breaking tourism. Recently the Pakistan`s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari admitted that Islamabad has been unable to get Kashmir to the “centre” of the UN agenda and India`s diplomacy is able to scuttle its efforts. “We face a particularly uphill task to try and get Kashmir onto the centre of the agenda at the United Nations,” he recently told the reporters. Observers look at the Pakistani statement as surrender of its international conspiracies against Kashmir due to the bold decisions taken by the Modi government since August 5, 2019. Whereas the Modi government had already stopped separatist appeasement by banning outfits like Jamaat e Islami and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, the strict action against terrorism has only come to the benefit of th...   READ MORE

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JKAS officer placed under suspension 3/13/2023 11:39:26 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 13: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday suspended Jammu Kashmir Administrative Officer (JKAS) officer, Abdul Rashid Dass with immediate effect. According to an order, Abdul Rashid Dass, JKAS, Assistant Commissioner (Development), Bandipora is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect for unauthorized absence/proceeding on leave without approval of the competent Authority. “The said officer shall immediately report to the Secretary in the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj at Srinagar and remain attached with him during the period of enquiry,” the order reads....   READ MORE   ISIS Kerala module case: NIA conducts search in Srinagar 3/13/2023 11:39:17 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 13: The National Investigation Agency on Monday conducted a search in Srinagar in connection with ISIS Kerala module case, officials said. NIA said that the house of Uzair Azhar Bhat of Karfali Mohalla, Srinagar, who is suspected to have been part of the ISIS conspiracy, was raided and searched by the sleuts of the anti terror agency. In 2021, the NIA had started investigations into activities of Mohammed Ameen alias Abu Yahya, a resident of Kadannamanna, Mallapuram Kerala, who had been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms, such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram, they said. “Through these channels, he was propagating...   READ MORE   SIU attaches house of accused involved in terror activities 3/13/2023 11:39:08 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 13: Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Monday attached a house of an accused involved in alleged militant activities in Anantnag Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Officials said the house of Mohammad Ishaq Malik of Dhanwetehpora Kokernag who was allegedly involved in the militant activities was attached by the SIU Anantnag under section 25 UAP Act. The attachment was done in presence of the Executive Magistrate, they said. SIU went to the specific location with a posse of security men and pasted the notice of attachment on the house in the presence of local Sarpanches, Panches and Chowkidars. According to the notice, ...   READ MORE   Centre unveils Rs 1,18,500 cr Budget for J&K Rs 41,491 crore for development expenditure; Rs 77,009 crore for revenue expenditure 3/13/2023 11:39:00 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 13: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday unveiled Rs 1,18,500 crore budget for Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory for the next financial year. As per documents laid in the Parliament today, the total budget estimates for the fiscal is Rs. 1,18,500 crore, of which developmental expenditure is of the order of Rs. 41,491 crore. “The capital component of the budget has increased substantially. The expected revenue receipts are Rs 1,06,061 crore whereas Revenue expenditure is expected to be Rs 77,009 crore, thereby making available revenue surplus for capital expenditure to the tune of Rs 29,052 crore,” reads the budget document. This was the fourth...   READ MORE   AC approves land transfer for different public purposes 3/13/2023 11:38:38 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 13: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposals of different departments for transfer of land for various public purposes. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&Kand Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari attended the meeting. The Administrative Council transferred land in favour of Power Development Department for augmentation of power supply in different areas. The AC transferred 42 Kanal 15 Marla situated at village Pohrupeth, Tehsil Langate, District Kupwarafor construct...   READ MORE   Centre gives Rs 1,800 cr more to 5 states as disaster relief fund 3/13/2023 11:38:32 PM Agencies New Delhi, Mar 13: The central government on Monday approved ₹ 1,816.162 crore of additional central assistance to Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Meghalaya and Nagaland as they faced natural disasters like floods, landslides and cloudburst in 2022. A high-level committee, chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, took the decision showing the resolve of the central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help the people of the five States who faced these natural disasters, said a Home Ministry statement. Additional central assistance will be provided to these states under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). Of the total central assistan...   READ MORE   LeT hideout busted, war like stores recovered in Anantnag 3/13/2023 11:38:26 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 13: Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday busted a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant hideout and recovered war like stores including arms and ammunition in Anantnag district. Police in a statement said that during the intervening night of March 12 and 13, on the basis of a specific input developed over a period of time by Anantnag Police, a joint Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) along with army’s 1Rashtriya Rifles (RR) was launched in Rakh Momin Dangi area of Bijbehara. The search in the area led to busting of a LET hideout and subsequent recovery of a huge cache of arms, ammunition and other war like stores. The recovery includes Improvised Explosive Devi...   READ MORE

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