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| Despite re-joining Cong, ex-Azad loyalists struggle to regain lost positions | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 21: Over two and half months have been passed after their re-joining in the Congress party but the incumbent leaders of the party are not ready to allow former loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad to actively participate in activities of the party.
Tara Chand, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, Thakur Balwan Singh and other senior, who “ditched” their political mentor Ghulam Nabi Azad, are finding it difficult to get back the positions which they were enjoying before quitting the Congress party.
Despite directions from the high command to properly accommodate these ex-loyalists of Azad, the present leadership of the J&K Congress, is not ready to accept them.
Notably, at least seventeen loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad, including two political stalwarts who were expelled from the Democratic Azad Party (DAP), rejoined the Congress party in New Delhi on January 6, 2023.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand along with former J&K Congress chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, ex-MLA Thakur Balwan Singh, and others re-joined the Congress party.
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| Dubious role of AAP regime: HC criticizes Punjab Govt for its inability to arrest Amritpal Singh | | | |
Agencies
Chandigarh, Mar 21: Amid wild allegations that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government helped pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh to give a slip to the police, Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday lambasted the state government for its failure to arrest the “fugitive” leader.
Directing the Punjab Government to file a status report about police operations launched to nab the radical leader, the Bench of Justice NS Shekhawat took the Punjab government to task for its inability to apprehend Amritpal Singh, leader of the “Waris Punjab De” outfit, who is on the run for the past four days.
The Court was was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the preacher’s legal advisor, Ima... | |
| | | | NIA arrests freelance journalist in Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 21: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Kashmiri freelancer journalist in an alleged terror funding case, official sources said.
They said Irfan Mehraj, an independent journalist and researcher based in Srinagar, was arrested by NIA on Monday evening in a FIR registered at NIA police station New Delhi in which human rights activist Khurram Parvez was arrested in 2021. Irfan was formerly a researcher with Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), a prominent rights group headed by Khurram.
Irfan has been shifted to Delhi, the sources said.
NIA has not issued any statement on the arrest.
Irfan's work has appeared in TRT World an... | |
| | | | In one year, MHA designates 23 individuals as terrorists under UAPA | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Mar 21: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said 23 individuals have been designated as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the last one year.
“23 individuals have been designated as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; 1967 during 2022 and 2023 till date,” Rai told Lok Sabha in reply to a question by BJP Lok Sabha MP Bhagirath Choudhary.
Rai further said their names have been added to the Fourth Schedule of the Act. The listed individuals include members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front, Khalistan Tiger Force, Babbar Khalsa Interna... | |
| | | | Vaishno Devi Bhawan ready to welcome Navratras, pilgrims | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 21: Adorned with thousands of multi-hued flowers, the holy shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi is all set to host pilgrims expected to visit the shrine in large numbers during the ensuing nine-day Navratras beginning from March 22.
The Bhawan is nestled in Trikuta Hills of Katra town in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Notably, before commencement of Navratra, the Chairman, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, already dedicated a five-storey Durga Bhawan to the pilgrims on March 18.
The building has provision to accommodate 3000 pilgrims on a daily basis, bound to give a new shape and structure to the comforts and conve... | |
| | | | Struggle for restoration of J&K people’s rights not confined to any region, religion: Dr Farooq | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 21: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member of the Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said that the ongoing “struggle for the restoration of rights” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir is not associated with any particular religion, and region.
He was addressing public and workers delegations who called on him at his residence in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar, according to a party statement.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said that “we are fighting forces who are trying to break the pluralistic culture of our region”. “We can fight these challenges if we all do our bit. These forces have long be... | |
| | | | Weak J&K not in country’s interest: Azad | | | |
Early Times Report
Banihal/Jammu, Mar 21: Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir is living under the shadow of China and Pakistan, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday castigated the central government for “illegally removing” Article 370 in 2019 and said a “weak J and K” is not in the interest of the nation.
Addressing a well-attended public rally in Banihal — the hometown of Pradesh Congress Committee president Vikar Rasool Wani along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, Azad said he wants the country to prosper and move forward in the path of development, taking along Jammu and Kashmir.
“I have returned to J-K as the situation became worse here af... | |
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