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| Amid reports of ECI’s visit, BJP starts preparing panels of potential candidates | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 12: Amid reports of the possible visit of the Election Commission of India to Jammu and Kashmir, BJP has started an exercise to prepare panels of potential candidates.
Highly placed sources said that the BJP high command has asked state unit to prepare panels of three potential candidates for each of the assembly seats of J&K.
“It has been clearly directed to the state unit that panels should not be comprised of less than three candidates for each Parliamentary seat”, the BJP leader said, adding, “party will field candidates on all 90 assembly seats of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir”.
“Decision to repeat or replace the MLAs who won 2014 assembly elections of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir will be taken by the high command”, sources said and added that the only task assigned to the state unit is to prepare panels of potential candidates for all
Reports said that reports of the visit of ECI likely this month has raised hopes of political parties that assembly polls in the Union territory could be held this year.
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| Amit Shah to review J&K’s security situation in New Delhi today | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 12: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, sources said.
Shah will be given a detailed presentation on the prevailing law and order situation in J-K by security officials of the central government and the union territory administration.
The situation along the Line of Control and International Border, infiltration bids from across the border and attempts to target minority community members are expected to be discussed at the meeting in Delhi, sources said.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh and other seni... | |
| | | | NEP caters to needs of modern, developed India: PM Modi | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the new National Education Policy is implemented keeping in mind the requirements of modern and developed India.
He also said the policy emphasises the holistic development of children, knowledge, skills, culture, and promotion of Indian values.
"The Central government has implemented the new National Education Policy (NEP) keeping in view the requirements of modern and developed India," the prime minister said in a video message while addressing a programme for newly-inducted teachers in the Madhya Pradesh capital.
Modi said the campaign to provide government jobs to the youth in Madhya Pradesh is going o... | |
| | | | 4 Army jawans killed in firing at Bathinda Military Station | | 2 unidentified persons booked | | | Agencies
BATHINDA/NEW DELHI, Apr 12: Four Army jawans were killed in firing inside a military station in Bathinda in Punjab early Wednesday, with the state police registering a case against two unidentified persons.
The four personnel, in their mid 20s, were sleeping when the firing took place around 4:30 am in a barracks near the officers’ mess in the artillery unit.
A jawan saw two unidentified men in white kurta-pyjama, their faces and heads covered, coming out of the barracks after the firing. One of them was carrying an INSAS rifle and the other an axe, the jawan said, according to the police FIR.
According to “the information we have gathered so far, it is clear that it is not a... | |
| | | | Missing INSAS rifle found | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 12: An INSAS rifle that went missing from the Bathinda Military Station and was suspected to have been used in the killing of four Army personnel early Wednesday morning inside the facility has been found, the Army said.
The four soldiers from an artillery unit were killed in a shooting incident at the station around 4.35 am, the Army said in a statement without mentioning the circumstances and other details relating to the incident.
Army sources said a court of inquiry (CoI) will investigate the entire incident in addition to the ongoing probe by the police with support from the force.
The Punjab Police, citing available inputs, said the incident was not an ... | |
| | | | GoI approves 45 posts for National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa Leh | | | |
Early Times Report
Leh, Apr 12: Government of India (GoI) has approved the creation of 45 new posts for the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa (NISR), Leh Ladakh on various levels.
The union cabinet, under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the establishment of the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa at Leh Ladakh on 20th November 2019.
The creation of 45 new posts is a historic occasion for the Sowa-Rigpa system of medicine, particularly the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa.
Out of the 45 sanctioned posts, 18 are Sowa-Rigpa group (A) posts of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Medical Officer.
Four are for modern Allopathic Doctors and one R... | |
| | | | Mohan Bhagwat to address volunteers in Ahmedabad tomorrow | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 12: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat will address a gathering of volunteers of the organisation at an event on Friday, an RSS official said on Wednesday.
An estimated 15,000 volunteers will gather for the event, "Samajshakti Sangam (confluence of social power)," which is being organised in the run-up to the Nagpur-headquartered RSS' centenary celebrations in 2025, he said.
The programme is being organised at Ahmedabad's GMDC Ground where RSS 'Sarsanghchalak' Bhagwat will address the volunteers in the evening, said the official.
"A self-respecting, self-reliant, powerful India is the dream of all of us. To realize this dream, the creation of... | |
| | | | Robust defence finance system backbone of strong military: Rajnath | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 12: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday batted for a foolproof system of internal and external audit for defence expenditure and called for devising innovative ways to maximise the value of money spent on India's security needs. In an address at a conference, Singh called for judicious use of financial resources and said that the rule of competitive bidding through open tender must be followed in defence procurement.
Reducing chances of corruption and wastage leads to positive public opinion due to the confidence that public money is being spent optimally and prudently and this increases the possibility of greater funding by the legislature, the defenc... | |
| | | | COVID-19: J&K reports 122 new cases | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 12: The Government on Wednesday informed that 122 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 52 from Jammu division and 70 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of active positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 531.
Moreover, 62 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 12 from Jammu Division and 50 from Kashmir Division.
In last 24 hours, 4,137 COVID tests have also been conducted across the UT.
In case of any emergency people can avail free ambulance services 24x7 at their doorsteps by calling on toll-free number 108 while as pregnant women and sick infants can av... | |
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