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| Babus under scanner for using ‘village link’ to help conman Kiran Patel | | Mera Gaon Mera Desh? | | | Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 1: Even as the Gujarati conman, Kiren Patel continues to be detained at the Srinagar central jail for posing to be a senior official at the Prime Minister’s Office, two officials in the Jammu and Kashmir administration are accused of helping “him out the most” to get Z+ security.
Sources said one of the officers who heads a south Kashmir district was first to get in touch with the conman who sought security for his trips to the valley.
Sources said Patel had told the official, who is in civil administration that he wanted security cover for his “confidential visits”. The sources said to make “friends with Patel hoping that that latter would help him get plum posting”, the official had contacted a police officer who hails from his native village.
Sources said the official in the civil administration had assured Patel that the police officer, who works in the security wing would “do the needful and quite confidentially as both of them hail from the same village in Jammu region.”
“He comes from my village and knows me very ... | |
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| Cong annoyed over NC’s role in opposing disqualification of Rahul Gandhi | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 1: Notwithstanding claims of the opposition parties to bring all non-BJP parties on the same platform before elections, opposition unity efforts seem to be shattered as Congress is not happy with the stand taken by the National Conference against the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi.
There is a feeling among the Congress leaders that instead of taking a tough stand against the government, the NC leadership has half-heartedly opposed the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as a member of the Lok Sabha.
Sources said that J&K Congress leadership was expecting that like national level, all non-BJP parties should join hands to oppose the disqualification of Ra... | |
| | | | Worries ahead for Yasin Malik as eye-witness ready to identify killers of four IAF personnel | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 1: Worries ahead for jailed the chairman of the proscribed terror outfit Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik as one of the eye-witnessed who appeared today was ready to identify those who were involved in the killings of four unarmed Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel in 1990.
Although the Court deferred the identification by eyewitnesses of this case, Yasin Malik is likely to be convicted in the killing of unarmed IAF personnel.
CBI chief prosecutor Monika said that the identification was deferred due to the non-availability of some of the accused in the court here even as one of the two eye-witnesses who turned up for cross-examinati... | |
| | | | HC directs Govt to issue death certificates of missing Honzar cloudburst tragedy victims | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 1: High Court of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh has directed the government to issue death certificates to two victims who went missing after the Honzar cloudburst tragedy in Dachhan village of Kishtwar District.
The High Court directed Divisional Commissioner Jammu to consider the case of the petitioners praying for issuance of death certificates who lost their father and mother in unfortunate cloudburst incident that took place in Honzar village of Dachhan in Kishtwar District during intervening night of 27/28 July 2021 claiming lives of more than two dozen people along with the parents of the petitioners whose dead bodies were not recovere... | |
| | | | PM Modi reviews operational readiness of armed forces | | Combined Commanders' Conference | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed India's security challenges and operational readiness of the armed forces to deal with them at a key conclave of top commanders from the army, navy and air force in Bhopal.
The defence ministry said Modi called upon the three services to stay ready to deal with the new and emerging threats, emphasising that all steps are being taken to equip the armed forces with necessary weapons and technologies.
It is learnt that India's security challenges along the frontier with China and ways to deal with cross-border terrorism from Pakistan were among the key issues that figured at the annual Combined Commanders' Co... | |
| | | | India exported military hardware worth Rs 15,920 cr in 2022-23: Rajnath | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 1: India's defence exports reached an all-time high of Rs 15,920 crore in the financial year 2022-2023, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday describing the rise as a remarkable achievement.
The country's defence exports in 2021-22 was Rs 12,814 crore, according to official data.
"India's defence exports have reached an all-time high of Rs 15,920 crore in FY 2022-2023.
It is a remarkable achievement for the country," Singh said on Twitter.
"Under the inspiring leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi, our defence exports will continue to grow exponentially," he said.
India exported military hardware worth Rs 8,434 crore in 2020-21, Rs 9,115 crore ... | |
| | | | BSF firing pushes back Pak drone along IB in Jammu | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 1: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday said its troops opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border in Jammu, forcing it to retreat.
A massive search operation is underway to ensure no weapons or narcotics were airdropped by the drone, a BSF spokesperson said.
"A blinking light (of a suspected drone) was observed around 12:15 am (Saturday) on the IB in the night in the general area of Ramgarh. Alert troops fired towards the blinking light due to which it (drone) was forced to return," he said.
He said the area was being searched thoroughly.
Official sources said over two dozen rounds were fired by the BSF in the... | |
| | | | Rains lash J&K, more in offing | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 1: Rains lashed most parts of Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours, Meteorological (MeT) officials said.
The MeT said intermittent rain with snowfall over higher reaches is very likely to continue at most places of J&K on Saturday.
The data issued by MeT said that the summer capital Srinagar recorded 5.2 mm rains. Kokarnag in south Kashmir's Anantnag district received 9 mm of rain in the last 24 hours.
The winter capital Jammu recorded 13.7 mm rains.
The MeT predicted cloudy and wet weather for the next five days.
It said weather is likely to remain partly to generally cloudy on Sunday and there is a possibility of a brief spell of rain or thunde... | |
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