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| Election Commission issues notification for 6th phase | | |  NEW DELH, Apr 29: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday issued a notification for the Sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, which will take place on May 25 in 57 constituencies across six states and one Union Territory.
This phase will witness polling for 57 Lok Sabha seats across six states and one Union Territory, including Bihar, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and New Delhi. According to the poll body’s notification, the last date for making nominations is ... | |
| | | | Slain VDG member laid to rest; leaves behind 5 minor daughters | | |  Early Times Report
UDHAMPUR, Apr 29: Village Defence Guard (VDG) Mohd Sharief, who lost his life in a gunfight with terrorists, was laid to rest amid pouring rain at his ancestral village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Monday, with mourners demanding a relief package for proper rehabilitation of his five minor daughters, wife and mother.
Sharief (47) was killed when a group of terrorists, who have recently infiltrated from across the border, attacked a joint patrolling party of... | |
| | | | VDGs want automatic weapons, enhanced allowances to fight terror | | |  Early Times Report
Basantgarh (J&K), Apr 29: Village Defence Guards (VDGs), mostly armed with .303 rifles and bolt action rifles, are highly determined to safeguard their villages from the threat posed by Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and wants the government to equip them with automatic weapons along with enhanced remuneration to take on terrorists effectively.
The VDGs, earlier known as Village Defense Committees (VDCs), were formed in the Jammu region in 1995 to offer self-defence capabil... | |
| | | | Search operation to track down terrorists underway | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 29: A massive search operation to track down and neutralise two groups of terrorists in the dense forests of Basantgarh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district entered the second day on Monday. A village Defence Guard (VDG) was killed in a brief encounter with terrorists in remote Panara village in Chochru Gala heights early Sunday, following which the hunt was launched by the police, army and CRPF.
The operation is on and there was no fresh contact with the fleeing terrorists. Additional forces have moved in this morning to intensify the efforts to track down and neutralise the terrorists,” a police official said.
Additional Director General of Police, J... | |
| | | | Fear of loss making some parties seek postponement of polls: Farooq | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 29: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday claimed that the fear of loss was making some parties seek postponement of elections in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat.
“There was a massive flood in Kashmir in 2014, the destruction was widespread. We asked to postpone the elections at that time. Did they defer it? What is the compulsion now? “They can see their defeat and because of the fear they want to defer the elections. Let them defer, we wi... | |
| | | | DG NIA visits PHQ Jammu; interacts with DGP, senior officers | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 29: The Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Sadanand Vasant Date today visited Police Headquarters J&K at Jammu where he held a detailed interaction with Director General of Police J&K R.R Swain and other senior officers.
During the interaction, the officers underlined to further strengthen the collaborative efforts in investigations to combat terrorism and counter the support structures that aids and abets such
nefarious activities and t... | |
| | | | Landslides block Jmu-Sgr highway | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 29: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed Monday following multiple landslides triggered by rains that lashed wide parts of Jammu and Kashmir overnight, officials said.
The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by landslides at Mehar, Gangroo, Mom Passi and Kishtwari Pather in Ramban district.
The rains are continuing, hampering restoration works, they said, advising commuters to avoid journey on the highway till it is cleared of the debris.
Mughal road, an alternate route linking Poonch and Rajouri districts in Jammu with south Kashmir’s Shopian district, remained closed for the third day owing ... | |
| | | | KPDCL issues advisory for XEns | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 29: After a detailed review of the ongoing weather conditions by the Chief Secretary, the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has issued an advisory and specific directions to all Executive Engineers (XENs). This action is intended to manage the impact of the heavy rainfall effectively.... | |
| | | | NET postponed to June 18 | | | | NEW DELHI, Apr 29: The National Eligibility Test (NET) has been rescheduled to avoid a clash with the UPSC preliminary exam and will now be conducted on June 18, UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar announced on Monday. Earlier, the exam was scheduled to be held on June 16.
“The National Testing Agency and UGC have decided to shift the UGC-NET from 16 June (Sunday) to 18 June 2024
(Tuesday) because of feedback received from candidates about the exam clashing with UPSC prelims. NTA will conduct UGC-NET in OMR mode across India on a single day,” Kumar said.
UGC-NET is an exam to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for the “award of Junior Research Fellowship and appointment as assista... | |
| | | | Gagangeer accident: Another body retrieved, toll 5 | | | | Early Times Report
Ganderbal, Apr 29: Another body was retrieved on Monday morning from Nallah Sindh in Kullan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after an accident occurred in Gagangeer, Sonamarg, taking the total death toll to five.On Sunday evening, at least four persons were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident near Gagangeer, Sonamarg. “Among the missing two people, one body has been retrieved while the efforts are on to trace another body,” an official said.The body has been taken to PHC Sonamarg for legal medical formalities and identification... | |
| | | | Avalanche hits Sonamarg | | | | Early Times Report
GANDERBAL, Apr 29: An avalanche struck the Sarbal area of Sonamarg in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday.
No casualties or financial losses were reported since the avalanche struck the Sonamarg area on the forest side, thus resulting in no damage, said officials.
Visuals show Project Beacon of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) conducting a snow-clearing operation at the site.
Project Beacon is the oldest initiative of the BRO, which was launched in the 1960s.
It oversees the development and maintenance of vital road infrastructure in key Kashmir regions, including the Zojila Pass, which connects Drass with the Kashmir valley.
Project Beacon’s respons... | |
| | | | SC refuses plea seeking postponement of CA exams | | | | NEW DELHI, Apr 29: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking postponement of certain papers of the Chartered Accountancy (CA) exams scheduled for May on account of the Lok Sabha polls.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has not fixed the examination on election dates.
It noted that the general elections to the Lok
Sabha are to be held on May 7 and 13 and no exam has been scheduled for May 6 and May 12.
Altering the examination date would disrupt the extensive arrangements already in place for the conduct of the examination and it could result in “gr... | |
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