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Identifying sleeper cells biggest challenge for security agencies in Poonch, Rajouri 5/6/2023 11:18:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 6: Repeated terror attacks in the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri have forced the security agencies to revisit the policy to identify local contacts providing shelters to Pakistani intruders. Highly placed sources said that Union Government has taken a very serious view of the frequent terror attacks in the Poonch and Rajouri districts which were earlier free from terrorism just a couple of years ago. “Terrorism in revived in this mountainous region comprising two districts with the support of locals who are providing all logistics to Pakistani terrorists carry on attacks on security forces and members of the minority community after repeated intervals”, sources said and added that Union Government has asked security agencies engaged in operations in Jammu region to strengthen its network and single out sleeper cells and over ground workers. After the infamous Dhangri terror attack on January 1, victim families alleged that locals were also involved in providing all information to the terrorists who selectively killed members of the mi...   READ MORE

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‘Please come back, Papa’ 5/6/2023 11:18:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 6: “Why are you not getting up? I don’t want anything, papa. Please come back,” 10-year-old Pawana Chib cried as she stretched out her hand to touch the face of her father, paratrooper Neelam Singh, who lay in a coffin before her on Saturday. Standing next to her, Chib’s mother Vandana is staring in disbelief at her husband’s lifeless face held between her hands before she breaks down. The paratrooper’s seven-year-old son Ankit is also inconsolable. Singh wa...   READ MORE   Rajnath Singh visits Rajouri, reviews security situation 5/6/2023 11:17:44 PM Agencies New Delhi, May 6: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday took stock of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir's border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, where terrorists have killed 35 people, including 26 soldiers, in eight attacks since October 2021. The visit of the defence minister to Rajouri comes a day after five elite para commandos of the army were killed during an anti-terrorist operation in the forested Kandi area of the district. Singh, accompanied by Army chief General Manoj Pande and Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, reached Ace of Spades Division headquarters in Rajouri after a brief stopover in Jammu, also interacting with the troops engaged in...   READ MORE   Northern Army Commander reaches ground zero, gunfight resumes in Rajouri 5/6/2023 11:17:34 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 6: As gunfight between trapped terrorists and security forces resumed late midnight, Northern Command Army Commander, Lieutenant General, Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday morning reviewed the operational situation at ground zero on the 'Operation Trinetra' ongoing in Kandi belt of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. Army spokesman said that Army Commander, Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi at Ground Zero, reviewed the operational situation on the ongoing operations at Kandi in Rajouri where contact was re-established with terrorists. He was briefed on all aspects of the operations by ground commanders, he added. Earlier, he said that contact again was established wi...   READ MORE   Katra Police misbehaving with family of victim unfortunate: R S Pathania Teenage girl’s mysterious death 5/6/2023 11:17:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 6: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and the party spokesman R S Pathania on Saturday expressed dismay over Police misbehaving with Basant Lal, father of a teenage girl, who was found hanging in a hotel in Katra last month. Talking to Early Times Pathania, who is the former BJP legislator from Ramnagar, said, “It’s the right of the victim’s family to know the cause of death. It’s unfortunate that Katra Police has misbehaved with the family members of the de...   READ MORE   Lashkar militant tasked to carry out major strike killed in Baramulla encounter: Police 5/6/2023 11:16:24 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 6: Security forces shot dead a local militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday, police said. The gunfight broke out at Karhama Kunzer area Baramulla during a cordon and a search operation which was launched by police, Army and CRPF following an input about militant presence. "During the search operation, as the joint search party approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party, which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter. In the ensuing encounter, a local terrorist linked with proscribed terrorist outfit LeT was killed," a police spokesm...   READ MORE   BJP neta supports Sajad Lone, opens ‘Pandora’s Box of troubles’ in Kashmir politics 5/6/2023 11:16:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 6: In the wake of war of words between the National Conference and the Peoples Conference, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janta Party has come to the rescue of the PC President, Sajad Lone only to face fury of the other group opening “Pandora’s Box” of troubles in the political circles of Kashmir. In the recent interview, Lone had said that Bharatiya Janta Party and the National Conference would form the next government. “Each word said by @sajadlone is truth and facts are mentioned in all Kashmir secret files,” the BJP leader said on the social media. The BJP leader said he had worked with Lone from 2002 to 2007. “I personally know how his family an...   READ MORE   SIU searches house of active Hizb terrorist wanted in killing of non local labourers in 2019 5/6/2023 11:16:09 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 6: Jammu and Kashmir Police's Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Saturday conducted searches in the house of an active militant of Hizbul Mujahideen in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said. They said the searches were carried in the residential premises of Abdul Gani Bhat, father of active militant Farooq Ahmad Bhat alias Nali, at Chek Desen Yaripora in a case pertaining to the killing of five non-local labourers at Katrosa Kulgam in 2019. Police said Farooq Bhat is an active militant of Hizb and is wanted in many terror related cases. "The searches were conducted after designated Special Judge Under NIA ACT, Kulgam issued a search warr...   READ MORE   11 Injured Kulgam accident 5/6/2023 11:16:02 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 6: At least 12 people were injured after their vehicle overturned on the Khudwani bypass road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. The passengers, all tourists, and the vehicle’s driver have been admitted to a hospital and their condition has been stated to be stable, they said. The officials said a case has been registered....   READ MORE   Bhagwat to visit Gujarat for RSS training camp 5/6/2023 11:15:57 PM Agencies Mumbai, May 6: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat will be on a five-day visit to Gujarat from Monday for the 'Sangh Shiksha Varg' training camp for volunteers, the RSS said. Bhagwat will be in Vadodara between May 8-12. He will guide volunteers at the Sangh Shiksha Varg training camp for the western region covering the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa, the Sangh said in a statement on Saturday. Three training camps will be organised in Gujarat with the participation of volunteers from south and north Gujarat as well as senior-level volunteers from Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa. The first-year camp will be organised at Kamrej in Surat district and Chandrala ...   READ MORE

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