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| NC wants Assembly elections, with or without statehood ! | | Kissa Kursi Ka! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 19: Even as the National Conference, President and Member Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah heads the so called Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration which seeks the “restoration of the special status” of Jammu and Kashmir, the NC is willing contest Assembly elections even without the restoration of the statehood. A senior NC leader while speaking at a civil society meeting in Delhi said his party was ready for Assembly elections even if statehood is not restored before that.
“Elections need to be held in (Jammu and Kashmir) whether the statehood is restored after the elections of before that,” the NC leader said.
Some other politicians from Jammu and Kashmir and members of the civil society were also present at the event held in the national capital.
Interestingly the NC leader did speak about the demand for the restoration of the so called special status but didn’t link with the Assembly elections. The development has taken place at a time when some of the political rivals of the NC have been claiming that the “grand old party was softening its ... | |
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| Apart from terrorism, weather another challenge during this year’s Amarnath Yatra | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 19: As the nation is witnessing extreme weather conditions during the last three successive years due to climate change, authorities have taken preventive steps to face the challenge of inclement weather in the forthcoming most revered Amarnath Yatra.
In the year 2022, some devotees lost their lives in the flash flood which occurred due to cloud burst near the holy cave.
While reviewing preparness for the coming Yatra, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha also took stock of the works taken up by the Irrigation and Flood Control department. The Lt Governor directed for higher resource mobilization and increasing the manpower to ensure the completion of all rel... | |
| | | | LG Sinha chairs high level meeting to review preparedness | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 19: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high level meeting today to take stock of the preparedness of departments and concerned agencies for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra.
The meeting was attended by Sh Shaleen Kabra, Principal Secretary, Jal Shakti
Department; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, CEO, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board; Lt General Rajiv Ghai, GOC 15 Corps; Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, senior officials of SASB, BRO and representat... | |
| | | | Northern Army Commander reviews Amarnath Yatra preparations | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 19: Northern Army Commander Lt General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday reviewed the ongoing preparations for the Amarnath Yatra 2023 that will commence on July 1 for a duration of two months, a Defence press release said.
Lt Col Devender Anand, Public Relations Officer,
Defence Jammu said the Amarnath Yatra takes place annually via two routes i.e. southern route through Baltal in Ganderbal and the northern route through Pahalgam in Anantnag district.
“The Army Commander inspected the arrangements on both the routes where he was briefed on the multi-tiered security arrangements to include night domination through night vision devices, snipers, drone systems, b... | |
| | | | IAF helicopters to provide aerial security | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 19: For the first time, the helicopters of Indian Air Force (IAF) will be seen hovering at the cave shrine of Shri Amarnath during the annual 62-day long pilgrimage starting from July 1 and concluding on August 30 on Raksha Bandhan festival.
“As three-tier security arrangements are being put in place during the yatra, the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the first time will also play a key role in augmenting the security sector besides acting as rescue machines at the time of any urgency,” official sources said.
Sources added that expecting a heavy rush of pilgrims during the Yatra this year, the administration has made adequate arrangements including infrastru... | |
| | | | Vietnam important pillar of India’s ‘Act East Policy’: Prez Murmu | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, June 19: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said Vietnam is an important pillar of India’s Act East policy and a key partner of the country’s Indo-Pacific Vision.
Welcoming Vietnamese Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang, who called on Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, she said the two countries share a rich history of civilisational and cultural linkages spanning over 2,000 years.
The president said Vietnam is an important pillar of India’s Act East policy and a “key partner of our Indo-Pacific Vision”, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement.
Murmu said the India-Vietnam ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ has widened the range of bilateral collabora... | |
| | | | Hot, humid weather to prevail in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 19: Hot and humid weather conditions to prevail during the next six days in Jammu and Kashmir, Met officials said on Monday.
The meteorological department predicts hot and humid weather to continue for the next six days in Jammu and Kashmir with 60 per cent chances of light to moderate rain coupled with thunder and lightning likely at scattered to fairly widespread places.
It said the weather mainly remains dry, but a brief spell of Shower or thunderstorm mainly towards late
afternoon or evening can’t be ruled out till June 23.
Overall except hot and humid weather there is no forecast of any major rainfall this week, the MeT office said.
Srinagar, ... | |
| | | | To hide its goof-ups JKBOSE removes class 12th revised results from website | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 19: After exposure of the blunder committed by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education in compiling the final results of Class 12th, authorities started a damage control exercise to hide their mistakes.
Instead of addressing brewing discontentment among students, the JK BOSE authorities on Monday removed two notifications that were issued on June 12 to rectify mistakes in the class 12th results.
The notifications issued on June 12 were available on the official website of J&K BOSE www.jkbose.nic.in till Sunday evening but now these notifications are mysteriously removed from the official website.
As reported by this newspaper in its Monday editio... | |
| | | | Groundwork being done to make India a developed country by 2047: Rajnath Singh | | | | Agencies
DEHRADUN, June 19: India is witnessing economic, social, cultural and political empowerment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, with groundwork being laid for the country to become a developed nation by 2047, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday.
Speaking at an event here on the theme “Swarnim Bhavishya”, Singh asserted that the steps taken by the government in the last few years have ensured the country’s holistic development, social cohesion and re-connected people with the nation’s rich cultural heritage.
“India is well on course to soon become one of the leading defence exporters from an importer. We are building a strong and self-reliant India which ... | |
| | | | Ravi Sinha appointed RAW chief | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, June 19: Senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha was on Monday appointed as the chief of the country’s external spy agency RAW, succeeding Samant Kumar Goel who will complete his four-year tenure on June 30, an official order said.
Sinha, a 1988 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, is currently Special Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Sinha’s appointment as Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for a tenure of two years, the order issued by the Ministry of Personnel said.
Sinha has been with the prestigious intelligence agency for over two decades.
He was heading the operationa... | |
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