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| Drug peddlers’ assault cops with sharp edged weapons, 6 injured | | Repeated attacks on policemen expose powerful connections of criminals | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 2: Within days after family members of notorious female drug peddler Jano Bibi made an abortive attempt to take her away from police custody without any fear, a group of cops was severely beaten by another gang of drug mafia in the Sarore Add area of Samba district.
On Thursday evening, a group of drug traffickers attacked a team of police that had gone to conduct patrolling in a narcotic hotspot in Vijaypur. Without any fear, drug traffickers resorted to attacking cops with shard-edged weapons and roads.
Six cops were injured, including one of them seriously, in the attack.
Two successive attacks on cops by the dreaded drug traffickers have exposed the helplessness of the policemen in dealing with this menace.
Shockingly, one of the cops was seriously injured in the attack by drug traffickers who have links at higher levels.
Highly placed sources said that the helpless cops have failed to create any fear among the notorious but influential drug lords who have political and bureaucratic connections.
“It was all due to higher level connections ... | |
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| With great power comes great responsibility: Rajnath Singh | | ‘Government of India working hard to build developed India by 2047’ | | | Agencies
New Delhi, June 2: With great power comes great responsibility, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday quoting a famous dialogue from Hollywood blockbuster “Spiderman” to emphasise that India’s responsibility will increase in sync with its rising global stature.
In an address at an event, Singh said he envisioned a developed India that ensures that universal values like democracy, religious freedom, dignity and world peace are established across the globe.
The defence minister said the government is working to build a developed India by 2047, focusing on almost all sectors of the country.
“India is not an emerging but a resurgent power which is regaining its place on t... | |
| | | | Terrorist killed in Rajouri forests: Army | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 2: A terrorist has been killed in a brief gunfight with security forces in forest area of Dassal Gujran area of Rajouri district last night, officials said on Friday.
‘Body of one terrorist has been retrieved so far,” defence ministry spokesperson based in Jammu said. Earlier in a statement, Army said that in a joint operation by Indian Army in coordination with JKP, a intelligence based ambushes noticed a suspicious movement in forest area of Dassal Gujran near Rajouri on the night of 01/02 June 2023. It said that that on being challenged by the troops, they were fired upon them, which was retaliated. Sporadic firing continued throughout the night, it s... | |
| | | | Don’t answer calls from unknown numbers: Telecom Minister to people | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, June 2: Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw urged people on Friday to not pick mobilephone calls from “unknown numbers” and asserted that measures taken by the ministry have resulted in a significant reduction in spam calls and cases of cyber frauds.
“People should never pick calls made from unknown numbers. I request every citizen that they should respond to calls from only (telephone/mobile) those numbers they recognise,” he told reporters. He was responding to a question about spam calls and cyber frauds. Vaishnaw said his ministry had recently launched the ‘Sanchar Saathi’ portal to prevent spam calls and cyber frauds. Over 40 lakh wrong SIMs and 41,000 wrong “p... | |
| | | | MeT predicts more rains, temperature stays below normal | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 2: As intermittent rains continued unabated and the weatherman forecast more wet weather till weekend, night temperature continued to hover below normal in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday.
A meteorological department official here said that intermittent light to moderate rain and thunder and lightning was expected at many places during the next 24 hours. “There is possibility of hailstorm and gusty winds at few places.” On June 3, he said, rain and thunderstorm was expected at isolated to scattered places towards late afternoon and evening.
From June 4-10, he said, mainly dry weather was expected but a brief spell of shower and thunders... | |
| | | | Amarnath Yatra track to be ready by June 15 | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 2: The Border Road Organisation (BRO) will complete the maintenance works on the Amarnath Yatra track by June 15, officials said on Friday.
The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, will begin on July 1 and continue till August 31.
The scope of BRO’s work includes snow clearance, widening of the track, restoration of all footbridges, fixing of handrails and construction of break walls, among others, they said.
The Yatra track from Baltal to the Holy Cave was earlier maintained by the Public Works Department, Jammu and Kashmir, and the one from Chandanwari to the Hol... | |
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