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Amarnath Tragedy: LG chairs high level meeting to review rescue, relief operations 7/9/2022 11:23:56 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 9: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a high level meeting earlier today to review the ongoing rescue and relief operation at Shri Amarnath ji holy cave. The meeting attended by GoC 15 Corps, ACS Home, Special DG CID, ADGP Kashmir, AOC Air force, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir and senior officials, observed two-minute silence to pay tribute to devotees who lost their lives in the unfortunate incident yesterday. Lt Gen AS Aujla, GoC 15 Corps briefed the Lt Governor about the ongoing rescue efforts at the holy cave. GoC said all the agencies involved in the rescue and relief operation are working in excellent coordination and they are well equipped to clear the debris. The Lt Governor said the effort sh...   READ MORE

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Rescued Yatris salute Indian Army 7/9/2022 11:22:25 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 9: Even as efforts continue to trace out the missing persons after the cloudburst at the pilgrimage, the rescued pilgrims from Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine have thanked the Indian Army for saving their lives. Scores of Yatris who reached back to Pahalgam and Sonamarg base camps have been all praise for the efforts of the Indian Army in particular. A devotee who identified himself as Raj Kumar told the Early Times that he had almost fainted on seeing the death and destruction at the cave shrine, when suddenly a group of Army Jawans came to his rescue. “When everyone was running for cover, and I had given up hope for life, the only men who could be seen ...   READ MORE   Army deploys latest equipment to rescue pilgrims 7/9/2022 11:22:19 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 9: In one of the major peacetime rescue operations, the Indian Army has deployed men and machinery including latest equipment to rescue the Amarnath pilgrims who were injured in the flash flood triggered by heavy rain, an Army official said on Saturday. The rescue team rushed to the site as soon as they received the information about casualties in the cloudburst that occurred on Friday evening, the official said. He said an infantry battalion led by a Colonel along with Quick Reaction Teams, an additional company of personnel from the Rashtriya Rifles Sector and a team from special forces reached the holy cave along with specialized rescue equipmen...   READ MORE   Amarnath flash floods may not be a cloudburst: IMD 7/9/2022 11:22:14 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 9: The India Meteorological Department or IMD has said the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir were due to a highly localised rain event and not due to a cloudburst. According to weather scientists, the shrine reported 31 mm of rainfall between 4:30 pm and 6:30 pm on Friday, which is quite low to be categorised as a cloudburst. "The flash floods could have been triggered due to rainfall in the higher reaches of the mountains near the Amarnath cave shrine," IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. According to the IMD, a rain event is categorised as a cloudburst if a weather station receives 100 mm of rain in one hour...   READ MORE   Farooq Abdullah calls for probe 7/9/2022 11:22:10 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 9: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said the government should order an inquiry to ascertain how tents and community kitchens were set up in a highly-vulnerable area close to the Amarnath cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, which was hit by flash floods on Friday. “We are hopeful that the government will form an inquiry commission to know how it happened and why it happened,” Abdullah told reporters after meeting Yashwant Sinha, the joint opposition candidate for the July 18 presidential polls, here. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister questioned the decision to set up tents and “langar” (community kitchen...   READ MORE   Several Amarnath devotees return home without paying obeisance 7/9/2022 11:22:01 PM Early Times Report Baltal, July 9: It was a case of 'so near yet so far' for several devotees who were waiting for their turn to pay obeisance at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, when the cloudburst swept away everything that came in its way, but had to return without having the glimpse of the naturally formed ice-lingam in south Kashmir Himalayas. The pilgrims had made their way to the base camp established outside the holy cave and were waiting for their turn to have darshan at the evening Aarti (prayer) when the cloudburst struck on Friday at around 5.30 pm. "Only one person managed to have darshan. I couldn't have darshan as we were standing just outside the cave shrine in a ten...   READ MORE   Over 6,000 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath base camps 7/9/2022 11:21:56 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 9: The 11th batch of over 6,000 Amarnath pilgrims left the Jammu city on Saturday for the twin base camps in Kashmir even as the annual pilgrimage to the cave shine in south Kashmir was halted because of the flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall that killed at least 16 people. The 43-day Yatra began on June 30 from the twin routes -- the traditional 48-km from Nunwan in Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag, and the 14-km shorter but steep Baltal route in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir. However, the pilgrimage has been suspended after the flash flood near the cave shrine on Friday evening swept away scores of people, swamping tents and commun...   READ MORE   After SI exam cancelation, voices to probe FAA results become shriller 7/9/2022 11:21:46 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 9: After the cancellation of the recruitment process for Sub-Inspectors of Jammu and Kashmir Police, demand for conducting a probe into Financial Account Assistant (FAA) results gained momentum. As the credibility of the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) is under a cloud after the detection of fraud in Sub-Inspector written examinations, some candidates alleged bungling in FAA tests also. On April 22, 2022, the JKSSB declared the result of the FAA written examination held on March 6, 2022. JKSSB issued notification for 972 posts of FAA in the Finance Department and written exams for the same posts were held on March 22. The OMR-based ob...   READ MORE

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