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Rijiju’s visit aims at retrieving BJP’s lost ground in Ladakh 7/16/2024 11:25:18 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 16: As differences between leaders of Leh and Kargil have widened after the Lok Sabha elections, the visit of Union Minister for Minority and Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju to Ladakh aimed at retrieving BJP’s lost ground in the cold desert. On the one hand, Rijiju participated in some official functions while on the other hand, he addressed the executive committee meeting of Ladakh BJP. Highly placed sources said that the BJP leaders wanted to convey a message to the agitating groups of Ladakh against playing in the hands of the opposition parties, especially the National Conference, which has ditched people of Leh by fielding proxy candidate Haji Haneefa Jan against official candidate of the INDIA alliance Tsering Namgyal. Sources said that the B...   READ MORE

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Captain among 4 Army soldiers martyred in Doda encounter 7/16/2024 11:25:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 16: Four Army personnel, including a captain, lost their lives in a fierce gunfight with heavily armed terrorists of Pakistan-based banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. The fallen soldiers were identified as Captain Brijesh Thapa from Darjeeling, Naik Dokkari Rajesh from Andhra Pradesh, and Sepoys Bijendra and Ajay Kumar Singh from Rajasthan. The encounter, which took place in the dense forests of Doda district late ...   READ MORE   Will avenge death of our soldiers: LG 7/16/2024 11:24:51 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 16: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on security forces in Doda district. The Lt Governor has posted on X: “I am deeply anguished to learn about the cowardly attack on our Army soldiers and JKP personnel in Doda district. Tributes to brave soldiers who made supreme sacrifice protecting our nation. My deepest condolences to members of the bereaved families. We will avenge death of our soldiers & thwart the evil...   READ MORE   Proud of my son: Martyred Army officer’s father 7/16/2024 11:24:40 PM Siliguri (WB), July 16: Colonel Bhuwanesh Thapa (retd), the father of Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was martyred in action in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda, remembered his son and said that he is “proud” that his son has done something for the nation and for the security of the nation. Col. Bhuwanesh Thapa (retd) on Tuesday said that the government is taking action against the terrorists. “I could not believe when I was informed that he was no more. He always wanted to be in ...   READ MORE   Chronology of terror strikes 7/16/2024 11:24:30 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 16: Twelve security personnel, including an Army captain, and 10 civilians died in terror attacks while 55 people were injured and five terrorists killed since January 1 in the Jammu region which has recently seen a surge in terror incidents, particularly in border districts. Chronology of terror incidents in the region: July 2024: July 15: Four army personnel, including an officer, killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Doda district. July 8: Five army personnel killed and as many injured in a terrorist ambush in Kathua district. July 7: An army personnel injured in terrorist attack on a security post in Rajouri district. June 2024: June 26: ...   READ MORE   Justice Tashi Rabstan appointed as acting Chief Justice of J&K, Ladakh HC 7/16/2024 11:24:18 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 16: The President of India has appointed Justice Tashi Rabstan, senior-most Judge of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as Acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. This appointment was made consequent to the elevation of Justice N Kotiswar Singh as Judge of Supreme Court of India. A notification to this effect reads, “In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased t...   READ MORE   3 tourists die in Zojila accident 7/16/2024 11:24:00 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 16: Three tourists died and a minor was injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge on Zojila pass on the Srinagar-Ladakh highway on Tuesday. The accident took place at Panimatha near captain morh on the Zojila pass when a Sumo vehicle skidded off the road after the driver lost control over it and fell into a deep gorge this morning, police said. The vehicle was on its way to Kargil from Sonamarg w...   READ MORE   Cong has always been anti-backward classes: Amit Shah 7/16/2024 11:23:50 PM MAHENDRAGARH (Haryana), July 16: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday targeted the Congress, saying the opposition party has always been anti-backward classes. Addressing a ‘Backward Classes Samman Sammelan’ here, Shah referred to the Kaka Kalekar Commission formed in the 1950s to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and said the Congress did not implement its recommendations for years. “In 1980, (the then prime minister) Indira Gandhi put the Mandal Commission in ...   READ MORE   ACB arrests Patwari for accepting bribe 7/16/2024 11:23:29 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 16: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said to have trapped and arrested Patwari Halqa Chanapora, Srinagar while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 40,000 for issuance of Revenue extracts. An ACB spokesman in a statement said that Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint wherein it was alleged that Patwari Halqa Chanapora Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Bhat, resident of Bugam Chadoora is demanding Rs 40,000 as bribe for issuance of revenue extracts in respect of his residential house alongwith 15 marlas land situated at Ghurdawara Lane Chanapora Srinagar which he has sold out, for which he had applied Online at Patwari Halq...   READ MORE   Prof Romshoo gets 2-year extension as VC IUST 7/16/2024 11:23:23 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 16: Prof Shakil Ahmad Romshoo has been granted a 2-year extension in his term as Vice Chancellor by the Govt of J&K. Prof Romshoo was appointed as Vice Chancellor of IUST in 2021 as the fourth Vice Chancellor and the order issued by Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat on July 8, states that the extension shall be effective from August 15, 2024 when his first term completes....   READ MORE   BK Singh appointed PCCF, HoFF J&K 7/16/2024 11:23:15 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 16: The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has appointed Biswajit Kumar (BK) Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, as the PCCF & HoFF Jammu and Kashmir....   READ MORE

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