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Ravinder Raina serves legal notice to Surinder Choudhary amid allegations, counter-allegations 7/17/2023 10:31:12 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: Ongoing allegations and counter-allegations between BJP president Ravinder Raina and former MLC Surinder Choudhary took an interesting twist today when the latter served a legal notice to the former. Ravinder Raina served a legal notice to Surinder Choudhary through his advocate Adv. Navyug Sethi and warned to file a defamation suit worth Rs 5 crore. Observing that all allegations levelled by Surinder Choudhary against Ravinder Raina were false and fabricated, the former MLC was asked to tender an unconditional apology. “You are, therefore, called upon by way of this notice to immediately issue an unconditional and unqualified apology for your acts and omissions, falling which my client shall be constrained to invoke his rights to claim damages to the tune of Rs. 5 Crores and I have instructions to proceed, in the competent court of law against you at your pure risk, responsibility, and costs. This is however in addition to the remedies under criminal law available to my client”, the notice reads. Former MLC Surinder Choudhary joined ...   READ MORE

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Sacked Kashmir University PRO rewarded Govt job by NC-Cong regime in 2008 for pursuing anti-national agenda 7/17/2023 10:31:05 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: Sacked along with a police constable and officer of the Revenue Department, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Kashmir University was rewarded a government job by the former NC-Congress regime in the year 2008 for pursuing anti-national agenda. The Union Territory administration terminated the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the University of Kashmir, Faheem Aslam, Revenue Department officer, Murawath Hussain Mir, and Police Constable Arshid Ahmad Thoker from the service. Reports said that during his tenure as a journalist Faheem Aslam aggressively pursued secessionist agenda on the directions of the separatist leadership. According to sou...   READ MORE   Employees appointed through backdoor likely to face action Govt constitutes panel for verification of employees whose appointment orders are missing 7/17/2023 10:30:56 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: Amid reports that previous popular governments have brazenly appointed thousands of undeserving employees through the backdoor, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday ordered the constitution of a panel for verification of service records of the employees registered on JKHRMS whose initial appointment orders are not available. Headed by Principal Secretary to the Government, Finance Chairman Department, the five-member committee has been tasked to scrutinize and verify the entries recorded in the service books of such employees whose initial appointment orders are not forthcoming and available concerning the other near analogous, supporting, or an...   READ MORE   NC, adversaries wash dirty linen in public 7/17/2023 10:30:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: A war of words has heated up between the National Conference and its adversaries on the social media in Kashmir with both the groups washing dirty linen in public. A young NC leader recently said that “Unfortunate on the part of government to deny Omar Sahib his security. Small time chaps, who have recently deserted party are roaming with contingents of personnel while a former CM is made to walk. Unfortunate.” This triggered a war of words with one of the youth cadres who recently left the party targeting the NC. “Interesting pic. Omar Abdullah—with his coterie — the disinterested mediocre dynasts. Not even one is a popular leader yet are empow...   READ MORE   Over 1.40 lakh kg drugs destroyed, Home Minister Amit Shah watches virtually 7/17/2023 10:30:36 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 17: More than 1.40 lakh kg drugs worth Rs 2,381 crore were destroyed in various parts of the country on Monday in the virtual presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, officials said. The destruction of the narcotics, the bulk of it from Madhya Pradesh, was carried out in different cities as Shah watched through video-conferencing from New Delhi while attending a conference on 'Drugs Smuggling and National Security'. The drugs destroyed include 6,590 kg seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Hyderabad unit, 822 kg seized by the Indore unit and 356 kg by the Jammu unit, the officials said. Besides, various law enforcement agencies from different s...   READ MORE   Tri-services contingent made India proud: Army Chief 7/17/2023 10:30:26 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 17: Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Monday felicitated members of the tri-services contingent which participated in the Bastille Day Parade in France last week, and said they have made the armed forces and India proud. At an event held at the Manekshaw Centre here, the Army chief also said the Indian contingent who went to France has played a significant role in boosting the image of the country. "You have not only made the three services -- army, air force and navy -- proud but also made the whole nation proud," he said in his address. The sending of a tri-services contingent from the army, the air force and the navy, was in itself very significant, Ge...   READ MORE   Amarnath Yatra: 3 more pilgrims die, toll mounts to 30 7/17/2023 10:30:20 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 17: Three more Amarnath pilgrims have died, taking the total death count during this year's pilgrimage in the south Kashmir Himalayas to 30, officials said today. The three pilgrims who died since Sunday morning belonged to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Two of the pilgrims died of cardiac arrest, while the cause of the death of the third was being ascertained, the officials added. While two people died on the Pahalgam route of the yatra, one death occurred on the Baltal route, they said. These three deaths have taken the total death count during the yatra so far this year to 30. Among the victims are an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (IT...   READ MORE   Infiltration bid foiled in Poonch, 2 terrorists killed 7/17/2023 10:30:14 PM Early Times Report Poonch/Jammu, July 17: Two terrorists were killed as the Army foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, a defence spokesperson said. The infiltration bid was foiled in a joint operation of the Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police, he said, adding the search operation is still underway. "Operation Bahadur in Poonch Sector. A major infiltration bid was eliminated in a joint operation by Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police during the night of July 17 in Poonch Sector. Two infiltrators have been eliminated," the White Knight Corps said in a tweet. The operation was launched on the intervening night of Sunday and ...   READ MORE   2 IEDs recovered in Handwara forest: Police 7/17/2023 10:30:08 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 17: Army, in a joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police, recovered two sophisticated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from Wodhpura forest in north Kashmir' Handwara on Monday. Police in a statement, said the Indian Army, in a Joint operation with Handwara Police, recovered two IEDs from Wodhpura Ridge near NH 701 early Monday morning. Based on information from a reliable source, the Indian Army and Handwara Police launched a swift and well-coordinated Search and Destruction Operation (SADO) in Wodhpura Forest in the wee hours of Monday. The operation resulted in the recovery of two sophisticated IEDs weighing approximately 5 and 7 kg, co...   READ MORE

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