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Worries ahead for BJP’s ex-legislators, ministers as survey agencies receive ‘hopeless’ feedback 7/20/2024 10:25:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 20: Even as many former BJP ministers and ex-legislators have started election campaigns in their respective constituencies for the coming Assembly elections, two private agencies involved in conducting surveys have not received very encouraging feedback about these leaders. “Majority of the people with whom representatives of these agencies met have not given very positive feedback about former BJP legislators and ex-ministers who shared power with the PDP from 2015 to 2018”, sources said and added that while interacting with representatives of these survey agencies, people recalled the role of and attitude of BJP’s ministers when they were power. Sources said that while interacting with these representatives of the survey agencies, some residents of Jammu City recounted incidents when senior BJP leaders brazenly fought for protocols and jammers instead of solving the problems of the people. During the survey, representatives of these agencies interacted with some citizens, journalists, and the common masses. As reported earlier, on the direct...   READ MORE

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British systematically made efforts to eliminate faith from our minds: Mohan Bhagwat 7/20/2024 10:24:53 PM PUNE, July 20: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday claimed that after 1857, the British systematically made efforts to diminish the faith that countrymen had in their traditions and ancestors. Bhagwat said there is blind faith but faith is never blind. He said some practices and customs that have been followed are beliefs. Some could be wrong and need to be changed. “The British systematically made efforts to eliminate faith from our minds after 1857 (when the British Crown formally started ru...   READ MORE   Want J&K women entrepreneurs to build global brands: LG Sinha Launches ‘Hausla 2.0’ and JK Startup portal 7/20/2024 10:24:37 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 20: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha launched the ‘Hausla 2.0’ and JK Startup Portal at Srinagar, today. Building on the success of the Hausla 1.0, the inaugural batch, Hausla 2.0 seeks to enhance financial inclusion among women in Jammu Kashmir by promoting entrepreneurship and facilitating market access. In his address, the Lt Governor congratulated and extended his best wishes to the women and young startup entrepreneurs on the occasion. He said the...   READ MORE   NTA announces centre, city-wise results of NEET-UG 7/20/2024 10:24:16 PM NEW DELHI, July 20: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced the centre and city-wise results for medical entrance exam NEET-UG, which is under the scanner over alleged irregularities. The results, which were initially announced on June 5, have been published in this format following an order of the Supreme Court, which is hearing several petitions about the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the exam, including paper leak. The exam was conducted on May 5 at 4,750 centre...   READ MORE   Army Chief reaches Jammu, reviews security situation 7/20/2024 10:24:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 20: Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday reached here to review security situation at a meeting in Jammu and Kashmir amidst growing terror activities in parts of otherwise peaceful Jammu region. This was the second visit of the army chief to Jammu in less than three weeks after taking charge as the 30th chief of the Indian Army on June 30. Nine army personnel, including a captain, were martyred in two separate terror attacks in remote forest belts of Ma...   READ MORE   Martyr Captain Thapa cremated at ancestral village in Darjeeling 7/20/2024 10:23:46 PM DARJEELING, July 20: Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was martyred while fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda, was cremated with full military honours at his ancestral village in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district. Slogans of ‘Brijesh Thapa Amar Rahe’ reverberated in the air as a large number of people gathered to pay their respects to the mortal remains of the officer on Friday. Colonel Bhuwanesh K Thapa (Retd) recalled that his son, a third-generation Army officer, wanted to join the for...   READ MORE   Col Anshu Jamwal from Jammu becomes first woman to command air defence unit 7/20/2024 10:23:25 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 20: Colonel Anshu Jamwal from Jammu and Kashmir became the first woman army officer to command an operational Air Defence regiment of the Indian Army. Col Anshu Jamwal Graduated from GCW Gandhinagar Jammu A resident of village Rahya in Jammu, Col Anshu Jamwal was commissioned from Officers Training Academy Chennai on 18 March 2006. She worked as Instructor in OTA Chennai and AD College. The Army officer has also served with UN peacekeeping force as Miliatry ...   READ MORE   UPSC Chairman Soni resigns 7/20/2024 10:22:58 PM NEW DELHI, July 20: UPSC chairman Manoj Soni has resigned citing personal reasons before the expiry of his tenure in May 2029, official sources said on Saturday. His resignation is “not in any way connected to controversies and allegations surrounding the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar issue came to the fore,” they said. “The UPSC chairman had tendered his resignation citing personal reasons over a fortnight back. It is yet to be accepted,” a source said. Eminent educationist Soni, 59, took over as a member of the Commission on June 28, 2017. He took oath as the UPSC chairman on May 16, 2023 and his term was to end on May 15, 2029. Sour...   READ MORE   Parliament’s Monsoon session begins tomorrow 7/20/2024 10:22:52 PM NEW DELHI, July 20: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on Tuesday as the Monsoon Session of Parliament gets underway next week with the united opposition set to corner the NDA government on issues ranging from the NEET paper leak case and railway safety. The Monsoon Session begins on Monday and will have 19 sittings till August 12 when the government is expected to present six bills, including the one to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act, and also get the Parliament nod for the budget of Jammu and Kashmir, which is under central rule. Sitharaman will also table the Economic Survey in Parliament on Monday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has co...   READ MORE   Another batch of pilgrims leaves Jammu 7/20/2024 10:22:47 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 20: A fresh batch of 3,471 pilgrims, including 654 women, left a base camp here for the Amarnath shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. The 23rd batch of pilgrims, which also included 93 sadhus and 34 sadhvis, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 3 am in a convoy of 114 vehicles escorted by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), they said. While 2,398 pilgrims will reach Pahalgam to undertake the annual pilgrimage through the traditional 48-km route in Anantnag district, 1,073 have opted for the shorter but steeper 14-km Baltal route in Ganderbal district. More than 3.75 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance a...   READ MORE

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