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Article 370 history now: Shah Faesal ‘Jhelum and Ganga have merged in the great Indian Ocean for good’ 7/4/2023 11:00:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 4: On July 3, the Supreme Court in its notice mentioned Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Shah Faesal as the main petition to challenge the abrogation of Article 370 in the Apex Court. On the very next day, on July 4, Shah Faesal said that Article 370 is history now. Taking to Twitter, the IAS officer said that there is no going back, but only marching forward. Faesal was the lead petitioner challenging the abrogation of Article 370 nearly four years after it was implemented on August 5, 2019. “370, for many Kashmiris like me, is a thing of the past. Jhelum and Ganga have merged in the great Indian Ocean for good. There is no going back. There is only marching forward,” Shah said in his tweet. Deputy Secretary in the Union Ministry of Culture and a...   READ MORE

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Cong treads cautious path, maintains silence 7/4/2023 10:59:31 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 4: While all non-BJP parties in Jammu and Kashmir welcome the decision of the Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370, Congress has maintained a guarded silence on this issue. Instead of “celebrating” this decision of the Apex Court like other political parties, Congress is treading cautiously on this highly emotive issue. Not even a single Congress leader has given any statement on the decision of the Apex Court. Since the abrogation of Article 370, Congress leadership is avoiding echoing the demand of restoring this article. From time and again all Congress leaders had avoided raising the issue of Article 370. Duri...   READ MORE   SDH Bani faces staff shortage, sans basic facilities 60,887 souls rely on 5 doctors posted in hospital; 7 posts vacant 7/4/2023 10:59:24 PM Early Times Report Bani (Kathua), July 4: The Sub District Hospital (SDH) Bani, situated in Kathua district, is facing severe challenges due to the shortage of medical staff and basic facilities, leaving the local residents in distress. According to the accounts provided by the residents, the hospital lacks the necessary medical personnel, including specialists, to cater to the healthcare needs of the population. “The SDH Bani has a total of 12 medical officer positions, out of which only five are filled, including the Block Medical Officer (BMO). The remaining seven positions are vacant, leaving a significant shortage of medical professionals in the hospital,” residents told Early Time...   READ MORE   ‘Jammu, Reasi, Poonch districts on radar of terror groups’ 7/4/2023 10:59:14 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 4: With no let up in sinister designs of Pakistan, in the latest the enemy country conspires to carry out “guerilla warfare” terror strikes in Jammu region in particular, New Delhi has learnt. Sources said the intelligence agencies have got inputs that Pakistani terror camps have changed their strategy of keeping the terror pot boiling in Jammu and Kashmir through “guerilla warfare”. Sources said the intelligence agencies have inputs that Jammu, Reasi and Poonch districts in particular are on the radar of the terror groups. Sources said, as per the new strategy learnt by the intelligence agencies, only the “highly trained terrorists would be pushed ...   READ MORE   CRPF Chief accompanies Kashmir-bound Amarnath pilgrims; reviews security arrangements 7/4/2023 10:59:07 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 4: CRPF Director General Sujoy Lal Thaosen Tuesday accompanied a batch of pilgrims heading to the Baltal base camp for the Amarnath Yatra in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after reviewing security arrangements at the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here. The 62-day long annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas commenced from the traditional 48-km Pahalgam track in Anantnag district and shorter 14-km Baltal route on July 1. “During visit to J&K @sthaosen, DG @crpfindia, reviewed the security arrangements made for the ongoing Sh Amarnath ji yatra . He visited Bhagwati Nagar yatriniwas (Jammu). He a...   READ MORE   Narco terror case: NIA attaches house of two brothers in Punjab 7/4/2023 10:58:59 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 4: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached the house of two brothers, arrested in a Pakistan-sponsored narco-terror case, in Amritsar district of Punjab, an official said on Tuesday. The residential property of Bikramjit Singh alias Vicky and his brother Maninder Singh alias Mani has been attached under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) after it was designated as “proceeds of terrorism”, a spokesperson of the federal agency said. The official said the two brothers were earlier arrested by the NIA in the case....   READ MORE

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