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Reddy unsatisfied with J&K BJP’s preparations for Assembly polls 7/5/2024 10:23:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 5: Even as the BJP has retained two Lok Sabha seats of Jammu province, the newly appointed election incharge of J&K G Kishan Reddy is not satisfied with the preparations of the party for the coming Assembly elections in the Union Territory. Highly placed sources said that during the meeting of the state office bearers, the Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, who was recently appointed incharge of the much-awaited maiden Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, sought reports from office bearers about preparations for the party. “The Union Minister also sought details about the performance of the party in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections in J&K in general and Jammu province in particular”, sources said and added that after going...   READ MORE

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MP Jugal Kishore front runner for J&K BJP’s president post 7/5/2024 10:22:57 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 5: Ahead of the assembly elections, the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bhartiya Janata Party will be seeing a major reshuffle in the cadre including the party president. “The preparations for the assembly elections, which are yet to be officially announced, are in full swing for which the party level deliberations are being held with the high command,” party sources said. They said that a reshuffle in the BJP organisation is also on cards including an appointment of new J&K head. “Discussions at the top level are in progress with the J&K cadre and various names for different posts are into the pipeline with additional and new responsibilities,” they ...   READ MORE   BJP appoints in-charges, co-incharges 7/5/2024 10:22:50 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 5: Bharatiya Janata Party National President, JP Nadda, on Friday appointed State Incharge and Co-Incharge for various states across the country. The party has appointed General Secretary Vinod Tawde as in-charge of Bihar and MP Deepak Prakash as co-in-charge. Nitin Nabin has been appointed in charge of Chhattisgarh, Ashish Sood of Goa and Ajeet Gopchade of Manipur. The states where elections will take place in coming times–Satish Poonia will oversee the work in Haryana, while Surendra Singh Nagar will be his co-incharge. Tarun Chugh has been appointed in-charge of two UTs–Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. Ashish Sood will be in charge in J-K. Laxmikant Bajp...   READ MORE   ECI calls election preparation meeting on July 10 7/5/2024 10:22:38 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 5: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has scheduled a meeting with District Election Officers (DEOs) on July 10. As per a notification issued in this context by the Joint CEO, J&K, the meeting, that will be held through video conferencing mode, will address key election preparations, including issues from district-level political parties, updates on Electoral Registration Officers, Booth Level Officers’ deployment, and house-to-house verifications. Disc...   READ MORE   Cop gets bail after 18 years 7/5/2024 10:22:26 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 5: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has granted bail to a policeman arrested for allegedly killing an “innocent” man and dubbing him a “terrorist” 18 years ago. Justice Atul Sreedharan passed the order on July 3, saying, “This is a clear cut case of violation of Article 21 on account of delayed trial.” The case was heard through videoconferencing. Bansi Lal (56), lodged in the central jail at Kot Bhalwal in Jammu, moved the application for bail through his counsel, who submitted that he had been in judicial custody for almost 18 years. He had never been granted relief in the case, except for a few months when he was out on interim bail,...   READ MORE   ‘Scrapping NEET-UG 2024 not rational, will jeopardise interest of honest candidates’ 7/5/2024 10:22:18 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, July 5: Scrapping the NEET-UG, 2024 exam in entirety would “seriously jeopardise” lakhs of honest candidates and not be rational in the absence of any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), conducted on May 5 by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses, has caused a huge uproar across the country ov...   READ MORE   Amritpal Singh, Er Rashid take oath as LS members 7/5/2024 10:22:05 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 5: Jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who were granted parole to take oath as members of the Lok Sabha, were sworn in as MPs on Friday, amid heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the Parliament complex. While Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is in Delhi’s Tihar jail in a terror funding case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Singh is lodged in a prison in Assam’s Dibru...   READ MORE   Defence production hits record high in 2023-24: Rajnath 7/5/2024 10:21:54 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, July 5: India’s annual defence production has hit a record high of approximately Rs 1.27 lakh crore in 2023-24, with the Make in India programme crossing new milestones, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. The value of defence production in FY 2022-23 was Rs 1,08,684 crore, it added. In a post on X, Singh also said that the Government is committed to creating a more conducive regime for developing India as a leading global defence manufacturing hub. “T...   READ MORE   Another batch of pilgrims leaves 7/5/2024 10:21:27 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 5: A fresh batch of 6,900 pilgrims left for the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas on Friday, officials said. The eight batch of pilgrims left the Bhagwati-Nagar Yatri Niwas in 277 vehicles for the twin base camps of Baltal and Palagam at 3.45 am and were escorted by CRPF security personnel, they said. While 4,377 pilgrims took the 48-km traditional Pahalgam route, 2,542 pilgrims took the shorter but steep 14-km Baltal route, they said. With this, a total of 44,441 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the valley since June 28. The number of pilgrims who have paid obeisance at the shrine till date stands at 1,33,000. The 52-d...   READ MORE   ACB registers case 7/5/2024 10:21:22 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 5: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said to have registered a case against Junior Engineer, Jal Shakti Department, Division Poonch on corruption charges. J&K Anti Corruption Bureau registered a case against Dil Pazeer, Junior Engineer posted in Jal Shakti Department, Division Poonch under FIR number 04/2024 PS ACB Rajouri U/s 13(1)(b) r/w section 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018). The instant case was registered on the outcome of a verification conducted by ACB into the allegations of accumulation of assets disproportionate to known source of income by above named accused person,” the statement reads. The verification c...   READ MORE   NEET –PG 2024 exam on Aug 11 7/5/2024 10:21:17 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, July 5: The NEET-PG 2024 entrance examination will be held on August 11 in two shifts, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences announced on Friday. The exam was earlier scheduled to be held on June 23. “In continuation of NBEMS notice dated 22.06.2024, the conduct of NEET-PG 2024 examination has been rescheduled. It will now be conducted on August 11 in two shifts. The cut-off date for the purpose of eligibility to appear in the NEET-PG 2024 shall continue to be August 15, 2024,” the Board said. The Union Health Ministry on June 22 postponed the NEET-PG entrance examination, scheduled to be held on June 23, as a “precautionary measure” in the wake of ...   READ MORE   Oil tanker falls into Jhelum 7/5/2024 10:21:11 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 5: Two persons including a driver were missing when an oil tanker skidded off the road and fell into river Jhelum in Bandipora district, officials said on Friday. They said one unknown oil tanker on way from Srinagar towards Sumbal skidded off the road near Wangipora checkpost during the night of Thursday and Friday and fell into river Jhelum after the driver lost control due to alleged rash driving and negligence. Police said that the driver and his companion were in the oil tanker when the accident took place. The sleuths from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and Police have launched a search operation to trace the duo and get the tanker o...   READ MORE

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