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After revolt in Kashmir BJP, 3 leaders removed from posts 8/11/2023 10:45:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 11: To placate the annoyed leaders who have threatened to resign from the primary membership of the party, BJP on Friday removed three leaders from their posts with immediate effect. Enraged over the attitude of some new entrants in the party, senior BJP leaders from Kashmir Valley have raised a banner of revolt. According to an official handout issued by the party, Abhijeet Jasrotia has been relieved from the position of BJP’s social media Parbhari J&K UT. He has not been assigned any sort of responsibility for Kashmir province. Furthermore, Vir Saraf, who is a full-timer in the party, has been recalled from South Kashmir and asked to report to party headquarters at Trikuta Nagar. Mudassar Wani, another full-timer of the party has been recalled...   READ MORE

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Top central BJP leader to reach Kashmir for diffusing crisis 8/11/2023 10:45:08 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 11: With no end to stalemate in Bharatiya Janta Party’s Kashmir leadership, a top BJP leader from Delhi is all set to visit the valley. Sources said one of the senior party leaders would visit Kashmir in the coming two to three days to resolve the issue amid rumors that “some of the leaders were looking ahead to resign due to a dispute.” Sources said even as some of the top leaders of the BJP had tried to resolve the issues among the “old guards and a coterie of new Chamchas”, the senior leaders from Kashmir “declined to accept any solution without assurance.” Sources said the senior leaders of the party conveyed it to their higher ups that indisciplin...   READ MORE   Ahead of Independence Day intelligence agencies keeping watch on ‘suspicious’ journalists 8/11/2023 10:44:58 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 11: Amid reports that Pakistan-based terror mentors have assigned the task to the terrorists to strike in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, intelligence agencies are keeping a strict vigil on the activities of some suspicious media persons who are directly or indirectly propagating secessionism. Highly placed sources said that security agencies have already alerted that some anti-national elements under the guise of media persons are trying to create disturbance in the Union Territory of J&K, especially in Jammu province ahead of the Independence Day so sleuths of intelligence agencies have kept some “journalists” under the radar as these “media per...   READ MORE   Basant not allowed to enter BJP office, tweets against party leaders 8/11/2023 10:44:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 11: A day after joining the BJP through online mode, the controversial “former” police officer started attacking Saffron party leaders through social media as he claimed that he was not allowed to enter the party office at Trikuta Nagar. While standing outside the BJP office at Trikuta Nagar Basant Rath posted some videos on his social media account in which he was seen leveling serious charges against leaders of the same party which he has joined just 24 hours ago. “I will expose them all so they (BJP) leaders are not allowing me to enter the office”, he stated in the video which has gone viral on social media. The Odisha-born, the former Inspector Ge...   READ MORE   Amit Shah introduces 3 Bills to replace IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act 8/11/2023 10:44:41 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 11: Three bills of momentous significance aimed at replacing British-era laws with a thrust on “justice instead of punishment” were introduced in Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the last day of the monsoon session of Parliament. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 and The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 were introduced in the Lower House of Parliament. Amit Shah said that the bills are being referred to the Standing Committee for scrutiny. While the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 seeks to replace IPC 1860, Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 seeks to replace Criminal Procedure Code and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 20...   READ MORE   Marrying woman after concealing identity to be a crime: Shah 8/11/2023 10:44:34 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 11: Marrying a woman by concealing identity or having intercourse under false promise of marriage, promotion and employment will be treated as crime for the first time under the proposed law that will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Introducing the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, which will replace the IPC of 1860, Shah said a special focus has been given to provisions related to crimes against women. “Crime against women and many social problems faced by them have been addressed in this bill. For the first time, intercourse with women under the false promise of marriage, employment, promotion and false ide...   READ MORE   ‘1.6 lakh claims worth Rs 287 crore settled under AB-PMJAY’ 8/11/2023 10:44:06 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 11: Appropriate action against over 1.6 lakh claims worth Rs 287 crores has been taken under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) scheme till August 5 by state health agencies, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday. Responding to a question, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said 210 hospitals have been de-empanelled and 188 hospitals suspended due to their involvement in activities non-compliant with the guidelines issued by the National Health Authority (NHA) or the state health authority. A penalty of Rs 20.71 crore has been levied, of which Rs 9.5 crore has been recovered, he said. The NHA has set up a National Anti-Fraud Unit (NA...   READ MORE   Direct tax collection increases by 16 percent 8/11/2023 10:43:59 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 11: Gross direct tax collection grew 15.73 % to Rs 6.53 lakh crore till August 10 in the current fiscal, the Income Tax department said on Friday. Net direct tax collection after adjusting refunds stands at Rs 5.84 lakh crore, which is 17.33 % higher than the net collections for the corresponding period of last year. “The provisional figures of direct tax collections up to 10th August, 2023 continue to register steady growth,” the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement. The collection is 32.03 % of the total budget estimates of direct taxes for current fiscal 2023-24. Refunds amounting to Rs 69,000 crore have been issued till August 10, which...   READ MORE   Pak intruder shot dead in Punjab 8/11/2023 10:43:53 PM Agencies Chandigarh, Aug 11: A Pakistani intruder was shot dead along the international border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district on Friday, a Border Security Force official said. He said troops noticed suspicious movement by a man near Thekalan village in the morning. The troops challenged the intruder but he did not stop and continued to move. The BSF personnel opened fire, killing the man on the spot, the official added. ...   READ MORE

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