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Govt employees can’t skip Independence Day functions 8/13/2023 10:34:17 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 13: Government employees can not skip the Independence Day functions as the authorities have issued a circular to ensure the presence of all officers in these events. All government employees have been directed to attend the Independence Day function in their respective areas. It is clearly mentioned in the circular that government employees are duty-bound to participate in the Independence Day function. “Independence Day is an important national event celebrated on August 15 every year. All government employees are duty-bound to participate in commemorating such an important turning point in the history of our nation,” reads a circular issued by the government. In the circular, all the officers above the rank of Under Secretaries stationed at Srinagar or Jammu were enjoined to attend the main functions of the Independence Day at Srinagar or Jammu respectively, as part of their official duty. “Any absence shall be only permissible with the prior permission of their immediate superior,” it reads. Like previous years, Independence Day functi...   READ MORE

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Response to Tiranga Yatra: Kashmiris give loud message to separatists 8/13/2023 10:34:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 13: While Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha led the Tiranga rally at the iconic Dal Lake in Srinagar, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is submerged in the colours of the national flag on the launching of the historic campaign. Like other parts of the country, residents of Jammu and Kashmir are also going to hoist the national flags on their houses, shops, and other establishments from August 13 to August 15 as part of the “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign. Participating in the rally organised as part of Independence Day celebrations, Sinha, in an apparent reference to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, said those who claimed that there won’t be anyone left in...   READ MORE   Tarun Chugh reaches Srinagar to pacify annoyed leaders 8/13/2023 10:34:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 13: A week after senior leaders of the party raised a banner of revolt against humiliating treatment by juniors, national general secretary of BJP Tarun Chugh, who is also Prabhari of J&K BJP, reached Srinagar to pacify the enraged lot. Accompanied by the general secretary of J&K BJP and former minister Sunil Sharma Tarun Chugh participated in the Tiranga Yatra in Srinagar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message of “Meri Matti Mera Desh”. Highly placed sources said that after reaching Srinagar Tarun Chugh individually met some leaders who have earlier aired their anger against the style of working of some “immature” leaders who were given some organiza...   READ MORE   Basant Rath may shift to Kashmir 8/13/2023 10:33:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 13: Even as the Ministry of Home Affairs has handed over premature retirement to 2000-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Basant Kumar Rath, he is likely to shift to Kashmir. Sources said Basant has “made up his mind to shift to Kashmir” in the coming days. He is likely to shift to Kashmir in week to start his “political and social activities from Srinagar.” He is likely to give up his accommodation in Jammu and ferry his household to Srinagar. The sources said the former IPS may spend most of the time in Kashmir with youth, starting from the congested old city of Srinagar. However he may keep going to Jammu. Basant has already given such feelers ...   READ MORE   Security tightened across Jammu to ensure peaceful Independence Day celebrations 8/13/2023 10:33:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 13: Security has been beefed up across Jammu, especially along the borders with Pakistan, to thwart any attempt to disrupt peace in the region ahead of Independence Day, officials said on Sunday. Massive ‘tiranga’ rallies are being held in the region in the run up to Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday. The army and Border Security Force have intensified their vigil all along the 225-km Line of Control (LoC) and 192-km International Border (IB), officials said. Area domination and checking in the hinterland have also been stepped up as part of the heightened security arrangements, they said. Police have issued a security advisory in the border distr...   READ MORE   Bakshi Stadium to host Independence Day function in Kashmir after five years 8/13/2023 10:33:16 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 13: A refurbished Bakshi Stadium here will host the main Independence Day function of Jammu and Kashmir after a gap of five years as the civil administration on Sunday appealed to people take part in the celebrations on Tuesday. “The function is being held here so that more and more people can come to participate. Adequate arrangements have been made for it. There are no restrictions, there is no need for a pass to enter the stadium,” Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, V K Bhiduri said after a full dress rehearsal of the Independence Day function. Bakshi Stadium has hosted the main Independence Day function of Jammu and Kashmir over the decades but had to...   READ MORE   Prez Murmu to address nation on eve of 77th Independence Day 8/13/2023 10:33:10 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 13: President Droupadi Murmu will address the nation on the eve of the 77th Independence Day on August 14, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Sunday. The address will be broadcast from 7 pm on the entire national network of Akashvani and telecast on all Doordarshan channels in Hindi followed by the English version, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement. “Broadcast of the address in Hindi and English on Doordarshan will be followed by broadcast in regional languages by regional channels of Doordarshan. Akashvani will broadcast regional language versions at 9:30 PM on its respective regional networks,” it said....   READ MORE   15 CBI officers awarded Union Home Minister’s Medal for excellence in investigation 8/13/2023 10:33:03 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 13: Fifteen officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been awarded the prestigious Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for 2023, the agency said in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the officers chosen for the coveted medal are Superintendent of Police (SP) Vidyut Vikash; Assistant SP (ASP) Tathagat Vardan; Deputy SPs Mukesh Kumar, Alok Kumar Shahi, Rubi Choudhary, Deepak Kumar Purohit, Akhil Pandey; Inspectors Hukam Vir Attri, Dinesh Kumar, Zahir Akhtar Ansari, Sheetal Arun Shendge, Kamlesh Chandra Tewari, Rahul Raj, Subrahmanyam Lakshmi Venkata Gali and Santhosh Kumar Arekath. “The Ministry of Home Af...   READ MORE   Banned PFI tried to raise Army: NIA 8/13/2023 10:32:52 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 13: The National Investigation Agency on Sunday conducted a series of raids in five states as part of its continued efforts to foil the Popular Front of India’s conspiracy to disturb peace by driving a communal wedge among the people and destabilise the country, an official said. Fourteen locations were searched in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Bihar, leading to the seizure of several digital devices as well as incriminating documents, a spokesperson of the federal agency said. The official said the raids were conducted in Kannur and Malappuram districts of Kerala, Dakshin Kannada in Karnataka, Nashik and Kolhapur in Maharashtra, Murshidabad ...   READ MORE

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