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| Kulgam attack was planned in ‘Bollywood style’ to disrupt Independence Day celebrations! | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: The recent attack on the security forces in south Kashmir that left a foreign terrorist dead was planned in “Bollywood style” to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations.
A top police official told Early Times that on August 13 when the terrorists attacked a BSF party in Kulgam area and subsequently took refuge in a high rise building in the area was “not anything accidental.”
“After attacking (BSF party) they (militants) did not take shelter into the building by accident…
They had already stocked their arms and ammunition including rocket launchers in the building to engage with us for long,” said the official on the condition of anonymity. “The attack was carried out in Bollywood style but their plan was sabotaged well in time,” he added.
He said the main challenge during the encounter that continued for the night was that the civilians held up in the building and in the vicinity had been taken hostage. “It was a hostage like situation to evacuate the civilians,” the police official said. The official said that through the use sophisticat... | |
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| Despite exchanging sweets, Pakistan continues terror motives in J&K ! | | Muh Mein Ram Ram, Bhagal Mei Churi ! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Even as the Indian Army personnel greeted their Pakistani counterparts on Pakistan’s Independence Day and exchanged sweets along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district on Saturday, the enemy country continues to cast its evil eye of terror in Jammu and Kashmir.
Even on the fateful day of August 14, a terror module was busted in Doda region of Jammu whereas a similar Pakistan backed network was unearthed in Kashmir.
Muzammil Shah, who had joined militancy with the Hizbul was arrested from Doda whereas four youth affiliated with Jaish were caught by police in Kashmir.
A day prior to this four sticky bombs were seized in Poonch area of Jammu provi... | |
| | | | We trust our capability, sincerity in safeguarding Indian borders: DG BSF | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Asserting that challenges do exist on every front, Director General, Border Security Force, S S Deswal on Monday said that the force trusts its capabilities and sincerity in safeguarding the Indian Borders.
“Time to time we take a review of the border situation and other related issues and if required, also take up them at the right quarters,” the DG BSF told reporters here at a press conference.
He was flanked by Inspector General, BSF, Jammu Frontier, N S Jamwal and other senior officers.
Mr Deswal was here in the region to flag off the Freedom Run and Cyclothon from Octroi Border Outpost organised by the BSF Jammu Frontier on the occasion of 75th I... | |
| | | | Ranjit Sagar Helicopter Crash: Search and Rescue team recovers body of one missing pilot | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: The joint rescue and search teams of the Army, Navy, Submarine Rescue Unit and police have finally succeeded in tracing out the body of one of the missing pilots of the August 3 Ranjit Sagar Helicopter crash in Basholi area of Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir. “The joint teams on Sunday evening have found the mortal remains of one missing pilot,” Ramesh Kotwal, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua here said. The search team has retrieved the mortal remains of Lt Col AS Baath from a depth of 75.9 m at 1819 hrs from the Ranjit Sagar Lake. “Efforts to retrieve mortal remains of the second pilot continue,” he said. The Submarine Rescue Unit of the Indian Navy ... | |
| | | | Police claim solving blind murder case in Rajouri | | |  Early Times Report
Rajouri, Aug 16: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said that it solved a murder case here.
An official said that Police registered a FIR No.
538/2021 under section 302/458 IPC at Police Station Rajouri after it received information during the night that some unknown persons entered the house of one Bachan Lal son of Karam Chand, R/o Chakli and attacked his son, Ankush Bakshi, with sharp edged weapons, who died as a result of the injuries sustained on the spot.
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| | | | Educational institutions to remain closed, night curfew to continue in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 16: All educational institutions, including coaching centres, will continue to remain closed for onsite and in-person teaching in the Jammu and Kashmir till further orders.
An official spokesman said on Monday that a detailed review of the current COVID situation in Jammu and Kashmir was conducted by Chief Secretary. The meeting was also attended by Additional Chief Secretary Health and Medical Education, Principal secretary Home, Divisional Commissioners Kashmir and Jammu, Deputy Commissioners, Superintendent of Polices and other officers.
He said later in an order the SEC said that due to uneven trend in the daily COVID cases, it is observed that the... | |
| | | | JK reports 77 new positive cases, 317872 recovered so far | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 16: The Government on Monday informed that 77 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 23 from Jammu division and 54 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 323499. Also, one Covid death has been reported from Jammu division.
Moreover, 135 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 48 from Jammu Division and 87 from Kashmir Division.
Besides this, 99.71 percent of the population above the age of 45 years has been vaccinated across Jammu and Kashmir.
The Bulletin also informs that no new confirmed case of Mucormyco... | |
| | | | PM Modi, VP Naidu pay tribute to Vajpayee on his death anniversary | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 16: On the death anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tributes to the former prime minister in the national capital’s ‘Sadaiv Atal’ Samadhi on Monday (August 16, 2021).
Other leaders including Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were also present at the memorial. BJP president JP Nadda and several other BJP leaders also paid tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ Samadhi on Monday.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee is considered one of the prominent leaders of the country and a founding member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The former prime minister died on Au... | |
| | | | Terror funding: ED attaches assets worth Rs 6.88 crore of Naga separatist group | | | | Agencies
New Delhi,Aug 16: The Enforcement Directorate attached assets worth Rs 6.88 crore belonging to National Socialist Counsel of Nagaland–IM, a Naga separatist group, in connection with a terror funding case.
The agency alleged that the group was carrying out well organised extortion racket in Manipur and Nagaland in order to fund terror activities.
The ED attached “movable properties amounting to Rs 6.88 crore in the form of bank balances, mutual funds, insurance products etc., in the name of Rayilung Nsarangbe, Ruth Chawang and Apam Muivah”.
In its chargesheet, the ED noted that “the terrorist gang of NSCN (IM) had been criminally intimidating Construction Companies, undertakin... | |
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