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G-23 leaders negotiating for Azad’s ‘Gharwapsi’ in Cong 8/17/2024 11:06:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 17: Some Congress leaders of the erstwhile G-23 group have started negotiations with the party to explore possibilities of veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad’s “Gharwapsi” in the party. Although things are yet to be materialized, efforts have been started to convince the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) to merge his political outfit with the Congress party ahead of the Assembly polls in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Highly placed sources said that some leaders of the erstwhile G-23 group of the Congress, who have cordial relations with Ghulam Nabi Azad, have initiated efforts to open a channel of communication with the party's high command to ensure “Gharwapsi” of the veteran politician in the party. Sources said that leaders of the G-23 group have taken consent from Ghulam Nabi Azad before taking the matter before the party’s top leadership. “Following the failure of his party to get respectable votes in the recently held Lok Sabha elections, most of the leaders and workers of the DPAP are demoralized”, s...   READ MORE

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Northern Army Commander meets J&K DGP designate 8/17/2024 11:00:11 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 17: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General M.V. Suchindra Kumar on Saturday met Special Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Nalin Prabhat and discussed enhanced synergy and security measures between the forces, the Army said. Prabhat, a highly decorated IPS officer, has recently been appointed as the Special Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police and will assume the role of the force’s chief following the retirement of R R Swain on Septemb...   READ MORE   PM Modi led Govt gives fresh push to lateral entry UPSC advertises 45 posts of JS, Directors across ministries 8/17/2024 10:59:21 PM NEW DELHI, Aug 17: Forty-five specialists will soon be joining key posts of joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries in different central ministries as part of the Modi government’s ambitious plan to infuse fresh talent to further improve ease of governance. Usually, such posts are manned by the officers of all-India services — the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) — and other Group A services, among others. The ...   READ MORE   Rains trigger flash floods in Ganderbal, Pulwama 8/17/2024 10:59:01 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Aug 17: Heavy rains triggered flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir ‘s Pulwama and Ganderbal districts on Saturday morning, officials said. The heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of Ganderbal district this morning. Several areas were also waterlogged in the district. Officials said that heavy rainfall received in the Kangan area led to waterlogging. ” Several areas and roads were waterlogged,” he said. There was a report of a cloudburst, possibly in a ...   READ MORE   Health Ministry to form panel for ensuring safety of professionals 8/17/2024 10:58:54 PM NEW DELHI, Aug 17: The Union health ministry on Saturday said a committee will be formed to suggest all possible measures for ensuring the safety of healthcare professionals. Representatives of all stakeholders, including the State Governments, will be invited to share their suggestions with the committee, it added. The ministry has requested the doctors agitating across the country over the alleged rape and killing of a resident doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Ko...   READ MORE   Govt allows hunt of black bear 8/17/2024 10:58:37 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 17: In response to a fatal black bear attack in the Loran Mandi area of Poonch district, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has authorized the Wildlife Warden of Rajouri to hunt the animal. The order was issued after extensive efforts to capture the bear failed. Sanctioned under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, the hunt comes with strict conditions to ensure the bear is correctly identified and to prevent any misuse of the directive. ...   READ MORE   ASI found dead in Srinagar 8/17/2024 10:58:29 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Aug 17: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of police was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Ahmad Nagar area of Srinagar, reports said. Officials said that an Assistant Sub-Inspector of J&K Police identified as Mohammad Shafi was found dead in his room in Ahmad Nagar area of Srinagar. He was posted at Ahmad Nagar police station. “His colleagues found him unconscious in his room and they immediately shifted him to a hospital where doctors said that he was dead on arrival,” as per the officials. “An inquiry has been launched to find out the exact cause of the police officer’s death,” officials added. Police have started inquest proceedin...   READ MORE   Mortar shell, 10 gelatin sticks found 8/17/2024 10:58:22 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 17: A mortar shell and 10 gelatin sticks were found during a search operation by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Friday evening, officials said. Besides these, some hand gloves were also found in the Darmaka area, they said. Further investigation is underway, the officials said. ...   READ MORE

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