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| Opposition alliance disintegrates in Ladakh, Rahul addresses Cong rally | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 25: Former Congress president and Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi kicked start the campaign for party for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil elections today while addressing a rally at Kargil.
Interestingly, despite making tall claims to counter the BJP unitedly in every nook and corner of the country, opposition parties failed to present a united face in Kargil.
Two constituents of the newly floated Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) are fighting against each other in Kargil.
The National Conference and Congress have fielded their candidates against each other which is a clear indication of the disintegration of I.N.D.I.A in Ladakh.
Addressing a rally at Kargil to windup his weeklong tour of Ladakh, Rahul Gandhi extended Congress’s unconditional support to the demands of the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance.
“During my week-long tour, I covered every nook and corner of Ladakh on my bike. I understand issues of Ladakh by interacting with the common man”, he said.
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| Group within BJP wants party to support CCI’s bandh call | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 25: Notwithstanding repeated statements of the BJP leaders to vociferously take up the issue of Sarore toll plaza with the Union Government, the party has been isolated as cross sections of the society have extended support to the bandh call given by the Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCI) on various issues.
All political parties except the BJP have extended support to the CCIS bandh call on Saturday. Although a section of the transporters has not supported Saturday’s bandh call, the group has not opposed it.
Jammu and Kashmir Transporters’ Welfare Association has given a five-day ultimatum to the government to suspend the illegal collection of toll... | |
| | | | Another sex racket busted in same Srinagar locality | | What a coincidence? | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 25: Within four months, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted another sex racket in the same Nowgam locality of the summer capital of Srinagar here.
What is equally interesting is that in both cases, same number of arrests have been made whereas in both the cases the brothels were running from rented accommodations.
Another coincidence is that in both the cases, the building owners were subsequently arrested on the next day and that both the buildings were sealed by police.
On August 23, the police had raided a rented house in Nowgam and arrested five persons in the sex racket case. “On basis of information provided by citizens, 3 females (all lo... | |
| | | | Fake DOB case: Crime Branch Kashmir files chargesheet against 8 accused | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 25: Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir has produced a chargesheet against 8 accused persons in a fake date of birth case in Srinagar court.
According to a statement, the chargesheet was filed in case FIR No. 28/2021 of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir against eight accused individuals before the court of city Munsiff Srinagar for their alleged involvement in commission of offences punishable under Sections 420, 420/511, 202, 468 & 471 of RPC.
The statement reads that brief facts of the case are that Crime Branch Kashmir had received a complaint from the Agriculture Production Department (on the basis of a report generated by Director Agriculture K... | |
| | | | PM Modi to meet ISRO scientists today, celebrate Chandrayaan-3 success | | | | Agencies
Bengaluru, Aug 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bengaluru on Saturday morning to congratulate Team ISRO on the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon.
He is slated to spend an hour at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) and greet scientists of the national space agency headquartered in Bengaluru.
On Wednesday evening as the Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully touched down on the lunar surface, PM Modi had joined the ISRO team at Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISTRAC virtually from Johannesburg, where he was attending the 15th BRICS summit.
According to BJP, party leaders and workers would welcome PM Modi at two plac... | |
| | | | Be cautious against landslides, flash floods in J&K: MeT | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 25: The weather department on Friday advised concerned authorities to remain cautious till August 26 as “rain over higher reaches may generate landslides, flash floods in vulnerable spots at lower catchments areas”. A meteorological department official said that generally cloudy weather was expected with possibility of intermittent light to moderate rain at scattered places of J&K during next 24 hours.
On August 26, he said, weather is expected to be generally cloudy with possibility of “intermittent light to moderate rain at scattered places.”
“Although there’s no forecast of heavy rain, still all concerned are advised to remain cautious during Augu... | |
| | | | New information sent by Chandrayaan-3 would benefit whole world: Prez Murmu | | | |
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New Delhi, Aug 25: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said new information obtained from the moon through Chandrayaan-3 would benefit the whole world.
Addressing an event here, the president hailed "the unprecedented success of the scientists of India" which has made India the first country to reach the South Pole of the moon.
"She expressed confidence that through the Chandrayaan-3 mission new information would be obtained from the lunar land which would benefit the whole world," a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan quoted her as having said.
President Murmu also released a postage stamp in memory of Dadi Prakashmani, former chief of Brahma Kumaris, at the Rasht... | |
| | | | In 21st century remote belts in Kishtwar without basic facilities: Azad | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 25: The Democratic Progressive Azad Party, Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday expressed that he is surprised that in the 21st century the people in the remote belts of Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir are without basic facilities.
"Even in the 21st century people of Marwah, Warwan and other far? flung areas live without electricity, mobile connectivity with no roads and bridges," said Azad addressing a series of public meetings during his three-day tour of remote Marwah and Warwan areas of Kishtwar district.
He criticised the successive governments for ignoring remote villages of Kishtwar where development remains on paper and in power corridors. "... | |
| | | | Chandrayaan-3 Rover Pragyan travels for 8 metres with payload: ISRO | | | |
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New Delhi, Aug 25: ISRO on Friday said the Chandrayaan-3 rover, 'Pragyan', has successfully traversed a distance of about eight metres and its payloads have been turned on.
"All planned rover movements have been verified. The rover has successfully traversed a distance of about 8 metres. Rover payloads LIBS and APXS are turned on," the space agency said in a post on X.
"All payloads on the propulsion module, lander module, and rover are performing nominally," it added.
The Alpha Particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) is aiming at deriving the chemical composition and infer the mineralogical composition of the lunar surface.
The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) w... | |
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