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Gunmen kill narcotics smuggler in Kupwara 8/29/2023 10:52:35 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 29: Unknown gunmen killed a narcotic smuggler in Jammu Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said on Tuesday. They said during the intervening night of August 28/29, at about 2200 hours some sound of gunshots were heard in Haridal area of Police Post Teetwal Karnah. Upon hearing the gunshots, a swift search operation was launched by local Police and Army unit in the area that led to the discovery of the lifeless body of Mukhtar Ahmad Shah, (42) of Panjtaran Karnah. The deceased’s body was found in the village of Pingla Haridal. Police shifted the body to Sub District Hospital (SDH) Tangdhar for necessary medico-legal procedures. Subsequent to the post-mortem examination, the body was handed over to the family for final rites. A case has been registered under appropriate sections, and a thorough investigation has been initiated. Police said preliminary investigations suggest that the deceased has been killed by some rival narcotics smuggling gang members or the rival terror operatives. “Notably, Mukhtar Ahmad Shah was a high-profile narcotics...   READ MORE

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Body of missing engineer found in Baramulla 8/29/2023 10:52:29 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 29: Days after a senior engineer went missing, his body was found in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, officials said. Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) Gurmeet Singh, who was posted in Baramulla, was missing since August 25 evening. Officials said his body was retrieved from a barrage in the Gantamulla area of Baramulla. “The body has been taken for the medical examination,” they said. J&K police confirmed that the body of missing engineer has been found. Soon after the AEE went missing on Friday evening, Police constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case. Singh, a resident of Kanthbagh Baramulla had attend...   READ MORE   SIA arrests Sarjan Barkati alias “Azadi Chacha” for orchestrating crowd funding 8/29/2023 10:52:22 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 29: Jammu and Kashmir’s Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday arrested Sarjan Ahmad Wagay alias Barkati, the face of 2016 protests in Kashmir, officials said. They said Barkati was arrested in a case registered in Police station SIA this year. Officials said the case pertains to Barkati’s involvement in allegedly orchestrating an extensive fund-raising campaign through crowd funding, resulting in the generation of funds amounting to crores. “These funds were subsequently misused, involving money laundering and acquisition of undisclosed assets for propagation of radicalism within the Kashmir valley,” they said. Barkati, also known as “Az...   READ MORE   Reduction in LPG prices will provide more comfort to sisters: PM Modi 8/29/2023 10:52:15 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the government’s announcement of a Rs 200 per cylinder cut in prices of domestic cooking gas, saying the festival of Raksha Bandhan is about “increasing happiness within the family” and this reduction will provide more comfort to sisters and make their life easier. The government on Tuesday announced a Rs 200 per cylinder cut in prices of domestic cooking gas. At present, a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder in the national capital costs Rs 1,103 – more than double the rate it came for in May 2020. It will cost Rs 903 when the decision is implemented from Wednesday. For Ujjwala beneficiaries, the price will be Rs 703 after co...   READ MORE   Court grants bail to ‘conman’ Kiran Patel 8/29/2023 10:52:07 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 29: A local court here on Tuesday granted bail to alleged Gujarat conman Kiran Patel who was arrested for posing as a top official in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in March this year. The court of chief judicial magistrate, Srinagar, granted bail to Patel lodged in central jail here, one of his lawyers Anil Raina said. He said the court granted bail to Patel on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two local sureties of the same amount. Apart from Raina, Patel was represented in the court by Mohammad Abdullah Pandit and Kaif Alam. Patel made headlines when he was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir for posing as a top official in the PMO in March after videos...   READ MORE   Gas price reduction has nothing to do with upcoming polls: Anurag Thakur 8/29/2023 10:52:02 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 29: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that the Union Cabinet’s decision to reduce domestic LPG cylinder prices was not linked to upcoming assembly polls and was about providing relief to people. “It has got nothing to do with elections and it is all to do with relief measures and benefits to be given to the users,” Thakur said in response to a question at a press conference on decisions of the union cabinet. Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Mizoram are set to go for Assembly polls later this year followed by general elections in 2024. The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendr...   READ MORE

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