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LG inaugurates multipurpose cinema halls in Pulwama, Shopian

‘Every J&K district will get a similar facility under Mission Youth’

9/18/2022 10:44:42 PM

Early Times Report Pulwama/ Shopian, Sept 18: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated Multipurpose Cinema Halls at Pulwama and Shopian districts. “Today is a historic day for J&K UT. Multipurpose Cinema Halls at Pulwama and Shopian will offer facilities ranging from movie screening, infotainment and skilling of youth”, said the Lt Governor. Students, Youth and people from all walks of life gathered at the new Multipurpose Cinema Halls at Drussu Pulwama and MC Shopian to witness the even...

5 months after joining, senior leader mulling to quit AAP

9/18/2022 10:44:26 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 18: Within five months after joining the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with much fanfare, a senior politician is seriously thinking to say goodbye to the party due to the indifferent attitude of the leadership. Highly placed sources said that the former MLA, who had joined the AAP with the hope to serve the people of the Jammu region with dedication, is disheartened due to the attitude of those at the helm of the affairs. Sources close to the leader told the Early Times that for the last couple of months he is not participating in any activities of the party. “Instead of using the banner of AAP, the leader is rather working independently because people of Jam...

3 dead as mud house collapses in Anantnag; LG expresses condolences

9/18/2022 10:44:20 PM

Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 18: Three people died in a mud house collapse in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Sunday. Manzoor Gorsi (40), Hajira (55), and Asif Gorsi (16) were in the temporary structure built in the Mather Patheri Daksum area of the district on Saturday night when it suddenly collapsed, they said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed condolences to the bereaved families, and directed the district administration to ensure immediate assistance. “Deeply anguished by the loss of lives due to a house collapse in Larnoo, Anantnag. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. Directed district administration to ensure ...

Give Cheetahs time to make Kuno National Park their home: PM Modi

9/18/2022 10:43:45 PM

Agencies Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh, Sept 18: The eight cheetahs from Namibia, who were released into Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) a day ago, seemed to be slowly adapting to the new environment as they were seen strolling in their quarantine enclosure today and soaking in the ambience with curiosity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday released these cheetahs brought from the African country into a quarantine enclosure at the KNP in Sheopur district as part of a project to revive the population of the animal which became extinct in India in 1952. At the time of their release, the spotted big cats looked hesitant as they took in the new environment with a look of curios...

Arrested clerics were instigating youth despite multiple warnings: ADGP Kashmir

9/18/2022 10:43:37 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 18: Clerics arrested under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) kept instigating the youth despite several warnings, Kashmir Additional Director General of Police Vijay Kumar said on Sunday. "We had ample evidence and that is why we had called them several times and tried to convince them not to instigate the youth, the people. When they did not stop, they were booked under the PSA," Kumar told reporters in north Kashmir's Baramulla district. In the last few days, about half a dozen people, including clerics, have been booked and arrested here under PSA, which the ADGP termed the last resort for the police. He said the evidence against them can be s...

CAT allows 5 ousted candidates to appear for JKPSCCC Mains exam

9/18/2022 10:43:27 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 18: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has allowed five candidates, who were first declared as successful in JKPSC’s first result list and later dropped from the subsequent revised list after midnight. They were barred from applying for J&K Combined Competitive (Mains) Examination, 2022 being conducted by the J&K Public Service Commission (JKPSC) on November 27, 2022. The Jammu Bench of CAT chaired by Judicial Member, Suresh Kumar Batra after hearing an Original Application O.A./1286/2022, filed by five candidates Amit Singh and others through their counsels Advocate Jattan Singh Gill, passed the order directing JKPSC to allow provisionally the ...

Woman, son killed after car plunges into gorge in Reasi

9/18/2022 10:43:14 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 18: Two persons were killed and as many injured when their car skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The accident took place near Shila Shajroo around 7 am when the driver of the car was negotiating a blind curve on the Reasi-Mahore Road, a police official said. He said the locals launched a rescue operation and found Sakeena Begum (40) and her son Imtiyaz Ahmad (20) dead. Begum's husband Abdul Majid (45) and daughter Nazmeen Kousar (15) were rushed to the district hospital in critical condition, the police official said....

On way home after father's death, CISF jawan killed in accident

9/18/2022 10:43:07 PM

Early Times Report Bhaderwah/Jammu, Sept 18: A 32-year-old Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan was killed on Sunday when his car skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The jawan, Mohd Jaan, was posted in Kishtwar district and was travelling to his home at Kora village in Udhampur following the death of his father a few days back, the officials said. The jawan lost control over his vehicle on reaching near Assar village and it rolled down into a deep gorge, they said, adding he was rescued in an injured condition but succumbed to injuries during treatment at a hospital....

Suspected drone activity in Samba

9/18/2022 10:43:00 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 18: A massive search operation was carried out by the police and CRPF in several forward villages along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district following information about a suspected drone activity, a senior police official said on Sunday. However, nothing objectionable was found during the operation which started around 7:30 pm on Saturday and concluded at 9 am on Sunday, Deputy Superintendent of Police, operations, Garu Ram Bhardwaj said. He said information was received that an illegal flying object , believed to be a Pakistani drone, hovered for over five minutes over Sarthi Kalan, Dera and Madoon villages in the border out...

Terror hideout busted in Ramban

9/18/2022 10:42:53 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 18: Security forces on Sunday busted a terrorist hideout in a forest area in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the recovery of some arms and ammunition, police said. The hideout was unearthed during a joint operation by the police and Army in the Tetharka forest area of Sangaldan in Gool sub-division, a police official said. He said an Under-Barrel Grenade Launcher, a Chinese pistol with a magazine and 36 cartridges, a knife, four AK-47 rifle magazines with 198 bullets, 69 nine mm pistol rounds, a binocular, a camera and a wireless set were seized. ...