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| Highway to remain shut for 4 hours daily till Sept 27 | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 22: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway will remain closed for traffic for four hours daily till September 27 to undertake repairs in various landslide-prone areas, officials said.
Traffic would be halted from 3 am to 7 am during the repair work, according to the direction issued by Chief Secretary AK Mehta.
To carry out urgent repairs on shooting stones prone NH-44 stretch by NHAI, including Cafeteria Morh-Mehad, the chief secretary called for a four-hour halt of traffic for a period of five days from Friday, they said.
Mehta asked officers to ensure smooth movement of fruit-laden trucks on the highway.
He also asked officers to complete the double laning of stretches between Banihal and Ramban and its subsequent black topping within a period of 10 days.
The chief secretary underlined the need for creating minimum obstacles for the movement of traffic during the five days and asked officials to halt traffic only during the night when traffic is lean and minimum.
He asked officials to look for different scientific methods like use of GPS tec... | |
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| Suspense continues over Azad’s new political party | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 22: Suspensive over the new political party to be floated by former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad continued his earlier announcement in this regard has missed the first deadline.
On September 11, Ghulam Nabi Azad while addressing his first rally in Kashmir Valley after snapping 50-year-old relations with the Congress party, declared that the name of the new would be announced within ten days.
September 21 was the deadline to announce the name of the new political party but no announcement in this regard has been made so far.
Not only Azad’s earlier announcement of floating a political party missed the deadline, the former Chief Minister is also “m... | |
| | | | RSS Chief visits mosque, top cleric calls him “Rashtra Pita” | | | 
Agencies
NEW DELHI, Sept 22: Taking forward his outreach to the Muslim community, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday visited a mosque and a madrassa here and held discussions with the chief of the All India Imam Organisation who termed him ‘rashtra pita’.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ‘sarsangchalak’ went to a mosque in central Delhi’s Kasturba Gandhi Marg and followed it up with a visit to the Madarsa Tajweedul Quran in Azadpur in north Delhi. This is the first time he has visited a m... | |
| | | | Cleric’s remarks trigger debate on social media | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 22: An intense debate has been generated on social media after Chief Imam of All India Imam Organisation Dr. Umer Ahmed Ilyasi on Thursday called RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat the “Father of the Nation”.
Ilyasi passed these remarks after the RSS chief visited a Masjid and Madarsa in Delhi as part of Sangh’s recent campaign to reach out to Muslims.
“Mohan Bhagwat Ji visited on my invitation today. He's 'Rashtra-pita' & 'Rashtra-Rishi'. A good message will go out from his visit. Our ways of worshipping God are different, but the biggest religion is humanity. We believe country comes first”, tweeted Dr. Ilyasi.
Earlier, after visiting a Masjid at Kasturba Gand... | |
| | | | PM Modi to attend funeral of Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan on September 27 to attend the state funeral of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead in July.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was shot dead on July 8 while delivering a campaign speech in western Japan ahead of the House of Councillors election on July 10.
PM Modi will visit Japan on September 27 to attend the state funeral, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
He will also separately meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the visit.
PM Modi had a close relationship with Abe. He had condoled the demise of his "dear friend" Abe and said the former Japanese premier... | |
| | | | Govt sacks 6 absent doctors, lets off 11 others with rider | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 22: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday terminated services of six doctors for remaining unauthorizedly absent while let off eleven others subject to them tendering a bond undertaking, among others, to serve J&K for at least five years.
They include Dr Mudasir Bashir of Batamaloo Srinagar, Dr Muzaffar Mohidin Hakeem of Palhalan Pattan, Dr Shazia Kausar of Rajbagh Srinagar, Dr Ubaid Ali of Chanapora Srinagar, Dr Nowsheen Mir of Hyderpora Srinagar and Dr Imran Khan of Kursoo Rajbagh. While Mudasir was found absent from April 2017, the remaining doctors were found not in attendance from 2018 and 2019.
According to an order, issued by Secretary Heal... | |
| | | | DB dismisses PIL against establishment of Directorate of Prosecution | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 22: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking quashment of order passed to establish Directorate of Prosecution.
It’s in place to mention here that the government had passed an order in 2019 to establish Directorate of Prosecution by creating separate prosecution service to be known as "J&K Prosecution Service" in so far as it comprises the members of J&K Police (Gazetted) service (Prosecution wing) and Prosecuting officers (Non-Gazetted) as its members.
Another order was passed whereby former members of J&K Police Gazetted Service (Prosecution Wing) were to be engaged as Deputy Director(s)... | |
| | | | Amit Shah chairs meet on action against popular front of India, terror suspects | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 22: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today held a meeting wherein the ongoing searches at premises linked to the Popular Front of India and action against terror suspects, were believed to have been discussed, officials said.
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) Dinkar Gupta were among the top officials who attended the high-level meeting.
Amit Shah is said to have taken stock of the action taken against the terror suspects and activists of the Popular Front of India (PFI) across the country, an official told Press Trust of India.
In near simultaneous raids across the len... | |
| | | | Govt bans import of bovines into J&K | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 22: The Jammu and Kashmir government today imposed complete ban on import of bovine animals from neighboring states and inter-district movement of bovines within the UT for any purpose, till 25th of October, 2022.
This government order has been issued in the wake of spread of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in J&K and some states of the country as a measure of abundant precaution and in view of declaration of whole UT of J&K as "Controlled Area" for Lumpy Skin Disease vide S.0 424, dated 05.09.2022 and in exercise of powers conferred under Section 10 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases Act, 2009.
The order further said that... | |
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