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| Employees, pensioners enjoying benefits of BPL category ! | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 25: Over five months after detecting nearly ten lakh bogus beneficiaries, the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department has identified a large number of government employees who are getting subsized ration under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category.
Taking serious note after detecting a large number of such employees, the CAPD Department has issued a warning to the government officials and pensioners holding Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards in Kashmir.
These employees and pensioners have been asked to surrender their BPL cards as early as possible to avoid action.
Sources said that it was all due to blunders committed during the previous regimes that many undeserving families have managed to get BPL cards while as many deserving poor families were denied BPL category due to apathic attitude of the elected representatives.
As Jammu and Kashmir Government detected more than ten lakh bogus beneficiaries, who were getting subsidized ration from the outlets of the Department of the Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution across... | |
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| Daughters keeping tricolour flying: PM on women’s cricket team gold in Asian Games | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated India’s women’s cricket team for winning the gold medal at the Asian Games.
PM Modi also congratulated the 10m air rifle men’s team for winning the gold medal at the Games and lauded the performance of other medal-winners and players as well. “What a grand show by our cricket team as they clinch Women’s Cricket gold at the Asian Games. The country rejoices in their incredible achievement,” he said
Our daughters are keeping the Tricolour flying high in the sporting arena too with their talent, grit, skill, and teamwork. Congratulations on your great victory,” he added.
Lauding the gold-winning air ri... | |
| | | | NIA court rejects bail applications of 10 separatists | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, SepT 25: A special court here on Monday rejected the bail applications of 10 second-rung separatist leaders arrested on the charges of trying to revive the banned outfit Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
Additional Sessions Judge Srinagar Sandeep Gandotra, special judge designated under the NIA Act, rejected the separatists’ pleas, saying if they were enlarged on bail at this stage, it will put to risk the interests of the public and the state.
“Taking into consideration the nature and gravity of offence and the larger interests of the state and security of the state, the accused persons/applicants are not entitled to bail at this stage. The embarg... | |
| | | | Rajnath Singh inaugurates ‘Bharat Drone Shakti’ show | | | | Agencies
Uttar Pradesh, Sept 25: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday inaugurated a mega drone show being hosted at the Hindon airbase here. The show Bharat Drone Shakti 2023 is being jointly organised by the Indian Air Force and Drone Federation of India (DFI).
Singh opened the mega drone show and also watched a few aerial demonstrations of the drones. Later, he also visited the exhibition area and some of the stalls.
An officials Drone Federation of India said around 75 drones are on static display and over 50 will be displayed aerially during the course of the show. ... | |
| | | | Improve footfall to Jambu Zoo: Chief Secretary directs officials | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 25: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on his visit to the Jambu Zoo at Nagrota reviewed the facilities being provided to the visitors there besides overall functioning of Zoological Park thrown open for public last year.
While making his observations, the Chief Secretary made out that the footfall to this facility needs to be improved in view of the attractions available here. He observed that the school children and other nature lovers could also be impar... | |
| | | | Snowfall, rain bring relief to Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 25: Snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir and rains in the plains ended a prolonged dry spell and brought down the mercury significantly in the Valley which experienced record high temperatures this month, officials said on Monday.
Moderate rains lashed most parts of the valley. Srinagar city recorded 18.3 mm of rainfall till 8.30 am on Monday. Snowfall was recorded in higher reaches of south Kashmir including around the holy cave shrine of Amarnath and Gulmarg in north Kashmir, they said.
The downpour has ended the heatwave which was witnessed in the second week of September. The Valley saw high temperatures which broke the record of 89 years.
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| | | | Get good advisors to understand nuances of governance: Anurag Thakur to Rahul | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 25: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday suggested Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to get good advisers to understand the nuances of governance.
“After being in politics all these years, and 10 years of the Congress being in government, Rahul Gandhi is yet to grasp how the government functions or takes decisions,” the senior BJP leader said, taking a dig at Gandhi over his claim that out of 90 secretaries of the government of India, only three are from Other Backward Classes (OBC) and control only five per cent of the Budget. The Congress leader has been alleging that the BJP-led government was ignoring OBCs, who despite being the largest castes group numerically... | |
| | | | Induction of C-295 aircraft heralds new era of Air Force: IAF Ex-Chief | | | | Agencies
Ghaziabad, Sept 25: The induction of C-295 aircraft “heralds a new era for the Air Force” and this fleet will in times to come become the backbone of the force’s tactical lift capability, former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (retd) said on Monday.
The first C-295 medium tactical transport aircraft was inducted into the Indian Air Force in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh earlier in the day.
The induction ceremony took place at the Hindon airbase near Delhi. IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari was also present on the occasion.
Former IAF chief Bhadauria said this aircraft is “state-of-the-art” and “hugely capable”.
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