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After 27 days, J&K Congress welcomes new entrants | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 3: The J&K unit of Congress took as many as 27 days to accord reception and welcome to new entrants in the party.
Highly placed sources in the Congress decision to accord reception to new entrants was taken following the direction of the party high command because local leaders were adopting delay tactics to formally accord reception to those who recently joined the party.
The Early Times in its August 31 edition reported that the incumbent leadership of the J&K Congress appeared to be hesitating to properly accommodate them.
On August 7, over 20 leaders from the Aam Admni Party (AAP) and Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) joined the Congress in New Delhi. Among them are four former legislators and a sitting district development council member.
Taranjit Singh Tony, a DDC member from Suchetgarh in the RS Pura sector, Yash Paul Kundal, former MLA from Samba, AAP’s women wing president Namrata Sharma along with hundreds of their supporters resigned from AAP while former MLC Naresh Gupta, former MLA Sopore Haji Abdul Ra... | |
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Daal Mein Kaala: Sajad Lone’s PC dissolves his native Kupwara office | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 3: Even as the Peoples Conference, President and former Minister, Sajad Lone has started a series of meetings with his cares from the home district of Kupwara, the PC dissolved its district body.
“As per the directive of Provincial President, the Kupwara District body has been dissolved and all district office bearers relieved of their duties. Senior leader @bashirdar01 has been directed to make two District political units & compile a list of office bearers within 7 days,” the PC said in a statement.
While the PC has been seemingly trying to downplay the matter as a routine exercise, political observers have raised questions.
“Look at the timings of... | |
| | Corruption, casteism and communalism will have no place in our national life by 2047: PM Modi | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India’s economic growth is a “natural by-product” of his nine-year-old government’s political stability, as he expressed optimism that it will be a developed nation by 2047 with “corruption, casteism and communalism” having no place in our national life.
In an exclusive interview with PTI late last week, the Prime Minister also stressed on the need for timely and clear communication of policy stance by central banks, and policy actions by each country in their fight against inflation so that it can prevent negative repercussions on others countries.
While most advanced economies are facing an economic slowdown, ch... | |
| | Khellani tunnel to become double lane: Nitin Gadkari | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 3: Union Minister for Road Transport and National Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Sunday informed that the Khellani tunnel in Doda is getting upgraded to two lanes.
In a post on X, In Jammu & Kashmir, we are upgrading the Uni-Directional Khellani Tunnel into a 2-lane strcuture, incorporating a paved shoulder and improving its approach road on NH-244.
The entire length of this project spans 2.419 kilometers and falls within Package 3.
The upgraded tunnel is set to ensure year-round accessibility, a development that will significantly benefit the local economy and the residents of the region.
Under the guidance of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji, this amb... | |
| | Amit Shah accuses I.N.D.I.A. bloc parties of insulting ‘Sanatan Dharma’ | | | Agencies
Dungarpur (Rajasthan), Sept 3: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lashed out at opposition INDIA coalition parties over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks against ‘Sanatan dharma’, accusing them of insulting ‘Sanatan dharma’ for votebank and appeasement politics.
Alleging that ‘Sanatan dharma’ is against equality and social justice, Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has said it should be eradicated.
Shah said DMK leaders, including the son of Tamil Nadu chief minister, are saying that ‘Sanatan dharma’ should be abolished.
“These people have talked about ‘Sanatan dharma’ for votebank appeasement. They have insulted (‘Sanatan dharma’),” BJP leader Shah sa... | |
| | Bomb squad defuses powerful tiffin box explosive along Jammu-Poonch highway | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri/Jammu, Sept 3: A major tragedy was averted with timely detection of a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said.
The IED, planted inside a tiffin box, was found lying on the roadside near a culvert by the army's road opening party at Sangpur village along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway around 4.45 am, they said.
Jammu-based defence PRO Lt Col Suneel Bartwal said three teams from the nearest Army camp moved to the location and established a motor vehicle check post at Kallar and Balavenue following the detection of the IED.
Simultaneously, police were informed and integrated into the oper... | |
| | Solar mission: First earth-bound manoeuvre of Aditya L1 performed successfully | | |
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Bengaluru, Sept 3: ISRO on Sunday said it has successfully performed the first earth-bound manoeuvre of the country’s maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, from ISTRAC here.
The space agency also said the satellite is healthy and operating nominally.
The next manoeuvre is scheduled for September 5, 2023, around 03:00 Hrs. IST “Aditya-L1 Mission: The satellite is healthy and operating nominally. The first Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#1) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. The new orbit attained is 245km x 22459 km. The next maneuvre (EBN#2) is scheduled for September 5, 2023, around 03:00 Hrs. IST,” ISRO said in an update on ‘X’, formerly Twitter.
Aditya L1 was laun... | |
| | Northern Railways cancels over 200 trains temporarily from Sep 8 to 11 | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 3: As the national capital gears up for the G20 Summit, Northern Railways has decided to cancel and divert over 200 passenger trains temporarily from September 8 to 11 here, a notification stated on Saturday.
According to the schedule, over 90 trains have been cancelled on September 9. More than 100 passenger trains will be cancelled on September 10 as well. Most of these trains run from Delhi to South Haryana's Sonepat-Panipat, Rohtak, Rewari, and Palwal routes Apart from that, the Delhi-Rewari Express Special and Rewari-Delhi Express Special trains will be cancelled on September 11.
Moreover, several trains prescribed to originate or terminate at the New Delh... | |
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