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Breaking News :   Omar Abdullah’s Govt nears 100 days: Congress remains sidelined | Mystery behind 17 Budhal deaths will be resolved soon: CM | CM visits grieving families, promises justice | One more Budhal youth shifted to GMC Rajouri | Central team continues probe | Army pays tributes to martyr soldier | Sopore operation called off | ‘No terror angle, man killed by rival gang’ | ED attaches 2 hotels in Patnitop | Set up pay panel: SC to High Courts | Woman, infant son die in cylinder blast | Soldier injured in explosion | JKCCE prelims on Feb 23 | Security beefed up ahead of R-Day | Kashmir upper reaches receive snow | Lady drug peddler held from Sadiqabad Doda City, narcotics recovered | Mahakumbh 2025: A Sangam of culture & technology | Make roads secure | Div Com Kashmir assesses preparations for celebration of Republic Day-2025 | Aneesha Sharma wins silver at Sports of all shooting championship 2025 | District Administration Poonch hosts 3-day Chess Tournament | DC Baramulla launches Clean River Jhelum campaign | Month-long Healthy Baby competition concludes | District Manager NABARD encourages women trainees | Kishtwar admin reinforces measures against illegal mining | DDC reviews progress of CRF, NABARD Projects in Doda district | DC Kupwara reviews arrangements for celebration of National Voters Day | Kishtwar admin reinforces measures against illegal mining | DC Samba inspects arrangements for Republic Day celebrations | DC Samba inspects arrangements for Republic Day celebrations | Lady drug peddler held from Sadiqabad Doda City, narcotics recovered | Market checking to get intensified across all tehsils | ADGP Jammu chairs meeting to review Republic Day arrangements | DC Jammu inspects Jal Jeevan Mission works, stresses on quality, sustainability | J&K has immense potential for harnessing solar, hydro, other renewable energy sources: Satish Sharma | Political parties should have code of conduct for lawmakers: Om Birla | Defence Ministry ink contract with Heavy Vehicles Factory for 47 T-72 Bridge Laying Tanks for Army | Power shut down in several areas | Employees directed to register on iGOT Karmayogi Portal | Govt issues draft rules to make e-commerce more accountable; seeks comments by Feb 15 | J&K Raj Bhawan celebrates Foundation Day of Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur | CM Omar Abdullah releases Tourism Department's calendar, trekking maps | Sakeena Itoo visits GMC Kathua, chairs induction ceremony of BHMS's 1st batch | Road Safety Awareness Program held | Arvind Gupta releases POJK 2025 Calendar, reiterates Modi Govt's commitment to displaced communities | CM Yogi, Cabinet to take holy dip at Triveni Sangam on January 22 | Holding Assembly session in March would be inconvenient for MLAs: Sajad Lone to Government | HC issues notice on J&K Olympic Association election dispute | Illegal drugs being transported through courier service seized in Srinagar | Second meeting of JPC on simultaneous polls on Jan 31 | Association of Industries delegation meets Dy CM to discuss micro/small sector issues | DC reviews achievements under HADP in Poonch | Community awareness program on rabies prevention held | Keshav Chopra organizes Aadhaar Enrollment Camp | One-day capacity building workshop on National Rabies Control Programme held | Samba police register 6 FIRs against house/land owners for not providing details of tenants to police | Multilingual Kavi Durbar dedicated to Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji organized | Samba police seizes three vehicles for illegal mining activities | Secretary J&K Legislative Assembly participates in 61st Conference of Secretaries of Legislative Bodies | Awareness Programme at GDC, Training Session at DPL Udhampur held | 9th District Handball Championship kicks off at Lamberi Sports Ground | JU organizes guest lecture on 'School internship, dissertation and project work' | IIM Jammu launches Trekking-Based Leadership Development Program | GDC Vijaypur organizes pledge-taking event under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan | Free Mega Health Checkup Camp Organized by Desh Bhagat Hospital at Village Khaniyaan | APS Damana hosts felicitation ceremony to celebrate excellence | Reffa Boules India Federation hosts camp for specially-abled students | NSS Unit of GDC Ramnagar hosts workshop on soil sampling techniques | Seminar on Road Safety organized at GDC Sunderbani | GCW Bhagwati Nagar hosts lecture on "Financial Education for Young Citizens" | NSS Winter Camp at GDC Nagrota Marks Successful Fourth Day | BKS holds Dogri Music cum Felicitation Program | Back Issues  
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Omar Abdullah’s Govt nears 100 days: Congress remains sidelined
1/21/2025 10:59:22 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 21: As the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government approaches its 100-day milestone on Thursday, a glaring political reality has come to the forefront—its coalition partner, Congress, has been completely sidelined in the functioning of the regime. Despite both parties entering into a pre-poll alliance, Congress has had little to no involvement in the decision-making or functioning of the administration. Since the declaration of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election results on October 8, 2024, the Congress party has found itself on the fringes of power. The National Conference emerged as the single largest party, securing 42 seats in the 90-member Assembly. With the additional support of a few Independent MLAs, the NC was able to form the government comfortably. Omar Abdullah took the oath of office as the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16, 2024, marking the beginning of a new chapter in...
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Mystery behind 17 Budhal deaths will be resolved soon: CM
1/21/2025 10:59:12 PM
Early Times Report BADHAAL, Jan 21: Asserting that a probe is underway to unravel the mystery behind 17 deaths in this village of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today assured people that all questions will be answered soon. Talking to reporters during his visit to the village to express sympathy with the bereaved families, Abdullah said building big hospitals everywhere is not possible but inadequacy in the health sector at district levels will be addressed to provide better healthcare facilities to people in remote pockets. Seventeen persons, including 13 children, belonging to three related families died under mysterious circumstances here between...
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CM visits grieving families, promises justice
1/21/2025 10:58:58 PM
Early Times Report RAJOURI, Jan 21: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today visited Budhal village to meet the families of the 17 individuals who tragically lost their lives, impacting three families. Expressing profound grief, the Chief Minister extended his condolences and assured the bereaved families of full support and assistance by his government. He was accompanied by Cabinet Minister Javed Rana and MLA Budhal, Javed Iqbal Choudhary, during the visit. The Chief Minister stressed that...
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One more Budhal youth shifted to GMC Rajouri
1/21/2025 10:58:23 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 21: Amidst the grim backdrop of 17 deaths due to a mysterious illness in Badhaal village of the Kotranka area of Rajouri district, another resident has been shifted in critical condition to the Government Medical College (GMC) Rajouri. Officials have identified the youth as Aijaz Ahmad, a man in his early 20s, who had reportedly been tending to some of the girls hospitalized in Jammu before they succumbed to the unexplained disease. Although Aijaz’s symptoms differ from those seen in the earlier victims—characterized by high fever, body pain, vomiting, and loss of consciousness—the authorities acted swiftly to ensure he received timely medical attention,...
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Central team continues probe
1/21/2025 10:58:17 PM
Early Times Report Rajouri/Jammu, Jan 21: A high level inter-ministerial team continued its probe for the second day on Tuesday to ascertain the cause of death of 17 members of three families in Badhaal village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said The central team headed by a director-rank officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs spent nearly six hours in the village on Monday as part of the probe. The team returned to Badhaal village this morning from Rajouri and resumed their activities like collecting samples, and interacting with surviving members of three families and the villagers, the officials said. Home Minister Amit Shah has ordered the constitution of ...
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Army pays tributes to martyr soldier
1/21/2025 10:58:08 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 21: Army on Tuesday paid tributes to a soldier who was martyred in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore sub district. A soldier Swr Pangala Kartheek was martyred in an encounter, the first of the year in Kashmir, which erupted on Sunday evening when joint forces launched an operation in the Zaloora, Gujjarpati area of Sopore. During the operation, a terrorist hideout was uncovered. Army said a wreath-laying ceremony was organised by the army at the ...
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Sopore operation called off
1/21/2025 10:57:54 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 21: The operation North Kashmir’s Sopore area that claimed the life of an army soldier was called off on day three Tuesday as terrorists fled from the scene, officials said. Sepoy Pangala Kartheek was injured in the exchange of fire with terrorists in a hideout at Zaloora Gujjarpati in the Sopore police district and died as he was being evacuated from the scene of the gunbattle on Monday. “The (Sopore) operation, launched on specific intelligence inputs, involved the busting of a militant hideout. During the exchange of fire, an army jawan sustained critical injuries and later got martyred. The operation is over,” Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone ...
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‘No terror angle, man killed by rival gang’
1/21/2025 10:57:32 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 21: The police on Monday ruled out any terror angle after a man was shot dead in the Jewal Chowk area of Jammu and that the incident was the result of gang rivalry. Additional director general of Police (ADGP), Jammu Anand Jain, told reporters that the incident was due gang rivalry. He said Gataru gang of Vijaypur attacked the member of its rival group and there was no terrorist angle in the incident. A man, identified as Sumit Jandial (37) of Vijaypur, Samba, was shot dead by some unknown persons in the Jewal Chowk area. Police have launched a massive search to nab the attackers. ...
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ED attaches 2 hotels in Patnitop
1/21/2025 10:57:22 PM
New Delhi, Jan 21: Agencies The Enforcement Directorate has attached two hotels, valued at about Rs 15 crore, in the tourist town of Patnitop in Jammu and Kashmir as part of a money laundering investigation. The federal agency said in a statement on Tuesday that the two facilities — Hotel Trinetra Resorts and Hotel Green Orchid — were built “beyond” the area permitted by the Patnitop Development Authority (PDA). A provisional order was issued by the ED to attach the hotels under the P...
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Set up pay panel: SC to High Courts
1/21/2025 10:57:04 PM
New Delhi, Jan 21: Agencies The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked all high courts to expedite setting up a two-judge panel to address grievances of district judicial officers on the implementation of the Second National Judges Pay Commission recommendations. A bench comprising Justices B R Gavai, Augustine George Masih and K Vinod Chandran passed the order after senior advocate K Paremeshwar, who is assisting it as an amicus curiae, said many high courts were yet to form the Committees for ...
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Woman, infant son die in cylinder blast
1/21/2025 10:56:55 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 21: A woman and her six-month-old son died when a cylinder allegedly exploded inside their home in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. Shazia Kousar, the wife of Sajjad Hussain, was preparing food when the incident took place at Jandrola village of the Mandi area in the evening, they said. Neighbours doused the flames and admitted a critically-injured Kousar and her infant son Ayan Ahmad to a hospital where they were declared brou...
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Soldier injured in explosion
1/21/2025 10:56:47 PM
Early Times Report Mendhar/Jammu, Jan 21: An army soldier was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The 32-year-old soldier was part of a patrolling party when he accidentally stepped over the landmine in Krishna Ghati sector, the officials said. They said the mine went off, causing critical injuries to the sepoy who was immediately evacuated to hospital. As part of an anti-infiltration obstac...
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JKCCE prelims on Feb 23
1/21/2025 10:56:38 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Public Services Commission has cleared that the the Jammu and Kashmir Combined Competitive Examination (Preliminary) examination shall be held in two sessions on February 23, 2025. ...
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Security beefed up ahead of R-Day
1/21/2025 10:56:29 PM
Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 21: Multi-tier security arrangements would be put in place for the smooth conduct of the Republic Day celebrations in Kashmir, Inspector General of Police V K Birdi said here on Tuesday. The main Republic Day function will take place in Jammu which will be presided over by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as the chief guest. “The security preparations for January 26 are in full swing. Multi-tier security arrangements wil...
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Kashmir upper reaches receive snow
1/21/2025 10:56:14 PM
Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 21: The higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley, including the famed tourist destinations of Gulmarg and Sonamarg, received fresh snowfall overnight, officials said. According to the Meteorological Centre in Srinagar, scattered light to moderate rain and snow are forecast across Jammu and Kashmir over the next 48 hours. On January 22, the plains of Jammu are expected to experience light to moderate rainfall, while several areas in Jammu and Kashmir, includ...
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Lady drug peddler held from Sadiqabad Doda City, narcotics recovered
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DC Baramulla launches Clean River Jhelum campaign
Month-long Healthy Baby competition concludes
District Manager NABARD encourages women trainees
Kishtwar admin reinforces measures against illegal mining
DDC reviews progress of CRF, NABARD Projects in Doda district
DC Kupwara reviews arrangements for celebration of National Voters Day
Kishtwar admin reinforces measures against illegal mining
DC Samba inspects arrangements for Republic Day celebrations
DC Samba inspects arrangements for Republic Day celebrations
Lady drug peddler held from Sadiqabad Doda City, narcotics recovered
Market checking to get intensified across all tehsils
ADGP Jammu chairs meeting to review Republic Day arrangements
DC Jammu inspects Jal Jeevan Mission works, stresses on quality, sustainability
Power shut down in several areas
Employees directed to register on iGOT Karmayogi Portal
J&K Raj Bhawan celebrates Foundation Day of Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur
CM Omar Abdullah releases Tourism Department's calendar, trekking maps
Sakeena Itoo visits GMC Kathua, chairs induction ceremony of BHMS's 1st batch
Road Safety Awareness Program held
Arvind Gupta releases POJK 2025 Calendar, reiterates Modi Govt's commitment to displaced communities
Holding Assembly session in March would be inconvenient for MLAs: Sajad Lone to Government
HC issues notice on J&K Olympic Association election dispute
Illegal drugs being transported through courier service seized in Srinagar
Association of Industries delegation meets Dy CM to discuss micro/small sector issues
DC reviews achievements under HADP in Poonch
Community awareness program on rabies prevention held
Keshav Chopra organizes Aadhaar Enrollment Camp
One-day capacity building workshop on National Rabies Control Programme held
Samba police register 6 FIRs against house/land owners for not providing details of tenants to police
Multilingual Kavi Durbar dedicated to Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji organized
Samba police seizes three vehicles for illegal mining activities
Secretary J&K Legislative Assembly participates in 61st Conference of Secretaries of Legislative Bodies
Awareness Programme at GDC, Training Session at DPL Udhampur held
9th District Handball Championship kicks off at Lamberi Sports Ground
JU organizes guest lecture on 'School internship, dissertation and project work'
IIM Jammu launches Trekking-Based Leadership Development Program
GDC Vijaypur organizes pledge-taking event under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
APS Damana hosts felicitation ceremony to celebrate excellence
Reffa Boules India Federation hosts camp for specially-abled students
NSS Unit of GDC Ramnagar hosts workshop on soil sampling techniques
Seminar on Road Safety organized at GDC Sunderbani
GCW Bhagwati Nagar hosts lecture on "Financial Education for Young Citizens"
NSS Winter Camp at GDC Nagrota Marks Successful Fourth Day
BKS holds Dogri Music cum Felicitation Program
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