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2 Army Soldiers, Including An Officer, martyred In ‘Mysterious Blast’ in J&K’s Rajouri

10/30/2021 11:50:57 PM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 30: An officer and a jawan of the army were martyred in a mysterious blast near a forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The blast took place in Kalal area of Nowshera sector when an army column was on patrol duty as part of measures to check infiltration of terrorists from across the border, the officials said. They said the two army personnel, including a lieutenant, were critically injured in the explosion and immediately evacuated to a nearby military hospital where they died later. They said the area where the explosion took place is dotted with landmines planted by the army as...

Says Union Government committed to provide justice to every citizen of the country

Kiren Rijiju addresses awareness cum mega legal aid camp at Kupwara

10/30/2021 11:50:20 PM

KUPWARA, OCTOBER 30: Union Minister for Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju today said that Government of India is committed to provide justice to every citizen and various innovative steps have been taken to ensure swift justice delivery system in the the country. The Minister was addressing awareness cum mega legal aid camp at Chandigam in Lolab valley of Kupwara district. He said that the objective of his visit to the district is to assess the implementation of the development and welfare oriented programmes initiated by the Government of India. He said that he felt satisfaction while inspecting stalls and receiving feedback from the administration regarding implementation of different Gov...

Rome: PM Modi gets rousing welcome from Indian diaspora at Piazza Gandhi

10/30/2021 12:30:29 AM

agencies Rome [Italy], Oct 29: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome from Indian diaspora on Friday when he reached Piazza Gandhi in Rome to pay floral tributes to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Soon as the PM’s cavalcade entered the premises, chants of PM’s name reverberated in the surroundings. Excited to have a close glimpse of PM Modi and a chance to shake hands, Indian diaspora members travelled overnight to have this opportunity of meeting the PM in the foreign land. PM Modi after paying floral tribute to Gandhi met the Indian disapora members waiting to have a quick word with the leader. “In Rome, I had the opportunity to pay homage to Mahatm...

Theaterisation, new technology important with changing character of wars: Army Chief Naravane

10/30/2021 12:29:59 AM

agencies Pune (Maharashtra), Oct 29: Army Chief General MM Naravane on Friday asserted that the theaterisation process of the country’s military is underway and new technology is being inducted into armed forces keeping in view of the changing character of wars. “The character of war has been changing over the years. The theaterisation process is going on… this would be an important and major decision. We will go with the process slowly…..But theaterisatoin will happen,” the army chief said. “As far as induction of technology in armed forces is concerned…We are no way behind as compared to any country in the world,” he added. He made the comments while addressing a press conference aft...

Amit Shah hits out at Akhilesh Yadav for taunts over Ram Mandir construction

"Akhilesh babu, not only date but foundation stone has been laid of the temple, You missed out giving even Rs 5,000," said Amit Shah.

10/30/2021 12:29:30 AM

agencies Lucknow: Taking a swipe at opposition leaders including Akhilesh Yadav over their past remarks that BJP makes promises about building a Ram temple at Ayodhya but does not specify a time frame, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (October 29) said that the foundation had been laid off a grand temple and the Samajwadi Party leader did not even make a donation towards the construction work. Amit Shah, who launched `Mera Parivaar-BJP Parivaar` membership drive here as BJP gears up for the assembly polls early next year, said the BJP was repeatedly taunted by opposition parties over its support to the demand for a grand temple at Ayodhya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid t...

MHA likely to convey approval to Phase II of comprehensive flood management plan of river Jehlum and its tributaries within 2 months

MHA reviews PMDP and Iconic Projects of Jal Shakti Department

10/30/2021 12:28:38 AM

early times report SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 29: Ministry of Home Affairs today reviewed the PMDP and Iconic projects of Jal Shakti department in a high level meeting with the officials of J&K and Punjab Governments. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary J&K, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta along with Commissioner Secretary, Jal Shakti department and Secretary, PM&DD. Mr Piyush Goyal, Additional Secretary, MHA, besides representatives of Ministry of expenditure, and Jal Shakti participated in the meeting. It was informed that ShahpurKandi project has an irrigation potential of 53927 hectares and will provide irrigation facilities to the two predominantly kandi Districts namely Samba and Kathua, there...

JK reports 90 new positive cases, 326749 recovered, 14,525,004 Covid doses administered so far

10/30/2021 12:27:48 AM

early times report SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 29: The Government today informed that 90 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 07 from Jammu division and 83 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 332053. Moreover, 81 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 12 from Jammu Division and 69 from Kashmir Division. The Bulletin informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today. On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 68,169 doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of doses adm...

No total ban on use of firecrackers, only those containing Barium salts, chemicals banned: Supreme Court

10/30/2021 12:27:27 AM

agencies NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday made it clear that there is no total ban on the use of firecrackers and only those crackers containing Barium salts, chemical crackers or found to be injurious to health are banned. "Celebration cannot take place at the cost of the other's health," Court noted. "It is made clear that there is no total ban on the use of firecrackers, only those firecrackers are banned (joined, chemical) which are found to be injurious to health and affect the health of the citizens particularly the senior citizens and the children," said a Bench of Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna. "Under the guise of celebration, nobody can be permitted to infringe the right ...