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LG’s initiatives for STs: Helpless Koli community ignored, ill treated 11/25/2021 10:43:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 25: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday announced the historic initiative of his government to transform 200 schools into Smart Schools for Tribal communities. Furthermore, the J&K Govt has taken another major decision to provide scholarships to 21000 children of the Gaddi, Sippy, Dard, Sheena communities who were deprived of the same for the last three decades. It is a historic initiative on the part of the J&K government to provide scholarships and other initiatives to the Giddi, Sippy, Dard, and Sheena communities but the biggest question is about the helpless Koli community. Socially, the educationally and economically backward Koli community of J&K, is being deprived of constitutional rights for the last over three decades due to the apathetic approach being adopted by the successive state governments. Koli community appears as Scheduled Tribe (ST) in the central list. And most important of all the other sub-castes of this community namely Gaddi and Sappi are already included in the ST list of J&K. In the year 1991 when some comm...   READ MORE

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'Mehran's name popped up during security review meeting chaired by Amit Shah' 11/25/2021 10:43:08 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 25: The militant commander Mehran Yasin Shalla's name had come up during a recent security review meeting which was chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Srinagar, top sources said on Thursday. They said when Home Minister Shah inquired about the spate of targeted civilian killings during the October 23 meeting at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar, top officials named TRFs (The Resistance Front) Mehran as a "main accused". It is learnt that Shah at that very moment told top security officials "to take immediate steps to eliminate the top commander?. Mehran, a resident of Jamalhatta in the old city was killed after a brief shooting along with two of his a...   READ MORE   Anti-Terror agency's searches in Kashmir in Al-Qaeda attack plan case 11/25/2021 10:43:01 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 25: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today carried out searches at five locations in Kashmir in connection with its investigation into a case related to an Al-Qaeda group's plan to launch terror attacks in India, an official said. The case was initially registered in Lucknow by Uttar Pradesh's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on July 7 and subsequently taken over by the NIA for an in-depth investigation on July 29, a spokesperson of the agency said. The NIA said the raids were carried out at five locations in south Kashmir's Shopian district and central Kashmir's Budgam district. A large number of incriminating documents and digital devices were seiz...   READ MORE   Uttar Pradesh turning into Country’s “Most connected region”: PM Modi 11/25/2021 10:42:55 PM Agencies New Delhi, Nov 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Uttar Pradesh is turning into the most connected region of the country with the efforts of the “double engine government”. During his address at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Noida International Airport here, PM Modi said, “After seven years of independence, for the first time, Uttar Pradesh has started getting what it has always deserved. It is turning into the most connected region of the country with the efforts of double engine government.” “Noida International Airport will play a major role in the growing aviation sector of India and will be a key centre of maintenance, repair and operations...   READ MORE   BJP Can Never Fire Bullets On Farmers, "Ram Bhakts": Rajnath Singh 11/25/2021 10:42:49 PM Agencies New Delhi, Nov 25: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the Centre withdrew its agriculture laws as the BJP is "sensitive" towards farmers. He also attacked the opposition Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP), saying his party can never "fire bullets" on farmers and "Ram bhakts". Rajnath Singh made the statement addressing a convention of BJP booth presidents, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to repeal the laws, against which farmers have been camping at the Delhi borders for the past one year. "Our party is always sensitive towards farmers, that's why our prime minister has repealed the farm laws," the defence minister said. Attacking the Samaj...   READ MORE   People object to supply of substandard ration to Anganwari center 11/25/2021 10:42:41 PM Early Times Report KISHTWAR, Nov 25: People in remote Bhandera area of Kuntwara falling under Panchayat Bhutna Churyana of Drabshallla block objected the supply of sub-standard ration to the Anganwari center where the parents has assembled to collect the ration for their children which is being distributed among them uncooked due to COVID-19. As per the details available with Early Times the people took on Sarpanch Rajni Devi for providing substandard ration to the children and seek expla...   READ MORE   Overcast condition and fog keeps Kashmir cold 11/25/2021 10:42:13 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 25: Gulmarg is the coldest place in Kashmir on Thursday at minus 1.2 degrees Celsius as the mercury rose due to an overcast sky in the valley during the night. Night temperature at most places showed improvement, but fog condition made life difficult as the MeT office said, weather is most likely to remain cold and dry till November end across Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar recorded 0.4 degree Celsius against the 0.3 on Wednesday. However, fog engulfed most places including the famous Dal Lake and Boulevard road. In the Ladakh region, at airforce station of Drass the temperature was recorded at minus 6.4 degrees Celsius against the minus 8.7 yesterda...   READ MORE   COVID-19: JK reports 182 new cases 11/25/2021 10:42:07 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 25: The Government today informed that 182 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 33 from Jammu division and 149 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 336063. Moreover, 160 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 32from Jammu Division and 128 from Kashmir Division. The Bulletin informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today. On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 52,369doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of doses adm...   READ MORE

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