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After airstrikes JeM chief's shaken brother seeks help
3/3/2019 11:37:14 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 3: As the days are passing details about the airstrikes are emerging. The strikes were carried out by Indian Air Force at a JeM terrorist camp at Balakote inside Pakistan. Moulana Ammar, youngest brother of JeM chief Moulana Masood Azhar, in an audio clip is heard saying that India has hit an important JeM camp inside Pakistan territory and the act needs to be avenged. "India did not hit any army installation nor any establishment of Pakistan government but the attack was mounted on a Jaish Centre where we used to prepare our cadres for Jehad," Moulana Ammar is heard saying. A caller in another audio clip, which has gone viral on the social network, is heard calling authorities for help and saying that "everything has been destroyed in firing." An analyst while talking to Early Times said that the airstrikes carried out by the IAF have shaken the terrorists present in Pakistan to core as they had never expected that Indian jets would reach their den and destroy it. "There is some confusion about the number of causalities suffered by the terrorists a...
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Balakote: Eyewitnesses call Imran Khan's bluff
Surgical Strike 2
3/3/2019 11:37:05 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 3: Pakistan PM Imran Khan and Pakistani Army stand exposed. The Congress, the TMC, the AAP and many other secular outfits in India, who had been asking the Narendra Modi Government to prove that the Indian Air Force did attack the Jaish-e-Mohammad's terror training camp at Balakot, Pakistan, and caused extensive damage there, also stand exposed. Eyewitness accounts have now emerged from the Balakot area itself corroborating the Narendra Modi Government's assertion that "it had caused a large number of casualties when it struck Jaish-e-Mohammed's terror apparatus in Pakistan in its 26 February airstrike". Eyewitnesses, who were present near the site of the op...
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Governor's Admin silent on elections to 2nd, 3rd tier of civic elections
3/3/2019 11:36:54 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 3: The Governor led state administration has apparently surrendered before political parties by maintaining silence over holding elections to 2nd and 3rd tier of Panchayati raj institutions after lapse of over three months, since the conclusion of elections for Ist tier. As per Panchayat Raj Act of J&K, after the conclusion of elections for panchayats (Ist tier) the notification for conduct of elections for 2nd tier (Block Development Council) must be issued after one month. The elections to third tier (District Planning Development Board headed by a Chairman) are followed by the elections to 2nd tier. "It is almost three months, since the elections for pan...
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Grievance cell seeks probe against XEn REW Udhampur'
Enquiry committee confused
3/3/2019 11:35:59 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 3: Chairman enquiry committee, constituted by Directorate of Rural Development Jammu, following directions from JK Grievance Cell, regarding alleged 'embezzlements' committed by Mohd Bashir Sheikh, Executive Engineer, Rural Engineer Wing, Udhampur, got confused as two enquiries parachuted on same matter. According to sources, the RDD Jammu constituted an enquiry committee on 25/02/2019, headed by Shabir Ahmed Choudhary with Superintending Engineer (SE), REW Jammu, and ACDs Samba, Udhampur and Ramban, XEn REW Jammu and Technical Officer to SE (REW) Jammu as members. "It is submitted that the contents of Administrative Department's letter No.RD&PR/Estt/ Gaz/C...
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Why Home Ministry banned Jamaat-e-Islami?
Hizb link
3/3/2019 11:35:48 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 3: Why did the Union Home Ministry ban the J&K Jamaat-e-Islami, the day the Indian Air Force launched Surgical Strike 2 deep inside Pakistan at Balakote and across the LoC at Muzaffarabad and Chakoti to avenge the Pulwama massacre of 47 CRPF jawans on February 14? The Home Ministry has said that "the Jammu and Kashmir-based group Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) is responsible for the formation of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), the most significant terrorist organisation active in the State, a day after five-year ban was imposed on JeI". "JeI is the main organisation responsible for the propagation of separatist and radical ideology in the Kashmir Valley and has been pursuing...
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Ban on Jammat, boost for NC in elections!
3/3/2019 11:35:37 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 3: The ban on Jamaat E Islami is likely to give a boost to the National Conference during the much-awaited polls in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Given the fact that the Jamaat had been allegedly supporting Peoples Democratic Party in the valley "to defeat the NC" during the previous elections, the ban can benefit the Abdullahs. Former Chief Minister and NC President Omar Abdullah sudden "soft stand" towards New Delhi conveys that the NC is happy with the ban on Jamaat and looks ahead to gain from it in the elections for the parliament and the state Assembly. On March 1, no sooner the news broke about the ban on Jamaat, Omar Abdullah said nobody shoul...
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Politicians promise stars to border residents as Uri people await bunkers
3/3/2019 11:35:28 PM
Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 3: The tall claims of politicians about rehabilitation of border dwellers notwithstanding, the hapless souls continue to suffer for want of shelter and other amenities. Awaiting measures to protect themselves from cross border shelling, they live in constant fear. It has been years since Uri administration submitted a proposal for 3000 bunkers for people living along the line of control, but nothing has moved to this day. "People along the LoC have to bear the brunt. Many people have got injured in last few days. Despite that government did not approve bunkers for residents of Uri living along the LoC," an official said. "Politicians are...
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Encroachment of KP land by BRO/ locals
SIC issues notice to DC Kupwara
3/3/2019 11:35:20 PM
Early Times Report Kupwara, Mar 3: State Information Commission (SIC) has issued notice to Deputy Commissioner (District Magistrate) Kupwara to ensure protection of a Kashmiri Pandit (KP) migrant land that is allegedly under the occupation of Border Roads Organization (BRO) and some locals. The owner of the land through his counsel had issued notice to the DC and SSP Kupwara regarding the matter. When no action was taken aggrieved filed an RTI application to know the action taken report. Details available with Early Times reveal that an RTI application was filed by one . Ramesh Kumar Bhat R/O Patoli Brahama Jammu actually hailing from Kupwara on 20.07.2018 seeking information from P...
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4-yrs on, babus, cops in J&K yet to hear PM Modi's clarion call of Achay Din
IAF Pilot's speedy release reminds people of Achay Din promise
3/3/2019 11:34:45 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 3: When Prime Minister Narender Modi assumed office of the Prime Minister five years ago, he promised Achay Din (Good Days) to people of India. The people dreamed of a fair and free administration and expected immediate redressal of grievances. However, no change was felt on the ground. An analyst while talking to Early Times said that "bureaucrats and police officers in Jammu and Kashmir ignored the PM Modi's clarion call for Achay-Din in the state. They conti...
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DySP plays truant with law, dubiously fixes land deal, removed
3/3/2019 11:00:50 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 3: A DySP posted in Jammu-Kathua-Samba (JKS) Range of Zone Jammu was removed from the posting he was holding following receipt of a complaint regarding his dubious role in a controversial land deal. According to sources, the DySP had pressurized one of the SHOs under his command to side with a particular party in a contentious land deal which came to the notice of top officials adding that after the matter got exposed, the officer was shifted to another district in the same Range. Sources said that this DySP was posted on his last assignment just a year back and was placed at a prominent posting in the JKS Range. "The land deals in the area where the DySP...
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3 day long encounter ends, death toll mounts to 8
Two AK-47 rifles, incriminating material recovered
3/3/2019 11:00:41 PM
S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report KUPWARA, Mar 3: Two LeT militants were killed while five security personnel including two policemen and three CRPF personnel were martyred in a three day long gunfight that ended today at Banagund area of Handwara. One civilian also lost his life in the encounter. The encounter broke out during the intervening night of Feb 28 and March 1 after the joint team of security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation. A fierce encounter started and two militants were believed to have been killed. On Sunday morning, one more CRPF personnel succumbed to injuries while the militant believed to be a foreigner who was changing locations was gunned down. The...
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Lady SDPO tightens noose around criminals
Gender not an impediment for honest policing
3/3/2019 11:00:26 PM
K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 3: It may not be perhaps wrong to say that maintaining law and order doesn't need muscular power, as a lady Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) posted as Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) in Jammu has apparently tightened noose against crime and criminals. Dr Sunniya Wani, who was deputed as SDPO, South (Gandhi Nagar) in September last year has proven that if intentions are clear and if duties are discharged with dedication and honesty, the ...
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One held with 32 bottles of banned cough syrup
Prof Amitabh Mattoo greets people on Mahashivratri
Excise Department dispels apprehensions about new Excise policy
Bank planning to open more branches on pilgrim circuit across country- Parvez Ahmed
Blast in Pulwama, no casualties reported
3 Jamaat-e-Islami Leaders Arrested, Assets Sealed In Jammu: Police
Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation donates 121 units of blood
DLSA organises awareness cum training programme on EVM- VVPAT
Shiv Kumar Sharma re-elected as president INTUC
NC leaders greet people on Maha Shivratri
IAF WC Abinandan's return celebrated in Ramgarh
Jammu to get multipurpose sports complex with seating capacity of 70,000
FOB organizes awareness on Swachhta Abhiyan
Cleanliness drive organized
Two persons killed after car falls into gorge
PSS felicitates writers, artists, musicians
MC president holds meeting at Ramgarh
ABVP welcomes SAC decision
Natrang stages Uthal Puthal
SMVD University holds 'SAMVAAD' in TATVA-2019
Substandard material used in restoration works of Fawara Garden
BJP's attempts to politically own air strikes condemnable: Harsh
People hold protest over shifting of Degree College from Marheen
RDD fails to complete construction of bunkers along border areas
EC team in J&K today; to assess situation for holding simultaneous LS, Assembly polls
Extension of winter vacations in Schools
No reports of ceasefire violation by Pak along LoC since Saturday night: Officials
Shelling by Pak hampering construction of bunkers along LoC, say locals
SSB constable among two found dead in Ramban
Traffic restored on Jammu-Srinagar NH, stranded vehicles allowed to move
Peerkho Mahashivratri Mela begins
India, Pak must initiate 'result oriented' dialogue: Farooq
Army chief Rawat visits Jammu to review situation on LOC
ReT Forum holds monthly meeting, highlights issues of cadre
People express resentment over shifting of degree college from Ramgarh
Shivratri revives bond between Kashmiri Pandits & Muslims
Kashmir loses Dal, inhabitants lose livelihood to Govt indifference
Militants hurl grenade at police officer's residence in Pulwama, no casualties
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