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Amarnath Yatra: 12000 leave from Nunwan, Baltal camps; 1.35 lakh pay obeisance so far 7/13/2022 10:52:17 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 13: Fresh batches of about 12000 yatries left the twin base camps this morning onwards to pay obeisance at the Cave shrine of Amarnath in Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The “Charri Mubarak” or silver mace of Lord Shiva has been taken to Pahalgam by the custodian Mahant Deependra Giri from the Dashnami Akhara Srinagar on the occasion of Ashad Purnima to perform pooja there. More than 1.35 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine of Amarnath till Wednesday morning. About 3000 yatries including women and Sadhus left Nunwan base camp from the traditional Pahalgam route in south Kashmir's Anantnag district this morning onwards to the cave shrine amid cloudy weather conditions. The yatries were also allowed to proceed from the halting points of Chandanwanwari and Panjtarni towards the cave to pay obeisance there. As many as 10,480 yatries undertook the trekking from the shortest Baltal route via Dumail including 3,185 women, 126 Children and 71 Sadhus early morning. 354 yatries were left in a chopper from Baltal to cave shrine til...   READ MORE

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Fresh batch of 6,400 pilgrims leaves Jammu camp 7/13/2022 10:52:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 13: Amid tight security, the 14th batch of 6,400 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims on Wednesday here left for twin base camps of the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The yatra, which was suspended from Jammu due to bad weather on Sunday, resumed on Monday. A flash flood triggered by a cloudburst near the cave shrine on Friday afternoon has led to the death of at least 16 people. Around 40 are still missing. A total of 6,415 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 258 vehicles amid heavy security of CRPF, the officials said. Of these, 4,545 were men, 1,744 women, 43 children, 79 sadhus and four sad...   READ MORE   Free Covid booster doses will create healthier country: PM Modi 7/13/2022 10:52:02 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government's decision to administer free booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all citizens aged above 18 will further India's vaccination coverage and create a healthier country. As part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations, free booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be administered to all citizens above the age of 18 at government vaccination centres from July 15 for the next 75 days, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said after the Union Cabinet gave its nod to the drive earlier in the day. In a tweet, PM Modi said, "Vaccination is an effective means to fight COVID-19. Today's Cabinet decision will ...   READ MORE   Govt notifies revised non-gazetted recruitment rules of H&ME Deptt 7/13/2022 10:51:56 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 13: The Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department has revised and notified the non-gazetted recruitment rules of the Sub-ordinate services. The J&K Health and Medical Education (Subordinate) Services Recruitment Rules, 1992 were last notified vide SRO 20 of 1992 dated: 24.02.1992 and have now been revised after 30 years. Under the able guidance of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, the H&ME Department has notified the rules which are progressive and removed long pending stagnation issues in the department. Principal Secretary, H&ME Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, while deliberating on the issue said that that the decision of revisiting the ...   READ MORE   Killings of IAF personnel: Yasin Malik seeks physical hearing in case 7/13/2022 10:51:49 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 13: In the much publicized killing of four unarmed Indian Air Force (IAF) officers in Kashmir in 1990 in which TADA court had framed charges against Yasin Malik, Ali Mohammad Mir, Manzoor Ahmed Sofi alias Mustafa, Javed Ahmed Mir alias Nalka, Nana Ji alias Saleem, Javed Ahmed Zarger and Shoukat Ahmed Bakshi, Malik sought his physical appearance to cross examine the witnesses. Malik said this after being produced in the court through video conferencing. Today when the matter was taken-up two official witnesses were produced by the CBI. The court adjourned the case and fixed August 22 as the next date of hearing. The facts of the prosecution case as emer...   READ MORE   Army foils infiltration bid 7/13/2022 10:51:43 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 13: Alert troops of Indian Army has successfully foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to officials. Jammu-based Defence PRO Lt Col Devender Anand early morning on Wednesday said that during the midnight hours of July 12-13, there was an infiltration attempt along LoC in the Poonch sector. "The infiltration bid was suitably foiled by our alert troops," he said, adding that more details are to be followed. In view of ongoing Shri Amarnath Yatra and upcoming Budha Amarnath Yatra starting this month in the Poonch district, Army and security forces are on high....   READ MORE   IS claims responsibility for Srinagar terror attack 7/13/2022 10:51:37 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 13: Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the targeting a police party in Srinagar on Tuesday evening that left a police officer dead and two others injured. The News Agency of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack here on Wednesday. However, the claim could not be independently verified. On Tuesday militants fired upon a police checkpoint at Lal Bazar area of Srinagar city at around 7 pm killing Assistant Sub Inspector of Police Mushatq Ahmad and injuring two other police officers. A video clip of the attack was also released by Amaq. The attacker can be heard shouting 'Allahu Akbar' and "La Ilaha IlAllah" while firin...   READ MORE   NIA raids multiple locations 7/13/2022 10:51:30 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 13: National Investigation Agency is carrying out raids at multiple places in South Kashmir in connection with Sunjwan Jammu encounter in which two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants and a CISF trooper were killed in April this year. Official Sources said that sleuths with the assistance of police and paramilitary CRPF personnel is carrying out the raids in Anantnag district and Awantipora area of Pulwama district. However they did not share further details as regards arrests or seizures, if any, during the raids so far....   READ MORE   India witnessing transitional phase towards self-reliance in defence sector: Rajnath Singh 7/13/2022 10:51:25 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 13: India is witnessing a transitional phase towards self-reliance in defence sector and senior officials of defence PSUs should work together to ensure that their companies are among world’s best, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. According to a defence ministry’s statement, Singh said in his speech at an event here that the defence ministry has set a target of Rs 1.75 lakh crore of defence production by 2025, which includes export of Rs 35,000 crore. He exuded confidence that the defence public sector undertakings (PSUs) will play a major role in achieving this goal with a contribution of 70-80 per cent, urging CMDs (chairman and managing dire...   READ MORE

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