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| Says digi- melas in districts will generate awareness about new technologies | | LG inaugurates Digital Jammu & Kashmir week | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 25: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated Digital Jammu & Kashmir week and launched several digital initiatives here at SKICC.
The Lt Governor also inaugurated Digi-Mela in districts which will generate awareness about digital solutions and new technologies.
The Lt Governor said that Digital J&K week programme will showcase citizen centric IT initiatives that have helped in bringing about greater transparency in governance & ease of living for ... | |
| | | | Cong praises Defence Minister for his mature speech | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 25: Sounds incredible but its true Congress heaped all praise on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for his mature speech during a function at Gulshan Ground Jammu on Sunday.
Speaking at a function organized by the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Forum (JKPF) to honour kin of martyrs, the Defence Minister avoided criticizing the first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in dealing with Pakistan and China.
Pointing towards the illegal occupation of a large part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan, the Defence Minister said, “Many people criticize Pandit Nehru. I belongs to a particular political party. But I will not criticize Pandit Nehru o... | |
| | | | Amarnath Yatra: 10,000 pilgrims leave from twin routes to pay obeisance | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 25 (UNI) Fresh batches of more than 10,000 yatries proceeded from the twin routes of Pahalgam and Baltal to holy cave shrine of Amarnath to pay obeisance there on Monday, officials said.
They said 1, 089 pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine till 11 AM today taking the total number of yatries who had paid obeisance at the Amarnath Cave shrine to 2, 64,553 so far since the 43 day long Yatra commenced on June 30.
A fresh batches of yatries were allowed to proceed from the traditional Nunwan Pahalgam base camp in south Kashmir and shortest Baltal via Dumail in Ganderbal district Monday amid dry and clear weather conditions.
As many as 4, 686 pilgri... | |
| | | | DDC members, ADDC Poonch lock horns | | | | Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
POONCH, July 25: In a high voltage drama, a heated argument was witnessed between District Development Council (DDC) members and Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Poonch during meeting over absence of senior officials of all departments which are under the ambit of Panchayats.
Moreover, there was another strong resentment among the DDC members and DDC Chairperson which came out in the meeting about various development projects which were not considered by the concerned departments. The argument had gone to such extent that the meeting could not be completed with the DDC members boycotting the meeting in protest of absence of senior off... | |
| | | | CBI busts racket promising governorship, RS seats for Rs 100 crore | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 25: The CBI has busted a multi-state racket of imposters and arrested four of them for allegedly attempting to cheat people of Rs 100 crore with false promises of Rajya Sabha seats and governorship, officials said.
The agency had conducted searches recently in connection with the case, and four members of the gang were arrested, they said.
One of the accused fled during the search operation after assaulting CBI officers, the officials said.
A separate FIR has been filed against him at the local police station for assaulting agency officials, they said.
In its FIR, the CBI has named Kamalakar Premkumar Bandgar of Maharashtra’s Latur, Ravindra Vithal Naik of Ka... | |
| | | | ACB arrests junior assistant, orderly for accepting bribe | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 25: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, Junior Assistant and Khalida Tugoo, orderly of Tehsil office Baramulla, for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 4000.
The ACB received a complaint against Mushtaq posted in the tehsil office Baramulla for allegedly demanding bribe of Rs. 4,000 from complainant for settling his case pending disposal with Tehsil office Baramulla.
It was found that a case was filed by Police Station Baramulla against the complainant and other under section 109 Cr PC with Tehsil office Baramulla on 5-8-2021 which was pending disposal with Tehsil office and for which the Junior Assistant posted in the tehsil of... | |
| | | | Opposition obstructing development works, says PM Modi | | | | Agencies
Kanpur, July 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Opposition of obstructing development works, saying they keep their political interests above that of society and the country.
“Many times, the opposition parties put some obstacles in the government’s work as they could not implement the decisions taken by them when they were in power,” PM Modi said addressing virtually a programme on the 10th death anniversary of former Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Harmohan Singh Yadav.
“Now, if they (decisions) are implemented, they oppose it. People of the country don’t like it,” he added, stressing in recent times, a trend of keeping “ideology or political interests... | |
| | | | Govt jobs in J-K not for sale, merit sole criterion for selection: Mehta | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 25: Jammu and Kashmir Government will not tolerate any wrongdoings in selection process for jobs in public sector as merit is the only criterion for entering into government service, Chief Secretary A K Mehta said on Monday.
"You should have faith that merit will be the only basis for selection (in government jobs). We won't accept even one wrongdoing in the selection process, " Mehta said at the launch of the Digital J&K, an awareness programme on services that can be availed online in the union territory.
He said if there are wrongdoings in providing government jobs, the cases will go to the CBI for investigation.
"They (culprits) will be given e... | |
| | | | Covid severly affected defence recruitment process, says defence minister | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 25: The three services could recruit a total of 37,301 personnel in the last two years as against an average annual vacancy of 60,000 with the induction process hit by the Covid pandemic, according to details provided by the government on Monday.
The number of total recruits in 2019 was 95,843 with the Army topping the list with 81,812 personnel followed by the Indian Air Force(IAF) with 7,548 and the Navy accounting for 6,483 personnel.
The details were provided by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha while replying to a question. According to the data furnished by him, the Army currently has a shortfall of 1,16,484 personnel while the number in the Na... | |
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