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| 8 killed, 3 injured in Kishtwar accident | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Aug 30: Eight people were killed and 3 others sustained injuries, two of them critically after the Tata Sumo in which they were traveling met with an accident near Bonda village in Chatroo sub division in this frontier district on Tuesday.
According to details available with Early Times the driver of the ill fated vehicle bearing (No. JK17-9117) lost control over his vehicle as a result of which it skided off the road and fell into a 400/500 feet deep gorge.
As soon as the news of the accident reached the authorities, rescue team led by SHO Chatroo Parvaiz Ahmed along with 11 RR and locals launched the rescue operation to retrieve the dead bodies. Soon SSP Kishtwar Shafqat Hussain Butt, SDM Chatroo Inderjeet Singh Parihar, BDO Inde... | |
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| As soon as Rajni Patil lands in Jammu, Tara Chand gives big jolt to Congress | | Resigns along with 63 other leaders including ex-ministers, legislators, senior office bearers | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: It appears to be part of a scripted plan to submit mass resignations as soon as Rajya Sabha member Rajni Patil landed in Jammu because Rahul Gandhi has assigned her job to lure loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Although Tara Chand and other leaders were already in touch with Azad, they intentionally decided to submit mass resignations on that particular day when AICC incharge of J&K reached Jammu along with newly appointed PCC president Vikar Rasood Wani.
Giving a big jolt to the party more than 64 senior Congress leaders, including former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Tara Chand, resigned from the party.
Interestingly these senior leaders subm... | |
| | | | Azad to hold first public meeting in Jammu next week | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress last week and has decided to float a political party, will hold a public meeting on September 4 at Sainik Colony in Jammu.
This will be his first meeting since he snapped his nearly 50-year-long association with Congress. The public meeting is scheduled for 11 am.
Azad has said that he will launch a new party soon and the first unit will be formed in Jammu and Kashmir in view of impending assembly polls. Azad was Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008.
With Azad signalling that he will float a new party, several leaders have resigned from the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir.
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| | | | NC, Azad group inching towards pre-poll alliance in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Statements given by top leadership of the National Conference and some leaders of the Azad-led party have fuelled speculations about the pre-poll alliance between the two parties.
Although Ghulam Nabi Azad has yet to announce the format of his new political outfits, his loyalists are dropping hints to ally with the secular parties of J&K.
Not only loyalists of Azad, even the top leadership of the National Conference is also giving positive statements about the decision of the Azad to quit Congress.
In a question about what effect it would have on political parties if former senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is forming his own political party, f... | |
| | | | G-23 leaders meet Azad; discuss future strategy | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 30: Senior Congress leaders and members of G-23 Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Anand Sharma and Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday met Ghulam Nabi Azad at his residence, days after the leader from Jammu and Kashmir resigned from the party after blaming the leadership.
Sharma, Hooda and Chavan held discussions at Azad’s residence and are learnt to have discussed the future strategy of the G-23.
The Congress leaders are learnt to have also discussed the organisational elections, including that of the Congress president, amid reports that Shashi Tharoor, who is a member of the group, is considering contesting the election for the top party post.
The G-23 had written a letter... | |
| | | | 3 LeT terrorists killed in Shopian encounter | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 30: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Nagbal area of Shopian following information about presence of terrorists there, a police official said.
The official said the search operation turned into an encounter in which three ultras were gunned down.
The slain terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT, a police spokesman said, adding the search operation was in progress.... | |
| | | | 9.8 km tunnel on Banihal-Katra rail link completed | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: The 9.8 km tunnel connecting two stations on the 111 km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway link in Jammu and Kashmir has been completed, officials said.
It is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project. This is the third tunnel following the 12.6 km tunnel T-49B, the longest tunnel of Indian Railways, which was completed in January this year.
On August 14, the world's highest rail bridge over the Chenab river in the Kouri area of Reasi district achieved a milestone when the overarch deck of the bridge was completed with a golden joint.
The breakthrough was executed by conducting a blast and with it, the work on the e... | |
| | | | Amit Shah to address NWC meeting of BJP’s OBC Morcha | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 30: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address the National Working Committee meeting of BJP's 'OBC Morcha' in Jodhpur on September 10. BJP state president Satish Poonia said the party has proposed a meeting of booth presidents of the wing from the Jodhpur division. The meeting of the National Working Committee of the OBC Morcha will be held in Jodhpur on September 9 and 10.
Targeting the ruling Congress, Poonia said that infighting in the party is continuing and governance is affected.... | |
| | | | LG greets people on Ganesh Chaturthi | | | |
Agencies
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended his warm greetings to the people on the eve of the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
In his message, the Lt Governor said, “On the sacred occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, I convey my heartiest greetings to all. May Lord Ganesha, symbol of intellect, prosperity and good fortune, remove all obstacles from our lives and bless everyone with joy, prosperity and peace”.... | |
| | | | JK reports 131 fresh Covid cases | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: The Government today informed that 131 fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19) have been reported today; 22from Jammu division and 109 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 477644.
Moreover, 260 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 50 from Jammu division and 210 from Kashmir division.
According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Corona virus (Covid-19), out of 477644 positive cases, 1191 are Active Positive (260 in Jammu Division and 931 in Kashmir Division), 471671 have recovered and 4782 have died; 2350 in Jammu division and 2432 in Kashmi... | |
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