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| Use AI to counter digital threat: Experts | | Fighting Online Radicalisation | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 9: As radical groups and terrorist networks operating from different parts of the world intensify online radicalisation campaigns, experts have advocated the strategic use of artificial intelligence (AI) and community-based interventions to counter the growing digital threat.
Security and technology experts said AI can play a crucial role not only as a surveillance mechanism but also as a preventive tool. Predictive analytics can help identify behavioural shif | |
| | | | High Court directs sub-registrars to allow or refuse document registration within 4 weeks | | From The Court | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 9: In a scathing order against what it called the “instruction culture” that keeps sale deeds in bureaucratic limbo, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the Registration Act, 1908 gives a Sub-Registrar only two lawful courses—register the document or refuse registration under the statute—and does not permit a third option of telling citizens to “wait for further instructions.”
Justice Rahul Bharti, while deciding WP(C) No. 3618/2025 (A | |
| | | | Compulsory retirement can’t sustain until entire service-record is evaluated: HC | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 9: In a significant service-law ruling, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed the UT Government’s intra-court appeal and upheld the quashing of a premature retirement order, holding that compulsory retirement cannot be sustained when the “entire service record” is not evaluated and the decision effectively rests on an FIR alone.
A Division Bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar, while deciding LPASW No. 171/2018 along with CCP(S) No. 505/2024 (reserved on 10.12.2025 and pronounced on 30.12.2025), affirmed the writ court judgment dated 05.09.2018 in SWP No. 210/2017, which had directed reinstatement of the employee | |
| | | | Indus Water Treaty greatly harmed J&K: CM Omar | | Utilising Chenab river water for Jammu would end scarcity for next 30 years | | | Early Times Report
Amritsar, Jan 9: Welcoming the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the agreement had caused long-term harm to the region and limited its rightful use of water resources.
Addressing a press conference here, CM Omar, according to the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said he had opposed the IWT from the very beginning. “The Indus Water Treaty has greatly harmed us. It is good that it has been suspended. Now measures must be taken so that we are able to use that water for ourselves,” he said.
Pertinently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government suspended the Indus Water Treaty with Pakis | |
| | | | Orders issued by ex-CEO Kathua put on hold | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 9: Amid allegations that the recently retired Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kathua carried out large-scale transfers and modifications during the final days of his service, the Director of School Education (DSE), Jammu, has ordered that all directives issued by the officer in December be kept in abeyance. In addition, the Director has summoned the District Education Planning Officer (DEPO) Kathua to his office along with all relevant records and the concerned dealing assistant for scrutiny.
Highly placed sources said that the former CEO, who superannuated on December 31, allegedly issued a series of transfer and modification orders during the last month of | |
| | | | Cross-border narcotics and arms syndicate: Police arrest 7th accused | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 9: Jammu Police arrested another accused in a cross-border narcotics and arms syndicate, taking the total number of arrests in the case to seven, officials said on Friday.
Police had earlier busted the racket on December 5 last year by arresting six persons and recovering nearly five kilograms of heroin, estimated to be worth around Rs 30 crore, along with three pistols.
The latest arrest was made on Thursday under “Operation Sanjeevani”, a sustained crackdo | |
| | | | UP has become major hub of defence manufacturing: Rajnath | | |  Early Times Report
Lucknow, Jan 9: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a major hub of defence manufacturing, with investments of over Rs 34,000 crore already made across six nodes of the state's defence corridor, marking a decisive shift towards India's self-reliance in weapons and ammunition production.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating Ashok Leyland's electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant here, Singh said India is no longer dependent on | |
| | | | Parliament session to commence on Jan 28; Union Budget on February 1 | | |  Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Jan 9: The Budget session of Parliament is likely to commence on January 28 and the Union Budget is set to be tabled on February 1, a Sunday. Officials, citing the tentative schedule finalised by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, said on Friday (January 9, 2026) that President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the two Houses on January 28. The customary address of the President takes place on the first day of the first Parliament sessi | |
| | | | Bodies of 2 Army porters recovered in Gulmarg | | | | Early Times Report
Baramulla, Jan 9: The bodies of two porters engaged with the Indian Army, who had slipped into a nallah near the Upper Gulmarg area of Baramulla district, were recovered during an overnight search operation, officials said on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Layakat Ahmad Deedard (27), son of Ghulam Mohammad Deedard of Masjid Aagan Chandoosa, and Ishfaq Ahmad Khatana (33), son of Jamal-ud-Din Khatana of Pachar Chandoosa in Baramulla district.
Officials said the incident occurred on Thursday when the porters were moving towards Anita Post, a forward area that remains cut off during winter due to heavy snowfall. While crossing a snow-covered and slippery stret | |
| | | | Searches underway in Samba | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 9: Security forces on Friday launched a search operation in Samba district following suspicious movement, officials said. The search operation was launched after locals reported a suspicious-looking individual with a weapon in the Katli area, they said.
A joint team of the Special Operations Group (SOG), police and CRPF also launched a search-and-combing operation in forest areas of Sidhra on the outskirts of the city, they said.
The Indian Army and police also carried out a joint checking campaign in the Meera Sahib border area of Jammu, they said.
“The operation continued throughout the night, with security personnel checking every vehicle passing th | |
| | | | Suspected 'nano drone' recovered | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 9: Security forces have recovered a suspected "nano drone" which was found lying in a border area of Jammu district, officials said on Friday.
The recovery was made on Thursday night from the border area of Chakroi in R S Pura, on the information provided by a local resident, they said.
An investigation has been launched in this regard, officials added. | |
| | | | Dal Lake parts freeze | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 9: Parts of the Dal Lake in Srinagar were frozen on Friday as the city experienced the coldest night of the winter with the temperature settling several degrees below the freezing point across the Kashmir valley, officials said.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 6.0 degrees Celsius on Thursday night, down from the minus 5.1 degrees Celsius on the previous night, they said.
Officials said it was the season's coldest night in the city so far this season, and | |
| | | | 2 UK-bound Air India flights diverted | | |  Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Jan 9: Two Air India flights enroute to different UK cities were diverted to nearby airports there due to inclement weather on Thursday, according to the airline.
One flight was from Mumbai to London Heathrow and the second was from Amritsar to Birmingham. These flights had taken off from India on Thursday and as per UK time, they were diverted on Thursday. The time difference between India and the UK is around 5.30 hours.
Flight AI131 operating from Mumbai | |
| | | | Daughter of former MP home minister dies in accident | | |  Early Times Report
INDORE, Jan 9: Three persons, including the daughter of former Madhya Pradesh home minister and sitting Rajpur MLA Bala Bachchan, were killed in a road accident near Indore in the early hours of Friday, police said. The accident occurred near the Ralamandal area on the Tejaji Nagar bypass when a car collided with a truck, Tejaji Nagar police station in charge Devendra Markam told PTI. Prerna Bachchan, daughter of the former state home minister, and two youths, identified a | |
| | | | Jawan dies during patrolling | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 9: An Army jawan died after slipping from a height during patrolling in Baramulla district, officials said on Friday. Subedar Hira Lal, a resident of Akbarpur area of Haryana, slipped during night patrolling at Fatahgarh Sheeri area of the north Kashmir district, the officials said The jawan was rushed to Government Medical College Baramulla in an unconscious state, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. | |
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