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| 2 years on, no executive: Pressure mounts on Karra as Congress rejig on cards | | |  Sanjat Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: The Pradesh Congress Committee has stepped up its organisational restructuring, with the party set to announce new block presidents by the end of this month. District presidents have already completed the groundwork, holding a series of meetings with senior leaders over the past few days to finalise the names for block-level leadership.
According to party sources, the finalised list of new block presidents has been handed over to Pradesh Con | |
| | | | LG Sinha attends ‘Bhasma Aarti’ at Mahakal Temple | | |  Early Times Report
UJJAIN, Aug 10: Thousands of devotees thronged the revered Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Ujjain on the second Monday of the holy month of Sawan, seeking blessings of Lord Mahakal.
The temple witnessed a massive influx of devotees from different parts of the country, with elaborate arrangements put in place by the district administration and temple authorities to manage the rush and ensure smooth darshan.
Among those who offered prayers at the temple was Jammu and K | |
| | | | Narco-terror nexus: Parliament panel flags drug trade as funding line for terrorists | | |  Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has raised a red flag over the spiralling drug abuse crisis gripping Jammu and Kashmir, warning that the menace is no longer just a public health concern — it has morphed into a full-blown social, economic and security threat, hitting the Union Territory’s youth hardest.
In its 260th report, tabled before both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, the Committee acknowledged th | |
| | | | NIA Court rejects Reyaz Nengroo’s bail plea | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: The Special Judge, NIA Cases, Jammu Prem Sagar has rejected the bail plea of Reyaz Ahmed Nengroo, an accused in the 2018 Jhajjar Kotli terror conspiracy case, holding that prolonged incarceration and delay in trial cannot by themselves outweigh the gravity of allegations and the prima facie material relied upon by the prosecution.
Nengroo is facing trial in RC Nos. 29 and 30/2018/NIA/DLI for offences under the RPC, Arms Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosive Substances Act and Indian Wireless Telegraphic Act. He was represented by Advocate I.H. Bhat, while K.S. Pathania, SPP, along with prosecutors Chandan Kumar Singh and Ashwani Verma, ap | |
| | | | NIA Court rejects Reyaz Nengroo’s bail plea | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: The Special Judge, NIA Cases, Jammu Prem Sagar has rejected the bail plea of Reyaz Ahmed Nengroo, an accused in the 2018 Jhajjar Kotli terror conspiracy case, holding that prolonged incarceration and delay in trial cannot by themselves outweigh the gravity of allegations and the prima facie material relied upon by the prosecution.
Nengroo is facing trial in RC Nos. 29 and 30/2018/NIA/DLI for offences under the RPC, Arms Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosive Substances Act and Indian Wireless Telegraphic Act. He was represented by Advocate I.H. Bhat, while K.S. Pathania, SPP, along with prosecutors Chandan Kumar Singh and Ashwani Verma, ap | |
| | | | CM Omar honours 580 outstanding J&K sportspersons with Rs 2.71 cr cash awards | | Calls for stronger sports infrastructure, greater support for athletes; launches anti-drugs, anti-doping campaign | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 10: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today presented cash awards amounting to Rs 2.71 crore to 580 outstanding sportspersons and international athletes from Jammu and Kashmir at a Special Cash Award Ceremony held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) here, recognising their achievements in the field of sports.
The cash awards pertain to the years 2023-24 and 2024-25. The Chief Minister personally handed over awards to 22 sportspersons, wh | |
| | | | ‘Hope parliament will run smoothly after HM Shah’s statement’ | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 10: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed the hope that the logjam in Parliament will end with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement and the House will run smoothly. “If the Union Home Minister answers questions in the House (questions) about what happened at Jantar Mantar, or what happened while dealing with that protest there, and because of that, Parliament’s work resumes, it’s a good thing. People want Parliament to run. A | |
| | | | Teenage boy among 3 held with Heroin | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: Three suspected drug peddlers, including a 17-year-old boy, were apprehended along with heroin in Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. The teenager was intercepted late Sunday evening while travelling on a motorcycle from Balole Khad towards JDA Colony in Bari Brahmana area of Samba, a police spokesman said.
During checking, police recovered 3.36 grams of heroin from his possession, the spokesman said, adding the teenager was apprehended while the contraband item along with motorcycle has been seized.
A case under various sections of the NDPS Act has been registered against the teenager, who was subsequently produced | |
| | | | India’s unemployment rate stays almost flat in April-June: Survey | | |  Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Aug 10: The pace of joblessness as well as the ratio of workers’ population in India stayed almost flat year-on-year during the April-June quarter of this fiscal, reflecting no sign of expansion or contraction in the country’s job market.
The rate of unemployment, which measures the working-age population without jobs, stood at 5.5 per cent in the reporting quarter compared to 5.6 per cent a year ago, showed the latest data released by the statistics ministry o | |
| | | | CIK arrests 2 suspects for spreading radical propaganda | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 10: J&K Police’s Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) has arrested two persons in connection with a case pertaining to the alleged dissemination of radical and anti-national content through social media platforms, officials said on Monday. The arrests were made two days after the CIK conducted raids at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley in connection with FIR No. 03/2023 registered at Police Station CIK Srinagar under Sections 505 and 153-A of the IPC | |
| | | | ACB chargesheets 10 in Rs 7.12 lakh bridge material embezzlement case | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 10: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday chargesheeted 10 persons, including two former executive engineers and a private contractor, in an alleged Rs 7.12 lakh embezzlement and fraud case linked to the Lastiyal-Kalaroose bridge in Kupwara In a statement issued, a spokesperson said the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Jammu & Kashmir, has presented a charge-sheet before the competent court against 10 accused persons, including nine public servants and one | |
| | | | Police Officer, 2 PSOs injured after Escort Vehicle rolls down | | |  Early Times Report
AWANTIPORA, Aug 10: Three police personnel including an officer were injured after an escort vehicle rolled down following a tyre burst near Zirayat Sharief in Awantipora on Monday.
The Scorpio, being used as the escort vehicle of the DYSP DAR Awantipora, met with the accident after one of its tyres reportedly burst, causing the vehicle to roll down.
The injured included DYSP DAR Awantipora Rafiq Ahmed and his two PSOs, SGCT Amir Ahmad and Riyaz Ahmad.
All three injured | |
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