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| Pending cases will be reopened, every terror victim's family will get justice: LG Sinha | | Hands over appointment letters to NOKs of sufferers | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 15: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday handed over appointment letters to 27 Next of Kins (NoKs) of victims of terrorism, at Lok Bhavan Srinagar.
Appointment letters were also handed over to 22 NoKs of deceased government employees, under Jammu & Kashmir Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme-2022 and SRO 43.
The Lieutenant Governor reiterated his resolve to secure justice for every terror victim's family. He stated that pending cases will be reopened to | |
| | | | LG presents job letter to kin of photographer killed in Nowgam blast | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 15: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday handed over an appointment letter on compassionate grounds to the wife of Crime Branch photographer who was killed in the Nowgam police station blast last year.
An official spokesperson said the appointment letter was given to Shabeena Bashir, wife of deceased constable (photographer) Javid Mansoor Rather of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir Police, who was martyred in Nowgam’s accidental blast.
Sinha assured all possible assistance and support from the administration to the bereaved family, the spokesperson said.
Rather was among the nine persons killed in the blast due to the huge cache | |
| | | | Over 70 Indian students, majority from J&K, reach Delhi after evacuation from Iran | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 15: The first batch of more than 70 Indian students, most of them from Jammu and Kashmir, along with several pilgrims stranded in Iran amid the ongoing war-like situation in the region, safely arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, on Sunday morning, marking the beginning of the evacuation process.
The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday.
National Convenor of the Association, Nasir Khuehami, said the students reached India after undertaking a long and challenging journey involving both land and air travel through Armenia and Dubai. The transit arrangements were made in coord | |
| | | | Centre stands with J&K people: Athawale | | Condemns attack on Dr Farooq, says region’s statehood will be restored soon | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 15: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said that Centre stands with J&K people and reiterated that region’s statehood will be restored soon. He also condemned a recent attack on National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah.
Addressing a news conference here Athawale said that Jammu and Kashmir has seen significant progress since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in 2019, and reiterated that statehood to the Union Territory may be r | |
| | | | EC announces election schedule for 4 States, Puducherry | | |  Early Times Report
New Delhi, Mar 15: The Election Commission on Sunday announced the schedule of assembly elections for four states and one UT under which polling will be held on a single day in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on April 9, in two-phases in West Bengal on April 23 and 29, and in Tamil Nadu on April 23.
Addressing a press conference here, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said the counting of votes for all 824 seats across four states and one Union Territory will be hel | |
| | | | Govt bars piped cooking gas users from holding LPG connections | | |  Early Times Report
New Delhi, Mar 15: The government has barred households with piped cooking gas (called PNG) connections from retaining or obtaining subsidised domestic LPG connections, even as the sector regulator pushed city gas distributors to accelerate PNG rollout to ease pressure on cooking gas supplies amid global energy supply disruptions.
In a notification issued on March 14, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas amended the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and D | |
| | | | Kashmir upper reaches receive fresh snowfall | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 15: Few areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir, including the Gulmarg tourist resort, received fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains on Sunday, officials said.
The upper reaches of Gulmarg, including Apharwat and Kongdoori bowls, received snowfall, which continued till last reports came in. Pir Ki Gali, along the Mughal Road in Shopian district of south Kashmir, and Sonamarg Zojilla axis also received fresh snowfall.
The snowfall on the Zoj | |
| | | | Mughal road closed | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 15: The historic Mughal Road has been closed for all types of vehicular movement following fresh snowfall and rainfall at Peer Ki Gali, officials said on Sunday afternoon.
SSP Traffic Rural Kashmir Farooq Qaiser said that the road has been shut as a precautionary measure due to fresh snowfall at Peer Ki Gali and inclement weather conditions along the route.
He said commuters have been advised to refrain from travelling on the Mughal Road until further notice. “The status of the road will be communicated once it is declared safe and reopened for traffic,” he added. | |
| | | | Snowfall halts traffic at Zojila | | | | Early Times Report
Ganderbal, Mar 15: Traffic on the Srinagar–Ladakh highway was halted again on Sunday after fresh snowfall occurred at Zojila Pass shortly after authorities had allowed vehicles to proceed from Sonamarg towards Kargil, officials said.
The temporary reopening came after the highway remained closed for six consecutive days due to heavy snowfall that had led to accumulation of snow along the Zojila axis.
Authorities had earlier launched snow clearance operations from both sides of the highway following an improvement in weather conditions.
The development had allowed traffic officials to briefly permit vehicular movement towards Ladakh.
According to traffic authori | |
| | | | Judicial system must work with spirit of service: CJI | | |  Early Times Report
Mandi (HP), Mar 15: Chief Justice of India Justice Surya stated on Sunday that judicial complexes should operate with the same spirit of service as hospitals, as people come to courts with hope seeking relief and justice.
While addressing a legal literacy camp after laying the foundation stone for the Mandi Judicial Court Complex, the Chief Justice emphasised that with increasing facilities comes a greater responsibility for the judicial system.
He highlighted that whi | |
| | | | J&K achieves 97% target under PMAY-G, 3.23 lakh houses built | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 15: Jammu and Kashmir has completed more than 3 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin, achieving 97 per cent of the target, officials said on Sunday.
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department Secretary Mohammad Aijaz Asad directed officials to accelerate the pace of work for the remaining 11,340 houses under the scheme.
During a meeting to review the progress of PMAY-G in the Union Territory, he said the current phase of the scheme is | |
| | | | Armed forces should build capabilities to fight future wars: Ex Army Chief | | |  Early Times Report
New Delhi, Mar 15: Indian armed forces should be able to deal with the current security threat and anticipate challenges ahead, and build capabilities which will enable them to “effectively fight future wars,” former Army chief Gen Manoj Pande (retd) said.
In his address at an event here, he also said that where national interests are involved, “we see the primacy of military force or military power”, and cited examples of the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war and the West As | |
| | | | 6 persons linked with Pak based smugglers held | | | | Early Times Report
Chandigarh, Mar 15: Punjab Police on Sunday said it has arrested six persons who were allegedly part of a cross-border arms and drug smuggling module having links with Pakistan-based smugglers.
Amritsar police also recovered six sophisticated pistols, 60 live cartridges and 3.51 kg heroin from the accused, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused, having links with Pakistan-based smugglers, were facilitating the supply of weapons and narcotics near the Indo-Pak border, the DGP wrote in a post on X.
The accused were operating under a cross-border handler, indicating a larger organised smuggling network, he furt | |
| | | | CBSE cancels class 12 board exams in Middle East | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Mar 15: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday cancelled the Class 12 board examinations for students in several Middle Eastern countries.
In an official order dated March 15, the board said, “All examinations of Class XII scheduled from March 16 to April 10, 2026 stand cancelled in case of students from Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.”
The board added that examinations which had earlier been postponed would also stand cancelled.
“Examinations which were earlier postponed vide circulars dated March 1, March 3, March 5, March 7 and March 9 shall also stand cancelled,” the notice said.
CBSE said the modalit | |
| | | | NHAI increases annual pass fee | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Mar 15: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Sunday said it has increased the rate of its annual pass by Rs 75 to Rs 3,075 for the next 2026-27 financial year.
The annual pass facility was launched on August 15, 2025, to provide financial relief to commuters using national highways.
In a statement, NHAI said it is revising the applicable fee for the FASTag Annual Pass from the current Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,075 for the Financial Year 2026–27.
Effective April 1, the revision in the fee has been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, National Highways Authori | |
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