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| Behind the dating prompt: How porn Apps became terror’s new messaging line ? | | | | Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Barely months after security agencies exposed how terror groups were exploiting online gaming platforms to communicate with recruits, a fresh investigation has uncovered an even more insidious tactic — handlers are now turning to pornography websites and obscure encrypted applications to pass on instructions while staying a step ahead of surveillance, officials said on Sunday.
According to security officials, terror outfits operating out of Pakistan, working in tandem with the country’s intelligence agency ISI, have begun routing communication with recruits in Jammu and Kashmir through these covert channels precisely because they fall outsi | |
| | | | Cong ‘ceasefire’ holds, but dissidents keep distance from party functions | | | | Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Nearly a month after the Congress high command brokered a truce between the two rival factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), the apparent ceasefire appears to have brought a halt to parallel activities, but not yet ended the dissidents’ boycott of official party programmes.
The dissident camp, headed by former JKPCC president and ex-minister Vikar Rasool Wani, has refrained from organising parallel programmes following the intervention of the Congress high command. However, leaders associated with the group have largely continued to maintain their distance from official functions organised by the JKPCC lead | |
| | | | Mehbooba urges Omar to repair road to Drung | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 30: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to enhance the road conditions leading to Drung, a tourist spot near Tangmarg in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, due to its significant tourism potential.
“Requesting CM @OmarAbdullah and the Commissioner Secretary @WorksDepartment to kindly intervene and ensure the road is repaired. Drung has all the potential to become a major tourist attraction and deserves its rightful place on JK’s tourism map,” Mehbooba said in a post on X.
The former chief minister shared that she recently visited the area with her mother Gulshan Nazir.
“Spent precious time with my mother at D | |
| | | | NIA Court awards 7 years to man | | ISIS Terror Conspiracy Case | | | Early Times Report
Bengaluru, Aug 30: An NIA court sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for his involvement in an ISIS-linked terror conspiracy aimed at carrying out targeted killings to provoke communal riots, an official statement issued on Sunday said.
According to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation, the conspiracy was masterminded by Mehaboob Pasha, the prime accused in the case, who conducted several meetings at his residence in Gurappanapalya, Bengaluru.
In these meetings, the accused planned targeted killings to incite communal riots and further the anti-national agenda of the proscribed ISIS terror organisation, the statement added.
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| | | | PM Modi highlights ‘BharatRajya’ website calls or collective push towards ‘Drug-Free India’ | | 137th Edition Of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Aug 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted Mumbai-based Krishna Seshadri’s initiative, India’s Interactive Historical Atlas, to make the country’s history more accessible and interesting. He also urged citizens, especially young people and content creators, to contribute to the campaign for a drug-free Bharat.
In the 137th episode of his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi spoke on Seshadri’s initiative, ‘BharatRajya’ saying, “You go to this website, choose any one year, and you will get to know who ruled which part of Bharat at that time. This was done by Mumbai’s Krishna Sheshadri.”
The Prime Minister said he came across Seshadr | |
| | | | Farmers draw inspiration from PM’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ | | | | Early Times Report
Kathua, Aug 30: The walnut harvesting season is currently underway in the hilly regions of Bani in Jammu and Kashmir. Farmers and their families are busy in their orchards, gathering the ripe walnuts from the trees. These walnuts, cultivated using traditional methods, are viewed by the farmers as a product of natural farming. The farmers in Bani explained that after harvesting, the walnuts are cleaned and sun-dried for about 5 to 6 days before being sent to the market for sale, adding that for local farmers, this is not merely a crop but the result of year-long hard work and a vital source of income.
Farmer Madan Lal shared that he has been working in the horticulture | |
| | | | Nepal flash floods death toll surges to 768 | | | | Early Times Report
Kathmandu, Aug 30: The water levels in the Bhotekoshi River rose again on Sunday, days after a devastating flash flood struck Nepal, authorities warned, as they urged residents and rescue personnel in flood-hit districts to remain alert.
The death toll from the August 26 flash floods surged to 768 on Sunday, while more than 2,500 remain missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).
The disaster, believed to have been triggered by a collapse or avalanche of ice and rock near the Nepal-Tibet border, devastated towns and villages in central Nepal.
The Bhotekoshi River, which flows south from the Himalayan border region, c | |
| | | | Jammu: 5,000 flats to undergo major repair in migrant camps across Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: More than 200 building blocks and about 5,000 flats and community halls across migrant camps in Jammu are set to undergo major repair and renovation works soon, with the J&K government having approved Rs 82.45 crore for it, an official spokesperson said on Sunday.
The information was given at a meeting chaired by J&K Relief and Rehabilitation (Migrants) Commissioner Arvind Karwani, who was here to review the infrastructure, including essential services, in the migrant camps, namely Jagti township, Muthi, Purkhoo, and Mishriwala
In the meeting, ongoing developmental and proposed maintenance and repair works for the current financial year were also discu | |
| | | | Judiciary proactively responded to emerging fraudulent schemes: CJI | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Aug 30: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said the Indian judiciary has proactively responded to emerging fraudulent schemes such as digital arrest scams rather than waiting for Parliament to address them.
In his closing address at the 43rd International Symposium on Economic Crime in London, the CJI said the Supreme Court had recently taken suo motu cognisance of the “digital arrest” scam, in which fraudsters impersonate police officers, judicial officials, or bureaucrats over video calls to dupe citizens.
“In response, the court has directed the Union and the states to evaluate the extent of this problem and has called for the establishment of a dist | |
| | | | Consistent hard work takes J&K’s Shreya to Asian Games | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: At the age of eight, her parents took her to Jammu’s lone multipurpose Maulana Azad Stadium to motivate her to become an athlete, without having any idea that their daughter would one day make them proud by scaling heights in the field of sports.
Meet Shreya Gupta, an ace fencer, who has recently attracted the spotlight by becoming the first female fencing player from Jammu and Kashmir to make it to the Asian Games.
Notably, two fencers from Jammu and Kashmir, Vishal Thappar and Shreya Gupta, have qualified for the 2026 Asian Games, scheduled to take place from September 19 to October 4, 2026, across Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya in Japan.
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