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| India asks Pak to vacate PoJK, rips into OIC for echoing Islamabad’s script | | | | Muskan Thakur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: India on Monday delivered a sharp rebuke to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), declaring that the only unresolved matters concerning Jammu and Kashmir are Pakistan vacating the territories it holds under illegal and forcible occupation and ending its support for cross-border terrorism.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) condemned the anti-India references in resolutions adopted at the OIC’s Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Baghdad on October 17-18, including remarks on Jammu and Kashmir and insinuations about Islamophobia. It accused Pakistan of orchestrating them.
The 57-member bloc, which counts India’s neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh and West Asian heavyweights such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE among its members, has revived the Kashmir issue barely a month after its contact group reaffirmed support for what it called the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination.
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| Shakti is the soul of everything: RSS chief | | | | sanjay pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat on Monday offered prayers at the Durga pandal in Nagpur’s Dhantoli area, using the occasion to deliver a message on the primacy of Shakti, the divine feminine power, in Indian spiritual thought.
Amid the devotional atmosphere of the pandal, Dr Bhagwat said that every person must seek the blessings of the Mother, because it is her grace that sustains everything. “Where there is Shakti, everything is possible,” he said.
He said, even Shiva, the supreme principle, is incomplete and lifeless without Shakti. The remark underlined the traditional belief that the masculine and f... | |
| | | | Another LeT terrorist dies under mysterious circumstances in Pak | | | | Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: Muhammad Sarwar, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) fundraiser branded a global terrorist by the United States, has died in Lahore, adding to the growing list of terror-linked figures who have met sudden ends inside Pakistan.
During the last four years, 35 terrorists, associated with various terror groups, have been eliminated by unknown gunmen or died under mysterious circumstances in Pakistan or Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Sarwar, president of the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) in Punjab, died on Sunday. In a statement, a PMML spokesperson said he was walking from his home to a mosque to offer prayers when he collapsed and died. The... | |
| | | | Kishtwar Police crack murder case of missing SPO | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: In a major breakthrough, the Kishtwar Police has successfully solved the missing case and murder case of Special Police Officer of J&K Police. Two accused have been taken into custody.
On October 15, SPO Bashir Ahmed was reported to be missing along with his service weapon from police picket Trigam, by his family members. Upon receiving the information, an intensive search operation involving multiple teams was launched.
On October 16, during the search operation, police recovered the SPO’s weapon and subsequently his body from a pit in a nallah where it had been buried in the Seran Wani area of Trigam forest.
Following the discovery, a case under Sec... | |
| | | | Court denies anticipatory bail to man accused of posing as RAW officer | | Rs 1.22 Cr Extortion Case | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: A Srinagar court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of a man accused of impersonating a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer and allegedly extorting Rs 1.22 crore from a Government official by threatening him with arrest and dismissal from service on the pretext of fabricated complaints before the Lieutenant Governor’s office and investigating agencies.
Additional Sessions Judge Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Bhat, dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Shafeeq Ahmad Moona, son of Ghulam Mohammad Moona, resident of Noorbagh, Sopore, in connection with FIR No. 25/2026 registered at Police Station Special Crime Wing (SCW), Crime Branch Kashmir, u... | |
| | | | Court grants bail in marriage-promise case | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: The Fast Track Court Jammu has granted bail to a Poonch resident accused of establishing physical relations with a woman on the alleged false promise of marriage, while taking note of an earlier criminal case that ended in a closure report and an alleged demand of Rs 20 lakh, which remains under investigation.
Presiding Officer Fast Track Court Jammu, Amarjeet Singh Langeh, granted bail to Mohd Tariq, son of Mohd Ayoub, resident of Kallar Kattal, Tehsil Surankote, District Poonch, in FIR No. 245/2025 registered at Police Station Nagrota under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
According to the prosecution, the accused and the complainant ... | |
| | | | Cabinet expansion after LG’s return, says Farooq | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 19: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the expansion of the Jammu and Kashmir Council of Ministers would take place once Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha returns.
“The Lieutenant Governor was not well. He was sick. When the Lieutenant Governor comes, there will be an expansion of the government,” Abdullah told reporters in Budgam district.
The remarks came amid speculation over a long-awaited expansion of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s Council of Ministers, with the National Conference-led government completing two years in office on October 16.
The government, which took office in October 2024, is yet to undertake a cabinet re... | |
| | | | Free wi-fi, costly mistake: J&K Police sound alarm on public network traps | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, October 19: It takes a few seconds to tap “connect” on a free Wi-Fi network at a railway station, café, mall or airport. The Jammu and Kashmir Police is warning that those few seconds can be enough to hand cybercriminals a way into your digital life.
In a public advisory, the police cautioned that the moment a user connects to an unsecured public Wi-Fi network, cybercriminals may get an opportunity to target personal information. Emails, social media accounts, banking details and even One-Time Passwords (OTPs), the last line of defence in most online transactions, could all be at risk.
Unsecured networks usually lack the encryption and authentication that prot... | |
| | | | Class 10 exams begin, over 97,000 appear at 1,003 centres | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 19: Over 97,000 students sat for the Class 10 exam on Monday at 1,003 centres set up by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE).
The Class 10 exam started in the Kashmir Valley and in the winter zone of J&K’s Jammu division.
Officials of JKBOSE said the annual regular Class 10 examinations commenced with over 97,000 students appearing at 1,003 centres.
“Of these, 72,232 students have registered in the Kashmir division and 25,268 in the winter-zone areas of the Jammu division. The Board has set up 1,003 examination centres, including 687 in the Kashmir division and 316 in the winter-zone areas of Jammu division,” officials said.
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| | | | Navratri witnesses heavy rush at Mata Vaishnodevi Temple | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: The ongoing Navratri festival witnessed a heavy rush at the Mata Vaishnodevi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, with over 3.81 lakh pilgrims having visited the temple since Oct 11, officials said on Monday. The footfall is likely to increase further on Dussehra.
The pilgrimage has been witnessing a steady flow of devotees amid clear weather and a festive atmosphere in Katra town, the base camp of the shrine.
“As many as 3.81 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi during the ongoing Shardiya Navratri till 2 pm today,” a senior officer told PTI.
Shardiya Navratri is one of the two major Navratri fesitvals, wi... | |
| | | | Poonch: labourer killed, 4 injured in landslide | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: A 45-year-old labourer was killed and four others injured in a landslide while carrying out road construction work in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, officials said
The labourers were engaged by the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF), which functions under the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), they said.
The incident occurred at 11.50 am near the hilly Angan Pathri area of Sawajian tehsil along the under-construction Poonch-Gulmarg road.
The deceased was identified as Mohd Bashir, a resident of Danna Gagrian village. The injured labourers were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, the officials said.... | |
| | | | ACB files chargesheet against postal assistant | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 19: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday filed a chargesheet against public servant (MTS) working in postal department for demanding and accepting illegal gratification in lieu of release of subsidy component of a loan case availed by complainant under PMEGP scheme.
Officials said that a complaint was received at P/S ACB Baramulla against Mudasir Ahmad, Postal Assistant, posted at sub post office Bandipora for demanding illegal gratification, for release of subsidy component in favour of complainant who had availed financial assistance with KVIC Pampore for the activities of his business unit situated at Bandipora and in this connection, pe... | |
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