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| “Hands off our internal affairs”: India hits back at UN rights office over Delhi protest | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 11: India on Sunday firmly rejected remarks by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on events in the national capital, describing its concerns as “unwarranted” and accusing the world body of meddling in the country’s internal affairs.
In a statement posted on X, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the OHCHR’s comments amounted to “an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of India.” The statement was a response to the UN office’s remarks on events in New Delhi the previous day.
Defending India’s record, Jaiswal said the right to peaceful assembly is firmly protected in the country. “India is the world’s largest democracy, where the right to peaceful assembly is guaranteed by our Constitution and safeguarded by robust institutions, an independent judiciary, and a free media,” he said.
He added that, as in other democracies, this right must be exercised in a manner that maint... | |
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| Protest all you want, Gyanesh Kumar won’t resign, says Union Minister | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 11: As opposition parties escalate protests over the deletion of names from electoral rolls, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday came out firmly in support of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, declaring that no amount of agitation would force his resignation.
Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Athawale defended the Election Commission’s revision of voter lists and accused the opposition of politicising the issue to corner the government. At the same time, he acknowledged that mistakes can creep into such a massive exercise and said they must be corrected.
Athawale said that, after verificati... | |
| | | | ‘Centre may decide on J&K statehood in coming days’ | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 11: Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said the Centre could take a decision on restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir in the coming days, reiterating the assurance given by the government following the abrogation of Article 370. "After the abrogation of Article 370, Union Home Minister Amit Shah ji had given this assurance that statehood to Jammu and Kashmir will be restored. And it can definitely be decided after a few da... | |
| | | | Day 1: 47,346 pilgrims pay obeisance at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine | | Shardiya Navratras | | | Early Times Report
KATRA, Oct 11: The nine-day Shat Chandi Maha Yagya commenced at the Holy Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi on Sunday, marking the beginning of Shardiya Navratras amid religious fervour and spiritual devotion.
Shri Sachin Kumar Vaishya, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board; other senior officers and staff of the Shrine Board, besides pilgrims were present on the occasion.
The sacred Yagya, organised by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) for universal peace, prosperity, harmony and the well-being of humanity, commenced with traditional Vedic rituals and chanting of sacred hymns at the Yagyashala situated at the Holy Shrine.
The religio... | |
| | | | ‘62% class V students in rural areas can’t read class II text’ | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 11: Nearly 62 per cent of Class V students in rural Jammu and Kashmir cannot read a Class II-level text, a new report has said, flagging poor foundational learning as one of the biggest challenges facing the Union Territory’s education sector.
Titled “A New Vision for J&K and a New Strategy for Realising that Vision”, the report draws on the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2024. It says only 37.8 per cent of rural Class V students have reached the reading level expected of a child in Class II.
The government-private gap is stark. According to the ASER data cited, just 21.8 per cent of Class V students in government schools could read a Class II-le... | |
| | | | Heavy rains disrupt normal life in Jammu | | Waterlogging, landslides hit several areas; woman swept away, search on | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 11: Heavy rainfall disrupted normal life in several parts of Jammu on Sunday, inundating roads and residential areas, damaging vehicles and triggering landslides at multiple locations, officials said.
A 27-year-old woman was reported missing from the Raipur Domana area after allegedly being swept away by flash floods while crossing a road with her husband, a resident said.
"The woman and her husband were crossing the road when they were swept away by flash floods. The man was saved but the woman remained untraced," he said.
Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams rushed to the area and launched efforts to locate the missing woman, officials ... | |
| | | | Punjab Police arrest woman for 'sharing' classified info with Pak intelligence | | | |
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Ferozepur, Oct 11: Punjab Police's Counter Intelligence wing has arrested a woman for allegedly transmitting classified information about Army installations to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), while two Army personnel have been booked for their alleged role in the espionage operation, police said on Sunday. Suspect Gurnoor Sidhu, a resident of Faridkot, was arrested near an under-construction bridge on the Hussainiwala border road. She is currently being interrogated, police said.
Police said they received information on Thursday that the accused were allegedly conspiring to share classified information about military zones and cantonments with Pakistan... | |
| | | | 12 killed, over 300 injured in attack on Riyadh Airport | | |  Early Times Report
CAIRO, Oct 11: The latest attack on the international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh killed 12 people and injured over 300 others, civil aviation authorities said early Sunday, with some in critical condition. A Saudi-led coalition blamed Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen.
It was the deadliest attack in any Gulf Arab country since the start of the Iran war, whose fronts have expanded to include the recent surge in fighting between the Houthis and... | |
| | | | India condemns | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Oct 11: India on Sunday strongly condemned a major attack on Saudi Arabia's international airport in Riyadh that killed 12 people and injured over 300.
New Delhi said the repeated attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Gulf nation are "completely unacceptable and must cease immediately."
"We strongly condemn the repeated attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport over the past few days, including the dastardly attack on October 10, which have led to loss of lives, injuries and damage to property," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.
"We express our condolences to the families of the deceased and wish spe... | |
| | | | PM Modi inaugurates Rs 13000 cr projects in Tamil Nadu | | |  Early Times Report
Chennai, Oct 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for various development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore across Tamil Nadu.
The initiatives included those in the road and rail transport and petroleum sectors.
The PM, along with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for the developments projects at an event held at the IIT, Madras.
The projects include those in National H... | |
| | | | NMC invites applications for new MBBS colleges | | |  Early Times Report
New Delhi, Oct 11: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has invited online applications for establishing new medical colleges offering MBBS courses and increasing the annual intake capacity of existing medical colleges for the academic year 2027-28, with December 31, as the deadline for submission of applications.
The Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the NMC issued the public notice on October 8, setting out the application schedule, documentary requirements... | |
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