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Rajouri killings: Women come forward to join VDGs 1/9/2023 11:09:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 9: As authorities decided to strengthen the Village Defence Committees (VDCs) now name changed as Village Defence Guards (VDGs), a large number of women are coming forward to join the VDGs to fight with terrorists. Not only in the terror affected the Rajouri district, but women in a large number have also volunteered themselves to become part of VDGs in Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban and Reasi districts also. Important to mention here that the all-women VDCs have played a significant role in controlling terrorism in the far-flung areas of Jammu where presence of security forces were negligible. It is pertinent to mention that the first women's VDC was set up in the twin villages of Marrah and Kulali, which became a role model for others. Women of such are...   READ MORE

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CRPF to provide arms training to VDC members 1/9/2023 11:09:04 PM Agencies New Delhi, Jan 9: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will provide weapons training to village defence committee guards or VDCs in Jammu and Kashmir so that they are able to better counter a terrorist attack, officials said on Monday. The “final contours” of the training schedule, variety of arms to be included and number of participants will be decided in due course of time, they said. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has recently started reissuing weapons to village defence guards (VDGs), earlier known as village defence committees (VDCs), following the Dhangri incident in Rajouri district in which seven people were killed. The VDGs comprise local village volunte...   READ MORE   Pakistani frustration worsens: Banned TRF issues fresh threat, 6th in 2 months 1/9/2023 11:08:56 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 9: Even as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently banned The Resistance Front, the TRF has yet again warned of terror attacks on innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir, whose names had figured in the previous "hit lists" prompting the concerned agencies including police to intensify probe into the case. It’s for the sixth time in the last around two months that the terror outfit has circulated its such letters where the victimized Kashmiri Pandit community in particular has been the target. The latest letter surfaced within days after the Union Home Ministry banned the TRF on January 5. After being exposed by the Modi government through the much-n...   READ MORE   Defence Minister chairs ambassadors Round Table Conference 1/9/2023 11:08:47 PM Agencies New Delhi, Jan 9: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh chaired, in New Delhi on January 09, 2023, the Ambassadors’ Roundtable conference for the forthcoming Aero India 2023. The reach-out event, organised by Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, was attended by Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Chargé d'affaires and Defence Attachés of over 80 countries. The Raksha Mantri invited the representatives from across the world to attend Asia’s largest and 14th Aero show - Ae...   READ MORE

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