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| Who are ‘money-minting Dar brothers’ in SFA? Probe agency wants to know | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 25: Even as the Jammu and Kashmir government “is set to order high-level probe into the alleged multi-crore scam” at the State Football Academy or SFA established by the previous Peoples Democratic Party led government under “mysterious circumstances”, details of fortunes grabbed by “Dar brothers”, a footballer duo from Srinagar, has left the investigators “shocked.”
Sources said during preliminary investigations into the complaints about the wrongdoings at the SFA, the officials have got to know that “Dar Brothers” have been the “main beneficiaries of the scam.”
Sources said out of the 2.26 crores approved by the then government for the football academy in 2018, a “huge amount illegally landed in the bank accounts of the Dar brothers, who happen to be government employees.”
Official documents reveal that apart from lakhs getting deposited into the personal accounts of the “Dar brothers”, the government money was also being illegally transferred into their other private accounts including those meant for private business ventures. Official ... | |
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| Kejriwal’s ‘anti-Hindu’ decision triggers uproar | | Delhi celebrates Diwali without firecrackers | | | Agencies
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Oct 25: The Aam Admi Party government imposing a ban on crackers on the occasion of Diwali in Delhi evoked a strong reaction from BJP leaders who termed the decision as “anti-Hindu.”
The Delhi government had imposed a complete ban on the production, sale, and use of all types of firecrackers, including green crackers, till January 1, 2023, citing air pollution.
On Sunday, Minister Rai said emissions from firecrackers are extremely dangerous especially for children, women and the elderly.
Launching a direct attack on the Aam Aadmi Party over its decision to impose ban on firecrackers, the BJP accused it of “hurting sentiments of Hindus”. Delhi BJP presi... | |
| | | | Our unique diversity our pride, biggest strength: LG Sinha | | Inaugurates cultural festival Jashn-e-Kashmir | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 25: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated “Jashn-e-Kashmir”- New Kashmir New Hope, a three-week long cultural festival celebrating tradition, culture and heritage, at Srinagar.
The Cultural Festival is being organized by All J&K Folk Artists Association, Shah Qalander Folk Theatre, in collaboration with J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages, and the Office of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir.
Congratulating everyone associated with the cultur... | |
| | | | Set back to Hurriyat as Bilal Lone likely to join mainstream politics before elections | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 25: Following the footsteps of his younger brother, senior Hurriyat Conference leader and chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Independent Movement Bilal Gani Lone is going to quit separatist politics.
Bilal Gani Lone is likely to join mainstream politics to contest the next assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Bilal Lone is the elder brother of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’ Conference chairman Sajad Gani, Lone who had joined mainstream politics in the year 2009 after saying goodbye to separatist politics.
Bilal and Sajad Lone are the sons of the veteran politician of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Abdul Gani Lone who j... | |
| | | | WhatsApp resumes after over an hour of disruption | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Oct 25: Popular messaging app WhatsApp faced a global outage from the UK to India, with users being not able to send and receive text and video messages for more than an hour.
The services were restored for some users after the unexplained disruption that last over an hour.
The resumption of service was confirmed by several users.
WhatsApp’s services across many parts of India and the world were disrupted on Tuesday afternoon as thousands of users were unable to send or receive messages on the Meta-owned platform.
After the snag hit, WhatsApp had said it is working to restore services.
“We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending mess... | |
| | | | Court can’t issue Mandamus writ against statutory rules: HC | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 25: Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that the Court cannot issue a writ of Mandamus to the respondents for acting contrary to the statutory rules.
Justice Sanjeev Kumar in a petition filed by Green Valley Sumo Taxi Stand Union, observed: “It is true that the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is empowered to grant exemption having regard to the relevant facts and circumstances and provide reasonable time to the petitioner to have their Public Service Vehicles fitted with the requisite devices to comply with the Rule 125-H of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. This is however, left to be determined by the Competent Aut... | |
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