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Admin reshuffled, 41 IAS, JKAS officers transferred

10/29/2023 11:10:25 PM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 29: In a major administrative reshuffle, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday ordered a series of transfers and postings of key officials. Three Deputy Commissioners were among 41 IAS and JKAS officers transferred by the government in the interest of administration. Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, IAS (AGMUT:2013), Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Director, Sericulture, J&K. “Khalid Jahangir, JKAS, Managing Director, J&K Trade Promotion Organization, shall hold the charge of the post of Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute, J&K, in addition to his own duties, till further orders”, one of the or...

Border residents clean bunkers after Pak shelling

10/29/2023 11:09:53 PM

Early Times Report Arnia (J-K), Oct 29: Days after Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire by targeting forward posts and villages along the International border here, the border residents have taken to cleaning underground bunkers, constructed over the years, to take shelter in. A massive cleaning operation is underway to make the bunkers habitable, with locals demanding more such constructions to escape the cross-border shelling. “We cannot trust Pakistan and have started a drive to clean the bunkers to make them usable,” Sarpanch, Treva village of Arnia, Balbir Kour said. India shares a 3,323 km-long border with Pakistan, of which 221 km of the IB and 744 km of the Line of Control fa...

Terrorists shot at, injure Police Inspector in Srinagar

10/29/2023 11:09:47 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 29: A Jammu and Kashmir police officer was shot at by militants in Eidgah area of Srinagar's old city on Sunday, officials said. The police officer has been identified as Inspector Masroor Ahmad and was shifted to hospital for treatment, police said. "Preliminary investigation reveals that a pistol was used in this terror crime," police said. The area has been cordoned off to track the attackers and a case registered in the regard, they added. "Terrorists fired upon & injured Inspector Masroor Ahmad near Eidgah, Srinagar. He was immediately shifted to hospital for treatment. Preliminary #investigation reveals that a pistol was used in this #terror c...

Security beefed up after terror attack

10/29/2023 11:09:42 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 29: Security has been beefed up as police and the CRPF have intensified checking in Srinagar and other towns of Kashmir following Sunday's terrorist attack on a police officer who has been critically injured, officials said. The security forces have intensified the checking of vehicles and pedestrians in several parts of Srinagar city and other towns, especially in the south Kashmir district of Pulwama, following the attack on Inspector Masroor Ahmad Wani in the Eidgah area of the city earlier in the day, the officials said. Mobile vehicle checkpoints have been established at all major intersections in Srinagar as well as at the city's exit points, the...

Sikh community has done lot to protect Sanatan Dharma: Rajnath

10/29/2023 11:09:35 PM

Agencies Lucknow, Oct 29: Stating that the Sikh community has done a lot to protect the Sanatan Dharma, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said it was Sikhs who started the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and their contribution can never be forgotten by any Indian. Singh said this while addressing a gathering at Lucknow’s Alambagh Gurudwara on Prakash Utsav of Guru Granth Sahib. “The Sikh community has done a lot to protect the Sanatan Dharma. For Ram Janmabhoomi also, no Indian can forget their contribution,” Singh said. He said, “I wanted to share an important fact according to the government record. On Dec 1, 1858, according to an FIR, a group of Sikhs raising slogans of Guru Govi...