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| NC prefers Jaffar Akhoon over Feroz as new CEC of Kargil | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 17: The ruling National Conference on Tuesday sprang a surprise by electing Dr. Mohammad Jaffar Akhoon as the new Chairman-cum-Chief Executive Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development (LAHDC) Kargil in place of the incumbent Feroz Ahmad Khan who was serving on this important post for the last five years.
Although outgoing Chairman-cum-CEC Feroz Ahmad Khan has comfortably won elections as councillor from Simloo constituency the party preferred Dr. Mohammad Jaffar Akhoon in his place. Akhoon has won the election from the Thasgam Thunia seat.
Sources said that the decision of the National Conference leadership to replace Farooq Ahmad Khan has surprised local leaders because Khan has successfully completed his five-year tenure.
Meanwhile, according to an official handout by the authorities, the recently elected Councillors of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, were sworn in today at the Syed Mehdi Auditorium Hall in Kargil.
Principle, District and Session Judge Kargil, Iqbal Ahmed Masoodi who is prescribed... | |
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| BJP unfazed over Kargil Council results | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 17: Even as the constituents of the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) are celebrating the victory of opposition parties in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) elections with much fun-fare, the BJP is unfazed over the outcome of the polls.
Kargil was never a stronghold of the Saffron Party so BJP is now worried about results. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections BJP got nearly 10,000 votes from the Kargil district and the party has maintained the same number of votes in the Kargil Council elections so the party leadership is trying to downplay the defeat of the party.
In the 2018 LAHDC Kargil elections the BJP had op... | |
| | | | Aim for Indian space station by 2035, Indian on Moon by 2040: PM Modi to scientists | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Oct 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked scientists to aim to send the first Indian to the Moon by 2040 and set up an Indian space station by 2035, according to an official statement.
He gave these directions during a meeting to review the preparedness of the Gaganyaan mission and the first demonstration flight of the crew escape system test vehicle scheduled for October 21.
"The meeting evaluated the mission's readiness, affirming its launch in 2025," the statement said.
During the meeting, the prime minister outlined the future of India's space exploration endeavours and urged scientists to work towards interplanetary missions, including a Venus O... | |
| | | | Money laundering case: ED conducts searches in educational trust run by ex-minister’s wife | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 17: The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday conducted searches in Jammu and adjoining areas as part of a money laundering probe against an educational trust run by ex-minister Lal Singh’s wife and a former government official in connection with alleged irregularities in land purchase to set up the trust, official sources said.
The federal agency raided about eight premises in Jammu, Kathua and Punjab’s Pathankot in the case against RB educational trust, its chairperson and Lal Singh’s wife Kanta Andotra, as well as Ravinder S, a former revenue official.
The money laundering case stems from an October 2021 charge sheet filed by the CBI in this case which alle... | |
| | | | Lightning damages portion of historic Shri Ranbireshwar Temple in Jammu | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 17: The historic Shri Ranbireshwar Temple on Tuesday morning faced natural damage due to excessive rains and a thunderstorm.
President, J&K Dharmarth Trust, Brig. R S Langeh (Retd), said that the incident occurred this morning when a lightning bolt possibly struck the temple, causing significant impact to the front outer veranda.
The lightning strike resulted in no harm to the inner sanctum of the temple, he said.
"Fortunately, no casualties or injuries wer... | |
| | | | Any act of terrorism regardless of motivation unjustifiable: NSA Doval | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Oct 17: Terrorism continues to constitute one of the most serious threats to international peace and regardless of its motivation or cause, the menace is "unjustifiable", NSA Ajit Doval said on Tuesday. In an address at a conclave of NSAs of India and central Asian countries in Kazakhstan, he also offered fully funded capacity building programmes by New Delhi in a wide range of areas to the participating nations.
The National Security Advisor also said that India is ready to provide the central Asian nations with the technology relating to the United Payment Interface (UPI) free of cost for their independent use. He said that setting up of sovereign digital payment ... | |
| | | | ACB traps, arrests patwari in bribery case | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 17: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuth on Tuesday arrested one revenue official in a bribery case.
The ACB spokesman said that acting on information received by Anti-Corruption Bureau through Helpline number 9419678060 from one complainant resident of Kupwara regarding demand of bribe by one Patwari Halqa Bohipora Kupwara, action was initiated.
He said that the complainant alleged that while he was constructing some shops in his private land the patwari concerned with other revenue officials came to the site and took away his material, equipment’s etc with them.
He further alleged that the complainant accordingly approached tehsildar concern... | |
| | | | Snow, rains shut crucial highways connecting Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 17: Snowfall in the upper reaches and widespread rains in Jammu and Kashmir led to the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Mughal Road, and the Srinagar-Leh highway for vehicular traffic, officials said on Tuesday morning.
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was blocked due to falling landslides and shooting stones following heavy rains.
Officials said the highway was blocked at Dhalwas and Cafeteria Morh in Ramban district of Jammu region. The road clearance work is in progress.
"SSG Road (Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gomri, which connects Ladakh with Kashmir valley) and Mughal Road were also closed due to snow accumulation," traffic offic... | |
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