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From Cong stalwart to ‘non-entity’, Azad disappears from action in J&K 10/17/2024 10:43:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 17: Ghulam Nabi Azad's Democratic Progressive Azad Party faced a significant setback in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Despite attracting large crowds, Azad's party failed to make a meaningful impact in the Valley, losing all three Lok Sabha seats it contested. This defeat reflects the electorate's disapproval of regional parties and their leaders, including Azad and Engineer Rashid. The National Conference-Congress alliance emerged victorious, winning 47 seats and leading in another. This alliance trumped the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had abolished Article 370 in 2019. Azad's downfall is a notable development, given his history as a Congress stalwart and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Azad's party failed to gain signif...   READ MORE

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Cong’s historical debacle in J&K: Rahul seeks report to fix responsibility on ‘culprits’ 10/17/2024 10:43:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 17: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi is going to seek a detailed report for the blunders committed by senior leaders in the distribution of tickets in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections resulting in the worst-ever debacle of the party in the history. Highly placed sources said that during the oath-taking ceremony of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Rahul Gandhi sought information about reasons for denying the party mandate to Chhamb MLA Satish Sharma...   READ MORE   India helps even those countries that once waged war against it: Bhagwat 10/17/2024 10:42:45 PM SURAT, Oct 17: Agencies Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said that due to the principles laid down by our ancestors, India helps even those countries that once waged a war against it. He also said that India had the option to retaliate against Pakistan for its misadventure in Kargil in 1999, but the government at that time had instructed the army not to cross the border for attack. Bhagwat was addressing an event here organised by the Jain community, wh...   READ MORE   CM Omar Abdullah chairs first cabinet meeting 10/17/2024 10:42:30 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Omar Abdullah, who was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, chaired his government’s inaugural cabinet meeting today. Omar Abdullah, leader of the National Conference (NC), took his oath on Tuesday in a ceremony overseen by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. During the cabinet meeting, key administrative issues were discussed, and the government’s immediate priorities were outlined. The newly-formed cabinet...   READ MORE   Jammu industrialists seek CM’s intervention 10/17/2024 10:42:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 17: A body of industrialists on Thursday sought the intervention of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to ensure revival of the MSME (micro, small and medium enterprise) sector of the Union Territory. Jammu-based Federation of Industries (FOI) hailed the formation of the National Conference-led government in Jammu and Kashmir and congratulated Abdullah and his cabinet colleagues. FOI chairman Lalit Mahajan said the industrial fraternity of Jammu has a lot of expectations from the new government and hopes it will ensure revival and strengthening of the MSME sector. He said the existing MSMEs, mostly run by the sons of the soil, are suffering d...   READ MORE   LG Sinha meets families of terror victims 10/17/2024 10:42:07 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today met the family members of victims of terrorism from across North, Central and South Kashmir, at Raj Bhawan. The family members whose loved ones were brutally killed by various terrorist groups in the past narrated the horrific incidents and sought the intervention of Lt Governor for resolution of their long pending issues. Paying homage to the martyred civilians, the Lt Governor assured every necessary support and a...   READ MORE   3 IAS officers transferred from J&K, 4 posted back 10/17/2024 10:41:53 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 17: The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has ordered the transfer of three IAS officers from Jammu and Kashmir to different States and UTs and posted four IAS officers back in the Union Territory. The order copy signed by Rakesh Kumar Singh, Under Secretary to the Government of India, reads, Bipul Pathak, IAS (AGMUT:1992) has been transferred from Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi; M Raju, IAS (AGMUT:2005) has been transferred from Puducherry to Jammu & Kas...   READ MORE   Supreme Court agrees to list plea for restoration of J&K statehood 10/17/2024 10:41:39 PM New Delhi, Oct 17: Agencies The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday agreed to list for hearing an application seeking direction for restoration of the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir within two months. Advocate Gopal Shankarnarayan mentioned the application for urgent listing of the matter, to which a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that it will list the case. The application has said that it becomes necessary that appropriate directions are passed directing the st...   READ MORE   J&K Govt revises DA Of employees, pensioners 10/17/2024 10:41:14 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 17: The Finance Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government has revised the Dearness Allowance (DA) of the employees and pensioners/family pensioners....   READ MORE   6 secretariat gazetted service-II members Get SG non-functional 10/17/2024 10:41:02 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has granted Selection Grade (Non-Functional) in favour of six members of Jammu and Kashmir Secretariat Gazetted Service-II....   READ MORE   19 CRPF jawans injured in Budgam accident 10/17/2024 10:40:50 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 17: At least 19 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured, two of them seriously, after their vehicle skidded off the road in Budgam district on Thursday, officials said. The ill-fated vehicle carrying the CRPF personnel skidded off the road and fell down to a gorge near Police Station Pakherpora Khaigam, resulting in injuries to 19 personnel, two of them critically. The injured were shifted to nearby Charar-e-Sharief hospital for treatme...   READ MORE   Direct tax collections jump 182% in 10 years 10/17/2024 10:40:41 PM NEW DELHI, Oct 17: Agencies Direct tax collections have surged 182 per cent to over Rs 19.60 lakh crore in 2023-24 in the 10-year period of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government. The latest ‘Time Series Data’ released by the income tax department showed that the corporate tax collections more than doubled to over Rs 9.11 lakh crore in 10 years to 2023-24 fiscal. Personal income tax mop up grew close to four-fold to Rs 10.45 lakh crore during the period. In the first year of the M...   READ MORE

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