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Anticorruption Court slams Jammu University, rejects VOJ’s closure report Varsity official demanding money for viva 11/24/2022 10:45:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 24: Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Tahir Khurshid Raina today rejected the closure report of Vigilance Organization Jammu (now ACB) in FIR No. 04/2007 P/S VOJ, for offences u/s 5(2) PC Act 2006 BK r/w Sec 161 RPC. The Special Judge while rejecting the closure report, directed SSP, Vigilance Organization, Jammu, (now ACB - Jammu) to go for further investigation into the case and submit the report within two months. The court observed that On 12-05-2008, the Vigilance Organization, Jammu (VOJ) presented a closure report in terms of Sec. 173(3) CrPC in case FIR No. 04/2007 Police Station, VOJ titled State Vs Dr. Falendra K. Sudan. As per the said report prepared by SSP VOJ, Jammu, the case was "NOT PROVED" against the accused. This court, while concurring with the findings of the VOJ, accepted the closure report and ordered the case to be closed as "NOT PROVED", as recorded in the order of this court dated 17-05-2008. Feeling aggrieved of this order, the complainant in the case challenged the same before the High Court at Jammu. The Hon'ble High...   READ MORE

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Farooq, Mehbooba, Lal Singh to join Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in J&K 11/24/2022 10:44:29 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 24: Although there is no official confirmation about opposition groups and leaders joining Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, some top opposition leaders have reportedly given their verbal consent to join the Congress leader during his entry into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Highly placed sources in Congress said that National Conference stalwart and former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, and Chairman of the Dogra Sabhiman Sangathan Party Choudhary Lal Singh would join Rahul Gandhi in Jammu and Kashmir. “Although the exact date of Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra in J&K ...   READ MORE   Journos threat case: Searches held in Kashmir 11/24/2022 10:44:25 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 24: Jammu and Kashmir Police is carrying out searches at three locations in the Valley in connection with a case related to online threat to journalists. Police said the searches were being conducted in Srinagar, Budgam and Pulwama districts. The searches are being conducted subsequent to the leads received from searches carried out a few days ago in the case, police said. Searches are going on in multiple locations in Srinagar, Badgam and Pulwama districts in connection with 'online journalists threat' case. This is subsequent to the leads received from searches done few days ago in same case, Srinagar police said in a tweet. The searches are bei...   READ MORE   SIA conducts raids in Kishtwar 11/24/2022 10:44:19 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Nov 24: Continuing it’s investigation into the terror related funding and online threat to the Journalist in valley, State Investigation Agency, Kashmir Division on Thursday morning conducted a raid in Tund area of Hidyal in outskirts of Kishtwaf town. As per the details available with Early Times, SIA officials accompanied by local Magistrate and police knock at the door of one Minhaj Bashir S/O Bashir Ahmad Sheikh R/o Tund Kishtwar in wee hours of morning and immediately started questioning the 22 year old suspect. The official sources told Early Times that the raid that begin at around 5 AM in the morning and ended after 5 hour follow...   READ MORE   ‘Drone may have dropped arms recovered from Samba’ 11/24/2022 10:44:14 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 24: As senior police officers admitted that arms recovered from village Badali near Swankha Morh under the jurisdiction of Sub-Division Vijaypur is a case of drone-dropping case, it is believed that the drone, which was spotted hovering over Jammu airport may have dropped these weapons. According to the preliminary information, the recovery of weapons from Samba is a case of a drone dropping from Pakistan’s side attempting to smuggle in weapons and cash to the Indian side for carrying out terror-related activities in Jammu and Kashmir. A high alert has been sounded in the Jammu region on Sunday after a suspected drone was found hovering over the highly ...   READ MORE   India test fires Agni-3 nuclear capable ballistic missile 11/24/2022 10:44:09 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, Nov 24: India on Wednesday carried out a successful launch of Agni-3 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile from A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. “The successful test was part of routine user training launches carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command,” a Defence Ministry statement said. “The launch was carried out for a predetermined range and validated all operational parameters of the system.” Agni series of missiles constitute the backbone of India’s nuclear weapons delivery which also includes the Prithvi short range ballistic missiles and fighter aircraft. India has also completed its nuclear triad and operationalised its second strike capa...   READ MORE   Army carries out searches in Poonch 11/24/2022 10:44:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 24: The Army on Thursday carried out a cordon-and-search operation in the border belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Based on information about the movement of suspected terrorists, the Army cordoned off Bhata forest in the Mendhar border belt and carried out a search operation, they said. The security forces also resorted to ‘speculative fire’ to clear the area, they added. The search operation was going on at the time of filing this report....   READ MORE   Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case: Malik appears in court through video conferencing 11/24/2022 10:43:59 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 24: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared before a special court here via video conferencing on Thursday and cross-examined a witness in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Malik, who is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in a terror financing case, was not produced in the court physically due to a Ministry of Home Affairs order restricting his movement. Senior Public Prosecutor S K Bhat told reporters, “Today, accused Yasin Malik participated in the trial through videoconferencing…And did not oppose cross-examining the witness.” “I made a submission before the court...   READ MORE   This election will decide Gujarat's fate for next 25 years: PM Modi 11/24/2022 10:43:53 PM Agencies Palanpur, Nov 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the upcoming Assembly election in Gujarat is all about deciding the state's destiny for the next 25 years. Addressing a poll rally in Palanpur town of Banaskantha district in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, Modi said though many developmental works have been carried out so far by the ruling BJP in Gujarat and the Centre, time has come to take a "giant leap". Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5 and the counting of votes will be taken up on December 8. Voting in Banaskantha district will be held in the second phase on December 5. "This electi...   READ MORE   JKSSB to conduct written test from Nov 29 11/24/2022 10:43:47 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 24: The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) is conducting Computer Based written test for various posts with effect from 29th November, 2022 at various examination centers in J&K. The aforesaid examination has been scheduled to be conducted in multiple batches and adequate security arrangements have been put in place at each examination center. The concerned District Magistrate will issue prohibitory order under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) around the examination centers during the timing of examination. A multi layered structure for supervision has also been established by the concerned District Civil and Police adminis...   READ MORE

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