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Cong likely to allow “Ghar Wapsi” of Azad loyalists 2/5/2025 10:27:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 5: The announcement of former minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din to return to the Congress party has authenticated the report that the grand-old party has opened the doors for loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Before the Assembly elections, over a dozen staunch supporters of Ghulam Nabi Azad had expressed their desire for “Ghar Wapsi” but some local leaders for their petty personal gains sabotaged their return to the party. During the Assembly elections, Congress's high command rejected the proposal of Azad’s loyalists to rejoin the party. “Had the party high command allowed Azad loyalists to rejoin the party before the Assembly elections, the Congress would have won three to four more seats in Jammu province?”, a source said. Sources said that Taj Mohi-ud-Din ...   READ MORE

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Amit Shah links narco network to terrorism in J&K, calls for stringent action 2/5/2025 10:26:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the narco network is providing support to infiltrators and terrorists to carry out their activities in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. On the second successive day, Union Home Minister chaired a high-level review meeting on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi today. Shah said that there is a need to take prompt action against terror funding from the proceeds of the narcoti...   READ MORE   ‘Blessed to be at Maha Kumbh’: PM Modi takes holy dip at Sangam 2/5/2025 10:25:52 PM Mahakumbh Nagar, Feb 5: Agencies Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam and said he felt “blessed to be at the Maha Kumbh” where he was “filled with a spirit of devotion”. The prime minister held ‘rudraksh’ beads in his hand during the bathing ritual. Dressed in a deep orange jersey and blue lowers, he offered prayers to the sun and the Ganga amid the chanting of mantras. “Blessed to be at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. The Snan at the Sangam is...   READ MORE   CM Omar chairs pre-budget meetings Holds consultations with peoples’ representatives 2/5/2025 10:25:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 5: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today reiterated his government’s commitment to presenting a people-friendly budget for Jammu & Kashmir, emphasising that involvement of public representatives in budget formulation ensures people’s aspirations and needs are reflected. Chairing a series of pre-budget consultation meetings at civil secretariat Jammu and joined from districts through video conferencing by Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from Anantnag,...   READ MORE   CJM rejects bail plea of woman involved in firing incident 2/5/2025 10:24:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 5: Chief Judicial Magistrate Preet Simran K. Grover today rejected the bail application of Dazy Jamwal alias Dimple who was allegedly involved in firing incident at Lala Da Bagh which has gone viral in social media. Chief Judicial Magistrate Preet Simran K. Grover while rejecting the bail application after hearing Adv JP Gandhi for the applicant whereas APP Vikram Parihar for the UT whereas Adv AR Khan for the complainant observed that in recent times, there a...   READ MORE   SC Collegium gives nod on Judges’ appointments 2/5/2025 10:24:08 PM NEW DELHI, Feb 5: Agencies The Supreme Court collegium on Wednesday approved the proposal for appointment of five additional judges of the high courts of Madras and Telangana as permanent judges. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, held its meeting on Wednesday. “The Supreme Court collegium in its meeting held on February 5, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following additional judges as permanent judges in the Madras High Court — Justice Venkatachari Lakshminarayanan and Justice Periyasamy Vadamalai,” read the collegium statement. Another statement said the collegium had approved the proposal for appointment of additional judges — ...   READ MORE   SIA raids 2 locations 2/5/2025 10:23:38 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 5: Jammu and Kashmir’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) conducted raids at two places in Budgam district on Wednesday in a terror funding case, officials said. “SIA conducted raids at two locations in Budgam district today. One of the places raided belongs to a car dealer while the other location belongs to a businessman,” an official said Sources said that the raids conducted by the SIA are part of the ongoing investigation into a terror funding case. ...   READ MORE   Kashmir continues to freeze 2/5/2025 10:23:31 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 5: Night temperatures across Kashmir remain below freezing, with the ski resort of Gulmarg emerging as the coldest place in the region, officials said on Wednesday. The Meteorological Department said that parts of Kashmir, including Pahalgam and Kokernag in south Kashmir, as well as Kupwara in north Kashmir, received light rainfall over the past 24 hours. There is a possibility of scattered light rain or snow on Wednesday. The weather is likely to remain ...   READ MORE

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