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| MP Ruhullah breaks silence on rift with NC | | Says party sidelined him for backing anti-quota protesters | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 15: Breaking his silence after days of speculation, National Conference leader and Srinagar-Budgam MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi revealed that he has been sidelined within the party for supporting students protesting against Jammu and Kashmir's current reservation policies.
Ruhullah, who has openly opposed the existing reservation framework, said the party leadership cut off communication with him after he joined an anti-reservation protest outside the official residence of then-Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on December 22, 2024. The protest was also attended by leaders from the National Conference and the Awami Itihad Party (AIP).
Speaking during a live session on X Spaces, Ruhullah said that while his views were once valued within the party, everything chan... | |
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| Downgrading J&K to UT has hit administrative accountability, efficiency: CM Omar | | ‘In my earlier tenure as CM, an official used to come up with 10 different ways to execute a task, now he finds ten different excuses to avoid it’ | |  Early Times Report
Pulwama, Apr 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that downgrading Jammu and Kashmir from a State to a Union Territory has significantly hit the administrative accountability and efficiency.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a bridge damaged in 2014 floods at Rohmoo, here in South Kashmir, the Chief Minister said that dedicating this bridge to the people 11 years after getting damaged in floods was just a beginning and many more works are to be done ... | |
| | | | ‘Adjournment motion on Waqf Act misplaced action’ | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 15: Terming the adjournment motion on Waqf Act moved by the J&K legislators as “misplaced action” Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that National Conference has now approached the Supreme Court (SC) in this regard.
Talking to reporters here, Omar said, “The adjournment motion brought by the members was an inappropriate move as the motion is aimed to contest the local government’s move. However, if resolution would have been tabled differently, the outcome could have been different.”
He said that the Speaker (Abdul Rahim Rather) made everything clear on the last day of the session. “Our party has now approached the Supreme Court in this re... | |
| | | | Terrorists, security forces exchange fire in Poonch | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 15: A brief exchange of fire took place between terrorists and security forces in a village in Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday.
The gunfire rattled the Lasana village of Surankote Monday night when security forces launched a search operation following information about the presence of terrorists, the officials said.
“Contact was established with terrorists during a joint operation with Police at Lasana, Surankote last night. Additional troops have... | |
| | | | Devotees queue up at bank branches for registration | | Amarnath Yatra 2025 | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 15: The offline registration for the upcoming annual Amarnath Yatra began with enthusiastic pilgrims making a beeline outside the designated bank branches here on Tuesday, hoping to get an opportunity to be part of the first batch to visit the revered shrine.
The 38-day pilgrimage is scheduled to begin on July 3 from the twin routes — the traditional 48-km Pahalgam route in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and 14-km shorter but steep Baltal route in Ganderb... | |
| | | | PM’s J&K visit to inaugurate Vande Bharat Train postponed | | |  Early Times Report
Qazigund, Apr 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Jammu and Kashmir on April 19 for the inauguration of the much-awaited Vande Bharat Express from Katra to Srinagar has been postponed, officials said on Monday.
Officials told a Srinagar based news agency that the PM's visit to inaugurate the Vande Bharat Express on a stretch of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), a 272-km-long mega railway project, has been postponed.
Preparations were a... | |
| | | | J&K to witness fresh wet spell from tomorrow | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 15: A fresh wet spell is expected across Jammu and Kashmir from Thursday which is likely to bring widespread rain in both regions.
The Meteorological Department said the forecast is mainly dry weather for the next 24 hours, with a possibility of isolated light rain or thundershowers over the subsequent two days.
“Dry weather is expected to prevail across most parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. From Wednesday onwards, there are chances of light and scattered rain or thundershowers in isolated areas,” a MeT official said. The impact of the approaching wet spell is expected to be more on April 18 and 19.
MeT said Kashmir is likely to experience wid... | |
| | | | ‘One heatwave can trigger back-to-back hot spells’ | | |  NEW DELHI, Apr 15:
Agencies
A heatwave can create conditions in the environment conducive for the next one, which can increase the chances of back-to-back heatwaves, a new study has suggested.
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Germany’s Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz looked at why South Asia experienced extreme heat events one after the other during March and April 2022.
Temperatures reached extraordinary levels for that time of the year acr... | |
| | | | India to see above-normal cumulative rainfall: IMD | | | | New Delhi, Apr 15:
Agencies
India will experience above-normal cumulative rainfall this monsoon, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday, ruling out the possibility of El Nino conditions during the entire season.
India is likely to see above-normal rainfall in the four-month monsoon season (June to September) with cumulative rainfall estimated at 105 per cent of the long-period average of 87 cm,” India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra told a press conference here.
El Nino conditions, associated with below-normal monsoon rainfall in the Indian subcontinent, are unlikely to develop this time, he said.
Parts of the country are already battling e... | |
| | | | Gold reclaims all-time high | | |  New Delhi, Apr 15:
Agencies
Gold prices rose by Rs 50 to revisit the all-time high level of Rs 96,450 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday, according to the All India Sarafa Association.
On Monday, the yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity fell by Rs 50 to settle at Rs 96,400 per 10 grams. Gold of 99.5 per cent purity increased Rs 50 to reclaim its all-time high level of Rs 96,000 per 10 grams against the previous close of Rs 95,950 per 10 grams.
Meanwhile, silver prices clim... | |
| | | | Working to achieve 100 Km per day highway construction goal: Gadkari | | |  New Delhi, Apr 15:
Agencies
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said infrastructure development is very important for India, and his target is to accelerate the pace of highway construction in the country to 100 km per day.
Addressing AIMA’s 10th National Leadership Conclave, Gadkari asserted that in the next 18 months, India’s road infrastructure will be better than that of the United States of America. “Infrastructure development is very important for India…I am working to accelera... | |
| | | | Adjournment motions can’t be brought on actions of Central Govt in J&K Assembly: Former LS secretary general | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 15: Amid growing controversy over the adjournment motion brought by the National Conference-led government regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025—which caused disruptions in the J&K Assembly for three consecutive days—former Lok Sabha Secretary General P. D. T. Achary.
Achary on Monday said that such a motion cannot be brought against actions of the central government in the J&K Assembly. He also said that MLAs of ruling party cannot initiate an adjournment motion in any legislature.
Achary, an authority on parliamentary affairs in India, said, “An adjournment motion against the central government can only be brought in the Lok Sabha. It cannot be ... | |
| | | | Wholesale Inflation eases to 6-month low | | |  New Delhi, Apr 15:
Agencies
Wholesale price inflation declined to a 6-month low of 2.05 per cent in March as prices of vegetables, potato and other food items eased, government data showed on Tuesday.
Wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation was 2.38 per cent in February. It was 0.26 per cent in March last year.
“Positive rate of inflation in March 2025 is primarily due to increasing prices of manufacture of food products, other manufacturing, food articles, electricity and manufact... | |
| | | | Lawyer shoots himself dead | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 15: An elderly lawyer allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his licensed gun in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said on Tuesday.
Ghulam Nabi Zargar shot himself at his residence in the Alyarabad locality of Kishtwar town around 11 pm on Monday, the officials said. According to preliminary investigation, the octogenarian was suffering from depression and used his 12-bore gun to end his life, police said.
The body was shifted to hospital and handed over to Zargar’s family for last rites after completion of post-mortem and other legal formalities, the officials said.
Police have started inquest proceedings in this c... | |
| | | | 10 injured in Rajouri accident | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 15: Atleast ten people were injured after a minibus met with an accident in Ghambir Mughlan area of Manjakote in Rajouri on Tuesday.
Officials said that a minibus bearing registration number JK02Q2158 lost its control due to which turned turtle at Ghambir Mughlan area.
Police along with locals soon reached the accident spot and started the rescue operation.
In this incident ten people were injured who were shifted to nearby hospital for treatment.
A poli... | |
| | | | Soldier electrocuted after climbing atop train | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 15: A 24-year-old soldier was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live wire after climbing on top of a passenger train in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Tuesday.
Ramchandra Choudhary, a native of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, met with the accident near Bari Brahmana station late Monday night, the officials said.
They said the soldier was posted in the Territorial Army battalion in Srinagar and was moving to his new posting in Sikandrabad.
It was not immediately known what prompted him to climb on the roof of the train, the officials said, adding that the body was shifted to Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu for post-mor... | |
| | | | IAF airlifts 41 passengers | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 15: The Indian Air Force airlifted a batch of 41 passengers in AN-32 Kargil Courier from Jammu and Kashmir to Ladakh on Tuesday marking the last flight of the season, an official said.
The Kargil Courier Service was started on February 8 to facilitate ferrying of stranded passengers between the two Union Territories after the closure of 434-kilometre Srinagar-Leh National Highway due to heavy snowfall in Zojila.
The service operated between the twin capital ... | |
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