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| Repeated challenges to India’s strength necessitated firm responses: PM Modi | | ‘Operation Sindoor’ | |  Box Start 'Terrorist funerals with full honors, their coffins draped in national flags clearly indicate Pak’s structured war approach; it’s no proxy war' Box End
Gandhinagar, May 27:
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Asserting that India believes in ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and doesn’t want enmity with anyone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in an apparent reference to “Operation Sindoor” said that the repeated challenges to India’s strength necessitated firm responses.
Addressing the gathering here, PM Modi said, “Over the past 2 days during my visit to Vadodara, Dahod, Bhuj, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, I have been experiencing the fervor of patriotism with the roar of success of Operation Sindoor and flying tricolors. It... | |
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| BSF struck deep inside Pak: IG Anand | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 27: Apart from the Army and the Air Force, the Border Security Force (BSF) has also dealt a significant blow to Pakistan’s terror infrastructure, destroying 72 enemy posts, including the notorious Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) launch pad in Looni, during Operation Sindoor.
The operation, initiated in response to Pakistani shelling along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) after May 7, targeted multiple terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Ja... | |
| | | | Agitating Ladakhi groups, MHA agree on 15-year domicile rule in breakthrough talks | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 27: Agitating groups from Ladakh, including the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), have reached a consensus with the Ministry of Home Affairs’ High-Powered Committee (HPC) to grant domicile status to individuals with 15 years of continuous residence in the Union Territory. The agreement, finalized during a meeting on May 27 at North Block, aligns Ladakh’s domicile policy with that of Jammu and Kashmir, though the groups’ demand for a 30-ye... | |
| | | | ECI notifications put question mark on Rajya Sabha, Assembly by-poll timelines | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 27: The Election Commission has announced the schedule for elections to fill eight Rajya Sabha seats and five assembly seats in different states. However, there is no mention of the long-awaited elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Jammu and Kashmir, elections for four Rajya Sabha seats and two assembly seats have been overdue. The Rajya Sabha seats have been vacant for a long time, and the deadline for holding by-elections for the assembly seats already passed ... | |
| | | | Fake students, training only on papers | | After Baramulla, ST scholarship scam worth crores unearthed in Jammu | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 27: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has uncovered another massive scam involving misappropriation of crores of rupees meant for the post-matric scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in Jammu.
Earlier similar scam was detected in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In the post-matric ST students scholarship scam, the then Director of Tribal Affairs, M.S. Choudhary, along with owners of several private computer institutes, has been booked for allegedly diverting government funds through fake student lists and bogus training records. The accused institutions operated without proper accreditation and received direct payments from the govern... | |
| | | | Farooq urges tourists to visit Kashmir again | | Plays golf at Pahalgam Golf Course, says serious steps taken to improve security situation | | 
Early Times Report
PAHALGAM, May 27: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday asserted that the atmosphere of fear in Kashmir has significantly reduced and urged the tourists to visit the valley again to enjoy its beauty.
The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir also urged the External Affairs Ministry to make efforts for getting revoked the negative travel advisories issued by some countries against visiting J-K
Tourism in Kashmir has been... | |
| | | | Suspected Khalistani terrorist killed | | | | CHANDIGARH, May 27:
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A suspected Khalistani terrorist died in a blast while retrieving explosive material from a vacant area on the Majitha road bypass in Punjab’s Amritsar on Tuesday (May 27, 2025), police said.
The intensity of the explosion, which took place around 9:30 a.m., was such that both arms of the man were blown off.
Deputy Inspector General (Border Range) Satinder Singh said the man is suspected to have links with some terror organisation like Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
The man came here to retrieve the explosive material and thereafter, the blast took place, he said.
“The explosive material was in his hands when the blast took place,” Mr. Singh tol... | |
| | | | HM Shah on 2-day J&K visit from May 29 | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 27: Union Home Minister, Amit Shah is scheduled to reach Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit from May 29, official sources said here on Tuesday HM Shah is scheduled to visit Jammu division on May 29 and May 30.
“He is also likely to visit Poonch border district to meet the families affected by recent Pakistani mortar shelling on civilian facilities”, sources said.
This will be the Union Home Minister’s first visit to J&K after ‘Operation Sindoor’.... | |
| | | | Jammu-Kishtwar highway blocked | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 27: A massive landslide blocked the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway near Kandani, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded, officials said on Tuesday.
The landslide struck the highway at 4 pm on Monday near slide-prone Phagumar in Kishtwar district.
They said the road clearance operation was immediately launched by agencies and efforts are underway to make the highway traffic worthy as soon as possible.
Given the size of the landslide, the restoration work is likely to be completed by Tuesday night, the officials said, advising commuters to avoid travel on the highway for the time being.... | |
| | | | ITR filing date extended till Sep 15 | | | | NEW DELHI, May 27:
Agencies
The Income Tax department on Tuesday extended the due date for filing ITRs for Assessment Year (AY) 2025-26 to September 15 from July 31.
Individuals and entities, who do not need to get their accounts audited, are required to file income tax returns (ITR) by July 31.
In a statement, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in view of the extensive changes introduced in the notified ITRs, and considering the time required for system readiness and rollout of ITR utilities for AY 2025-26, the due date for filing returns has been extended.
“To facilitate a smooth and convenient filing experience for taxpayers, it has been decided that the due date fo... | |
| | | | Lightning kills over 100 livestock | | |  Early Times Report
Rajouri/Jammu, May 27: Over 100 sheep and goats belonging to nomadic families were killed after they were struck by lightning in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occured in the upper reaches of the Budhal sub-division, when lightning, accompanied by heavy thunder and hail storm, hit a shepherd’s camp during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, officials said.
The nomadic families from the Targain village of Budhal... | |
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