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LG Sinha inaugurates ‘CCTV Surveillance System with Integrated Command & Control Centre’ for Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine ‘Cutting-edge technology will enable real-time monitoring and crowd management for safety, security of devotees’ 6/9/2025 11:11:31 PM Early Times Report KATRA, June 9: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated “CCTV Surveillance System with Integrated Command & Control Centre” for Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, today. “Cutting-edge technology will enable real-time monitoring and crowd management for safety, security of devotees and it will ensure hassle-free pilgrimage,” the Lieutenant Governor said. The Lieutenant Governor observed that Actionable insights gleaned from the system will enable prompt response in emergencies. The Command & Control Infrastructure including AI-powered surveillance ecosystem will provide comprehensive situational awareness, optimize operations and Quick and efficient coordination with emergency responders. The large-scale, technology-driven surveillance and crowd management...   READ MORE

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People with disabilities have special abilities: LG Throws open mass distribution drive of aids and appliances for Divyangjan 6/9/2025 11:11:15 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 9: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated a mass distribution drive of aids and appliances for Divyangjan, in Jammu today. In his address, the Lieutenant Governor lauded the noble initiative by Directorate of Social Welfare, Jammu under two key centrally sponsored schemes - Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) and Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) aimed to improve lives of senior citizens with disabilitie...   READ MORE   Reservation review: Cabinet Sub-Committee’s 6-month deadline ends today 6/9/2025 11:09:57 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 9: As the six-month deadline for the Cabinet Sub-Committee to review the reservation policy in Jammu and Kashmir expires on Tuesday, students from the Open Merit category have expressed frustration over the government’s silence on the panel’s findings and recommendations. With no official update from the government so far, Open Merit aspirants have taken to social media to voice their anger. “One day left. Still no report. This betrayal of open merit will not be forgotten,” read a widely circulated post. Adding to the outrage, the government on Monday issued a recruitment notification for 75 Naib Tehsildar posts—just a day before the committee’s report ...   READ MORE   In Sweden, CEC Kumar reiterates EC’s focus on inclusive participation To deliver keynote address at the International IDEA Stockholm Conference on electoral integrity today 6/9/2025 11:09:47 PM New Delhi, June 9: Agencies Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday reiterated the Election Commission’s focus on inclusive participation and civic engagement among Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), The CEC who is in Sweden to attend the International IDEA Stockholm Conference on Electoral Integrity, being organised from Tuesday ( June 10) onwards interacted with the Indian Diaspora in Sweden today. The CEC highlighted initiat...   READ MORE   11 years of PM Modi led Govt country’s ‘Golden Period’: Amit Shah 6/9/2025 11:09:28 PM New Delhi, June 9: Agencies Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the 11 years of Modi government was a “golden period” of resolve, endeavour and dedication towards public service. In Narendra Modi’s third term as prime minister, Shah said this new India is rapidly progressing towards development and self-reliance with the power of reform, perform and transform. He said this journey of making India “number 1” in every field by bringing positive changes in the lives of the countr...   READ MORE   ‘India can’t hold talks on IWT until terror concerns addressed’ 6/9/2025 11:08:58 PM New Delhi, June 9: Agencies India will not engage with Pakistan on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) till New Delhi’s concerns regarding terrorism are addressed and the pact is completely revamped, sources said. They said Pakistan’s Water Resources Secretary Syed Ali Murtaza has reached out multiple times, urging India to reconsider the decision to put the IWT in abeyance. In multiple letters to his Indian counterpart, Debashree Mukherjee, Murtaza has repeatedly expressed his government’s readiness to discuss specific objections raised by New Delhi. India has not responded to any of Pakistan’s letters and will not engage with the neighbouring country in any capacity till New Delhi’s conc...   READ MORE   Lt Gen Ghai appointed Deputy Chief Of Army Staff; will continue as DGMO 6/9/2025 11:08:53 PM New Delhi, June 9: Agencies Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, whom the Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) had called while India was pummeling Pakistani airbases during Operation Sindoor, pleading for a ceasefire, was on Monday appointed as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy). He will continue to hold the post of DGMO. The Deputy Chief (Strategy) is a relatively new vertical created to oversee the Indian Army’s Operations and Intelligence Directorates, among othe...   READ MORE   CM Naidu congratulates Prof Latha, engineers for designing Chenab Rail Bridge 6/9/2025 11:08:33 PM Andhra Pradesh, June 9: Agencies Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu congratulated Professor G. Madhavi Latha for the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab River. CM Naidu lauded the engineer for her 17 years of dedication and sacrifice in building the bridge. Sharing a post on X, Chandrababu Naidu wrote, “Another Telugu daughter has made India proud! I salute Professor G. Madhavi Latha Garu, one of the brilliant minds behind the world’s highest railway bridge over t...   READ MORE   Heatwaves worsening across country 6/9/2025 11:08:23 PM New Delhi, June 9: Agencies On a scorching May afternoon last year, a ragpicker in Delhi’s Ghazipur area collapsed from heat exhaustion. “The family rushed him to the hospital,” says Majida Begum, a sanitation worker who witnessed it. “But he was declared dead on arrival. They had no proof that he died due to heat, so they were not given any compensation.” His death was never officially counted, just one of the countless lives lost in India’s intensifying heatwaves that go unrecorded and...   READ MORE   3 Prosecution Officers appointed as PP, APPs 6/9/2025 11:08:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 9: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has appointed three officers of the J&K Prosecution Service to new roles for conducting criminal cases under Section 18 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 As per an order of Home Department, Sheikh Tanveer Rasool has been posted as Public Prosecutor in the Principal Sessions Court, Kupwara; Syed Jehangir Ahmad has been appointed Public Prosecutor in the Principal Sessions Court, Ganderbal; and Shafat Ahmad Bhat will now serve as Additional Public Prosecutor at NIA/Additional Sessions Court, Ganderbal....   READ MORE   Rusted mortar shell recovered 6/9/2025 11:07:58 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 9: Security personnel recovered a rusted mortar shell in a border area of the Samba district and defused it safely on Monday, officials said. On the information provided by some locals, an old shell was recovered by a team of security forces in Basantar river, they said. It was later defused safely....   READ MORE   Soldier shoots self dead 6/9/2025 11:07:45 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 9: A soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at a camp in Gulmarg area of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Lance Naik Banwar LaL Saran of 9th Raj rifle camp at Gulmarg in Baramulla district shot himself with his service rifle on Sunday night, the officials said. The jawan, hailing from Rajasthan, died on the spot, they said adding the body was taken to Sub District Hospital Tangmarg for medico-legal formalities....   READ MORE   Woman gets husband killed during honeymoon 6/9/2025 11:07:40 PM SHILLONG/ LUCKNOW, June 9: Agencies Indore tourist Raja Raghuvanshi was allegedly killed by men hired by his wife during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, DGP I Nongrang said on Monday morning. Speaking to PTI, she said the wife, Sonam, surrendered before the police in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, while three other assailants were arrested in overnight raids. Raghuvanshi and his wife went missing while vacationing in Meghalaya’s Sohra area on May 23. His body was found in a gorge on June 2, while a search for his wife was underway. “One person was picked up from UP, and another two accused were apprehended from Indore by the SIT,” the DGP said. “Sonam surrendered at the Nandganj police sta...   READ MORE

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