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| Let us dedicate ourselves to changing lives: LG Sinha | | Pays tributes to General Zorawar Singh on his Martyrdom Day | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 12: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday paid tributes to brave warrior, India's greatest commander and military strategist, General Zorawar Singh, on his Martyrdom Day.
“General Zorawar Singh’s vision inspired generations by igniting passion, guiding people toward a shared vision, courage, purpose and commitment to bigger ideals,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
Addressing a commemorative event in Jammu, the Lieutenant Governor spoke on General Zorawar Singh’s monumental military campaigns in Ladakh, Baltistan, Gilgit, and Skardu, and highlighted his pivotal role in expansion of the Dogra Empire.
He called upon the youth and all sections of society... | |
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| LG meets families of martyrs | | Nowgam Accidental Blast | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 12: The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha met the families of Nowgam's accidental blast martyrs in Srinagar today and handed over appointment letters on compassionate grounds.
The Lieutenant Governor paid tribute to the martyrs and expressed gratitude to their families. He said the entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families to ensure they live a life of comfort and dignity.
The Lieutenant Governor said the whole country is proud of J&K Police for stopping terror in its tracks by unearthing and dismantling the terror network last month. He appreciated J&K Police's meticulous investigation and multi-faceted effort to detect, disrupt and... | |
| | | | Teena Choudhary targets JKPCC over ‘unauthorised’ event row | | Congress infighting peaks | |  Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 12: Factional tensions within the Jammu and Kashmir Congress escalated sharply on Friday after AICC Scheduled Caste (SC) Department Incharge, Teena Choudhary, announced that she would file a formal complaint against the Union Territory Congress leadership for allegedly declaring her department’s official programme “illegal.”
Choudhary expressed strong resentment over a statement issued from the official email ID of the J&K Pradesh Congress Comm... | |
| | | | Govt strengthens framework to combat fake news | | |  Early Times Report
New Delhi, Dec 12: Free speech is protected under Article 19(1) of the Constitution. The Government is cognisant of the increasing instances of fake, false, misleading information and AI-generated deep fakes across media platforms, which can adversely impact democratic processes and public order.
Fake news is commonly understood as information that is false or misleading and presented as news. A broad statutory and institutional framework already exists to address such h... | |
| | | | Cabinet nod for Census 2027; Rs 11,718 cr sanctioned | | |  Early Times Report
New Delhi, Dec 12: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said the government has approved Rs 11,718 crore for the conduct of the Census of India 2027.
The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal to conduct the Census which will be the first digital exercise of its kind, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters here.
The Census will be conducted in two phases — house-listing and housing ... | |
| | | | HC introduces new mandatory disclosure rule for bail applications | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 12: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has issued an important amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Rules, 1999, aimed at enhancing transparency and accountability in the filing of bail applications.
Through Notification No. 39-G of 2025, and with the prior approval of the Lieutenant Governor, the Court has inserted a new provision — Rule 176-A — in Chapter XV of the High Court Rules.
Under this newly inserted rule, every bail applicant mu... | |
| | | | J&K Police conduct special drive to prosecute vehicles | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday launched a special enforcement drive against vehicles operating without mandatory transfer of ownership documents after sale or purchase — a move aimed at preventing misuse of non-transferred or non-local registrations.
The drive was carried across several districts in the Valley, police said, adding that teams were deployed to identify and impound vehicles that have not been transferred in the name of the new owne... | |
| | | | CBK files chargesheet against R&B employee for forging DoB | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 12: In a decisive action against fraud and manipulation of official records, the Special Crime Wing (Crime Branch) Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 07/2022 before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Handwara. The case pertains to an employee of the Public Works Department (R&B) who allegedly forged his date of birth to obtain illegal regularisation, said the Crime Branch Kashmir, in a statement.
According to officials, the chargesheet... | |
| | | | Pulwama shivers at Minus 5.5 C | | Kashmir under freeze | | 
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 12: The minimum temperature in Kashmir remained below the freezing point as cold conditions persisted across the valley, officials said on Friday.
Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 3.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday night, down from the previous night’s minus 2.9 degrees Celsius, the officials said.
They said the night temperature was 2.4 degrees below the normal for this time of the season.
Qazigund in south Kash... | |
| | | | Govt sets process in motion | | Appointment of State Election Commissioner | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 12: With Lok Bhavan clearing the amendment passed by the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly to enhance the maximum age of the State Election Commissioner, the Jammu and Kashmir government has set the process in motion to appoint the head of the State Election Commission—the body mandated to conduct Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies polls in the Union Territory.
Sources said that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has nominated senior cabinet minister Sakina Ittoo... | |
| | | | IndiGo Crisis: DGCA suspends 4 flight operations inspectors | | |  Early Times Report
Mumbai, Dec 12: Aviation safety regulator DGCA has suspended four Flight Operations Inspectors (FOIs) over massive disruptions in IndiGo’s operations, which resulted in the cancellation of thousands of flights and lakhs of people getting stranded across airports.
The airline cancelled over 50 flights from Bengaluru Airport on Friday.
FOIs are senior officials within the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, working as part of its regulatory and safety oversight functi... | |
| | | | BSF apprehends armed intruder | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 12: Security forces on Friday apprehended an intruder near the International Border in the Pargwal area of Jammu district.
A top police officer said that the intruder, identified as Abdul Khalik, was intercepted by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and was found in possession of a weapon, the officer said.
He was subsequently handed over to Police Post Pargwal, under Police Station Khour, for further legal proceedings, the officer added.... | |
| | | | ‘Priyagold Butter Delite’ biscuits declared unsafe | | | | Early Times Report
Anantnag, Dec 12: The Food Safety Department Anantnag has imposed a strict ban on the sale of PRIYAGOLD BUTTER DELITE biscuits (Batch No. E25KPO2FB) after laboratory tests confirmed the product to be unsafe for consumption.
According to the Designated Officer, Food Safety Anantnag, the action follows the sampling of the biscuit brand by the Food Safety Officer during routine market inspections.
The sample was sent to the National Food Laboratory, Ghaziabad, where analysts, in Report No. JK-665/DEC/25/786 dated 05-12-2025, detected sulphite levels exceeding the maximum permissible limits.
Officials stated that consuming food products with sulphite content above th... | |
| | | | Multiple Amritsar schools receive bomb threats | | | | Amritsar, Dec 12:
Several schools here received bomb threat emails on Friday, triggering the evacuation of students and prompting the authorities to launch anti-sabotage checks.
Panic-stricken parents rushed to schools to pick up their children while the district administration ordered the closure of all schools across Amritsar.
“Some schools across the city and rural belt have received a suspicious email. A Gazetted Officer is deployed at each school and anti-sabotage checks are underway. The Cyber Police Station is tracking on a war footing the source of the mail,” Amritsar Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said in a statement.
In the past, a few students were found ... | |
| | | | 1 killed, 3 injured in Doda accident | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 12: One person died and three others were injured in a road accident at Jhinhini Nala near Thanalla Naka in Doda district on Friday morning.
Officials said the accident took place when an Alcazar vehicle skidded off the road, resulting in the on-spot death of one Rinku Ram, son of Nandu Ram, a resident of Chamba.
The injured were identified as Kalash Kumar, 45, from Pota Chamba; Jairam Singh, son of Baghi Ram, and Chander Bani, son of Chamaru Ram, both residents of Bhajrota Chamba.
Police and locals reached the spot immediately and shifted the injured to a nearby health facility, where they were responding to the treatment, officials said.
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