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| Cong infighting deepens as Tara Chand claims threat to life | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: The infighting within the Jammu and Kashmir Congress took a dramatic turn on Sunday after former Deputy Chief Minister and senior dissident leader Tara Chand claimed that his life was under threat while addressing a public rally in his home constituency of Khour.
Tara Chand, who has emerged as one of the prominent faces of the dissident camp in the party along with former Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president and Congress Working C | |
| | | | Asia's longest high-altitude tunnel just ten metres from history, final blast tomorrow | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: Deep in the Himalayas, where mountain roads vanish under snow for months each winter, a historic moment is imminent. On June 9, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will trigger the breakthrough blast at the Zojila Tunnel — the defining milestone of one of India's most consequential infrastructure undertakings.
The 13.15-kilometre tunnel, straddling the boundary between Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at an altitude of approximately 11,500 feet, is being constructed to accomplish what the mountain road above it cannot: remain open through the year.
For decades, the Srinagar–Leh highway has been at the mercy of heavy snowfall, sever | |
| | | | Cross-border drug smuggling destroying young lives, financing terrorism: LG Sinha | | Joins 'Drug-Free J&K' campaign, padyatra in Poonch | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 7: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today joined the ‘Drug-Free J&K' Campaign and Padyatra in Poonch. Speaking on the occasion, the Lieutenant Governor said that Padyatra has covered all 20 districts of Union Territory and the objective is clear to free the soil of Jammu Kashmir from scourge of drugs and to eliminate narco-terrorism.
"The fight for a drug-free Jammu Kashmir intensifies today from Poonch. For next 43 days, every citizen, Panchayat, and ward mu | |
| | | | Parliamentary Panel seeks answers from NTA, CBSE | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, June 7: A Parliamentary panel has asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to define what constitutes a “paper leak” in its definition and whether any paper leaks have occurred in exams it conducted since 2018, sources said.
The panel’s questionnaire follows NTA officials’ appearance before it last week, where they contended that there was no paper leak from their system, claiming that some questions from a guess paper were in circulation, sources said.
The Parliamentary Committee for Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, headed by Congress member Digvijaya Singh, is investigating the NEET paper leak issue and the CBSE on-screen marking system (OSM) | |
| | | | NTA releases city intimation slip | | NEET-UG 2026 re-exam | | |
Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, June 7: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday released the exam city intimation slip for the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination, scheduled to be held on June 21. Candidates can now check their allotted examination city for NEET-UG 2026.
Log in with your application number and password to view and download your slip, the NTA said in a post on X.
According to a public notice issued by the agency, the re-examination will be conducted in pen-and-paper mode from 2 pm to 5:15 pm across 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad.
The NTA clarified that the exam city intimation slip is not the admit card and is being issued solely to inform candidates about the c | |
| | | | LG Sinha, Chief Secy, GOC Mishra pay tributes to martyred soldier | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and General Officer Commanding of the White Knight Corps, Lieutenant General P K Mishra, on Sunday paid homage to Lieutenant Beereshwar Goswami, who died while undertaking operational duties in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Lieutenant Goswami died after slipping into a deep gorge during an anti-terror operation in the Dorimaal-Gambhir Mughalan belt of Rajouri district on Saturday evening, | |
| | | | J&K Police’s swift action saves passenger’s life | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 7: The Jammu and Kashmir Police, in a swift action, have saved the life of a passenger who slipped from a moving train near the Udhampur district.
Commandant 24 JKAP IR, Senior Superintendent of Police, Sandeep Mehta in a statement today said that prompt police action saved precious life of man after a fall from running train.
“The prompt and timely action of the Police Personnel of 24 JKAP IR Bn deployed on guard duties at the railway track saved a life of a | |
| | | | EOW Kashmir files chargesheet against 2 in Bandipora | | Fraudulent Certificates Case | | 
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 7: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Kashmir, of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has filed a chargesheet before the Court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Sumbal, against two persons for their alleged involvement in securing illegal extension of government service through forged documents and fraudulent certificates.
According to an official statement, the chargesheet in FIR No. 05/2026, registered under Sections 420, 468 and 471 of the Ranbir Penal Code | |
| | | | 3 injured in Rajouri cylinder blast | | | | Early Times Report
RAJOURI/JAMMU, June 7: Three men sustained critical burn injuries after an LPG cylinder caught fire and exploded in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday, officials said.
The incident occurred in Kha village of Rajouri when an LPG cylinder caught fire and exploded, causing severe burn injuries to three persons present nearby, they said.
The injured were immediately shifted to the Government Medical College (GMC) Associated Hospital, Rajouri, for treatment. However, due to the critical nature of their injuries, all three were later referred to GMC Jammu for specialised medical care, they said.
The injured have been identified as Vikam Singh (3 | |
| | | | Hot, dry weather to continue till June 10: MeT | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 7: The Meteorological Department has forecast generally hot and dry weather across Jammu and Kashmir till June 10, while warning of rain, thunderstorms, lightning, hailstorms and gusty winds at several places from June 11 onwards.
Director Meteorological Centre Srinagar, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, as per news agency JKNS said that weather conditions are expected to remain largely hot and dry from June 7 to June 10, although brief showers at isolated places during afternoon hours cannot be ruled out.
He said that from June 11 to June 14, the weather is likely to remain partly to generally cloudy, with light rain, brief intense showers, thunderstorms, lightning | |
| | | | 2 shooters involved in shopkeeper’s killing arrested | | | | Early Times Report
Chandigarh, June 7: Two shooters allegedly involved in the killing of a shopkeeper in Punjab’s Ferozepur district have been arrested from Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said on Sunday.
The accused were arrested by the Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in a joint operation with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the officer said.
“In a breakthrough, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Punjab, in a well-coordinated operation with Ferozepur Police and Jammu & Kashmir Police, apprehended two shooters from Rajasthan involved in the murder of Gurcharan Singh Gaba of Makhu, Ferozepur, from Jammu & Kashmir, and recovered one Beretta .30 bore pistol along with 1 | |
| | | | Fire destroys dozen shops in Poonch | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 7: Nearly a dozen shops were gutted in a major fire in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said.
No casualties have been reported.
The fire broke out at around 5 am in the Bufliaz central market along Mughal Road, affecting mostly shops constructed of wood and tin.
They said locals, with assistance from army and CRPF personnel, initiated the firefighting operation and were later joined by a team from the fire and emergency services department.
An official from the Fire and Emergency Services said the blaze was brought under control within 30 minutes, restricting the damage.
Preliminary investigation suggested that the fire was | |
| | | | JKBOPEE cancels M.Sc nursing entrance exam across J&K over OMR data mismatch | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 7: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (JKBOPEE) on Sunday cancelled the M.Sc Nursing Entrance Examination across the Union Territory after a critical mismatch was detected in candidate-specific OMR answer sheets minutes before the test was scheduled to begin.
The cancellation affected 513 candidates, including 348 aspirants in Srinagar and 165 in Jammu, causing inconvenience to students who had travelled from various districts to appear in the examination.
A senior JKBOPEE official said that the discrepancy surfaced during the mandatory pre-examination verification process.
“According to established examination protocols, s | |
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