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| Congress faces fresh storm: Loyalists angry over key posts for Azad returnees | | | | Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 23: Resentment is brewing within among Congress workers following the announcement of new office-bearers for various districts, with several party workers and leaders expressing displeasure over the appointments and alleging that loyal workers have been overlooked.
While some leaders have openly voiced their anger over the announcement, several others are reportedly in touch with their supporters and associates to discuss the future course of action.
Party sources said a section of Congress leaders is particularly unhappy over the alleged preference given to individuals who had left the party along with former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi A | |
| | | | From Jammu’s fortress to Srinagar’s doorstep: BJP’s historic Valley gambit | | | | Mahim Gupta
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 23: For the first time since the days of the Praja Parishad and the Jan Sangh — the ideological forerunners of today’s Bharatiya Janata Party — the party has taken its most consequential organisational exercise into the heart of the Kashmir Valley. On Sunday, Srinagar became the venue for the BJP’s first-ever State-level Core Body meeting, a two-day gathering that began August 23 and will run through August 24, marking a deliberate and symbolically loaded departure from decades of Jammu-centric politics.
The optics are unmistakable. A party that has never won a single Assembly seat in the Valley chose the Valley’s summer capital to plot its n | |
| | | | Drone alert on border: Hiranagar villages on edge as search operation intensifies | | | | Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 23: Security agencies were put on high alert in Kathua district on Sunday after a suspected drone was spotted hovering close to the International Border, triggering a sweeping search operation across the frontier villages of the Hiranagar sector.
The drone-like object was seen circling above the forward villages of the Bobiya area in Hiranagar sector at around 10:35 am. Within minutes, it turned back and disappeared into Pakistani territory, but not before setting off alarm among residents and prompting an immediate response from security forces, who cordoned off the area and launched an intensive combing operation.
The search was aimed squar | |
| | | | Prepare yourself for 2047, Ensure Nation’s Progress : LG Sinha | | |  Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: The Lieutenant Governor, Shri Manoj Sinha today addressed the World Wisdom Forum, organised by the IIT Alumni Council in New Delhi, and felicitated achievers from diverse sectors. In his keynote address, the Lieutenant Governor congratulated the Council for its efforts in bringing together eminent personalities to deliberate on the theme of Viksit Bharat and India’s collective future.
The Lieutenant Governor emphasised the importance of unity in progre | |
| | | | Jammu court sentences drug convict to 3 years in 18-year-old NCB case | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 23: A local court has sentenced a drug peddler to three years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000, bringing to conclusion an 18-year-old narcotics case, the Jammu unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Sunday. The NCB secured the conviction of Kunnu Bharti alias Abhinandan, who had jumped bail granted in 2010 and remained beyond the reach of the trial for several years, a spokesperson of the agency said.
On December 3, 2008, a team of NCB recovered 960 grams of charas, concealed in a polythene bag, from the possession of Bharti in Kashmir Basti area of Jammu.
During the course of the trial, the accused jumped bail granted in 2010, re | |
| | | | Heavy rains affect normal life in Jammu | | House collapses in City | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 23: An abandoned house collapsed at Shaheedi Chowk here on Sunday as heavy rains lashed Jammu and adjoining areas, disrupting normal life and causing waterlogging in several parts of the city, officials said The collapsed house at Shaheedi Chowk in the heart of the city belonged to Rajni Salotra, who, along with her family, had shifted to rented accommodation a few months ago after cracks began developing in the old structure.
The officials said structure collapsed around 7.30 am amid heavy rains, damaging household items.
Residents said the incident could have resulted in casualties, as the lane is densely populated and witnesses regular movement of peopl | |
| | | | Doctors caution against indiscriminate antibiotic use | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: Amid a spike in monsoon-related illnesses, doctors have said people should avoid self-medication with antibiotics as fever does not automatically mean a bacterial infection and that indiscriminate use of the drugs can contribute to antimicrobial resistance.
Physicians stressed that fever is a symptom rather than a diagnosis and could be caused by viral infections, dengue, malaria, typhoid and several other conditions.
Treatment should be guided by the clinical assessment, duration of illness, associated symptoms and appropriate diagnostic investigations, wherever indicated.
“Patients frequently come to us after taking multiple medicines, including | |
| | | | Some sugar imports may land before Oct 15 | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Aug 23: Some of the sugar shipments to India are likely to reach domestic shores before October 15, but the exact quantity remains difficult to estimate at this stage, a cooperative sugar mills body NFCSF chief said, even as the Centre’s crackdown on hoarding has begun to cool prices. Brazil is the only realistic source of imports for now, with Thailand, the other traditional supplier, ruled out as it is grappling with its own shortfall, National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) President Prakash Naiknavare told PTI on Sunday.
Transit time from Brazil to Indian ports typically takes 40-45 days, and cargo needs additional time to move from | |
| | | | PM Modi hails India’s space journey | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Aug 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on National Space Day, lauding India’s expanding space capabilities and urging the country to dream bigger, innovate further and explore new frontiers.
In a post on social media platform X, Modi said, “Happy National Space Day! Here’s to dreaming even bigger, innovating more and pushing newer frontiers....”
The Prime Minister highlighted the growing role of young engineers, designers, coders and scientists in strengthening India’s rapidly expanding space ecosystem. He also underlined the increasing contribution of private talent and said the country’s achievements in space were inspiring a | |
| | | | Anti-narcotics drives do begin from September | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Aug 23: Anti-drugs trafficking agencies will launch a year-long national enforcement drive from September to apprehend absconding narcotics offenders, inspect medical shops for diversion of pharmaceutical drugs and prisons as part of an action plan to dismantle syndicates dealing in drugs trafficking.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has recently written to all the states and various central agencies tasked to fight drug crimes asking them to undertake 24 different special drives that will run for a fortnight each till August next year, officials told PTI on Sunday.
While an awareness program for students in schools and colleges is ongoing since August 1 | |
| | | | Centre pushes states to speed up PNG adoption | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: The Petroleum Ministry has asked states and Union Territories to provide district-level administrative support to accelerate the shift of households from LPG to piped natural gas (PNG), seeking appointment of nodal officers to coordinate with gas distributors and oil marketing companies.
In an August 21 letter to state chief secretaries, Petroleum Secretary Neeraj Mittal said PNG, as a safer, cleaner and more efficient cooking fuel, has an important role in advancing India’s energy transition while reducing the logistics burden associated with LPG distribution and improving consumer convenience
“PNG brings a safer, cleaner and more efficient cookin | |
| | | | NSA Doval to visit China today | | | | Early Times Report
Beijing, Aug 23: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Monday to take part in the India-China Special Representatives (SR) talks on the boundary issue with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
Doval and Wang are scheduled to hold the 25th round of SR talks on Tuesday, according to official sources.
Both Doval and Wang are the designated SRs for the boundary talks mechanism, which was established in 2003 to comprehensively address the vexed boundary dispute of the India-China border spanning 3,488 km.
While success eluded it in resolving the boundary dispute, officials on both sides regard the structured mechanism as a useful tool in a | |
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