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| After eviction from Jammu, Rohingya families plot secret relocation as multi-state alerts sound | | | | Muskan Thakur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 18: In the aftermath of a major clearance drive in Jammu’s Narwal locality, Rohingya families who had lived there for nearly two decades have gone into near-total silence — a quiet that security officials interpret as the first move in a carefully planned dispersal.
Having fully absorbed local language, dress and customs over 18 years, these groups are now exploring new shelters, first within Jammu and Kashmir and, if needed, in distant cities across northern and southern India. The prospect of their scattering in small, hard-to-trace clusters has triggered alerts in multiple districts and three states, turning what was once a contained sett | |
| | | | “Anti-Jammu, pseudo-secular”: Congress workers slam party for disrespecting Dharam Pal Sharma | | | | Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 18: Resentment is brewing within Congress ranks in Jammu after senior party leaders failed to visit the residence of veteran leader and former Lok Sabha member Dharam Pal Sharma, even a month after his demise — an omission that party workers in the region say reflects a deep-rooted bias against Jammu within the organisation's top leadership.
Adding to the sense of neglect, no official condolence meeting was held at the party office to mourn the loss of one of its most senior Jammu-based leaders, sources said, a lapse that has not gone unnoticed among grassroots workers already nursing grievances over what they describe as the central and st | |
| | | | Poor went without grain; she built her own personal empire, ACB exposes female officer’s alleged scam | | | | Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 18: While the poorest of Jammu & Kashmir queued up for their quota of subsidised grain, a JKAS officer was allegedly building an empire of shopping complexes, land banks, and fixed deposits — funded, investigators say, by siphoning off the very food grains meant for the state’s most vulnerable.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has now registered two separate FIRs against Sheeba Inayat, laying bare what appears to be a years-long scheme of diverting Public Distribution System (PDS) grain and quietly converting it into personal fortune.
Inayat, who served as Assistant Director, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD), Baramulla — now r | |
| | | | LG Sinha presents appointment letters to newly appointed JKPS officers | | Praises JKPSC for establishing new legacy of employment through merit since 2019 | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 18: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today handed over appointment letters to 29 newly selected officers of the Jammu Kashmir Police (Gazetted) Service, marking a significant milestone in the Union Territory’s journey towards merit-based governance and strengthened security. In his address, the Lieutenant Governor emphasized that the appointment letters were not mere documents but carried the extraordinary weight of trust reposed by citizens of Jammu Kashmir | |
| | | | LG flags off Harmukh–Gangbal pilgrimage | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 18: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today flagged off the auspicious Harmukh–Gangbal pilgrimage at Ganderbal. The Lieutenant Governor said the Yatra is a sacred bridge between India’s glorious past and vibrant present. Addressing the gathering, the Lieutenant Governor observed that Jammu Kashmir has, for millennia, been nourished by an unbroken stream of faith, with every step of its land imbued with spiritual energy, as highlighted by Kalhana in the Rajatarangini.
Quoting from the Nilamata Purana, the Lieutenant Governor noted that Mount Harmukh, also known as Harmukut, is revered as the abode of Lord Shiva, while Gangbal Lake at 14,500 feet is regard | |
| | | | Uniform carries responsibility, risks: DGP Prabhat | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 18: Jammu and Kashmir Police Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat on Friday congratulated the newly selected candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Police (Gazetted) Services, saying that wearing the police uniform carries immense responsibility and comes with challenges, including risks to life.
Addressing the newly selected candidates on the sidelines of a function at Lok Bhavan in Srinagar, DGP Prabhat said the occasion was a moment of happiness | |
| | | | Happy to see ‘Gen Z’ discussing dharm: Mohan Bhagwat | | |  Early Times Report
Ujjain, Sept 18: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said that he was happy to see young people (Gen Z) discussing 'dharm' at a time when some consider it an "old people's affair". Addressing around 1,700 young students or Gen Z participants at the Yuva Dharm Sansad in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain, Bhagwat remarked that 'dharm' (righteousness) is in our DNA and conduct, guiding our actions. He described 'dharm' as above religion, noting that while the latter binds, the former lib | |
| | | | Net direct tax collection rises 13% to Rs 12.12 lakh crore till Sept 17 | | |  Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Sept 18: The Government's net direct tax collection rose 13 per cent to over Rs 12.12 lakh crore till September 17 of the current fiscal on higher advance tax mop-up, according to the latest data released on Friday.
Corporate tax mop-up grew 19.48 per cent to about Rs 5.56 lakh crore, while non-corporate tax (individuals and HUFs) mop-up increased 6 per cent to over Rs 6.16 lakh crore. Securities Transactions Tax (STT) collection grew 53 per cent to Rs 40,214 c | |
| | | | NIA Court rejects bail of 3 accused in Sunjwan terror attack case | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 18: A Special NIA Court in Jammu has rejected the joint bail application of three accused facing trial in the 2022 Sunjwan terror attack conspiracy case, holding that the material on record was sufficient at this stage to treat the accusations against them as prima facie true. Special Judge NIA Cases Prem Sagar declined bail to Shafiq Ahmed Sheikh, Bilal Ahmed Wagay and Mohd Isaq Chopan, who are facing charges under various provisions of the IPC, Unlawful Activ | |
| | | | White Knight Corps GoC visits encounter scene in Udhampur, reviews ongoing operation | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 18: A day after security forces killed two Pakistani terrorists belonging to the proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lt Gen P K Mishra, on Friday visited the encounter scene in Udhampur district to review the ongoing counter terrorism operation, the Army said. Lt Gen Mishra was accompanied by GOC Delta Force, a specialised counter-insurgency force of the Army headquartered in Batote that op | |
| | | | Birthday boy kills friend for smearing cake on his face | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 18: A celebration on a roadside turned fatal when the birthday boy allegedly attacked and killed his friend with a sharp-edged weapon here after a dispute over cake being smeared on his face, police said on Friday.
Police arrested the accused and his brother.
At about 9 pm on Thursday, Police Post Government Medical College Jammu informed Police Station Janipur that one injured person, Pawan Nair alias "Sameer", was brought to the hospital by his friends -- John Sotra, Gaurav Singh and Sugandh Bhatti -- and doctors declared him brought dead, a police spokesperson said. He said a police team from Police Station Janipur rushed to GMC Jammu.
Preliminary enq | |
| | | | Woman among 3 held with gold coins | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 18: Three persons, including a woman, were apprehended and over 500 gold coins were recovered from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday, official sources said. They said that during checking of a vehicle bearing Madhya Pradesh registration at Mirbazar locality of the south Kashmir district, security forces recovered 500-600 gold coins from it.
The weight and value of the coins seized are not immediately known.
The vehicle, which was heading from Qazigund towards Srinagar, was seized and taken to Police Post Mirbazar, they said.
Three persons, including a woman, on board the vehicle were taken into custody, the sources sa | |
| | | | 2 labourers die as earth caves | | | | Early Times Report
Leh/Jammu, Sept 18: Two labourers died while three others were injured as earth caved in during road construction work in Ladakh, officials said on Friday The incident took place at the Jimchan area of Zanskar district on Thursday.
A portion of earth suddenly collapsed during the road construction work, trapping a group of labourers under the debris, officials said.
Rescue teams immediately arrived at the spot and pulled them out.
Two persons -- Abdul Rashid of Kishtwar of Jammu and Kashmir and Pawan Kumar of Jharkhand -- lost their lives in the incident. Three others, who were found injured, were shifted to a hospital, the officials said. | |
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