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| RSS Chief warns of ‘puppets’, outside forces targeting India | | Says regime change agitations never resolve fundamental problems | | | Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 20: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday declared that regime-change agitations never resolve fundamental problems, warning that protests can be turned into instruments of political interests that deepen divisions in society instead of delivering solutions.
Addressing the RSS’s annual Vijayadashami Utsav in Nagpur after performing the traditional Shastra Puja, Bhagwat said sudden political overthrows fail to address core challenges and are often manipulated by external forces to protect their own interests. He pointed to recent upheavals in Bangladesh, Nepal, France and Albania, arguing that such forces use regime | |
| | | | Chitta traders’ countdown will begin: Amit Shah vows to make Punjab free from drugs | | Meets family of late Gulzar Singh at Toor Banjara village in Sangrur | | | Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 20: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday met the families of two men who, he said, paid with their lives for raising their voices against Punjab’s drug trade, and used the visits to launch a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, vowing that a BJP government would end the “chitta” menace in the state.
In a series of posts on X, Shah said he met the family of the late Gulzar Singh at Toor Banjara village in Sangrur. He said the drug trade in Punjab has preyed on the youth and pushed the state’s future into darkness, while leaving mothers, sisters and daughters with a wound that will never heal. Gulzar Singh, who fought agains | |
| | | | “Promised Dubai, landed in a cyber-slavery trap” | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 20: A dream of a high-paying job abroad can turn into a human trafficking trap. The Crime Branch has warned young people against fake recruitment agencies that lure them overseas with the promise of lucrative employment and then push them into dangerous networks of exploitation.
Crime Branch DIG Abdul Qayoom said some gangs promise jobs in Dubai but route victims through Thailand and other countries, and deliver them somewhere else entirely. Complaints from victims include having their passports snatched, being pushed into illegal activities and being kept away from any legal help. “Cyber slavery” is emerging as a growing concern in such cases, he said.
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| | | | Darbar Move: Offices to close in Srinagar on Oct 31 | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 20: Jammu and Kashmir government will move to winter capital Jammu in the first week of November as part of the biannual Darbar Move.
“The offices observing five days’ week shall close at Srinagar on 30th October, 2026 (Friday) after office hours, and the offices observing six days’ week shall close on 31st October, 2026 (Saturday) after office hours,” an order issued by the government reads.
All the offices are scheduled to reopen in Jammu on November 2.
Under the practice of Darbar Move, the government functions in Jammu during the six winter months and in Srinagar during the summer.
The practice was started by Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1872 to escape | |
| | | | Centre approves Ladakh’s first government medical college in Leh | | Long-Held Dream Realised | | | Muskan Thakur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 20: Ladakh is set to get its first government medical college. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved its launch in Leh from the 2027-28 academic session, a long-awaited step for medical education and healthcare in the Union Territory.
The approval clears the way for phased recruitment against 103 regular posts. It is expected to fulfil an aspiration the people of Ladakh have held for years. For students who want to study medicine, the college opens up new opportunities, while the region gains stronger clinical training facilities and a longer-term boost to its health services.
Relaxation sought to speed up hiring: The | |
| | | | Need to dismantle terrorism ecosystem collectively: Rajnath Singh at SCO Meet | | | | Early Times Report
DUSHANBE, Oct 20: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the entire “ecosystem of terrorism” must be firmly and collectively “dismantled”, underlining that there can be “no place” for those who finance, support, or shelter terrorists.
Addressing the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Singh also said that terrorism has become one of the “most serious threats” to peace and development and it not only causes harm to innocent lives but also disrupts investment and commerce.
He further said that “terrorism radicalises societies and deprives our youth of the opportunities they deserve.”
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq D | |
| | | | PM Modi, HM Shah, other leaders extend Vijayadashmi greetings | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Oct 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other leaders on Tuesday extended their greetings to all citizens on Vijayadashami.
“Heartfelt greetings of Vijayadashami to you all. May this festival of victory, filled with joy and faith, imbue everyone’s resolve with renewed strength. May every life be enriched with happiness, prosperity, and success—this is my sincere wish,” PM Modi posted on X.
“This festival inspires us to steadfastly move forward on the path of duty, righteousness, and honour,” Amit Shah said in a message on X. “May the grace of Lord Shri Ram infuse joy and renewed energy into everyone’s lives. Jai Shri Ram!” | |
| | | | IAF Chief flies Kiran Aircraft | | | | Early Times Report
Hyderabad, Oct 20: IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, who will superannuate at the end of this month, flew a Kiran aircraft at the Air Force Academy (AFA) at Dundigal near here on Tuesday in his final trainer sortie, officials said.
Singh was given a water cannon salute as a mark of respect as he landed, concluding the sortie.
It was a nostalgic moment for Singh as he flew with his instructor, Wing Commander (retd) VS Kochchar, at the AFA where he started his flying career.
He had started his flying career with a Kiran aircraft.
The IAF chief passed out from the AFA in 1984 with a Sword of Honour.
He had flown his last fighter jet sortie aboard an indigenous Te | |
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