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Govt committed to offer 200 units free electricity: CM Omar Abdullah

JAMMU: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that Jammu and Kashmir aims to achieve self-sufficiency in power generation in next two years, ensuring a reliable electricity supply, and that the government was committed to offering 200 units of free electricity. He said Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation was prioritizing the development of hydroelectric…

Govt committed to offer 200 units free electricity: CM Omar Abdullah
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Grenade attack on police station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, no casualties: Officials
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Grenade attack on police station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, no casualties: Officials

BARAMULLA: A suspected grenade attack took place at a police station in north Kashmir's Baramulla district late last night, police said today. "During the night intervening March 4-5, at approximately 2120 hrs, a blast-like sound was heard from the backside of Police Post Old Town, Baramulla, causing concern among the general public. No casualty or…

Fire Breaks Out At MLA Hostel In Srinagar

SRINAGAR, Dec 10: A fire broke out in the Member Legislative Assembly Hostel (MLA) in Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said. There was no report of any casualty in the incident. The Fire and Emergency officials said that fire broke out at around noon in the first floor of the MLA hostel quarter situated at the…

Fire Breaks Out At MLA Hostel In Srinagar
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10 infants dead after massive fire erupts at Jhansi Medical College
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10 infants dead after massive fire erupts at Jhansi Medical College

JHANSI: At least 10 infants were killed after a massive fire broke out at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Jhansi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh late Friday evening, officials said. According to hospital officials, there were 54 infants admitted to the NICU ward and several infants trapped have been rescued. The dousing, as…

DG BSF reviews operational preparedness of force at LoC in Bandipora
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DG BSF reviews operational preparedness of force at LoC in Bandipora

SRINAGAR: According to sources, Director General Nitin Agrawal of the Border Security Forces examined the operational readiness of the force stationed near the Line of Control in the Bandipora area of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. "Nitin Agrawal visited forward areas of Bandipore and reviewed the operational preparedness of units deployed at LoC," the BSF stated in a post to X. According to the force, the DG spoke with the soldiers and praised their unwavering perseverance and commitment amid difficult terrain and inclement weather. [caption id="attachment_5283" align="alignnone" width="300"] DG BSF reviews operational preparedness of force at LoC in Bandipora[/caption]      

BJP will sweep Lok Sabha elections in J&K: Raina
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BJP will sweep Lok Sabha elections in J&K: Raina

JAMMU: BJP leader Ravinder Raina declared on Wednesday that the saffron party in the Union Territory will win the majority of seats in the Lok Sabha elections to come next year, claiming that the political life of opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir is on the edge of extinction. During the party's Booth Jan Samvad Abhiyaan in Kot village in the Raipur Domana mandal here, Raina, the head of the BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit, made the remarks. "Fearing defeat in the elections, the opposition parties are making false statements and targeting the BJP on one pretext or the other. However, the truth is that their political existence is in danger of disappearing," he stated.According to Raina, the opposition parties were taken aback by the enormous public response to the Booth Jan Samvad Abhiyaan. "Voters will be choosing the BJP to elect (Narendra) Modi to a third straight term as prime minister, ushering in a new era in the political history of the country in the general elections of 2024. "Jammu and Kashmir voters will help guarantee that the BJP wins the Lok Sabha elections here as well," he stated. A tide of change is evident throughout Jammu and Kashmir, according to BJP General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul, and the people want the BJP to lead the state in order to serve them. "The people have had very bitter…

ED Gets 7-Day Custody Of Former Minister Lal Singh Arrested In Money Laundering Case
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ED Gets 7-Day Custody Of Former Minister Lal Singh Arrested In Money Laundering Case

Jammu, Nov 8: A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained former Jammu and Kashmir minister Lal Singh in connection with a money laundering case, a judge in this city remanded Singh to the agency's custody for seven days. A special court denied Singh's appeal for anticipatory bail, and he was taken into custody from his home in the Chawadi neighbourhood of Sainik Colony on Tuesday night. Singh is the chairman of the Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP).The Enforcement Directorate was looking into Singh in relation to a case involving an educational trust that his wife, the former lawmaker Kanta Andotra, was running. The arrested accused was shown before the special court, according to special public prosecutor Ashwani Khajuria, who gave the ED a seven-day remand instead of the 14 days that the agency had requested. According to Khajuria, who quoted the decision, the special judge noted the accused's statement of physical discomfort and requested that he get a proper medical examination. Singh complained of being uneasy, according to officials, and was moved to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in the early hours of the day.At approximately 3 p.m., he was escorted directly to the court after being released from the hospital. Singh, however, said that despite being brought to the hospital, he did not receive the necessary medical attention. "Even though I was at the hospital's emergency room, I was not given the proper medical attention, and numerous tests were not completed and my admit paperwork was not produced. As he was carried to the court, he informed reporters, "They have forced the physicians to state that I refused to get a CT scan. A large number of his fans had gathered outside the hospital in front of the Lok Sabha elections the following year, chanting anti-BJP chants and alleging that their leader was being set up in a bogus case.Singh, a three-time MLA and two-time MP, joined the BJP in 2014 after leaving the Congress. He served as a minister in the PDP-BJP cabinet that fell apart in June 2018 due to the national party's withdrawal from the coalition. A few months prior to the collapse of the government, Singh announced his resignation from the BJP and founded the DSSP due to controversy over his involvement in a demonstration endorsing the defendants in the January 2018 rape and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.He justified his attendance at the demonstration, nevertheless, by saying that his goal was to "defuse the situation." In an effort to investigate possible money laundering related to anomalies in the property transaction that resulted in the establishment of Andotra's educational trust and the involvement of a former government official, the Enforcement Directorate searched Jammu and its surrounding districts last month. On October 17, the federal agency raided approximately eight locations in Jammu, Kathua, and Pathankot, Punjab, in connection with a lawsuit brought against the head of the RB Educational Trust and a former revenue official named Ravinder S.The Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976 imposes a ceiling limit of 100 standard kanals. The money laundering case stems from an October 2021 charge sheet filed by the CBI in this case, which alleged criminal connivance in the issuance of land between January 4 and January 7, 2011, without mentioning details about violation of the act, thereby giving undue pecuniary advantage to trust. According to the CBI charge sheet, the trust used this information to purchase several parcels of land totaling roughly 329 kanals through the execution of three gift deeds on January 5 and January 7, 2011.   [caption id="attachment_5270" align="alignnone" width="300"] ED Gets 7-Day Custody Of Former Minister Lal Singh Arrested In Money Laundering Case[/caption]

Man Injured As Gun Goes Off ‘Accidentally’ In Kathua
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Man Injured As Gun Goes Off ‘Accidentally’ In Kathua

JAMMU, Nov 8:  In the Kathua area of Jammu and Kashmir, a 40-year-old man was hurt when his gun, which was built in his own country, "accidentally" went off, a police officer said on Wednesday. He stated that during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, the guy known as Gori Shanker was shot inside his home in Sitti-Bani village by a bullet fired from his own licenced gun. According to the source, on Wednesday morning, Shanker, who had a chest injury, was brought to a hospital and then sent to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in Jammu for specialised care. He said that the event is now being looked into by the police. [caption id="attachment_5264" align="alignnone" width="300"] Man Injured As Gun Goes Off ‘Accidentally’ In Kathua[/caption]

“Congress President controlled by remote,” : PM Modi in Damoh
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“Congress President controlled by remote,” : PM Modi in Damoh

MADHYA PRADESH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stepping up his campaigning for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, took aim at the Congress, accusing its esteemed president Mallikarjun Kharge of being controlled by a remote. Speaking at an electoral rally in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi stated that the public must continue to be vigilant of the Congress party. "Now is the moment to stay informed about the Congress party. That party divides society, plunders impoverished people's money, and engages in scams; to Congress, the growth of a state or the country is of little consequence.The president of Congress is operated via a remote. It is all he can do.He mistreats Sanatan when the remote is functional (Dharma). He mentioned the Pandavas and mentioned that the BJP is made up of five of them yesterday while the remote control was broken. We take pride in following the Pandavas' way," Prime Minister Modi remarked. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and Income Tax (IT) as the "panch pandavas" of the BJP while speaking at a campaign rally in Thatipur, Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior. "But these are not the actual pandavas (of epic Mahabharata fame), but the ones that need to be defeated," said Kharge. PM Narendra Modi continued his assault on the Congress, claiming that although the powerful party had power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, its chief ministers were engaged in "satta" (betting) and the creation of black money. "Congress implies 'barbaadi ki guarantee'. There is betting in Chhattisgarh and a'red journal' of Congress atrocities in Rajasthan.The Congress made several untrue promises in the states of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. The party is aware that because of their history of corruption, the youth of MP don't trust them. Farmers were promised a discharge of their loans in 2018, but after waiting for 15 months, nothing changed, he continued.He continued by saying that I ruptured every tyre on the corrupt apparatus of the Congress when the BJP formed a government in the centre in 2014. "We created a 'trishakti' of Aadhaar, bank accounts and mobile that Congress' corrupt machine could not bear," he stated. "Our commitment is to move our nation forward, not to plunder its resources. Our pledge is to increase the capabilities of our compatriots, not to get votes," he declared. The Prime Minister went on to say that India is receiving praise from all quarters, including space. "All throughout the world, praise is being said today about India. Where no other country has gone, India's Chandrayaan-3 has succeeded. Everyone has been talking about the G20 meeting that was conducted in India. Every day, our athletes break new marks. With your blessings, I will carry on fighting corruption," he declared. One of the five states scheduled to hold elections in a single phase on November 17 is Madhya Pradesh. Voters will be tallied on December 3. Legislators from 230 Assembly constituencies will be chosen by voters. [caption id="attachment_5258" align="alignnone" width="300"] "Congress President controlled by remote,"…

Gill dethrones Pakistan’s Babar Azam to claim top spot in ICC ODI Rankings
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Gill dethrones Pakistan’s Babar Azam to claim top spot in ICC ODI Rankings

NOV 08, 2023 : Babar Azam was the top-ranked ODI batter in the world until Shubman Gill of India's blistering run in the upcoming ICC World Cup 2023. On Wednesday, the Men in Blue opener overtook the skipper of Pakistan in the ICC Men's ODI Batting Rankings. After an explosive start to India's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup campaign, Gill ascended to the top to dethrone Babar. He is now just the fourth player from his nation to hold the No. 1 ODI batter position, following in the footsteps of Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, and MS Dhoni.The right-hander has amassed 219 runs from six innings at the event thus far in the ongoing campaign, scoring 92 against Sri Lanka and 23 against South Africa. With eight knocks in the World Cup, the captain of Pakistan has accumulated 282 runs, ending his more than two-year reign as the world's best ODI batter. However, he is now six rating points behind Gill in second place. Virat Kohli, the previous captain, took fourth place in the rankings in the meantime. For the first time in his short but brilliant career, Gill is ranked #1, and Kohli's 543 World Cup runs propel him up three spots to fourth, one rating point ahead of South Africa's opener Quinton de Kock, who is ranked third. Among the ODI batsmen, it is noteworthy that India's Shreyas Iyer jumps from 17 to 18 overall, while Pakistan's opener Fakhar Zaman moves up three spaces to 11th and his Afghan counterpart Ibrahim Zadran moves up six spots to 12th. [caption id="attachment_5249" align="alignnone" width="300"] Gill dethrones Pakistan's Babar Azam to claim top spot in ICC ODI Rankings[/caption]