STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: As the process for filing of Nominations by the Contesting Candidates for the General Lok Sabha Elections-2024 is going on, five more Candidates filed nomination papers from 02-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency in the Office of Returning Officer (RO) 02-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency here on Tuesday. The candidates, including Mirza Sajad Hussain Beigh, Jibran Dar, Shahnaz Hussain Bhat and Shamim Ahmad Parray filed their nomination papers as independent candidates. Similarly, Younis Ahmad Mir also submitted his nomination papers today before the Returning Offi ..read more

STATE TIMES NEWS Kokernag : The PDP has become the BJP’s C-team and people should only look towards INDIA bloc candidates in the Lok Sabha elections to defeat the communal forces, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. Abdullah made the remarks while speaking to reporters after an election rally in south Kashmir’s Kokernag. He said, “We have said from the start. If we have to defeat the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, if we have to defeat the communal forces trying to spread poison across the country, people should only look towards candidates of the INDIA bloc — National Confere ..read more

STATE TIMES NEWS Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Congress has tried to extend reservation on the basis of religion and give it to Muslims, and accused the party again of hatching a “deep conspiracy” to snatch people’s wealth and distribute it among a “select” group. In a blistering attack on the opposition party, he charged that it is difficult to follow one’s faith under the Congress rule and even listening to Hanuman Chalisa becomes a crime. His remarks at an election rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk came on the day the country celebrated Hanuman Jayanti. “Modi is giving ..read more

STATE TIMES NEWS Jammu: Search operation has been intensified in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir to track down the terrorists involved in the killing of a man belonging to the Gujjar community, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday night when the victim, Mohammad Razaq (40), came out of a mosque in his village Kunda Top under the Thanamandi police station area. Razaq’s brother, Mohammad Tahir Choudhary, is a soldier in the Territorial Army, police said. While Razaq succumbed to his injuries, Choudhary escaped unhurt, they said. The police, army, and CRPF launche ..read more

STATE TIMES NEWS Khunti (Jharkhand): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday accused the Congress of destroying the country’s secular fabric, and playing politics of dividing Hindus and Muslims. Addressing a rally at Khunti in favour of BJP candidate and Union minister Arjun Munda, Singh alleged that the grand old party was working against the welfare of the masses. “Congress destroyed the secular fabric of the nation… But the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi refrain from any discrimination on the basis of religion or caste,” he said. Singh also said that the Congress was “instrumental ..read more

Seminar on National Education Policy 2020 STATE TIMES NEWS GHAZIPUR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday highlighted National Education Policy’s role in producing creative, productive and innovative human capital for building Viksit Bharat while addressing a seminar on ‘National Education Policy 2020’ organized at Dalimss Sunbeam School Gandhi Nagar, Ghazipur. He also felicitated meritorious students. In his keynote address on ‘Contribution of new National Education Policy (NEP) in Building Developed India’, the Lt Governor highlighted the vision and aim of NEP 2020. He said the educa ..read more

STATE TIMES NEWS Bhadarwah/Jammu: Army Commander Lieutenant General M V Suchindra Kumar on Tuesday reviewed the counter-terror training here and commended the collective efforts of the Army and police towards enhancing operational synergy and interoperability among the forces. A total of 1,114 police sub-inspectors (PSIs), including 146 females, are undergoing training in guerrilla warfare at the Corps Battle School in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhadarwah area. The Army commander felicitated outstanding achievers among the trainee PSIs undergoing training since March 18. During his address, the Arm ..read more

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, on Tuesday took a comprehensive review of the activities being carried out by Information Department regarding its public outreach with authentic information and dissemination of reliable news for the public consumption. The meeting, besides Administrative Secretary, Information, Rehana Batul and Director Information, Jatin Kishore, was also attended by Special Secretary; Joint Directors, Deputy Directors and other senior officers of the Department. During this review, the Chief Secretary appreciated the Department for being a reliable an ..read more

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said here on Tuesday that Congress and its allies had sabotaged Jammu’s important national projects including Shahpur-Kandi project and Ujh Multipurpose Project which would have irrigated the entire belt of dry land along Samba, Kathua and part of Jammu districts. Both these projects could get activated only after the Modi Govt took over in 2014, he said. Not only this, the Minister alleged, Congress also denied 4% reservation to the people living along the International Border (IB) of this region. Addressing public meetings at differe ..read more

STATE TIMES NEWS Akola: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Modi government will never change the Constitution or scrap reservations for Dalits, tribals and OBCs, and asserted as long as the BJP is around, it will not allow the Congress to touch the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Shah noted the BJP-led government used its majority in Parliament to nullify Article 370 (which provided special status to J&K), end terrorism and ban the practice of instant triple talaq, and accused the opposition of creating a false narrative that the saffron party will change the Constitution ..read more