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| After Dineshwar Sharma, will GOI appoint one more interlocutor? | | Amid talks of JK’s political engagement, chances of new emissary gaining ground | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: There are questions being raised over whether the government will once again made appointment of interlocutor as more than two months have passed since GOI appointed interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma was the new administrator of Lakshadweep on October 25, last year.
On October 23, 2017, the government of India appointed Sharma as a Special Representative. He was tasked to carry forward the dialogue process with all the stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.
However, things seem to have drastically changed vis-a-vis Shrama’s role as an interlocutor since June 19, 2018. That was the time when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out of the alliance with Pe... | |
| | | | DECC construction becomes victim of legal hurdles | | Dept undermines project’s legal complicacies before taking up | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: It has been more than eight years since the project for the construction of District Employment and Counselling Centre (DECC) Jammu was taken up by the Employment Department but due to legal complicacies erupted during its execution, the project remained withheld and could not be completed till date.
Sources told Early Times that for construction of District Employment and Counselling Centre, the department took a piece of land from Jammu Development Department against payment in 2011 and construction of the project was given to Public Works Department, which prepared Detail Project Report at the estimated in crores.
“But the work could not be star... | |
| | | | ‘Matlabi’ doctor quits PDP to explore greener pastures | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 17: A Kashmir doctor, who had joined Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to allegedly benefit his family owned hospital has quit the party, with political circles calling him “Matlabi doctor.”
The doctor, who was among four leaders who quit the PDP on January 10, a day after a team of politicians called on the visiting Ambassadors in Kashmir, had joined the PDP around four years ago.
Sources said the doctor had joined the PDP and was behaving like “Chamcha” to get his family owned hospital in south Srinagar reopened. It is pertinent to mention that the then government led by PDP had sealed the private hospital following deaths of patients.
After the death... | |
| | | | Congress leaders demand sidelining of all corrupt, incompetent leaders | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 17: Weakness of J&K Congress was exposed in two-day executive committee meeting of the party in which some leaders made it clear that party does not have competent candidates to fight BJP. Some leaders suggested that new faces must be encouraged to contest assembly elections, whenever held in J&K.
Credible sources said that during discussions on situation in J&K, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ambika Soni asked the leaders to launch agitation for early assembly elections. When both the leaders asked participants to launch agitation for early assembly elections, some local leaders raised the questions that party does not have potential candidates to fight BJP. They ... | |
| | | | Attachments in FWMCH&I still not cancelled | | Extension Educator enjoys plum posting at Dy CMO office Kupwara | | | S TAHIR-UL HAQ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: The tall claims of accountability and transparency of the government seems to be confined on papers only, the Extension Educator official of Family Welfare MCH and Immunization (FWMCH&I) department actually posted in Langate Medical Block of Kupwara district performs his duty at Dy CMO Office Kupwara from last ten years.
Highly placed sources in the department informed early times that, ‘from last ten years, Extension Educator (name with held) posted in Langate medical block and is attached to the Deputy Chief Medical Office (Dy CMO) Kupwara.
“Extension Educator (EE) presently attached at Dy CMO office Kupwara is enjoying his posti... | |
| | | | SHO transferred for taking plot to shield murder accused | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: Keeping in view reports of the involvement of senior police officers in the real-estate business, higher-ups in the police department has recently transferred one SHO from the outskirt of Jammu after it was established that he has taken gift of plot in lieu of hushing up a murder case.
Credible sources said that some people brought to the notice of police higher-ups that one SHO, deployed in the outskirts of Jammu was doing business allegedly in lieu of protecting murder accused. It was only after receiving such reports, higher-ups had started investigation and during preliminary investigation it was found that cases of murders were reported from the ... | |
| | | | LG conducts extensive tour of Jammu city, inspects key projects | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: To inspect the pace of work and to get a first hand appraisal of the several developmental projects undertaken in the winter capital, Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today conducted an extensive tour of Jammu city.
At the start of the tour, the Lt Governor visited the multi-tier parking project at Bus Stand Jammu. He was informed that the Rs 213.08 Crores multi-tier parking facility would have first three floors reserved for parking of around ... | |
| | | | Doctors at SDH Mendhar fleecing poor patients | | Prescribing low branded, costly medicines | | | Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: It seems that the doctors at Sub District Hospital (SDH) Mendhar have allegedly forgotten their professional ethics as they are reportedly prescribing low branded and costly medicines to gullible patients visiting hospital.
While talking to Early Times, some patients alleged that few doctors in the SDH Mendhar have been allegedly fleecing penitents by writing long list of medicines on prescription lists putting extra burden on their pockets.
“I had been suffering from fever due to which I visited hospital and doctor after examining me wrote medicines on prescription lists. In order to purchase medicines when I went to nearby pharmacy ... | |
| | | | PWD playing with lives of LoC people | | Carrying out substandard construction of bunkers | | | ANKIT KESSAR
EARLY TIMES REPORT
NOWSHERA, Jan 17: The Public Works Department (PWD) Nowshera has allegedly been carrying out substandard construction work of bunkers near LoC villages of Sub Division Nowshera of district Rajouri putting lives of the people in great risk.
Sources told Early Times that the construction of bunkers being carried out in all LoC areas across Jammu and Kashmir where shelling continuously takes place by Pakistan, due to which many people get severely injured and many lost their precious lives.
Raising question over poor quality work by PWD, the locals alleged that substandard work is being carried out in the construction of bunkers by the executing agency, ... | |
| | | | Local matador operators allege loot at Sarore Toll plaza | | In records locals exempted but matador operators ask to shell `110 per trip | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: Contrary to the assurances as well as officials records regarding exemption of locals at Sarore Toll plaza, the local matador operators have alleged that they have been asked to shell out Rs. 110 per trip, making their business impossible.
The matador operators plying on various routes from Jammu to Raya, Suchani, Patti, Badoli, Karyal, Vijaypur and others areas today observed complete strike against what they termed the highhandedness of toll-plaza staff.
“Earlier it was claimed that locals of Samba district including commercial and non-commercial will be exempted from toll at Sarore but we have been forced to pay Rs. 55 per trip, which has been hi... | |
| | | | Sadhus shivering in winter cold, authorities unmoved; NGOs too least concerned | | No blankets for poor Sadhus! | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: Call it as destiny or lackadaisical attitude of the concern authorities who are apparently seems least bothered to provide any warm clothes, blankets etc to the sadhus who are taking refuge near Shiv Mandir Trikuta Nagar in particular and in the vicinity of the flyover adjacent to famous Maulana Azad Stadium in general— As the on going harsh winter conditions with bone chilling cold have taken heavy tool on these poor nomadic people since... | |
| | | | Valley loses 65-K kanals of forest land in 6-years by fire | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: Forest fires appear to be taking a heavy toll on the green gold as over 65,000 kanals of forest land have been destroyed for the last six years.
In absence of boundaries and proper fencing, an official said live stock of the surrounding areas go on a grazing spree in upper reaches of forests resulting in habitat degradation.
He said that the increase in forest fires happen due to non-demarcation of forest land in Kashmir. “Had the forests been demarcated, less fire incidents would have happened,” the official said.
Official details say that more than 65, 000 kanals of forest area have been destroyed in 1100 wildfire incidents in Kas... | |
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