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| What’s stopping LG Admin from opening revenue records of Ghair Mumkin Khad land: Tony | | Equates BJP with East India company; alleges it’s out to sell everything | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 28: Political leader Taranjit Singh Tony has asked the Lieutenant Governor led administration what’s stopping it from opening revenue records of Ghair Mumkin Khad land and why is it hell bent upon disempowering the farmers by allowing conversion of agricultural land for industrial purposes.
Talking to Early times Tony said that huge tracts of state land are available in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir and same can be used for industrial purpos... | |
| | | | 4 militant attacks in 14 days in Srinagar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 28: Even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration has been giving a rosy picture of the situation, at least four militant attacks have taken place in the summer capital of Srinagar alone in the last fortnight. This is apart from such attacks taking place elsewhere in the restive valley.
In the latest a policeman had a narrow escape in the militant strike on him on January 28 in Batamaloo locality here raising questions over the state of affairs in the administration.
The police man was attacked at SD Colony area of Batamalooon Friday afternoon after unknown gunmen fired at him but he survived the assault and escaped unhurt.
This attack took place barely... | |
| | | | Cop fired upon, escapes unhurt | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 28: A policeman escaped unhurt in a suspected militant attack in Srinagar Friday afternoon, official sources said.
They said an an unknown militant fired upon a unarmed policeman at a residential Colony in Batamaloo Srinagar but he escaped unhurt.
" It was a miraculous escape," an official said.
Soon after the attack, the police and central armed police force rushed to the area. A search operation has been launched to locate the attacker.... | |
| | | | Poonch Admin leaves poor labourer in lurch after he suffers electric shock | | DC assured financial help for treatment, after initial help he backed out, says victim's father | | | Early Times Report
Poonch, Jan 28: A poor man, whose 23-year old son suffered an electric shock while repairing a service in line in the district, has been left in lurch by the administration that had employed him for the job.
Mohammad Kabir father of Yasir Kabir, who runs a small hotel in Mandi area of Poonch town said, “We were called to the DC office Poonch and my son was engaged as a labourer to restore jumpers of the electric lines.”
“After restoring two jumpers, when he climbed on the electric pole to restore the third jumper, someone at the grid switched on the electricity following which Yasir suffered an electric shock and fell down.
We rushed him to District Hospital Poonch... | |
| | | | Patnitop Dev Authority collects entry fee but fails to construct toilets, parking facility | | | |
Early Times Report
Patnitop, Jan 28: Despite collecting fee of Rs 35/ from private vehicles and Rs 70/ from commercial vehicles as parking and entry fee to visit Patnitop and Natha top, there are no parking and toilet facilities for the tourists. The Patnitop Development Authority (PDA) collects the fee 10-kms ahead of the identified places for the visitors without caring whether they would get the parking space at reaching the destinations for which they have paid the money. If a person visiting Patnitop is influential or is a scribe no entry fee is charged. The big question which the PDA needs to answer is that if it’s collecting the entry fee where is that money going as the authori... | |
| | | | SWD office inaccessible for specially abled persons | | ‘Officials don’t want to meet us, let them take Rs 1000 monthly stipend back and give us work’ | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 28: Office of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) is inaccessible for the specially abled people.
Scores of specially abled people who had assembled outside the SWD office of while talking to reporter said that they are unable to reach out to the officials as there is no ramp for them to reach the lift. “Even the lift is not working. So how can we reach the officials,” they said, adding, “According to the act passed for the disabled persons, no department which... | |
| | | | Katli residents threaten election boycott | | Say won’t allow any politician to visit area if admin fails to repair 4 km link road | |  Early Times Report
Kathua, Jan 28: Residents of Katli in Kathua district staged a protest on Friday against the dilapidated road in the area.
Protesters while talking to reporters said, “Whenever elections come close politicians make tall promises that they would repair this road, but after the polls get over they disappear from the scene and never comeback to fulfill their promises.”
“If the government fails to repair this road we have decided to boycott the elections and won’t allow any ... | |
| | | | Admin withholds appointment orders | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 28: Scores of youth today protested against the Jammu & Kashmir administration and said that despite getting figured in the selection list for class IV posts their appointment orders have been withheld. The angry protesters said that although they got selected for the posts they were not allowed to join as the government told then that just a handful of posts would be filled with the rest being referred to the General Administration Department (GAD). They termed it as injustice and said that they have been ditched by the people at helm.... | |
| | | | Covid will go but all of us will die, say restaurant staffers | | ‘J&K Admin should revise restriction guidelines, we’re at verge of losing jobs’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 28: The employees working in bars and restaurants have appealed to the government to give relaxation in the restrictions so that their jobs could be saved.
Aggrieved employees working in various outlets in Jammu today held a press conference and informed about their situation.
“According to the guidelines of J&K administration, bars and restaurants can operate with only 25% capacity. These guidelines have adversely affected business as well as the employees working in these outlets. Due to slow down in business many of us have lost our jobs and several are on the verge of losing their livelihood in the coming days.”
“The conditions of this business can... | |
| | | | J&K admin fails to accomplish target under PMGSY | | Out of 4841 kilometers road length only 1526 kilometers constructed till date | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 28: The Jammu & Kashmir administration has failed to achieve target of the construction of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for the financial years 2021-2022 with less than 33 percent roads being constructed so far.
Early Times has learnt from sources that out of 4,841 kilometers set to be completed under PMGSY during the current financial year in Jammu & Kashmir only 1,526 kilometers have been constructed so far.
This means that only one third of the target with respect to the construction of roads has been completed to this date.
The sources said that the Jammu & Kashmir administration has conveyed to the implementing agency at t... | |
| | | | Hizb terrorist commander’s father unfurl National Flag in remote Marwah village | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Jan 28: In a major boost to peace initiative and change of winds, the father of active terrorist Riaz Ahmed Lone on Wednesday unfurl National Flag in Renie village of Marwah on the eve of 73rd Republic Day Function which was organised by the local people of the area.
As per the details available with Early Times, 61 year old Mohammad Ramzan Lone, father of terrorist Riaz Ahmed unfurl the flag and sung the national anthem along with local people... | |
| | | | Heaps of garbage, filth littered on roads; welcome to Sidhra ! | | | 
S K KAW
Early Times Report
JAMMU , Jan 28: The locality of Sidhra in city outskirts is one of the posh areas of Jammu but now-a-days it has become talk of the town not for any development but for its shabby look as heaps of garbage,filth is littered all over its dilapidated roads.
Sararabad in ward No 71 and lower Rangoora area in ward No 72 of Sidhra locality presents shabby looks where passers by have to cover up their already masked faces due to bad smell that comes out of the fil... | |
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