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Under PM’s Development Program, JKERA leaves whopping Rs 26 crore unspent Out of Rs 80 crore under Urban Sector Project, mere Rs 68 crores spent by executing agency 1/3/2022 11:23:41 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 3: The Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) has left a whopping amount of Rs 26.93 crore unspent otherwise meant for taking up of the various developmental activities in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the official documents in possession of the Early Times newspaper, the Asian Development Bank -ADB loan for the project called The Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Programme (JKUSDIP) was approved in May 2007 for Rs 2,425 crore through a Multi-tranche Financing Facility (MFF) comprising loan of Rs 1,500 crore and counterpart share of Rs 925 crore. The ADB loan was received by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, Government of India (GoI) and passed on to the government of Jammu and Kashmir as Additional Central Assistance (ACA). The counterpart share for implementation of the program was also borne by the Government of India (GoI). Under the Prime Minister’s Development Program ( PMDP), the government of Jammu and Kashmir received in the month of October 2015 to N...   READ MORE

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Haryana welcomes constructive criticism but in J&K Babus gag media for writing truth 1/3/2022 11:23:25 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 3: Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Sunday called upon journalists to work fearlessly and with complete independence, saying only then governments will be able to run in a better manner. Comparing Harayana’s situation in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir the arrogant Babus here gagged media for writing the truth in the newspapers. Instead of accepting constructive criticism from the media, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to rather dubbed all newspapers as “bad-press” who dared to highlight peoples’ problems and woes. The democratically elected governments in other parts of the country mostly welcome constructive criticism becaus...   READ MORE   May we have your kind attention on this Child ! Mr LG Terminated health workers hold sit in, demand revocation of termination orders 1/3/2022 11:23:16 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 3: The terminated health workers today carried out a sit-in against the LG administration and said that if the health workers appointed by the people at helm at the time of Corona crisis across the country continue to render their services why they have been shown the door in Jammu & Kashmir. Braving cold the terminated employees gave vent to their feelings and emotions while protesting against the alleged ill-treatment meted out to them by the LG led administr...   READ MORE   Poor devotees likely to be deprived of Yatra due to mandatory online registration 1/3/2022 11:22:55 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 3: In its meeting on Sunday, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has decided to close all booking counters of Yatra slips after making online registration mandatory of the Yatra from Katra to Bhawan. This step has been taken to regulate the numbers of devotees performing the pilgrimage of Mata Vaishno Devi but the biggest question is about poor devotees who don’t have smart mobile phones. 50 percent of the total pilgrims, who perform Yatra, belong to poor families and a majority of them could not afford to purchase a smartphone which is required for online registration of Yatra. After the outbreak of deadly Coronavirus, educational institutions have start...   READ MORE   Next Govt will cancel all 39 MOUs signed by present regime: Muzaffar Shah Asks outside corporate houses to be careful 1/3/2022 11:22:48 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 3: Senior Awami National Conference (ANC) leader, Muzaffar Shah, on Monday said that the MOUs which the present government is signing would be cancelled by the next dispensation. Talking to a news channel, Shah said, “The outside corporate houses that are signing Memorandums of Understanding with the J & K government should be careful as whosoever comes into power next will cancel these 39 MOUs and land allotments.” He said, “No one can take J&K’s land as i...   READ MORE   Residents of Jindah Peer area protest against dilapidated condition of road 1/3/2022 11:22:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 3: Residents of Jindah Peer area have voiced concern over the dilapidated condition of the road and said that despite repeated promises by the people at helm no action whatsoever has been taken to improve the condition of the road. The residents said that although the road leads towards the bus stand still then the people at the helm have not woken up from the slumber thus forcing the common masses to feel the heat. The residents demanded that LG Manoj Sinha sh...   READ MORE   Infamous for his cruelty, J&K’s most wanted terrorist killed in encounter 1/3/2022 11:22:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 3: Infamous for his cruelty, Jammu and Kashmir’s most wanted terrorist Mohammad Salim Parray was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Shalimar area of Srinagar. The killed dreaded terrorist was self-styled commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfit and was active since 2017. Salim Parrey topped the most wanted list of terrorists issued by the Jammu and Kashmir government in August 2021. After eliminating of the most wanted dreaded terrorist and the mastermind of the Pulwama terror attack Abu Saifullah alias ‘Lamboo’, the Jammu and Kashmir in August 2021 released a list of ten wanted terrorists active in different parts of Kashmir Valle...   READ MORE   BSF, CISF aspirants mock govt’s claims of democracy in J&K 1/3/2022 11:22:07 PM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 3: BSF, CISF aspirants today staged a peaceful protest after the alleged statement of government which said that 2000 vacancies of BSF, CISF have been filled up, which has triggered a controversy. The aspirants of BSF, CISF demanded clarification on his statement demanding information about when these posts were filled up and who were the beneficiaries. They alleged that there is total contradiction in the statement as earlier it was said that ...   READ MORE   PM Modi to visit Tripura, Manipur on Jan 4, inaugurate new airport terminal building 1/3/2022 11:21:51 PM Agencies New Delhi, Jan 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tripura and Manipur on Tuesday to inaugurate and lay foundation stones of multiple development projects in the northeastern states. He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 22 projects worth over Rs. 4,800 crore in Imphal and then arrive in Agartala to inaugurate the new integrated terminal building at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport. Spread over 30,000 square metres, the new state-of-art terminal building has been built at a cost of about Rs. 450 crore with modern facilities and supported by the latest IT network-integrated system. “The development of the new terminal building is an effort in line with the Prime ...   READ MORE

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