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JK admin greets 100 % spike of Covid cases in Jammu with Kavi Sammelan 1/6/2022 11:28:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 6: A day after Jammu witnessed a hundred percent spike in Covid cases with over 300 testing positive on January 5, the J&K admin started a 4-day poetry festival here on Thursday. As per an official handout of the Information department, a 4-day Poetry Festival organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) commenced here today. “The event was presided over by renowned Hindi Poet and Writer Prof. (Dr.) Raj Kumar. Prof. Nirmal Vinod, Dr. A S Amn Additional Secretary and Dr. Javaid Rahi Chief Editor of JKAACL were in the presidium. The event began today with a Hindi ‘Kavi Samalan’ at K L Saigal Hall of JKAACL,” the handout added. Prof Raj Kumar in his presidential address appreciated the Academy for its endeavor to develop Nat...   READ MORE

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Is Anantnag admin hiding COVID-19 cases? Youth posts Positive RTPCR test on twitter to prove official claims wrong 1/6/2022 11:28:04 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Jan 6: To prove the official claim of 0-Positive cases wrong, a youth from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday posted his Positive PCR test on micro-blogging site twitter. “Dear Anantnag DIPRC, please don’t mislead people. Going on record, blatantly lying isn’t fair. I have tested positive for COVID-19 today,” he wrote on twitter. The youth claimed that he was a resident of Anantnag and had collected RTCR sample at Government Medical College Anantnag on Thursday. On Friday, the authorities at GMC Anantnag conveyed to him that he had tested positive for COVID-19. “If they start doing this, there will be a 2021 situation,” he told...   READ MORE   3rd Covid wave arrives in Jammu; authorities still in deep slumber Audit of health infrastructure, equipment yet to be done 1/6/2022 11:27:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 6: The third wave of the deadly Coronavirus has almost arrived in Jammu-the winter capital of the Union Territory but authorities appear to be still in the deep slumber. Instead of plugging loopholes witnessed during the deadly second wave of the virus in health institutes across Jammu province, authorities are busy in cosmetic exercise. Credible sources said that audit of health equipment and other infrastructure is yet to be done despite the fact that higher-ups have repeatedly announced to do the same. During the RTI reply of an activist, it was revealed all 165 ventilators supplied to SMHS Srinagar under PM CARES were found defective. RTI activist Ba...   READ MORE   J&K Govt is deaf, allege Covid warriors Seek continuation of services, not extension lollipop 1/6/2022 11:27:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 6: Youth who were appointed during the peak Covid times have been sitting on a dharna for the past 6-days to seek continuation of their services. Protesters while talking to Early Times said, “We have served the people when their own family members were not ready to touch them. We were described as Covid warriors. For the past six days we have been sitting on the roads to seek continuation of our services but the government has turned a deaf and is not paying...   READ MORE   Covid SOPs only for common public, influential people above law 1/6/2022 11:26:28 PM Ankit Kessar Early Times Report Rajouri, Jan 6: The Covid-19 pandemic is once again trying to raise its ugly head as the Omicron variant has now started infecting people throughout the country. In Rajouri also, the Covid-19 infections have started to rise prompting the authorities to take preventive and precautionary measures in Public Interest. But for some Officials, there is a clear distinction between common people and influential people as only common, downtrodden and helpless pub...   READ MORE   Provide Govt advertisement to Jammu newspapers, don't deprive them of their rights: BJP leader ‘Media always sided with truth, its voice of voiceless’ 1/6/2022 11:25:55 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 6: Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Abhijeet Jasrortia on Thursday said that no newspaper in Jammu should be deprived of its right to government advertisements. Talking to Early Times Jasrortia said, “The Jammu newspapers should get their rights. They have always sided with the truth and have been the voice of the voiceless.” He said, “The present regime in J&K is led by Lieutenant Governor and no injustice should be done with anyone, including the medi...   READ MORE   Kishtwar, Doda: In absence of road connectivity shifting of patients Herculean task People carry patient in palki, video goes viral 1/6/2022 11:25:29 PM Early Times Report Kishtwar, Jan 6: People living in remote areas of Doda and Kishtwar Districts have to travel miles to reach nearest road point and the most difficult task for them is to shift the patients in case of emergencies. In one such recent incident people traveled around 17/20 KM in the Dessa area of Doda District to take a patient on a traditional Palki (Sedan box) to reach the nearest road point from where they boarded a vehicle to reach a hospital. The video of people carrying ...   READ MORE   Ex-CMs' security to be cut in J&K 1/6/2022 11:24:21 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 6: Jammu and Kashmir is all set to reduce the strength of the Special Security Group (SSG) personnel who guard former Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. The SSG is an elite unit of the police created in 2000 to guard top politicians in the state. Farooq Abdullah is also guarded by the National Security Guards. Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have Z-plus security cover. In a letter to the Additional Director General of Police (Security), the J&K’s Home Department said that based on the recommendations of the Security Review Coordination Committee, it has been decided to reduce the strength of SSG to...   READ MORE   4 years on, X-Ray plant at PHC Khiram lies dysfunctional 1/6/2022 11:24:11 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Jan 6: Despite the passage of over 4 years now, the authorities have miserably failed to make the X-Ray plant functional at Primary Health Center Khiram. The Primary Health Center Khiram even doesn’t have a technician to run the ECG machine, hospital staff told Early Times. Due to non-availability of ECG and X-ray testing facility, doctors are shifting patients to Sub-District Hospital Bijbehara or Government Medical College Anantnag. “For this X-ray test we are being forced to travel to Anantnag which is 30 Km away from the village,” residents said. Village Khiram, they said, has a population of around 12000 and the inhabitants mostly tr...   READ MORE   Panthers Party leader Sewa Singh Bali comes out in support of terminated health care workers ‘Would come on roads, protest at gate of GMC Jammu’ 1/6/2022 11:15:02 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 6: Panthers Party leader Sewa Singh Bali today threatened that he along with other activists of party would come on road and lodge protest if the LG led Jammu & Kashmir administration does not revoke the termination order of health care professionals appointed under Emergency Covid Response Plan (ERCP) by National Health Mission (NHM). Bali joined the protesting health care professionals and assured them of full cooperation in their struggle. He while talking...   READ MORE

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