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Denied permission, journalist meets Press Council team ‘via Bhatinda’! Informs delegates about ‘shocking state of corruption, babu raaj’ 10/16/2021 12:38:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 15: A prominent freelance journalist and national media panelist on TV debates, has accused the Director Information of trying to prevent media persons from meeting the three member Fact Finding Committee of the Press Council of India during their visit to Kashmir which concluded on October 15. The journalist who contributes for international and national media houses said despite having asked the Information department to register his name for the interaction, the department had denied him the meeting. “Even my name was not mentioned in the list of journalists aspiring to meet the visiting dignitaries and that the police outside the premises was equally reluctant to let me in. Finally I managed to get in touch with the visiting dignitaries over phone and they personally facilitated my meeting one-on-one,” the journalist said. He said he told the visiting team that the civil administration in Jammu and Kashmir was intolerant towards reporting on “corruption and maladministration” only to mislead the Modi government in New Delhi and to give “a rosy...   READ MORE

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Terrorists always strike in J&K ahead of High-profile visits 10/16/2021 12:37:55 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 15: Ahead of High-profile visits, the terrorist organizations operating in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) always attempt to strike in Jammu and Kashmir to establish their presence. According to data available with Early Times, the terrorist organizations not only attempted to disturb the law and order but have been trying to create fear psychosis among the people of Jammu and Kashmir ahead or after these High-profile visits, In a recent development, a terrorist group has reportedly infiltrated into Rajouri sector with the help of Pakistani Army and ISI trainees despite a ceasefire on Line of Control. The group was engaged in a gunfight by the securit...   READ MORE   Ramnagar: Town without 24x7 pharmacy, patients suffer 10/16/2021 12:37:49 AM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, Oct 15: No medical shops remain open during night hours at Ramnagar here due to which people needing medicines in case of emergency face immense problems. Locals said that earlier, a fair price shop used to remain open during night hours at Sub District Hospital Ramnagar. The shop was managed by the Cooperative Department. “The fair price shop was closed but in the same year Sanyog pharmacy, which offered 10-40 % discount to people, started functioning in the hospital. But after the contract was over the shop closed down,” locals said, adding that since then there is no 24x7 pharmacy in the area. “The Jan Aushodhy shop in the hospital a...   READ MORE   Poonch hospital: Influential staffers getting concessions, allege junior nurses 10/16/2021 12:37:39 AM Early Times Report Poonch, Oct 15: Junior staff nurses posted at District Hospital Poonch have alleged that a few of their influential colleagues are getting concessions while performing their duties. A group of junior staff nurses said that they were hired for providing services under NPCDS, NPHCE. “The the basic motive of these schemes is to provide services to elderly patients. Many of us are working hard and are trying our best to deliver,” the nurses said. They alleged, “A few junior nurses who are close relatives of hospital employees have been put on data uploading duty, which is the job of operators, junior assistants and senior assistants.” Nurses alleged that DDC members ...   READ MORE   51 fresh cases reported, 325564 recovered so far across J&K Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) 10/16/2021 12:37:31 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 15: The Government Bulletin on COVID informed that 51 new positive cases of novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), 04 from Jammu division and 47 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 330885. Moreover, 91 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 21 from Jammu Division and 70 from Kashmir Division. The Bulletin also informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today, the total number of confirmed cases remains 48 here. On COVID vaccination, the Bulletin informs that 76,746 doses of COVID vaccine were administered in t...   READ MORE   GoI to extend all support to make J&K power surplus, provide 24X7 quality power to all: Union Power Minister Rs 5000 crore transmission plan to address constraints, provide on-demand power 10/16/2021 12:37:12 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 15: The Government of India is committed to providing all possible support to J&K across generation, transmission and distribution sectors in order to make J&K power surplus, remove all supply constraints and provide 24X7 quality power to all citizens of J&K. This was affirmed by Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Sh. R. K. Singh who is on a two-day visit to J&K. He also reemphasized the commitment of the government to provide 24X7 qualit...   READ MORE   On Vijayadashami, PM Modi set to dedicate 7 new defence firms to the nation 10/16/2021 12:36:16 AM Agencies New Delhi, Oct 15: Marking the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami, Prime Minister Modi will deliver a video address on Friday during an event organised by the defence ministry and formally announce the seven new defence companies and the government's initiative to modernise the defence sector. On the occasion of Vijayadashami on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make the landmark inauguration of seven new defence companies carved out of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), which was dissolved by the defence ministry earlier this year. In line with a decision made by the Union cabinet, the 200-year-old OFB's assets were divided into these seven newly established defenc...   READ MORE   Amit Shah takes dig at Manmohan, says Modi has enhanced value of Indian passport 10/16/2021 12:36:11 AM Agencies New Delhi, Oct 15: “During the Congress government, it was such a coalition that it was laughable... each minister considered themselves the Prime Minister but no one thought of the helpless PM as the Prime Minister,” Shah said. Addressing BJP workers in Taleigao, Goa, Union Minister Amit Shah mentioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh more than once in his speech. “During the Congress government, it was such a coalition that it was laughable…each minister considered themselves the Prime Minister but no one thought of the helpless PM as the Prime Minister,” Shah said. The Union minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was responsible for enhancing the value of the Indi...   READ MORE

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