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| Busy in Kashmir functions, JK admin skips Poonch gunbattle! | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 21: Even as the administration is busy holding cultural and other activities in Kashmir, the top brass of the government has been seemingly skipping the deadly situation in Poonch where at least nine Indian Army jawans have lost their lives in the last few days.
While heavy gunfight has been going on in the area, the top brass of the government in Jammu and Kashmir has been missing from the scene and busy holding events like Jashne Dal in Kashmir. Observers said none of the senior functionaries in the government have been visiting the area.
The response of the Jammu and Kashmir government looks allegedly so callous that on the day when wreath laying ceremony of five bravehearts of the Indian Army was held in Jammu, none of the top functionaries of the JK administration attended the event.
Observers said the Raj Bhawan should have been focused on the Poonch where a fierce gunfight is going on. “But Jammu and Kashmir seems to be the victim of misplaced priorities due to the state of administration,” said a senior official on the condition of an... | |
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| Day 11: Army catches suspect clicking pics of vital installations | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 21: No breakthrough has so far been achieved in the ensuing gunfight in Mendhar belt of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir that has entered the eleventh day on Thursday while the security agencies have also captured one suspect from Bhimber Gali area while he was clicking pictures of vital installations of the Indian Army. “The search and cordon operation is on but still there is no major development in the ongoing gunfight in Nar Khas forested area of Mendhar,” an official said.
He also said one suspected person was detained Thursday morning when he was taking the photographs of some vital installations and the mediapersons had gathered near the spot f... | |
| | | | Non-locals fleeing Kashmir without wages, courtesy Govt silence | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 21: Even as the non locals including skilled workforce and laborers have been fleeing from Kashmir in the wake of recent “target killings”, the Jammu and Kashmir government has been allegedly unable to helm them get their wages before the “panic departure.”
The non-locals, who have been fleeing Kashmir, have complained that many of them had to leave without getting their due wages from the Kashmiri people they were working for.
It’s pertinent to mention that thousands of such laborers were working for contractors or individuals undertaking construction of similar works in Kashmir.
“We had to leave from Kashmir without collecting of our due wages ... | |
| | | | Why has Kashmir situation turned volatile, Farooq asks Govt | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 21: National Conference president and former J&K chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday asked the government to explain why the situation in Kashmir has turned volatile.
Addressing a party convention here, he said, “We were told that the revocation of Articles 370 and 35-A would bring peace and usher a new era of development. I want to ask the helmsmen where is the peace and what happened to development. They have to answer these questions as the peop... | |
| | | | BJP pushed J&K back by decades: Mehbooba | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 21: Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that the "BJP has brought J&K back by decades through its policies." Mufti took to twitter while responding to a picture showing a minor girl being frisked by a female CRPF constable in Lal Chowk area.
"Sums up the current situation in Kashmir where women & even children are suspects now. This is what BJP has brought J&K to. Their policies have taken us back by decades," Mufti said in a tweet. In wake of killings of civilians, security forces have stepped up patrolling and frisking in Srinagar and other parts of the valley.
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| | | | 11 months on ‘fast track’ Panchayat Accounts Assistant recruitment process still incomplete | | 600 selected Jammu candidates await CID verification, Kashmir aspirants join duties | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 21: Nearly 600 candidates from Jammu region selected for the job of Panchayat Accounts Assistants are waiting to join the department as their CID investigation has not been completed yet. The selected candidates being left in lurch has punctured the tall claims of the fast recruitment process.
According to the details available with Early Times the advertisement for the posts of Panchayat Accounts Assistants were released on July 6, 2020, subsequently August 31, 2020 was the last date for filling up the forms, In November 2020, results were declared and final selection list was declared in July 2021.
After the list was out the selected candidates were aske... | |
| | | | IED defused in North Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 21: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was defused by bomb disposal squad on Thursday along the Baramulla Kupwara highway in north Kashmir, officials said.
The suspect object was found by the road opening party (ROP) of the Border Security Force near Saidpora village in Rafiabad.
“ The suspicious item was approximately five meters from the road. Soon after senior security officials reached the spot and a bomb disposal squad was called to check it all,” an official source said, adding the area was cordoned and the traffic on the highway was also closed." The sniffer dogs later confirmed the presence of explosives."
Srinagar based defense spokes... | |
| | | | COVID-19: J&K reports 87 fresh cases | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 21: The Government Bulletin on COVID today informs that 87 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 13 from Jammu division and 74 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 331386.
Moreover, 73 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 10 from Jammu Division and 63 from Kashmir Division.
The Bulletin informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today, thus the total number of confirmed cases remains 49 here.
On COVID vaccination, the Bulletin in forms that88,835 doses of COVID vaccine were administ... | |
| | | | ACB arrests president MC Pahalgam while accepting Rs 80000 bribe | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 21: Anti Corruption Bureau on Thursday said that it trapped President, Municipal Committee, Pahalgam while demanding and accepting Rs. 80,000 as bribe for release of payments for supply of garbage vehicles.
The arrest culminated following a complaint, alleging that Owais Ahmad, President Municipal Committee, Pahalgam, was demanding Rs. 80,000 as bribe for release of payments due to him for supply of Garbage Vehicles (Two Hopper Tipper Dumpers), ACB said in a statement.
On receipt of the complaint, the anti-graft body said that a case (FIR No. 31/2021) U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered and investigation taken up.
“During the course of investigation ... | |
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