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| Jammu: Health authorities played petty politics during lockdown | | Were caught napping when COVID-19 peaked in region | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: Union Government had imposed nearly two and half-month lockdown only to prepare health institutions across the country to fight the deadly virus in the coming days.
Health institutions across the country upgraded infrastructure with equipping the same with advanced equipment but in Jammu region authorities at the helm of the affairs appeared to be only indulged into doing politics on this vital sector.
As the health sector is completely collapsed in Jammu region, people are asking genuine questions, what authorities had done during the 75 days long lockdown? Authorities were very much aware that the Centre was going to send ventilators in all states and UTs after the lockdown to treat COVID patients but they never bothered to train staff to handle these ventilators.
Instead of making some fresh recruitments and imparting training to the available staff, authorities in the Health Department were indulged into petty politics. It was all due to such casual and non-serious approach of the authorities that ventilators sanctioned by the Union Governm... | |
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| Centre finds faults in tax, non- tax revenue budget estimates | | Unrealistic Forecasting of Resources | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: The Central Government after scrutiny of the submitted figures of budgets framed by the former regimes in Jammu and Kashmir from the financial year 2013 to 2018 has termed it as “unrealistic forecasting.”
Documents in possession of Early Times reveal that it was noticed that the revised estimates for 2017-18 for Own Tax Revenue projection was Rs 10,136 crore, while actual realization was Rs 9,536 crore, resulting in downward variation of Rs 600 crore, six per cent below the original forecast. Similarly, Non-tax Revenue for the year 2017-18 was projected at Rs 5,389 crore, while actual realization was Rs 4,362 crore, resulting in less realization of Rs 1... | |
| | | | Red alert sounded as Jaish uses Jammu borders to smuggle arms | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: With no letup in Pakistan sponsored terror on the Indian soil, the enemy country is now using Jammu borders to smuggle in arms and ammunition making the security agencies sound a red alert.
Sources said with the Indian Army having intensified patrol along the Line of Control in Kashmir, Pakistan and its terror proxies like Jaish are targeting the International Border (IB) in Jammu region to smuggle arms.
Sources said the intelligence agencies have inputs that the terror operatives of Jaish e Muhammad, believed to operating from Kashmir, are hiding along the IB in Jammu with the sole motive to smuggle arms and ammunition into the Indian soil to derail pe... | |
| | | | JKSRTC sits on selection list, aspirants left in lurch | | Process cancelled thrice since 2014 | | | Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: The Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) has put aspirants, who had applied for various posts, in dilemma.
Although after a delay of so many years, the process was completed but the corporation is still sitting on the final selection list.
Sources told Early Times that JKSRTC had first advertised the posts for drivers, conductors, guards, helpers and junior assistant in 2014 wherein more than 8000 candidates had applied for but the process could not be completed due to flash floods in J&K. “As per corporation, the forms of applicants were washed away due to which the process was cancelled,” they said.
They furt... | |
| | | | Agriculture Deptt plays cruel joke with Rajouri farmers, sanctions just two tractors on subsidy | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Oct 5: Department of Agriculture in this district is virtually playing cruel jokes with the farmers since it is implementing the centrally sponsored schemes in a half-hearted manner with the same getting proved with respect to scheme relating to supply of tractors on subsidy.
Sources told Early Times that the department has sanctioned just four tractors for the district with the subsidy to be given on two tractors with the other two to be supplied on full rate. They said the farmers of the district are perplexed over the laidback attitude of the people at helm in the agriculture department.
“The Rajouri district consists of five agriculture su... | |
| | | | JK on recovery path as number of fresh cases dip, recoveries increase; 632 new cases reported | | Positive cases 79738, active positive 14696, recovered 63790, casualties 1252 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir is on recovery path as there is a dip in fresh cases of Corona Virus with the recoveries increasing every passing day. Today 632 fresh cases of virus were reported while as 10 more people died in past 24 hours.
Jammu district reported 173 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Srinagar district 119 cases, Budgam district 39 cases, Rajouri district 35 cases, Udhampur district 33 cases, Kishtwar district 31 cases, Baramulla district 28 cases, Doda district 26 cases, Poonch district 25 cases, Kupwara district 23 cases, Anantnag district 20 cases, Ganderbal district 19 cases, Pulwama and Bandipora dis... | |
| | | | No peace, progress possible without reversal of Aug 5, 2019 decisions : Dr Abdullah | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 5: Alleging that political uncertainty and escalating unemployment rate was direct consequence of August 5, 2019 action, former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah said no peace and progress was possible without reversing this decision.
The National Conference (NC) President Dr Abdullah, MP, said objectives of peace, economic progress and development in J&K cannot be achieved unless the measures taken on August 5, 2019 are not reversed. On this day centre scrapped Article 370 and 35 A besides divided the erstwhile state into two Union Territories (UTs).
Dr Abdullah made these comments after unveiling the new Thar Jeep at Shuhul Automobiles, Nowgam in ... | |
| | | | Centre may permit 4G in more Jammu and Kashmir districts from October 15 | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Oct 5: The Centre is likely to permit restoration of high-speed internet services in more districts of Jammu and Kashmir after October 15 but may leave the decision on the names of districts with the state administration and police, said people aware of the matter. 4G services were restored in two districts --Ganderbal and Udhampur, on trial basis by the State administration, in August this year, more than a year after they were suspended. Officials said restoration of high speed internet services will be done in a calibrated manner with strict monitoring and periodical review by security agencies.
“Districts reporting low violence and not close to the Line of Contr... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to solve problems of people of Sector 6 Lane 9 Guru Nanak Nagar | | Residents of Sector 6 Lane 9 Guru Nanak Nagar at receiving end since problems remain unattended | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 5: Munish Gupta, Editor in Chief, Early Times has asked the administration to come up to the expectations of the people living in the Jammu region and solve the problems living in the different areas of the city.
Referring to the problems being faced by the people of Gandhi Nagar constituency Munish said that many areas of this constituency have been left to the mercy of God. He said that despite repeated reminders the people at helm have not taken any step ... | |
| | | | Eight months on PHE Deptt fails to make Kandi Ghala filtration plant operational | | |  M S Nazki
Early Times Report
MENDHAR, Oct 5: Despite spending huge funds, the PHE department has failed to make operational water filter plant at Kotranka area of District Rajouri. It was in 2010 that the PHE department commissioned a filtration plant at Kotranka village to solve the water problem of almost ten panchayats of the area but the filtration plant is shut since last eight months.
Having population of more than 50000 souls, the ten panchayats including Kotranka and other ad... | |
| | | | LMD Baramulla books Wallputty factory for false statutory declaration | | | | Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Oct 5: Legal Metrology Department (LMD) Baramulla booked a wallputty manufacturing factory for mentioning false declaration of name and address of manufacturer/ packer on wallputty packages.
The factory was manufacturing and packing wallputty packages in the name and address of Star J. K. Wallputty, J&K Wallputty, Jay Kay Wallputty and Britex Enterprizes.
The seizure memo has been issued on spot and further legal proceedings are underway.
The factory owner has been asked for explaining the reasons behind this brazen violation of Section 36 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
Clear directions have been issued to the factory management... | |
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