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Foreman can become Deputy Research Officer R&B’s Erroneous Service Rules 11/20/2020 12:17:51 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 19: Those at the helm in R&B are maintaining a stoic silence over making requisite and much needed corrections in service rules including the infamous SRO 297, leaving the deserving and meritorious engineers in lurch. Even when at present the department is readying itself to create a digital database of its employees across the Union Territory, the authorities there aren’t even giving a damn to spare time and ensure that the error infested rules are corrected. Sources informed that contrary to the tall claims of rectifying the wrongs of the past regimes in Jammu and Kashmir, R&B seems to have been concretising the blunders that the past governments committed in engineering service rules of Jammu and Kashmir. “The fact is that the rules have gone for a toss within the R&B. Even when the present dispensation is presenting itself as saviour of sorts, the correction in the service rules of engineering cadre have been kept in limbo. There is a least attention being given to it. For the past 14 years, the government has shamelessly failed to rectify th...   READ MORE

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BJP led Municipal Committee imposes road tax in Lakhanpur 11/20/2020 12:17:40 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 19: After the abolition of Lakhanpur toll plaza Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders had claimed that decades old “Jazia” imposed by Kashmir centric governments has been abolished but now the Municipal Committee Lakhanpur has started a new tax regime, with imposition of tax on vehicles passing through a link road. Locals of Kathua as well as other nearby villages, have been using a link road, which bypassed the newly established toll plaza at Lakhanpur, for the past many years. The link road passes from Jammu-Pathankot National Highway at Lakhanpur’ main market stand and though Garib Basti it again joins the National Highway at Basohli Morh. Since the se...   READ MORE   Spike in Covid cases: Authorities in J&K are not prepared to check Delhi’s impact 11/20/2020 12:17:29 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 19: While as the Centre has rushed high-level teams to Haryana and Rajasthan to minimize impact of Delhi’s Covid situation, authorities in J&K appear to be non-serious in dealing with those who are coming from the Union capital. Authorities have not deployed special to teams to check those who are coming from Delhi where Coronavirus cases are increasing with every passing day. Highly placed sources during the last one week, Union Capital is witnessing a spike in Covid cases but authorities in J&K have yet to take some steps to keep a watch on those who are entering the UT from Delhi. There is fear among residents of J&K authorities that a casual approac...   READ MORE   Security forces neutralise four terrorists in Jammu encounter, recover AK rifles, grenades 11/20/2020 12:17:21 AM Early Times Report Jammu/Srinagar, Nov 19: Four suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists were killed and two policemen were injured in a gunbattle on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway after a truck carrying a group of freshly infiltrated militants was intercepted by security forces on the outskirts of Jammu city on Thursday, top police officials said. The terrorists had come to execute a "big plan" which has now been foiled, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu, Mukesh Singh, said. In...   READ MORE   Ban Toll Plaza encounter: Big question mark over check infiltration on IB 11/20/2020 12:15:00 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 19: Although security forces have achieved a big success by eliminating four terrorists at Ban Toll Plaza early Thursday morning, this incident has once again put question mark over steps taken to check infiltration from the International Border (IB). Terrorists managed to enter into J&K through the national highway and the biggest question from where these Pakistani terrorists have managed to sneak into Indian side. On January 31 this year, three truck-borne Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were killed at similar place. During that incident one person was arrested by the police and he was cousin of suicide bomber Adil Dar, who carried out a deadly attac...   READ MORE   LG visits injured jawans in hospital, lauds their exemplary courage 11/20/2020 12:14:29 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 19: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday visited the Government Medical College Jammu here to enquire about the wellbeing of JKP jawans who were injured while neutralizing terrorists in an encounter at Nagrota earlier in the morning. The Lt Governor met the injured personnel undergoing treatment at the hospital and assured the men of the best possible health facility for their treatment besides lauding their exemplary courage and braver...   READ MORE   Following 565 fresh recoveries COVID-19 recovery rate in JK reaches 93.14%, 560 new cases 11/20/2020 12:13:51 AM Jehangir Rashid Early times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 19: The COVID-19 recovery rate in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reached 93.14 percent as 565 virus affected people were discharged from different hospitals today. The total positive cases reached 1, 04,715 with 560 new cases and the death toll reached 1,618 following five fresh deaths. Srinagar district reported 130 fresh cases of Corona Virus followed by Jammu district 95 cases, Udhampur district 36 cases, Baramulla district 35 cases, Kupwara district 33 cases, Budgam and Kishtwar districts 29 cases each, Samba district 25 cases, Bandipora district 23 cases, Ganderbal district 20 cases, Pulwama district 18 cases, Doda district...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to solve problems of people of ward 46 sector 1 lane 1 Sanjay Nagar Residents of Ward 46 Sector 1 Lane 1 Sanjay Nagar at receiving end since problems remain unattended 11/20/2020 12:03:59 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 19: 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...   READ MORE

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