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| No follow-up of patients tested positive during RAT exercise | | Violation of MHA guidelines | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 27: Making a mockery of the repeated guidelines issued by Union Home Ministry to fight COVID-19, the J&K administration is not taking deadly Coronavirus seriously as authorities are brazenly involved in conducting just ‘cosmetic exercise’. With much publicity, administration had introduced random Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) to control spread of the virus but in reality this exercise is nothing but an attempt to befool the people.
Three months back random RAT was started but those involved in these testing are not following positive patients. Except declaring the patient positive, the health department is doing nothing to keep a watch on the same patients. Recently in the Gandhi Nagar area, two family members were tested positive during random RAT testing. During the test the couple was tested positive. Except declaring them positive, officials of the health department did nothing to follow them.
“During the random testing I along with my wife was tested positive. Those involved in testing did nothing after our test. We were directed to go for home qu... | |
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| Alliance in danger as faulty seat sharing formula triggers rebellion | | Gupkaris fail in first litmus test | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: The seat sharing agreement between the parties of Gupkar alliance has opened up a Pandora’s Box with widening wedges likely to take an ugly shape any time soon.
Sources within the conglomerate told Early Times that the ground level workers of PDP and National Conference are annoyed with each other over the way in which seats for the DDC polls were distributed by the leadership in hurry and without any compunction.
Sources informed further that the annoyance of the workers can take an apocalyptic shape anytime with alliance entering in a very dangerous phase. It is highly possible that the alliance could break up due to the seething differences emergin... | |
| | | | Three senior professors of Department of History, University of Kashmir not taking online classes | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 27: At a time when the different stakeholders are putting best efforts to make the online classes successful some of the senior professors at the University of Kashmir are not ready to impart education through this medium to the students of varsity.
Early Times has learnt from sources that some of the senior professors of University of Kashmir’s Department of History are not taking online classes. This has resulted into a situation wherein the students are being denied quality education through the medium of technology.
“At least three senior professors of the Department of History have not been attending the online classes and the... | |
| | | | Nagrota encounter Indian Army, Jammu police masterstroke | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: The recent killing of four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists near Ban Toll Plaza on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway here was masterstroke by the Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police against Pakistan sponsored terror.
Sources said the encounter was meticulously planned by the police, particularly Jammu police chief Sridhar Patil, who had been keeping track of the movement of the terrorists, who had infiltrated into Indian territory from Sambha border.
Sources said while the truck was moving towards Nagrota, the police had already laid the ambush in league with the Indian Army and other security forces including the paramilitary Central Reserve... | |
| | | | J&K to create history today as first time people will vote to elect DDC members | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: The Union Territory (UT) is going to create history on Saturday because first time after 1947, District Development Councils (DDCs) elections are going to be held in J&K on November 28.
In the eight-phased DDCs elections, the polling for the first phase will be held on Saturday. Polling will be held in all the 20 districts of J&K including 25 DDCs constituencies of Kashmir Valley and 18 of Jammu province. 352 candidates are in the fray for 43 DDCs constituencies for the first phase. In this month-long process, elections will be held for 280 DDCs constituencies across J&K.
It is the first time in the political history of J&K that DDCs elections will... | |
| | | | JU’s Law Deptt puts career of students in jeopardy | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: Law Department of University of Jammu has allegedly put the career of students at stake by delaying the examination process.
A delegation of the students and parents while talking to Early Times said, “The department not holding online examination has left the students in lurch. The varsity should hold the open book exam on the pattern of Delhi University.”
The delegation said that students having backlog papers of semester 2 and 4 have been left high and dry as they will have to wait for next session to clear the supplementary papers.
“Student of Delhi University have been taking regular online classes. The DU has conducted open book exams online... | |
| | | | LG inaugurates Guru Nanak Chair, JU Special Purpose Vehicle Foundation | | Establishment of chairs for Gojri, Pahari languages is in offing: Sinha | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 27: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, who is also the Chancellor of University of Jammu, today inaugurated Guru Nanak Chair & University of Jammu Special Purpose Vehicle Foundation Building at University of Jammu, in presence of Prof Manoj Kumar Dhar, Vice- Chancellor, University of Jammu.
“Recently when Parliament of India passed the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, on the request of UT Government, the Government of India also agreed to the fac... | |
| | | | JK reports 565 new cases of Corona Virus, eight fresh deaths; positive cases reach 108871 | | Active positive 5236, recovered 101959, casualties 1676 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 27: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported 565 new cases of Corona Virus following which the total number of positive cases reached 1, 08,871. The death toll reached 1,676 as eight more people died due to the virus in the past 24 months.
Jammu district reported 142 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Srinagar district 88 cases, Udhampur district 49 cases, Doda district 36 cases, Baramulla district 35 cases, Kupwara district 29 cases, Kishtwar district 28 cases, Budgam district 23 cases, Pulwama district 21 cases, Rajouri district 19 cases, Kathua district 17 cases, Samba district 15 cases, Ganderbal district 14 cases, Ramban d... | |
| | | | NIA produces Parra in Court, gets 15-day remand | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: Two-day after formally arresting PDP youth wing president Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday got 15-day remand of ‘Mehbooba Mufti’s close-confident’.
NIA produced before the NIA Court in Jammu. After listening to the argument of advocate of NIA, Court granted 15 days police remand for Parra as applied by NIA, earlier he was produced in a Delhi court which gave a transit remand to produce him in Jammu Court.
Parra, who recently filed his nomination for District Development Council (DDC) elections from Pulwama in South Kashmir, was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged “close links” with Irfan Shafi Mir, arreste... | |
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