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Project to restore glory of India’s oldest railway at Jammu dropped; Transport Deptt refuses NOC 12/15/2021 11:15:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has abandoned the dream and visionary project of restoring India’s oldest railway station at Jammu due to the failure of the authorities to get the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Transport Department. In June this year, the Jammu and Kashmir Government had announced to preserve India’s oldest railway station as a “heritage structure” to restore the glorious past. Important remnants of the 124-year-old pre-partition railway station, situated at Bikram Chowk Jammu, are still available, though in shambles so authorities had announced to preserve the same. The railway station was built in 1897 but was abandoned after the partition as the railway link to Sialkot was broken. The Jammu-Sialkot rail section was the only railway link that the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir had before the partition of the country and was thereafter permanently shut after drawing of borders between two countries. The 11th Board of Directors meeting of Jammu Smart City Limited held at Jammu on Tuesday decided to drop th...   READ MORE

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No timeline, statehood to J&K at appropriate time: Centre 12/15/2021 11:15:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 15: Even as all political parties are demanding that statehood must be granted to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir before assembly elections, the Union Government on Wednesday reiterated that decision in this regard will be taken at an appropriate time. In a written reply to the question of Vivek K Tankha, Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai informed the Rajya Sabha said that there is no timeline to grant statehood to Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The MoS Home, however, said that statehood to Jammu and Kashmir would be granted at an appropriate time. Recently Union Home Minister Amit Shah has made it clear that ...   READ MORE   Gross violation of Interest Subvention found in GOI’s KCC scheme Orders for Diversion of funds issued without central government’s approval, Rs 0.04 crore wrongly credited to ineligible borrowers 12/15/2021 11:15:25 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 15: Diversion of funds to the extent of Rs 244.10 crore has been found in the Kissan Credit Card (KCC) scheme with documents revealing that such a practice was in violation of Interest Subvention scheme guidelines as the scheme was not extendable to agricultural production loans. Official documents in possession of Early Times reveal that the Kissan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was a pre-existing scheme introduced in 1998 by the Reserve Bank of India to provide adequate and timely support from the Banking system through a single window with the flexible and simplified procedure to the farmers for their cultivation and other needs.. The card is offered by Comme...   READ MORE   I talked about DPR of metro rail, not about project: Jugal 12/15/2021 11:14:34 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 15: BJP Lok Sabha member from Jammu-Poonch constituency, Jugal Kishore Sharma on Wednesday clarified that he talked about Detail Project Report (DPR) of Jammu metro rail project but it was misinterpreted as ‘project’. Talking to The Early Times, Jugal Kishore Sharma said that on the floor of the Lok Sabha he informed that august House that DPR of the Jammu metro rail project has almost completed. “It was misinterpreted that I stated that metro rail project is a...   READ MORE   JKBOPEE de-reserves seats meant for weaker sections of society, says IGM vice-prez ‘Counseling notice issued day after the process was over’ 12/15/2021 11:14:08 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 15: International Gujjar Maha Sabha (IGMS) on Wednesday castigated Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examination (JKBOPEE) for “de-reserving” the slots meant for the candidates from socially and economically weaker section of the society. Talking to Early Times, vice-president of IGM, Chaudary Rashid Azam Inqlabi said, “The BOPEE has played a negative role by issuing the counseling notice on December 15, a day after the counseling was held. The b...   READ MORE   FCIK aghast over J&K Govt’s new land allotment policy ‘Major chunk of land allotted to few blue eyed entrepreneurs’ 12/15/2021 11:10:08 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 15: Federation Chambers of industries Kashmir has criticized the new land allotment policy of the J&K Government. In a statement a FCIK spokesman said that the Executive Council of the FCIK has strongly condemned the land allotment policy and the multiple amendments made in the past few months regarding the land allotment. “The portal jkinvest.in was launched and the investment guidelines were issued on 22.4.2021 for inviting the applications. Since then the portal was opened and approximately 2500 applications were uploaded, out of which appraisal of nearly 90 percent applications are already conducted. In the meantime High Level Committee meetings w...   READ MORE   Kokernag family accuses doctor of cheating, demands justice 12/15/2021 11:09:48 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Dec 15: A family in South Kashmir’s Kokernag Wednesday accused a doctor, who is posted at Government Medical College Anantnag, of cheating and forcing them to get operated in a private nursing home for ureteric stone. Rashid Ahmad, 22, resident of Ahdan Gadol Kokernag was suffering from abdominal pain when he consulted doctors at Government Hospital in Kokernag. “Medicates at Kokernag told that there was doctor in Anantnag was prescribing medicines for this alignment and we should meet him,” Firdous Ahmad Naik, resident of Ahdan Gadol Kokernag told ET that his son, adding the doctor they suggested to be consulted was Dr Mohmmad Amin Sagroo....   READ MORE   Missing SPO, Associate arrested with 2 weapons in Kupwara: Police 12/15/2021 10:25:52 PM MOHAMMAD SARFARAZ Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Personal Security Officer with a BJP activist and his "associate", who had fled couple of days ago with two weapons in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, were arrested on Wednesday. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir ranger Vijay Kumar told media that, during intervening night of December 12 and 13, Saqib Ahmad Tantry (SPO) son of Sanaullah Tantry of Bohipora, deployed as PSO with BJP activist Abdul Rashid Zargar had fled with two weapons. Saqib's "associate" Arif Ahmad son of Bashir Ahmad Mir, also resident of Bohipora Kupwara, had also gone missing on the same time, they said. Originally a resident of Lolab, Abdul Rashid...   READ MORE

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