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| 9 months on, Early Times without Govt advts; staffers stage silent-protests outside DIPR office | | Is writing against corruption a sin, ask protesters | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: Stating that the Directorate of Information and Public Relations has pushed them to edge, the staffers of the daily Early Times on Wednesday staged protests here against the DIPR for stopping government advertisements to the English newspaper.
Holding placards, the ET employees including those from the Editorial, Human Resource and Printing Press held a silent sit-in outside the DIPR office here.
The staffers, who later submitted a memorandum to the Director Information, said that by stopping government advertisements, the backbone of revenue for the local dailies, the DIPR has made things difficult for them.
Invoking the vision of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi of corruption-free governance in Jammu and Kashmir, the ET employees said that DIPR policy... | |
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| J&K has become poor after its transition into UT: Azad | | ‘Of 13000 industries in Jammu, 7500 are shut; in Kashmir all units are closed’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: Former J&K Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that J&K has become poor since its transition into a Union Territory.
Azad while talking to reporters here said, “There were 13000 industries in Kathua, Samba and Jammu before J&K was downgraded into a UT. At present 7500 industries in these areas are closed. In Kashmir all industries are shut.”
He said, “The erstwhile State has become poor during the past two years and the promises of development were just eyewash. Things are bad from Ladakh to Lakhanpur.”
Azad said, “J&K natives are being deprived of jobs. In the past two years our region has moved 30-years back... | |
| | | | Downgrading JK made no sense: Omar Abdullah | | | |
Early Times Report
Bhaderwah/Jammu, Dec 1: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said revocation of Article 370 was in BJP's manifesto but there is no logic behind withdrawal of statehood and division of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He also accused the BJP of misleading the country by "false propaganda" to justify its action of August 5, 2019 and said the security situation has deteriorated to such an extent that "one cannot feel safe in any part of Kashmir owing to growing militancy which was evident from the selective killings including that of Kashmiri Pandits in the recent past".
The former chief minister and National Conference vice president was s... | |
| | | | NC helping BJP indirectly: Sajad Lone | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: Amid the ongoing “verbal duel” between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and J&K Apni Party, Sajad Gani Lone, chairman of Peoples’ Conference charged National Conference (NC) with ‘indirectly’ supporting the BJP.
Lone countered NC vice president Omar Abdullah in which he blamed Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for the abrogation of Article 370.
“It was National Conference which had allied with BJP much before the formation of PDP-BJP government in J&K”, Lone reminded Omar Abdullah and recalled that despite being in alliance with BJP, the greater autonomy resolution passed by the NC government was thrown into the dustbin by the BJP led NDA government at the Centre.... | |
| | | | Drug Addiction J&K data tabled in Rajya Sabha paints gloomy picture | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: Notwithstanding tall claims of the authorities to intensify the campaign against the drug mafia, the menace of drug addiction is slowly gripping the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.
During the last three years, there is an increase in the registration of cases under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act which is a clear indication that this menace is spreading in the Union Territory
As per data tabled in the Rajya Sabha, in the year 2018, 938 cases under this Act were registered. This number jumped to 1173 in 2019 and 1222 in the year 2020.
Recently, during the first meeting of the committee of the narco coordination centre at Jammu, it was inf... | |
| | | | JK UT has 5500 HIV-positive patients, cases on rise in Jammu | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 1: The prevalence of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) has slowly tightened its grip on Jammu and Kashmir as over 5500 patients, have been tested HIV positive in the Jammu and Kashmir so far.
According to figures, over 5500 people have been detected in J&K so far. “Majority of them are from Jammu region.
Jammu, having the maximum fluctuating population, has reported the highest number of HIV patients”, the officials said.
The number of patients infected by HIV has shown an upward trend over the years. It has mainly been attributed to greater use of drugs than sexual transmission.
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| | | | Jaish IED expert among 2 militants killed in Pulwama | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 1: A local commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, who was also an expert in making improvised explosives device (IED) for the outfit, and a foreign militant were killed in an encounter in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday morning, police said.
Police has termed the killing of the Jaish commander Yasir Parray, an IED expert and Furqan, a foreign militant as a "big success."
They said the gunfight erupted at Qasbayar village in Rajpur Pulwama when a joint of team of the different security forces launched a search operation in the area following an input about the presence of militants in the area.
Police said two militants were killed in t... | |
| | | | Traffic cop shot at in Srinagar | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 1: A traffic policeman was injured in a suspected militant attack in Srinagar’s old city on Wednesday evening, officials said.
They said a traffic police man, identified as Mohammad Abdullah, was fired upon near Gani Memorial Stadium in the old city.
“He was rushed to a nearby hospital,” officials added.
The areas where the incident was reported has been cordoned off by the forces to nab the attacker.
Senior security officials have rushed to the area.... | |
| | | | Terrorist incidents declined in JK after Article 370 abrogation: Govt | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 1: The number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during a period of 841 days after Article 370 was revoked dipped to 496 from the 843 cases reported in a same span of time prior to the abrogation, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said during April 16, 2017 to August 04, 2019, 843 terrorist incidents were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in which 86 civilians and 78 army personnel were killed.
During the period August 05, 2019 to November 22, 2021 (841 days after the abrogation), 496 terrorists incidents have been reported from Jammu and Kashmir in which 79 civilians and 45 army personnel... | |
| | | | Fake currency racket: NIA court frames charges against 2 ISI agents | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 1: Special Judge NIA Sunit Gupta today framed charges under Section 17 of UA(P) Act and 489-B/489-C RPC Ashok Kumar and Bilal Ahmed an alleged ISI agent.
The case is that on November 6, 2014 PSI Rahul Mahajan I/C P/P Parade along with his subordinates was on patrolling duty at Parade ground. As the party reached near Brahmna Shaba Parade three persons after observing the police party tried to ran away from the spot who were apprehended by the police party. On interrogation, they had disclosed their names and particulars as Bilal Ahmed S/O Abdul Rehman R/O Drungbal Baramulla, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din S/O Mohammad Yousaf Akhnoon R/O Haripora Baramulla and Ashok K... | |
| | | | 2 years on, JE reluctant to release payment despite completion of work | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
Sunderbani, Dec 1: For no apparent reasons, Junior Engineer Nalamakol Panchayat appears to be reluctant to release payment for the work already completed, despite passage of two long years.
According to aggrieved contractors, the Junior Engineer is not listening to their pleas despite completion of work in stipulated time. “We are not asking for any payment for the incomplete work, but for the work already completed,” said aggrieved, adding that Junior Engineer has allegedly released payment for the works which are not even visible on the ground.
Aggrieved contractors also stated that they are even ready to co-operate for physical verification of the w... | |
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