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| Azad exposes J&K Govt, says Maharaja regime was much better than present bureaucratic rule | | Maharaja Hari Singh had protected land, job rights of J&K residents | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: After getting authentic feedback from people at the village level during his ongoing mass-contact programme, former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday termed the present bureaucratic regime worst than the earlier autocratic rule in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Azad observed that the system has been completely collapsed in J&K and people of the UT are heading towards poverty, unemployment and frustration.
“There has been a slump in business and developmental activities in Jammu and Kashmir and people are heading towards poverty”, he said.
In a veiled attack at the BJP, Azad said the autocratic rule of the maharajas was far better than the current dispensation, which stopped the traditional practice of the biannual “Darbar Move”
“I was always supportive of the Darbar Move. The Maharajas gave us three things which were in the interest of the public of both Kashmir and Jammu regions, and one of them was the Darbar Move,” Azad told reporters here.
He said the Maharaja Hari Singh had ensured the protection of land and jobs f... | |
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| BJP leaders day dreaming: Azad | | Dismisses party’s claim of winning 50 plus seats, seeks restoration of J&K statehood | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Dec 25: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday termed BJP’s repeated claim of getting 50 plus seats in the Assembly elections, yet to be announced, as a “day dreaming.” Talking to reporters after a Christmas Day function in Udhampur town Azad said, “BJP leaders are day dreaming by claiming that their party will win 50 assembly seats in J&K.”
He said that communal harmony in the Union Ter... | |
| | | | Azad seconds view of BJP leaders about Maharaja rule being better | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: Former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad by stating that Maharaja’s rule was much better than the present regime has endorsed the view of local BJP workers and the leaders.
The BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir regions have staged protests against bureaucrats not being accessible and paying no attention towards their demands. In fact a few leaders have gone on record to say that “they were not being heard,” and their suggestions were being ignored.
When the 179-year old Darbar Move practice was scrapped by the present regime, the BJP leaders had claimed that they were not taken on board and the decision was taken unilaterally. Despite facing stiff opp... | |
| | | | 4 militants killed in South Kashmir encounters | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 25: Four militants were killed in two encounters with security forces in South Kashmir today. Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in a gunfight in Shopian district this morning while as two unidentified militants were killed in the Tral area in the evening.
The Shopian gunfight broke out in the Chowgam area in the early hours when a joint team of security forces launched a cordon and a search operation following an input regarding the presence of militants in the area. During the search operation, as the presence of militants got ascertained, they were given ample opportunities to surrender.
The militants instead of surrendering opened indis... | |
| | | | J&K Govt forgets to compensate rain, hailstorm affected Jammu farmers | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: Like other welfare schemes, compensation to the rain and hailstorm affected farmers of Jammu province was also confined only on papers and in the advertisements.
Two months have been passed after several thousand hectares of crops were destroyed in Jammu province due to heavy downpours and hailstorms in October.
Within days after rains and hailstorms, the J&K administration issued huge advertisements in different media to give a fake impression that the process of giving compensation to affected farmers was going on far-footing.
Like other schemes of the present dispensation which are only working on papers and advertisements, compensation claims are ... | |
| | | | COVID19 vaccination for children between 15-18 years to begin from 3 January 2022: PM Modi | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said COVID-19 vaccination for children between the age of 15 to 18 years will begin from 3 January amid a steady rise in the cases of the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 .
The prime minister also said precautionary doses will be given to healthcare and frontline workers from 10 January.
For those above 60 years with comorbidities, precaution doses will also be given from 10 January, said Modi.
Since the start of the year from 16 January till now, India has registered 141 crore vaccine doses, said the prime minister.
He further added that 61 percent of India’s population has received both the COVID-19 d... | |
| | | | Power shutdown notifications add to woes of common man in Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: Power shutdown notifications have become a routine in Jammu Division. These notifications are issued in summer as well as winter.
In summers people have to face the sweltering heat without fans and other electronic gadgets, while in winter they have to face the chill as the gadgets don’t work without power. Despite facing all the hardships people are made to pay the electricity bills through their nose.
“Tall promises of providing electricity 24x7 are just mere propaganda and nothing else. The helmsmen are not interested in providing the facilities to people. In winter everyone needs hot water and other gadgets to remain comfortable but in wake of pow... | |
| | | | Power restored in Kishtwar after 30-hours, frequent cuts trigger resentment | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 25: Continuous breakdown in power generation hub, Kishtwar District, has triggered resentment among the people as they are suffering due to the alleged lackadaisical attitude of the authorities.
In one such latest sequence of event, the power supply to the district was restored after 30 hours following the breakdown of a 132 KV transmission line that supplies electricity to twin districts of Kishtwar and Doda from Udhampur grid station.
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| | | | Rail roko strike enters 6th day, passengers suffer | | Private bus operators sell tickets at exorbitant rates | |  Anzer Ayoob
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: The movement of trains to Jammu remained affected for a sixth consecutive day today due to farmers’ agitation in Punjab as 16 trains had to be cancelled fully while 20 trains were either short-originating or short-terminated.
Due to the cancellation of trains, a plethora of people are standing at the doors of travel agents in Jammu in order to travel outside the state.
A passenger, Aaqib Anjum Aafi, who was traveling to Delhi on December 25 ... | |
| | | | MA Stadium swimming pool: 2 years on, up-gradation work still incomplete | | Project misses several deadlines, swimmers at receiving end | |  Early Time Reports
Jammu, Dec 25: The casual approach of the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council (JKSC) can be gauged from the fact that the much awaited up-gradation work of “All Weather Swimming Pool” at MA Stadium here has missed several deadlines.
Sources in the department told Early Times that due to the dilly dallying approach of the JKSC, the swimmers are at the receiving end and the swimmers have been deprived of their regular practice for the past 2-years.
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