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Poverty shatters dream of orphans, Admin fails to provide any help to BPL family Central Schemes For Whom? 2/14/2022 11:55:34 PM S T Haq Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 14: Despite the fact that various centrally sponsored schemes have been implemented in India along with the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, scores of poor families are living their life in miserable conditions and due to which their dreams remain unfulfilled. Among the scores of poor families, there is one family of Ritu Devi Wd/o Puran Chand R/o Deon Purmandal whose poverty speaks to what kind of challenges she is facing. Ritu Devi said that, “just six months back, Late Puran Chand who was a driver by profession died due to natural death and family is trying hard to survive with each passing day, as they have no source of income to feed their family”. Unfortunately the family is not having their own house, but they are living temp...   READ MORE

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Preserving Jammu's heritage confined to papers only, age-old 'Gharats' on verge of extinction 2/14/2022 11:55:08 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 14: Traditional water mills, popularly known as 'Gharats' in local parlance, were once found in nearly every village but they are now dying a slow death. Today these mechanisms that use running water to grind wheat, rice and maize and also occassionally to extract oil, have been replaced by electricity run mills. Although 'Gharats' are environment friendly and green but still their significance is on the vane as they are slowly and steadily have been forg...   READ MORE   Rajouri: Sudden spike in jaundice cases puts question mark on potable water quality 2/14/2022 11:54:54 PM Ankit Kessar Early Times Report Rajouri, Feb 14: In a shocking situation of deteriorating quality of potable water in Jawahar Nagar area of District Rajouri, more than two dozen cases of jaundice were reported within a span of a few days. After sudden spike in jaundice cases were reported the district the station immediately swung into action and pressed chief medical officer into the job. The situation has reminded the people of Covid-19 pandemic which has struck fear in the minds of the people. The Chief Medical Officer after assessing the situation said that jaundice is a waterborne disease and the sudden increase in the number of cases of the disease indicate that the water qu...   READ MORE   MGNREGA payment scam: VLW 'threatens' whistleblower to sign affidavit 2/14/2022 11:54:46 PM Ajay Sharma Early Times Report Sunderbani, Feb 14: In a strange act of audacity, a Village Level Worker (VLW) in block Sunderbani, undergoing suspension for alleged fraud in payment of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), has reportedly approached the whistleblower and threatened him to sign an affidavit in his favour. According to sources, Village Level Worker flanked by couple of supporters visited Suraj Prakash and threatened him to sign an affidavit, claiming that he uploaded video exposing corruption under the influence of liquor. "They also told the Suraj Prakash to maintain that he had worked under MGNREGA programme and uploaded video by mistake,...   READ MORE   In blatant violation of rules, Range Officer gets DFO post 2/14/2022 11:54:38 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 14: In blatant violation of services rules, the Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday posted a Range Officer as Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) in Anantnag Forest Division. “Mohd Ramzan Mir, RO-1 presently posted as District Soil Conservation Officer Anantnag, is transferred and posted as DFO Anantnag Forest Division,” reads Order issued by Forest Department. The order[16-JK(FST) of 2022, issued in this regard, has upset the senior officers in the Forest department who allege that the officer has used his political connections to get this posting. “If DFO territorial post is cadre post then how can RO (Range Officer) be posted as DFO,” officers ...   READ MORE   Instead of jobs, unemployed dental surgeons get batons 2/14/2022 11:54:33 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 14: In a major act of high-handedness a posse of Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel appeared on the Tawi bridge near the statue of Maharaja Hari Singh and arrested unemployed dental surgeons who were carrying protest in support of their demands. This morning scores of unemployed dental surgeons appeared at the protest site and started carrying out protest in support of their demands. They alleged that since 2008 no post of dental surgeon has been created in t...   READ MORE   Covid cases witness steep decline in J&K; 245 test positive, no death 2/14/2022 11:54:12 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 14: The Government today informed that 245 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 160 from Jammu division and 85 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 451016. Moreover, 808 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 339from Jammu Division and469 from Kashmir Division. The Bulletin also informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today, thus the total number of confirmed casesremains51 across J&K. On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 43,769doses of COVID vaccine have been administe...   READ MORE   Increase our remuneration: PhD scholars 2/14/2022 11:54:04 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 14: The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) scholars working on academic arrangement in colleges and universities in the Kashmir valley today carried out a protest demonstration here in support of their demands and urged the LG Manoj Sinha to take personal interest in their matter. The PhD scholars said that although they are paid Rs. 28,000 per month but since lot of time gets wasted their monthly remuneration does not cross Rs. 18,600. The scholars demanded that monthly remuneration should be increased and that their designation should be re-designed as Assistant Professors since they are PhD holders and teach in the universities. The PhD scholars said tha...   READ MORE   Crores spent on construction of musical fountain at Bagh-e-Bahu but admin ignores dilapidated condition of lanes, drains at Kacha Tallab 2/14/2022 11:47:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 14: Although crores of rupees were spent on construction of musical fountain at Bagh-e-Bahu and inaugurated with much fanfare by Lieutenant Governor MK Sinha but administration failed to have look on the adjoining Kacha Tallab area which has been lying with dilapidated roads, lanes and drains. The residents strongly criticised the concerned department for not giving heed to the problems of the area. “The lanes and drains were constructed nearly 15 years ago in ...   READ MORE

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