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| Srinagar Airport gets a massive upgrade, Jammu assurances for now | | Discrimination is in Air! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 27: With the announcement over the massive upgrade of the Srinagar airport in terms of flight operations coming to the fore, Jammu once again has been thrown to the wind with no word over making any such facility available to the airport of the winter capital of the erstwhile state.
As per the report, Srinagar Airport will operate around 30 additional flight services this summer and it will take up the total number of flight services to around 60.
Reports informed that this summer schedule Srinagar Airport will be operating with 30 more flights, taking up the total to 60. Of this figure, at least 50 to 55 will operate in to and fro manner, making it to around 100 flight movements a day. The purpose of the measure as per the reports is to draw more tourism towards the valley, which will ultimately have a good impact on the economy.
As far as Jammu airport is concerned, there are mere 46 flights being operated from there. In spite of the assurances that there will be a massive upgrade for the airport, no concrete action has been taken as of now.... | |
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| Raj Bhawan faces public criticism for ‘spike in terror strikes’ in Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 27: In wake of spike in terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, the Raj Bhawan is facing public criticism for the alleged security failures with the nationalists taking the office of the Lieutenant Governor head on.
It’s for the first time that the official handle of the Raj Bhawan is facing criticism openly from the netizens.
On March 26, a policeman was killed in Budgam and his sibling who was initially wounded succumbed this morning. Soon after the incident, the office of the Lieutenant Governor had posted its condemnation on the official Twitter handle.
“I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on SPO Ishfaq Ahmad & his brother Umar Jan.Tribute to Ishfa... | |
| | | | NT Khaneter allegedly entered school, occupies school room, use unparliamentary language with female staff at MS Bhainch | | Officials Gundagardi! | |  Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Poonch, Mar 27: When an officer misused his powers to harass public it’s called Gundagardi or gundaraj in locals. A report has came in the notice that a Niab Tehsildar in district Poonch allegedly misused his powers and entered Middle School Bhainch, forcibly occupied a room of the school, locked it and on arguments used unparliamentary language with female head of the institution. According to students of the school and staff member, when school authorit... | |
| | | | Irony! Deposit blood at SMGS then only your patient will get blood | | > No CCTVs allow pickpockets to call shots | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 27: The blood bank at SMGS hospital here doesn’t provide blood to needy patients till their attendants arrange a donor to replace the blood point needed by them.
An attendant of a patient whose sister-in-law was admitted in the hospital while talking to a news channel said, “The baby of my sister-in-law died in her womb but she was not provided with the treatment till I arranged the blood point which might have been needed to save her life. I paid Rs 70000 to one person to donate blood and when it was deposited in the blood bank after that treatment started.”
He said, “She is recovering now and we may be discharged in a day or two but the blood point I had... | |
| | | | Let’s make local ‘global’, augment prestige of Indian products: PM Modi | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Mar 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India achieving its export target of USD 400 billion this fiscal shows that the demand for its items is increasing all over the world, and asserted that when every Indian gets ‘vocal for local’, it does not take much time for the “local to become global”.
In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi also noted that the government has purchased items worth more than Rs 1 lakh crore in the last one year through government e-Market with close to 1.25 lakh small entrepreneurs and shopkeepers having sold their goods directly to the government.
From a time when only big companies could sell goods to the governmen... | |
| | | | Talwara migrants rue apathy from admin; say they have been left at mercy of God | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 27: The people who are putting up as migrants at Talwara in Reasi district have accused the Jammu & Kashmir administration of treating them badly and said that they are being denied basic facilities.
The inmates said that they have been left at the mercy of the God and as such nobody from the administration is visiting them to assess about the facilities.
These people said that they should be given the facilities that are given to the migrants in different ... | |
| | | | Ganderbal: Govt Primary School functions from dilapidated building | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 27: The Government Primary School at Upparsh in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has been awaiting basic facilities for the past 22-years. Sarpanch of the area, Younis Khan, while talking to a local news channel said that there are 84 students enrolled in this school and the government has posted only 3 teachers for them. “The school building was constructed in the year 2000 and after that no repair work has taken place till date. The building has develop... | |
| | | | Covid-19 on decline, JK reports 6 new cases | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 27: The Government today informed that 06 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 02 from Jammu division and 04 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 453658.
Moreover, 10more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 06 from Jammu Division and04 from Kashmir Division.
The Bulletin also informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today, thus the total number of confirmed casesremains 51 across J&K.
On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 6,144 doses of COVID vaccine have been administered ... | |
| | | | Education Deptt not implementing court directions, say terminated RMSA teachers | | | 
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 27: Highly qualified youth appointed under the centrally sponsored Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme whose contracts were terminated by the government staged a protest here on Sunday. Protesters while talking to reporters said, “The High Court has directed the Education Department to renew the contracts of subject specific RMSA teachers but the officials are not implementing the directions.” It’s in place to mention here that these teachers... | |
| | | | Blast near Army camp in Kupwara | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 27: A blast occurred near an Army camp in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, but no loss of life was reported, officials said.
“A mysterious blast took place near the camp of 21 Rashtriya Rifles at Zachaldara in Handwara area of the north Kashmir district,” one of the officials said. However, no loss of life or injury to anyone was reported. The nature of the blast was being ascertained, they added.... | |
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