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| Protest against fuel hike turns out to be embarrassing moment for Congress | | Rahul Gandhi named as Ambika Soni, while Priyanka as GA Mir on poster | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 7: A public meeting cum protest demonstration against fuel hike by District Congress Committee (DCC) Kathua turned out to be an embarrassing moment for the party when captions underneath the photographs of senior party leaders on a wall-poster were wrongly identified.
Even the name of Sonia Gandhi Party president was not correctly written, while Rahul Gandhi was identified with the name of Ambika Soni, while Priyanka Gandhi was captioned as GA Mir, while there ... | |
| | | | JU violates own order | | ‘Accepts banned degrees for employment’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 7: Violating its own order, the University of Jammu continues to entertain degrees obtained from Study Centres for employment in the varsity.
According to the official order issued by the University of Jammu 2005, all degrees issued by study centres and franchises, except IGNOU were banned, but the JU authorities failed to implement its own order within the campus.
“It has come to fore that JU continues to entertain degrees obtained from study centres for employment in the university despite a ban imposed through a notification issued by Jammu University in 2005”, official sources told Early Times.
They said that as per the notification issued by Reg... | |
| | | | Agriculture Deptt inaugurates same high-tech green houses again and again | | Millions of rupees go down the drain as no officer ready to provide certificate of quality | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: The Kitchen Garden of the Department of Agriculture at Lal Mandi here has come up as a hub of ‘corruption’ even though none of the officers of the department are ready to give a certificate of quality of the high-tech green houses set up at this place.
Sources told Early Times that the quality of eight high-tech green houses at the Kitchen Garden is not up to the mark and it is due to this reason that certificate of quality with respect to these green houses has not been wetted by the officers of the department. As a result a huge amount has gone down the drain.
“Ideally the Seed Production Officer (SPO) should have issued the cert... | |
| | | | JK Police Stations put drones on alert! | | Use of ‘4K surveillance’ mandatory, SPs to coordinate with SHOs | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 7: In a bid to gear up national security in this terror-infested region, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have been directed to put drones on “alert state” in the valley and the winter capital.
Sources said following a recent rise in number of terror related cases in Kashmir, the security establishment held a high level meeting in Srinagar with the Inspector General of Police in chair on February 20.
Sources said officials from the Army and the paramilitary were also present. It was unanimously decided that use of drones on regular basis had become vital for hi-tech surveillance.
Sources said in a shocking development it was observed that for the last ... | |
| | | | RDD violates MGNREGA guidelines | | Incurs administrative expenses beyond permissible limit | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 7: The Rural Development Department (RDD) has allegedly incurred administrative expenses beyond permissible limit under the scheme in violation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
Sources informed Early Times that the Scheme guidelines provide that in order to augment human resources and develop capacity for critical activities, 6 % of the total expenditure on MGNREGA scheme can be utilized on administrative expenses in a particular financial year.
“The limit on administrative expenses was permissible for State level and some part of it at Block level,” they said.
Astoundingly, the administrative expenditure during 201... | |
| | | | Restore snatched honour to people: G H Mir to Centre | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 7: Apni Party Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir today urged the Govt of India to empower the people of J&K with the restoration of Statehood.
Addressing a public gathering at Sohanjana, Jammu District, Gh. Hassan Mir said that “There is a feeling of disempowerment among the people of both the regions. The Govt should understand the simmering anger and restore the snatched honour to the people.”
Speaking at the largely attended public meeting which wa... | |
| | | | Doctors under scanner for financial deals with ‘tainted’ hospital | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 7: Some of the doctors working in Kashmir, especially those in government sector, have come under the scanner for alleged financial irregularities for having served at “tainted” private hospital in Srinagar.
On February 19, the Income Tax Department raided the house of the private hospital owner in Srinagar to discover the shocking details of his business ventures.
A 14-member team headed by deputy director income tax department Robin Bansal had carried out the raids.
As per the sources, financial irregularities of around Rs 100 crore have been suspected about the businessman and his aides.
Sources said during the raids the IT sleuths found that t... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to solve problems of people of ward 6 lane 1 Baba Fareed Nagar Sehora Kunjwani | | Residents of ward 6 lane 1 Baba Fareed Nagar Sehora Kunjwani at receiving end since problems remain unattended | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 7: Munish Gupta, Editor in Chief, Early Times has asked the administration to come up to the expectations of the people living in the Jammu region and solve the problems living in the different areas of the city.
Referring to the problems being faced by the people of Gandhi Nagar constituency Munish said that many areas of this constituency have been left to the mercy of God. He said that despite repeated reminders the people at helm have not taken any step to ... | |
| | | | JK reports 112 new cases of Corona Virus; one fresh death, positive cases are 127044 | | Active positive 892, recovered 124190, casualties 1962 | | | JEHANGIR RASHID
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported 112 new cases of Corona Virus following which the total number of positive cases reached 1, 27,044. With one fresh death being reported from Kashmir division the death toll due to the virus reached 1,962.
Srinagar district reported 35 new cases including 14 travelers followed by Baramulla district 19 cases, Jammu district 15 cases, Budgam district 12 cases, Anantnag district nine cases, Kupwara district eight cases, Pulwama district four cases, Shopian district three cases, Poonch district two cases and a case each in Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Udhampur & Reasi districts. A death was ... | |
| | | | Snow clearance work on Anantnag-Magran-Inshan road going on at war footing | | 40000 souls living in Marwah, Warwan will get access to rest of UT | |  ASIF IQBAL NAIK
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 7: The snow clearance work on the prestigious Anantnag-Margan Top-Inshan road connecting Warwan valley of Kishtwar District with the rest of the country is going on at war footing.
The clearance work will mark the early opening of this road which is considered as lifeline to 40000 souls living in Marwah and Warwan areas of Kishtwar District that remain cut off from the rest of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for six months during winte... | |
| | | | Strike of Safai Karamcharis throws normal life out of gear | | |  ASHWANI SHARMA
Early Times Report
UDHAMPUR, Mar 7: The stink emanating from the garbage heaps from the urban local bodies from Lakhanpur to Banihal except the municipal corporation here is making life very tough and the concerned authorities are posing a blind eye to this vital public problem at a time when the deadly COVID pandemic has not died down completely.
"It becomes very tough to move through the lanes and roads in the all districts of Jammu divison of urban local bodies as there ... | |
| | | | K-oil dealers to appear before ACB today in Srinagar | | Kerosene oil scam | | | saahil suhail
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: The Kerosene oil dealers from South Kashmir will appear before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday in Srinagar. The dealers will be questioned in connection with the Kerosene oil scam exposed by Early Times last month.
The ACB has asked Director Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) to ensure the owners of private kerosene oil agencies operating South Kashmir report at ACB Police Station South Kashmir, Old Secretariat Srinagar on 8th of March 2021 (Monday).
"Your requested and informed that direct the owners of private kerosene oil agencies as detailed by your office for collection and distribution of Kerosene oil in S... | |
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