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| Failing to give jobs, JK Govt starts festival for jobless youth! | | Yogyata se Rozgaar Mahotsav draws flak from jobless | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 7: Even as the cash-starved government of Jammu and Kashmir has been facing criticism for holding so many festivals, where public money is “wasted” on events like musical concerts, singing and dancing, the administration has now launched a “festival” for the jobless. The educated unemployed have called it “insult to the injury” of those craving for jobs.
In an official handout released by the Information Department on March 6, the government said: “In order to provide adequate Job opportunities to the youth of J&K and make them self dependent, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has started ‘Be Rozgar Se Swarozgar Scheme… To create awareness among the youth about ‘Be Rozgar Se Swarozgar’ Scheme, the government started “Yogyata se Rozgaar Mahotsav.”
The government handout has drawn severe criticism from the educated youth who said that a “Mahotsava or mega festival on awareness speaks about the insensitivity of the government towards the miseries of the youth.”
“There’s a Punjabi saying that ‘Bibi Mare Te Halwa, Baba Mare Te Halwa. And Jammu and K... | |
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| Transforming J&K: Authorities ignore CMIE figures to hide failures in generation jobs | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 7: Amid brewing anger among all sections of the society, the Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday issued an official handout in which it was claimed that the Union Territory excelled in various fields.
The authorities have quoted some surveys to give an impression that the J&K has witnessed improvement on several fronts.
But the J&K government has intentionally and deliberately ignored figures of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) figures which have revealed J&K has a 22.2 percent unemployment rate, which was even higher than the national level unemployment rate of 7.1 percent recorded across India in October and November in 2021.
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| | | | Now LG Admin compelling poor class-IV employees to buy expensive smart phones | | 'OTP' Government in JK! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 7: The Employees Performance Monitoring System (EPMS Portal) launched recently by the LG administration to monitor the monthly performance of the employees of Jammu and Kashmir is riddled with ironies to the core.
Apart from frequent snags, outages and breakdowns, the portal is emerging nonetheless a ruthless and bizarre diktat aimed at further hounding the already crisis ridden employees fraternity of the erstwhile state.
1. Buy a smart phone- by hook or by crook
Nowhere in the country has such a direction ever passed through which a class IV employee has been compelled and coerced to purchase an android Phone that would cost no less than 10 thousand ... | |
| | | | Police should register FIR against Ganderbal Admin: Altaf Bukhari | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 7: President of Apni Party, Altaf Bukhari, on Monday reiterated his demand to hold an enquiry from top to bottom in unfortunate death of a youth Ganderbal youth, who had set himself ablaze to protest demolition of his building.
Bukhari while talking to Early Times said, “The inquiry which the government has ordered is eyewash. The real probe would have been if it would have started from top and reached the bottom.”
He demanded that the Police should register an FIR against the district administration as the youth has died.
Altaf Bukhari last month had hit out at Ganderbal administration for “mishandling” the demolition drive which led to a youth setting... | |
| | | | Sand tipper used to cost Rs 4000, now people pay Rs 15000: Altaf Bukhari | | ‘Outsiders filling coffers, locals rendered jobless’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 7: President of Apni Party Altaf Bukhari on Monday accused present J&K dispensation of snatching the livelihood of locals by handing over mining contracts to outsiders.
Talking to Early Times, Bukhari said, “Nearly 10 lakh people in Jammu and Kashmir were associated with the mining business but they have been rendered jobless by giving this work to outsiders.”
He said, “Earlier a sand tipper used to cost Rs 3500/ to Rs 4000/, now the same tipper costs around Rs 12000/ to Rs 15000/. This has put an extra burden of Rs 12000 crore to Rs 13000 crore on the J&K natives. Increase in rates has also put extra burden on the government as it will lead to J&K exchequ... | |
| | | | As streetlights don’t work, risk of thefts looms large over Reasi | | | 
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 7: Despite being a district headquarters, Reasi town lacks a civic amenity as basic as streetlights which remain non-functional during night hours.
With the majority of the streetlights in most of the localities especially in Bus Stand area do not work in dark hours, the town is under potential risk of thefts and robberies in markets as well as residential areas.
Several locals said criminals often take advantage of the dimly lit roads and target business es... | |
| | | | Srinagar blast: Death toll mounts to 2 | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 7: A 20-year-old girl who was critically injured in Hari Singh High Street Market blast in Srinagar succumbed to her injuries in Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital taking the death toll to two on Monday, officials said.
They said the girl identified as Safiya, daughter of Nazir Ahmad Tinda a resident of Hazratbal in Srinagar who was critically injured in a grenade blast with multiple splinter injuries succumbed in the hospital early today. At least 35 persons, including a cop, sustained injuries in a grenade blast hurled by unidentified militants at busy Hari Singh High Street market in this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
The inj... | |
| | | | ‘Ayushman Bharat Card cruel joke with poor’ | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 7: Government Medical College Jammu is again in news as the Ayushman Bharat Card is not proving to be of any use for the patients.
Husband of Monica Sawhney (patient) while talking to a local news channel said, “Whenever I approach the drug counter in the hospital to get medicine, I am told that medicines are not available. I have to purchase all the medicines from the open market. Even tests have to be conducted from private laboratories. I paid Rs 4100 for ... | |
| | | | Govt schools in Chenani face acute shortage of teachers | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 6: Despite making tall claims to strengthen the school education sector across the Union Territory of J&K, several schools are still grappling with the problem of adequate strength of teaching staff. Government schools in Chenani and its adjoining areas in Udhampur district are facing severe shortage of teachers at all levels. In several schools, lack of teachers has not only left the available teachers struggling to do justice with their job but also made the students to suffer. One such educational institution in Chenani area is Government Middle School (GMS) Kosar where only 4 teachers have been deputed to teach as many as 200 students.
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| | | | Thanamandi residents, shopkeepers suffer due to faulty drainage system | | | 
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Mar 7: Residents and shopkeepers of Thanamandi town in this border district are up in arms against the local administration alleging that the faulty drainage system in the area has compounded the problems with nobody listening to them and solving the problems.
The protesters said that although an amount of more than 80 lakhs was spent on the drainage system in the Thanamandi town there has been no difference as the drains continue to be blocked.
They said tha... | |
| | | | Medical colleges to come up in all districts: PM | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Mar 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his government's aim is to set up one medical college in every district to further strengthen the health infrastructure of the country.
"Keeping in mind the future challenges, our government is continuously working on strengthening the health infrastructure.
After Independence there was only one AIIMS, now there are 22 AIIMS," he said in a virtual address on the occasion of 'Jan Aushadhi Diwas'.
"Our target is to set up one medical college in every district," Modi said.
Informing that over 8,500 'Jan Aushadhi Kendras' have been opened so far, he said: "These centres are now becoming solution centres for the ... | |
| | | | COVID-19: JK reports 25 new cases | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: The Government today informed that 25 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 20 from Jammu division and 05 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 453270.
Moreover,57 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 36from Jammu Division and21 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 8927doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the l... | |
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