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J&K mourns death of teenage girl, elderly man in grenade blast; Govt celebrates Women’s Day 3/9/2022 12:07:02 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 8: Amidst Jammu and Kashmir mourning the death of a teenage girl and an elderly man in a grenade blast at Hari Singh High Street in Amira Kadal, the government is busy celebrating Women’s Bike Rally and holding other events to claim that everything is hunky-dory in the Valley. It’s in place to mention here that ultras had hurled a grenade at a busy flea market at Hari Singh High Street on Sunday, leaving an elderly man and a teenage girl dead, and 24 others wounded. An observer while talking to Early Times said, “Death of two innocent people hasn’t made any difference. The indifferent attitude of the helmsmen towards the families of the deceased is shocking. Someone needs to tell the people who are managing that killings and celebrations don’t go together in any part of the world.” The 19-year old Rafiya Nazir who was killed in the blast had passed class 12 exams with 93% marks recently and wanted to become a doctor but the dreams of the family were shattered after her body arrived at her home on Monday morning. She along with her sister and ...   READ MORE

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Is LG’s ‘health for all’ announcement real? 12-year old child waiting for treatment since Mar 6 3/9/2022 12:06:49 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 8: A few days back Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha had asserted that the Union Territory government is committed to the goal of ‘health for all’, and promoting social equality through new healthcare projects. However, it seems that a few doctors at Government Medical College & Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu has no regard whatsoever for the LG Sinha’s ‘health for all’ commitment as a 12-year old child namely Harsh is still waiting for his treatment to begin since getting admitted in the hospital on the night of March 6. Harsh, who hails from Batote, fell from the roof the day before yesterday and sustained serious injuries. He was immediately rushed to GMC&H,...   READ MORE   Patients suffer due to shortage of doctors at SDH Basohli 3/9/2022 12:06:35 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 8: Residents of Basohli area and the adjoining areas have expressed concern over the lack of facilities and shortage of staff at Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Basohli. They have appealed the administration to look into the matter so that there is an end to their problems. The residents said that there is shortage of staff adding that the physician is not available at the hospital. They said that same is the case with some of the specialities at the hospital with doctors not available to treat the patients who visit the hospital on account of different ailments. The residents said that although latest machines have been installed at the hospital the doct...   READ MORE   Sangam Govt school functions from shopping complex 3/9/2022 12:06:28 AM Early Times Report Anantnag, Mar 8: The Government Primary School Sangam functioning from a shopping complex contradicts the claims of the Education Department that children are being provided with all the facilities so that they can be equipped to face the world. One has to climb narrow stairs that have no support to reach on the first floor of the shopping complex where children are seen studying in dingy rooms. “We want better facilities. Our teachers work hard to make us learn but we ...   READ MORE   Is Yes Man culture looming large in Kashmir University? Director replaced by junior AP, norms thrown to the wind 3/9/2022 12:06:16 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 8: Wide-scale apprehensions of 'Yes Man Culture’ are menacingly looming large in the University of Kashmir with the junior assistant professor made in-charge of the department otherwise required to be helmed by a veteran academician. Sources in the varsity divulged that given the significance of the activity of admissions, the University authorities used to give topmost priority to its administration. Before the creation of the Directorate of Admissions in 2017, this activity used to be administered by the Dean of Academic Affairs who happen to be the Senior Most Professor. Once a separate Directorate of Admissions has been created, the responsibility of its...   READ MORE   Voilating all norms, ZEO in Akhnoor Sub Division attached various blue eyed teachers 3/9/2022 12:05:46 AM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 8: Although government has constituted and framed some transfer policies for different grade employees, but these norms are closed in books as the ground level reality of the administrative units is adverse of these policies. According to the sources a Zonal Education Officer (ZEO) posted in Akhnoor Sub Division area, voilating all norms of department is continuously attaching some blue eyed teachers as per their choice. Many locals from rural areas have informed Early Times that their children are deprived and no teachers is ready to perform their duties in these far-flung areas, teachers hand in gloves with concerned ZEO have choose the...   READ MORE   Delay in payment of PMAY aid puts beneficiaries in a fix 3/9/2022 12:05:30 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 8: Several beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Arnia tehsil of Jammu district are awaiting payments to complete house construction which is giving anxious moments to them. Beneficiaries who applied for the financial aid under PMAY two years ago have not received a single installment while only in few cases one to four installments have been given. “People are making rounds of the Municipal Committee office with a request to release the i...   READ MORE   Terminated RUMSA teachers seek renewal of contract ‘No one is listening to us, we are going door to door’ 3/9/2022 12:05:19 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 8: Youth appointed as teachers under RUMSA scheme are staging protest in Jammu against the government’s decision to discontinue. Talking to reporters here the government had appointed 110 consolidated teachers at the consolidated salary of Rs 30,000 per month. Many postgraduates and PHD holders were appointed under the scheme and many of us have become overage. “We want the arrangement to continue on a yearly basis. We are not asking for regularization.” “The ...   READ MORE

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