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BJP leaders ask Centre to save J&K from ‘mafia’ 4/10/2022 11:58:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 10: Amid the joining of a large number of political activists in the Aam Adami Party (AAP), the fears-stricken J&K unit of the BJP has appealed central leadership of the party to save the Union Territory from the ‘mafia’ to face coming assembly elections. Fear-gripped J&K BJP leaders that the failure of the administration to solve the basic problems of the people would sabotage the party’s plan to form its own government in Jammu and Kashmir. “Earlier due to failure of the Congress to encash peoples’ anger BJP leadership was not worried about assembly elections but now the situation has been drastically changed”, a senior BJP leader told The Early Times. Wishing anonymity the leader said that the emergence of AAP in the political scenario has added woes to the local BJP leaders. “Instead of giving importance to local BJP leaders who have a connection with the common masses at the grass-root level, administration has virtually handed over the whole UT to the mafia”, the BJP leader regretted and pointed out that people are blaming BJP for prevailing...   READ MORE

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J&K Bank flats present picture of absolute neglect; authorities unmoved 4/10/2022 11:58:24 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 10: A property of Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited located here is in total shambles and the same has turned out to be a favourite hunting ground for all the ills and mess that are prevalent in the society as on date. The flats that form the property come under the jurisdiction of Jammu & Kashmir are in total mess and there is no fencing whatsoever. The residents said that all the garbage of the area as well as of all the nearby areas is dumped in the compound of ...   READ MORE   Poor linemen continue to die, PDD babus busy with other works 4/10/2022 11:57:35 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 10: At least three linemen have died on duty in the last odd three months alone, while the Power Development Department looks unmoved by the tragedy faced by the victims, and their families who crave for relief. The official sources said that three major tragedies have struck Kashmir while similar incidents took place in Jammu region as well. On April 9, a casual labourer died after he fell from an electric pole in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The deceased identified as 30-year old Mansoor Ahmad, a Casual labour in PDD, was repairing an electric wire at Ajas village of Bandipora when he fell from the pole. Mansoor was rushed to hospital where h...   READ MORE   “Transforming” J&K-a biggest mockery; adopting of e-office another big fraud 4/10/2022 11:57:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 10: On Sunday Jammu and Kashmir government issued a lengthy handout to claim that the Union Territory has transformed due to the adoption of the e-office but on the ground, it is another fraud like other schemes of the present dispensation. Unlike other parts of the country where the government has adopted a virtual mode to minimize corruption, e-governance is still a distant dream. For cheap publicity, it has been claimed that a paperless system has been adopted to ensure responsive and effective governance but in reality, it is another fraud. Not even a single government has completely adopted a paperless system. It was claimed that people can seek dir...   READ MORE   Yogi Govt gives free ration, J&K admin increases water usage charges Tale of Two Govts ! 4/10/2022 11:57:20 PM Early Times Rport Jammu, Apr 10: While the government led by Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh has decided to extend its free ration scheme by three months, the Jammu and Kashmir administration is likely to install water meters soon by virtue of which the JK consumers will have to pay more for water usage after a restricted slab. While the decision to give free ration in UP was taken in the first cabinet meeting chaired by Yogi Adityanath, who took oath as UP’s Chief Minister for the second time yesterday, the people of the Hindi heartland have hailed the decision. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that for the scheme the government will spend ₹ 3,270 crore. But people of...   READ MORE   Udhampur : Staff shortage makes students suffer at High school Kultyar 4/10/2022 11:56:53 PM Ashwani sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, Apr 9: The shortage of staff in Government High School kultyar at panchari in Udhampur district has put the future of hundreds of students in dark . The School has acute shortage of teaching staff due to which students are suffering “, said Pawan kumar Sarpanch of kultyar bala He also informed that the requirement of this school is 14 member of staff including teaching and non teaching but in this time only four teacher and 1 Piti mast...   READ MORE   Covid crisis not over, we never know when it will resurface: PM Modi 4/10/2022 11:56:37 PM Agencies Ahmedabad, Apr 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the coronavirus has not gone away and keeps resurfacing, and cautioned people not to let their guard down in the battle against the pandemic. Nobody knows when the ‘bahurupiya’ (one that changes form) COVID-19 will resurface, PM Modi said, adding that administering nearly 185 crore doses of vaccines to control its spread was made possible due to public support. He was addressing via video conferencing the Mahapatotsav programme of Maa Umiya Dham at Vanthali in Gujarat’s Junagadh district, as part of the 14th foundation day celebration of the temple of Maa Umiya, considered as the deity of Kadva Patidar community. ...   READ MORE   Amit Shah confident border belt generating 5 lakh jobs 4/10/2022 11:56:28 PM Agencies Banaskantha (Gujarat), Apr 10: After inaugurating the Indo-Pak border viewing point, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the growth in tourism will generate at least five lakh jobs for the people in Nada Bet in the Banaskantha district of Gujarat. He said that the district in the next 10 years will see ample employment opportunities. “I can see that after 10 years Nada Bet will be a centre of employment for at least five lakh people of Banaskantha. PM Modi is giving a major boost to border tourism in the country,” said Shah. The Home Minister mentioned the government’s vision in the development of the viewpoint and said that it would enable the people to intera...   READ MORE   AAP Himachal chief, two others join BJP 4/10/2022 11:56:17 PM Agencies New Delhi, Apr 4: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Himachal Pradesh unit suffered a major setback after its state unit president Anup Kesari, organisational general secretary Satish Thakur and Una district chief Iqbal Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi. The three leaders joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Anurag Thakur at the Delhi residence of BJP national president JP Nadda on Friday. “Kejriwal ji, pahadi people will not let you befool them. AAP’s Him...   READ MORE   Poor have no right to life, says 12-year old boy Divorced by husband woman runs from pillar to post for 5-marla land, babus in no mood to listen 4/10/2022 11:56:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 10: A woman and her son from Rajouri District are running from pillar to post to seek 5 marla land to build a house for them. The woman while narrating her woeful tale said that she was divorced by her husband when her son was not even one month old and since then both of them are living under an open sky. Her son Mohammad Arshid said, “My mother has been performing all the odd jobs to feed me for the past 12 years. I also try to help her out. We have appro...   READ MORE   Prices of vegetables skyrocket in holy month of Ramadan 4/10/2022 11:55:53 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 10: The prices of essential commodities have skyrocketed in Kashmir in the holy month of Ramadan. Early Times spoke to vegetable vendors and shoppers in Lal Chowk on Sunday. “The vegetables in the Mandi itself have become expensive. If we ask suppliers to give us some concessions, they advise us to look for some other business as goods are reaching a higher rate. Customers fight with us when we tell them the rate.” A customer said, “Vegetables have become very expensive. One kg of lemon costs Rs 250 tomatoes are sold at Rs 50 per kg. During the past few days fuel prices too have increased.” The vegetable vendor said that none of the officials visi...   READ MORE

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