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Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Preparations are in a full swing to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 24 but many questions are raised by some people over the allotment of event management work to a non-local company.
Highly placed sources said that tenders were floated for management of the event on April 24 at Palli village. “It is widely alleged that there is no transparency in allocating work worth crores for the coming event”, highly placed sources pointed out that the J&K government has incorporated some cumbersome clauses to debar Jammu based firms to compete for the tender.
“Some Jammu based firms who are competent enough to organize such events are debarred fro... | |
| | | | Malik’s bribery allegation: A top so-called | | “Desh-Bhakat” leader also under scanner | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Within days the Jammu and Kashmir Government approached the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the bribe allegation of former Governor Satya Pal Malik, India’s premier investigation agency on Thursday conducted searches at 14 locations, across the country, in connection with the charges.
The CBI has registered two cases in the matter. The agency has booked Anil Ambani’s Reliance General Insurance Company and officials of Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt Ltd (CVPPPL), among others, in the two cases.
CBI conducted raids at the residences of senior IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir Navin Choudhary, former officers of Chenab Valley Projects Construct... | |
| | | | No road, no vote, say Kothi-Jaghka residents | | ‘Politicians made false promises, failed to live upto our expectations’ | | | Early Times Report
Doda, Apr 21: Residents of Kothi-Jaghka area in this frontier district are up in arms against the administration for its failure to construct a road to connect their area with the mainland. Residents while talking to a local news channel said that whosoever has won elections from their area have failed to address the basic issue of providing a road to their village. “Politicians who were elected from our areas never made an attempt to connect our village with the mainland.”
They said, “We will not allow the politicians to enter our village to seek the votes. We will boycott the next elections. We will only vote for a party which will provide us with a road.
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| | | | Dilapidated roads trigger outrage in Jammu | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 21: Residents of Jammu area have voiced concern over the dilapidated condition of the roads in the city of temples and said that despite claims from the people at helm the roads are presenting messy state of affairs.
The residents said that huge ditches and pot-holes have come up on most of the roads and the macadam has caved off from scores of such roads.
They said that Jammu & Kashmir administration is making and executing plans on papers while doing nothing on ground so as to provide relief to the masses in general.... | |
| | | | 3-years on, R&B fails to construct vital road in Doda town | | | 
Early Times Report
Doda, Apr 21: Alleged lackadaisical attitude of the administration has left residents of Ward No. 16 in Doda town outraged. The failure of the Road and Building Department to construct a proper road to connect their area with the main town has left them exasperated. Residents while talking to a local news channel said, “For the past three years we have been making representations to get this link road repaired but no one has paid any heed towards our pleas.”
They said,... | |
| | | | Jammu needs 1200 MWs but Power Deptt has only 600 MWs available: Qazmi | | Says, if Govt doesn’t buy electricity, region can witness 5 to 7 hour power cut daily | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Vice-President of provincial power employees Ajaz Qazmi on Thursday expressed dismay over the fact that despite J&K having Salal, Dulhasti and Baglihar power projects, the Jammu region is facing power shortage of 600 Megawatts.
Talking to Early Times Qazmi said, “Jammu needs 1200 Megwatts of power but only 600 MWs are being provided.
This has led to 5-hour power cut and if the government doesn’t buy additional electricity, then Jammu residents should gear... | |
| | | | Mining mafia resorts to plunder of natural resources in Akhnoor | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 21: The mining mafia has virtually devastated the minerals of the Akhnoor area by resorting to illegal extraction of sand, rocks and other construction material from the water bodies of the area. The locals alleged that the same is going on under a nexus while demanding earliest end to the same.
The locals said that under a well knitted conspiracy the natural resources in the Akhnoor are plundered with the mining mafia having a level field area. They said the people at helm in the union territory are giving a free hand to these illegal players of the mafia and as such the natural resources are getting exhausted.... | |
| | | | PDP voices concern over pesky power cuts in Kashmir valley | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 21: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has voiced concern over the pesky power cuts in the Kashmir valley and said that the Jammu & Kashmir administration should devote its attention to the problems of people rather than getting busy in photo operations.
The PDP leaders said that people of Kashmir valley are facing unscheduled cuts in the holy month of Ramadhan. They said despite claims of the administration that round the clock power supply no such relief has been given to the people thus pushing them to the wall during the holy month.... | |
| | | | Army rescued 16 civilians stranded at 12000 feet Sinthan top | | | | ASIF IQBAL NAIK
Early Times Report
KISHTWAR, Apr 21: Indian Army today rescued 16 people stranded in heavy snowfall at Sinthan Pass of Kishtwar district in Union Territory of J&K.
As per the details available with Early Times, on 21 Apr 2022, at around 3 PM, Information was received from Civil Administration about 07 civilians having stranded on NH 244 somewhere near Sinthan Pass amidst heavy snowfall. A Rescue team of Indian Army personnel from Sinthan Maidan moved to rescue the civilians. The team walked for around 15 KM on NH 244 during continuous snowfall and zero visibility conditions and reached the civilians near Sinthan pass at around 6:15PM. Thereafter, army brought them down to... | |
| | | | Nursing and Allied Healthcare Colleges of JK on verge of closure, BOPEE fails to fill seats | | Govt continuously on denial mode to honor Court order | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Despite High Court order to allow Nursing and Allied Healthcare Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir to fill their seats on their own, the Government has allegedly going on denial mode due to which these colleges are on verge of closure.
While talking to Early times the president of Association of Nursing and Allied Healthcare Colleges Pankaj Sangral said that since the BOPEE has been authorized to fill the seats of paramedical courses in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh, the fate of Private Colleges, offering various paramedical diploma courses, has got deteriorated day by day.
He further said that the seats of some of the Paramedical colleges... | |
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