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Govt to probe ‘backdoor’ appointments of PDP-BJP regime 4/23/2021 11:33:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 23: In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to order a probe into the allegedly backdoor appointments made during the previous Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janta Party regime. Sources said New Delhi has given a go ahead for the job and that the JK government was finalizing modalities to chose the investigating agency for such cases. Sources said the government has started discussions on the issue with the Anti Corruption Bureau in particular and that investigations were likely to be started in the coming days. It was reliably learnt the government has inputs that not only the lower cadre appointments were made through the backdoor but that even the “middle cadre” posts were filled on alleged “influence.” “There are many such cases but things will get clear only when a formal inquiry is ordered into the matter,” said a senior official on the condition of anonymity. He said a special investigation team was likely to be constituted to accomplish the probe “in a time bound manner.” It is pertinent to me...   READ MORE

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Subordinates not taking Director school Education’s order seriously 4/23/2021 11:33:31 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 23: A circular has been issued by the Directorate of School Education regarding attachment of teachers is a clear indication that officers are not obeying orders of the Director School Education. Joint Directors, Chief Education Officers (CEOs) and Zonal Education Officers (ZEOs) are issuing attachment orders of teaching staff without taking Director School Education into confidence. As attachments of teachers and masters were going unabated despite repeated directions, the Director issued a circular on Thursday evening in which he gave a clear warning to officers of his department. “It has been observed that Joint Directors, Chief Education Officers and Z...   READ MORE   Leh emerges as new Covid hotspot 4/23/2021 11:33:22 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 23: With a surge in positive cases during the last one week in the Union Territory of Ladakh, Leh is emerging as Covid hotspot with the influx of tourists and large number of labourers, being transported by contractors, to this mountainous region, for completion of developmental projects. As of now Leh recorded 95 percent of total active positive cases in Ladakh. Amid surge in positive cases, chairman, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Leh, Shrikant Suse, convened an emergent meeting to review the implementation of Covid standard operating procedures (SOPs) with the members of Covid Enforcement squads. He impressed upon the concerned offi...   READ MORE   Online education to become permanent feature in school curriculum IT Deptt builds app to connect all schools via virtual mode 4/23/2021 11:33:17 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 23: Amid the spike in COVID 19 cases and frequent closure of schools across Jammu and Kashmir, the government here is mulling to make online mode of education a permanent feature in school curriculum in all classes with new apps being created for the purpose. As schools in Jammu and Kashmir are closed for offline educational activities and children are studying via an online mode, the government of Jammu and Kashmir as per the reports is going to make major changes to create student friendly learning apps for all the schools in the union territory. Login of all schools of the division will be made on the app and that each school will have its own space in ...   READ MORE   First case Covid-19 mutant strain detected in Kashmir 4/23/2021 11:33:07 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 23: In a disturbing development, a sample sent from Kashmir for genetic sequencing has been found to have the lesser-known N440K mutation by the India SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG). This is the first such case of the Covid-19 mutant variant being confirmed in the Kashmir region. Senior officials of the J&K government on Thursday said that samples are being regularly sent to the INSACOG to track the trends of the mutating virus. “We have received the reports of close to 118 samples that had been sent for sequencing. One of these has been found to have the mutation,” said a government official. The variant N440K is a lesser-known mut...   READ MORE   Amid Covid crisis, Govt to airlift 23 oxygen generation plants from Germany 4/23/2021 11:33:01 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, Apr 23: The Defence Ministry has decided to airlift 23 mobile oxygen generating plants from Germany as several states reeled under an acute shortage of medical oxygen due to a massive surge in coronavirus cases, officials said today. They said each plant will have a capacity to produce 40 litres of oxygen per minute and 2,400 litres every hour. Principal Spokesperson in the Defence Ministry A Bharat Bhushan Babu said the plants will be deployed in the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. The decision by the ministry came four days after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced granting emergency financial powers to the three...   READ MORE   Utilise full potential’: PM Modi in meeting to review supply of medical oxygen 4/23/2021 11:32:58 PM Agencies New Delhi, Apr 23: PM Modi made the remarks during his virtual meeting with the country’s leading oxygen manufacturers to address the crisis unfolding in hospitals across India due to the shortage of gas for Covid-19 patients. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday oxygen manufacturers need to utilise their full potential to meet the demand of medical oxygen in the coming days, saying there is a need to increase the availability of cylinders as well as to upgrade the logist...   READ MORE   States, UTs asked to provide adequate security to oxygen carrying vehicles: MHA 4/23/2021 11:32:33 PM Agencies New Delhi, April 23: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday said it has written to all the states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure adequate security to oxygen transporting vehicles and to make provisions for exclusive corridors for the transportation of life saving gas. The communication to the states and the UTs from the MHA went after a high-level review meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who directed the officials to take various measures to augment the supply of oxygen for medical purposes. “Accordingly, an expert group is optimising and rationalising the allocation of oxygen to various states and UTs, keeping in view the active cases an...   READ MORE   JKBOSE Class 11 Admission 2021 registration date extended 4/23/2021 11:32:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 23: JKBOSE Class 11 Admission 2021: Attention candidates, the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education has extended the last date of registration for JKBOSE Class 11 Admission 2021 for the Jammu division. As per the notice released on the official website, students can now submit their admission cum permission forms for HSP I(class 11) BI-Annual session 2021 of Jammu province till April 30, 2021. The board has released a notice regarding the same. Students can visit the official website of JKBOSE, i.e., jkbose.ac.in, and can check the full notice. The official notice reads, “In continuation to this office notification No:-F (Exam/ HSP-1/B) JD/21 Dat...   READ MORE   Solve problems of residents at an earliest, Munish Gupta urges LG Shergarh Lane no. 2 residents resent poor civic services 4/23/2021 11:19:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 23: The residents of Shergarh Lane Number 2 of Gandhi Nagar constituency have expressed concern over poor civic amenities in their area and appealed the concerned authorities to take appropriate action to address the problems. While sharing their plight, the residents said that given the worst Corona crisis with infections spread with an alarming speed across the country but in the heart of the Jammu city and in posh localities, the civic authorities have been...   READ MORE

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