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Embezzlement of funds at Qazigund Hospital; Health Department seeks report from accused Making mockery of the system ! 4/7/2022 11:43:54 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 6 : In a shocking development, the Health and Medical Services Department has asked Chief Medical Officer Kulgam to submit a report on allegations of fund embezzlement by him at Emergency Hospital Qazigund. According to an official communiqué, a copy of which lies with Early Times, a social activist from Qazigund has filed a complaint against Chief Medical Officer Kulgam alleging that the officer has embezzled government funds at Emergency Hospital Qazigund. “The officer was posted as Medical Superintend Qazigund Emergency Hospital from 17-08-21 to 20-07-2021 and Medical Superintendent District Hospital from 21-07-2019 to 30-04-2021 and during these postings all the hospital fund, RKS fund and RBSK etc has been expended without following government procedure and all the payments have been made to the favorite contractors and suppliers and a good percentage has gone into his pocket,” alleges complainant. The complainant alleges that Dr Rafiq Dobi, Chief Medical Officer Kulgam has embezzled huge money and as such needs to be probed. On this comp...   READ MORE

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Udhampur: ‘Dial 108’ ambulance service asks patients to wait for 12 hours 4/7/2022 11:43:40 PM Ashwani sharma Early times report Udhampur, Apr 7: Central Government has provided two 108 ambulance to district hospital Udhampur for emergency refer patients but The Dial 108 service is not performing to the satisfaction of the public in Udhampur town and there is lot of resentment against the same. Some people who tried to avail service of Dial 108 informed that when they dialled the number they were asked to wait for about 1-2 hours. However, some well places sources informed that in...   READ MORE   PDD abandons electrocuted casual labour Khurshid broke his spinal cord 3-years ago while repairing a power line 4/7/2022 11:43:25 PM Early Times Report Anantnag, Apr 7: A 45-year old casual labourer of Power Development Department, Khurshid Ahmed, fell down of an electric pole while repairing a power line in Chandhara area three years ago and broke his spinal cord. For the past three years he is bed ridden and can’t even get up on his feet. The department has not provided him with any assistance and has left him to die. “After I got electrocuted, the department abandoned me. My friends helped me financially. No one from...   READ MORE   Migrant shot at in Pulwama 4/7/2022 11:42:59 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 7: A driver from Punjab who was working in the valley was wounded in yet another targeted attack on non locals by militants in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. They said unknown gunmen fired upon driver Sonu Sharma a resident of Pathankot Punjab at Yader Pulwama Thursday evening. “The injured was shifted by locals to district hospital Pulwama,” an official said, adding the driver has bullet injuries on his right thigh. Senior security officials have rushed to the area. Security officials believe the attacks are apparently aimed at driving away migrant workers from Kashmir. “The terrorist want to create fear among non locals by target...   READ MORE   Ill-treatment to COVID warriors exposes rot infested system Health workers without salaries for months, deafening silence within power corridors shows lack of concern 4/7/2022 11:42:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 7: Four months and counting, the women health workers in Jammu and Kashmir are yet to get their wages from the health department. This has exposed the rotten system which is calling shots in the erstwhile state at present. According to reports, Female Multipurpose Health Workers have not been paid salaries for the last four months and due to this, they are facing immense hardships. In spite of taking up the issue with the government several times for their demands, their salaries have not been released yet. Reports inform that due to non-payment of salary, many women are facing difficulty in subsistence on household expenses and many workers are not able ...   READ MORE   Private schools diktats bring parents on streets 4/7/2022 11:42:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 7: A group of people today carried out a protest against management of some of the schools who are allegedly selling uniform and other articles on exorbitant rates. The protesters said that some of the schools are selling the books and other articles on high rates. The protesters asked the Secretary School Education and Director School Education to take personal interest and break the nexus between the management of schools and the book sellers and other busines...   READ MORE   Power outage triggers protest, police use force, resort to tear gas shelling IC PP Kahara attached, inquiry ordered after protest spills over 4/7/2022 11:42:22 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Apr 7: The people living in power hub Districts of Doda and Kishtwar are continuously facing power crises and the areas witnessed several hours power cuts even during the holly month of Ramadan forcing the people to chose agitating path and in one such attempt the protest took ugly turn following use of tear gas shelling and lathicharge on the protesters at Kahara in Sub Division Thathri of Doda District. As per the details available with Early...   READ MORE   Ill planned garbage dumping site in Pulwama irks residents 4/7/2022 11:42:01 PM Early Times Report Pulwama, Apr 7: Residents of Pulwama town in South Kashmir are up in arms against the administration for failing to develop a mechanism for garbage disposal. According to the residents, the garbage collected in the town is dumped on Ring Road where many shopping complexes have come up. “The entire area stinks due to which customers don’t visit the newly constructed shopping complexes.” They said that garbage being dumped close to the paddy fields has turned the entire ar...   READ MORE   Engage agencies, ensure disaster alerts reach remote areas timely: Amit Shah 4/7/2022 11:41:44 PM Agencies New Delhi, Mar 7: Agencies involved in disaster management should ensure that alerts generated for calamities should reach the remotest panchayat location in the country timely and organisations like NCC, women groups and home guards should be brought on board for this task, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. He asked the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the federal agency to train and undertake operations during such emergencies, to take a leadership role in this context so that whenever such an emergency strikes, a trained personnel can work as a “stop gap arrangement” till professional rescuers reach the spot. He was speaking while inaugurating a two-day ‘an...   READ MORE   Students work as labourers, video goes viral 4/7/2022 11:41:35 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 7: A video has gone viral on internet which reveals students working as labourers to construct an approach road leading to a Government School in North Kashmir’s Bandipora District. The video has triggered resentment among the netizens. They are demanding stern action against the school administration for using children as labourers. “Teachers and the school principal should be punished for forcing students to work as labourers,” netizens wrote on social m...   READ MORE   J&K admin not interested in solving problems of SPOs: Sewa Singh Bali 4/7/2022 11:41:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 7: Trade Union AAP leader Sewa Singh Bali has alleged that the Jammu & Kashmir is not listening to the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the appointment as well as promotion of Special Police Officers. Bali said that the UT administration is not serious towards the issues of SPOs despite the fact that these people have fought the militancy in different parts of Jammu. He said that these people have been pushed to the wall and time has come when the a...   READ MORE

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