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| Jammu based gazetted officers allege discrimination in promotions | | Seniority list ignored, 2 officers from Kashmir promoted | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: The Jammu based gazetted officers of the Department of Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare (AP&FW) have alleged discrimination in promotions to the level of Chief Agriculture Officers or equivalent.
They have alleged that seniority of Jammu based officers was ignored and the officers from Kashmir division were given priority.
The 1998 directly recruited gazetted Agriculture officers have give representation to the Lieutenant Governor claiming that the preference has been given to the non-gazetted officers, who were not even eligible for the posts.
Speaking to Early Times, the officers said that in the seniority list of 1998 batch officers, out of first fifteen officials, only four are from Kashmir division while 11 are from Jammu division.
“Surprisingly all the officers in the seniority list, who are from Jammu division have been bypassed while two officials in the same list, who fall at serial number 2 and 11 have been preferred,” they added. They further alleged that the selective approach of the department to ignore Jammu based... | |
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| Ventilators at DH are unused due to lack of staff | | | | Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, May 30: The ventilators at District Hospital Udhampur are lying unused due to lack of staff technically trained in handling such devices.
Sources in the hospital informed that there is acute shortage of essential staff in the hospital where there are only three anesthesia doctors who managed Covid as well as other patients helping in operation theatres are there while the requirement is of so more and there are no trained nurses to work on the ventilators.
While the District Hospital Udhampur already had four ventilators of its own besides , the Centre has given additional 35 new ventilators about one year ago to the medical institution w... | |
| | | | Early Times report substantiated: GMC yet to release selection list of staff for DRDO hospital | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 30: Official handout issued by the government this evening has authenticated report published in Sunday’s edition of the Early Times regarding delay in the formal functioning of newly constructed 500-bedded hospital of Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) at Jammu.
This newspaper has reported that it was all due to delay in recruiting para-medical staff that formal functioning of this much-required hospital has been postponed for a couple of days.
Meanwhile according to the official handout, the Government Medical College Jammu has released the selection list for the post of Nursing Supervisors for Defence Research and Development Organ... | |
| | | | Country experienced many moments of national pride: PM Modi on his Govt’s 7th anniversary | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, May 30: The country has experienced many moments of national pride during his government''s tenure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he highlighted its initiatives on national security and various development measures on its seventh anniversary.
In his monthly ''Mann ki Baat'' address, Modi said what could not be achieved even in decades was done in these seven years because everyone worked together as "Team India".
"We worked as a team. We worked as Team India. Every citizen has tried to take a few steps forward in advancing the country," he said.
Modi also said that along with successes there have been trials too and referred to the COVID-19 pand... | |
| | | | India will overcome every challenge under PM Modi: Shah | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, May 30: Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the BJP-led NDA government completed seven years in power. "I am confident that under Modi ji's visionary leadership, we will overcome every challenge and continue India's developmental journey uninterrupted," he said. He added that PM Modi has made India a powerful nation with his strong leadership. ... | |
| | | | Critically injured man allegedly thrown out of GMC Jammu | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: A critically injured man was allegedly thrown out of Government Medical College Jammu Hospital on Sunday.
Injured man Mohammad Rafiq told Early Times that he was assaulted by some goons and was hit on the head by a sharp edged weapon. “Somehow I managed to reach the GMC Hospital but the doctors did not attend me and I was asked to leave the hospital. I am a labourer and whatever I had earned in a day I have already spent on my X-ray and CT scan. I have ... | |
| | | | Covid deaths in Jammu: BJP spokesperson terms it as ‘human error’; demands probe | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: Substantiating allegations of opposition parties, spokesman of J&K BJP, Brig (Retd) Anil Gupta has blamed ‘administrative mismanagement’ for unprecedented COVID deaths in Jammu province.
While as top-brass of J&K BJP hesitating to accept the reality that it is all due to criminal negligence of officers that death toll in Jammu is higher than other parts of UT, Brig Gupta has minced no words in attacking inept administration in his article under caption. “ Lack of Strategic Advice Hampering JK Government Fight Against Covid”.
Here is full content of Brig Gupta’s article
……LG Manoj Sinha is a well- meaning person who as head of the state administrati... | |
| | | | Admin fails to reach out to people living under BPL | | ‘No official approached us during past one month’ | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: Tall claims of the administration to provide free ration to people living under Below Power Line (BPL) seem to be confined to papers only.
A group of beggars sitting outside a temple near Trikuta Nagar here while talking to Early Times said that no one from the administration has come forward to help them amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. “We don’t have ration cards but have Adhar cards. We had heard that Rs 1000/ monthly and ration will be provided to us but... | |
| | | | Unlock process begins in J&K | | Night curfew in J&K from Monday: Salons, liquor shops to open for 3 days; gyms, cinemas to be closed | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 30: The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued Covid-related restrictions, to be implemented from Monday, May 31. The weekend curfew shall continue in all 20 districts of the union territory in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. As per the notification, all instructions related to safety, health precautions, social distancing, etc. shall continue to apply.
A complete corona night curfew shall be imposed from 8:00 pm to 7:00 am the next day whereas the weekend curfew will be with effect from 8:00 pm each Friday till 7:00 am each Monday. There shall be no movement of people except for permissible activities only at the time of curfew except as follows:
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| | | | Rodents in Gynaecology Ward of District Hospital Kishtwar roam at will | | | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, May 30: As on one hand side the people are battling to keep COVID 19 at bay in hospitals, the patients and their attendants at District hospital Kishtwar are facing problems due to rodents that roam at will inside the Gynecology ward at District Hospital Kishtwar.
Speaking to Early Times, the attendants of the patients informed that the rodents had become a major headache for the patients admitted in the adding that the rodents destroyed their eatables and food kept for the patients.
“It is difficult to arrange food in hospital at the time when hotels are closed — we weren’t able to go home due to strict lockdown outside and inside it was... | |
| | | | Youth Congress leader bluffs COVID-19 SOPs, display photos on social media | | | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, May 30: A youth Congress leader from Kishtwar could be seen freely roaming inside the hospital wards and within the non-permissible area at COVID care hospital established inside District Hospital Kishtwar-the photograph of which was shared by none other than the youth Congress leader himself on social media.
The youth Congress leader shared the photographs of his visit to District Hospital Kishtwar wherein he interacted with the patients and attendants followed by his photograph shared by him while coming out of the COVID care hospital.
Officials in health department inform that the department has taken serious note of the activities of ... | |
| | | | Following 3805 fresh recoveries COVID-19 recovery rate in JK reaches 85.62%, 2256 new infections | | Positive cases 288940, active positive 37677, recovered 247393, casualties 3870 | | |
Jehangir Rashid
eARLY tIMES rEPORT
SRINAGAR, May 30: The COVID-19 recovery rate in Jammu & Kashmir reached 85.62 percent as 3,805 virus affected patients recovered in the past 24 hours or so. The union territory reported 2,256 new infections following which the total number of positive cases reached 2, 88,940; with 29 fresh deaths the death toll reached 3,870.
Srinagar district reported 350 new cases followed by Jammu district 339 cases, Ganderbal district 190 cases, Budgam district 170 cases, Baramulla district 164 cases, Anantnag district 154 cases, Pulwama district 140 cases, Kulgam district 96 cases, Rajouri district 92 cases, Kupwara and Doda districts 77 cases each, Poonch dist... | |
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