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| GMC Srinagar has 37 allied hospitals, GMC Jammu 5 | | Figures expose 'Champions of Jammu cause again! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 7: Startling revelations about how discrimination in healthcare too is meted out to Jammu region have come to the fore, puncturing claims of the authorities about no step-motherly treatment with any region of the state.
As per official documents in possession of the Early Times, health institutes under the administrative control of Government Medical College of Srinagar are 37 in number. On the contrary, there are mere five major health institutes functional in Jammu. They include GMC, Jammu, SMGS Hospital, CD Hospital Jammu, Super Speciality Hospital and Puy Disease Hospital Jammu.
As far as GMC Srinagar is concerned, there are more than 37 health institutes under its administrative control. Such figures have once again unravelled the mystery about how dreadful and serious has the discrimination become with the Jammu region of the state.
Early Times has earlier reported how discrimination is done even in staff strengths in these medical institutes. Take this for example: sanctioned strength of the staff at GMC Jammu is 5222 while the posts l... | |
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| Now, IASE becomes rehab centre for retired babus | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 7: The Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) has virtually become a rehabilitation centre for retired officials, in contravention to the standing instructions from the government.
Sources told Early Times that some officials were re-engaged by the authorities within a week of their retirement. This means that these officials hardly passed a day at home before being re-engaged.
"At least two officials who retired on April 30 were re-engaged by the authorities at IASE. One of them was on deputation from the School Education department while the other was permanently posted at the Institute," said sources.
Sources said that the ... | |
| | | | 20 months on, Chopra Nursing Home remains shut | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 7: Chopra Nursing Home at Government Medical College and Hospital is closed for the last 20 months in the name of renovation, but so far the work has not been started.
This nursing home was established in the name of Father of Indian Pharmacology and first scientist from Jammu, Col. R. N. Chopra, and was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, on December 21, 1989. The nursing home fetched the state exchequer a huge revenue through thousands of surgeries.
The nursing home was closed in the month of August 2017 for public use. Since then it has become out of bounds for the general public, especially the patients, who look for private heal... | |
| | | | US defeats Pak's move on Jaish chief Masood | | India's splendid diplomatic triumph | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 7: As their resistance to block attempts to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UNSC neared the point of saturation, Pakistan and China, at the least, wanted United Nations to designate the JeM as a global terrorist only after the Indian elections.
According to the report, Pakistan was wary that terror listing of Azhar, during the ongoing Indian general elections, could benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assume a second term in the office.
Pakistan's all-weather ally "China had proposed to lift its technical hold on the Azhar ban around 15 May before the last round of polling for the seven-phase Lok Sabha ele... | |
| | | | Rain of bombs on poll day in south Kashmir embarrasses police | | Unified command meet to discuss failures | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 7: Despite high security in poll bound Pulwama and Shopian districts that went to polls on May 6, militants managed to throw as many as four bombs in two districts, causing embarrassment to police.
As per reports, two grenades and a petrol bomb were thrown on polling stations in Pulwama district, one petrol bomb was thrown in Shopian.
Defence analysts here have termed it "rain of bombs" that may have contributed to lower voter turnout. Sources said the matter would be taken up at the unified command meet where apart from police, officials from army and paramilitary forces would be present. The meeting is likely to be held in Srinagar where apart from G... | |
| | | | Influential lobbying trying to install 'inefficient' outsider as VC SKUAST-J | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 7: After installing their 'own men' as vice chancellors of various universities, some influential people within BJP and Sangh Parivar have started hectic lobbying for appointing their own man as vice chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultrual Science and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu. These influential people are trying to appoint some outsiders as Vice Chancellor at the cost of deserving local candidates.
SKUAST Jammu in the only university of the State which never has a local Vice Chancellor because those remained in the power always managed appointment of outsider due to pressure from different quarters.
A search committee for drawing panel o... | |
| | | | ZEO Lower Hathal attaches teachers in violation of norms | | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, May 7: The Zonal Education Officer Lower Hathal of Tehsil Sunderbani of District Rajouri has been running attachment industry in violation of norms ostensibly on ulterior motives.
Sources told Early Times that the present ZEO Lower Hathal, who assumed the chair just two months ago has aggressively started making attachments of teachers which is not under his authority.
"Recently two attachments were made from his office which raised eyebrow in the department, he attached Najama Usha, whose original place of posting was at Primary School Tallain, with Government High School Patrara and the second employee Neeraj Kumari Sharma, whose original posting was at G... | |
| | | | Is Jammu becoming another Bihar? | | Abduction' of Class 5th student | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 7: The alleged abduction of a Class 5th student of Army School, Kaluchak by some unidentified men has sent shock waves through the Jammu, with many people wondering whether the winter capital of the state is fast becoming another Bihar or Uttar Pradesh where crime appears to be the order of the day.
On Monday, the police said a complaint was lodged by a retired Captain of Army, Joginder Sharma, who alleged that his son, Anirudh Sharma, studying in Class 5 of Army School, Kaluchak was kidnapped by some unidentified men while he was returning from the school. He said some passersby also saw the boy being kidnapped in a red colour van.
"In exchange for my son, ... | |
| | | | 20-year old woman found dead in Bahu Plaza area | | Victim stabbed in her abdomen' | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 7: A 20-year old woman was found dead in Bahu Plaza area here on late Tuesday evening.
Sources said that the victim identified as Sheetal, 20, wife of Tota Ram, of Valmiki Colony Gandhi Nagar was found in a pool of blood near Gold Gym, Bahu Plaza. The body was spotted by a police constable, Ganesh Kumar, posted at Trikuta Nagar police station. He informed his higher ups and the victim was rushed to the Government Medical College Jammu, where doctors declared her ... | |
| | | | Gives DDO powers to blue-eyed CHOs | | Horticulture deptt centralizes powers | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 7: The Horticulture department has attempted to centralize power by snatching drawing and disbursing (DDO) powers from District Horticulture Officer and giving the same to Chief Horticulture officers (CHOs) who were blue-eyed of the higher ups.
The department has already running in controversies due to promotion of blue-eyed junior officers to senior level posts while the senior officers in the seniority list have been forced to work under the juniors.
To provide them more benefits, the Horticulture department vide order number 155-Horti of 2017 dated 26/10/2017 had accorded sanction by snatching Drawing and Disbursing powers from District Horticulture offic... | |
| | | | Ex-Minister suspects involvement of cops, warns anti-national forces | | BJP holds protest against govt failure to arrest RSS leader's killers | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 7: The former BJP Minister and party General Secretary Sunil Kumar Sharma today tear into the police and administration for their failure in arresting the culprits involved behind the killings of Parihar brothers, RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma and his PSO Rajinder Kumar.
While addressing a gathering during three hour long sit-in outside Dak Bungalow Kishtwar, Sunil Kumar Sharma warn the police and administration over their failure in tackling... | |
| | | | 2019 general elections expose NC, PDP | | Kashmir turns Waterloo | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 7: The fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in J&K got completed on Monday with Ladakhi people going out to vote to elect their representative to the Lok Sabha and the people of Pulwama and Shopian in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency boycotted the poll for all practical purposes.
The 2019 elections cleared many cobwebs of confusion. These proved that the National Conference (NC), Kashmir's oldest political party (1932), and the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which was established in Kashmir in 1999 to provide an alternative to the NC, have no presence in Jammu and Ladakh provinces. Jammu and Ladakh provinces constitute over 84 per cent of the sta... | |
| | | | Against 20 mandatory meetings, 5 held in 5 yrs | | Council takes agri research half-heartedly | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 7: The Research Council, which is responsible to oversee the research programme in various stream of agriculture sciences with sole objective of providing guidance to the researchers and for that it had to meet in regular period of time but showing pathetic attitude towards this aspect it met only five times against 20 in last five years.
Sources told Early Times that according to the University Act, the Research Council comprising 14 external members belonging to Agriculture Department, Forests department, and two eminent scientists from outside and internal members of the Agriculture University was to oversee research programmes relating to agriculture, ani... | |
| | | | Students of govt school forced to do physical labour | | DC orders enquiry, assures action | | |
M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Reasi, May 7: In a sharp contrast to set educational norms and standards, authorities from a government-run school in frontier Reasi district have allegedly made around two dozen students to carry rice sack bags on shoulders.
Sources said the students of Government Middle School Bandh falling under sub-division Mohre of Chassana zone in Reasi district were made to carry the rice sack bags, apparently for mid-day meals, from a long distance.
The locals caught the scenes on camera and according to them around twenty students were carrying the load on bare shoulders while accompanied by a teacher, whose identity is yet to be known.
Demanding strict action ... | |
| | | | Construction of WFR road disaster for Dal Lake | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 7: The government may be spending crores of rupees on the famed Dal Lake but the authorities are themselves responsible for its imminent doom.
An official of LAWDA said, "Construction of Western Foreshore Road (WFR) was a disaster for Dal Lake. Millions of tons of filling material choked the vital water channels that acted like arteries through which stagnated water from bad water pockets of Dal Lake flowed. Vast tracts of bio filters were also destroyed during the construction work resulting in serious impact on the health of the lake."
He said that construction of macadamized link roads, pathways and jetties in the interior of the lake... | |
| | | | R&B fails to take up vital road, bridge projects | | |  S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 7: Despite having sufficient funds, the R&B department has failed to kick start construction of new roads and other vital projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
As of now no road in Jammu and Kashmir is in good condition, while as the construction of various government buildings sanctioned by former legislators in their respective constituencies, said sources is still pending.
Sources said, if we talk of the summer capital of J&K, the roads are in ... | |
| | | | MC Magam violates Solid Waste Rules | | Dumps municipal waste on Frerozpur Nallah banks | |  Early Times Report
Budgam, May 7: Violating solid waste (2016) rules , Magam Municipality has been dumping waste near Ferozpur nallah which originates from the glaciers around Gulmarg. The river is filled up with all kinds of reash which includes poultry waste and carcasses of dogs and dead animals as well.
Details available with Early Times reveal that more than 50 quintals of municipal solid waste collected by the sanitation staff of Municipal Committee Magam is dumped near the banks of... | |
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