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Power Deptt not conducting business as usual 5/31/2021 11:57:34 PM Masood Malik Early Times Report Jammu, May 31: Ways of J&K UT administration are “quite ridiculous and uncalled” for to be termed as business as usual vis-à-vis governance. One of the striking examples, among many, has blown up recently which has put many engineers in quandary over their reshuffling and postings. The Power Department has once again hogged the headlines as it has allegedly queued up its blue eyed for benefits and sending many others to guillotine. In a recent transfer policy under the Government order 117-JK (PDD) OF 2021 dated 28-05-2021, engineers are transferred, posted and placed in a reshuffle which has hit those below the belt who had been serving at the present place of posting for less than a year even . These officials have been transferred which flouts the government guidelines itself wherein the transfer policy transparently indicates that a particular period of posting of an official of any department is at least four years. “ Then why few of us have been made scapegoat and transferred to different places of postings as we haven’t yet complete...   READ MORE

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Admin’s poor response to litigations allows backdoor appointees to call shots 5/31/2021 11:57:12 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, May 31: Half-hearted response to litigations by the various departments and autonomous bodies, has led to J&K government not being able to take a final call on the backdoor appointees and their unjustifiable promotions. Sources alleged that there are a huge number of backdoor appointees in different departments, and with the blessing of a handful officers, they have reached to the post of Deputy Secretary and even beyond, on the basis of ‘pre-planned’ litigations. “Department of Rural Development and Panchyati Raj (RD&PR), has many backdoor appointees, who have made a fortune. In this department, people were appointed as daily rated workers ...   READ MORE   Online education proving difficult for toddlers Parents call it a cruel joke, ask authorities to reconsider policy on virtual classrooms 5/31/2021 11:57:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 31: The online education being imparted to children in Jammu and Kashmir amid the prevalent pandemic has become a cruel joke- both for the kids as well as for the teachers and parents in unison. Social media these days is abuzz with the discussions over how futile the online mode of education is proving for the kids who haven’t even crossed 8 years of their age. Under this kind of bizarre system, the kids are made to sit in front of the mobile phones or tablets wherein a teacher on the other end in a virtual classroom is imparting lecture to them. What is more ironic is the fact that there are many kids who haven’t even seen the classroom for real. From...   READ MORE   Will die of hunger rather than corona, say Maratha mohalla residents Priests suffer as devotees stay away from religious places 5/31/2021 11:56:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 31: Residents of Maratha mohalla here are up in arms against the administration for failing to provide them with any assistance in lockdown. Residents while talking to Early Times said, “We will die of hunger and starvation and not of corona. No one from the administration has come forward to help us. We have no ration, in our homes. We have been left with nothing. The administration should provide us with ration for at least 15 days as our survival has become...   READ MORE   Reconsider suspension of DFO: Conservator Forests writes to Comm/Secy 5/31/2021 11:56:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 31: The Conservator of Forests East Circle Jammu has written to the Commissioner/Secretary to reconsider the suspension of Divisional Forest Officer. The Commissioner Secretary to Government Forest Department Sanjeev Verma (IAS) had issued the suspension order of DFO Jammu Alok Kumar Maurya on 19/5/2021 for alleged dereliction of duties in response to PIL no 25/2017 CM No. 1456/020 IA Nos. 1/2017 and 2/2017 titled SAVE vs UT of JK and others (regarding encroachment of forest land). The order was issued on the approval of the Lieutenant Governor and in the concluding part it was written as, “Now therefore, pending enquiry into the matter DFO Jammu is placed...   READ MORE   GMCH Jammu: Critical patient from Ramban denied treatment 5/31/2021 11:56:25 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 31: An elderly person from district Ramban, who was critically suffering from prostate ailment, was not attended by the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu, who was brought in emergency. The family members alleged that the doctors in the emergency ward didn’t attend the patient, who was crying in pain due to prolonged prostate ailment. The patient Sher Din (69) from district Ramban was taken to Super Speciality Hospital Jammu for treatment...   READ MORE   PM Modi praises farmers for "record output" amid pandemic 5/31/2021 11:56:15 PM Agencies New Delhi, May 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated the farmers across the country and pointed out that there was a record production of crops even during the Covid pandemic. Addressing his monthly radio programme "Mann Ki Baat" today, the Prime Minister said that the pandemic affected each and every sector but the agricultural sector produced record crops. "Our country faced such a big crisis that it affected every system of the country. The agricultural sector protected itself from this attack to a great extent. Not only did it keep itself safe, but the sector also progressed, moving forward," the Prime Minister said. "The farmers produced record outp...   READ MORE   Decades on, Padal awaits water supply lines Residents trek 4 kms to get water for their survival, officials unmoved 5/31/2021 11:56:07 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 31: Residents of village Padal in district Samba are facing acute scarcity of water for the past many decades. Residents while talking to Early Times said, “Till date many officials have visited our area but have failed to address the water scarcity in our area.” “We fetch the water from springs and streams in forests. We have to trek many kilometers to fetch a can of water. The stream is 4 kms from our village. The PHE has laid the pipes but water hasn’t re...   READ MORE   Panchayat Kasba sans facilities at COVID care centre 5/31/2021 11:43:29 PM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Poonch, May 31: The objective of the government of creating five bedded COVID care centres at Panchayat level seems to be defeated in most of the panchayats as no facilities of any sort have been placed in many panchayats putting people in huge hardship. A video has gone viral in social media, wherein local residents of Panchayat Kasba have been exposing poor facilities put in place in the panchayat ghar. There were only two beds placed and there was no bedding on them. “No medicines, oxy-meters, sanitizers, masks were placed there in the room, which clearly shows that the directions of the government are not being adhered to with letter and spirit,” ...   READ MORE   Kishtwar hospital lacks canteen facility; patients, attendants suffer 5/31/2021 11:41:32 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, May 31: The patients and their attendants at District Hospital Kishtwar are suffering due to non availability of canteen facilities at the hospital that caters more than 2.50 lakh population of Kishtwar District along with huge chunk of population from Gundow area of Doda District and Pangi Sub Division of Himachal Pradesh. Speaking to Early Times, the patients at District Hospital Kishtwar inform that due to non availability of canteen facility at Kishtwar Hospital, they have to travel to far off distance from the hospital to collect food and other items for the patients adding that during the ongoing lockdown when hotels and restaurants ...   READ MORE   Pregnant ladies not tested for COVID-19, alleges Dy MS MCCH Anantnag 5/31/2021 11:41:25 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, May 31: The head of Anantnag Maternity and Child Care Hospital claims that the pregnant ladies weren’t being tested for corona virus as per the laid down procedure in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “As per COVID-19 protocol every pregnant lady should be tested after 34 weeks of pregnancy in order to know her COVID status and this is to be done by the staff in periphery, but majority of pregnant ladies who report or are referred to M&CCH Anantnag are without any COVID test,” claims Deputy Medical Superintend M&CCH Anantnag Dr S.M Indrabi. Dr Indrabi has written a detailed letter to Deputy Commissioner Anantnag and Director Health Service...   READ MORE   JK witnesses dip in fresh COVID-19 infections with 1525 new cases, 37 fresh deaths Positive cases 290465, active positive 35095, recovered 251463, casualties 3907 5/31/2021 11:40:19 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 31: Jammu & Kashmir saw a dip in fresh COVID-19 infections with 1,525 new cases of the virus being reported in the past 24 hours following which the total number of positive cases reached 2, 90,465. With 37 fresh deaths the death toll due to the virus reached 3,907. Jammu district reported 278 cases followed by Srinagar district 253 cases, Kupwara district 181 cases, Budgam district 121 cases, Baramulla district 102 cases, Anantnag distri...   READ MORE

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