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| Jammu grievances gather dust in sarkari files, over 500 complaints lie unattended | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 16: Much against the government assurance of timely redressal of grievances in J&K, the complaints filed by the people of Jammu are allegedly gathering dust here.
With this being the scene in the City of Temples, the plight elsewhere in Jammu region can only be imagined.
Official documents as accessed by the Early Times reveal that a shocking number of around 550 complaints as filed by the Jammuites from time to time are “gathering dust.”
Sources said the matter came to the notice of a senior official posted in the district during an official meeting held in the winter capital on July 14.
“The concerned officer apprised the Deputy Commissioner that there are around 550 grievances pending in different departments,” official documents as accessed by the Early Times reveal.
Sources said the Deputy Commissioner was taking department wise review of the grievances disposed of and those pending.
Sources said the Deputy Commissioner took serious note of the issue and instructed the officers “to gear up their men and machinery and work in synergy... | |
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| Govt resumes extra-curricular activities, ignores Amarnath Yatra ! | | ‘If extra- curricular functions can resume, why not pilgrimage?’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 16: Even as the Jammu and Kashmir government has resumed “extra-curricular” activities and even reopened parks and gardens in Kashmir, the decision to cancel the revered annual Shri Amaranthji Yatra is not being reconsidered despite numerous appeals from the devotees.
While parks and gardens in Kashmir are seen “flooded with visitors” and government has been asking people to attend cultural events recently inaugurated in Kashmir, there has been silence over the cancellation of the annual pilgrimage.
While the parks and gardens were closed in the wake of the second wave of Covid19, the government had subsequently cancelled the scheduled Shri Amarnathji ... | |
| | | | COVID-19: Jammu reports 103 new cases, Kashmir 118 | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 16: The Government on Friday informed that 221 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 103 from Jammu division and 118 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 319576.Also 01 COVID-19 death has been reported from Jammu Division.
Moreover, 208 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals including 70 from Jammu Division and 138from Kashmir Division.
Besides this, 99.15 percent of population above the age of 45 years has been vaccinated across the Jammu and Kashmir.
The Bulletin also informs that 01 confirmed case of Mucormycosis... | |
| | | | ACB files FIR against CUK engineers, construction firm for embezzlement | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 16: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ABC) has registered an FIR against three engineers of Central University of Kashmir (CUK) and a construction firm for embezzling funds to the tune of Rs 71.61 lakh in the valley.
An official of ACB said that the bureau registered a case FIR No 16/2021 in Police Station ACB Srinagar against the officers/ officials of Central University of Kashmir for malpractices in the execution of works at the University campus in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal.
“An instant case was registered on the basis of a verification conducted which revealed that e-tender dated July 9, 2017 was floated by Central University of Kashmir au... | |
| | | | Test, track, treat and tika: PM Modi’s advice to states | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 16) urged states where COVID-19 cases are rising to take proactive measures to prevent a third wave and stressed on moving forward with the strategy of test, track, treat and ‘tika (vaccine)’.
Modi said apprehensions about a third wave of the coronavirus are being expressed with the number of cases in some states a matter of concern.
During an interaction with the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala, he said that 80 per cent of the new COVID cases last week were from these states.
Rise in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra and Kerala is a matter of grave concern... | |
| | | | Developing industrial estates at Jammu is still a distant dream | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 16: With much publicity, Jammu and Kashmir government had announced the allocation of a land bank of over 6,000 acres for creating industrial estates but there is no further progress in this regard.
The land-bank of over 6,000 acres of land was announced on attract investors in Jammu province to develop this region as a business centre in identified sectors.
Highly placed sources said that as the Jammu region was going to be benefitted from this project, some forces in the administration were creating hurdles in its proper implementation.
“Nothing has been changed as far as incentives for industrials are concerned because anti-Jammu elements, who are hel... | |
| | | | 2 LeT militants killed in Srinagar encounter | | 78 ultras neutralized this year, says IGP | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 16: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were on Friday killed and as many CRPF personnel were injured in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Srinagar.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar said that as many as 78 militants, including 39 from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), have been killed in different encounters with security forces during the last over seven months in the valley.
A police spokesperson said that following specific information about presence of militants, a joint CASO was launched by Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police, CRPF and Rashtriya... | |
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