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| Discrimination: Jammu ignored yet again | | IUST in Kashmir gets Rs 609 lakhs to develop sports infrastructure; out of Rs 816 crore Jammu gets nothing | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 20: Notwithstanding tall claims of the BJP to end discrimination with Jammu region, step-motherly treatment with ‘nationalist’ people is going on unabated. J&K’s transition into a Union Territory has not helped Jammu’s cause.
Shockingly Jammu region does not figure in the list of the educational institutions that were provided financial assistance to sports infrastructure across the country. In a written reply to the question of Dr. Amee Yajnik in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur informed that financial assistance has been provided to 27 educational institutes across the country for sports. In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, only Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) Awantipora, Pulwama was selected for granting financial assistance for development of sports infrastructure.
An amount worth Rs 609 lakhs has been sanctioned for laying of synthetic athletic track at Islamic University Science & Technology (IUST) Awantipora, Pulwama. Already Rs 557 lakh has been released for the com... | |
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| Strange ! Amarnath Yatra cancelled but senior KAS officers still deputed as camp directors | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 20: This year’s annual Yatra of Shri Amarnathji has been cancelled due to ‘pandemic’ but employees of different departments are still deployed at various places en-route of the holy pilgrimage.
Not only employees of Health, Fire Services and other departments have been stationed at various spots of the Yatra, even six KAS officers have also been deputed as Camp Directors on various camps en route Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board.
On June 21, formal announcement for the cancellation of this year’s annual Shri Amarnathji Yatra, due to the COVID pandemic, was made. For the second successive year, Yatra has been cancelled due to pandemic.
“In the wake of Covid-1... | |
| | | | Govt employees to celebrate festival without salary ! | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 20: Yet again, a section of employees of Jammu and Kashmir government will celebrate the upcoming festival without clearance of their monthly dues.
The aggrieved said for the last two-three years, the monthly salaries of employees are not paid in time even ahead of the festivals while such complaints have been pouring in from departments like the Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation(JKPCC), the J&K Cements and also the civic bodies like the Srinagar Municipal Corporation.
While the employees of JKPCC have complained that they don’t get salary for months “together”, in the latest their wages haven’t been paid ahead of Eid ul Azha. The emplo... | |
| | | | COVID-19: Jammu reports 5 deaths, Kashmir 1 | | Cases decline as 88 more people test positive in J&K | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 20: The Government on Tuesday informed that88 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 35 from Jammu division and 53 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 320112.Also 06 COVID-19 death has been reported, 05 from Jammu division and 01 from Kashmir Division.
Moreover, 221 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals including 93 from Jammu Division and 128 from Kashmir Division.
Besides this, 99.22 percent of population above the age of 45 years has been vaccinated across the Jammu and Kashmir.
The Bulletin also informs that 01 co... | |
| | | | ‘Dabaang’ Panch calls shots, despite complaints police refuse to act | | |  Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Poonch, July 20: Despite recommending lodging of FIRs twice by the Power Department Surankote against a Panch of village Pamrote of Mohalla Charallan no action has been taken against the accused till date.
According to the details available with Early Times the Power Department had lodged the complaint against an employee of the department, who also happens to be a Panch, on the charges of electrical theft case and for creating hurdles in the smooth functi... | |
| | | | Rise above politics, work as a team: PM Modi | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the floor leaders of all parties to rise above politics and work as a team to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing the the MPs of both the Houses over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 situation, PM Modi said that Centre and states should work together as team to combat COVID pandemic.
The Prime Minister also underlined the need to remain vigilant, citing resurgence of COVID in various countries, sources said after the all-party meeting.
As per the sources, some parties sought expediting process for getting international recognition to Covaxin.
The meeting was attended by a number of opposition part... | |
| | | | Masha Mohalla sans basic amenities, residents aghast | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, July 20: Residents of Masha Mohalla in Kacha Talab area are up in arms against the government for failing to provide them with basic amenities of life.
Residents while narrating their ordeal told Early Times that the road in their area was macadamized six years ago and since then nothing has been done to maintain or repair it.
“Power outages and water scarcity have become a part of our lives. Drainage system remains blocked and these keep on over flowing,” they s... | |
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