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Lakhs spend on renovation of palatial bungalows of some bureaucrats Poor daily wagers, need-based workers struggling to get regular salaries 8/18/2021 12:00:38 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 17: Even as daily wagers and need-based workers are agitating to get regular salaries amid unprecedented hike in prices of essential commodities, some arrogant and inefficient Babus are brazenly indulged in spending government money for the renovation of their palatial bungalows. Brisk renovation is going on in palatial bungalows of some bureaucrats, who have done nothing constructive for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, since their arrival in the Union Territory. A couple of these bureaucrats are only concerned about getting more and more luxuries from government expenditure because there is no accountability and transparency in the system. Credible sources said that these bureaucrats are mounting pressure on different departments to renovate their bungalows with imported and costly items. “For the last six months lakhs and lakhs rupees have been spent on the renovation of bungalows of these bureaucrats”, a source said and pointing out that except retweeting some posts these bureaucrats have done nothing since their arrival in Jammu and Kashmir....   READ MORE

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War Against Corruption: Retd CEO, former ZEO Chowki Choura in dock ACB produces chargesheet 8/18/2021 12:00:28 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Aug 17: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) produced a charge sheet against then Chief Education Officer (now retired), Jammu then ZEO Chowki Choura, then Headmaster, Government High School Mallah (now retired), and an ReT Teacher. The chargesheet was produced in case FIR No. 29/2017 PS VOJ (now ACB Jammu) U/s 5 (1) (d) r/w 5 (2) J&K PC Act Svt. 2006 and 120-B RPC against Ram Rakha then ZEO Chowki Choura, Jammu, Sheru Ram then Headmaster Govt High School Mallah (now retired) Tarsem Lal then Chief Education Officer (now retired) and Priti Rani, ReT Teacher. The instant case was registered on the outcome of a verification conducted into the allegations on receipt of...   READ MORE   For terrorists, BJP workers are ‘sitting ducks’ 8/18/2021 12:00:09 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 17: Continuing the target killings of BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, terrorists on Tuesday killed a constituency in-charge of the party in the Brazloo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The deceased has been identified as Javaid Ahmad Dar son of Abdullah Dar resident of Brazloo who was shot dead outside his residence. Killing of BJP workers after repeatedly intervals has become a routine affair in J&K but those at the helm of the affairs have no t...   READ MORE   Kalal dispensary: ISM doctor remains unauthorisedly absent Munna Bhai MBBS ambulance driver runs the show, video goes viral 8/18/2021 12:00:00 AM Early Times Report Rajouri, Aug 17: ISM Dispensary at village Kalal in Nowshera Sub Division of Rajouri district has been non functional as the doctor posted in the dispensary remains unauthorisedly absent and only visit once or twice a month due to which the residents of this border village had to suffer a lot. A video has gone viral wherein the driver of an ambulance was seen prescribing medicines to the patients putting their lives in danger. The Sarpanch of the area Ramesh Choudhary c...   READ MORE   COVID-19: JK reports 83 new cases, one death 8/17/2021 11:59:33 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Aug 17: The Government on Tuesday informed that 83 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 38 from Jammu division and 45 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 323582. Also, one Covid death has been reported from Jammu division. Moreover, 153 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals including 58 from Jammu Division and 95 from Kashmir Division. Besides this, 99.73 percent of population above the age of 45 years has been vaccinated across the Jammu and Kashmir. The Bulletin also informs that no new confirmed case of Mucormycos...   READ MORE   PM Modi holds high-level meeting on Afghanistan 8/17/2021 11:59:26 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security this evening, to to assess the situation in war-torn Afghanistan. The meeting was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. India has evacuated its staffers from the embassy in Kabul, which fell to Taliban on Sunday. The embassy personnel, including the Indo-Tibetan Border Police on security duty, have been flown back on two Air Force planes -- the second one took off this morning, sources have said. The Prime Minister has been constantly in touch with officials r...   READ MORE   2 Kashmiri professors stuck in Kabul safe, will be brought back soon, assures LG 8/17/2021 11:59:20 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 17: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday assured that the two professors, who are stuck in Afghanistan after the country was taken over by Taliban, are safe and will be brought back soon. Mr Sinha said that he spoke to Minister of State (Mos) Foreign Affairs V Muraleedharan and sought immediate evacuation of two professors from Kulgam teaching in a Kabul university in Afghanistan. Mr Sinha said that the MoS accused that the government is committed to bring back every citizen safely as soon as possible. “I assure the families of Prof Asif Ahmed and Prof Adil Rasool that they are safe and will be home soon,” he wrote on micro-blogging site twitter. “Spoke...   READ MORE   Goswami Basti residents face erratic water, power supply Seek end to their woes 8/17/2021 11:59:08 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Aug 17: Residents of Goswami Basti in Qasim Nagar area of old city are facing acute shortage of water and power supply for the past some time besides they are also deprived of other basic civic amenities. The PHE and PDD Departments seem to care little about the condition of residents of this area in the absence of regular and proper water and electricity supply. Irked over the irregular as well as inadequate water and power supply in Kabir Basti, several resid...   READ MORE

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