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GMC Principal’s VRS offer a stunt, allege staffers Demand change in leadership to help people in COVID times 9/20/2020 12:30:21 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Principal of Government Medical College Jammu writing a letter to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Financial Secretary Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Duloo, offering voluntary retirement from the services was nothing more than a “stunt aimed at diverting the attention from the real issues”, the GMC staffers have alleged. An insider told Early Times that the GMC Principal “played a victim card” to divert attention from the real issues and escape from the “current mismanagement and lack of competence on his part” not only to run his parent department of general surgery but also the GMC Jammu. It’s in place to mention here that the GMC Jammu at present stands cornered due to its alleged failure to provide proper care to COVID-19 patients in the region. “The GMC Principal himself made his own administrative incompetence public by declaring that it is getting hard for him to run department of General Surgery while remaining Principal GMC Jammu and demanded next senior faculty to be appointed as HOD surgery,” the insider said. ...   READ MORE

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Kashmir’s influential families under scanner for manufacturing cement ‘illegally’ 9/20/2020 12:30:09 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: In a shocking development that has put Jammu and Kashmir to losses worth crores of rupees, some “influential business families” in Kashmir have come under scanner for allegedly illegal manufacture of cement. Sources said the dynasts, who ruled Kashmir had given a free-hand to such influential business families for mining for cement production without requisite license. Sources said the government has come to know that such influential families who own cement plants in central Kashmir had been manufacturing the cement without license for mining of the raw material from the nearby mountains as the same had expired several years ago. A senior offic...   READ MORE   Mehbooba, her ‘corrupt’ BJP ministers sabotaged AIIMS in Jammu 9/20/2020 12:30:03 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: While addressing a rally at Jammu on June 23, 2018, within week after breaking alliance with People Democratic Party (PDP), Union Home Minister and then BJP national president Amit Shah had admitted that Union Government had sanctioned AIIMS for Jammu but Mehbooba Mufti had created hurdle in acquiring land for the project. “Modi Sarkar ne Jammu aur Srinagar dono ko AIIMS diya, lekin PDP sarkar ne Jammu mein AIIMS ke liye bhoomi acquire nahin ki jiske kaaran is par Jammu mein kaam shuru nahin ho paya (Modi’s government announced AIIMS for both Jammu and Kashmir, but the PDP government did not acquire land in Jammu),” Shah had stated while addressing ...   READ MORE   Farooq talks about everything in LS, omits Article 370 9/20/2020 12:29:57 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah talking about everything in the Parliament except Jammu and Kashmir’s special status is an indication that the NC has finally acknowledged that Article 370 is history now. Farooq Abdullah, who attended the Parliament for the first time since his release and scarping of Article 370, had hinted that he would rake up the issue of abrogation of J&K’s special status in the Lok Sabha. However, the NC president spoke about oxygen shortage, non inclusion of Punjabi language in the list of official languages in J&K and other issues but didn’t utter a word about Centre’s August 5, 2019 decision. The 81- year...   READ MORE   Queer ways of School Edu Deptt’ Repatriation order of ReT, RReTs creates stir among teaching community 9/20/2020 12:29:52 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: The recent repatriation order for ReTs, RReTs issued by the School Education Department Jammu has created a stir among the teaching community across Jammu and Kashmir. Sources told Early Times that ReTs appointed time to time vide Government Order NO. 396- Edu of 2000 dated 28-04-2000 clearly envisages that ReT candidates after the completion of five years of service are entitled to be appointed as general line teachers in Education Department and constitute one class. They have to be treated equally in all matters of governing their jobs. “There is only cadre after five years appointment as Rehabars i.e. General Line Teacher under the Recruitme...   READ MORE   Sunderbani: Junior gets charge, seniors left in lurch 9/20/2020 12:29:42 AM A B Sharma Early Times Report SUNDERBANI, Sept 19: A junior Agriculture Extension Assistant (AEA) of Department of Agriculture has been given the charge of this tehsil in the Rajouri district with the senior one being forced to bite the dust and work under the junior colleague. Sources told Early Times that according to seniority list Davinder Jandial should have been assigned the charge of AEA Sunderbani. Instead of this Vinod Kumar has been assigned the charge. This is despite the fact that Vinod is very junior to Davinder in the department but still then is enjoying the elevation. “The post of AEA was vacant for a long time and the charge of same was assigned to a Subject Matt...   READ MORE   LG announces Rs, 1350-cr economic package to boost tourism, other sectors 50 % waiver of fixed charges in electricity, water tariff 9/20/2020 12:29:33 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced a Rs 1,350-crore economic package for the Union Territory on Saturday to give a much needed boost to tourism and other sectors hit by the economic slowdown caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the security scenario. As a part of the package, the government has waived 50 per cent of the electricity and water bill amounts for a year across Jammu and Kashmir with an aim to bring a huge relief ...   READ MORE   ‘50 percent discount on bills only for industrial, commercial consumers’ 9/20/2020 12:29:11 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday issued a clarification regarding the discount on electricity and water charges it announced along with a Rs 1350 industrial revival package earlier in the day. Spokesperson J&K government, Rohit Kansal tweeted that the 50 percent discount on electricity and water charges announced in today’s package corresponded to fixed demand charges for industrial and commercial consumers only and not domestic connections. “The 50% discount on electricity and water charges announced in today’s package is 50% discount on fixed demand charges for Industrial and Commercial consumers. This is NOT a discount on Electrici...   READ MORE   JK reports 1492 new cases, 40265 recover so far 9/20/2020 12:29:03 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 19: The Government on Saturday informed that 1492 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 831 from Jammu division and 661 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 62533. Also 21 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 14 from Jammu division and 07 from Kashmir Division. Moreover, 960 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 322 from Jammu Division and 638 from Kashmir Division. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Corona virus (Covid-19), out of 62533 positive cases, 21281 are Active Positive, 40265 have recovered and 98...   READ MORE   2 KAS officers, who attended several meetings, test positive for COVID-19 8 employees of Kishtwar tehsil office also test positive 9/20/2020 12:28:57 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Kishtwar and adjoining Doda District are increasing at an alarming rate. According to the details available with Early Times, Doda District has reported around 600 cases in the past one week while at the same time Kishtwar District reported around 500 cases following which authorities to take measures to contain the further spread of the virus within community. “Despite issuing area wise lockdown orders, the spread of the virus could not be prevented and importantly many senior officers in District Administration Kishtwar, beside government officials are falling prey to the virus with each pas...   READ MORE   Come out of your offices to see how people are struggling : Munish to officials Gadigarh residents demand basic amenities, ask admin to act 9/19/2020 11:36:59 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Residents of Lower Gadigarh area are up in arms against the administration for its alleged failure to provide them with basic amenities. Gadighar is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and is a glaring example of the official apathy and neglect. According to the residents successive regimes just ignored them. “Roads in our area are in dilapidated condition. Drains are in shambles and the garbage remains unattended for days together,” residents to...   READ MORE   Residents of Pouni hail Editor ET for highlighting their issue CE PWD (R&B) directs XEn Reasi to prepare proposal of road 9/19/2020 10:29:25 PM AB Sharma Early times Report Reasi, Sept 19: The residents of Pouni tehsil of District Reasi thanked Editor Early Times for highlighting their issue of road as the Chief Engineer of PWD (R&B) taking the cognizance of the report had directed the XEn Reasi to prepare proposal of road as soon as possible so that work might be started at the earliest. As per Back to Village programme, the Chief Engineer PWD Ashok Kikloo had visited various districts to review the development projects including Samba, Udhampur, Ramban and Reasi. During his visit, he held meetings with concerned officials and took stock of the development works. The Chief Engineer strictly directed them to use genuine ma...   READ MORE   Rarest of rare case solved Sopore man gets life imprisonment in murder case, fine of Rs 2 Lakh 9/19/2020 10:29:10 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Sept 19: A 37 year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday by a local court for stabbing to death a person in 2010 in Sopore town of this north Kashmir district. Principal Sessions Judge, Baramulla, Sanjay Parihar sentenced an accused (name withheld ) a resident of Brat Kalan Sopore, relying on the statements of prosecution witnesses who had seen the convict with victim Altaf Ahmed Tantray, a resident of Gund Brat Sopore when he stabbed him to death near a local masjid 10 years ago. It had been the prosecution cases that accused committed murder of deceased. According to sources, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 2 l...   READ MORE

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