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NC’s silence on Mehbooba’s house arrest irks PDP! 9/25/2020 12:13:45 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 24: The Peoples Democratic Party has been allegedly irked by the “silence” of the National Conference Member Parliaments over “continued arrest” of PDP President Mehbooba Mufti. Sources said the PDP has expressed dismay over the “silence” of the NC MPs in the Parliament during the Parliament session over the issue of detention of the woman leader. Sources said the PDP leadership had got it conveyed to senior NC leader Omar Abdullah that his father and MP Dr Farooq Abdullah’s silence on Mehbooba was “shocking and shameful”. Sources said the PDP leaders are understood to have conveyed it to Omar that through his aides that “NC has duped other parties through its moodswings.” “If the NC MPs couldn’t raise the issue of our leader what can be expected from such a party of double speak,” a source quoted PDP as having said. Sources said the issue has snowballed into a big controversy and that may affect the apparent bonhomie between the twin parties based in Kashmir. “One thing is clear the kind of cordial relations which the two parties had creat...   READ MORE

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Irony! Braving COVID-19 threat, students appear in exams but get wrong question paper 9/25/2020 12:13:35 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 24: Braving COVID-19 threat, hundreds of students of 6th semester of 3-year graduation course on Thursday reached colleges to take examination but found wrong question papers, forcing the Jammu University authorities to cancel the examination. Though the Jammu University authorities termed the mistake as “human error” but students asked when they make any mistake on answer sheets such as writing a wrong roll number, they lose one year but when the wrong is committed by University, it takes excuse of human error. According to students of Jammu University 6th Semester, as per date sheet the examination of Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) was...   READ MORE   Scam: Arms licenses getting renewed manually 9/25/2020 12:13:30 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 24: Despite clear directions from the Ministry of Home Affairs to renew arms licenses online, manually renewed licenses are in circulation in clear violation of the Arms Act. Sources told Early Times that agents are allegedly getting these licenses renewed manually and it looks like a part of big nexus. Before 2017 arms license used to get renewed manually but after digitalization of arms record, it was made mandatory to get the arms licence of every individual renewed through an online process thereby manual renewal was termed invalid. Some snapshots of renewed arms licenses in possession of Early Times clearly indicate that that these were renewed ...   READ MORE   Dy Medical Superintendent, Executive Engineer suspended for shortage of oxygen at GMC hospital 9/25/2020 12:13:24 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 24: Taking a serious view of shortage of oxygen in COVID wards at the Government Medical College (GMC) hospital here, authorities on Thursday ordered suspension of the in-charge Executive Engineer and Deputy Medical Superintendent. A three-member panel was set up on Tuesday to look into complaints of shortage of oxygen in COVID wards of the hospital which had triggered protests. In the light of findings of the probe committee, it has become incumbent to take corrective measures and to take action against officers who were associated with the duty of managing oxygen supply in GMC hospital, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, At...   READ MORE   Road accidents in J&K on rise, admin seeks report 9/25/2020 12:13:12 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 24: Jammu and Kashmir administration has taken a serious note of the rising road accidents and has sought a detailed report from concerned departments over the measures taken to prevent mishaps. The data reveals that there were as many as 8733 persons who got injured in 6067 road accidents in just three years. Deaths due to road accidents in J&K were also high compared to many other states. The number of persons dying in road accidents in the same period was 892, that means almost 300 deaths every year. There has been no relief to the pain and sorrow that families of road accident victims suffer each year. News and police reports are laden with gory accide...   READ MORE   With 1549 fresh recoveries COVID-19 recovery rate reaches 70%; 1104 fresh cases, 22 new deaths Positive cases 68614, active positive 19451, recovered 48079, casualties 1084 9/25/2020 12:13:06 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 24: The COVID-19 recovery rate has improved in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir since recoveries have outnumbered fresh cases over the past few days. As on date the recovery rate is 70 percent with 48,079 virus affected patients have recovered out of total number 68,614 positive cases. According to the official media bulletin on Corona Virus 1,549 patients recovered today while as 1,104 fresh cases of virus were reported during the same period. In the past 24 hours 22 COVID-19 deaths have taken place with the number of casualties reaching 1,084. Jammu district reported 242 new cases of Corona Virus followed by Srinagar district...   READ MORE   Symptomatic patients to isolate at home, asymptomatic to be discharged without test after 10 days Confusion in COVID-19 management 9/25/2020 12:12:51 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Time Report SRINAGAR, Sept 24: The people at helm seem to be confused when it comes to managing both the symptomatic and asymptomatic patients of COVID-19. The protocol regarding such patients changes in the same way as chameleon changes its colours. Few days back the Health & Medical Education (H&ME) department revised the guidelines for asymptomatic Corona Virus patients and said that such patients would be discharged after 10 days without any test. This revised guideline has confused the people more so those who are directly or indirectly involved with the COVID-19 management. Sources told Early Times that since a long time most of the symptomatic Corona Vi...   READ MORE   BJP sitting councilor resigns, joins Ladakh apex body 9/25/2020 12:12:36 AM Early Times Report Leh, Sept 25: A Bharatiya Janata Party sitting councilor from Saspol constituency on Thursday resigned from the party and joined the apex body of Ladakh, demanding constitutional right under 6th schedule. Tsering Wangdus, a sitting councilor from Saspol constituency said that he has resigned from the BJP and joined the apex body to represent the sentiments of Ladakhi people and demand 6th schedule for the region.He said he along with all the Sarpanchs and Panchs has joined the apex body. “As a senior leader I feel that it’s really appropriate for me to work along with the senior most leaders who are part of the apex body,” he said. He said that he was also not ...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents Railway Road Nanak Nagar residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm 9/24/2020 11:12:57 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 24: People living in the Railway Road Nanak Nagar area are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance. The Railway Road Nanak Nagar area is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this colony and they a...   READ MORE   PIL filed in J&K High Court over delay in opening of Kishtwar-Sinthan road 9/24/2020 11:05:50 PM ASIF IQBAL NAIK EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sept 24: After repeated requests and pleas made to open Kishtwar-Sinthan-Anantnag-Marwah road went unnoticed, the locals now finally knocked the doors of Jammu and Kashmir High Court for seeking directions for the government and district administration Kishtwar to make the road available for vehicular movement for the general public. As per the details available with “Early Times”, 65 year old Ghulam Rasool Magray, son of Ghulam Mohammad Magray of Nowapachi, Tehsil Marwah, District Kishtwar through Advocate Nazim-ud-Din Qazi has filed Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in J&K High Court along with an application for the grant of interim relief f...   READ MORE

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