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| Patnitop: Hotels violate pollution norms, ruin fragile environment | | Officials ignore HC order to file status report about illegal, unauthorized constructions at health resort | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: A complaint has been lodged against renowned hotels at Patnitop for violating the pollution norms and posing a threat to the fragile environment of the famous health resort.
According to the details available with Early Times the complainant has written to Member Secretary J&K Pollution Control Board, and alleged that a few renowned hotels at Patnitop are violating norms and action should be initiated against their owners for ruining environment of the area.
One of the hotels according to the complainant, Harcharan Singh, is using an under capacity Sewerage Treatment Plant (non-functional), which was installed against the norms and guidelines of the... | |
| | | | J&K Bank past audits under scanner, SEBI guidelines thrown to winds | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: At a time when the incumbent Jammu and Kashmir Bank Chairman is beating the trumpet of ensuring transparency within the financial institution, a big question that everyone is asking is whether the past blunders will be addressed and will the accused be nailed for violating the norms.
Jammu and Kashmir bank for the past five years violated the guidelines issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in accordance to which Chairman of the Audit Committee in the bank should have been an independent Director. However, in violation of the provisions, the Chairman of the Audit Committee for the years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2016-17 was a non-ind... | |
| | | | Mehbooba’s appreciation of Rahul raises many eye-brows ! | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s all appreciations of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has raised many eye-brows because recently she had criticized Congress for not vociferously opposing Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 and 35-A.
Hailing Rahul Gandhi as a daring and bold politician who dares to speak truth, Mehbooba on Saturday said that history will remember Congress leader for standing up to the “present dictatorial regime” of Narendra Modi.
Reliable sources said that it was all due to political compulsion that Mehbooba Mufti has given a statement to appreciate Rahul Gandhi because her party PDP has been isolated at the national level due to sepa... | |
| | | | Can’t kiss, hug my wife due to threat of Covid: Farooq | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: Former chief minister and president of National Conference Dr Farooq Abdullah said that due to the threat of deadly Coronavirus he cannot kiss or hug his wife.
Speaking in a function while releasing a book title ‘Shakhs Shakhsiyat aur Khidmaat’, written by Masud Ahmed Choudhary, at Jammu on Sunday, Dr Abdullah said that the deadly virus has changed life-style and people are hesitating to even shake hands with each other. “Life has been changed due to this virus”, he observed and said that every section of the society is badly affected by this virus.
Pointing towards the start of vaccination in the country, the former chief minister hoped that a vacci... | |
| | | | IIT Jammu recommends ‘Retrofitting’ of Rehmat-e-Aalam hospital | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Jan 17: After eight months, the IIT Jammu has finally completed the safety audit of under-construction Rehmat-e-Aalam hospital building in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district and recommended ‘Retrofitting’ in its two floors, Early Times learnt on Sunday.
According to reports, The Indian Institute of Technology Jammu (IIT Jammu) has submitted the safety audit report of Rehmat-e-Aalam hospital building to JK Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) in the month of November and recommended Retrofitting and jacketing of columns and vital beams in ground floor and 1st floor of the building to reduce the vulnerability. Both the floors were constru... | |
| | | | JK reports 126 new cases of Corona Virus; no fresh death, positive cases reach 123343 | | Active positive 1224, recovered 120198, casualties 1921 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: With 126 new cases of Corona Virus being reported today the total number of positive cases in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reached 1, 23,343. No fresh death was reported in the past 24 hours or so.
Jammu district reported 48 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Srinagar district 34 cases, Budgam district seven cases, Poonch district six cases, Kupwara district five cases, Baramulla, Pulwama, Anantnag and Kupwara districts four cases each, Shopian, Samba and Kathua districts two cases each and Kulgam, Udhampur, Rajouri & Ramban districts one case each.
The Jammu & Kashmir administration through the media bulletin informed... | |
| | | | Horticulture Deptt fails Market Intervention Scheme | | Blocking of Rs 1.5 cr payment of apple growers by Deptt fails to attract them this year | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 17: Despite spending lakhs on the publicity of Market Intervention Scheme by the Horticulture Department Kashmir, it failed to attract the apple growers to sell their produce under this scheme as farmers were unhappy with the department for not clearing their pending payment of Rs 1.5 crore.
Sources in the Department told Early Times that the scheme was launched with much fanfare in November 2020 with assurance to the fruit growers to give them reasonable prices of their produce but shockingly majority of growers except few didn’t turn up to the procurement centres and sold their produce from other modes.
They alleged that the fruit growers expressed thei... | |
| | | | J&K industrial package will be Sanjeevani in generating employment for youth: LG Sinha | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: Asserting that establishment of industry always remained a challenge previously in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that the recently announced new industrial package will prove to be ‘sanjeevani’ for youth across the Union Territory in generating employment. “In the last seven decades, industry was not full-fledged established in Jammu and Kashmir but I am sure that new industrial package of Rs 28,400 crore announced by the Centre, will open avenues and act as ‘sanjeevani’ for youth across the Union Territory,” Mr Sinha said in an interview to a TV channel.
Thanking the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for personally mo... | |
| | | | People face hardships due to dilapidated condition of Gahan road | | |  ASIF IQBAL NAIK
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 17: Despite spending crores of rupees by the Department of Roads and Buildings, the people of village Gahan in Sarthal area of Kishtwar District area are facing a lot of problems due to poor condition of the road which is under construction since last over a decade.
As per the details available with Early Times, Chandali-Gahan-Kaakoli is a remotest area of Kishtwar district which is a few kilometres away from Sarthal area.
The condition of th... | |
| | | | Food supplier raises same bill for different items provided to participants of national level seminar | | IASE Srinagar under scanner yet again | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: Despite opposition from different quarters in the administration the Right to Information (RTI) Act has been instrumental in exposing the scams and scandals and in some cases the people involved in scam have the patronage of the people at helm.
Nadeem Khan, a resident of Haka Bazar, Hawal-Srinagar had moved an application with the Public Information Officer of Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) seeking information about various events held under the aegis of the Institute. The RTI applicant had sought details about the total amount spent on NCF seminar held on January 7 and 8 in 2019.
The PIO in his reply said that t... | |
| | | | J&K lacks Critical Care Ambulance, PAD during emergency situations | | Heart attack increases during winters | |  S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir is lacking critical care ambulances as heart attacks among the general public and especially in youth are increasing day by day. The worst ever disease, heart attack that increases among the youth is an alarming situation and the government must do something special to save maximum people without wasting anytime.
Health experts point out that there remains a chance of more than 20 percent of heart a... | |
| | | | ET follow up : Ganouri-Tanta Village Electrified for the first time since independence | | |  Asif Iqbalk Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: District Administration Doda under the supervision of DDC Doda Dr Sagar D Doifode proved its mettle and set up an extraordinary example of good governance when a herculean task of electrifying Gonuri Tanta village of Kahara Tehsil was accomplished in record time.
As per the details available with Early Times, to celebrate the achievement, DC Doda Dr Sagar D Doifode today visited the village and formally declared the village as electrified ... | |
| | | | Overhauling in BJP within seven-month ‘due to below’ expectation result in DDC elections | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: Notwithstanding tall claims of the party to get overwhelming response from Kashmir Valley during the just concluded District Development Councils (DDCs) elections, decision of the party to change general secretary of in-charge of the Valley has authenticated the reports that high command is not satisfied with party’s performance in the elections.
BJP has won three DDC seats from Kashmir Valley after spending huge resources. The party has failed to perform on expected lines in twin border districts of Poonch-Rajouri and in the mountainous belt of erstwhile Doda district comprising Ramban, Doda and Kishtwar. Party’s performance in Kishtwar and Ramban has ... | |
| | | | Choked drain near Shivaji Chowk annoys residents, solution still far away | | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 17: The locals putting up in and around Shivaji Chowk area in Nanak Nagar are grappling with the problem of a blocked drain from Shivaji Chowk to J&K Bank Branch, opposite Shiv Mandir for the last more than two years.
The choked drain, according to the residents, has become a source of nuisance for them as it not only emanates foul smell while the dirty water filled with garbage flowing in it spills on to the road every now and then.
However, their strenuous ... | |
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