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| BJP using us for vote bank politics: Kashmiri Pandits | | Observe Holocaust Day, demand punishment for killers, their return to Valley | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: Kashmiri Pandits on Wednesday staged a protest at Jagti townhsip here demanding capital punishment for the killers of KPs and seeking their resettlement in the Valley.
Talking to reporters protesters said, “None of the governments since 1990 have been able to make a list of murderers who killed Kashmiri Pandits 1990 and drove them out of Kashmir.”
They said, “BJP has been ruling the country for the past eight years. But it has used our community for vote b... | |
| | | | Cluster University Jammu becomes victim of political interference | | Standard of education deteriorating with each passing day | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: The inhuman treatment meted out by the Cluster University Jammu to a COVID positive female student has exposed prevailing anarchy and chaos n the higher educational institutions of Jammu province.
Cluster University Jammu glaring example of the prevailing mess in the education sector of this region. The standard of higher educational institutions in the Jammu region has been deteriorating with every passing day due to political interference.
As far as the Cluster University of Jammu is concerned, it has become synonymous with anarchy, mess, and chaos because those at the helm of the affairs are least concerned to improve the standard of this institute.... | |
| | | | Teachers do everything except teaching! | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: Teachers working with the Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department are doing everything except teaching in the schools.
An observer while talking to Early Times said, “The teachers are being used by the government to do all the odd jobs. These jobs can include preparing electoral rolls, preparing data of the Covid patients, working on the files in the offices of the Education Department and anything else.”
He said, “The basic job of the teachers is to impart the education and not to work as clerks. But calling teachers to perform clerical jobs has become a routine. This needs to be checked.”
An analyst said, “It seems that teachers also feel co... | |
| | | | MGNREGA payment ‘scam exposed’ in Sunderbani, senior officers silent | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
Sunderbani, Jan 19: Notwithstanding the tall claims of the Lieutenant Governor’s administration of tightening the noose around corrupt officials and bringing large scale transparency in public services, an expose of alleged scam in Sunderbani has raised several questions.
In the league of exposes, the recent one has surfaced from Sunderbani Tehsil of district Rajouri, wherein payment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was deposited in the bank account of a person, who was never associated with any project of the Act.
“A person namely Suraj Prakash son of Ram Lal received a payment under MGNREGA for a project of cons... | |
| | | | PM Modi to host first India-Central Asia summit | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Jan 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format on January 27, the Ministry of External Affairs announced today.
The summit will be held with the participation of the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the MEA said in a statement. This will be the first engagement of its kind between India and the Central Asian countries at the level of leaders, it said.
The first India-Central Asia Summit is a reflection of India's growing engagement with the Central Asian countries, which are a part of India's "extended neighbourhood", the MEA said. Prime Minister Narendra Mod... | |
| | | | CRPF bunker attacked | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 19: A Central Reserve Police Force bunker was fired upon by militants in Kashmir but there was no injuries reported in the incident, officials said.
The attack took place in south Kashmir’s Anantnag town.
"Terrorists fired upon a CRPF bunker of 96 battalion and there is no loss or injury reported yet,” a security officail said. He added the area has been cordoned off.... | |
| | | | Dilapidated road irks Hajin residents | | | 
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 19: Residents of Hajin in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district have voiced concern and lodged strong protest against the dilapidated condition of the roads in the entire Hajin area.
A group of residents while giving vent to their anger said that all the roads connecting Hajin are in total mess and no step whatsoever has been taken to improve the condition of the roads. They said that Hajin-Sumbal, Hajin-Sopore and other roads present a picture of absolute ne... | |
| | | | 14-yrs on, Mankote-Choi village awaits road connectivity | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 19: Residents of Mankote-Choi village have demanded that the construction of the road taken up some 13 years back in 2008 should be taken to its logical conclusion so that the people of the village and adjoining ones are absolved of the daily problems. The residents of the village said that for the past 13 years they have been waiting for any authority to come and order for the construction of the road.
They said that they have been ditched by the previous g... | |
| | | | Lucknow family murder case: Elder son killed victims for property, befooled J&K Police? | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 19: For the last six days, Ramban Police was searching a “missing” family from Lucknow which was “trapped in landslides”.
This massive search operation was launched on the basis of a social media post that was posted by none other than the elder son of the family who has allegedly killed the missing persons at Lucknow. The search was finally stopped this afternoon as the whole episode was turned out to be the gruesome murder of three members by own blood relation.
The main accused in the gruesome killings is Sarfaraz Khan, the elder son of the family who killed his father Mehmood Ali Khan, mother Darakshan, and younger brother Shavez just for the propert... | |
| | | | Lower Gadi Garh residents express dismay over dilapidated condition of roads | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 19: The residents of Lower Gadi Garh have expressed dismay over the dilapidated condition of the roads and urged the administration to improve the condition of the roads so that their problems are solved.
A group of the residents told Early Times that the roads in the area are full of ditches and pot-holes and they have not been set right. The residents said that although they raised the issue many times but no action has been taken so far.
The residents said th... | |
| | | | Gadigarh to Miran Sahib road dotted with potholes irk commuters | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 19: Gadigarh to Miran Sahib road is literally dotted with potholes exposing the tall claims of the Government of providing good roads which has been creating inconvenience to the commuters.
This stretch comes in the way of the busiest road from Satwari to RS Pura but the dilapidated condition of the road has adversely affected the traffic movement. "Traveling everyday through this road is like a nightmare I can never escape from. All the patch work has washe... | |
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