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Shocking: Mehbooba points finger on judiciary after Parra's bail rejected 2/24/2021 11:46:07 PM Early Times Report jammu, Feb 24: 'Frustrated' over rejection of bail application of her close-aide Waheed Parra, former chief minister and president of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) president pointed finger towards judicial system of the country. "Worrying trend that bail is no more the rule but an exception & an accused is assumed to be guilty without proof. Current state of affairs is such that under trials are jailed for months & even years languishing behind bars before charges are proven", she tweeted from her official twitter handle while expressing her anguish over denial of bail of her party's youth wing president Waheed Parra. Trying of compare Parra's case with that of Disha Ravi, Mehboba tweeted, "The Delhi Court's judgment in Disha Ravi's case yesterday that mere allegations don't amount to a crime is in stark contrast with Special Court's decision to reject Waheed's bail purely on the basis of accusations without evidence". Mehbooba tried to give an impression that Parra has been arrested by the agencies merely on flimsy grounds without convincing evidence. A...   READ MORE

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Erstwhile JK political regimes sanctioned loans without caring for recovery Of Rs 840 cr, mere Rs 2.40 cr recovered till date 2/24/2021 11:46:00 PM Early Times Report jammu, Feb 24: The failure of the erstwhile PDP led government to recover loans from various corporations and other entities resulted into the non realisation of whooping Rs 843 crore. Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation, Srinagar Development Authority and several other institutions emerged as major defaulters in the entire process. Documents in possession of Early Times reveal that the total outstanding loans registered in J&K increased from Rs 1,409.83 crore to Rs 1,660.86 crore during the period 2013-14 to 2017-18. Of Rs 1,660.86 crore, major portion of loans amounting to Rs 843.44 crore were outstanding against seven entities. (1) Municipalities Rs 5.17...   READ MORE   'Influential' employee at Tehsil Office Mendhar overstaying since years Evades transfer every time using contacts at higher ups 2/24/2021 11:45:50 PM RAJESH TANDON Early Times Report POONCH, Feb 24: An 'influential' employee at Tehsil Office Mendhar of this district has been overstaying at this office for the last many years in violation of transfer policy. It has been observed that he had managed to evade his transfer every time using his contact at higher ups. Sources in the department informed Early Times that he had spent most of his service time at Tehsil Office Mendhar having two offices including SDM Mendhar in the same building. He remains shifted from SDM office to Tehsildar office making the mockery of transfer policy. They alleged that he had remained involved in malpractices by making the gullible people fool. Although he...   READ MORE   Government carries out construction in 'Green Zone' along banks of Dal Lake 2/24/2021 11:45:36 PM jehangir rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 24: The Boulevard Road and other areas located along the banks of world famous Dal Lake may be no construction green belt areas, but as they say that rules are for fools and those can be tampered with according to the convenience of the 'influential'. Early Times has learnt from sources that the process for carrying out a construction by the administration has already begun on the Boulevard Road. The construction is coming up on a plot of la...   READ MORE   Police find 'Kuwait-links' to terror incidents in Jammu 2/24/2021 11:45:05 PM Early Times Report jammu, Feb 24: In a shocking development, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have found "Kuwait links" to terror cases in the winter capital region. Sources said few hours ahead of the arrival of European Union delegates in Kashmir on February 17, the Jammu and Kashmir Police nabbed a man at Jammu airport on his return from Kuwait via Mumbai. Sources said acting on a tip off, the Poonch police arrested the man from runway no soon he deboarded the aircraft. As per sources, the accused had been working in Kuwait for the last over two years and had been in league with the infamous Pakistani spy agency Inter-Service intelligence, which had allegedly "hired" him for undertaki...   READ MORE   JK reports 74 fresh cases of COVID-19; positive cases reach 126093, no fresh case in 8 districts Active positive 771, recovered 123367, casualties 1955 2/24/2021 11:44:56 PM jehangir rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 24: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported 74 new cases of Corona Virus following which the total number of positive cases reached 1, 26,093. No fresh case was reported from eight districts with no death being reported in the past 24 hours or so. Srinagar district reported 19 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Baramulla district 14 cases, Udhampur district 11 cases, Anantnag district nine cases, Jammu district seven cases, Pulwama district four cases, Budgam district three cases, Kupwara and Kulgam districts two cases each and a case each in Ganderbal, Doda & Kishtwar districts. The Jammu & Kashmir administration through the me...   READ MORE   People above 60 years of age to get vaccine shots from March 1, says Centre 2/24/2021 11:44:45 PM agencies new delhi, Feb 24: The Centre on Wednesday announced that people above 60 years of age will get the COVID-19 vaccine shots from March 1. The Centre also informed that people above 45 years of age with comorbidities will also be vaccinated from the same date. "From March 1, people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years of age with comorbidities will be vaccinated at 10,000 government and over 20,000 private vaccination centres," said the Union Minister Prakash Javadekar. He added that the coronavirus vaccine will be given free of cost at the government centres. "Those who want to get vaccinated from private hospitals will have to pay. The amount they would need to pay w...   READ MORE   PM Modi bats for privatisation, says money earned will be used for people's welfare 2/24/2021 11:44:38 PM agencies new delhi, Feb 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced in a webinar on Privatisation and Asset Monetisation that the government will push ahead with plans to "monetise" and "modernise" the assets of the country. The Prime Minister said that public sector enterprises which do not occupy a position of strategic importance should not be kept functional. The only responsibility of the government, he said, is to support the country's enterprises and businesses. "I can understand the need of any public sector enterprise if it is fulfilling the needs of any sector and of any strategic importance. It is the responsibility of the government to supply support country's ente...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents Residents of Arjun Vihar Kunjwani Lane 3 pained due to least concern shown by people at helm 2/24/2021 11:44:21 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 24: People living in Arjun Vihar Kunjwani lane number 3 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 Arjun Vihar Kunjwani lane number 3 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 ...   READ MORE   Thieves strike at will in Udhampur, 5 scooties lifted in 14 days 2/24/2021 11:42:55 PM ASHWANI SHARMA EARLY TIMES REPORT UDHAMPUR, Feb 24: The Udhampur town has witnessed a series of scooty lifting cases over the last few days since as many as five scooties were stolen in the last 14 days. Police sources informed that a common thing in these thefts which came to fore is that in all the cases the parked scooties were lifted while they had keys hung with them and the rider was busy in doing shopping nearby. They suspect a common lifter might be behind all these incidents...   READ MORE   DDC chairperson Kishtwar outlines developmental agenda Warns power project managements over denying jobs to locals 2/24/2021 11:42:41 PM ASIF IQBAL NAIK EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 24: The District Development Council (DDC) Chairperson Kishtwar said that the department will remain the main focus for her, adding that there is dire need to expedite the pace of developmental activities. In an exclusive interview with Early Times, DDC Chairperson Kishtwar, Pooja Bhandari said that her prime focus would be on education and health sector. Bhandari warned the power project managements including CVPPL against denying jobs to the ...   READ MORE

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