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| Death audit at GMCH merely an eye wash | | Nine patients die daily in 'premier' hospital | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Apr 3: Embarrassed and cornered over high mortality rate in the Government Medical College Hospital, the 'premier' health institution of the region, which is as high as a whopping nine patients a day, the hospital administration has taken up an exercise of death audit, but , in a bid to hide their inefficiency and professional incompetence , the hospital authorities are conducting this crucial audit in entirety rather than separately for each department. According to figures, every 100th patient dies in the 900 bedded Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu, taking the average death toll to 9 per day.
Well placed sources in GMCH told Early Times that the instead of separate census, a combined death audit is being conducted by the hospital authorities to shirk their responsibility. "The GMCH conducts death audit for Ortho and Surgery department only, but same is also was be conducted separately at medicine department which is not being done", sources informed, adding that on an average 265 patents die every month." Between April 2012-March 2013 numb... | |
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| Commission verifying several complaints including Sakina's religious coercion | | ECI takes stock of election preparations in J&K | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, Apr 3: Chief Election Commissioner of India Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath has said that team of Election Commission of India is fully prepared for conducting free and fair polls in the biggest democracy of the world. He also downplayed the threat of poll boycott call given by the separatist and said that the poll boycott call given by separatist is not a new thing in State of Jammu and Kashmir and added that commission has taken all measures to ensure free and fair polls in the state.
Accompanied by Vinod Zutshi Deputy Election Commissioner, Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Election Commissioner and Umang Narula Chief Electoral Officer J&K, Sampath on the question of Sonia Gandhi mee... | |
| | | | Following HC directive, body of suspected Kishtwar fake encounter victim exhumed | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, Apr 3: Taking cognizance of the petition filed by one Haji Mohammad Aslam father of a young boy who was allegedly killed in police custody and later shown as Pakistani militant, State High Court directed to open the grave and exhume the body of the deceased to establish the identity.
A team of District Administration Kishtwar headed by ADDC Kishtwar Avtar Singh Chib and Additional SP Kishtwar Abdul Qayoom along with a team of doctors and FSL experts today opened the grave of alleged fake encounter victim in Kijai village of Padder Tehsil in Kishtwar District and collected necessary sample for DNA test.
As per the details, the petitioner submitted that his son Musta... | |
| | | | Eye on 'favours', officials on verge of retirement extend support in campaign | | Will authorities take cognizance of their absence from duties.....? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 3: Reiterating its resolve to ensure free and fair polls, Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampat today said the Commission would look into all complaints and cases which reflected violation of Model Code of Conduct in the state. As many such complaints stand registered formally, no cognizance has been taken of what can be seen as newest trend in poll campaign led by most of the Ministers in coalition Government- joining of a number of officials from Civil Secretariat in the campaign in support of candidates of alliance partners in both the regions in their respective areas.
Sources said that Ministers staying away from their offices in the civil secretariat f... | |
| | | | Why Omar hasn't campaigned for Azad so far? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 3: The offer from J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to campaign on behalf of Ghulam Nabi Azad in Udhampur-Doda parliamentary constituency was never put into actual practice by him.
Since the nomination papers were filed in Kathua by the Congress candidate, Omar Abdullah hasn't gone to any area of this constituency to campaign for Azad and seek votes for him.
To woo the people present on the nomination day and to get a headline in media, Omar made an offer which has never been realized. The National Conference (NC) working President is only busy in seeking votes for his father and other NC candidates from valley.
He toured Rajouri and Poonch district to seek ... | |
| | | | Jammu & Kashmir is not Kosovo | | Mirwaiz's break-India solution | | | Neha
JAMMU, Apr 3: Self-styled chairman of APHC-M Mirwaiz Umar Farooq the other day spoke on behalf of the entire population of the state and demanded Kosovo-type solution to the so-called Kashmir problem. "The lasting solution of Kashmir issue is extremely significant as far as the stability of the South Asian region as concerned. To secure the future of millions of people living in the South Asia, there is a need to solve Kashmir issue on urgent basis," he said while addressing on phone an international conference, "Kashmir: Challenges and Prospects". The conference was organized by a Pakistan-based think tank, Muslim Institute, in Islamabad. "1.5 crore residents of the State should be g... | |
| | | | NC-Cong Govt's indifferent attitude towards Jammu's precious water bodies | | Mansar, Surinsar and Dalsar | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Apr 3: The people of Jammu province have several grievances against the State Government. Their age-old complain is that their province has never got its due share in any sphere and that their region has been converted by the Kashmiri leadership and its agents in Jammu into a Kashmir's colony. One of their complaints is that the State Government and the Central Government are not paying attention to the precious water-bodies in Jammu like Mansar, Surinsar and Dalsar and that they have been spending crores and crores of rupees for the preservation, conservation and beautification the Kashmir's Dal Lake and Nigeen Lake. The complaint cannot be dismissed as a manifestation of th... | |
| | | | Despite allocation of funds 5 years back, Food Craft Institute stays in oblivion | | | | Arun Singh
Jammu, Apr 3: Despite liberal funding from center government on various schemes in connection with providing training to the youth of the state to explore employments in hospitality sector, state government has failed to construct Food Craft Institute (FCI) for a period of more than five years due to delay in acquisition of land on various occasions.
Sources told Early Times that in order to meet the problem of trained manpower gap in the hospitality sector due to its growing demand, two schemes viz the 'Assistance to Food Craft Institute' and 'Capacity Building for Service Providers' were launched in January 2008 by the Gol.
"Center government had sanctioned proposal of th... | |
| | | | Hoteliers accuse state government of pursuing repressive measures in order to sabotage inflow of tourists | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Apr 3: The Coordination Committee of the hoteliers of Kashmir today accused the state government of pursuing 'repressive' measures against them so that they could lose out on account of clientele more so with the tourism season around the corner.
Addressing a press conference here, the office bearers of Coordination Committee said that state government has already 'destroyed' some of the important sectors of Kashmir and are pursuing the path to do the same to the hotel industry of Kashmir.
"The state government seems to have made up its mind to sabotage the inflow of tourists to the Kashmir valley in the upcoming tourist season. It is due to this reason only t... | |
| | | | Investigators probing abandoned car's link with Kathua attackers | | | | ET Report
SAMBA, Apr 3: Seven days before militant attack on army camp at Janglote, an abandoned car was found in suspicious circumstances near main chowk of Samba town and investigators and locals are trying to establish between the abandoned car and the attackers.
During morning hours of March 25th, a car bearing registration number UA07F-5744 was found parked 100 meters short of Samba chowk, which were seized by Samba police in late evening. However, some industry workers saw this car in industrial area of Samba with unidentified persons on that particular day. Some Fruit sellers also informed police that they had seen three persons getting out of car. A blanket and toll post receipts ... | |
| | | | Mehbooba owns movable, immovable assets worth Rs 47 lakh | | | | Mustansir
SRINAGAR, Apr 3: Opposition People’s Democratic (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti who is contesting from Anantnag-Pulwama Lok Sabha seat owns movable and immovable assets worth 47 lakh only.
Mehbooba who is heading her party since 2004 and has remained member of legislative assembly thrice (1996-98 -MLA Bijbehara on Congress ticket, 2002 to 2004-MLA Pahalgam as PDP leader and 2008 till date-MLA Watchi ) and member parliament from south Kashmir from 2004 to 2008, has declared her moveable and immovable assets worth Rs 47 lakh.
Mehbooba who has two daughters (Irtiqa and Iltija) as her dependants has stated that she has filed returns indicating her yearly income in 2012-13 at... | |
| | | | Who played sabotage to CEC's Jammu press conference? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 3: Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath today experienced how the officers working under Chief Electoral Officer Umang Narula and Director of Information Tassaduq Jeelani could sabotage a high Central dignitary's press conference in Jammu.
According to well-connected sources in the State Government, CEC desired to hold a thorough informal interaction with all the important mediapersons based in Jammu and Kashmir after his meeting with the State government officials and bureaucrats over the arrangements being made for smooth conduct of the Lok Sabha elections. A private hotel, not far away from Press Club, was fixed as the press conference's venue.
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| | | | JU VC soothes Choudhary with re-appointment | | Retains Yoga centre | | | K Koushal
JAMMU, Apr 3: "I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment", is the new temperament of Dr. D L Choudhary who has been once again absorbed in Director Yoga Centre, Jammu University after his retirement as Administrator Gen Zorawar Singh Auditorium on 28.02.2014.
Earlier, Choudhary was serving on two key positions of Administrator, Gen Zorawar Singh Auditorium as well as Director Yoga Centre, Jammu University. Following Vice Chancellor, proposing re-employment of DL Choudhary for one year under proposal no. PRO/VC/JU/13/51 dated 18 September 2013 to Governor. But a letter from Governor's secretariat with number GS-36 GZSA-) JU/12-13/3418 dated 1 October 2013 clearly stated th... | |
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