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Dr Farooq Abdullah forced to ‘self-quarantine’ 7/15/2020 1:09:55 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 14: Former Chief Minister and National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah who had been in news for his outings in Kashmir for the last around a fortnight has been advised “not to move around but stay indoors in self-quarantine” in the wake of sudden spike in Covid19 cases. Sources said the advice has come mainly from the medical experts in touch with Dr Abdullah who is kidney transplant patient and also suffers from other ailments. Sources said the experts pressed the panic button after they got to know that Dr Abdullah had personally met his party colleague and senior leader Ali Muhammad Sagar soon after latter’s release from prison. In violation of the laid down protocols it was learnt that Dr Abdullah had even hugged Sagar, who subsequently tested positive for the Covid-19. Sources said the Abdullah family had got worried about Dr Abdullah and that his children at once called medical experts known to them. What was seen as another brazen mistake by Dr Abdullah that he was seen mixing up with people when out of home. “He not only in...   READ MORE

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Kissan Melas draw first blood, Agri officer dies due to COVID-19; 3 others test positive Distressed employee urge LG to defer progammes 7/15/2020 1:09:40 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 14: Death of a young Agriculture officer due to COVID-19 and three others testing positive for the deadly virus has put a question mark over the decision of the administration to hold Kissan Pakhwara programmes, being organized at various tehsil and district headquarters. Shocked by the untimely death of their colleague, the employees and officials of the department are demanding that this programme should be shelved forthwith. Pertinently, the Agriculture department is observing Kissan Pakhwara from 7th to 21st of July. During the Pakhwara, Kissan Melas are being organized in various districts, tehsils and blocks in which Kissan Credit Cards (KCC) ...   READ MORE   Leaking supply line exposes negligence of PHE Deptt Water continues to go waste, authorities mum 7/15/2020 12:16:55 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 14: At a time when summer season is at its peak and people are suffering from scorching sun but Jal Shakti (PHE) Department seems to be least bothered to maintain water supply due to its negligence which can be gauged from the fact that at many places its supply pipelines have developed leakages and thousands of liters of water goes waste on daily basis. The picture speaks the volume of Jal Shakti (PHE) Department’s negligence and exposes its tall claims of fi...   READ MORE   Threat of terrorists: J&K BJP leadership failed as two Valley based leaders quit party 7/15/2020 12:15:37 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 14: Despite repeated assurances by the leadership, some youth leaders of BJP from Kashmir Valley have started quitting the party due to threats of terrorists. After the recent killings of political leaders, including BJP’s Sheikh Waseem Bari and Congress sarpanch Ajay Pandita, a sense of fear and insecurity has crept up on politicians in the Valley. Three days after Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president from Baramulla, Marouf Bhat, tendered his resignation, another youth leader of BJP Asif Ahmad also resigned from the party on Tuesday. According to reports, BJP's Vice President for Kupwara Asif Ahmad announced on Tuesday, “I am from a well ...   READ MORE   HC summons J-K Home Secretary over poor internet speed 7/15/2020 12:15:31 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 14: Having "struggled" to conduct online hearings due to curbs on internet speed in Jammu and Kashmir, High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal has summoned Home Secretary Shaleen Kabra to appear before a bench on Thursday via video conferencing and apprise it about the impact of the restrictions on e-connectivity of courts. Passing an order on a ''Court on its Own Motion'' on Monday, a division bench of Chief Justice Mittal and Justice Sanjay Dhar expressed concern over urgent issues involving the rights of the residents of the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Giving a background in its three-page order, the division bench said that v...   READ MORE   Over aged officer re-appointed as Chairperson Board of School Education for two years Re-employment bug continues to rot system in JK 7/15/2020 12:15:21 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 14: The people at helm have made it a habit of notifying eligible requirements for a sensitive position and then flouting the same according to its own convenience in order to accommodate a ‘blue-eyed’ candidate. In May this year the School Education Department issued an advertisement notice for filling the position of Chairman, Jammu & Kashmir State Board of School Education. The advertisement notice was necessitated since the Chairperson of the Board Prof. Veena Pandita was retiring on June 30, 2020. In the advertisement notice the Board had made it clear that the candidates applying for the post should not be more than 57 years...   READ MORE   COVID-19: As learning goes digital, Govt schools forget their students 7/15/2020 12:15:11 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 14: Amid the prevalent crises when education is becoming the worst hit and online mode of learning is becoming a norm, the question remains whether the government-run schools here can excel with the trend? Across the country, keeping in view the current crises, through online mode a resilient education system is being tried to be build that can avert any such crises in future. The online mode of learning is becoming a new norm in society. However, in Jammu and Kashmir, a big question mark has been put on the trend due to the ill-preparedness of the government-run schools here at large. Educationists and experts believe that even if the private institut...   READ MORE   BJP’s JK Prez among 346 fresh cases of COVID-19, eight more persons die due to virus Positive cases 11173, active positive 4755, recovered 6223, casualties 195 7/15/2020 12:14:58 AM Jehangir Rashid Early times Report SRINAGAR, July 14: With eight fresh deaths the death toll due to Corona Virus in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reached 195 even as 346 fresh cases of the virus were reported today. Bharatiya Janta Party’s Jammu & Kashmir President Ravinder Raina was among the fresh COVID-19 patients. Reports said that Baramulla reported three deaths followed by Kulgam two deaths and Jammu, Anantnag and Shopian one death. In the Kashmir valley, 177 persons have so far died due to the Corona Virus while as in Jammu the number of casualties due to the virus are 18. Srinagar tops the list with 46 deaths. Reports said that Srinagar reported 127 fresh cases of ...   READ MORE   Gole Panjpeer, Camp Talab Tillo, Ward No. 32 declared containment/red zones; Lockdown imposed 7/15/2020 12:14:48 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 14: District Magistrate Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, vide powers conferred upon her under section 144 of CrPC read with relevant provisions under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005, has declared Gole Panjpeer, Jaswant Plaza and adjoining areas, Camp Talab Tillo, Ward No. 32, Police Station Domana of district Jammu, as containment /red zone and imposed strict lockdown and tight perimeter control in the said area, except for essential needs. Accordingly, the SOPs issued by the State Executive Committee vide its order number 38-JK-DMRRR of 2020 dated 14-4-2020 shall apply to the above specified areas. However, for any medical e...   READ MORE   Declare Hindi as J&K’s official language, PIL filed in High Court ‘Urdu was never mother tongue of Jammu people, discrimination in vogue since 1947’ 7/15/2020 12:14:41 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 14: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in Jammu and Kashmir High Court to seek directions to declare Hindi as the official language of the Union Territory. The PIL filed by one Maghav Kohli through advocate Aditya Sharma, claims that the people of Jammu have been a victim of the language barrier. “Dogri and Hindi are the most commonly used language in the province of Jammu and Hindi has remained a compulsory subject in all the government and private schools,” states the PIL. The PIL seeks for adopting Hindi as the official language of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Hindi as one of the official languages in use. It said that p...   READ MORE   People violate Covid-19 protocols outside DC office, admin in deep slumber 7/15/2020 12:14:11 AM HARPREET SINGH SETHI EARLY TIMES REPORT KATHUA, July 14: People found violating COVID-19 SOPs with impunity outside Deputy Commissioner Kathua's office which has put the lives of people visiting the premises at grave risk. The open violation of social distancing was witnessed continuously for the last two days at DC Office Kathua but unfortunately the authorities have failed to take notice of the situation. In violation of the social distancing protocol and without wearing face masks, ...   READ MORE   Jitendra Singh, Ram Madhav in self-quarantine after BJP's J&K Chief Tests Positive for Covid-19 7/15/2020 12:13:52 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 14: Union minister Jitendra Singh and BJP general secretary Ram Madhav have gone into self-quarantine after party''s Jammu and Kashmir unit president Ravinder Raina, who had accompanied them to the residence of a slain party leader, tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. Singh, who is also a party MP from Udhampur, said he has gone into self-quarantine. "Have gone into self-quarantine with immediate effect from 4 PM today, after receiving the news about corona positive test of J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina who had accompanied us from Srinagar to Bandipora on 12th July," he tweeted. Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, had visited the hous...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents Nai Basti residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm 7/15/2020 12:00:11 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 14: People living in the Nai Basti 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 Nai Basti 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 are suffering like anything. Residents ...   READ MORE   30 fresh positive 1118 active positive cases, 66 recovered and 52 deaths till date in north Kashmir DM Kupwara extends restrictions under Sec 144 CrPc with certain relaxations 7/14/2020 11:53:12 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report KUPWARA, July 14: Out of 346 positive cases, thirty fresh positive cases were reported today, there are 1118 active positive cases, cumulative cases crossed over 2543, while 52 deaths have occurred so far in north Kashmir as on date. According to the district wise positive cases that are available as on July 14, 2020 (Tuesday), In Baramulla district, 11 fresh positive cases that were reported today, there has been an increase in the cumulative cases that have gone up to 1337, and there is a decline in the active positive cases that stands at 727, and cumulative recovered cases are 572 including 27 as on date, while as 38 deaths, next highest after Srinag...   READ MORE   Woman tests Covid positive posthumously in Anantnag, family contests claim 7/14/2020 11:53:01 PM SAAHIL SUHAIL Early Times Report ANANTNAG, July 14: A 60 year old woman from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district had tested positive for coronavirus after her death however her family contested the official claim and said the deceased wasn’t sampled for COVID-19. Deceased, Raja Begum, a resident of Sarnal Anantnag, was admitted in Government Medical College Anantnag last Friday with respiratory issues. “Oxygen level of mother (deceased woman) were low so we decided to admit her at GMC Anantnag,” Mohd Iqbal Najar, deceased lady’s son told Early Times, adding her mother was treated for over 24 hours in the hospital and she died on Saturday (11th of July). “Before the death of my mother t...   READ MORE   People violating Covid safety guidelines in valley,Enforcement of restrictions in containment zones necessary, say officials 7/14/2020 11:52:54 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, July 14: The top officials here in the Divisional administration Kashmir said that strict enforcement of restrictions in containment zones to contain the spread of COVID19 is necessary in the Kashmir valley. “All decisions and directions issued are in public interest. It was also observed that people are violating safety guidelines. We appeal to people to follow directions and safety guidelines for their own good,”one of the top officials wished not to be be named early. The district administration Srinagar had completely sealed the containment zones to stop the spread of the deadly virus. “People are not adhering guidelines properly. Af...   READ MORE   District Officer forces subordinates to carry out unlawful works 7/14/2020 11:52:46 PM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Poonch, July 14: BDO Poonch is being forced by a district officer for issuance of NOC in favour of a blue eyed advocate and his party at any cost. The District Officer is forcing the BDO to issue it at any cast which means he has some personal interest with that advocate and party. The issue has cropped up after revelations that some ‘goons’ who are indulged in illegal construction in Flood Zone area near Sher e Kashmir bridge Poonch are approaching the BDO Poonch for the issuance of No Objection Certificate. The blue eyed advocate who is very close to district officers wants some illegal works from administration who are on the job to shift the bus stan...   READ MORE   Complete collapse of drainage system in Mendhar, authorities unmoved 7/14/2020 11:52:12 PM M S NAZKI Early Times Report POONCH, July 14: Failure of authorities to undertake required cleaning of drains has not only led to the water-logging of sewage on roads but also create unhygienic conditions in various areas of the Mendhar tehsil in Poonch district just after slight rains. Social Worker Sheraz Ahmed Mir lamented that most of the drains in the area have been choked due to extensive silting and casual approach of the concerned authorities. “The choked drains apparently have cre...   READ MORE   All those party workers who came in contact with JK BJP president would undergo COVID19 tests 7/14/2020 11:51:52 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 14: BJP’s Kashmir Unit on Tuesday stated that party president Shri Ravinder Raina has been tested positive for COVID19 infection and all those party workers who came in contact with him would undergo Covid19 tests followed by mandatory quarantine. Party’s senior leader and Kashmir Media In-charge Manzoor Bhat in a statement stated that J&K BJP President Shri Ravinder Raina who was on his four-day visit to Valley following the killing of party leader in Bandipora has been reported positive for Covid19 and all those who came in his contact here would undergo mandatory Covid19 tests. “We will go for proper testing and will follow all the SO...   READ MORE

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