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Under detention, Mehbooba Mufti ‘stocks ammunition’ to address media on release 7/22/2020 12:41:15 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: Even as the government is yet to decide on release of former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party, President, Mehbooba Mufti who is facing detention at home under the Public Safety Act, she has decided to call a press conference the moment she is released. A formal announcement in this regard has been made by Mehbooba’a official Twitter handle which is currently operated by her family. “As next month marks a year since Article 370 was abrogated, Ive received multiple requests from journalists for an interview with Ms Mufti. Request them to wait.She’ll address the press immediately once her PSA & illegal detention is quashed,” she said on the Twitter. Sources said the PDP leader has decided to address the media only to challenge the abrogation of the special status and that the party would call a press conference on such event. Sources said the PDP got such a statement released after detailed deliberations of the party leadership. Sources said the PDP looks ahead to break the silence as presently maintained by other parties espec...   READ MORE

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DSEJ exposed, admin finds 27 attachments of teaching staff Teaching fraternity prefers official work rather than teaching 7/22/2020 12:41:07 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: The office of the Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) has turned out to be a safe heaven for those teaching fraternity members, who prefer administrative work over teaching by securing their attachments in the office. The Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) has so far failed to take action against these attached teaching fraternity members and its failure was exposed when the Administrative department issued an order mentioning it as “Most Urgent”, with a list of 27 teaching staff attached at DSEJ. The DSEJ has been ordered by the Administrative department to relieve these attached Masters, Teachers, Lab Technician to their original...   READ MORE   PDP trying to fill separatists’ shoes? Party back in its original avatar, out to vitiate the fragile peace 7/22/2020 12:40:52 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: As Jammu and Kashmir is limping back to normalcy, PDP is back in its original avatar, declaring government’s developmental agenda a “mere eye-wash”. The statement that PDP spokesman issued on Tuesday brought to fore how the party has finally decided to break lull and make its vicious stand public. The statement was instigative in nature, spilling beans about how much PDP is hellbent to vitiate the already fragile peace in Jammu and Kashmir. “The urgency with which the administration has gone for illegal, undemocratic and unconstitutional lawmaking like that of domicile and the recent one of designating areas as strategic is reflective of its only p...   READ MORE   COVID-19: With heavy heart, SASB cancels annual Amarnath Yatra 7/22/2020 12:40:40 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 21: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu, Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), presided over 39th Board meeting of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board today in which the Board members participated virtually through video conference to discuss the conduct of the Yatra 2020. The meeting was attended by B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Bipul Pathak, CEO SASB; Anup Kumar Soni, Addl CEO SASB & senior officers of Shrine Board. Threadbare...   READ MORE   PDP ‘insults’ Parliament but party’s MPs enjoying all privileges 7/22/2020 12:40:08 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: Desperate to replace Hurriyat Conference and other Kashmir centric separatist, communal and anti-national groups, PDP leadership is not ready to even spare Parliament of India-the highest temple of democracy in the country. A press statement issued by PDP on Monday is an indication that PDP leadership has no respect for Indian democracy and democratic institutions. “People’s Democratic Party reiterates its stand that August 5, 2019 was the darkest chapter in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. The manner in which Parliament of India was misused to betray people of this erstwhile state by abrogating Article 370 and 35 A and downgrading the state into...   READ MORE   COVID-19: Agriculture Department employees forced to work inside sealed premises in Jammu 7/22/2020 12:40:00 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: Despite one young officer losing his life due to COVID-19 and five employees of the Agriculture Department testing positive for the deadly virus, officials were ostensibly asked by their higher ups to work inside the sealed premises of Krishi Bhavan here. Police on Monday found several officials and employees of the Agriculture Production Department attending the office. As per official records and as per the opinion shared by the Director Agriculture the premises of the Krishi Bhavan were sealed after an official was found positive. Later four more officials tested positive while another young officer of the department died of COVID-19 infection....   READ MORE   Worst fears come true as dozens of migrant labourers test positive for Corona Virus in Kashmir Govt changes SOP, asks for testing of these labourers in respective districts 7/22/2020 12:39:51 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 21: Worst fears have come true since dozens of migrant labourers have tested positive for Corona Virus thus risking the lives of the people of Kashmir since most of these labourers are working in the brick kilns in the valley. Early Times has learnt from official sources that more than 100 migrant labourers who entered Kashmir in the recent past have so far tested positive for COVID-19. The number is all set to go up since reports of hu...   READ MORE   Inmates of quarantine Centre Sunderbani expose mismanagement ‘Dogs roam around, corona is better than rabies’ 7/22/2020 12:39:29 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: Ridiculing the claims of administration and mismanagement in the quarantine Centre at Sunderbani Ashram of District Rajouri, the inmates said that “dogs roam around, corona is better than the rabies. In the viral video, the woman is seen crying while showing filth including shit lying around her bed in a quarantine centre at Sunderbani Ashram. The youth who captured the video also exposed many loopholes through his video. “The woman in the video with her ...   READ MORE   9 years on, widow fails to get assistance under PMAY in Mendhar Accuses GRS of demanding bribe to transfer installment 7/22/2020 12:39:08 AM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Poonch, July 21: A widow from Mendhar Sub Division has been running from pillar to post for nine years to avail assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme to build a house. Sakina Fatima, who hails from village Rellan Gull of Sub Division Mendhar, near LoC, has been living in a Kacha house. Her husband Israr Hussain Shah died in 2013 and now she is living with her two children. She said that during 2011, the Rural Development Departme...   READ MORE   Nine more deaths push COVID-19 death toll in JK to 263, 608 fresh cases come up Positive cases 15258, active positive 6540, recovered 8455 7/22/2020 12:38:50 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 21: The Corona Virus cases crossed the 15,000 mark in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir as 608 fresh cases of virus were reported today while as nine more people died in Kashmir in the past 24 hours. Reports said that six deaths took place in Srinagar alone followed by Baramulla two deaths and Kulgam one death. With the fresh deaths the death toll due to COVID-19 reached 263 in Jammu & Kashmir. While 243 deaths have taken place in Kashmir valley 20 such deaths have taken place in Jammu division. Reports said that Srinagar reported 213 fresh cases of Corona Virus followed by Budgam 83 cases, Kupwara 47 cases, Pulwama 43 cases, Ku...   READ MORE   No end to large scale encroachment of forest land in Nowshera 7/22/2020 12:38:37 AM Ajay Sharma Early times Report NOWSHERA, July 21: There seems to be no end to the encroachment of forest land in this forest division and the worst part of the story is that the authorities who could have stopped the same are making lame excuses. Sources informed Early Times that some of the people have constructed Kucha houses in the forest and the same is known to the officers and officials of the Department of Forest. These houses have come up despite the demarcation done with the con...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to solve problems of people of Airport Road Satwari Residents of Airport Road Satwari at receiving end since problems remain unattended 7/22/2020 12:35:24 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 21: Munish Gupta, Editor in Chief, Early Times has asked the administration to come up to the expectations of the people living in the Jammu region and solve the problems living in the different areas of the city. Referring to the problems being faced by the people of Gandhi Nagar constituency Munish said that many areas of this constituency have been left to the mercy of God. He said that despite repeated reminders the people at helm have not taken any ste...   READ MORE   Ahead of Eid-ul-Adha Govt mulls stern measures to prevent COVID from spreading 7/22/2020 12:33:48 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, July 21: The authorities here in Kashmir are likely to follow the same plan on the occasion of Eid ul Adha, that was followed during Eid ul Fitr in May for preventing the spread of deadly coronavirus. There has been a sudden rise in the coronavirus cases for the last few weeks in Kashmir. The authorities are worried that people may abandon masks and social distancing that could lead to the further spike in the COVID cases. One of the top officials heading the government’s effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus told early times that any carelessness in observance of precautionary measures during Eid-ul-Adha may lead to a spike in corona...   READ MORE   Police forget males can’t handle female protesters Protest against Lakhanpur Toll Plaza 7/22/2020 12:33:26 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 21: The insensitive approach adopted by the Police during the protest held today by Congress leaders and workers against operationalization of Lakhanpur Toll Plaza in Kathua district can be gauged from the fact that as there was no women police to handle the women protestors. Moreover open violation of social distancing norms by the Congress activists was witnessed during the protest. As per reports, the Congress leaders and workers today gathered at Lakhan...   READ MORE   Consumers upset due to low speed of BSNL fiber internet service in Samba Services are not being given to people despite charging huge bills 7/22/2020 12:30:08 AM Gurdas Kumar EarlyTime Report Samba, July 21: 4G mobile internet services are closed in Jammu and Kashmir on one side and claims are being made by government and private companies across the state to provide high speed internet to people by laying a network of fiber wires and on the other side in Samba. The BSNL fiber service is running in extremely bad condition. Local residents Joginder Singh, Rahul Kumar, Gunjan Singh, Ashish Kumar, Satpal Singh, Pradeep Kumar and Monu Sambayal etc say that after the closure of Mobile Internet, BSNL has spread fiber cables in Samba to provide high speed internet service to the people. For which they was paying a monthly bill of Rs. 1000 per month,...   READ MORE   Lakhanpur Toll Plaza gets operationalized Various organizations hold protest 7/22/2020 12:29:55 AM SANJAY PATHAK Early Times Report KATHUA, July 21: Despite protests by opposition parties and local residents against the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) made Lakhanpur Toll Plaza in Kathua district operationalized from Tuesday morning. Soon after the Toll Plaza was inaugurated by Ajay Kumar Rajak, Project Director, NHAI Jammu, its commencement triggered massive protests in the area with hundreds of local people, workers of Congress as well as...   READ MORE   Mendhar-Poonch road in shambles, GREF continues to ignore blacktopping 7/22/2020 12:29:24 AM M S NAZKI Early Times Report POONCH, July 21: A strong resentment is brewing among the residents here against failure of the authorities to undertake repair of several roads connecting Mendhar town with other places in Poonch, particularly the stretch leading to the district headquarter. Almost all the interior roads of Mendhar town of Poonch district are in dilapidated condition, resulting into major inconvenience to general public. The condition of the roads is so bad that most of the ...   READ MORE   Rain wreaks havoc in Kishtwar, exposes NHIDCL’s drainage system 7/22/2020 12:28:58 AM ASIF IQBAL NAIK Early Times Report JAMMU, July 21: The dirty water from the blockade of drains has spilled all over the roads in various parts of Kishtwar town and its adjoining areas after rainfall of a few hours as a result of which the people and the shopkeepers had to face tough time. As per the details available with Early Times, the overnight rain had brought the life of the people to standstill with garbage including plastic bottles and polythene spread all over in many parts of the...   READ MORE   Shops to remain open strictly as per odd-even system: DC B’la 8 89 fresh positive, 61 recovered and 75 deaths so far in north Kashmir 7/21/2020 10:23:29 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, July 21: Out of 608 fresh positive cases, Eighty Nine positive cases were reported today, there are 1157 active positive cases, cumulative cases crossed over 3094, whereas 61 have recovered and 75 deaths have occurred so far in north Kashmir as on date. According to the district wise positive cases that are available as on July 21, 2020 (Tuesday), In Baramulla district, 28 fresh positive cases that were reported today, there has been an increase in the cumulative cases that have gone up to 1651, and active positive cases that stands at 674, and cumulative recovered cases are 922 including 16 as on date, while as 55 deaths, next highest after...   READ MORE   Lightning kills three in Poonch 7/21/2020 10:22:50 PM M S Nazki EArly Times REport Poonch, Jul 21: A young couple was among the three persons killed as lightning strike a remote village in Surankote area of Poonch. According to officials, last night at around 2330 hours, lightning struck Gumsar Dhoke in Surankote area of the Poonch district, killing three persons including Mohammad Hassiq and his wife Zarina Akther (30) of Lathong and Javied Ahmed (38) of Lassana. All three persons including the husband-wife died on the spot, they said. R...   READ MORE

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