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ET reporter finds no staff at PHC Kellar Chatriyar during night BMO says his people busy in COVID care, Chief Medical Officer shocked 9/13/2020 12:43:54 AM Ankit Kessar Early Times Report Rajouri, Sept 12: The dismal functioning of the Health Department Rajouri has left the residents of Kellar Chatriyar in block Manjakote in lurch. Despite Primary Health Centre (PHC) in the block being designated as 24x7 facility, staff members remain absent during night and leave the people to fend for themselves. Sequence of Events These facts came to fore after locals approached Early Times reporter and informed him that although the PHC has been designated as 24X7 but during night hours, the staff remains absent most of the time. After listening to the woes of locals the ET reporter reached the PHC Kellar Chatriyar at 9:30 pm on September 10, and found no staff member in the health centre. He waited till 10:30 pm for someone to come but no one turned up. After waiting for hours, the ET reporter made a call to the Block Medical Office (BMO) Manjakote and informed him about the situation but instead of taking immediate action the BMO started giving excuses that the staff might be busy in COVID care. Later, the reporter contacted the ...   READ MORE

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Illegal appointments in corporations: ACB seeks details of recruitment process 9/13/2020 12:43:41 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 12: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has sought details of the recruitment process adopted by the various corporations. The ACB is conducting a probe into the alleged gross violation of appointments in the various government owned corporations. Official sources revealed that there are allegations that in the past numerous violations were made in appointments, engagements in the state owned corporations. “After receiving several complaints the government had directed the ACB to look into the matter,” a senior official said. Sources said that the ACB had sought reports about the procedure adopted in appointing the employees in the loss m...   READ MORE   Non implementation of decisions taken in first two phases likely to haunt officials UT admin embarks on Phase-III of B2V campaign 9/13/2020 12:43:34 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: In view of the upcoming Phase-III of the Back to Village (B2V) programme, the twenty days long Jan Abhiyaan has already begun but the non-implementation of several decisions as well as assurances given to the public during the first phase of the same campaign are likely to put officials in a quandary when they go back to the villages. The panchayats representatives have already shown their reservations against alleged delay in empowerment of panchayats but the continuous efforts of the administration to reach out the public in the new Union Territory, might subdue the reservations in the villages. The Chairman of representative body of Panchayats, All...   READ MORE   Private Hydro firm, forest officials come under ACB scanner for ‘encroaching’ Kokernag woods 9/13/2020 12:43:19 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Sept 12: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) is all set to initiate a probe against a private hydro firm for causing huge damages to forests in Kokernag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Early Times learnt from official sources. They said that the agency had taken cognizance of the report published in the ‘Early Times’ titled ‘Private Hydro firm encroaches land, chops trees illegally at Kokernag’ on 10th of March this year and initiated a formal procedure to probe the matter. “We have received approval and a probe is likely to be initiated most probably next week,” official sources added. They said that Forest Department officials and e...   READ MORE   JK reports record 1698 fresh cases of Corona Virus, 10 more deaths take place Positive cases 52410, active positive 16261, recovered 35285, casualties 864 9/13/2020 12:43:11 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 12: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported record 1,698 fresh cases of Corona Virus following which the number of positive cases reached 52,410. The death toll reached 864 as 10 more people died in past 24 hours. Srinagar reported 255 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Jammu district 250 cases, Budgam district 123 cases, Kupwara district 108 cases, Udhampur district 103 cases, Poonch district 93 cases, Rajouri district 83 cases, Baramulla and Bandipora districts 82 cases each, Kishtwar district 78 cases, Doda district 67 cases, Shopian district 60 cases, Samba district 58 cases, Pulwama district 50 cases, Anantnag and Ganderba...   READ MORE   Municipal Council Rajouri furnishes misleading reply to RTI seekers Two similar RTI applications, different replies 9/13/2020 12:42:59 AM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: The highhandedness of the Municipal Council Rajouri can be gauged from the fact that it furnished two different replies to the same RTI applications filed by two persons in clear attempt to mislead the information seekers. As per information, two RTI applicants had submitted their applications on the same subject matter seeking some information from the Executive Officer Rajouri, who had also been given additional charge of Municipal Council Surankote nearly two months ago but shockingly, they received different replies, which raised question mark on the credibility of the replies furnished to both of them. They further said that they...   READ MORE   India, China troops within shooting range at Spanggur Gap 9/13/2020 12:42:52 AM Agencies NEW DELHI, Sept 12: China has mobilised thousands of soldiers, tanks and howitzers within rifle range of Indian Army deployment at Spanggur Gap in the southern part of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, sources said, even as Indian troops are on high alert. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army made provocative military deployments at Spanggur Gap, which is between Gurung Hill and Magar Hill, from August 30 after Indian soldiers seized tactical heights on the ridge line on the southern bank of Pangong Tso near Chushul at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “Seeing the Chinese PLA troop and guns mobilisation, the Indian Army too made mirror deployments at Spanggur Gap. Both the countr...   READ MORE   Ward 3 Govindpura Chatha Jammu cantonment residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents 9/13/2020 12:19:25 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sept 12: People living in the Ward 3 Govindpura Chatha Jammu cantonment 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 Ward 3 Govindpura Chatha Jammu cantonment 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...   READ MORE   Minor dies in Jammu; family alleges not COVID-19 but head injuries took his life 9/13/2020 12:06:59 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Sept 12: Protest erupted at Government Medical College and Hospital here on Saturday after a four-year-old boy died during the treatment. As per the hospital management, the boy died from COVID-19 while the family members of the deceased alleged that the injuries on the head took his life. The deceased was identified as Aarav. Aarav, according to his family, fell from the rooftop of his house in Janipur area on Thursday and was admitted to the Government Hospital i...   READ MORE   IGP Traffic sends team to check traffic violations at Sunderbani, defaulters imposed fine 9/13/2020 12:06:43 AM AB Sharma EARLY TIMES REPORT Sunderbani, Sep 12: Taking cognizance of the news item published in Early Times regarding traffic violations in the Sub Division of Sunderbani of Tehsil Rajouri, the Inspector General of Police Traffic instructed the department to send a team at Sunderbani to check traffic violations. Consequent upon the directions of IGP Traffic, a team including DySP Traffic Mohd Javed Mirza along with SO Hemraj laid down several nakas today at different places in the town to check traffic violations including overloading, without documents etc. from morning 10 am. "During drive, traffic officials seized seven vehicles including passengers mini buses, and tempo in viol...   READ MORE

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