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NC leader lies to dad, party irked! 9/26/2020 11:55:46 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 26: In yet another case of embarrassment for the National Conference, a senior leader of the party lied to his father and other colleagues that he was flying out of Kashmir for some “emergency work” whereas he was seen holidaying. Sources said the leader left Kashmir, when the NC was busy discussing the so called Gukpar Declaration. Sources said on being questioned by the party colleagues for his absence, the leader told them that he had some “emergency work.” But his pictures of air travel with a friend leaked on the social media putting the NC leader and his family in a tight spot. Sources said the party leadership has sought explanation over such holidaying in such “crucial times.” “Is this the time to go for holidaying or is it time for the party leadership to revive political activities? And why does he lie all the times about his secret vacations?” asked a politician on the condition of anonymity. Sources said around a year ago also, the same leader had told a lie to his family and party colleagues about his travel abroad. “He had told ...   READ MORE

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‘Medicos at CD Hospital Jammu ignoring COVID patients’ No one came forward to administer injection till I called MS, claims health official 9/26/2020 11:55:39 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 26: In yet another instance of COVID-19 patients being treated as “untouchables,” an official who has tested positive for the deadly virus—on Saturday claimed that no one was willing to inject him. He said that despite repeated phone calls to on duty staff, including doctors, between 2:30 pm to 5 pm no one came to give him an injection. A senior official posted and admitted at CD Hospital Jammu alleged that recent suspension of a senior doctor and engineer was mere eyewash. “Reality is something beyond what is being projected by the government and the Health Department, as per doctor’s prescription an injection was to be administered on me by 2:30 pm thi...   READ MORE   Dr Jitendra Singh’s efforts go in a vain NTA refuses to establish examination centre in Jammu 9/26/2020 11:55:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 26: Personal efforts of Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, to convince the National Testing Agency (NTA) to establish an examination centre in Jammu didn’t yield any results as the candidates from Jammu region had to visit other states to take All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2020, which was held across the country on Saturday. According to sources hundreds of Jammu based candidates had filled up the forms to take part in AILET and during filling of the form...   READ MORE   J&K’s tax revenue plummeting Basic expenses remain uncovered; salaries, interest payments, pension alone cost Rs 27500 crore 9/26/2020 11:54:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 26: Jammu and Kashmir’s tax revenue is plummeting at a fast pace and is proving insufficient to cover the very own and prioritized expenses of the Union Territory. The official documents in possession of Early Times reveal that Jammu and Kashmir’s tax revenue in the previous financial year was not more than Rs 13898 crore. This amount as per the official records was not even enough to cover the committed liabilities of the Union Territory. Records reveal that salaries, interest payments, pension and liabilities alone incur the cost of more than Rs 27,500 crore. This means the J&K had an estimated deficit of Rs 13602 crore to cover even the basic committed...   READ MORE   39 ventilators turn defunct in absence of staff at Udhampur hospital 9/26/2020 11:54:24 PM Ashwani Sharma Early times report Udhampur, Sept 26: Thirty nine new ventilators worth Rs 2 crore provided to District Hospital Udhampur from Prime Minister’s Relief Fund are defunct in COVID times due to absence of trained and professionals to operate and handle these vital life saving machines. “All these equipments are vital in the time of COVID and are essentially needed but in absence of trained staff to handle these equipments all these have turned useless,” sources told Early Times. Insiders said that as on date Dr Vinod, Dr Deepak, Dr Balvinder and few others including the paramedical staff are managing the show by working 24x7. “Due to the extraordinary efforts of these wa...   READ MORE   Rajouri: 14 years on, construction of HDD office complex yet to commence 9/26/2020 11:54:16 PM Early Times Report Rajouri, Sept 26: Even after the lapse of nearly 14 years construction of office Complex of Handloom Development Department at Rajouri is yet to begin. Sources told Early Times that the Handloom Development Department (HDD) had proposed to construct its own office complex at Rajouri in 2006 and requested the District Administration Rajouri to identify land for the purpose. In the meantime, the HDD accorded administrative approval for construction to the PWD (R&B) Division, Rajouri without availability of land and released Rs 50 lakhs. “A piece of land measuring two kanals was identified in village Rampur and final award issued in 2009 by the Revenue Department for ...   READ MORE   Two sisters including COVID patient die in Qazigund accident Patient paid Rs. 35000 for shifting from Jammu to Srinagar Hospital 9/26/2020 11:54:08 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Sept 26: In another glaring example of open loot by private health service provider at Government Medical College, another COVID patient from Kishtwar was charged Rs. 35,000 for transportation from Jammu to Srinagar Hospital since no proper bed and treatment was available at Jammu Medical college, but like yesterday one case involving 65 year old retired Teacher Sajjad Ahmed Mir, this patient was not lucky enough to reach Srinagar hospital since the lady COVID patient and her sister met with an accident in Qazigund area as a result of which both the COVID patient as well as her sister died on spot. As per the details available with Early Tim...   READ MORE   3 yrs on, probe into Verinag Development Authority scam incomplete 9/26/2020 11:53:50 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Sept 26: Despite the passage of almost three years now, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has not completed probe into Verinag Development Authority scam. Well placed sources revealed to Early Times that the engineering team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) hasn’t yet visited Sarbal Lake to ascertain whether the works executed by Verinag Development Authority exist or not. They said that the probe into this scam was deliberately being delayed as the prime accused was a close relative of a former legislator who has also served as Minister in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State. Sarbal Lake, around 20 kilometers away from the famous touris...   READ MORE   Deserving bidder forced not to submit offer for supply of books at Degree College Ganderbal Official wastes time on phone, ensures deadline is over 9/26/2020 11:53:42 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 26: The people at helm go out of way to shower benefits on their own people and in this process the laid down procedure, rules and regulations go for the toss. At the end of the day the deserving feel that they have lost the race. Principal Government Degree College, Ganderbal issued a notice in the local media for the purchase of books and periodicals for all the subjects being taught at the college for the academic year 2020-21. In this regard the expression of interest was invited from the registered suppliers/books sellers/publishers to offer maximum possible discount. September 16, 2020 was notified as the last date of submi...   READ MORE   COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 72 percent as 1937 patients recover, get discharged Positive cases 71049, active positive 18430, recovered 51494, deaths 1125 9/26/2020 11:53:34 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 26: The COVID-19 recovery rate in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir is improving with every passing day and today it reached 72 percent after 1937 virus affected patients were discharged from different hospitals of the union territory. According to the official media bulletin 51,494 Corona Virus patients have recovered so far out of the total number of 71,049 virus affected patients. Jammu & Kashmir today reported 1217 fresh cases of v...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents Sector 4 Nanak Nagar residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm 9/26/2020 11:53:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 26: People living in the sector 4 Nanak Nagar 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 sector 4 Guru Nanak Nagar 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...   READ MORE   Panchayat Ghar Nallah in shamble, no repairs done till date 9/26/2020 11:44:24 PM Ajay Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 26: The building of Panchayat Ghar Nallah of tehsil Sunderbani of district Rajouri has been crumbling but the concerned Sarpanch has not got it repaired till date. Sources told Early times, the panchayat Ghar was constructed 15 years ago and till date no repair has been done due to which the walls have developed cracks, the plaster has been crumbling, doors and gate is lying broken making the building non usable. They said that it is the duty of ...   READ MORE   Govt suspends two senior KAS officers 9/26/2020 11:44:03 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 26: J&K Govt today suspended two senior KAS officers by seperate orders issued by general administration department (GAD). "Ashiq Hussain, Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, J&K suspended on basis of ACB-FIR-04/2020-K-11693-94 dated 25.08.2020 from the Director, Anti-corruption Bureau, J&K", Government Order No.897-JK(GAD) of 2020 Dated:26-09-2020 read. "Pending enquiry into his conduct, Ashiq Hussain, Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, J&K, is hereby placed under suspension, with immediate effect in terms of Rule 31 of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956", the order read, adding that ...   READ MORE

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