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'Communication channels slowdown, intelligence inputs gear up' Release of netas likely to get delayed 9/2/2019 11:49:47 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sep 2: Even as some of the senior mainstream politicians have been put under arrest by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, the administration is unlikely to release them in the coming days as the process it's feared, may get delayed. Sources said the "communication channels" that were started with some of the senior leaders including former Chief Ministers - Dr Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, have not arrived to any "major consensus" over how to restore peace if they are released on "conditions." Sources said New Delhi apprehends that such leaders could not be "trusted for their commitments at this point of time" when no major untoward incident has been reported since August 5 when the Modi government scrapped the Article 370. Sources said while one of the former CMs clearly conveyed to the "interlocutors" that there was no chance of any "peace deal" at this point of time, there was a difference of opinion between the other two. Sources said amid this uncertainty about the response from the leaders under detention there are i...   READ MORE

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Doctors ignored transfer orders for 30 to 90 days, Health deptt yet to take action 9/2/2019 11:49:18 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 2: A total of 23 doctors have been refusing to join the new places of their postings for the last 30 days to 90 days but the Health department is still showing generosity towards these erring doctors by giving them opportunity to join the postings instead of suspending them. According to the order issued by Directorate of Health Services Jammu, a total of 23 doctors have been found, who have not joined their duties as per the transfer orders issued in last three months. Some of these doctors have been transferred from city areas to the peripheral areas of Jammu region due to which most of them have not joined their duties and have been buying time fo...   READ MORE   Injured in stone pelting Kupwara youth narrates horrific tale of woes 9/2/2019 11:45:32 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Sept. 2: The menace of stone pelting in Kashmir valley continue to take toll of innocent lives beside making a common people to suffer for no fault of their,s. After the death of a trucker in Bijbihara area of South Kashmir few days ago, the stone pelters wreck havoc in Kupwara area of north Kashmir in which many innocent people suffered injuries and are being treated in various hospitals of Kashmir valley. In one such latest incident of stone pelting, Mohammad Shafi who was injured in stone pelting while he was on way to home in Kupwara District in a passenger vehicle when stone pelter army attack the vehicle as a result of which he (Sha...   READ MORE   Landlines, Mobiles fully functional in Jammu, Ladakh, says Principal Secretary 9/2/2019 11:05:21 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sep 2: As many as 92 police stations are without any day-time restrictions in Kashmir with 93 percent Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh without prohibitory orders. This was stated by Principal Secretary, Planning, Monitoring and Development, Rohit Kansal, who is also Government's spokesperson, during an evening press briefing here. Kansal said that relaxation in day-time restrictions is up from 81 police stations to 92 from last week with 91 per cent of Kashmir valley fr...   READ MORE   Junior docs work 36-48 hours, handle serious cases alone during night shifts 9/2/2019 11:04:38 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 2: Despite clear directions from the Supreme Court of India as well as Union Health Ministry, the junior doctors at Medical College Jammu and Srinagar and its associated hospitals are being forced to work for 36 to 48 hours along with handling serious cases alone during night shifts in the absence of senior doctors. Moreover, concerned management makes 'duty roasters' of the junior along with senior doctors but reportedly the most of the senior doctors not available in the emergency wards due to lack approach of the higher-ups of the respective hospitals. Few junior doctors posted in GMC&H Jammu, seeking anonymity, told Early Times that the junior docto...   READ MORE   Retired employees run sales depots illegally 9/2/2019 11:04:26 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, Sept 2: In utter violation of set norms, government sales depots of Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs In Udhampur are being run by retired employees of the department. Making the starling exposure sources informed that such depots at Tikri, Sundrani, Chenani, Ramnagar etc are being run by retired employees of CAPD department. They also said that even some of these depots are being run on proxy basis meaning to say that the depot has been registered on someone else's name while it is being operated by someone else who is already retired. In one such case the operator of such proxy depot has bungled funds to the tune of...   READ MORE   Get ready for bigger role: Munish to people 9/2/2019 11:04:02 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 2: Editor Early Times Munish Gupta on Monday asked people to prepare themselves for a bigger role as Jammu is all set to change. Carrying forward his mass contact programme in Ajeet Nagar, Munish said, "Reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir has provided people Jammu region a chance to set their agenda." "Time has changed, the leaders who have been taking us for a ride, for past 70 years, cannot rule the people anymore. They have to tell us, why they failed to buil...   READ MORE   Will distribute my salary among needy' 9/2/2019 11:03:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, has said that if he wins the forthcoming Assembly elections from Gandhi Nagar constituency he would distribute his monthly salary among the needy people in his constituency. "It's my promise to you people that besides carrying out development work, I would distribute my salary among the needy people. I assure you that I would not take any money from anyone, nor would I remain inaccessible. Whenever you need me I will be available," Munish said. ...   READ MORE   Maximum UPS and Secondary Schools have no subject teachers Dismal performance of School Education Deptt 9/2/2019 11:03:18 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 2: The poor infrastructure and acute dearth of manpower in school education department is continues depicting grip picture of education while the department concerned seems least bothered about it. In recently held meeting of Project Approval Board (PAB), held on 12th of June, 2019 to consider the annual work plan and budget for year 2019-20 under the chairmanship of Secretary (SE&L) MHRD in New Delhi, the state functionary presented grim picture of education department. As per the compile report by MHRD, in state of Jammu and Kashmir, there are 70 percent Upper Primary School where three subject teachers are not available while 90 percent Secondary school h...   READ MORE   Advisor Kumar inaugurates BLS Trainers Prog for police personnel at RIHFW Dobhiwan Around 450 persons from JKP to be made master trainer for imparting skill based training to others 9/2/2019 10:54:20 PM Early Times Report BARAMUlLA, Sept 2:Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today inaugurated 'Basic Life Support Trainers Programme' at Kashmir Skill and Simulation Centre of Regional Institute of Health & Family Welfare (RIFHW) Dhobiwan. This 3 day course is specially created by RIFHWfor imparting Basic Life Support (BLS) training to the Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel. Financial Commissioner Health AtalDulloo, IGP Armed Vijay Kumar, DIG NKR Suleman Choudhary, Director Health Services Kashm...   READ MORE   Centre asks Jammu and Kashmir Police to offer online help too 9/2/2019 10:54:02 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, Sept 2: At a time when Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is under a security blanket and internet services are snapped, the Centre has asked the J&K Police to start the process of setting up an online portal as well as a mobile phone application for receiving grievances from general public. The Public Grievance portal and mobile app, which many may see as a 'healing touch' after the clampdown post August 5 when Articles 370 and 35A were scrapped and J&K was divided into two Union Territories, will go live after the internet services are resumed in the region. J&K Police, on Saturday, invited bids from companies who can set up the portal and the app "in the shortest possible tim...   READ MORE   Hill Kaka village lacks communication, road connectivity 9/2/2019 9:30:24 PM M S Nazki Early Times Report POONCH, Sept 2: Hill Kaka village Near Peer Panjal a remote place in Surankote having a population of about 69. familyes and 439 souls is lacking both road and communication Connectivity in this digital era of the world. Tall caims are being made by the successive Central and State Governments for long for upliftment of the far flung, backward and hilly areas of the country/State. There are various Centrally Sponsored Schemes for the development of...   READ MORE   Demand for local barbers boost in Srinagar 9/2/2019 9:28:16 PM WAJAHAT SHABIR Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 2: As non-local labors workers left the Kashmir valley, after the abrogation of Article 370, the demand for indigenous barbers have grown up. People have to travel a distance to look out for the indigenous barber to cut short their long hair and beard to look elegant and good-looking. As per the reports, round about 22,000 barbers have left the valley with shutting their long running shops. Non-local barbers had gained demand and were popular among the young masses for cutting hair and for making different hairstyles. Non-local labors mostly form Uttar Pradesh and Bihar used to work around the Srinagar and was treated with love by locals....   READ MORE   Railway aspirants miss examination, seek Governor’s intervention 9/2/2019 9:22:10 PM Sahil Suhail Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 2: A group of job aspirants, who missed examination conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board, on Monday, sought the intervention of Governor Satya Pal Malik. The aspirants requested Governor to take up the matter with the Railway Recruitment Board so that the board conducts fresh examination for the aspirants of Jammu and Kashmir who missed the examination due to ongoing communication blockade. "We applied for the post of JE in Railway department under notification number CEN-03/2018 through railway recruitment board and appeared in the preliminary examination in the month of May 2019 and now yesterday we came to know that the Railway...   READ MORE

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