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| Mahajans, Khatris dumped by the party which they built; silence of BJP leaders annoys community members | | Deprived of buying or selling agricultural land | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 8: Members of Mahajan and Khatri communities, who helped Bharatiya Janata Party, to win 25 out of 37 assembly seats in Jammu region in 2014 assembly elections in J&K have been left to fend on their own by the leaders, whom they had voted for.
The present dispensation is enforcing a rigid land law which had been dumped by all the previous regimes. The law prevents Mahajans, Khatris and Sikhs to buy or sell the agricultural land. Members of these communities have been running from pillar to post to get this “discriminatory” law amended but no one is paying any heed towards their pleas.
“Mahajan and Khatris have played a major role in BJP’s emergence in Jammu region and have supported the party in every possible way. It’s unfortunate that the communities that helped BJP to defeat the other parties are facing discrimination,” said a member of a Mahajan community.
He said, “Whenever we approach the leaders whom we have voted for they tell us that they are not a part of the government and all the affairs are being managed by the bureaucrats. The party ... | |
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| Handsover his car to class-IV employee, vehicle meets with an accident | | SED officer misuses official position | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 8: A vehicle of senior official of the School Education Department (SED), driven by a class-IV employee meeting with an accident has opened Pandora’s Box.
When the vehicle met with an accident it was driven by a contingent paid worker, who was unauthorised to drive an official car.
Sources informed Early Times that even the insurance of the vehicle was due since January 2021. Astonishingly the official reportedly took a car (Breeza JK02BV-6778) from the Dire... | |
| | | | In Rajouri, BLOs take over physical education training, GLTs ignored | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
Rajouri, Sept 8: While Jammu and Kashmir grows to multitudinal expenses on all developmental fronts, yet there are certain lacunas that keep hampering the system, thus causing impediments to the progress.
Such glaring examples are common at Rajouri, Sunderbani where the education system is yet to be taken under cognizance for clean tutoring.
It has been alleged by the residents of the area that there are many government schools in the vicinity of the area that are not following the protocol of the education system due to covert plans executed at departmental hierarchies.
In some schools of Rajouri, Sunderbani, it has been reported that instead of givi... | |
| | | | Anurag Thakur, Rijiju others felicitate Tokyo Paralympics medalists | | ‘Govt’s approach to extend support to athletes has undergone transformational change’ | |  Agencies
New Delhi, Sep 8: Union Sports Minister, Anurag Thakur, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and others have felicitated Tokyo Paralympics for winning a historic 19 medals, including 5 gold and 8 silver in the Paralympic Games.
An event was organized in the National Capital to felicitate the winners. Anurag Thakur, Kiren Rijiju and Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik were present on the occasion. Secretary of Department of sports Ravi Mittal, Secretary of De... | |
| | | | COVID-19: JK reports 151 new cases | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: The Government on Wednesday informed that 151 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 21 from Jammu division and 130 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 326310. Also one COVID death has been reported from Kashmir Division.
Moreover, 163 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 20 from Jammu Division and 143 from Kashmir Division.
Besides this, 71.02 percent of the population above the age of 18 years has been vaccinated across Jammu and Kashmir. The Bulletin also informs that no new case of Mucormycosi... | |
| | | | Ward No. 68: Residents of posh colony Greater Kailash, Jalo Chak village face many problems | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 8: Ward No. 68 in Greater Kailash area despite being a posh colony in Jammu city faces a number of issues.
“ In our area we have never seen any officer supervising the construction works in our area. After the work is allotted to the contractor, no one comes to check the quality of the work that is carried out,” locals said.
They said that the drains have been poorly built and during the rainy season these get filled up within a short span of time and flood ... | |
| | | | PM Modi discusses Afghan Issue with top Russian official | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, during which they reaffirmed their intention to strengthen coordination in the field of enhancing regional stability, including on Afghanistan.
According to the Russian Embassy in Delhi, the two discussed a wide range of issues of the Russian-Indian cooperation, as well as a number of topics of the international agenda, were touched upon.
"The two sides reaffirmed their intention to strengthen coordination in the field of enhancing the regional stability, including on the Afghan direction," the statement read.
The embassy said that the opportunities for ... | |
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