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| DDC chairpersons: NC, PDP luring independents to spoil each other’s strategy | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 4: After getting cold-shoulder response from constituents of Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has started luring Independents to capture some DDCs in Kashmir Valley.
Interestingly National Conference leadership has also assigned the job to some senior leaders to rope in Independents to spoil PDP’s game-plan to capture DDCs.
Not only constituents of PAGD, even Congress party-the arch rival of BJP, is also hesitating to support PDP candidates on some DDCs of Kashmir Valley.
Reliable sources told The Early Times that all efforts of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to convince all constituents of PAGD to fight elections of the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of DDCs have been failed. “National Conference- the main constituents of PAGD having maximum number of seats, has, so far, not given very encouraging response to the PDP in capturing DDCs so party (PDP) is left with no other option but to lure Independents'', sources said, adding, “A meeting of the senior leaders of PDP was held to devise strategy fo... | |
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| Accommodation for University of Kashmir employees turns out to be a bone of contention | | Deserving ones left out with ‘influential’ getting the same | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 4: The accommodation for the employees both teaching and non-teaching at the University of Kashmir has turned out to be a bone of contention since the deserving ones are left out in this while those who were not entitled to the same getting the accommodation. Sources told Early Times that last month the university authorities provided accommodation to a Professor of Earth Sciences despite the fact the Professor was way behind in the queue while waiting in the waiting list.
The Professor shifted during the night hours to the residential quarter although the same was allotted to a Professor of the Department of Statistics at the varsit... | |
| | | | Accused of corruption, NC leader goes into ‘hibernation’! | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 4: Accused of alleged corruption, a senior leader of the National Conference has gone into alleged “hibernation”.
Sources said a senior leader of the NC has come under scanner for “numerous complaints of corruption and alleged misuse of power when he was a minister.”
Sources said the NC leader is in a “state of shock” by getting to know that his “deals” have come under the scanner and is trying his best to get himself out of the situation.
Sources said the said leader has come under scanner for property disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Sources said he is also under scanner for “real estate deals” abroad.
The sources said the said lea... | |
| | | | Fate of 11 Lift Irrigation Schemes hangs in balance | | MICD fails to execute electromechanical works, funds remain unutilized for years | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 4: The Mechanical Irrigation Construction Division (MICD) of Irrigation Department has failed to execute electromechanical works in respect of eleven Lift Irrigation Schemes (LISs), sources told Early Times on Thursday.
They said due to the alleged lackadaisical attitude of the officials the funds given to the division for execution of works have remained unutilized for years.
Sources said that for execution of electromechanical works in respect of various Lift Irrigation Schemes (LISs), the funds were placed at the disposal of Mechanical Irrigation Construction Division (MICD), Jammu by various Civil Irrigation Divisions.
They further said that an amoun... | |
| | | | GMC Rajouri on ventilator | | CT Scan defunct for years, patients have to wait for 3-4 months for ultrasound | |  Ankit Kessar
Early Times Report
Rajouri, Feb 4: The Government Medical College (GMC) Rajouri is virtually running on ventilator.
Sources told Early Times that there are huge lapses in terms of health facilities which can be gauged from the fact that CT-Scan has been lying defunct for the past many years while the patients get appointment for ultrasound after 3-4 months.
“Nothing has changed in terms of health facilities after the establishment of GMC Rajouri. People had great hopes abou... | |
| | | | Madni, Akhtar, Mansoor left in oblivion as party chief ignores them | | Mehbooba forgets her ‘3 musketeers’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 4: Once known as the most trusted lieutenants of the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, the three senior most party leaders Sartaj Madni, Naeem Akhtar and Peerzada Mansoor Hussain continue to remain in detention. Call it politics or vendetta, the trio stand forgotten by their own party in an outright manner.
When PDP was in power, Sartaj Madni- Mehbooba Mufti’s uncle, Naeem Akhtar her spokesman and Peerzada Mansoor her former advisor were considered as Mehbooba’s “three musketeers” also known as the kingmakers within the PDP. All the cabinet decisions and decisions pertaining to the functioning of the party were approved by them first. They were also famous as... | |
| | | | Horticulture Department fails apple growers of Kashmir, seek intervention of Delhi CM | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 4: The role of Horticulture Department Kashmir has come under question for failing to save farmers from heavy losses.
Sources told Early Times that farmers have told the government that the Horticulture Department Kashmir was not playing a positive role to save apple growers from heavy losses. “This issue has been raised by farmers in various meetings with the government that the role of Horticulture Department has been confined to only statements without making any positive changes on the ground,” sources said.
Apple growers have suffered heavy losses for the last few years due to scab and other plant diseases. “Farmers are not told how they can be sa... | |
| | | | Loss making JK Cements employees on verge of starvation, salaries not paid for 2 years | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 4: Hundreds of employees of loss making JK Cements are at the verge of starvation as the Corporation has failed to release their salaries for last two years now.
According to sources loss making JK Cements is unable to pay the salaries to its employees and workers and the Government is also not in a position to provide financial support to the Corporation to tide over the prevailing crisis which it is facing. Sources said the employees if the Corporation are running from pillar to post for release of their wages but to no avail as the Government has also failed to redress the problem and take an effective initiative in this regard.
Sources said the employ... | |
| | | | Lt Governor chairs meeting of Administrative Secretaries, experts on Smart City Projects | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 4: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today called for executing the ambitious Smart City projects in Jammu and Kashmir expeditiously.
The Lt Governor was chairing a high level meeting of Administrative Secretaries, experts on Smart City Projects and other stakeholders here at Civil Secretariat.
Stressing on timely completion of the Smart City Projects, the Lt Governor passed specific directions to the concerned officers for completion of the projects within ... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to solve problems of people of ward number 55 Shiva Colony Kunjwani lane 4 | | Residents of ward number 55 Shiva Colony Kunjwani lane 4 at receiving end since problems remain unattended | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 4: 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 step ... | |
| | | | COVID-19 positive cases in JK reach 124719 as 60 fresh cases come to fore; two fresh deaths | | Active positive 652, recovered 122124, casualties 1943 | | | JEHANGIR RASHID
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Feb 4: The positive cases in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reached 1, 24,719 as 60 cases of the virus came to the fore today. The death toll due to the virus reached 1,943 with two deaths being reported from Kashmir valley in the past 24 hours or so.
Srinagar district reported 22 new cases of Corona Virus followed by Jammu district eight cases, Reasi district seven cases, Anantnag district five cases, Pulwama and Ganderbal districts four cases each, Baramulla and Budgam districts three cases each, Ramban district two cases and Kulgam & Poonch districts one case each. No case was reported from Kupwara, Shopian, Bandipora, Udhampur, Raj... | |
| | | | J&K top performer in children health | | Has lowest average of stunted, underweight offsprings across country | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 4: Contrary to some misconceptions about its backwardness and lack of development, Jammu and Kashmir has topped the list of States and Union Territories, except one, in case of average of stunted and underweight children across the country.
According to the latest data shared by the Ministry of Women and Child Development two types of reports have been shared one is by National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) report of 2015-16 and another is Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) report of 2016-18.
According to the NFHS report, the national average of underweight children below five years of age is 35.7 percent while 38.4 percent of children are stunte... | |
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