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RTC employees hold protest in support of demands

4/20/2022 12:40:46 AM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 19: Road Transport Corporation (RTC) employees under the banner of All J&K RTC Employees Association today carried out a protest demonstration against the administration for its failure to solve the long pending problems. The protesters said that the department of finance and transport department ditched them by not paying the DA arrears and COLA arrears. The protesters said that the employees of the Corporation who have retired since 2019 have not been leave salary, gratuity and other retirement benefits....

Mehbooba’s meeting with Sonia fuels speculation of grand alliance in J&K

4/20/2022 12:40:42 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 19: Even as Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has termed her meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as a “courtesy call”, this development has fuelled speculation of a grand alliance of all non-BJP parties before assembly elections in J&K. As reported earlier by the Early Times, Mehbooba Mufti has decided to sacrifice her own party’s interest to defeat BJP in J&K. Mehbooba Mufti is agreed to accept veteran leader Dr. Farooq Abdullah as her leader to jointly fight next assembly elections in J&K. “During her recent visit to Jammu, Mehbooba Mufti has given clear directions to her party leaders they should concentrate only on the c...

Terrorists using pistols instead of AK-47 rifles in terror attacks

4/20/2022 12:40:34 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 19: Recovery of a consignment of 10 pistols has substantiated the reports that terrorists are facing a shortage of weapons so they are using pistols instead of assault rifles in terror attacks. On Tuesday a joint search party of Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Army recovered 10 pistols along with magazines and bullets from the Karnah area in Kupwara district near the Line of Control (LoC). The team also recovered five grenades. According to the police, a huge cache of arms and ammunition including 10 pistols, 17 pistol magazines, 54 pistol rounds, and five grenades, were recovered from Hajam Mohallah of Taad Karnah. According to statement issued by th...

Ultras attack minority guard picket, no injuries

4/20/2022 12:40:28 AM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 19: Militants attacked a minority guard picket in south Kashmir’s Shopian district this morning, officials said. There was, however, no injury reported in the incident. Officials said the firing took place at a minority guard deployed at Batagund Shopian at around 9.30 am. “The fire was retaliated by the alert guard personnel, however, militants fled away from the place taking advantage of nearby orchards,” a police official said. “There was no loss of life or injury reported,” he added. The area has been cordoned off by the forces to nab the attackers. Minority pickets are security pickets deployed in villages in the Valley where members of the minori...

Grenade lobbed towards Budgam Police station

4/20/2022 12:40:23 AM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 19: A grenade was lobbed towards a police installation in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday evening, according to the police. No injuries were reported in the attack, the police said. They said militants targeted the Budgam Police station at 9.15 pm and lobbed a grenade which exploded outside the gate. “Alert sentry fired upon the terrorists but they managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness,” a police officer said. He said the area has been cordoned for search and checkpoints have been set on escape routes. Earlier, the militants had attacked a minority guard picket in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. However, no injury was r...

PDD daily wagers rue undue delay in implementing regularization process

4/20/2022 12:40:16 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 19: Though the J&K administration had given a go-ahead for the regularization of 12,000 daily wagers of the Power Development Department (PDD) a few months ago, the beneficiary employees are still waiting for the process to roll on. It is worthwhile to mention here that the government had asked the top officials of the PDD to draft the recruitment rules for appointment of daily wagers in Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited and Jammu Power Development Corporation Limited. “In the first phase, around 12,000 daily wagers had to be regularized as was announced by the government and we express our gratitude to the administration for the same. But th...

Amid sweltering heat, JPDCL announces power shutdown in Jammu

4/20/2022 12:40:10 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 19: Amidst the sweltering heat, Jammu Power Development Corporation Limited (JPDCL) is resorting to unscheduled power cuts in Jammu region. According to the sources JPDCL is facing a shortage of 200 Megawatts and to overcome it the corporation is restoring to unscheduled power cuts. Meanwhile, Chief Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL Jammu on Tuesday informed that the power supply to Akhnoor Town, Sohal, Ambaran, Thathi, Garkhal and adjoining areas shall remain affected on April 20 from 9 am to 2 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Pounichak, Bhori, Udheywala, Gho Manhasan, Gajansoo, Marh, Chatha, Satwari, Canal, Talab Tillo, Company Bagh, Bhagwati Nagar, S...

Anantnag faces frequent power cuts, residents aghast

4/20/2022 12:40:04 AM

Early Times Report Anantnag, Apr 19: Frequent power cuts in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district have irked the people in the holy month of Ramadan. Residents of the districts are up in arms against the Power Development Department for failing to provide the electricity according to the schedule. “We are facing cuts during Iftaar as Sehri times. We urge the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to direct the PDD to adhere to the schedule at least during the ongoing holy month of Ramadan,” they said....

Medical employees hold protest; demand early convening of DPC meeting

4/20/2022 12:39:56 AM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 19: The medical employees under the banner of Jammu & Kashmir Medical Employees Federation held a protest against the Jammu & Kashmir administration for its failure to convene the departmental promotion committee (DPC) meeting on regular basis. The protesting employees said that the administration ought to have carried out DPC meeting after every six months adding that no such meeting has taken place in the past four years. They said that in August last yea...

Chiarla market has no road connectivity

4/20/2022 12:39:43 AM

Early Times Report Doda, Apr 19: The market in Chirala area is totally cut off from the tehsil headquarters as the administration has not been able to construct a road to connect it with the mainland. According to the shopkeepers their repeated pleas to connect the main market with the tehsil headquarters have fallen flat. “We have to hire ponies to fetch the merchandise to our shops. Customers who come here face difficulties in absence of road connectivity,” they added. Shopkeepers urged the administration to get the DPR prepared for the road to connect the market with the tehsil headquarters without any further delay and mitigate their sufferings....

At Rs 8.5 lakh crore, India tops milk production globally: PM Modi

4/20/2022 12:39:38 AM

Agencies Banaskantha, Gujarat, Apr 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India produces milk worth Rs 8.5 lakh crore annually, more than the turnover of wheat and rice, and underlined that small farmers are the biggest beneficiaries of the dairy sector. In a veiled dig at Congress, PM Modi said a former Prime Minister used to say that only 15 paise out of one rupee reaches (the beneficiaries) after leaving Delhi, but he ensures that the entire100 paise reaches the intended beneficiaries and gets deposited into the account of farmers. The Prime Minister was addressing a gathering at Diyodar in the Banaskantha district after inaugurating a new dairy complex and a potato process...