Nitesh Sangral

Running pillar to post for years for justice 4/14/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, Apr 13: In order to shield a colleague in a case of alleged land grabbing, J&K police has been trashing court directions and making the legal owner of a piece of land in Gurah Brahmana area run from pillar to post for last six years. The victim Ravinder Kumar Shan, who had purchased a piece of land at Gurah-Bramana Jammu from Puran Chand son of Kuti Ram resident of Gurah-Bramana Jammu in year 1993, told Early Times that in 2010 he started to raise construction on the his land when Parshotam Lal, Rattan Lal Sharma, an employee of High Court Jammu, and Satish Kumar who is serving in J&K Police objected and got the work on his legitimate land stopped forcibly, threatening him of dire consequences. "I abandoned work after receiving threat from them and approached then Incharge Police Post Chinore for seeking help under law but the Incharge instead of t...

4/11/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report    Jammu, Apr 10: More skeletons are tumbling out from cupboard of Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited by altering tender for opening and running chain of 24x7 pharmacies within government hospital premises to give undue benefit to an influential pharmaceutical trader and an alleged 'defaulter' of the State Health Department. Reliable sources in the Corporation told Early Times that the Reference No: NIT/JKMSCL/PHARMACY/2015/J/107 dated 27-11-2015, the Corporation had flouted tender for opening and running chain of 24x7 pharmacies within government hospital premises in Jammu in which six private medical shops were supposed to be established in Government Medical College Hospital, Jammu, Super Specialty Hospital, Jammu, SMGS Hospital, Chest Diseases Hospital, Jammu, Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, Jammu and Government Dental College Hospital, Jammu. "Ten of these shops were to be setup in di...

4/8/2016 Early Times Report   Jammu, Apr 8: Jammu: Minister for Health and Medical Education Department, Bali Bhagat has hinted at cutting down Jammu Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation (JKMSC) to size for its poor performance and failure to ensure timely supply of required drugs to the Government hospitals, jeopardizing the healthcare services across the state. Moreover, disappointed over the pitiable condition of the government hospitals, the Minister for health also gave ultimatum to administration of all government hospitals to strictly undertake 'cleanliness drive' from April 10 to 17. Sources told Early Times that Minister for H&ME department held first meeting after assuming charge with officials of the department and administration of GMC&H and associated hospitals and found that the JKMSC had failed to perform to its mandate. "Ordering curtailment in budget of the Corporation, the Minister for Health directed the higher officials of...

4/8/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report  Jammu, Apr 8: Feeling insecure by the change of guard at the ministry of Health and Medical Education, the known loyalists of the former Minister are looking for opportunities to get close to the incumbent Minister. Reliable Sources stated Early Times that, the loyalists of the former Health Minister have come together to gain proximity to the incumbent minister lest they were targeted for being aides of his predecessor. "Some doctors with officials of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu and its associated hospitals and some owner of private clinics, who were loyal to former Minster for Health and Medical Education and had earned huge benefits during his tenure, were a scared lot these days and desperate to enter the inner circle of the incumbent minister so as to ensure that no decision is taken to rattle their apple cart within the department, "Sources alleged. Sources further sai...

  4/8/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report    Jammu, Apr 8: Taking strong note of the alleged shortage of medicines including basic drugs in the state hospitals, Minister of State for Health Asiya Naqash during a high level meeting reprimanded Managing Director of Jammu Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation for his reported hegemony in the Corporation and taking arbitrary decisions without consulting others. Reliable Sources at the department told Early Times that Minister for Health and Medical Education Department, Bali Bhagat and Minister of State for Health Asiya Naqash held a meeting with Principal of GMC&H and Medical Superintendents of associated hospitals to review working of the hospitals and take stock of availability of drugs and others in the hospitals. "The duo in their maiden meeting after government formation were informed by some participants of meeting that the essential medicines including basic drugs were not available i...