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Jammu and Kashmir delimitation commission order comes into effect

Jammu and Kashmir delimitation commission's order on electoral segments in the Union Territory came into effect from Friday after the Central government issued the notification in this regard.

JK govt sacks Kashmir University professor, others for alleged terror links

A Kashmir University professor was among the three people sacked by the union territory administration on Friday for their alleged links with terror groups, officials said. Altaf Hussain Pandit, a chemistry professor, was terminated following a recommendation of a designated committee constituted under Article 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution that allows dismissal without an inquiry in the interest of the State's security. With these three fresh terminations, the total number of government employees sacked using the special provisions in Jammu and Kashmir has gone up to 37 since last year. Hussain Pandit was actively associated with the proscribed Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI). He had crossed over to Pakistan for terror training and remained an active terrorist of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front for three years before his arrest by the security forces, sometime in 1993. He continued to be an active cadre of JeI and worked as a terror recruiter. He was instrumental in organising stone pelt

Presidential poll: Value of vote of MPs likely to go down to 700 from 708

The value of the vote of a Member of Parliament is likely to go down to 700 from 708 in the presidential polls scheduled in July due to the absence of a legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The value of the vote of an MP in a presidential election is based on the number of elected members in legislative assemblies of states and union territories, including Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. The Electoral College for the presidential election comprises the members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and those of the legislative assemblies of states and union territories including Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. Before it was bifurcated into two union territories of Ladakh, and Jammu & Kashmir in August 2019, the erstwhile state of J&K had 83 assembly seats. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, the Union Territory of J&K will have a legislative assembly, while Ladakh will be governed directly by the Centre. The ...

J-K administration transfers 33 bureaucrats including 20 IAS officers

According to the order issued late on Wednesday night, the divisional commissioner of Jammu and six deputy commissioners (DCs) are among those transferred with immediate effect

Govt reinstates IAS officer Shah Faesal 3 years after he resigned

Faesal, who submitted his resignation in January 2019 and floated the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM) party, was also detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA)

CAG calls for making officials accountable as J&K failed to submit UCs

It said the non-submission of the UCs means that authorities have not explained as to how funds were spent over the years and is fraught with the risk of misappropriation

Jammu & Kashmir govt receives 4,226 proposals worth Rs 47,441 crore

In this year's budget, Rs 200 crore has been allocated to provide financial assistance to young aspiring entrepreneurs of J&K

Delimitation draft 'made in JK BJP office': Opposition over leaked audio

Demanding a probe, the Jammu and Kashmir Congress said the leaked audio has vindicated its stand that the administration 'scripted the delimitation report in their (BJP party) office'

Amit Shah reviews Jammu and Kashmir security situation

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir along with the development initiatives undertaken in the Union Territory.

Farooq hints at fighting elections in J-K together with PAGD allies

Abdullah, who is chairperson of PAGD, has hinted his party will fight the next assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir together with the constituents of the new coalition to defeat "communal forces"

21 IAS officers among 34 top officials transferred in J-K admin reshuffle

In a major reshuffle, 21 Indian Administrative Service officers were among 34 top officials transferred in the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday night, officials said

J&K Skill Development Dept organises job fair for trained unemployed youth

The Jammu and Kashmir Skill Development Department on Tuesday organised a first-of-its-kind job fair in Kathua for ITI (Industrial Training Institute)-trained unemployed youth from far-flung areas

Focussed on providing jobs to 80% J&K youth within 5 years: LG

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said his focus is on providing job opportunities to 80 percent of the young population within the next five years. Delivering the keynote address at the Harvard US-India Initiative (HUII) annual conference virtually, Sinha said development has replaced terrorism which was being exported relentlessly by the neighbouring country. My goal is to reach out and engage about 80 percent of the young population of Jammu and Kashmir within the next five years and make it possible for them to be an engine of growth for the overall socio-economic transformation of the UT, he said. I would like to see each child of J&K prosper into a mature, successful and good human being. The potential of the youth is harnessed in a way that everyone contributes towards the prosperity of the UT. Together we will achieve the desired goal, he added. HUII aims to engage students around the world in a dialogue about India's most pressing political, social, ...

Parl panel urges tourism ministry to promote JK through social media

A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Jammu and Kashmir administration, the Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders must try to remove 'negative publicity' in the press of the region

J&K mainstream parties have become 'favourite whipping boy' for all: Mufti

Accusing the Centre of pushing Jammu and Kashmir's mainstream parties "to the wall", Mufti said sadly, these parties have become "scapegoats and everybody's favourite whipping boy"

15 per cent independent candidates won DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir

Forty-two independent candidates have registered their victory in the District Development Council (DDC) elections, the counting for which was under progress late on Tuesday night in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The elections to 280 DDC seats 14 in each of the 20 districts -- were held in eight phases in the Union Territory from November 28 to December 19 and so far the results of 240 seats have been declared after the counting of votes began Tuesday morning, the officials said. The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has so far won 95 seats followed by BJP at 68, while Congress had got 21 seats till the last reports came in. Among the 42 successful independent candidates, the Kashmir valley elected 28 of them while the rest were elected in Jammu region. Both Kashmir and Jammu divisions have 10 districts each. Seven independent candidates won from Srinagar, the highest in any district in J&K, followed by four each in Pulwama, Shopian and Poonch and three each in ...

DDC polls: J&K people gave full support to Gupkar alliance, says Abdullah

Omar Abdullah said the results of the just concluded District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir should act as an "eye-opener" for the BJP which had made these polls a prestige issue

Jammu and Kashmir DDC polls: Early trends show Gupkar alliance ahead of BJP

Early trends in counting of votes for the DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir show PAGD, an anti-BJP alliance formed post abrogation of article 370, in the lead followed by the BJP

Counting of votes for first-ever DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir begins

Counting of votes for the first-ever DDC elections, which concluded on December 19, began at 9 am at all district headquarters across the Union Territory amid tight security

J&K authorities detain at least 20 political leaders ahead of poll counting

A day before the counting of votes in the DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities took into preventive custody at least 20 political leaders, including three senior PDP functionaries