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Submit verification rolls within 21 days or forego appointment: J&K Admin to Candidates

September 28, 2021 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday issued an order that candidates whose recommendation is released by the selection agency will have to submit their verification rolls before the appointing authority within a period of 21 days from its release, failing which they will have to forego their right to appointment forthwith. In this context, an order was issued by the commissioner secretary Manoj Kumar Dwivedi on Monday. “In continuation to the government order number 528-JK (GAD) of 2021 dated 21/6/2021, the following shall be inserted ahead of the first…

Could a 1977 like polling wave upend GoI’s J&K Plans?

September 26, 2021 Editor

Delimitation, Gujjar reservation, and the Shia factor could cause an electoral wave against Delhi. David Devadas Some of the most experienced politicians in Kashmir have begun to speculate on whether a ‘wave’ might develop whenever elections are finally held to elect an assembly for the union territory. Former minister Nizamuddin Bhat, for instance, has spent half a century in politics and journalism since he was a student at Delhi University. He recalls that the only non-NC candidates to scrape through from the Valley in 1977 were Syed Ali Shah Geelani,…

Filing ‘Fake Complaints’ to lay ownership claim on land by Young Kashmiri Pandits irks revenue officials

September 25, 2021 Editor

Kashmiri Pandit migrants, mostly the younger generation, are misusing the online grievance portal launched by the J&K administration by filing fake complaints to lay claim on the land ‘willfully sold’, officials have said. Officials said that the online grievance portal launched by the J&K administration is flooded with ‘fake complaints’ by Kashmiri Pandits, “hampering the smooth functioning of the revenue department”. “We have not come across any genuine complaint where an individual has illegally occupied a Kashmiri Pandit land or any other property in Kashmir. In a majority of the…

J&K to pool 15% MBBS seats in all-India quota

September 23, 2021 Editor

‘SC directions will be followed in the distribution of seats’ This year, J&K will pool 15 percent of its MBBS seats in the all-India quota, Additional Chief Secretary, J&K Government, Vivek Bhardwaj said. While speaking to Greater Kashmir, he said that Supreme Court directions will be followed in the distribution of seats. “It is going to be a good opportunity for our aspiring candidates to have access to colleges across India and for that, we have also opened up to have 15 percent of our seats in the pool,” he…

BJP is dividing people on religious lines: Mehbooba Mufti

September 23, 2021 Editor

Claims all big projects, including mining contracts, have been allotted to outsiders Accusing the BJP of “dividing” Jammu and Kashmir on religious lines, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the Union Territory has been put on sale by the central government. “Jammu and Kashmir has been put on sale by the government for the people from outside. They want us to become bankrupt in order to make us dependent on (people from) other states,” Mufti told reporters here. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief claimed all projects…

Follow SoPs otherwise we will go back to square one: Manoj Sinha requests Srinagarites

September 20, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday made a hand-folded request to the people of Srinagar to follow SoPs to prevent further spread of the pandemic stating that half of the total cases are coming from the district where the majority of people are educated. “Today, we see 50 percent of the total COVID positive cases are coming from Srinagar. I urge people rather, I make a hand-folded request to the people of Srinagar to follow SoPs in spirit, otherwise, we will go back to the square one where…

BJP using Taliban, Afghanistan issues to garner votes: Mehbooba Mufti

September 20, 2021 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan for political reasons and in order to gain votes. The People’s Democratic Party president said that the BJP rakes up issues related to Afghanistan and Pakistan but does not mention the Galwan valley clashes with neighboring China. “They will not talk about China which has intruded into Ladakh because they do not get votes by talking about that country. If you want to frighten people, talk about Taliban, Afghanistan,…

Order on ‘Discrete Verification’ puts new burden on J&K govt employees

September 17, 2021 Editor

A list of “adversely reported employees” prepared from time to time will be taken into cognisance by administrative departments and reported to the General Administration Department. In an order issued Thursday, the Jammu and Kashmir administration set wide-ranging parameters for “discrete verification” of government employees, which in effect puts an increasing burden on them. The major concerns set out by the administration during periodic verification of character and antecedents of government employees include serious offenses such as involvement in any act of sabotage, espionage, treason, terrorism, subversion, sedition/ secession, facilitating…

BJP fully prepared to fight J&K Assembly poll on its own: Ravinder Raina

September 16, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday said his party would fight the upcoming Assembly elections on its own strength to form the next government in the Union Territory. He said the BJP was fully prepared for the polls, which would be announced after the completion of the delimitation exercise, and had set a target of 50-plus Assembly seats. “The BJP will fight the upcoming Assembly elections on its own strength and there will be no alliance with anyone,” Raina told media persons after addressing a workers’ convention…

J&K witnesses 15% increase in Crime rate during 2020

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir recorded a 15% increase in cognizable crimes in 2020 compared to 2019, the latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed. The report said that Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh registered 29,314 (including 403 cases in Ladakh) crime cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or under the Special and Local Laws (SLL) in the year 2020. This was a 15% increase from 2019 when 25,408 crime incidents were registered, which was 6% less than 2018 when 27,276 cases were registered. The report has maintained a…