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Great Kashmir firewall will prevent militant sympathisers from getting govt jobs: LG Sinha

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha asserted on Wednesday that all employees of anti-national credentials would be purged out of the State institutions and systems and there would be no more place in the government for the incumbents posing a threat to the unity and sovereignty of the country. Addressing a function after the inauguration of Ayurvedic College at Akhnoor in Jammu, followed by an interview with CNN News 18 network, Sinha said that recruitment of the people of doubtful integrity and undesirable credentials had been “a deliberate…

J&K admin tells officials to weed out ‘Ineffective’ staff over 48

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 Editor

Chief Secretary issues orders for performance review of government servants Days after 11 employees were terminated for their alleged “anti-national activities”, the J&K administration on Friday asked the top officials to identify “ineffective” employees above the age of 48 years in the Union Territory (UT). “All the Administrative Secretaries are impressed upon to initiate the exercise of reviewing the performance of each government servant who has completed 48 years of age or has 22 years of service, for identifying those who are ineffective in work and are not fit to…

The J&K Reorganisation Act 2019, and why it has become a bone of contention in the delimitation process

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Editor

The delimitation commission comprises Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, and the J&K Election Commissioner. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, has become a point of discussion in the delimitation process amid the Narendra Modi’s government’s attempt to restart the political process in Jammu and Kashmir and take the Valley towards normalcy. J&K-based political parties have been urging the government to restore the pre-August 2019 status. Notably, the bill which was passed on August 5, 2019, had bifurcated the state of Jammu and…

What the Constitution says about the dismissal of govt employees in Kashmir

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Editor

The charges against the sacked staffers range from propagating and promoting the secessionist ideology of Jamat-e-Islami, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, and their sponsors in Pakistan, to informing militants about the movement of security forces. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has dismissed 11 Jammu and Kashmir government employees for alleged terror links under provisions of Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution. The employees include two sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin. Constitutional provisionArticle 311 of the Constitution deals with ‘Dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Union or…

The only motive behind the Article 370 move seems to loot J&K: Mehbooba Mufti

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 Editor

The former chief minister also said there is no policy to restore UT’s economy with rising unemployment and inflation. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti hit out at the Central government on Monday over the economy of the Union territory and the recent dismissal of government employees. She said abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that granted special status to the erstwhile state seemed to have been carried out to rob Jammu & Kashmir of its resources. “It seems the only…

Rains bring relief from scorching heat in J&K, Cloudburst triggers flash flood in Ganderbal

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Editor

After reeling from days of scorching heat, moderate to heavy rains last night brought some relief to the people of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. News agency GNS quoted Director Meteorological Department, Sonam Lotus, saying that rains occurred on expected lines and more were in store for both Kashmir and Jammu regions. “As expected very heavy shower occurred at many places of plains of Jammu whereas moderate shower (has been) reported at many places of Kashmir and hilly area of Jammu,” he said, adding, “Today, the weather will remain overcast…

Dismissal of govt staffers ‘Criminal’: Mehbooba Mufti

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday questioned the dismissal of 11 government staffers from service on charges of support to terror outfits. Mufti termed the development as “criminal” and “a punishment to the people of Kashmir”. She said the government continued to disempower locals. “The Government of India continues disempowering people of Jammu and Kashmir in the garb of pseudo nationalism by trampling upon the Constitution that ought to be upheld. The abrupt dismissal of 11 government employees on flimsy grounds is criminal. All policy…

J&K cancels residential accommodation of ‘Darbar Move’ employees

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Editor

The officials have been asked to vacate their quarters in the twin capital cities within three weeks The Jammu and Kashmir administration on June 30 canceled residential accommodations of ‘darbar move’ employees in Jammu and Srinagar, days after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced an end to the age-old practice. The officials have been asked to vacate their quarters in the twin capital cities within three weeks. The L-G had on June 20 announced that the Jammu and Kashmir administration has completely transitioned to e-office, thereby ending the practice of the…

MMU refutes news of the forcible conversion; ‘There was no forced marriage, some people trying to harm brotherhood’: S K Dal

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Editor

Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema J&K (MMU) has refuted the claims appearing in some sections of media that two local Sikh girls had been forcibly converted to Islam for marriage. According to a statement issued here, “a high level delegation of MMU headed by senior leader Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moswi Al-Safwi which included Molana Khursheed Qanoongo, Mufti Ghulam Rasool Samoon, Molana Syed Rehman Shams on the suggestion of incarcerated Mirwaiz, met with members of the local Sikh community as well as members of Shiromani Akali Dal to find out about the issue at…

PM likely to take some revolutionary steps in J&K: Kavinder Gupta

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Editor

Just days after the Centre held all-party meeting with leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was likely to take some “revolutionary steps” in J&K. Gupta was part of the three-member BJP delegation from Jammu and Kashmir who attended the all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi in Delhi on June 24. The BJP leader said that the central government would restore Jammu and Kashmir’s past glory that too with people getting opportunities as…