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From Tourism to Development: Notable Transfers in J&K Administration

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From Tourism to Development: Notable Transfers in J&K Administration

Srinagar: With 122 officers already shifted, the administration on Friday ordered transfer of 19 more of their counterparts in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to an official order, Naveed Hussain Badroo, Jr. JKAS, Under Secretary in the J&K Services Selection Board, has been transferred and his services are placed at the disposal of Revenue Department, for further posting. Aamir Ayaz Rather, Jr. JKAS, Under Secretary to the Government, Mining Department, has been transferred and posted as Under Secretary to the Government, Culture Department. Mohammad Ashraf, Jr. JKAS,…

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Cloudburst Incidents Cause Damage and Fatalities in Kashmir

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Cloudburst Incidents Cause Damage and Fatalities in Kashmir

Kashmir Hit by Double Blow: Cloudbursts Cause Death and Destruction Srinagar, Aug 15: A newly constructed road and a bridge at Arin area of Dardpora in north Kashmir’s Bandipore was damaged following a cloudburst in the area, officials said Thursday. They said that a cloudburst took place in the forest area of Arin Dardpora, which damaged the newly constructed road and a bridge at Dardpora. Fortunately, no loss of life was reported so far, news agency KNC reported. There are also reports of flash floods in Khundir Nallah which is…

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HC’s Bold Move: DC Now in Charge of Raghunath Temple

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HC's Bold Move: DC Now in Charge of Raghunath Temple

Earlier, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court court had issued similar orders about temples in Anantnag and Ganderbal districts. The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court has directed the Srinagar divisional commissioner (DC) to immediately take over the management of Raghunath Temple in Barzulla and its properties including its 159-kanal land. The division bench of justices Sanjeev Kumar and MA Choudhary ordered that the DC may manage the temple and its properties either himself or through a committee of officers of the revenue and other departments. Earlier,…

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J&K IAS Officer Faces Contempt Charges, Given Two Days to Respond

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J&K IAS Officer Faces Contempt Charges, Given Two Days to Respond

The high court is hearing the case of the IAS officer’s contempt of chief judicial magistrate Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi in Ganderbal for not complying with an earlier order of the CJM and “attempting to attack” him personally by “scandalising him” In the criminal contempt case against deputy commissioner of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, the officer Shyambir on Monday sought time before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to decide whether he was willing to file an affidavit of apology before the concerned chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court. The high court…

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BJP Gears Up: Election Preparations on War Footing

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BJP Gears Up: Election Preparations on War Footing

Srinagar, 10 August: Tarun Chugh, BJP National General Secretary & J&K Prabhari, Ravinder Raina, President, J&K BJP, Ashok Koul, General Secretary (organization), Aseem Gupta, Vice President, J&K BJP & Convenor of Election Management Committee hold 1st meeting with the newly announced J&K BJP Assembly Election Management Committee at BJP headquarters, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. Tarun Chugh, while addressing the 2024 Assembly Election Management Committee meeting of J&K BJP, asked the party leaders entrusted with the different responsibilities, to prepare their roadmap to extreme working till the last day of elections. He…

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Dry Spell Continues: J&K Records 43% Rainfall Deficiency

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Dry Spell Continues: J&K Records 43% Rainfall Deficiency

Kashmir’s Cool Haven Turns Hotbed: Heatwave Bites Amidst Dry Spell Srinagar, Aug 10 : The heat wave has once again gripped multiple places of Kashmir including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir where the mercury settled at 34.8 degree Celsius on Saturday. However, Srinagar and Kupwara stations were hotter than the Jammu division. The maximum temperature in Srinagar settled 4.8 degree above normal, a data shared by the local Meteorological department (MeT) reveals. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Qazigund, a gateway of Kashmir, also recorded…

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J&K HC Slams Govt for 6K Contempt Cases

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J&K HC Slams Govt for 6K Contempt Cases

J&K high court observes that justice dispensation system in the UT had been reduced to to a ‘cruel joke’ With over 6,000 contempt petitions pending, the Jammu and Kashmir high court lashed out at the UT administration for “ignoring” court orders. The observations came in an order passed by justices Atul Sreedharan and Javed Iqbal Wani on Monday as the chief secretary Atal Dulloo and secretary, general administration department (GAD) failed to appear before the court through video conferencing to respond to a contempt case with court now summoning them…

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J&K Administration Ready to Face Poll Challenges Despite Terror Threats: Manoj Sinha

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J&K Administration Ready to Face Poll Challenges Despite Terror Threats: Manoj Sinha

Jammu & Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, spoke to Hindustan Times on new ground realities in the region, the surge in terror strikes in Jammu, and the Opposition’s criticism on the alleged crackdown on dissent. Srinagar Five years after the abrogation of Article 370 that removed Jammu & Kashmir’s special status and split the state into two Union territories, J&K is on course to holding its first assembly elections in a decade in line with the Supreme Court-mandated deadline of September 30. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, 65, spoke to Hindustan…

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Alliance Brewing: Congress and NC in Discussions, PDP Absent

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Alliance Brewing: Congress and NC in Discussions, PDP Absent

Political Realignment: Congress and NC Discuss Alliance, PDP Missing With the possibility that the Assembly elections will be held here in the coming months, the Congress and the National Conference (NC) have started talks to form a pre-poll alliance. However, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has so far not shown any interest in the alliance in the wake of a rift between NC vice-president Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti ahead of the Lok Sabha elections a few months ago. Abdullah and Mufti had criticised each other in separate…

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Countdown to J&K Polls: Union Minister Confirms September Election Date

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Countdown to J&K Polls: Union Minister Confirms September Election Date

R S Pura, Aug 5: Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Monday said that the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held in September. Addressing the ‘Ekatma Mahotsav’ rally at Bana Singh Stadium, Reddy urged the people of J&K to vote for the BJP to sustain the development momentum and eradicate terrorism. Reddy highlighted that the activities of Pakistan and its intelligence agency ISI had been significantly curtailed in J&K following the abrogation of Article 370 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government on August 5, 2019. Reddy, the BJP’s…

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