Delimitation panel’s recommendations divisive, unacceptable; will stage protest on Jan 1: PAGD
Jammu: The recommendations of the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir are “divisive and unacceptable”, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) said on Tuesday and announced a peaceful protest in Srinagar on January 01. The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the Assembly seats of the union territory, is learnt to have proposed six […]
PAGD has lost public support: JK BJP chief
Jammu: Objecting to the objections by opposition parties over the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Tuesday said the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has lost public support due to their “misrule” over the years. He also said the BJP is “connecting and not dividing” the people, […]
Word ‘anti-national’ not defined in statutes; first inserted during Emergency: Govt tells LS
New Delhi: The word ‘anti-national’ has not been defined in statutes but was first inserted in the Constitution during Emergency in 1976 and subsequently removed a year later, Union minister Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Rai said this while replying to a question of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who asked whether the government […]
Omicron thrice more transmissible than Delta; ‘activate’ war rooms, emergency operation centres: Govt to states, UTs
New Delhi: Asserting that the Omicron variant is at least thrice more transmissible than Delta, the Centre Tuesday asked states and union territories to “activate” war rooms, keep analyzing even small trends and surges and keep taking strict and prompt containment action at district and local levels. In a letter to the states and union […]
Brief shootout between militants, security forces in Soura; no casualties
4 militant associates arrested in Awantipora: Police
Srinagar: A brief exchange of firing took place between militants travelling in a vehicle and security forces guarding a check point in Soura area of the city on Tuesday evening, but there were no casualties reported, officials said. A team of security forces signalled a car to stop at a mobile vehicle check-point (naka) in […]
Army objects to construction by Pak troops in Teetwal sector of Kupwara
Kupwara: The Army on Tuesday objected to the construction by Pakistani Rangers on another side of the Line of Control at Teetwal in Karnah sector of Kupwara district saying that for any such construction “a general protocol is to be followed and unless prior intimation, neither of the sides can undertake such works.” Teetwal is […]
Employee can’t be downgraded in rank unless charges have been communicated to him, & enquiry concluded: HC
Srinagar: Kashmir Mercantile Cooperative Bank Ltd is a “State within meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution”, J&K High Court ruled on Tuesday and said that an employee cannot be downgraded in rank unless charges have been communicated to him and an enquiry is concluded. Allowing a petition by an employee of the bank agitating […]
GOC 15 Corps calls on LG
Jammu, Dec 21: General Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Corps, Lt General D.P Pandey called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan Tuesday. The GOC briefed the LG about the prevailing security scenario in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Discussions were also held on several internal security-related issues and their effective management, an […]
Delimitation Commission proposes six more assembly seats for Jammu, one for Kashmir
Recommends reservation of 9 seats for STs, 7 for SCs
Srinagar: The Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir has proposed six additional assembly seats for Jammu region and one for Kashmir while reserving 16 constituencies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (9 seats for STs, 7 for SCs), triggering strong protests from almost all regional political parties including National Conference which made it clear that […]
J&K political parties reject Delimitation Commission’s draft recommendations
Allege Delimitation Commission's recommendations ‘guided by BJP's political agenda’
Srinagar: Kashmir-based mainstream political parties on Monday expressed dismay over the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission in Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that it seems the exercise was carried out in furtherance of the “BJP’s political agenda”. “The draft recommendation of the J&K delimitation commission is unacceptable. The distribution of newly created assembly constituencies with 6 […]
