Div.Com Kashmir visits Shopian
Inspects quarantine, isolation wards established by District Administration SHOPIAN, APRIL 01: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole today visited Shopian district and took stock of the arrangements put in place for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. He also inspected the control room set up in the office of Chief Medical Officer Shopian for facilitating […]
Coronavirus: Seven More Test Positive, Total Cases 62
Srinagar Seven more patients have tested positive for the Coronavirus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 62, the official spokesman said. “#COVID19 cases have risen to 62 in Jammu & Kashmir out which 58 are active cases. While 58 of the active cases have been reported in Kashmir division, […]
Kashmir gets a new domicile law, sets off a political firestorm: 10 facts
Eight months after the Union government scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, it has changed domicile rules for the union territory and ordered that only people who fulfill the new criteria will be eligible for junior posts in the bureaucracy and the constabulary. Before Parliament scrapped Article 370, only those considered permanent residents of the […]
Row Over New Rules For J&K Low-Ranking Jobs. Insult, Says Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: The centre has notified a controversial new law for appointments to government posts Jammu and Kashmir, in a notification that comes nearly eight months after it withdrew special status to the former state under Article 370 and birfurcated it into two union territories. As per the new law only low-ranking positions, such as junior […]
Amid Covid-19 lockdown, 3 labourers walking back home slip to death in Pir Panchal range
Three labourers slipped to death at Hinjhal Top in Pir Panchal range of mountains on Wednesday while they were walking back from the Valley to their homes in Banihal. Senior Police officials said another person Parvez Ahmad was injured when the group of labourers returning back to Banihal through Verinag slipped on a glacier. The […]
Domicile Law Hollow, Unacceptable: NC
Srinagar National Conference on Wednesday criticized the new Domicile Law introduced by GOI, for its futility in safeguarding interests of people of Jammu and Kashmir and termed it totally unacceptable. While calling the newly introduced Law a cruel joke, party’s Chief Spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said, “Only Class –IV jobs have been reserved for […]
Domicile Order Frighteningly Ambivalent: PDP
Jammu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday termed the central government order defining domicile law for J&K as frighteningly ambivalent, irresolute and akin to rubbing salt to the people’s wounds. In a statement issued here, PDP General Secretary and former MLC Surinder Choudhary has termed the order issued by the GOI defining Domicile Rights of […]
Gunfight breaks out along LoC in north Kashmir
Srinagar: A gunfight broke ou t between militants and army in woods along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Reports reaching said that the soldiers manning the fence near “Teen Behak” in the Jumgund area of the LoC at around 1:00 p.m. intercepted the movement of a group of militants […]
‘Insult heaped on injury’: Omar Abdullah as govt tweaks Kashmir domicile law
National conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday denounced the Centre’s move to rework the domicile laws in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir at a time when the nation is pooling all resources to stave off the coronavirus pandemic. The leader, who was until recently in detention, questioned the timing of the move as […]
Amid Coronavirus Lockdown, Govt Comes Up With Domicile Law For Jammu And Kashmir
Eight months after the Centre revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution, it has now notified a law spelling out domicile of Jammu and Kashmir and who is eligible for employment in the region. The order — Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (adaptation of state laws) order 2020 — issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, […]
