After the meet
Recently Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha assured the district development councils (DDCs) that all their genuine demands would be met and the grass-level democracy will be strengthened in the JK. This assurance has come after the recent controversy, created by the government order in which the members said that they have been humiliated and their powers […]
Campaign in cities
The J&K Tourism Department along with the stakeholders of the industry decided to go for an aggressive marketing campaign to get tourists back to Jammu and Kashmir. There is no denying the fact that Jammu and Kashmir along with Ladakh has seen very poor tourism post August 5, 2019, developments. Now the people of Jammu […]
EU diplomat talks
European Union (EU) Ambassador to India has recently said that people of Kashmir valley are looking for an early election and also talked about the freedom of expression to be more visible in Kashmir valley. He has been quoted in the media saying that they have interacted with a number of representatives of civil societies, […]
Tussle with bureaucracy
The JK administration is in fresh tussle with the DDC members who are demanding more powers and also security to perform their duties as promised to them before the elections to the DDC councils. Many of the mainstream political leaders and former ministers have blamed the JK administration for the “disappointment and humiliation” of the […]
Pendency of passport
Even after months have passed Mehbooba Mufti could not get the passport to travel abroad due to the pending verification with JK police. She has recently approached court for getting the passport and her lawyer while pleading in the court has said that she has the fundamental right to the passport and has remained MP […]
War of words
Omar Abdullah has reacted to the recent statement of BJP leader from West Bengal saying that if Trinamool Congress came back to power in the state it will become another Kashmir. Omar Abdullah while reacting to these utterances said, “But according to you BJP wallas Kashmir has become paradise after August 2019 so what’s wrong […]
Properties under scan
Recently Enforcement Directorate has attached properties worth crores belonging to Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar and Jammu alleging that he has done money laundering while being the head of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association. According to party MP Hasnain Masoodi, the properties were either ancestral or acquired before the alleged offence took place and were therefore […]
Term extended
The central government recently extended the term of the Delimitation Commission by one year and excluded the north-eastern states from its mandate giving fuel to the speculations that there would be no elections and this exercise was purely Kashmir centric and the earlier claims of the government that it was for many areas had not […]
Dearth of officers
In order to run the administration in Jammu and Kashmir there is shortage of officers and the government is trying to streamline the process and get the officers from outside after the merging of cadres with the rest of union territories. Since J&K is a union territory now, the recent decision of the central government […]
Tourism sector
The Union Government has taken slew of measures to give a huge push to the tourism sector in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Even for the union territory of Ladakh the government is very keen that they should also get back the tourism as due to the standoff and the post abrogation of article […]
