In a bid to tackle the increasing risks posed by glacial lake overflows, the Jammu & Kashmir government has intensified efforts to monitor and mitigate the threats of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFS).
Mehbooba, who was talking to media-persons in Srinagar, asked Chief Minister Abdullah to find a way to resolve the issue of reservation saying leaving the matter for the courts was "very unfortunate."
The Minister asked Tribal Affairs Secretary Prasanna Ramaswamy G and J&K Tribal Affairs Director Ghulam Rasool among other senior officers to focus on expediting initiatives for socio-economic empowerment of the tribal population in J&K.
Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday inaugurated Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Regional Centre at Jammu.
The NC had in its poll manifesto said the party would take steps to rationalise the job quota.
Overall 11.06 per cent voting was recorded Tuesday in the first two hours upto 9 AM across seven districts of J&K where polling is being held in the third and final phase of assembly elections to decide the fate of 415 candidates.
As Jammu and Kashmir proceeds with the final phase of its Assembly elections today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised that the Union Territory requires a government capable of making decisive actions for the security, peace, and stability of the region.
In a major breakthrough, 56 years after an IAF’s AN-12 aircraft crashed on the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh, frozen bodies of four soldiers of the Indian Army were recovered from the wreckage by an Army team in India's longest-running search and recovery operation.
Amidst speculations and uncertainty, the voters are geared up for the third and a decisive bout of polling on Tuesday for the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly that will have a truncated five years term for the first time after a gap of 49 years.
Protests were held in Srinagar’s old city and certain other places where security forces were deployed in strength to maintain peace.
