The first cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here on Friday decided to set up a cabinet sub-committee to engage with all stakeholders on the issue of rationalisation of reservation for government jobs that is being demanded by the unemployed youth.
The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) on Friday raised an alarm as 158 transformers were damaged in the past four days across the Kashmir valley due to the use of banned heating equipment.
Allegations of torture of four civilians by the Army have surfaced in the Chas area of Kishtwar where a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the special forces of the Indian Army was recently killed and three soldiers injured in a terrorist attack.
The Crime Branch of J&K Police on Thursday filed a charge-sheet against 13 officers in the Rs.19.20 crore food scam wherein rations weighing 4,39,503 quintals meant for BPL and AAY families was allegedly misappropriated.
Reasi’s District Magistrate, Vishesh Mahajan on Thursday conducted a comprehensive security review of critical railway infrastructure in the district, including bridges, tunnels, and labour camps.
In the first phase, polling will be held in 24 Assembly constituencies including Pulwama, Kulgam, Ramban, Doda and Shopian in the Union Territory.
Mehbooba may keep herself away from contesting the upcoming elections in J&K.
Celebrating the festival of Raksha Bandhan, women tied Rakhi to Indian army personnel in Soni Village along Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
In a setback to the Apni Party, former minister Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali quit the party on Sunday and joined the BJP ahead of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Congress appointed coordinators for the J&K and Haryana ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls on Friday.
