PDP leader Iltija initiates signature campaign for alcohol ban in J&K
The campaign supports a bill proposed in the Assembly by PDP MLA Mir Mohammad Fayaz, seeking a complete ban on alcohol in the union territory (UT).
The campaign supports a bill proposed in the Assembly by PDP MLA Mir Mohammad Fayaz, seeking a complete ban on alcohol in the union territory (UT).
The Chief Minister noted that Himachal Pradesh has adopted a strict policy in this regard and stressed the adoption of a similar policy in J&K.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to ensure the full implementation of three new criminal laws, enacted under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by April 2025.
Days after the mysterious killing of two persons in the Billawar area, J&K Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Range, Bhim Sen Tuti reviewed the deployment of security forces along the traditional infiltration routes of terrorists in Kathua district, officials said on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday questioned the “arbitrary” dismissal of three government employees by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on the charges of terror links and said that the law says “every accused person is innocent until proven guilty in the court.”
In a bid to intensify efforts to control the spread of dengue fever, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) Commissioner Dr Devansh Yadav on Tuesday conducted an extensive tour of various localities of the city where he will be leading the fogging operations.
On the Budgam seat, Omar will face seven other candidates, including that of the Jamaat-e-Islami which is contesting the election after a gap of 37 years. Not a single candidate withdrew his papers from the Ganderbal constituency.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said on Monday that the Doda region of Jammu saw return of peace and fast track development over the last 10 years under the Modi government.
Two terrorists were neutralised, as well as a large number of warlike stores, including two AK-47s and one pistol recovered so far following an anti-infiltration operation launched by the Indian Army on the intervening nights of September 8 and September 9 in the Nowshera region of Jammu and Kashmir.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked the residents of Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) to come and join India as “we consider you as our own unlike Pakistan which treats you as foreigners”.
