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.”
Farooq was replying to questions raised by Home Minister Amit Shah in Jammu that terrorism would return to the region if the two-party alliance was voted to power in the upcoming Assembly elections.
In a surprise development, the BJP has dropped former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta from the sixth list of ten candidates released on Sunday for the upcoming J&K assembly elections replacing him with a former MLC Vikram Randhawa.
The manifesto was released in Srinagar on Thursday by party chief Sajad Lone.
Cherry, almond and walnut orchards have also suffered extensive damage. Paddy crop has fallen flat in the fields, they said.
The former National Conference leader said the former chief minister was so desperate to come to power that he even agreed to a full-term BJP chief minister.
