KP employees ‘surrender’, suspend 310-day strike

KP employees ‘surrender’, suspend 310-day strike

Jammu: Kashmiri Pandit government employees demanding relocation outside the Kashmir Valley in the wake of targeted killings by militants, suspended their 310 days long strike, saying they were “surrendering” as authorities had “stopped” their salaries. The protesters comprised Kashmiri Pandits working in different government departments under a prime minister’s employment package. The Jammu and Kashmir […]

J&K Used To Have 90 MLAs, Now Has 30,000 Panches, Sarpanches: Amit Shah

J&K Used To Have 90 MLAs, Now Has 30,000 Panches, Sarpanches: Amit Shah

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said democracy has reached to the grassroots level in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time after the removal of Article 370 of the Constitution from the erstwhile state in 2019 and it has also seen a dip in militancy-related incidents. Shah, in a virtual address at […]

Cong stages protest against property tax

Cong stages protest against property tax

Jammu: Scores of Congress workers on Thursday protested here against the imposition of property tax in Jammu and Kashmir, with senior party leader Vikar Rasool Wani accusing the Union Territory administration of being “anti-poor”. The workers led by Wani, who is the Congress’ J&K unit president, assembled outside the party’s headquarters at Shaheedi Chowk and […]

Karan Singh for assembly polls in J&K

Karan Singh for assembly polls in J&K

Jammu: Claiming that there is lack of communication between the public and the bureaucracy in Jammu and Kashmir, veteran Congress leader Karan Singh on Tuesday advocated free and fair assembly elections to address the “missing link” by installing a popular government. Singh, son of the last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh, also demanded restoration of […]

Minorities Reduced To Sitting Ducks: Mehbooba

Minorities Reduced To Sitting Ducks: Mehbooba

Other Politicians Too Condemns Killing Srinagar: PDP chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday offered her condolence over killing of a Kashmir Pandit member in Pulwama and accused government of failing to protect minorities and reducing them to “sitting ducks”. “The vicious cycle of killings doesnt seem to end. GOI has failed to […]

Govt Sacks 3 More Employees Under Article 311

Govt Sacks 3 More Employees Under Article 311

47 Dismissed So Far For ‘Anti-National Activities’ Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday dismissed three employees under Article 311 of the Constitution of India for their involvement in anti-national activities. Article 311 of the Constitution of India provides for dismissal of a person employed in civil capacities under Union or a State. The […]

23 ReTs Shown Door For ‘Invalid Degree Certificates’

23 ReTs Shown Door For ‘Invalid Degree Certificates’

Jammu: School Education Department has terminated services of 23 Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers of Jammu division on basis of qualification certificates acquired from unrecognized Boards. A committee was constituted to review the pending regularization cases of RETs, according to an official communiqué. The committee member in meeting held on 7 February observed that 23 RETs of […]

Property Tax – Nothing Short Of Complete Withdrawal Acceptable: NC

Property Tax – Nothing Short Of Complete Withdrawal Acceptable: NC

Jammu: Nothing short of a complete rollback of the order to impose property tax would be acceptable to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference leader Ajay Kumar Sadhotra said on Sunday. The Union Territory administration on Tuesday ordered the imposition of property tax in municipal areas from April 1. The tax rates will […]

Why Hue And Cry Over Property Tax, Asks LG

Why Hue And Cry Over Property Tax, Asks LG

Says When People Have Money For Iphones, Internets Or Games, Why Well-Off Can’t Pay For Services Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday said he wonders why there was a “hue and cry” over imposition of “nominal” property tax when people can buy . “In a small union territory like J&K where there is no income […]

CCIJ Threatens Strike If Govt Fails To Withdraw Order

CCIJ Threatens Strike If Govt Fails To Withdraw Order

Jammu: Opposing imposition of property tax in Jammu and Kashmir from April 1, Chamber of Commerce and Industries Jammu (CCIJ) on Friday threatened to call for a shutdown in Jammu if the government fails to withdraw the order. “Chamber is of the firm opinion that this order of imposition of property tax should be withdrawn […]

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