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| Creation of posts by Housing and Urban Development department exposes discrimination with Jammu again | | SMC, SDA have far more posts of gazetted-non gazetted cadre than Jammu' authorities | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 17: The creation of posts by the state government has once again exposed the ongoing discrimination with Jammu division, with the local bodies of Srinagar have more posts of gazetted as well as non-gazetted employees while Jammu authorities have less posts of employees.
According to the posts created by Housing and Urban Development Department for various authorities for Jammu and Srinagar capital cities, it exposed discrimination in the number of employees as well as officials working there.
As per several SROs issued by the HUDD of JK UT, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has only 32 gazetted posts while Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has 52 posts of gazetted cadre, which are 20 more than Jammu.
Moreover the JMC has merely 1676 posts of non-gazetted cadre but its sister concern SMC has 3058 posts of non-gazetted cadre, which accounts for nearly double the number.
Moreover Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) has 52 posts of Gazetted cadre while Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has merely 34 posts, which was again 18 posts less than SDA... | |
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| 'Destroy terror camps in PoK for Kashmir to become normal' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 17: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has finally broken its silence over the situation in Kashmir and its claim that life is returning to normal in the Valley, which plunged into uncertainity on August 5 when centre reorganized the erstwhile state of J&K and bifurcated it into two Union Territories.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said," Soon after the J&K was reorganized people sitting in Pakistan were expecting that people in Kashmir would hit the streets and it would lead to bloodshed. But it did not happen. Kashmir remained calm and it made the people sitting across the Line of Control restless. Their Prime Minister Imran Khan led the anti-India... | |
| | | | Poster asking people to continue strike till statehood, Article 35 A, 370 restored to J&K surfaced in valley | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 17: The posters of lesser known Mazahamati (Resistance) Youth League Jammu and Kashmir has surfaced in certain parts of Kashmir valley asking the people to continue their strike and efforts till the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir along with Article 35 A and 370 of the constitution will be restored.
As per the copy of the poster available with Early Times, the poster written in Urdu also appeal the people to continue its support to the cause for restoration of statehood to J&K.
"We would like to appeal all the educated and intellectual that they should provide us (Mazahamati (Resistance) Youth League Jammu and Kashmir) to provide us imputes a... | |
| | | | Stand of 'The Northlines' on legality of JKLA Speaker's continuation vindicated | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 17: By issuing a formal order with regard to the status of the office of Speaker of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly (JKLA), the Jammu & Kashmir government finally puts on hold the prevailing uncertainty over the matter.
The order issued by the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, J&K government stated that Dr Nirmal Singh was no more Speaker of the Legislative Assembly after reorganization of the State into Union Territories of J... | |
| | | | All 34 detained leaders lodged at Srinagar's Centaur Hotel shifted | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 17: All 34 detained politicians in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 have been shifted to a new location in view of the harsh winter.
The development comes a day after former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was shifted to a warmer location following her daughter's appeal. The PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was shifted to Srinagar's Lal Chowk from Chashme Shahi guesthouse.
Now, all 34 political leaders who were detained at Centaur Hotel in Srinagar have been moved to MLA Hostel at M.A Road as the hotel in which they are currently staying lacks proper heating arrangements.
Ali Mohammad Sagar, Salman Sagar, Sajjad Lone, Yassir Res... | |
| | | | Chidambaram, Farooq Abdullah should attend Winter session of Parliament: Azad | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Nov 17: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and former Union Minister P Chidambaram should be allowed to attend the Winter session of Parliament.
"Farooq Abdullah who is under detention for over 3 months, should be allowed to attend winter session of Parliament. He has no case against him, he has raised no slogans against the government and he is under house arrest," Azad told media persons.
"Past precedents are such that MPs have been allowed to attend Parliament sessions even if their cases were being heard. So, P Chidambaram should also be allowed to attend the winter session," Azad tol... | |
| | | | Extension of admission concessions for Kashmiri Migrants to Valley's KPs within existing quota: HRD | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Nov 17: The extension of concessions available for wards of Kashmiri migrants for admission in higher educational institutions to Kashmiri Pandits living in the valley, will be within the existing quota only, the HRD Ministry has clarified.
The ministry had last month decided that the concessions available for Kashmiri migrants will also be available to non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits or Kashmiri Hindu families, for admission into higher educational institutions in other parts of the country from the 2020-21 academic session.
Following the notification, the Ministry received various queries from educational institutions about whether the "increase in intake capacity up t... | |
| | | | Abrogation of Article 370 right step for Ladakh, says Amit Shah | | | |
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NEW DELHI, Nov 17: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government is committed to bringing all-round development to the newly created Union Territory of Ladakh and abrogation of Article 370 was the right step in this direction.
The Home Minister said new hydroelectric and solar power projects planned for Ladakh at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore will produce 7,500 MW power and will be completed in the next four years.
Shah made the comments as he launched, through video conference, a special winter-grade diesel for the high altitude region which faces sub-zero temperatures during the winter months.
"The NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi i... | |
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