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J&K election date, ECI's prerogative, says Home Ministry 7/19/2022 10:57:18 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 19: The decision to schedule elections in Jammu and Kashmir is a prerogative of the Election Commission of India, the Home Ministry said on Tuesday. In response to a written question about when the situation in Kashmir would be brought to normal so that democratic process can be started in the Valley, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said, "The decision to schedule elections is the prerogative of Election Commission of India." While stating that the number of terror incidents in J&K have come down, the minister said the Government had constituted a delimitation Commission, which has notified Orders on March 14, 2022 and May 5, 2022 on delimitation of Parliamentary and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He said number of terror incidents have gone down and there were 473 incidents terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021-22, the Home Ministry said. "Due to concerted and coordinated efforts of all the stake-holders terrorism related violence has been contained to a large extent in the country," Rai...   READ MORE

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29,806 given Govt jobs in J&K since 2019: MHA 7/19/2022 10:57:05 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 19: Over 29,000 recruitments have been done in the government sector in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019, Home Ministry said on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said while district-wise information on employment rate in Jammu and Kashmir is not available, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has carried out recruitment in the public sector from the year 2019 onwards totaling 29,806. In addition, employment for 5.2 lakh persons is estimated to have been created through self-employment schemes from August 2019 upto June 2022, the Minster said. On August 5, 2019, Article 370 and 35A were abrogated and Jamm...   READ MORE   819 suicide incidents reported in armed forces during 5 yrs: Defence Ministry 7/19/2022 10:56:56 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 19: A total of 819 armed forces personnel died by suicide in the last five years, with the Army reporting a maximum of 642 such cases, according to details provided by the government. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt has said the Indian Air Force reported 148 cases of suicide in the said period, while the number in the Indian Navy was 29. The minister's reply on Monday came following a question on the number of servicemen and ex-servicemen who committed suicide in the last five years. "For management of stress and suicides in services, the armed forces are continuously evolving measures to improve th...   READ MORE   Assembly elections in J&K likely to held with Gujarat, Himachal 7/19/2022 10:56:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: A letter written by Election Commission India has raised hope that assembly polls in J&K are likely to be held with Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Senior Principal Secretary of the Election Commission of India Narendra N Butolia has written a letter regarding the summar revision of last part of electoral rolls relating to service voters with reference to 01.10.2022 as the qualifying date in the States of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. This letter is a clear indication that ECI is seriously thinking to conduct assembly polls in J&K with Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where elections will be held before December 2022. “Consequent upon ...   READ MORE   Army disability pension only if injury linked to service: Supreme Court 7/19/2022 10:56:35 PM Agencies New Delhi, July 19: The Supreme Court has said army personnel will be entitled to disability pension only if the disability is attributable to military service or was aggravated by such service and if such condition is more than 20 per cent. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and MM Sundresh was hearing an appeal filed by the Centre challenging an order of the Armed Forces Tribunal which granted disability pension to army personnel. The top court agreed with the submission of Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj that there has to be a reasonable connection between the injuries sustained by a member of the Armed Forces resulting in disability and the military service. "Unless ...   READ MORE   LG reviews preparations for ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign in J&K Says celebration August 13 to 15 a matter of pride 7/19/2022 10:56:01 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 19: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired a meeting of senior officials to review the preparations for Har Ghar Tiranga campaign in J&K UT. The meeting was attended by Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary; Sh R K Goyal, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department; Sh Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary, HUDD; Sh Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Information and Higher Education Departments; Sh Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, bes...   READ MORE   Narco terror financing case: SIA conducts raids in Baramulla 7/19/2022 10:46:58 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 19: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday conducted raids at multiple locations in Baramulla district as part of its investigation into narco financing of terror activities in the Union territory, officials said. "Today, the State Investigation Agency (SIA), Jammu with the help of district police and civil administration of Baramualla district conducted well coordinated raids at multiple locations of Baramulla, including Nambla in Uri, in connection with a terror funding case registered at Gandhi Nagar police station," a spokesman of the SIA said. During the raids, the SIA found a number of evidences with regard to sm...   READ MORE   Covid cases on rise, mask mandate reimposed in 3 districts 7/19/2022 10:46:51 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 19: Amid a spike in Covid cases, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has made face masks mandatory in three districts of the Union Territory, officials said on Tuesday. The number for active Covid cases, which had dropped to just below 50 towards the end of May, rose to nearly 1,200 on Monday. While Srinagar has 390 active cases, Jammu has 519. According to officials, wearing of face masks has been made compulsory in Srinagar, Ganderbal and Bandipora districts in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19, they said....   READ MORE

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