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Agencies
New Delhi, Nov 1: The proposed Delimitation Commission to redraw assembly constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be set up by the central government, and not the Election Commission, the poll panel said on Friday.
Responding to a question at a press conference here, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, the Delimitation Commission is to set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
He was addressing the press conference to announce the assembly election schedule in Jharkhand.
Arora said the MHA and the Law Ministry can decide among themselves who would issue the notification for the delimi... | |
| | | | Only MPs, bureaucrats invited, State BJP top brass kept out of function | | LG Swearing-in: | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 1: After facing huge embarrassment for not being invited to the swearing-in the ceremony of Lieutenant Governor which held at Srinagar on Thursday, the top State BJP leaders were seen saving face from their workers as they were not got space in guests list.
On Thursday, GC Murmu was sworn in as the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir following the bifurcation of the state in two union territories. Member of Parliament of BJP, PDP were among the over 250 guests present in the function.
Sources said that State BJP leaders were damn sure that they would be invited to the function and were also seen talking to their workers in ... | |
| | | | Unlike SAC, new watch dog to have full jurisdiction over public administration, to be equipped with own prosecuting agency | | Govt to replace shut SAC with all powerful new anti- graft body | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 1: With the formation of the Union Territory and winding up of the State Accountability Commission- the government is likely going to come up with an anti-graft body with more powers and more jurisdiction.
As per the sources, this new anti- graft body which will replace the SAC in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir will have the jurisdiction over the public administration, unlike the SAC which had no control over the public administration of the elsewhere state and it was virtually rendered as a toothless tiger.
According to highly placed sources within the dispensation, the government has held a high level meeting over the issue wherein it was exte... | |
| | | | Centre can now declare 'disturbed' area with AFSPA | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Nov 1: The central government has bestowed on itself the authority to declare any area in the newly-created Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh as "disturbed" under the controversial AFSPA, which gives sweeping powers to security forces to act against any suspect.
Till the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, the state government through district magistrates were empowered to declare a particular district or police station area "disturbed" under the AFSPA, in which security forces can detain, search and even fire at any suspect without warrant and gives immunity to the soldiers for such acts.
According to a governme... | |
| | | | Lieutenant Governor advises Secretaries to work with utmost commitment for public welfare | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 1: Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu held a meeting with all the Administrative Secretaries and the senior most Officers of the Civil Administration at the Civil Secretariat here during his first visit to the Civil Secretariat after he took over as Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir earlier today.
BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary, during the meeting, introduced Lieutenant Governor with the Secretaries.
The Secretaries brie... | |
| | | | Satyapal Malik's big disclosure, says "the biggest threat to Kashmir is 'Jamaat' | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 1: Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satyapal Malik has described his visit to Kashmir as very spectacular. He said that "I read many books about Kashmir, listened to the people sitting in Delhi, but the Kashmir I found is different. Praising the Kashmiris, Satyapal Malik claimed that the biggest threat to Kashmir is the Jamaat".
Satyapal Malik was confronted by the media after the term ended as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, in which he said that the biggest threat to Kashmir is the Jamaat, which teaches Wahhabi. He told that this is a dangerous institution, due to which the affected people have spread all around in Kashmir. Satyapal Malik said, '20 ... | |
| | | | Four militants led us out then fired indiscriminately, says West Bengal labourer | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 1: Lying on a bed in the post surgical ward No 16-A at the SMHS Hospital Srinagar is 35-year-old Zahir ud Din Sarkar. He was one among the six-labourers from Murshidabad West Bengal who were attacked by militants on Tuesday evening at Katrasoo village of district Kulgam in south Kashmir. He is the lone survivor of the attack.
"We were at our rented accommodation when four militants barged into the room. We were led out of rented accommodation by militants. They lined up us then started firing indiscriminately at us," Zahir ud Din said with a feeble voice, while lying on the hospital bed, covered under green sheet.
"Several bullets hit m... | |
| | | | ADGP Security meets Lt Governor | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 1: Muneer Ahmad Khan, ADGP, Home Guards, Security, Law and Order, met Lt. Governor Girish Chandra Murmu at the Raj Bhavan today and briefed him about several important matters relating to Security and Law and Order management to ensure safety and security of people.
Lt. Governor emphasized the vital importance of regularly reviewing and ensuring the security of all protected premises and vital installations and effectively maintaining law and order in J&K.... | |
| | | | Revenue officials allegedly encroach temple land in Bani | | |  Arun Trisal
Early Times Report
KATHUA, Nov 1: The land grabbers in Bani town have not even spared a land belonging to a temple from illegally encroaching it.
Astonishingly, the temple land (Thakur Mandir) situated in Khasra No 158 is allegedly being encroached by none other than few Revenue officials as was stated by the Eradication of Corruption Society, an NGO.
Pranav Sharma, Tehsil President of Eradication of Corruption Society, alleged that the encroachers of the temple land are no o... | |
| | | | Lawyers begin indefinite strike against shifting of Land Registry powers to revenue | | v HC General House meeting of lawyers held amid massive ruckus | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 1: Following the decision of shifting of land registry power to Revenue Department by the State Adminstrative Committee headed by former Governor Satya Pal Malik amid abrogation of Article 370 of the constitution with bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories, the Lawyers in Jammu who are protesting since last several days over the issue along with issue pertaining to shifting of existing High Court Jammu complex has resolved to begin indefinite strike to put the Pressure on Union Government to make amendments to the law pertaining to transfer of Land Registry to Revenue Department as the power of the same lies with the parliament of... | |
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