District Dev Council Polls: Admin forms panels to draw roadmap, modalities

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday constituted an apex-level and two divisional committees to draw a roadmap for conducting district development council elections in the Union Territory, a spokesperson said. According to an order by the general administration department (GAD), the ‘terms of reference’ of the apex panel will be to draw a […]

Govt notifies 280 proposed constituencies of DDC’s

Srinagar: Days after the Government of India amended “The Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act-1989” for establishing elected district development councils (DDCs), the authorities have notified 280 proposed constituencies of DDCs in the Union Territory. The delimitation proposals notifying proposed DDC constituencies along with their territorial limits have been put in public domain by all […]

KEG regrets action against news organizations

Says govt’s media policy should be forward-looking professional document

Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) regrets the sealing of the Kashmir Times by the Estates Department. The quarter that was allotted to the newspaper was the office of the Jammu newspaper’s Kashmir bureau since the early 1990s. The Guild believes that the government should have followed the due process of law, a statement issued here […]

38 year old woman among 8 die of Covid in JK

Srinagar: A 38-year-old woman was among eight more people who succumbed to covid-19 during the last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the fatality count to 1399. Among the victims five were from Kashmir Valley and three from Jammu region, officials said. They said that the 38-year-old woman from Rainawari Srinagar died at SKIMS […]

First ever ‘Family Court’ established in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: In a first in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Gita Mittal Tuesday inaugurated a Family Court at District Court Complex Srinagar. Addressing the inaugural function, Chief Justice observed that the objective of establishing family court in J&K is to ensure speedy justice and inexpensive relief […]