MUMBAI
The Maharashtra authorities is shopping for land in Ayodhya and Kashmir to arrange vacationer amenities for its individuals. In Kashmir, the federal government will likely be establishing Maharashtra Bhawan in Budgam. The federal government has sanctioned 2.5 acres of land in Ichgam, close to the Srinagar airport, for the mission. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has authorised transferring land to the Maharashtra authorities for Rs 8.16 crore. The property buy course of started in June 2023, when Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited Lt Governor Manoj Sinha. This makes Maharashtra the primary state to have its facility in Kashmir.
In the meantime, Displaced households from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) expressed discontent over the laying of the inspiration stone for a PoJK Bhawan on the outskirts of Jammu on March 12. The controversy arose as a good portion of displaced individuals questioned the need of the Bhawan, stating that no request or proposal was submitted to the administration for its development. Outstanding PoJK refugee organisations criticised the administration for trivialising their struggling and ignoring real points. They argued in opposition to the wasteful expenditure on a Bhawan positioned removed from refugee habitation areas
The gender ratio of the voters in Jammu and Kashmir has improved from 945 ladies voters per 1,000 males in 2019 to 954 in 2024 and in 16 meeting constituencies, the ratio has reached an equal degree between the 2 in the identical five-year interval.
KASHMIR
The Muslim fasting month of Ramzaan got here at a time when the temperature indicated a kind of winter. Usually the month witnesses large consumption of watermelons which is dictated by the quantum of the devoted’s thirst. Market gamers have traditionally used reopeners to grab the season. This yr, when the demand was at an all-time low, an oncologist’s public submit introduced the fruit into the information. He warned individuals in opposition to consuming artificially ripened watermelons. Now two lobbies are battling it out – the merchants who’ve bought early crops from Gujarat however are usually not capable of promote and the federal government companies who’re insisting that the reopeners haven’t been used. The consumption of the fruit is down however no person understands that it’s dictated by temperature and never by a physician. The watermelon consumption is predicted to enhance later this month. It’s presently promoting solely half of final yr when it might set off a turnover of greater than Rs 5 crore day by day.
The Administrative Council authorised the set up of a vertical raise from Peerkho Station to the Mubarak Mandi Heritage complicated as a part of the Jammu Ropeway Mission. Estimated at Rs 25.07 crore, the mission includes two lifts, every accommodating 13 passengers, facilitating environment friendly transportation.
KISHTWAR
In a heartbreaking occasion, 4 members of a household – a person, a spouse and their two kids, misplaced their lives after their automobile fell right into a gorge, leaving just one survivor who’s battling for all times. The household was in a automobile travelling to Jammu when it skidded off the highway and fell right into a gorge within the periphery of Kishtwar city close to the Bhandarkot space.
The Jammu and Kashmir authorities prolonged monetary assist to 350 youth from Kashmiri Pandit and erstwhile residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoJK) and former West Pakistan refugees, to start out their startups.
DELHI
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally hooked up immovable properties valued at Rs 2.45 crore linked to Mohammad Shafi Dar and Abdul Hamid Hajam within the Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Financial institution (JKSTCB) mortgage fraud case of 2019. The case includes the fraudulent sanction and disbursement of a mortgage amounting to Rs 223 crore to a fictitious cooperative society named River Jehlum Cooperative Home Constructing Society in Srinagar. This marks the second provisional attachment within the case, following an earlier attachment of properties value Rs 193.46 crore in December 2023. Moreover, prosecution underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) has been initiated in opposition to six people, together with the aforementioned accused, earlier than a PMLA courtroom in Srinagar. The accused, together with Hilal Ahmad Mir, Abdul Hamid Hajam, Mohammad Mujeeb Ur Rehman Ghassi, Syed Ashiq Hussain, and Mohammad Shafi Dar, are accused of conspiring to fraudulently safe a mortgage from the JKSTCB within the identify of a non-existent society, diverting funds for land purchases with out collateral safety, and bypassing regulatory procedures.
Within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections Jammu and Kashmir may have 3.4 lakh first-time voters.
KUPWARA
In a slightly filmy occasion, a restaurant proprietor was arrested together with an confederate for setting a constructing on fireplace to assert the insurance coverage cash. The incident came about in Batergam the place a non-local Mohammad Feroz Alam, misplaced his life. The Kupwara Police Station commenced proceedings underneath Part 174 of the Legal Process Code. Two individuals recognized as Abrar Ahmad Bhat, son of Ghulam Hassan Bhat, a resident of Battergam, and Zakir Ahmad Bhat, son of Mohammad Afzal Bhat, a resident of Gulgam, deliberately began the fireplace. In consequence, a case (FIR No. 54/2024) was filed underneath sections 302, 436, 420, and 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Each accused had then fled Jammu and Kashmir, in search of refuge in Punjab. They had been captured and returned to Kupwara to face authorized expenses. Throughout interrogation, the accused admitted to setting fireplace to the construction to get cash from the insurance coverage firm.
4 drug peddlers had been arrested from Budgam, Kulgam and Baramulla districts on separate events.
JAMMU
The Jammu and Kashmir administration lately authorised a definite 10 per cent job quota for newly integrated Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. This quota encompasses varied teams such because the Paharis, ethnic tribes, Paddari tribes, Kolis, and Gadda Brahmins. Notably, the prevailing 10 per cent quota allotted to communities like Gujjars, Bakerwals, and others underneath the ST class stays intact. Moreover, the administration sanctioned the inclusion of 15 new castes within the Different Backward Class (OBC), augmenting their quota to eight per cent. Adjustments within the nomenclature and synonymy of sure castes, as suggested by the Socially and Economically Backward Courses Fee, had been additionally endorsed. Beforehand, a ten per cent quota for Gurjars and the Bakerwal communities had been sanctioned, bringing the general ST quota in Jammu and Kashmir to twenty per cent.
Forester Mansoor Ahmad and officer Mushtaq Ahmad had been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, in north Kashmir for allegedly asking and taking a bribe of Rs 12,500 for processing and issuing a journey allow.
KULGAM
The Jammu and Kashmir Authorities dismissed Manzoor Ahmed Laway, a Instructor within the Schooling Division, underneath Article 311 of the Structure of India because of his involvement in “anti-national actions”, together with instigating mobs and collaborating in terror-related incidents. This dismissal aligns with the federal government’s zero-tolerance coverage in direction of such components, with Laway being considered one of 56 officers dismissed underneath Article 311 for comparable causes.
Administrative Council (AC) has sanctioned the switch of twenty-two kanals and two marlas of land positioned in Property Devipora, Tulmulla, Ganderbal, to the Animal Husbandry Division.
CANADA
The tragic deaths of aKashmir-origin couple, Rajiv Warikoo (51) and Shilpa Kotha (47), together with their 16-year-old daughter, Mahek Warikoo, in a suspicious fireplace in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, has shocked the group. Peel Police confirmed the identities of the victims after human stays had been discovered within the burnt residence. Constable Taryn Younger labelled the fireplace as suspicious, resulting in a murder investigation. Regardless of dwelling peacefully for 15 years, neighbours had been shocked by the incident, emphasising the urgency of the continued investigation. Authorities are urging anybody with related data or footage to help in unravelling the circumstances surrounding this devastating occasion.
A cost sheet has been filed by JK Police in opposition to 12 in a Rs 300 crore drug haul case.
SHOPIAN
The railway ministry’s determination to increase its community into extra Kashmiri districts encounters resistance from farmers involved in regards to the potential lack of their orchards. The proposed growth consists of remaining location surveys for 5 traces, sparking protests amongst fruit growers, notably within the Shopian space. Officers confronted opposition whereas surveying orchards for the Awantipora-Shopian line, with villagers adamantly refusing to permit the railway by way of their lands. Residents emphasise the importance of their orchards, highlighting their decades-long cultivation and important position in sustaining livelihoods. The sanctioned railway traces embody the doubling of the Baramulla-Banihal part (135.5 km), Baramulla-Uri (50 km), Sopore-Kupwara (33.7 km), Awantipora-Shopian (27.6 km) and Anantnag-Bijbehara-Pahalgam (77.5 km). Political events, together with the Nationwide Convention and the Folks’s Democratic Celebration, echo considerations in regards to the potential lack of orchards and stress the significance of addressing native apprehensions in improvement initiatives.
Rs 224.44 crore was sanctioned by the Central Authorities for the development of Shopian Bypass.
LADAKH
Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed solidarity with Ladakh’s demand for full Statehood, urging the federal government to heed the individuals’s voices. Gandhi shared a video of Ladakhi residents fasting for eight days to assist this trigger. Criticizing the BJP for unfulfilled guarantees, she highlighted the rising Chinese language presence and accused the federal government of betrayal. Environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk and others endure harsh circumstances of their eight-day quick, demanding Statehood and safety underneath the 6th Schedule. Gandhi emphasised the federal government’s obligation to fulfil these calls for and referred to as for an finish to its stubbornness, advocating for the rights and considerations of Ladakhi residents.
DELHI
The Centre has enacted a ban on two Jammu and Kashmir-based teams, the Muslim Convention (Sumji faction) and the Muslim Convention (Bhat faction), using the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA) for 5 years. The banned organisations have been implicated in actions fostering discord and posing threats to the nation’s safety. Moreover, the ban on different events just like the Jammu Kashmir Nationwide Entrance and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Entrance (JKLF-Y) has been prolonged, citing their involvement in actions deemed prejudicial to nationwide safety and unity. In the meantime, the Authorities has arrange a panel, headed by Justice Navin Chawla of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom, which can adjudicate on whether or not there’s adequate floor for declaring the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Jammu and Kashmir, a banned organisation. The organisation was initially banned on February 28, 2019, and on February 27, the ban has been prolonged by 5 years.
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