DELHI
Lastly, the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir cadre, Now AGMUT, officer, Atal Dulloo is the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and has succeeded Dr Arun Kumar Mehta. Dulloo is the primary native bureaucrat to carry the highest place since 2017. Dulloo has served Jammu and Kashmir from the place of an SDM in Ladakh and early this 12 months when he was despatched on a second central deputation, he was Extra Chief Secretary for Agriculture. Barring 5 years, he has served Jammu and Kashmir for his whole service profession. His appointment got here within the wake of solutions to the highest decision-makers that the Jammu and Kashmir administration should have a local officer who is aware of the world properly.
Jammu Municipal Company (JMC) has mentioned that out of practically 43,000 stray canines in Jammu Metropolis, 36,000 have been sterilised and vaccinated.
GANDERBAL
After the Cricket World Cup ended with Australia successful the finals in opposition to unbeaten India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered the cup to Kangaroo Captain Pat Cummins. Hours after the ceremony in Gujrat, seven college students in SKUAST’s Ganderbal campus have been arrested for ‘celebrating’ Australia’s World Cup win.
The problem began when a 20-year-old pupil complained to the Jammu and Kashmir Police. They booked the scholars beneath UAPA, IPC sections 505, and 506. The legislation makes securing bail virtually unattainable. The criticism named seven college students. “They abused and focused me for supporting their nation. Threats of the taking pictures have been made. Professional-Pakistan slogans have been raised, inflicting worry amongst us,” the non-native pupil claimed. The transfer confronted sharp criticism from the Kashmir Political Class. The police mentioned it was invoked milder provisions of UAPA. Households of the seven college students have appealed to the administration that they need to present leniency within the FIR lodged in opposition to the scholars because the BVSc college students are shiny. “The goal shouldn’t be airing private desire of a selected sporting group. It’s not about dissent or freedom of expression. It’s about terrorising others who could also be nourishing pro-India emotions or anti-Pakistan emotions or disagreeing,” the police mentioned in a press release. After hectic parleys, the police lastly dropped prices and the scholars have been bailed out.
In opposition to a nationwide common of 116.12 for SAIDI and 171.64 for SAIFI in 2022, KPDCL reported a dismal System Common Interruption Period Index of 889 and a System Common Interruption Frequency Index of 723.95
NASEEM BAGH
After a minor on-campus automobile accident, the providers of 5 Kashmir College workers have been put beneath suspension. The bodily altercation started with a collision between two worker automobiles. After hours, The Vice-Chancellor ordered the suspensions to handle “campus hooliganism and indiscipline”.
Administrative Council has accredited Rs 26 Crore buying land for the brand new Jammu and Kashmir Home in Delhi, regardless of already proudly owning 114 kanal land at Rajaji Marg.
SRINAGAR
Jammu and Kashmir is present process one of many worst energy disaster ever, enduring over 18 hours a day. For the 12 months 2021-22, KPDCL documented 889 hours of interruptions per buyer, equal to round 37 days of energy cuts in a 12 months, whereas JPDCL recorded 489 hours, practically 20 days.
Now, Jammu and Kashmir will obtain 293 MW of further energy provide from the central authorities. This comes on prime of the not too long ago acquired 500 MW. Amidst the disaster, the authorities has enlisted spiritual clerics, students, and civil society members to advertise accountable electrical energy utilization. KPPCL has now began naming and shaming people on-line who’re engaged in unlawful electrical energy consumption to discourage such practices.
SKIMS Soura, Kashmir’s main tertiary care hospital, reported over 4000 new most cancers instances in 2023, bringing the entire since 2014 to 44112 instances.
SRINAGAR
Srinagar Municipal Company (SMC) and Jammu Municipal Company (JMC) will now be administered by prime municipal officers. This determination comes after the completion of the five-year time period of elected representatives. This comes days after Deputy Commissioners and extra district growth commissioners have been designated as directors for municipal councils and committees.
Till November, Baramulla Police have lodged 260 instances beneath the NDPS act, nabbing 452 drug peddlers, together with 70 hardcore ones booked beneath PIT NDPS PSA within the district. contraband seizures exceeded 14 Rs crore.
KASHMIR
In two separate orders by the overall administration division, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities ordered the suspension of Abdul Hafiz Shah, JKAS, regional director, survey and land data (ex-officio settlement officer) and attachment of Hilal Ahmad Mir, JKAS, challenge officer, wage employment (ACD), Kupwara. The federal government made no point out of the explanations for the 2 choices besides mentioning the conduct of the 2 officers.
BANDIPORE
Police have arrested 5 people, together with Rohingya nationwide Manzoor Alam, over a human trafficking internet. Accused of orchestrating marriages between Rohingya girls and locals in Kashmir for monetary features, the ladies have been trafficked by means of Bangladesh. Police are at the moment on the case, investigating this troubling nexus.
DELHI
The federal government of India is proposing 33 per cent girls’s reservation in Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry Assemblies in the course of the winter Parliament session. Round 29 to 30 of the 90-seat Jammu and Kashmir Meeting will likely be completely for girls from 2029. The session might also tackle payments associated to Jammu and Kashmir, together with the J&Okay Reorganisation (Modification) Invoice, 2023, giving political rights to Kashmiri migrants and PaK refugees. It stays to be seen if the reservation paves the way in which for extra impactful modifications in political illustration or simply delays the Kashmir elections.
PULWAMA
Unlawful mining in Romshi Nallah, Pulwama has triggered notices from the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal to the District Justice of the Peace and Jammu and Kashmir State Environmental Impression Evaluation Authority (SEIAA). NGT acted on a petition by inexperienced activist Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat. The bench has now instructed detailed studies from the District Justice of the Peace Pulwama and SEIAA by the following listening to on February 5, 2024.
ARNIA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged with beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, together with Sarpanch Balbir Kaur from the border village Rangpur in Arnia, Jammu. Kaur, a farmer and energetic neighborhood chief, showcased her success with numerous authorities schemes throughout a video interplay. Modi praised her for using the Kisan Credit score Card and lauded her native information consciousness. Encouraging her to increase consciousness to neighbouring villages, Modi emphasised inclusive advantages for each citizen. Kaur expressed her pleasure at straight conversing with the Prime Minister and pledged to succeed in 100 Panchayats to advocate pro-farmer initiatives. In addition to, Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Mahila Kisan Drone Kendra and expanded Jan Aushadhi Kendras, fulfilling guarantees made throughout his Independence Day speech. He asserted that his ten years of governance instilled confidence, contrasting his administration’s service-oriented strategy with previous paternalistic governments, aiming to uplift the poor, youth, girls, and farmers for India’s growth.
SRINAGAR
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) performed searches in Jammu and Kashmir associated to a Rs 250-crore cash laundering case, focusing on the fictional River Jhelum Cooperative Housing Constructing Society. The previous chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Financial institution Restricted’s premises have been raided. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had earlier charged Hilal A Mir and Mohammad Shafi Dar for offences beneath the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act in August 2020. The investigation revealed fraudulent practices, together with the sanctioning of a Rs 223 crore mortgage with out correct formalities. The ACB uncovered the non-registration of the society and the fabrication of paperwork for mortgage approval. Siphoned-off funds amounting to Rs 223 crore have been efficiently traced, with Rs 187 crore frozen. Moreover, the ED arrested Mohammad Shafi Dar in reference to the case, presenting him alongside Mir earlier than a particular court docket.
RAJOURI
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has dismissed senior prosecuting officer Aijaz-Ul-Hassan for allegedly accepting a Rs 2 lakh bribe from Moulvi Mushtaq Ahmad to exclude him from a homicide case at Darhal police station in Rajouri. Aijaz, posted in Thanamandi, Rajouri, was accused of conniving with Assistant Sub Inspector Mohammad Shabeer to omit Ahmad as an accused. The dismissal order, issued by R Okay Goyal, Monetary Commissioner/Extra Chief Secretary, House, cited unsatisfactory responses to the chargesheet and a violation of the Jammu and Kashmir Workers (Conduct) Guidelines, 1971. Although the cost of demanding a bribe was not totally established, the report confirmed the acceptance of Rs 2 lakh, resulting in Hassan’s dismissal. The Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Fee concurred with this determination after consultations.
JAMMU
Worldwide cricket returned to Jammu after 35 years because the T20 Legends League commences at M A Stadium. Round 100 cricket legends, together with Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, and Chris Gayle, participated within the occasion. Jammu, untouched by worldwide cricket since 1988 as a result of militancy, hosted 4 matches from November 27 to December 1. The opening match options Manipal Tigers and Southern Superstars. Legends from Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Eire, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Afghanistan be a part of Indian gamers. The occasion’s selection to advertise cricket in smaller cities and the UT’s enthusiastic help make Jammu a super venue.
SRINAGAR
Non-public fairness is usually a answer to unemployment and under-employment in Jammu and Kashmir, in keeping with specialists at a daylong session. The Kashmir Angle Community (KAN) has efficiently raised practically two crore rupees within the final 1.5 years for numerous credible ventures and plans to lift Rs 5 crore throughout the subsequent six months. Regardless of the existence of Aspire Instructional Providers Non-public Restricted, which raised Rs 42 crore over a decade in the past, personal fairness has not been mainstream. Specialists spotlight that conventional debt funding by means of banks comes with excessive prices and bureaucratic processes, making personal fairness a game-changer for job creation and financial growth within the area.
KATHUA
The development of an important double-lane concrete bridge over the River Ujh in Kathua has been deserted for over three years as a result of JKPCC’s failure to clear its Rs 3 crore legal responsibility to the contractor. The unfinished superstructure, consisting solely of slim beams, poses a risk to the lives of tons of of villagers and college students who use it each day. Regardless of representations to authorities, the work stays stalled. Initially sanctioned in March 2015 beneath the Central Roads Fund, the bridge confronted hurdles, together with a change within the proposed website and a subsequent enhance in span size, resulting in disputes and work abandonment.
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