DDC members

DDC members

Media circles have started talking about the DDC elections and the protests by the DDC members about their perks and ranks. Most of the mainstream political parties have extended their support to these members and have said that before the elections the government said that they will get all the power but now their wings […]

Pending passport

Pending passport

PDP President and former chief minister approached JK high court for the issuance of her passport as she could not get it due to the pending police verification. Recently a court has issued notice to Jammu and Kashmir government on a petition filed by former Chief Minister and PDP President, Mehbooba Mufti asking for the […]

Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees have been living in the outskirts of Jammu for years together and now the JK administration has started an exercise for the deportation of them settled in the Jammu region by sending around 155 Myanmar nationals to Hiranagar Jail, which is being referred to as a holding centre by the government. Earlier also […]

Challenge in court

Challenge in court

Farooq Abdullah who is sitting MP of Srinagar has challenged the recent activities of ED on his private properties and has gone to JK High Court for this purpose. Enforcement Directorate has recently attached the properties of Farooq Abdullah worth crores in a case under their investigation as they have alleged money laundering against him […]

No elections yet

No elections yet

There would be no elections in the immediate future in Jammu and Kashmir is the opinion of most of the political parties including those considered to be close to BJP. BJP unit of Jammu and Kashmir is the only political voice which has a different opinion about the holding of elections as they said that […]

Bureaucracy in JK

Bureaucracy in JK

Bureaucracy in Jammu and Kashmir has a sharp focus of media especially in various media houses operating from New Delhi. There have been news items about the shortage of IAS officers and IPS officers in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and it has been a problem of the past. Recently the Lok Sabha passed […]

Tourism efforts

Tourism efforts

In the past few months especially from November 2020, there have been a lot of activities to bring back tourists to Kashmir valley after the slump of over 18 months. These efforts were at various levels but the main thrust of these efforts was from the local tourist stakeholders, who really worked hard at various […]

Congress rebellion

Congress rebellion

Congress party has a lot of internal problems and some of them have now travelled out of their drawing rooms into the field. Recently Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad came to Jammu to drum up support for his views and he also provided the stage to all those senior Congress […]

Weekly progress

Weekly progress

On the directions of Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha his Principal Secretary is holding weekly progress meetings in order to understand how much progress is being made on the ground on the different developmental projects. In one of such review meetings recently, he officiated a meeting on progress of digital initiatives and implementation of various departmental […]

Fresh thaw

Fresh thaw

There is a lot of optimism among the border residents of Jammu and Kashmir after India and Pakistan released a joint statement recently with both sides agreeing to observe the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) starting from February 25. Post August 5, 2019, there have been hundreds of ceasefire violations on the line […]