Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said there is no shortage of essential fuel supplies in Jammu and Kashmir, urging people not to panic amid circulating rumours. Speaking to reporters after Assembly proceedings, the Chief Minister said adequate stocks of LPG, petrol, diesel and kerosene are available across the Union Territory. He said that the government is closely monitoring the situation to ensure uninterrupted supply. “There is no shortage of anything, be it LPG, petrol, diesel, or kerosene. People should not panic,” he said, terming reports of scarcity as baseless. He said the government has been assured by the Government…
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The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday ruled out any proposal under consideration to grant a 50 per cent fare concession specifically in Smart Bus services, saying the existing concessions for students are already in place under notified rules. Replying to an unstarred question (A.Q No. 1523) tabled by MLA Sheikh Ahsan Ahmad, the Transport Department, said that as per Government Notification S.O.P-MVD of 2017 dated June 22, 2017, all school and college students in Jammu and Kashmir are entitled to 50 percent concession in bus fare while travelling in buses operated by JKRTC, subject to valid student identification. The…
As the Union Government is contemplating an increase in the strength of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats across states and Union Territories to implement political reservation for women ahead of the 2029 Lok Sabha polls, the plan, if implemented, will significantly overhaul politics in the Union Territory. The Centre is toying with the idea of increasing the strength of the Lok Sabha and the Assemblies of States and Union Territories by 50 percent. Applying this formula, the strength of Assembly seats in Jammu & Kashmir would rise from 90 to 135, while the Lok Sabha seats would increase from five…
The Centre informed the Lok Sabha that hundreds of cases of missing girl children have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir over the past five years, with a significant number of them traced by authorities. Replying to an unstarred question, the Minister of State for Home Affairs said that data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that in 2023, a total of 509 girl children (below 18 years) were reported missing in Jammu and Kashmir, of which 209 were traced, while 300 remained untraced. As per the data accessed, 502 cases of missing girl children were reported…
The ghost of cross-voting is once again set to haunt political parties in Jammu & Kashmir, as the Election Commission of India has transferred an RTI application seeking details on whether parties had appointed authorised agents to verify whom their MLAs voted in the Rajya Sabha elections held in October last year. The Election Commission has transferred the RTI application to the Returning Officer of the Rajya Sabha polls. “For point No. 1, 2 and 3 of your RTI application, your application has been transferred to the Returning Officer concerned through PIO, O/o Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu & Kashmir under…