A disagreement has emerged between government assurances and ground concerns ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, with the administration claiming sufficient stock and advance preparedness while mutton dealers allege exclusion from stakeholder consultations and unresolved livestock movement issues from Punjab. Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Satish Sharma, said the government has ensured adequate availability of essential commodities and strengthened departmental coordination well ahead of the festival. “We have sufficient stock. All department officers came to the fair price shops. We could not reach due to some other meetings,” the minister said after reviewing arrangements for Eid-ul-Adha. Sharma, said preparations for key festivals…
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Growers across Kashmir have demanded immediate government intervention after severe hailstorms and heavy rainfall caused widespread damage to orchards and standing crops in several districts, including Baramulla, Bandipora and parts of south Kashmir. President of Sopore Fruit Mandi, Fayaz Ahmad Malik @ Kaka Ji, said that repeated appeals for crop insurance, implementation of the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) and waiver of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loans up to Rs 3 lakh have gone unheard despite continuous losses suffered by farmers and orchardists over the years. “We have been time and again urging governments to launch crop insurance and MIS schemes,…
In a significant regulatory rebuke, the Northern Regional Power Committee (NRPC) has revealed that Jammu & Kashmir has consistently neglected to clear deviation and reactive energy charges, payments that are mandatorily due within 10 days under the DSM Regulations. NRPC said that the Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre (NRLDC) is operating and maintaining the ‘Northern Region Pool Account’ for deviation charges, Reactive Energy Charges and Congestion Charges in accordance with provisions under various CERC Regulations. It also said that as per the regulations the payment to the statutory pool account have high priority and the concerned utilities are required to…
A 12-year-old boy was killed and three others were injured after a fire broke out at a Darul Uloom in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday, officials said. An official said that the fire erupted at Faizan Baba Hyder Rishi Darul Uloom in Old Mattan Adda, leaving four boys with burn injuries. A rescue operation was subsequently launched. He said the injured were shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag, where one of them succumbed to injuries. The deceased has been identified as Bilal Ahmad, 12, son of Mohammad Akbar and a resident of Wadwan. The injured have been identified…
Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Monday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) over “gifting” a Rajya Sabha seat to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Addressing a news conference, Lone said that both parties, who were shouting and labelling everyone as BJP, helped the party win a Rajya Sabha seat. Lone alleged that the PDP had malafide intentions and didn’t appoint an authorized agent to verify whom its MLAs voted for, as they intended to resort to wrongdoing. “The job of the agent is to verify whom the MLAs voted for. The RTI revealed…
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that he will discuss the issue of the Transaction of Business Rules of the Union Territory and reservation with the Union Home Minister today. Speaking to reporters, the CM said that he will raise matters related to the Business Rules, the appointment of the Advocate General, and reservation with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “Wish we could have got statehood through one meeting- we would have achieved it long back. It is a continuous process, but I raise the demand for statehood whenever I meet him. There are other issues as well, such…
Jammu and Kashmir has recorded below-normal precipitation for six consecutive months, raising concerns over a looming water crisis, declining river levels and reduced hydroelectric power generation in the Union Territory, according to weather data shared by Kashmir Weather. The latest figures for April, show that J&K received 86.5 mm rainfall against the normal 99.6 mm, marking a 13 per cent deficit. The continued shortfall follows seven consecutive winters of below-normal precipitation, intensifying fears over water availability in the coming months. Experts and weather observers warned that the prolonged dry spell could severely affect drinking water supplies in far-flung areas, especially…
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday alleged that the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir was carried out solely to benefit the BJP and its allies. “We have suffered because of their delimitation. And we know how the delimitation was done. It was carried out only to benefit the BJP and its allies. Now let us see what happens next,” Omar told reporters in Srinagar. He said such developments expose the political intentions of the BJP. “This is how the intentions of the BJP become clear,” he said. Referring to political developments in other states, Omar said, “Eknath Shinde left…
Amid its frosty relations with National Conference, Congress legislators on Thursday evening attended a dinner hosted by Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary. Sources said, that Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra, along with three MLAs of the party, attended the dinner hosted by Choudhary at his official Fairview residence here. The most surprising guest at the dinner was MLA Langate Sheikh Khursheed, who is part of the Kashmir-based opposition. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah, and legislators of the NC also attended the dinner.
Member of Parliament (MP) and senior National Conference (NC) leader Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the functioning of the present dispensation, saying he cannot “commit the mistake” of campaigning for those who have “deceived the people”. Speaking to reporters in the Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Ruhullah, expressed serious reservations over the performance of the current government while maintaining that his views remain in line with the broader ideology and commitments of the National Conference. “I cannot commit a mistake by campaigning for those who deceived the people,” Mehdi said while responding…