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The article delves into the narrative of the government's decision to allocate a separate 10 per cent reservation for the recently included Pahari community. Nasir, deeply invested in his civil services examination preparation, expresses dismay over the dwindling opportunities for aspirants like him, emphasising the erosion of meritocracy in public institutions. The amendment, part of a series of changes in Jammu and Kashmir's reservation policies, triggers widespread apprehension amon...

Srinagar, Dec 12: The Centre on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha said that over 2900 Kanals of and belonging to Kashmiri Pandits have been retrieved from encroachment in Jammu and Kashmir. In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nitiyanand Rai said that the government has taken several measures to rehabilitate Kashmiri Migrants

New Delhi, Dec 12: Union Minister for State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday in a written reply that, as per the data provided by the Government of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, 46,631 Kashmiri migrant families comprising 1,57,967 individuals are registered with the Relief Organisation (Migrant), J-K, who had

SRINAGAR, JANUARY 19: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today launched five services developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for the migrants registered with Department of Disaster Management, Relief Rehabilitation & Reconstruction (DMRRR) and retiring government employees, seeking ‘No Demand Certificate (NDC)’ from the Estates Department. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, IT

SRINAGAR, JANUARY 19: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today launched five services developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for the migrants registered with Department of Disaster Management, Relief Rehabilitation & Reconstruction (DMRRR) and retiring government employees, seeking ‘No Demand Certificate (NDC)’ from the Estates Department. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, IT

SRINAGAR, JANUARY 19: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today launched five services developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for the migrants registered with Department of Disaster Management, Relief Rehabilitation & Reconstruction (DMRRR) and retiring government employees, seeking ‘No Demand Certificate (NDC)’ from the Estates Department. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, IT and Information Department; Secretary, GAD; Secretary, DMRRR; Directors of Estate...

Thousands of candidates spent months studying and training for recruitment exams, four of which were cancelled by the administration in 2022 alone.

Days after Pahari-speaking people demanded Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and political reservation, leaders of the Gujjar community, who are already enjoying reservation under ST status, have openly come out against the demand, setting the tone for an issue that could snowball into a major political s

It has been a trend in most of the cases in Jammu and Kashmir to get appointed under certain specific categories for specific purposes often managing to skip the same and not serving specific areas for specific number of years. While those areas continue to suffer on account of non availability of the services otherwise supposed to be provided by such Government employees , usually over the years such an unhealthy practice gets legitimised by giving no heed to such […]

The J&K government has ordered shifting of the employees, who have been appointed under area-based reservation and have not worked in those areas, for a period of seven years.