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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
TopicJammu and Kashmir government

Topic: Jammu and Kashmir government

‘Witness’ to ‘suspect’: Why CBI raided J&K ex-governor Satyapal Malik’s premises

CBI suspects Malik benefited from kickbacks for Rs 2,200 crore contract award in Jammu, it is learnt. In 2021, he said he had refused a Rs 300 crore bribe, prompting probe.

‘My idealism let me down’ says former J&K IAS officer Shah Faesal, hints at possible return

Faesal, 1st UPSC topper from J&K, resigned in 2019 citing 'rising intolerance' in India. According to sources in administration his re-induction process has started, but he is yet to get post.

Massive contact-tracing on in UT as J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina tests positive for Covid

BJP minister Dr Jitendra Singh and gen secy Ram Madhav in self-quarantine as they had gone to Bandipora last week with J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina.

Damaged tree threatening to fall on Farooq Abdullah’s house, govt seeks ownership details

Detained former CM Farooq Abdullah’s security team wrote to the forest department to cut the pine tree, but it has to follow procedure before felling it.

Why Kashmir’s separatists were given security cover & what it has cost the state

The J&K govt last year said Rs 10.88 crore had been spent on providing security cover to separatist leaders.

Ramzan ceasefire can’t succeed if people of Kashmir aren’t on board

The announcement of the ceasefire could be an acknowledgement that NSA Doval’s strategy to allow security agencies to be proactive in Kashmir may have failed.

Ousted J&K minister Lal Singh says will fight to restore Dogra pride after Kathua horror

Singh says the Dogra community has been portrayed as ‘rapists’ by the Kashmiri and Delhi media, while the Jammu media has been ignored.

Fired, ex-BJP minister Lal Singh ups the ante against J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

The former forest minister said the chief minister had failed to understand the popular sentiment and was yet to seek a CBI probe into the Kathua rape-murder.

Two BJP ministers of J&K who backed Kathua rape accused resign

The rape and murder of the 8-year-old girl, who belonged to the nomadic Bakerwal community, has sparked national outrage

Haseeb Drabu, minister & architect of BJP-PDP alliance, dropped from Jammu & Kashmir govt

Drabu has been in the eye of a storm after his remark that Kashmir ‘isn’t a political issue’, he was a close aide of CM Mehbooba’s late father Mufti Sayeed.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity. Misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

‘Cassette culture’ discusses the boom of Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar saw the pinnacle of success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.