Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Satyapal Malik has opened a pandora’s box by claiming to have unearther major corruption in a number of state departments and the J&K bank. Here is what the Governor had said and how others retaliated: Regarding the selection list of Relationship Executives in the J&K bank, the Governor had said: … Read more
The state government has approved the proposal to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, for conducting elections of sarpanches directly by the electorate of halqa panchayats and not by the indirect method of electing sarpanches from among the panches themselves. The decision was approved at the fourth meeting of the State Administrative … Read more
President Ram Nath Kovind has approved governor’s rule + in J&K . The move comes after the BJP pulled out of its three-year alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K governor NN Vohra has placed the J&K assembly under suspended animation. Unlike other states, where President’s rule is imposed in such situations, the J&K constitution provides … Read more