Women in Jammu and Kashmir constitute a meagre 19.11% of the state’s overall workforce, a recently published report revealed. The report, “Women and Men in India- 2017” issued by ministry of statistics and programme implementation, contains analysis of demographic data collected from administrative sources, surveys, and census conducted by the central and the state governments. … Read more
In a historic decision Jammu and Kashmir has become first state in India to have a law explicitly banning sexual exploitation of women by those in positions of authority, having a fiduciary relationship or a public servant, thus becoming the first state in the country to have such a legislation. The State Administrative Council (SAC) … Read more
The #MeToo movement has taken the world by storm and the storm seems to sweep the entire world before it subsides, if it has to! The storm has knocked our doors too and a #MeToo story from Jammu has surfaced recently. Here the allegations have been made by a journalist against a Padma Shri awardee … Read more
“I was a non-medical student in class 12 when I met with this life changing accident. We had shifted into our new home in Janipur on 5 June 1995. We had taken all our belongings to our new house but had forgotten the stand where the TV antenna was fixed. It was Monday and I … Read more
Justice Gita Mittal, the acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Saturday. With the appointment, she became the first woman to be appointed as the Chief Justice of J&K High Court. The notification for the appointment of Justice Mittal stated: “In … Read more
The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) High Court is set to get its first woman judge with the appointment of Sindhu Sharma. The Central Government notified the appointment of advocate Sindhu Sharma today along with judicial officer Rashid Ali Dar as judges to the J&K High Court. In the 90 years of its existence, the J&K High Court has had 107 judges and all of … Read more
People have locked their houses and taken shelter under the shade of a banyan tree. Ahead of harvest season, their crops have already been destroyed by stray cattle. They go back to their houses during morning only to return back to the tree in a couple of hours. Many of their women have not eaten … Read more
Encouraging education of girl child does not seem to be a priority of the School Education Department in our state. According to the Early Times, the department has revised overall admission fee for various levels- class 1st to 5th, 6th to 8th, 9th to 10th and 11th to 12th, for the academic year 2018-19. According … Read more