THE KASHMIRIYAT

Administration on Thursday said that every government employee is mandatorily required to maintain absolute integrity, honesty and allegiance to the Union of India and its Constitution and do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant. In an order regarding verification of Character and Antecedents of the employees, the Government said employee is bound by the J&K Government Employees Conduct Rules, 1971 all the time during his service. These rules contain various provisions covering a wide range of activities governing conduct of employees in public and private, the order noted. Accordingly, in continuation to Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Character & Antecedents) Instructions, 1997, notified vide Government Order No. 1918-GAD of 1997 dated 09.12.1997, or ame...

CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami has said that the latest orders of the Jammu Kashmir administration that employee’s alleged involvement in terrorism, subversion will lead to his termination and no passport will be given to employees till they get vigilance clearance are another set of arbitrary decisions which need to be reconsidered. A Government employee is a tool to implement policies of the government. If the same employee is made a suspect by doubting him and putting him in the basket of suspicion repeatedly, it will adversely affect his working and in turn affect overall functioning of the government. There is already a procedure laid down to deal with any employee involved in anti-national subversive activities and issuing new orders every now and then only creates an a...

Danishwar Hameed A man died on Thursday after being allegedly hit by a tractor at Damhal Hanjiora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that Javid Ahmed Ganie (35) son of Abdul Qudoos Ganie of Chachamulla Damhal Hanjipora was hit by a tractor on Thursday afternoon, resulting into serious injuries to Javid. Javid was rushed to a nearby hospital soon, however, he was declared brought dead on arrival. The official said that a case under relevant sections has been registered in this regard and further investigations into the incident initiated.

The much awaited water supply schemes in South Kashmir's Shopian district have been finally completed after several years bringing much relief to the locals. The two water supply schemes which were completed include the water supply scheme at Safanagri and Sofipora Zainapora. Locals from the Safanagri said that the scheme was sanctioned for the village in the 1970s and since then people of the area were waiting for its completion. The residents said that despite that the scheme was sanctioned decades before but work on it was started around two decades ago which was completed just this year. Abdul Hamid, a local Auqaf member said that people of the area are very happy as they have for the first time got potable water at their doorsteps for which they had to walk for kilometers ...