The Election Commission has initiated the revision of electoral rolls in Jammu Kashmir following the delimitation exercise and the draft rolls will be prepared by August 31, sources said on Wednesday. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey carried out a review and directed the Jammu Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer to map the redrawn assembly constituencies. The electoral roll revision needs to be carried out before the first assembly election in Jammu Kashmir. Officials said that intensive and time-bound pre-revision activities are required due to the redrawing of assembly constituencies. Directions have also been given for the appointment of officials to work on updating the voter list. Re-serialisation, mapping, and renaming o...

Many petrol, diesel stations across Kashmir are facing a fuel shortage as the oil companies had abruptly curtailed the quote being supplied to the outlets in the region, while as the Fuel refilling stations have rejected reports of fuel shortage and assured that there is no need for any panic. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Iftikaar Pandith, owner of Hassan Motors, a well known fuel station of North Kashmir's Sopore town said, that due to non functioning of Jammu and Kashmir Bank from past few days, we were not able to do RTGS - (Payment system that allows the instant transfer of funds) and companies doesn't allow credit. It's just because of that otherwise we have adequate stock available. "If everything goes well with Jammu and Kashmir Banks funds transfer system tomorrow, ...

Members of Sikh community in Kashmir valley on Wednesday thronged Gurudwaras on the auspicious occasion of Guru Gobind Jayanti also known as Prakash Parv to pay obeisance. The largest gathering was witnessed at Gurudwara Chatti Patshahi Rainawari in Srinagar where hundreds of men, women and children visited on the occasion and paid obeisance. The occasion is also known as the Prakash Parv of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has greeted the people on the eve of Prakash Parv of Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji. Expressing his good wishes on the auspicious occasion, the Lt Governor said Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji was the embodiment of compassion, bravery, sacrifice and universal brotherhood. The auspicious occasion of Prakash P...

Locals in Kargil are up in arms against a Tibetan-origin Buddhist monk from Leh who has started a ‘Pad Yatra’ to lay a foundation of a monastery in Kargil. Within the radius of 20 kilometers of the land in question, not a single Buddhist resides, and yet as per ‘Kargil Democratic Alliance’ the politically motivated yatra led by a person who is an outsider and has nothing at stake is not being stopped by authorities. The Co-Chairmen of Kargil Democratic Alliance-an association of social and religious organizations, Qamar Ali Akhoon and Asghar Ali Karbalai have written to the Deputy Commissioner stating their apprehension that the march is politically motivated and could disturb communal harmony in Ladakh. The letter which is in possession of news agency Kashmir News Trust states th...

Noted journalist and founding editor of Rising Kashmir was on Tuesday remembered and glowing tributes were paid to him on his 4th death anniversary. Several social, religious, political and civil society organizations today paid tributes to Shujaat Bukhari on his 4th death anniversary. Recalling his contributions toward journalism in Kashmir and to the society as a whole, they said that Bukhari was a torch-bearer and a noble soul as well. “His departure on this day left a void, which is hard to fill. He was an epitome of courage and selflessness. He was a great journalist who was silenced for speaking the truth,” they said. Meanwhile, People’s Conference chairman Sajad Lone and JKSCF president Abdul Qayoom Wani also remembered Shujaat Bukhari on his 4th death anniversary. Th...

The Jammu Kashmir administration on Tuesday took over the possession of Centaur hotel and sealed the building after the Hotel Corporation of India violated the conditions of the lease agreement. According to the documents available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a prior notice was served to the employees of the Centaur Hotel here in Srinagar, asking them to vacate the premises within 45 days from the date of issuing the eviction notice. The notice was served to Centaur Hotel employees on 25-04-2022. As per the notice, the J&K Government has charged the Hotel Corporation of India with violating the conditions of the lease agreement by subletting the Hotel to a third party. It is pertinent to mention that in pursuant to the cabinet decision No. 237 dated 25.06.19...