The Delimitation Commission has not increased any Lok Sabha seats in Jammu Kashmir, nor reserved any for the existing Lok Sabha seats for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), However, it reserved seven seats for SCs and nine for STs in the Legislative Assembly. The BJP Government set up the Commission after the unilateral abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. The commission is headed by Justice (Retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai and comprised Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra and State Election Commissioner (SEC) KK Sharma. According to the Commission's proposal, the number of Parliamentary seats in Jammu Kashmir would remain at five, while the number of assembly seats has gone upto 90- six seats were increased in Jammu and one in Kashmir. The Kas...

Body of a 25-year-old man has been fished out from river Jhelum at Zirpora area of Bijbehera in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, officials said. Official sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that body of the man identified as Showkat Ahmad Gorsi son of Lal Din from Ahlan Gadool, Anantnag was spotted by locals who later on informed the police. Later a police party reached the spot and recovered from river Jehlum at Zirpora, they said. “Subsequently, a case under 174 CrPc has been registered and further investigations were taken up,” the police official said—(KNO)

Bhat Yasir A massive fire has broken out in the Danderkha area of Srinagar's Batamaloo area on Sunday late evening. An official said that a fire broke out at a residential house in the Sheikh Hamza Colony in the Danderkha area of the Central Kashmir district. He said that fire tenders have reached the spot and are trying to bring the fire under control. The cause of the fire and the damage caused is not known yet

Scores of the Asha Workers on Sunday staged a protest in Srinagar to demand an increase in their salary. Raising slogans demanding an increment in the salary the workers said they have worked tirelessly during covid 19 by availing medicines and other needed items to the Covid patients.buy vardenafil generic buy vardenafil generic One of the protesters said that they are doing a lot of work still their salary is 2000. "In Covid-19 pandemic, Asha workers went door to door for vaccination drives, raised awareness about Covid and on the importance of Covid vaccines, Although we are doing our duties on a daily basis, yet the administration puts our demand into the back burner," she said The work of Asha workers is not easy if the Governments fail to do any work, they search Asha wo...

Murad Bichoo Every year Muharram processions are held across the Kashmir valley. However, the limelight remains on the procession that marches towards Srinagar's city center- Lal Chowk. The traditional Muharram procession used to pass through the areas of Abi Guzar, Lal Chowk and Dalgate but has been banned since militancy erupted in 1990 as authorities maintain that the religious gathering has been used for "propagating separatist politics." On 17 August, hundreds of mourners appeared out of alleys of the City’s Batamaloo, Shaheed Gunj and Dal Gate areas, chanting slogans and rhymes in praise of Imam Hussain- the grandson of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, who was martyred in the Battle of Karbala in October 680. Scores of Muslim mourners were detained when they tried to march towar...