The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday amended the rules of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, enhancing some powers of the Lieutenant Governor of the erstwhile state. Opposition parties criticised the Centre's move and argued that full-fledged statehood for J-K seems bleak as
Reacting to the Centre's decision to amend the rules of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir said on Tuesday that it's a "positive news for them".
Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said that the Centre's move would render the new Chief Minister "powerless" and indicates that the polls would be held soon in Jammu and Kashmir.
The amendments shall come into force on July 12, the date of the publication in the Official Gazette-- a move in anticipation of the speculated assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The amendments shall come into force on July 12, the date of the publication in the Official Gazette-- a move in anticipation of the speculated assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
After Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh described the central government's decision to declare June 25 as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas', as yet another "headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi hit out at Congress, saying that "
Sources further said that "Nothing new has been provided in these rules, it is already mentioned in the State Reorganization Act of 2019. The current amendment to rules is just a clarificatory in nature flowing from the existing provisions of SRA 2019."
Earlier today, the Ministry of Home Affairs amended the rules of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 enhancing some powers of the Lieutenant Governor of the erstwhile state.
In a significant move, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended the rules of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 enhancing some powers of the Lieutenant Governor of the erstwhile state.
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday revoked the suspension of A Koan, a 2009-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the AGMUT cadre who was suspended for allegedly misbehaving with a woman tourist at a Goa beach club in 2023.
Nearly a year after being suspended for allegedly misbehaving with a woman tourist at a Goa beach club, a 2009-batch IPS officer from the AGMUT cadre has had his suspension revoked by President Droupadi Murmu as well as a transfer order from Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to Andaman
The Ministry extended the ban on SFJ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, citing its involvement in "anti-national and subversive activities aimed at disrupting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India."