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No Congress face in Omar Abdullah cabinet in J&K. Who are the five ministers? | Latest News India

No Congress face in Omar Abdullah cabinet in J&K. Who are the five ministers? | Latest News India

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The Omar Abdullah-led government in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has five cabinet ministers, including four from the National Conference and one independent MLA. Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and other leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of new J&K government in Srinagar on Wednesday.(PTI) The Congress, which contested the polls in alliance with the National Conference, chose not to take a ministerial position. The ministers in the Omar Abdullah-led cabinet include the only woman minister, Sakina Itoo, as well as Surinder Choudhary, Javed Rana, Javed Ahmed Dar, and Satish Sharma, who took their oaths alongside him on Wednesday at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. The new government has represented all three regions of Kashmir—South, Central, and North—with Omar Abdullah as chief minister elected from Ganderbal and two additional ministers, while the Jammu division is represented by three ministers. Meet the ministers in Omar’s cabinet in J&K Sakina Itoo Senior leader of the National Conference, Sakina Itoo secured victory from the DH Pora assembly segment …

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Proposed Move Of Jammu Kashmir LG To Nominate 5 Members To UT Assembly

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Proposed Move Of Jammu Kashmir LG To Nominate 5 Members To UT Assembly

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Last Updated: October 14, 2024, 20:53 IST File Photo of Supreme Court of India. As per the J&K Reorganisation Act 2019 and J&K Reorganisation Amendment Act 2013, all the five nominated members will have voting rights in government formation. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor’s power to nominate five members to the Assembly on the recommendations of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, asking the petitioners to move the J&K High Court first. “Go to the high court,” a bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna told senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the petitioner, Congress leader, Ravinder Kumar Sharma who contended that such nominations by the unelected Lt Governor can throttle the electoral verdict. “We are not inclined to entertain the present petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India and give liberty to the petitioner to approach the jurisdictional high court by way of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India,” ordered the Bench, also comprising …

J&K BJP Leader On 5 MLAs To Be Nominated By Lt Governor

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Five BJP members will be nominated as MLAs by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the party’s J&K unit vice president has said, underscoring, “It is our government at the Centre, so our names will go”. In an interview with Greater Kashmir, Sofi Yousuf has also named the members, claiming that they are the ones who would be nominated. Asked whether it is official, he said, “thappa lag giya (it has been sealed)”. The candidates, he claimed, were BJP state secretary Ashok Koul, former BJP women’s wing state president Rajni Sethi, state secretary Dr Fareeda Khan and party spokesperson Sunil Sethi. “The fifth one is a refugee, the president of our Mahila Morcha. All of them are ours,” Sofi Yusuf told Greater Kashmir in a video interview. The BJP, he added, will form government on its own. “We don’t need the National Conference, PDP (Mehbooba Mufti’s Peoples Democratic Party) or the Congress. The BJP will form government on its own steam,” he added. As for numbers, he said most of the Independent candidates as …

J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s Power To Nominate MLAs Sparks Row Ahead of Poll Results

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New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor’s power to nominate five members to the assembly has sparked a massive row ahead of tomorrow’s counting of votes. The Congress, its ally National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti’s Peoples’ Democratic Party have contended that providing such powers to the Lieutenant Governor is a subversion of the people’s mandate as it will be used to benefit the BJP. Their voice has been strengthened by the exit polls, which while predicting a fractured mandate, has maintained that the Congress-National Conference alliance is far ahead in the race. The BJP, which went solo in the election, has never ruled Jammu and Kashmir on its own. After the 2014 election, it had formed government with the PDP, and pulled out of the alliance in 2018. The next year, it had scrapped the Constitution’s Article 370 which gave Jammu and Kashmir its special status and divided the state into two Union Territories. This is the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in a decade. The non-BJP parties now contend that the …

Srinagar Polling Records Historic Voter Turnout, PM Modi Says ‘Art 370 Abrogation Enabled Aspirations Of People’

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Last Updated: May 13, 2024, 22:45 IST People stand in a queue to vote at a polling station, during the fourth general election phase, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, May 13, 2024. (Reuters) Historic high voter turnout at Srinagar polling center. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha congratulates stakeholders. Peaceful polling witnessed in various Assembly segments Srinagar polling center on Monday registered a record 36.58% voter turnout by 8 pm, marking a historic high for which Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha congratulated the people and all stakeholders in the parliamentary constituency. “Voters of Srinagar, Budgam, Ganderbal, Pulwama, and Shopian showed up in record numbers to cast their votes in a show of faith and enthusiasm in the election process,” the Election Commission of India (ECI) said in a press note. This was the first general election in the valley after the abrogation of Article 370 and the enaction of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. There are 24 candidates in the fray as compared to 12 in the 2019 general election, the ECI added. “Would especially like …

Police Officer Dies In Shootout At Jammu And Kashmir Hospital

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The shootout took place at Government Medical College in Kathua Srinagar: A gangster was gunned down and a police officer died of injuries in a shootout at Government Medical College in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, police said. Sub-Inspector Deepak Sharma was critically injured last evening after an encounter with gangsters on the medical college premises. A special police officer was also injured in the encounter. According to reports, members of a gang known as Shunoo Group, reportedly led by one Vasudev, were chased by a police team. The gangsters drove their car into the medical college campus, where police cornered them. In the encounter that followed, a gangster was gunned down. Sub-inspector Sharma was critically injured after a bullet injury on this head. After preliminary care at Kathua, the injured officer was shifted to Pathankot in Punjab. He died this morning, officials said. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has paid tribute to the officer. “I salute the valour and indomitable courage of PSI Deepak Sharma, who made supreme sacrifice while valiantly fighting and neutralising a most-wanted …

J&K signed MoUs worth ₹3,000 crore signed at Gujarat investors summit: L-G Manoj Sinha

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File picture of Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha | Photo Credit: PTI The J&K Lieutenant Governor’s Government on Friday said it inked Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth ₹3,000 crore in different sectors during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. “We hope to see more investment in the future. The situation of J&K has changed a lot in the past four years. The New Industrial Scheme today has the highest. Investing in J&K means investment in the unity, integrity of India,” J&K L-G Manoj Sinha said in Gujarat. Mr. Sinha met with business leaders on the sidelines of the summit in Gandhinagar on Friday. A Raj Bhawan spokesman said he discussed the potential and incentives for doing business in Jammu Kashmir. “The high quality infrastructure, skilled and trained manpower, strong and diverse economy, ease of living and ease of doing business, digital infrastructure and unique potential make Jammu Kashmir one of the most attractive investment destinations,” L-G Sinha said. He identified Agriculture, Tourism, Health Care and Manufacturing as potential sectors for investment and “assured all the necessary …