Arun Sharma

Survived by his wife Kamlesh, 50, and son Sahil Kumar, 25, Lal built the single-storey, three-room house on about 10 marla land — about 2,722 sq feet — bought from a relative for Rs 80,000 nearly two decades ago. The family belongs to the SC community.

After discharge, many of the workers had travelled to their homes at different places in the Jammu region. They are now back at the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital.

Second Additional Munsiff, Jammu, Jeewan Kumar Sharma's order came on a suit seeking court’s directions to restrain Rath from making any defamatory, derogatory, libelous or slanderous posts/material on social media.

The action comes a fortnight after Rath lodged a complaint with police against Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh citing “apprehensions about my life, liberty and bald head”.

While the extent of the insurance cover is yet to be finalised, official sources said that the Rural Development Department has started collecting Aadhaar and other details of all the rural local body members.

Reviewing arrangements for the pilgrimage, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam said that the “yatra this year would have to be undertaken in a restricted manner so that the SoPs for COVID-19 are strictly adhered to” during the period.

The beneficiaries hailed from different areas of Jammu district, including R S Pura, Bishnah, Bahu and Jammu South, an official statement here said.

At present, the domicile certificate only entitles one to a job in the UT government or admission into professional colleges run by it.

The preliminary enquiry accuses the trust of being in possession of huge tracts of land in gross violation of the ceiling prescribed under the Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976.

In a written complaint addressed to the SHO of Gandhi Nagar Police Station in Jammu district, Inspector General-rank IPS officer Basant Rath on Wednesday urged the officer to “take note of my apprehensions about my life, liberty and bald head”.

The order came a day after Jammu Deputy Commissioner Sushma Chauhan submitted to the government the report of a magisterial inquiry into the deaths at the cremation.

Vimal Zadoo (43) and Vipan Zadoo (30) died on the banks of the Tawi near Sidhra on June 18. Both tested negative for Covid-19.

The incident comes amid reports of militants facing shortage of weapons and increased vigil along the borders.

Sources confirmed the withdrawal of SRO 202, saying the job policy will not be applicable in new recruitments by the UT government that has set the process of filling up nearly 10,000 posts during the next few months.

"We will not keep anybody in the dark. We will tell everything at an appropriate time to Parliament and to everybody,"  Rajnath Singh said while referring to the situation along the Line of Actual Control.

This comes a day after the UT reported 104 cases on Friday, with Kargil reporting 69 and Leh 35.

All the districts in Kashmir, except Ganderbal and Bandipora, have been categorized as red zones. In Jammu, all the districts have been marked as orange zones, barring Ramban, which is in the red category.

Sources referred to a letter issued by General Administration Department’s Deputy Secretary Dr Mohammad Usman Khan to over a dozen senior officers, including Financial Commissioner, Principal Secretaries and Commissioner-Secretaries.

Earlier, recruitment to Class-IV district- and divisional-level vacancies was made from among candidates from respective districts or divisions.

The Union Territory administration has now set up two committees to look into non-adherence of protocol laid down for containing the outbreak.

A statement issued by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) said the policy will help create a sustained narrative on the functioning of the government in the media and promote the highest standard of journalism in the Union Territory.

Senior Congress leaders in Ladakh and some officers in the UT administration, among a large number of people, had visited P Namgyal’s home to pay condolences.

Satish Mahaldar, Chairman of the Reconciliation, Return and Rehabilitation of Migrants, demanded that the process be stopped as the 2011 census, which is being taken as the basis for conducting the exercise in J&K, does not take into account a large number of Kashmiri Pandits

India-China border: Highly placed sources said a detailed analysis of satellite images has shown extensive deployment of towed artillery and mechanised elements on the Chinese side, bringing Indian deployments within striking distance.