SRINAGAR, Oct 6: Amid confusion regarding the exams of lower class students, the School Education Department on Thursday said that it will most likely conduct it in March and official orders in this regard are expected this week.
Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) said, “Most likely, all the exams from Classes 1-9 are going to be held in the month of March.”
“We have submitted our proposal to the government and we expect that within one or two days we expect the official orders,” he said. (KNO)

New Delhi, October:

The delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir has attained finality after the publication of the Delimitation Orders in Gazette Notifications on May 5 in terms of the Delimitation Act, the Election Commission has told the Supreme Court.

Before publication of the final order, a number of public sittings were held to accord full opportunity to members of the public to make oral and written submissions before the Delimitation Commission, the poll panel said in an affidavit filed in response to a petition challenging the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir.

Under Article 329(a) of the Constitution, there was a bar on judicial interference regarding the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies, it pointed out. Citing Section 10(2) of Delimitation Act, the EC said, “Upon publication in the Gazette of India, every such order shall have the force of law and shall not be called in question in any court.”

Earlier, the Centre had also asserted that the delimitation exercise in the newly created UT had become final and it couldn’t be challenged in courts. It had said the petition was nothing but a “frivolous attempt to challenge the Delimitation Commission without any basis”.

A Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul is likely to take up the petition filed by Srinagar residents Haji Abdul Gani Khan and Mohammad Ayub Mattoo on October 13.

Jammu, Oct 6: Weather was dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Thursday, and that same conditions are likely to prevail during the next 24 hours.

Dry weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said.

Night temperatures have dropped significantly in the valley as locals have started wearing warm clothes.

Mornings and evenings are colder with many Kashmiris donning the ‘Pheran’.

Srinagar had 9.6, Pahalgam 5.6 and Gulmarg also 5.6 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature today.

Drass town in Ladakh region had 0.5, Kargil 6.6 and Leh 2 as the minimum temperature.

Jammu had 21.1, Katra 18.2, Batote 12.1, Banihal 8 and Bhaderwah 10.5 as the minimum temperature.

Jammu, October:

The police on Wednesday said the domestic help, Yasir Ahmed, accused of murdering DGP (Prisons) Hemant Kumar Lohia, has confessed his crime. The body of the 1992-batch IPS officer, who was murdered at his friend’s house on the outskirts of Jammu late on Monday night, was cremated with full state honours. Lohia was killed after he was stabbed multiple times and his throat slit with a broken glass bottle by Yasir who was arrested by the police from Kanachak on Tuesday morning.

During interrogation, Yasir accepted that he killed Lohia inside a room of the house of Rajiv Khajuria, a family friend of the officer where he stayed as his home was under renovation. A resident of Ramban district, Yasir was a domestic help of Khajuria. He was hired six months ago.

The police have also ruled out the terror angle. ADGP Mukesh Singh said, “No terror angle has emerged during the investigation. The interrogation of the accused is in progress. His disclosures are being corroborated with field investigation.”

The police are focusing on the motive as there seems to be no sudden trigger. Documents, including Yasir’s diary, suggest he was depressed, police officials informed.

The police have also ruled out the terror angle. ADGP Mukesh Singh said, “No terror angle has emerged during the investigation. The interrogation of the accused is in progress. His disclosures are being corroborated with field investigation.”

The police are focusing on the motive as there seems to be no sudden trigger. Documents, including Yasir’s diary, suggest he was depressed, police officials informed.

While most of the diary entries, purportedly written by him, make no mention of date, police sources said that some of those entries might have been written a few months ago after he started working at Khajuria’s house.

“The police are also trying to know the reason behind Yasir’s unstable state of mind to understand what triggered him to attack the senior police officer as it could be the key,” said sources.

Meanwhile, a wreath laying ceremony was held at the district police lines in Jammu to pay homage to Lohia.

SRINAGAR, Oct: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 240 development projects of about Rs. 2,000 crore in Srinagar.
Amit Shah also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of several development projects worth crores of Rupees in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir and addressed a public meeting in the region.
Several dignitaries including the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh were also present on the occasion.development of the country by connecting with industries. He said that there are two models, one is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s model of development, peace, harmony and employment and the other which leads to Pulwama attack. Prime Minister Modi has constructed a hospital in Pulwama with an expenditure of Rs. 2,000 crore. The second model consists of stones and machine guns and closed colleges for the youth, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s model has IIMs and IITs. Shah said that youth should get education and not have stones in their hands and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken stones from the hands of the youth and inspired them to educate themselves.Amit Shah said that the government has initiated the political process and he wants to assure the people that as soon as the task of preparing the electoral rolls by the Election Commission is over, elections will be held within Kashmir for the people with complete transparency. The elected representatives will rule in the region. He said that earlier the delimitation was done to benefit only the people of three families, but now as a result of the delimitation, the representatives of the people will win and they will rule. The Union Home Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ensured that Kashmir is now almost free from terror. He advised people that if someone in their village supports terrorists, then they must be reasoned with and brought back into the mainstream because terror and terrorism cannot benefit Kashmir, only democracy, industrialization, AIIMS, IIM and IIT, can benefit Kashmir.The Union Home and Cooperation Minister said that during the rule of three families, the budget of Jammu and Kashmir was merely Rs. 132 crore, while in 2022-23, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi the budget has been increased from Rs. 132 crore to Rs. 1,515 crore. Rs.10 crore have been allotted separately for DDC and PDC. Shah said that five new degree colleges are also being opened in different areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the work of setting up a residential school with 100-bed capacity for Gurjar-Bakarwal girls of Baramulla has also been undertaken by the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A Government Medical College is also being set up in Baramulla, which will enable the children in the region to become doctors and help them serve the people of Kashmir. He said that only four medical colleges were built in Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 till 2014, whereas from 2014 till 2022 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government of India has built nine new medical colleges and 15 nursing colleges. Whereas earlier only 500 doctors used to pass out of Jammu and Kashmir, now 1,300 doctors will complete their studies and serve the country and Jammu and Kashmir. Shah said that AIIMS, NEET, B.Sc Nursing College and two Cancer Institutes have also been set up in Kashmir. New medical colleges have been set up at Anantnag and Baramulla and two cluster universities have been built in Jammu and Kashmir.
Amit Shah said that the expressway from Nangal to Baramulla and from Baramulla to Uri has been built at a cost of Rs. 850 crore. A 43-km road has been built connecting Baramulla to Gulmarg at a cost of Rs. 85 crore to help tourists travelling from Gulmarg to Baramulla. He said that over one lakh families are being brought under the ambit of education through a scheme of Rs. 847 crore. Two stadiums have been built in 402 panchayats of Jammu and Kashmir along with one playground in each panchayat. Additionally, two indoor stadiums are also being built at a cost of Rs. 10 crore. Shah said that in the month of September this year, 13 lakh tourists visited Gulmarg. He said that installation of power plants and irrigation projects worth thousands of crores of Rupees will bring prosperity to the valley of Kashmir. In order to improve the rail network, the work on rail link from Udhampur to Baramulla has been initiated. Under the Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana, 119 new roads worth Rs.,3167 crore have been built. The Union Home Minister said that under the Prime Minister’s Industrial Package, an investment of Rs. 56,000 crore has come from across the country in Kashmir, which is likely to provide employment to five lakh people.The Union Home Minister said that earlier due to Article 370, Gujjar-Bakarwal and Pahari people could not get the benefit of Reservation in education, elections and jobs, but now after its removal, they will all get the benefits. For this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituted the Justice Sharma Commission and once again an attempt has been made to connect the different communities by conducting a scientific survey of ST, SC and OBC. While Reservation will now be provided to the Pahari people, the Gujjar people will continue to enjoy the benefits of Reservation that they had till now, and it will not make any difference to their share. The steps taken by the Prime Minister will pave the way for reforms in Jammu and Kashmir.
Amit Shah said that 42,000 people have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir, and all of them were children of the poor. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants that separatism and terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir should end and Jammu and Kashmir should remain the paradise of India. The Union Home Minister appealed to the people to annihilate terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir. Amit Shah said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not tolerate terrorism at all. Be it the Valley or Jammu, Srinagar or Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the government is bringing all round development work everywhere. He appealed to the people to join the mainstream of the country and empower the process of development and move forward.

Srinagar, Oct: Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the Gurudwara Chatti Patshahi in Rainawari area on Wednesday, officials said.
After the public rally in Baramulla district in north Kashmir, Shah returned to Srinagar and attended a function at the Raj Bhavan here, the officials said.
They said immediately after the function ended, Shah visited Rainawari area of the city and paid obeisance at the Gurudwara Chatti Patshahi.
He was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha and some BJP leaders.
The Union Home Minister also interacted with the devotees, the officials added. (Agencies)