JAMMU: Upon successful completion of District Development Council (DDC) polls at J&K, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha it has said that any attempt to interpret the results “for political reasons” is a mistake. He added that he sees no obstacles to holding elections to the assembly. Speaking exclusively to Bharti Jain …
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The Jammu and Kashmir government appears to have changed its mind on the controversial Roshni Act. In October, it had announced that it would begin reclaiming thousands of acres of land distributed under the law, shortly after the court struck down the legislation. But on December 4, the government filed …
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As of November 23, the government of Jammu and Kashmir began publishing the names of beneficiaries under the now-discarded Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Acquisition of Property from Occupants) Act, popularly known as the Roshni Act. It created a political storm in Kashmir. The first list named four leaders of …
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Written by Bashaarat Masood | Srinagar | Updated: December 2, 2020 7:21:51 am A square in Srinagar. (Photo / File Express) The Jammu and Kashmir administration has recently released a series of lists of alleged beneficiaries of the Roshni Act of 2001, now eliminated, which granted property rights to unauthorized …
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The sister of the president of the National Conference, Farooq Abdullah, and two prominent hoteliers, including a leader of Congress, are on the second list of 130 people who have taken advantage of the land under the Roshni Act, now discarded. According to the new list uploaded to the website …
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Beneficiaries include former ministers of state, retired civil servants and politicians. The Jammu and Kashmir administration posted the list of beneficiaries under the Roshni Act on its website on Monday. Beneficiaries include former ministers of state, retired civil servants and politicians. Among those who received land under the now-eliminated Act …
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NEW DELHI: More than a month after the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir annul the Roshni Law From 2001, the J&K administration has started to publish the list of beneficiaries on its website, including leading politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, etc., who influenced the illegal allocation of state lands to regularize …
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