Panchayat

Srinagar: In a significant move, the Jammu & Kashmir Government on Tuesday appointed Justice (retd.) Janak Raj Kotwal, a former judge of J&K High Court, as head of a panel set-up last month for reservation of other backward classes…

Srinagar: The Union Government on Monday introduced a bill in the Parliament to grant reservation to other backward classes in Panchayats and municipalities and to empower the State Election Commissioner to conduct urban local bodies in the…

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir on Wednesday said that situation in Kashmir is not conducive for holding elections.Addressing a press conference after the party’s core group meet, Mir said the Panchayat and…

Srinagar: The Panchayat and local body elections scheduled to be held next month are likely to be deferred in Jammu and Kashmir.According to a report published in New Delhi based NDTV, the decision about deferring the elections comes in…