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Pitching for peace and stability in Jammu and Kashmir, the union territory's new lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said the administration would soon initiate direct dialogue with the people to end the situation of uncertainty and the menace of terrorism.

The people of Jammu are in an upbeat mood over the move to replace Urdu by Hindi as the official language of the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir

Submissions were made in response to a plea filed by Foundation for Media Professionals seeking restoration of 4G internet services in the Union Territory.
 

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is set to organise the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games in the Union Territory of Ladakh in the third week of February and in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of March.

The second batch of foreign envoys, who are on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to assess the ground situation in the Union Territory, took a tour of the famous Dal Lake upon reaching Srinagar on Wednesday (February 12) morning. The group is visiting Baramulla, Srinagar, and Jammu where they will meet the representatives of the civil society including youths from different ethnic, religious and socio-economic communities, local business and political leaders, civil administration and representatives of mainstream media.

 

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about another batch of foreign delegates visiting Jammu and Kashmir. The second batch of foreign envoys will visit Jammu and Kashmir today. The visit comes a month after a delegation of ambassadors visited the Union Territory last month. The diplomats belonging to the European Union including Germany, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria and Hungary will be in Srinagar for a day on Wednesday and in Jammu on Thursday.

Since the decision to abrogate Article 370 was taken, the number of terror related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have come down. The data also reveals that due to a concerted effort by security forces, 157 terrorists have been killed.

 A day after Ladakh became a Union Territory, the region celebrated recruitment of 164 young men into the Indian Army's Ladakh Scouts

From being allowed ownership of inheritance despite marrying someone from outside Kashmir to freeing up women from being subjected to Sharia, the effects of the historic decision to make Jammu and Kashmir into a Union Territory will take more time to be realised

After serving as expenditure secretary at the Centre, Girish Chandra Murmu on Thursday took oath as the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

RK Mathur who was the defence secretary has been sworn-in as the first Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh. Mathur, an IAS officer of 1977 batch from Tripura, later inspected a guard of honour of local police.

G Kishan Reddy, minister of state for home affairs detailed the steps taken by the government to help the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A

While the sand brought from Malaysia, to meet the requirements of the union territory still sits in Karaikal port after 120 days of its arrival, AIADMK's A Anbalagan has demanded a CBI probe into the issue

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik's invite to Rahul Gandhi to visit the union territory has been accepted by the latter. However, the former Congress chief has said that he wouldn’t need an aircraft. JustForLaughs on MyNation depicts a reaction from the brave man who knows a lot about flying in Kashmir, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.