*Tasaduq Mufti on Friday resigned from the post of Co-ordinator J&K Chief Minister’s office.*


The resignation comes two days after the government initiated the process to have Tassaduq Mufti, brother of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, nominated as member of the Legislative Council.

On Wednesday, the government has sought the cabinet approval to recommend the nomination of Tassaduq as member of the upper house, to Governor NN Vohra.

“The proposal was circulated among the cabinet ministers today. Most of them have given their nod to it,” the source said, adding that the proposal would be sent to Governor within a day or two for his approval.

Following the Governor’s nod, Tassaduq is likely to be inducted into the council of ministers, the source said, adding that as soon as this will happen, a minor ministerial reshuffle is expected to take place wherein the government may induct another minister (other than Tassaduq) after dropping one of the sitting ministers.

Tassaduq returned to the state after his father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed fell ill. He was introduced to the party and politics by his sister Mehbooba after Sayeed passed away in January 2016. He was also the PDP’s candidate for Anantnag parliamentary segment where the election couldn’t be held due to “volatile situation.”

Later, he was appointed as coordinator of Chief Minister’s grievance cell, a platform set-up by the government for redressal of public grievances.

Tassaduq is being recommended against the seat that fell vacant following the resignation of ex-MLC Vikramaditya Singh due to his differences with the party.

Passengers traveling from SRINAGAR to DRASS via PAWAN HANS Service are requested to report at SHIEKH UL ALAM AIRPORT srinagar at 9:30 am . Only 5 Kgs baggage allowed.

Project Vijayak opening NH 1D once Again

Projects Vijayak of Border Roads Organization has almost completed snow clearance on the Strategically Important Srinagar Leh Highway NH 1D at Zojjila.
According to Col Rajeev Lohani Commander 762 BRTF of Project Vijayak there is around 3 to 3.5 feet snow at various places and despite of cold condition his team is trying to open the road once again.
He further told that his counter part from Sonamarg is also working and will complete the snow clearance in next two days.
It's pertinent to mention here that this will be a historical event if the Road is opened under such conditions.

*Notice*

Written Examination of Left out Candidates for the Post of Class-IV venue is changed and the. examination will held at Indoor Stadium Kargil instead of DE&CC office Kargil on 20-12-2017.

KAS-2014 DEMOGRAPHY

Jammu: 36
Kashmir: 13
Ladakh: 02

Kashmiri Muslim: 13
Jammu Muslim: 20
Kashmiri Pandit: 01
Jammu Hindu: 15
Buddhist: 02

Srinagar city: 02
Jammu city: 06

● First 3 positions to Jammu Muslims

● Nobody among top 10 from Kashmir

Tassaduq Mufti To Take Oath As Minister On 28th; 1 More PDP MLA To Be Inducted As Minister

Jammu, Dec 26: Tassaduq Mufti , who wioll be taking oath as MLC today, is all set to take poath as Cabinet Minister on 28th Decmber.

Highly placed sources that in addition to Tassaduq Mufti, one more MLA will take oath.as Minister.

Sources told that , the MLA could be the former Minister , who was dropped when Mehbooba became CM.

Sources added that there could be mild shiftings in departments of PDP Ministers , where atleast two Ministers can get better departments.

*GL Flash*

Weather update for next 24hrs:

Kashmir: Overcast with intermittent light rain.

Jammu: Cloudy with occasional light rain.

Ladakh: Fair to partly cloudy turning cloudy towards afternoon. Chances of very light to light snow in Zojila, Mountains of Zanskar area.
Outlook for subsequent 2days: Improvement.. No heat wave in Jammu region.