JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against a then Naib Tehsildar, a Patwari and two private persons for their alleged involvement in facilitating the wrongful occupation of State land at Gurha Brahmana village in Jammu. According to the ACB, the case was registered following Verification No. 02/2024, initiated […]
JAMMU — The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth approximately ₹10.66 crore belonging to four hotels in Patnitop area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district in connection with a land encroachment and illegal construction case, officials said on Monday. The attached properties include land and buildings of Hotel Holiday Inn, Hotel Broadway, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that over 16,000 kanals of land under the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) are currently being encroached upon, and that eviction drives are being carried out in a phased and time-bound manner. In response to a question from BJP MLA Dr Narinder Singh Raina […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said action against encroachment on government land in Jammu and Kashmir will begin with influential violators, assuring the Assembly that the poor will not be targeted first. Winding up discussions on grants of his departments in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdullah said there was unanimity […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday informed the Assembly that 150 kanals of land identified for industrial development at Industrial Estate Balole in Samba district remain under encroachment, while a substantial portion of the total land 436 kanals earmarked is yet to be handed over to the Industries Department. Replying to a […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has retrieved over 14.29 lakh kanals of encroached state land across the Union Territory, while nearly three lakh kanals continue to remain under illegal occupation, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah informed the Assembly on Tuesday. Replying to a starred question raised by BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma, Abdullah, who […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed uproar on Friday after BJP member Vikram Randhawa claimed that people hailing from Kashmir valley have encroached land in Jammu city. Replying to a question by Randhawa during Question Hour in the Assembly, Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo said that, according to available records, land measuring 688 kanals […]