JAMMU, Sept 25: Scores of Congress workers and leaders were detained on Friday after the party staged a protest outside the Election Commission office in Jammu, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The demonstration was part of the Congress’ nationwide protest campaign against the poll panel. Congress MP and AICC general secretary … Read more
SRINAGAR, Sept 24: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said there is no rigid timeframe yet for finalising a policy on regularisation of casual, seasonal, temporary, contractual and need-based workers in the Union Territory. The Government said the matter is under active consideration, while a committee headed by the Chief Secretary is … Read more
Over 1 lakh workers registered: Govt tells House Srinagar, Sep 22: Casual and daily-wage workers on Tuesday announced that they will gherao the Assembly on September 28 to press for their long pending demands including regularisation, wage enhancement and pension benefits. Daily wagers staged a protest at Polo View Park here today. The protest was … Read more
Jammu Tawi, Sep 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday informed the House that it is examining a uniform framework for the regularisation of temporary workers, including daily-rated workers, casual and seasonal labourers, and other contractual and need-based employees engaged across departments. In a written response to a question raised by MLA Irfan Hafiz … Read more