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PDP leader questions relaxed building norms, warns of unchecked commercialisation and environmental risks SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 11 (STC): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed ur Rehman Para has criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government’s new ease-of-doing-business laws, alleging that the relaxation of building and land-use regulations could expose residential neighbourhoods to unchecked commercial activity and increase…

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, OCTOBER 11 (STC): Rejecting reports of resignations of ministers ahead of a possible cabinet expansion and reshuffle, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surendra Chaudhary has clarified that no minister has been asked to resign. He said that the decision to expand the cabinet or retain or remove a minister will be…

Police also registers case against two army personnel. STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, OCTOBER 11 (STC): The Counter Intelligence Wing of Punjab Police has arrested a woman on charges of providing classified information about military installations to Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), while a case has also been registered against two army personnel for their role…

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, OCTOBER 11 (STC): Prime Minister Modi and Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha have greeted the people of the country on the beginning of Navratri.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while greeting the people of the country on the beginning of Navratri, expressed his devotion to the first form of Goddess Durga, and…

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, OCTOBER 10 (STC): The Federation of Chambers of Industries Kashmir (FCIK) on Saturday strongly rejected concerns raised by the Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC) over the Jammu and Kashmir Ease of Doing Business Act, 2026, accusing the group of overlooking statutory safeguards and questioning why former senior bureaucrats were opposing reforms aimed…