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Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Friday invited students from Jammu and Kashmir to join the force's YUVA initiative and assured them of jobs on completion of the course. He also offered enrolment under the initiative and jobs to two students from the union territory, whose family members were martyred. He, however, did not give out details. The interaction programme was held at the Delhi Police headquarters, where senior police officers interacted with the students. "I want to offer the two students from Jammu and Kashmir, whose family members got martyred, to join the YUVA programme of the Delhi Police and we will look after them and will provide them jobs," he said. "We can take permission from the government and reserve some seats in YUVA for those children of Jammu and Kashmir whose parents got martyred or who need some kind of support," Asthana said. YUVA, a flagship community policing initiative of the Delhi Police, was launched in 2017 in association with the ...
Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that people of Jammu and Kashmir are "fed up" of the current administration and want early elections to form the government of their choice. However, the decision about the polls will be taken by the Election Commission of India (ECI), Abdullah told reporters in reply to a question whether the election will be held soon in view of the fact that delimitation commission report has been submitted. "The decision to hold elections in Jammu and Kashmir will not be done by us. Holding elections in J&K will be decided by the election commission. When will they hold elections -- under which circumstances and how - the decision is to be made by them (ECI)," he said The National Conference leader said people want elections to install government of their choice to resolve their difficulties and problems. "I will say that people of Jammu and Kashmir want that elections should be held as soon as possible. They are fed up of current ...