The Additional Commissioner of Kashmir Abid Hussain Kira on Monday chaired a meeting to review the preparation of the helicopter service which will be started for this winter season in snow-bound Bandipora and Kupwara areas.

The administration has decided to start helicopter service for Chenab valley and Pir Panjal region of Jammu province to facilitate people to reach their remote homes during winter.

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 1 (ANI): Former Union Minister and Congress MLA Jitu Patwari on Saturday wrote a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan about the protests carried out by students demanding completion of the process of MPSSC recruitments.

Lucknow Oct 31 PTI Rakesh Pratap Singh Samajwadi Party SP MLA from Gauriganj constituency in Amethi on Sunday tendered his resignation from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly alleging non-fulfilment of promises by the states BJP government Speaking to PTI Singh said Today I met Speaker of UP Legislative Assembly Hriday Narayan Dixit and tendered my resignation Accusing the BJP government of peddling lies Singh said he had raised some demands and the government had assured him of fulfilling them However the demands were not fulfilled When contacted Speaker Dixit told PTI MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh met me today and submitted his resignation letter The matter will be examined as per rules and a decision will be taken He sat on an anshan protest fast at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the state capital The government is speaking lies Hence there is no point in sitting in the House Officials are weakening the democratic system and do not follow the directions of the elected government he alleged Mentioning the repair of two damaged roads in his constituency Singh said On February 25 the government assured the House that the damaged roads will be repaired within three months but the work has not started till now On October 2 I submitted a memorandum to the District Magistrate of Amethi that if the repair of the two roads does not start I will resign from the membership of the UP Legislative Assembly and sit on an anshan But despite this the work did not start he added Uttar Pradesh goes to Assembly polls early next year PTI ARNAV SMN SMN