Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said compensation to a youth tied to a moving Army vehicle in 2017 will mean condemning the Army officer without a hearing.

Defending her government's decision to lodge an FIR against the personnel involved in the incident, Mufti said she did not believe the action would have a demoralising effect on the force.

Construction of bunkers to save lives of the people should be speeded up but loss of studies of children due to firing and shelling by Pakistan cannot be compensated, Mehbooba Mufti said.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said her government was considering amnesty to second-time stone pelters in the Kashmir Valley.

Targeting PM Modi, the Chief Minister said, "Country is on the path of development, it is what PM talks about, but the opposite is happening in our state".

"Pained to hear that four policeman have been killed in an IED explosion in Sopore. My deepest condolences to their families," Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said.

Abdul Rehman Veeri, state Revenue Minister, has been given additional charge of Hajj and Auqaf department.

Mahbooba Mufti said that she had met Governor NN Vohra yesterday in Jammu to inform him about the government's decision to hold the panchayat elections in the state from Feb 15 next year.

In a significant decision, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to hold the much-awaited panchayat elections from next year.

Tasaduq Mufti had given up his career as a Bollywood cinematographer and came back to the state after his father, Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed died on January 7, 2016.

Even former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir was infuriated with such an incident.

Police were constantly in touch with Majid Arshid Khan's friends and family members, urging them to put pressure on him to return home.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has promulgated an ordinance to pave the ay for panchayat polls in the state later this year.

Mehbooba Mufti also noted that the situation in the state has improved considerably since last year and sectors like tourism and trade have started to pick up pace.

A picture of separatist leader Asiya Andrabi has appeared along with Mehbooba Mufti and Mother Teresa in a poster on 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign in Jammu and Kashmir.

BJP on Monday targeted the Mehbooba Mufti government over transfers, alleging that officers of Kashmir Valley are given postings of their preference.

The relations between India and Pakistan have a direct bearing on Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti said.

Officials said that the Union Home Minister began his visit by meeting state Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in the Nehru Guest House in Srinagar.

PM Modi, in his Independence Day speech, asserted that his government is committed to restoring the lost glory of Kashmir and its status as 'heaven on earth'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Kashmir outreach today was welcomed in Jammu and Kashmir.