Jammu: Authorities in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir convened a public meeting near the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector to address issues faced by locals, in the wake of repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan.Over 300 people from six panchayats participated in the public meeting at border village Meenka yesterday and presented their […]
Anantnag: From last one year, the widow hailing from South Kashmir’s Kulgam district has been forced to move from pillar to post to seek ‘unwanted documents’ to get appointed as the helper, a vacant post in Anganwadi.A senior government official in Qazigund area of Kulgam district has been giving different tasks to the widow, asking […]
Srinagar: A local court in Srinagar Saturday sentenced a convict to death for the rape and murder of a six year-old girl in 2005. Second Additional Sessions Judge Srinagar, Tahir Khurshid Raina, awarded the death penalty to convict Farooq Ahmad Pinzoo of Mehjoor Nagar for raping and murdering a six year old girl. Pinzoo was […]
JAMMU: As part of its series of proposed research publications on varied subjects, Higher Education Department finalized the modalities for mathematics and computer sciences journal here at a meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Dr Asgar Samoon. The meeting was attended by senior subject faculty members of colleges from across the state through video conference. […]
JAMMU: The J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB) declared 90 selection lists at the 134th Board meeting convened under the chairpersonship of Dr Simrandeep Singh, Chairman, JKSSB here last evening. According to a JKSSB spokesman, the selections include for the posts of Junior and Senior Crafts Instructors in Handicrafts Department as also the much-awaited and long […]
JAMMU: Arising from a Memorandum presented to Governor N.N. Vohra by the “All J&K Un-employed Agriculture Graduates Association, the Raj Bhavan Spokesperson has informed that Governor has addressed Chief Minister and expressed concern about the growing unemployment of technically qualified youth and urged that the State Government should start exploring all possible avenues, outside the […]
Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh today downplayed the separatists’ boycott call for the upcoming panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying they have never gone through the test of ballot and stand exposed for their duplicity. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office also said the nation had approved the ‘policy shift’ of giving […]
Jammu: Ahead of panchayat polls in the state scheduled to start mid-February, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today nominated five district presidents in Jammu and Kashmir. District presidents were nominated for Reasi, Jammu rural, Samba and Kathua in Jammu region and Baramulla in Kashmir Valley in order to further streamline and strengthen the party […]
JAMMU: As the sun sets on the evening of December 31 and people across the globe ponder over what they went through all the year, people of Jammu & Kashmir would have a reason to smile and be contended with. As the scars of 2016 unrest-both physical and economic-were yet to heal, Chief Minister, Mehbooba […]
JAMMU: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said her government is committed to empowerment of grassroots level institutions and the proposed elections to the Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies is a major step in this direction. “The Government made a commitment on the floor of the House in June 2016 that the elections to the rural […]