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Delay and inefficiency continue to plague recruitments in J&K

GAD official issues circular in attempt to solve problem SRINAGAR: Recruitment agencies engaged by the government in Jammu and Kashmir continue to fail to recruit...

R-factor, transmission rate of Covid, one of the highest in J&K

SRINAGAR: A Covid-19 patient can spread the infection to at least four persons at one time in Jammu and Kashmir, a rate that is...

August 5: An Unusual Day in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: It was an unusual day on Thursday which marked the second anniversary of the abrogation of J&K’s special status in the Union of...

Waiting for Godot: Tale of hydro power projects in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Again the hydro power projects in Kashmir are facing delays, despite repeated assurances by the Jammu and Kashmir Government of speeding up work. The...

BJP fails to deliver on promise of filling vacant govt posts in J&K

Srinagar: Three years ago, when the BJP withdrew from its coalition with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, it said that all vacant positions...

PDP Foundation Day: Mehbooba raises bugle for fight against BJP, which she likens to East India Company

SRINAGAR: On the foundation day of Peoples Democratic Party (PDS), its president Mehbooba Mufti took a jibe at its former coalition partner BJP as...

A Corporate Calamity: Since J&K’s power dept became a ‘corporation’, aggregate losses are worst in India

SRINAGAR: Privatisation of power sector across India has not been able to put an end to the commercial losses the government suffers in purchasing...

As lockdown eases, unemployment in J&K reduces, dramatically

CMIE survey found 21% unemployment in Jan, but only 10.6% in June SRINAGAR: Finally, the employment avenues have begun to get better in Jammu and...

Observe Eid with simplicity: Grand Mufti

SRINAGAR: For the second consecutive year, people are celebrating Eid under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic in Jammu and Kashmir. This will be...

Another Eid that doesn’t feel like Eid

SRINAGAR: Once again the buzz is absent in Kashmir Valley ahead of Eid ul-Azha. On Monday, the day of Dar-e-Arfa, two days before the...

Advisory on swimming in water bodies after rise in drowning cases

SRINAGAR: After back-to-back drowning incidents, the administration in Kashmir has restricted swimming at water bodies to prevent deaths. The move comes after more than five...

A boat through Srinagar being readied on the Jhelum

SRINAGAR: After nearly four decades, revival of water transport in Srinagar is on the cards. A Kashmir-based company has installed a 35-seater boat on...

Access to graveyard blocked, but Kashmir’s mainstream parties pay homage to martyrs

SRINAGAR: For the second consecutive year, commemoration of July 13, Martyrs' Day, was again prevented from happening by the government. Till two years ago,...

Sale of sacrificial animals only at designated places this year

SRINAGAR: There will be no sale of sacrificial animals at any unauthorised place in Kashmir this year, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus,...

Shopian’s Hirpora shows how to steer clear of Covid

SRINAGAR: Hirpora village in Shopian district, where about 2,000 people live, has come out unscathed from the second wave of Covid-19. Chief Medical Officer Shopian,...

Barring PDP and ANC, all J&K parties meet Delimitation Commission

SRINAGAR: Except the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Awami National Conference (ANC), all major political parties of J&K including those part of the People’s...

Day after huddle, PAGD comes out with list of complaints against Delhi

‘Siege’, ‘suppression’ continue in J&K, ‘statehood before elections’ SRINAGAR: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Monday expressed displeasure over no confidence-building measures (CBMs)...

Other parties sceptical of PAGD offer to come together

SRINAGAR: J&K political parties outside the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) have expressed mixed response to the alliance’s offer of reaching out to...

Gupkar Alliance huddle at Farooq’s residence, first since Delhi trip

SRINAGAR: For the first time after the all-party meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June 24, constituents of the Peoples...

Kashmir to be fully vaccinated by December: Officer in charge

‘Little possibility of another severe wave’ Srinaga: For the first time since the Covid-19 wave hit, Kashmir will be all set to fight the illness...

Board suspends all academic facilities for 7 top private schools

SRINAGAR: After repeated complaints by parents, the Board of School Education has taken action against seven leading private schools for not complying with the...

12 years of loss and pain finally over as Bashir returns home from jail in Gujarat

Accused of working for Hizbul, Bashir Baba acquitted of all charges SRINAGAR: “The happiest day of my life was when my son returned home after...

Militant caught by forces killed alongside associate in Srinagar gunfight

Slain militants were planning big attacks on Srinagar-Baramulla highway: IGP SRINAGAR: The two militants who were killed on Tuesday on Srinagar outskirts were planning two...

Firefight underway on Srinagar outskirts

3 soldiers sustain minor injuries, hospitalised SRINGAR: A fierce gunfight broke out in Srinagar outskirts on Monday in which three CRPF soldiers were injured. The encounter...

Travellers across India vote Kashmir as top destination on wish-list

SRINAGAR: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Kashmir has been chosen by travellers as the most preferred destination of the year in India. Travel firms Thomas Cook...

We said we don’t accept the Aug 5 decisions: Omar on meeting with Modi

‘Nobody from Gupkar alliance said we accept 5th August and we should move forward’ SRINAGAR: A day after the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

BJP will oppose any talk of Art 370 in New Delhi: Nirmal Singh

SRINAGAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will oppose any suggestion by leaders of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Deceleration (PAGD) to restore Article 370...

Invitation accepted: PAGD

All those invited to the meeting with PM Modi will go: Farooq SRINAGAR: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Deceleration (PAGD), a group of five political...

Hectic deliberations underway within political parties for Delhi invite

Final decision postponed to Tuesday SRINAGAR: Mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have decided to take a decision on Tuesday on attending the meeting...

At many centres, no one being asked to stay half an hour after vaccine shot

SRINAGAR: At a dispensary in Miyashah Sahab area of Rainawari, Mumtaza and her husband, Ashiq Hussain, received the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine two...

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