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Now, open merit candidates to avail 6 attempts for civil service exams

New Delhi: Civil service aspirants will from this year onwards get a two-year age extension and two additional attempts beyond the existing stipulation, the...

Over 2.76 lakh cases pending in courts

Jammu: Over 2.76 lakh cases, including 1,11,984 related to criminal matters, are pending in courts in Jammu and Kashmir and there is proposal to...

PDP, AAP protest Farooq’s ‘maha-chor’ comment

Srinagar: Opposition PDP Tuesday took out a rally in protest against National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah for his purported remarks on power theft in...

Tunnel projects on highway to be complete in 2016

Jammu: Two major tunnel projects on Jammu- Srinagar  Highway to reduce the distance between twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar, would be completed...

‘33,416 need-based workers among 98,242 appointed’

Jammu: Government has appointed 98,242 officials, including 33,416 need-based workers in the state from January 2009. Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather gave this information in...

Panchayati Raj Bill among five passed

Jammu: The Legislative  Assembly Tuesday passed the JK Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill which seeks to allow payment of honorarium to chairpersons of District Planning...

One quintal polythene seized

SRINAGAR: District Development Commissioner Srinagar,  Farooq Ahmad Shah along with a team of officers conducted marketing  checking in the city  and recovered one quintal...

200 stranded passengers rescued in Kupwara

Srinagar: Nearly 200 stranded passengers, including women and children, were rescued in a night-long operation in Jammu and Kashmir's frontier district of Kupwara, police...

Extortionist held with toy gun

Srinagar: A history-sheeter, carrying a toy pistol, was arrested after he tried to extort money from a shopkeeper in the city Tuesday. Mohammad Salim Mir,...

Woman’s death sparks clashes, six injured

Srinagar: The death of a 29-year-old woman under suspicious circumstances sparked violent protests that left six people, including four policemen, injured in Central Kashmir's...

Welcome to Wonderland

BY FARHANA QAZI Visiting Kashmir was like slipping down the rabbit hole. Like Alice, who was surprised by talking birds and beasts in Wonderland, I...

Fallacious ‘Choice’ Argument in GM Crops Issue

BY COLIN TODHUNTER There is currently a battle waging across the planet over genetically modified (GM) crops. It seems like not a month goes by...

Entitlement by Privilege of Wealth

BY URVASHI BUTALIA My office is located in an urban village in the heart of Delhi. Originally surrounded by fields where people grew crops, these...

1948: Sher-e-Kashmir Becomes J&K PM

On March 4, 1948, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah was appointed the Prime Minister of J&K with a Council of Ministers. He had been entrusted the...

Rather blames AG’s Office for delay in tabling CAG report in Assembly

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government Monday blamed Accountant General’s Office for the delay in tabling of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report in...

Revoke ban on hotels: Owners

SRINAGAR: While welcoming the passage of the Bill stopping sealing and demolition of illegal buildings in the Assembly, the Valley hoteliers have urged government...

India’s manufacturing in Feb expands fastest: HSBC

NEW DELHI: India's manufacturing sector expanded in February at the strongest pace in 12 months, driven largely by growth in new business orders and...

Sopore drivers on ‘Sadbhavna’ tour to Kolkata, seek jobs

KOLKATA:  A group of young drivers from Kashmir are on a fortnight-long auto-technology awareness tour to eastern India during which they will also seek...

J&K to implement NFS Act within 2 months: Director CAPD

SRINAGAR: Consumers in the Valley has been asked to fill up the declaration forms regarding income and landing holdings in order to avail subsidies...

RBI extends deadline to exchange pre-2005 currency notes

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Monday granted an additional nine months for the public to exchange currency notes printed before 2005, including...

Abandoned Sikh youth reunites with uncle after 20 years

Vadodara: Joy of 21-year-old Vir Singh, abandoned by his father, knew no bounds when he reunited with his paternal uncle after a gap of...

J&K Assembly admits bill seeking ban on liquor consumption

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday admitted a private member’s bill seeking ban on manufacture, advertisement, sale, purchase and consumption of liquor...

‘Rs 27 lakh penalty for carrying goods illegally’

Srinagar: Commercial Taxes Department Monday claimed to have slapped  penalty of more than Rs 27 lakh on  two truck drivers who were carrying a...

‘Media misquoted me’

Jammu: Refuting reports about his remark over people of Kashmir, whom he dubbed as 'maha chor', National Conference chief  Farooq Abdullah Monday said he...

Fresh snowfall in higher reaches, plains lashed by rains

Srinagar:  Gulmarg and other high altitude areas in Kashmir Monday experienced fresh snowfall, bringing back winter chill in the valley. The snowing started in the...

Hurriyats slam Farooq’s ‘maha- chor’ slur against Kashmiris

Srinagar: Parallel Hurriyat factions led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani Monday castigated National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah’s purported remark about Kashmiris...

Time not right for AFPSA withdrawal: Azad

Suhail Punjabi Jammu: India's Health Minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday voiced  his opposition to withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act(AFSPA) ...

Liquor baron, IAS officers booked in land scam

Jammu: The State Vigilance Organisation(SVO)  has booked a liquor baron and several IAS officers in connection with a land scam. A case has been registered...

Dealing With Energy-Drainers

BY JUGGUN KAZIM There are times when just about anyone will drain your energy - a friend going through a divorce or a career crisis,...

‘JK should enhance retirement age of doctors’

Jammu: Congress leader and India’s  Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday  asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to raise the retirement...

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