Srinagar: The Crime Branch of police is probing allegations that two government teachers were promoted as lecturers in the education department after they submitted fake certificates. The scam surfaced in 2011, when the State Vigilance Organization (SVO) received a complaint against two teachers, who were promoted as lecturers and posted in Budgam and Kupwara districts. […]
Srinagar: The government has “agreed to enhance the retirement age of employees from 58 to 60 years,” a local news agency reported on Friday. The increase in retirement age has been a long-pending demand of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), an amalgam of several employees unions, which recently deferred protests in Jammu as a ‘goodwill […]
By Azim Jan Bandipora: A complete shutdown was observed for the second consecutive day Friday in main town of this north Kashmir district to protest the arrest of youth on charges of stone pelting and the alleged high handedness of the government forces. Like Thursday, all shops, offices, commercial establishments remained closed, while public transport […]
Srinagar: Residents of the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region experienced some relief from cold conditions as the minimum temperature rose by several degrees. The MeT Department has said there is a possibility of light rainfall or snowfall at isolated places in the state over the next 24 hours and there would be an increase in […]
By Azim Jan Bandipora: A complete shutdown was observed Thursday in the main town of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district to protest the arrest of some youth and minors on charges of stone pelting. All shops, offices, commercial establishments remained closed, while public transport was off the roads in the main town . Locals alleged that […]
Jammu: Government Thursday said it is actively considering setting up a Madrasa Board in the state. “The creation of Madrasa Board in every state is a national policy and its formation in the state is under active consideration of the government on which J&K State Wakf Council is actively working,” Minister for Haj, Auqaf and […]
Jammu: Demanding immediate release of youths arrested in the past few days, People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday condemned the state government for its “intolerance” and said Kashmir “has been virtually converted into a prison”. Intervening during the Question Hour in the Assembly, she said, “Kashmir has been virtually converted into a prison where […]
Srinagar: A minor girl was killed while her mother and sister were injured when a shooting stone struck their house in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and the roof collapsed, police said today. Six-year-old Iqra Bano, died on spot while her sister and mother sustained injuries when a stone rolled down from a hill near their […]
Jammu: BJP Thursday said the Jammu and Kashmir government had spent Rs 310 crore on purchase of air-fleet in the last 10 years, even as its employees had been agitating for release of arrears and regular salary. “State employees are constantly agitating for release of arrears and regular salary. Against this backdrop, it is baffling […]
Srinagar: India has been ranked 140th in the list of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index 2014 by a global media watchdog . “India experienced an unprecedented wave of violence against journalists, with eight killed in 2013. They are targeted by both state and non-state actors,” Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) said in its […]