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Appointments under RMSA: Govt pushing joining of selected candidates to avoid scrutiny

Srinagar: Amid the allegations over fraudulent selection of teachers under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme, the department is facilitating hasty joining of these...

Appointments under RMSA: Govt pushes ‘joining’ of selected candidates to avoid scrutiny

Srinagar: Amid the allegations over fraudulent selection of teachers under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme, the department is facilitating hasty joining of these...

JKEDI bids adieu to its Founder Director

Jammu:  Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Friday accorded an affectionate adieu to M I Parray, the Founder Director of JKEDI, on his retirement. Minister...

Dialysis facilities in districts: Govt trying to fit round pegs in square holes, says medico body

Srinagar: While the government is mulling to start dialysis facilities at district level in the state, the medicos are being critical to the move,...

Secy Tourism reviews dev works at several tourist spots

Srinagar: Secretary Tourism Sarmad Hafeez Friday reviewed the implementation of centrally sponsored schemes of developmental projects at  Manasbal, Yousmarg and Doodpathri Development Authorities. The CEOs...

Govt to support budding players: Speaker

Jammu:  Speaker Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta Friday, stressing on the need to extend support and encouragement to the budding sports talent in the state,...

PDP disowns six persons from Sunderbani

Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Friday disowned six persons from Suderbani Area of Nowshera Assembly Segment. According to a press statement, the six persons were...

Highway opens for traffic after brief closure 

Srinagar: The traffic was restored on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu highway, after remaining closed for several hours due to landslides and shooting stones, triggered by...

Minor commits suicide in Sopore 

Sopore: A 13-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself to death at his home in Sopore area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Friday. According...

Police organizes sports event

Srinagar: Under its Civic Action Programme (CAP), Srinagar police Friday organized a sports event in the playground of Baba Atomic Research Centre. SDPO Zakoora Sajad...

Off To the Home of Shattered Dreams

A dream to become a doctor is confined to darkness by pellets My journey began from my home some 50Km away from my destination. When...

Humanity is touching an all time low

We all know that humanity is at all time low, it is only Islam which teaches us ideals of humanity. In today’s world we...

Editorial: When will the borders reflect calm?

Srinagar: Just last week when the Indian and Pakistan army exchanged fire in the civilian areas in north Kashmir’s Uri area many hundred families...

‘At least 28 killed in attack on Burkina army HQ’

Paris: At least 28 people were killed today in an attack on the military headquarters in Burkina Faso, three security sources, two in France...

1.5 million penguins discovered on remote Antarctic islands

Paris: A thriving "hotspot" of 1.5 million Adelie penguins, a species fast declining in parts of the world, has been discovered on remote islands...

Sec 144 to be imposed around Srinagar exam centres : Admin

Srinagar: District Administration Srinagar today issued magisterial orders imposing prohibitory restrictions under Section 144 CrPc within a radius of 200 meters around examination centres...

France, US presidents call for Syria cease-fire

Beirut: French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump are calling for the immediate implementation of a 30-day cease-fire in Syria. The French presidency's...

Finance Department releases Rs 140 cr for payment of SSA Teachers’ salary

JAMMU: The Finance Department today released Rs 140 crore for payment of salaries to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers in the State. “With the release...

Theft case solved, property worth lakhs recovered: Police

KUPWARA: Police on Friday claimed to have solved a burglary case, and recovered property worth 21 lacs from outside state. "On 02-01-2018 Police Station Sogam...

Fresh video shows LeT’s Naveed Jutt with Hizbul militants in J&K

Srinagar: A fresh video has surfaced here showing Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Naveed Jutt, who escaped from police custody last month, with top militants of the...

Govt revokes ban on Pistachio trade

Srinagar: The Government on Friday revoked the ban  on trading of Pistachio trough the Line of Control. The Jammu & Kashmir Joint Chamber of Commerce...

Minor commits suicide in Sopore

  SOPORE: A 13-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself to death at his home in North Kashmir's Sopore on Friday.    According to reports, Wasil Ahmed Parra,...

JRL files petition in SHRC over shifting of prisoners to outside jails

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, on Friday submitted an application with Chairman...

Turkish strikes kill 14 Damascus loyalists in Kurd enclave

Beirut: Turkish air strikes have killed at least 14 fighters deployed by the Syrian government in support of Kurds battling Turkish-led rebels in the...

PDP disowns six persons from Sunderbani

Jammu: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), today disowned six persons from Suderbani Area of Nowshera Assembly Segment. According to a press statement, the six persons...

Prominent political workers join PDP

  Jammu: Member Legislative Council Firdous Tak Friday reiterated the demand for proper rehabilitation package and local recruitment for the affected families in the upcoming hydel power projects...

One way traffic restored on Kashmir highway

Srinagar: After remaining suspended for more than six hours due to landslides and shooting stones,  one way traffic was restored on the Srinagar-Jammu national...

SDMA issues avalanche warning in JK, asks people not to venture out

Jammu: The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) today issued a medium danger avalanche warning for various districts in Jammu and Kashmir and highway and...

Pak summons Indian envoy over ‘unprovoked firing’

Islamabad: Pakistan summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh for the second consecutive day today over the "unprovoked firing" by Indian troops across...

At least 30 dead in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre fire: media

Baku: At least 30 people died as a fire tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early today, the local...

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