Er Rasheed ridicules NC’s charges against Tasaduq’s induction

Srinagar: The Langate lawmaker, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday ridiculed National Conference’s (NC) charges against Tasaduq Mufti’s elevation in the state cabinet by calling it ‘nepotism and imposition of dynasty rule’.Er Rasheed as per the statement issued here has said that Mufti dynasty is not the only one thrusting dynasty politics over Kashmiris.Interacting with […]

Protests in Keller against alleged army high-handedness

Shopian: Protests erupted in Keller area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district after army allegedly thrashed students at Government Higher Secondary School Keller.Witnesses said that a patrolling party of Army was stoned near Higher Secondary School Keller following which they barged into the premises of the institute and thrashed some students ‘ruthlessly’ and took identity cards […]

Public meet held near LoC to address issues of Rajouri locals

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 […]

Year on, CDPO Qazigund forces widow to make rounds of Govt offices

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 […]

Court sentences man to death for rape, murder of six year old girl

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 […]

Higher Education Deptt to publish Mathematics, Computer Science research journal

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.     […]

JKSSB issues 90 selection lists

  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 […]

Governor expresses concern on the growing unemployment of technically qualified youth

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 […]

Singh downplays separatists call for boycott of JK local polls

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 […]

Ahead of JK panchayat polls PDP nominates 5 distt presidents

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 […]