JK Budget 2018: 7th Pay Commission recommendation to be implemented from April 1

Jammu: Jammu Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu Thursday during his budget speech said that 7th Pay Commission recommendation would be implemented from April 1, 2018. He also announced 1 percent increase in Dearness Allowances (DA) to the employees of the state government. In his fourth Budget speech, Drabu said that the unmarried daughters of employee […]

Last budgets was to repair the system, now it’s time to leverage it: Hasseb Drabu

  Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu has begun his Budget 2018-19 speech in state Legislative Assembly in Jammu today. Presenting the budget for the current fiscal year he said that Jammu and Kashmir is the first state that is presenting the budget for 2018-19 in the first half of the last quarter […]

US issues new travel advisory for India, asks its citizens not to travel to Jammu and Kashmir

Washington: The US on Wednesday issued a new travel advisory for countries including India, which its officials said is “user friendly” as it is based on ready-to-understand level of advice ranging from one to four. India has been ranked Level 2 (exercise increased caution) while Pakistan has been places in Level 3 (reconsider travel). Level […]

Class 12 results: Burn Hall, SRM Welkin bag first three positions in science stream

Srinagar: Burn Hall Higher Secondary school in Srinagar and SRM Welkin Higher Secondary school in north Kashmir’s Sopore have bagged the first three positions in science stream in class 12 examination, results of which were declared today by Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE). Muhtashim Rafiqi of Burnhall School has got 494 […]

Opposition takes on govt over SKIMS controversy stages walkout

Srinagar: The opposition members on Thursday staged walk out over the raging controversy over SKIMS Soura. According to the KNS correspondent,  the opposition leaders including NC MLA Mian Altaf, MLA Langate, Er Rasheed pressed on speaker Kavinder Gupta to direct the government to debate over the issue of removal of Prof A G hanger as […]

Afzal Guru’s son shines in JK board exams

Srinagar: Galib Afzal Guru, son of Afzal Guru, has scored more than 88 percent marks in the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School examinations. The results were declared today by the board. Galib has secured distinction with 88.2 percentages of marks in Science subject. He has secured 441 marks out of 500. A total of […]

JKBOSE declares Class 12th annual regular Kashmir division results

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Board of Secondary Education (JKBOSE) has declared the results for class 12 annual regular exams Kashmir division. The results have been released by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on its official website – jkbose.jk.gov.in and indiaresults.com The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) […]

Will ensure those joining militant ranks return home: Mehbooba

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today vowed to break the “vicious cycle” of youth taking up arms on the death of a militant and said efforts were on to ensure that those joining militant ranks return home. She said that her government would continue its efforts to bring back local youth who […]

Trump open to talks with North Korea

Washington: US President Donald Trump today said that he is open to talks with North Korea but at the appropriate time. Trump said this in a telephonic conversation with the South Korean President Moon Jae-In during which the latter briefed him about his country’s talks with the North Koreans. “President Trump expressed his openness to holding […]

Three residential houses gutted in Uri

URI: At least three residential houses were gutted in a fire incident in Boniyar Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday.Local sources said that fire broke out in one residential house on Wednesday afternoon and spread to other houses within no time.The house of Abdul Aziz Malik, Ayaz Ahmad Malik, Ahsan Ahmad Malik and […]