Haroon Nabi SRINAGAR — Fearing the government may scrap the selection process for the posts of Finance Account Assistant (FAA), the aspirants on Thursday held a protest demonstration, seeking immediate release of the final selection list. The candidates while protesting in Srinagar’s Press enclave said they have come to know from various sources that Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Five JKAS officers were transferred in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to an order issued by the government, Umar Shafi Pandit, JKAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Noorabad, holding additional charge of Sub-Registrar, Noorabad, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, J&K Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development, Kashmir. Mehraj-ud-Din […]
SRINAGAR — Days after its “exit” from the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement, the political party founded by IAS officer Dr. Shah Faesal in 2019, merged with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aami Admi Party on Wednesday. Reports said that JKPM president Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan and other officer bearers of […]
UNITED NATIONS — While admitting to a “fragile” food situation in his country, Pakistan’s Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has thrown a warning that India’s policies in Kashmir could have “potentially catastrophic consequences” from another conflict. “If the tensions created by India’s current policies in occupied Kashmir and aggressive postures are left unattended, it […]
ANANTNAG — A-35-year old man was injured after a leopard attacked him in Voii Bemdora village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday evening. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Mushtaq Ahmad Ganie (35) son of Mohammad Afzal Ganie of Voii Bemdora was attacked by the leopard when he was on […]
KULGAM — A 21-year-old youth died after a tree fell on him in Damhal Hanjipora village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the youth identified as Ubair Ahmad Kumar son of Ghulam Hassan of Pranhal Kulgam died after a tree fell […]
ANANTNAG — An Amarnath pilgrim died of cardiac arrest, while a horseman died after falling off horse on Thursday during Amarnath Yatra in Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag area, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a 66-year-old yatri identified as Kalavala Subrmanym from Andhra Pradesh died of […]
NEW DELHI — “Demolition of homes due to protests” in some parts of the country, reservation of jobs for ‘Agniveers’ in paramilitary forces, riots and police firings are a host of subjects expected to be raised by MPs in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning Monday. According to the tentative list of questions related to […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that he has requested Surveyor General of India to conduct a Digital Contour Mapping (DCM) of Amarnath Cave Shrine and its adjoining areas so that steps are taken to prevent human losses due to natural calamities. “I have requested the Surveyor General of India […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday accorded sanction to the creation of Department of Hospital Administration in Government Medical Colleges of Srinagar and Jammu. According to an order, sanction has been accorded to the creation of the Department of Hospital Administration in Government Medical Colleges of Srinagar and Jammu in tune with the […]