SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government will not tolerate any wrongdoings in selection process for jobs in public sector as merit is the only criterion for entering into government service, Chief Secretary A K Mehta said on Monday. “You should have faith that merit will be the only basis for selection (in government jobs). We […]
JAMMU — Twenty-one persons, including nine policemen, were rescued from flash floods in Kathua and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Three trucks parked on the Mughal Road in Poonch got damaged due to shooting stones, they said. Acting on information about a dozen of persons trapped in flash floods in […]
POONCH — At least three trucks got damaged due to shooting stones near Bufliyaz area on the Mughal Road, however, no loss of life or injury has been reported in the incident, officials said here on Monday. An official said that three trucks were parked on the Mughal Road near Bufliyaz when shooting stones hit […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Monday said that a committee headed by Principal Secretary GAD has been constituted to examine the long pending demand of transfer policy for reserved category employees. Office of J&K LG on its official Twitter informed that the committee will examine all the aspects and submit […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said former President Ram Nath Kovind has left behind a legacy during which the country’s Constitution was “trampled upon” as he “fulfilled BJP’s political agenda”. Droupadi Murmu was on Monday sworn in as India’s 15th President at an impressive ceremony in the packed and historic Central Hall […]
NEW DELHI — Droupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the 15th President of India. Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana administered the oath of office to Murmu in the Central Hall of Parliament. Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and Murmu arrived in Parliament in a ceremonial procession shortly before the swearing in commenced. She […]
RAMBAN — Death toll in Ramban road accident has mounted to six, as two women injured in the road mishap, succumbed to their injuries at Srinagar hospital, officials said here on Monday. An official said that two injured women identified as Naza Begum (45), wife of Mohammad Iqbal Sohil of Neel Tehsil Ramsoo and Naseema […]
SRINAGAR — One person was killed and five persons including a minor boy were injured in separate road accidents in Kashmir valley on Monday morning. According to Kashmir News Observer, a family of three from Rajouri district of Jammu were injured after their vehicle collided with a Dumper at Tengen area of Nowgam in Srinagar […]
JAMMU — A Border Security Force (BSF) sub-inspector allegedly shot himself dead at a post along the India-Pakistan international border here on Monday, officials said. Ramdev Singh was found lying in a pool of blood and his personal assault weapon was found by his side when a junior rank soldier reached his room around 6.35 […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department on Monday forecast generally cloudy sky with light rain during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “Weather is expected to remain generally cloudy with light rain at scattered places in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 21 degrees Celsius, […]