SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday amended the Civil Services Rules to provide for the setting up of Services Selection Board for recruitment of non-gazetted staff, including Class IV employees. “There shall be constituted a Service Selected Board for making selection for recruitment to subordinate services/non-gazetted/class IV (MTS) posts borne on establishment […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance Friday staked the claim to form government in Jammu and Kashmir as chief minister-designate Omar Abdullah called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here. During his meeting with Sinha, Abdullah presented the letters of support from the coalition partners, hours after Congress extended its support to the NC vice […]
ISLAMABAD — Zakir Naik, the fugitive Islamic preacher, on Friday apologised for his recent remarks on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) even as his controversial statements during the ongoing tour of Pakistan continue to draw severe criticism from people all over the country. Earlier this week, a video of Naik went viral on social media, in […]
SRINAGAR — BJP’s 29-year-old Shagun Parihar is the youngest member of the newly elected Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, while National Conference veteran Abdul Rahim Rather aged 80 is the oldest member. Parihar, who lost her father and uncle in a militant attack in 2018, is the only member of assembly below the age of […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Friday said the INDIA bloc will seek time from the Raj Bhavan on Saturday for staking claim to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir. “The LG is coming (to the Valley). We will ask for time tomorrow and present the letter of support and seek a […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami has said the new government in Jammu and Kashmir must not be rigid in its dealings with the BJP-led Centre, but should do whatever is possible to convey the demands of the people here to New Delhi and appeal to those in the Union government to pay heed […]
SRINAGAR — Around 150 militants are waiting at launchpads across the Line of Control (LoC) to infiltrate into the Kashmir valley as winter approaches, but security forces would foil any such bid, a senior BSF officer said on Friday. “Attempts of infiltration continue to take place. Based on the intelligence inputs we receive from various […]
JAMMU — Following the announcement of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election results, the Election Commission of India (ECI) today declared that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is no longer in effect in the Union Territory. As per the order No. 37/6/1/INST/ECI/FUNCT/MCC/2024 issued on October 10, the ECI stated, “Now that the results for […]
QUETTA — Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday. It’s the latest attack in restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. Police official Hamayun Khan Nasir said the gunmen stormed the accommodations at the coal mine […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Congress Legislature Party will meet Friday afternoon in Srinagar to choose its leader. “The Congress MLAs will meet today afternoon in Srinagar under the chairmanship of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Chief Tariq Hameed Karra to elect the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party,” the spokesperson said. The elected […]