JAMMU — Eleven people were apprehended for alleged stone pelting during an anti-encroachment drive in Reasi district on Saturday, officials said. Groups of people indulged in stone pelting soon after revenue officials accompanied by police personnel started the anti-encroachment drive in Gram Morh village, the officials said. They said the encroached prime land belonged to […]
SRINAGAR — Candidates who appeared for entrance exams of Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority (JKLSA) have raised questions over the transparency of exams by the authority. The candidates who appeared in the exams for five posts of legal assistants said that in the name of exams it was a mockery and raised eyebrows over […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) today terminated the services of three employees for dereliction of their duties. The terminated employees included JKRTC Conductors Abdul Majid Dar and Sham-us-din besides Helper Rouf Ahmad Shah. Managing Director, JKRTC, has warned all the employees to perform their duties with full zeal and zest and […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) General Secretary Surinder Singh Channi on Saturday during his tour met people from different areas of Tral and heard their issues. JKPCC General Secretary Surinder Singh Channi during a daylong tour of Tral in Pulwama District expressed serious concern over the dilapidated condition of roads […]
JAMMU — Over 9,000 vacancies in different departments have been filled up under fast track recruitment in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The selection for 5,000 more posts would be finalised by the end of this year, they said. The government has initiated the “largest ever” recruitment drive in the union territory in […]
SRINAGAR — A protest was held in Okho Kakapura area in Pulwama district today over the transfer of land to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). People were demanding that the government should reconsider the decision. Hundreds of people in Okho Kakapura of Pulwama today chanted slogans of “Give justice, take back the decision” and strongly […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has termed the prevailing political situation in Jammu and Kashmir as extremely “worrying and disturbing”, saying that “the large-scale additional deployment of armed forces in cities and towns has created an atmosphere of panic and insecurity among the people”. APHC said that besides continued policy of arrests, raids, […]
SRINAGAR — The director of Meteorological Department Sonum lotus today said that there is no forecast of any major snowfall spell till the end of this month. “No Forecast of Any Major Snow Spell till ending November in both UTs JK and LADAKH,” said Sonam Lotus in a tweet. Meteorological Centre Srinagar tweeted: “Weather most […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said winter chill increases your risk of having a heart attack or stroke. “You are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke during winter months,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said the number of heart attack and stroke […]
JAMMU — Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sparked a controversy by stating that the “communal” political parties are not less than ISIS because they both have killed people in the name of religion and communalism. “The ‘communal parties,’ those who are making people fight with each other, […]