JKSSB advertises 1235 posts for 5 New Medical Colleges

Process for filing online applications to commence from Feb 4
JAMMU: J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB) today issued advertisements for 1235 posts for five New Medical Colleges in the State. “247 posts under 41 different advertisement items, referred by Health and Medical Education Department have been advertised for each new Medical College,” said a statement issued by Malik Suhail, PRO, JKSSB. Pertinently, the new medical […]
EC to visit JK next week to decide on holding assembly polls

Kolkata: The Election Commission will visit Jammu and Kashmir next week to take stock of the situation there before deciding on the Assembly elections in the state, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said Friday. Jammu and Kashmir is currently under President’s Rule. The commission will hold a meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) […]
CRPF trooper injured in Budgam grenade explosion

Srinagar: A paramilitary trooper was injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF party at Namtahal area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday evening. Official sources told GNS that some militants hurled a grenade on the forces party resulting in injuries to a CRPF man of 43 Battalion. The injured was […]
Avalanche at Aru: One among the missing retrieved alive, search for others on

Srinagar: One person among the missing people that came under an Avalanche at Gudkhamb point has been retrieved alive while search for the other missing is going on. An official said that three person came under the avalanche on Pahalgam-Aru road at Gudkhamb point. The JCB they were on was swept away by the […]
Four persons missing as avalanche hits Aru Pahalgam, rescue operation launched

Anantnag: Four persons on board a JCB are missing after a massive snow avalanche hit Aru Pahalagam area in Anantnag district on Friday. Reports said that while Pahalgam-Aru road was being cleared of snow, at Gudkhamb point snow avalanche struck the area and the persons on board a JCB were swept away. An official said that […]
M I Parray shunted as Director JKEDI, Govt withdraws reinstatement order that ‘suffers legel defect’

Srinagar: Government on Friday shunted Dr MI Parray as Director JK Entrepreneurship Development Institute striking down its previous order of his reinstatement saying it violated the service rules. The order issued by the government while withdrawing its previous order of reinstating him as Director JKEDI said that it ‘being violative of the JKEDI Organisational […]
Youth electrocuted to death in Anantnag

Anantnag: A youth died in Anantnag after a power line fell on him in Kanganhall area of district Anantnag on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Tawseef Ahmad Ganie son of Ghulan Mohammad Ganie resident of Kanganhall Anantnag. He was 26. According to reports an LT line fell on him in the Kanganhall village and […]
Forces launch search operations in city center Lal Chowk ahead of PM Modi’s visit

Srinagar: Government forces on Friday launched search operations in the city center Lal Chowk ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. According to eyewitnesses large contingent of forces including Army, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police arrived and quickly took over the roof tops of the buildings […]
Assam: 161 people killed in witch-hunting in 18 years

Guwahati, Feb 1 (PTI) At least 161 people were killed in “witch-hunting” and other superstitious practices over the past 18 years in Assam, Social Welfare Minister Pramila Rani Brahma told the Assembly Friday. Cutting across party lines, the members of the House urged the government to take urgent steps to generate awareness and support the […]
Security beefed up in Kashmir for Modi’s visit

Srinagar (PTI) Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on February 3, officials said here on Friday. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in strength around the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, the venue for Modi’s engagements in the valley, a senior police official said. He said the […]