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Four JKAS officers transferred

Srinagar: The J&K government on Monday ordered transfer of four JKAS officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to separate orders issued here, Vivek Sharma (JKAS), Director, Animal Husbandry, Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Director, Social Welfare, Jammu, against available vacancy. Krishan Lal (JKAS), Director, Sheep Husbandry, Jammu, has been […]

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Covid vaccination: 70 % population above 18 given first dose in Kashmir

Srinagar: As the Covid vaccination drive is going on in full drive in Jammu and Kashmir since 16 January this year, so far around 70 percent of the population above 18 have received the first dose of Covid vaccine while around 25 percent have received the second jab. As per the official figures in Srinagar, […]

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Ensuring MSP support for framers: Govt to cross check farmers land records before paddy procurement

New Delhi: In a first, the Centre has decided to cross check land records before the procurement of paddy from next month in a bid to ensure the MSP reaches farmers and not traders, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday. Most procuring states, barring Assam and Uttarakhand as well as Jammu and Kashmir, are […]

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Draft Juvenile Justice Bill-2021: SWD seeks suggestions of stakeholders

SRINAGAR: The Social Welfare Department has sought comments/suggestions from all stakeholders regarding the Draft Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules 2021 framed under J&K Juvenile Justice Act (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015. According to a communiqué issued here Monday by the department, the interested stakeholders can submit their […]

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LeT militant held in Pulwama

Srinagar: Police and army’s 44RR apprehended a youth, nearly a month after he had joined Lashker-e-Toiba militant outfit, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. A police official identified the apprehended militant as Ishfaq Ahmad Dar alias Momin son of Nazir Ahmad Dar of Kothipora Chatrigam. He had gone missing from August this year and […]

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Bi-annual board exam for Class 12 students begins in winter zone Jammu

Bhaderwah: The bi-annual board examination of Class 12 students started on Monday in the winter zone Jammu with all the students and invigilators subjected to Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) here before being allowed entry into the examination centres, officials said. This was the first offline examination being conducted by the J-K Board of School Education […]

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India records 27,254 COVID-19 cases, 219 deaths

India records 27,254 COVID-19 cases, 219 deaths

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 27,254 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,64,175, while the count of active cases declined to 3,74,269, according to Union Health Ministry data on Monday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 4,42,874, with 219 daily fatalities being recorded, […]

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Youth stabbed to death by mentally-challenged man

Jammu: A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death by a mentally-challenged person at a barber shop on the outskirts of Jammu on Monday, police said. Mukesh Raina, a resident of Brij Nagar, had gone for a haircut when he was attacked by Surinder Kumar inside the barber shop at TCP Kharian, a police official said. […]

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Climate change could move 200 million people by 2050: Report

Barcelona: Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found. The second part of the Groundswell report published on Monday examines how […]

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Retail inflation eases to 5.3 pc in Aug as food prices soften

New Delhi: Subdued prices of food items like vegetables pulled down retail inflation for the third month in a row to 5.3 per cent in August, within the RBI’s comfort zone. While the Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation declined to 5.3 per cent in August from 6.69 per cent in the same month a […]

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