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Woman charred to death in old city blaze

Srinagar: A woman was charred to death while four persons including an elderly couple and a personnel from fire and emergency department were injured in a devastating fire incident in which four houses were completely gutted and three others were partially damaged at Jamalat Nawakadal locality in Srinagar on Thursday. Official sources said that fire […]

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92 JKAS, JKPS officers retiring in 2022

Srinagar: As many as 92 officers of Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) and Jammu & Kashmir Police Service (JKPS) are attaining superannuation in the calendar year 2022, reports said. They said that 56 JKPS officers and 36 JKAS officers would retire in the year 2022. Both the Home department and General Administration Department- who […]

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Police arrests missing youth, LeT militant

Srinagar: Police Thursday arrested a missing youth who had recently joined militant ranks along with arms and ammunition in Pulwama, a police spokesman said. Meanwhile, a LeT militant was arrested from Budgam. He said that police along with 44RR and 183Bn CRPF at a checkpoint established at Pachahar Rajpora Pulwama, intercepted a suspicious person, who […]

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12-fold increase in works completed in current fiscal: CS

Jammu: Asserting that expenditure efficiencies in the system have vastly improved due to a series of financial reforms, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta on Thursday said there has been a 12-fold increase in works completed in the current financial year over the previous years’ average in the union territory. Mehta also hailed […]

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Excise collections in FY22 expected to exceed by Rs 300 Cr: ACS

Jammu: The excise collection during the current fiscal year is expected to exceed the last year’s target by Rs 300 crore, Additional Chief Secretary Finance Atal Dulloo said on Thursday. He made this observation while reviewing the functioning of the finance department in which other senior officers of the department were present on Thursday. “Excise […]

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CUCET amid pandemic

CUCET amid pandemic

Ankit Kapoor Pertaining to the fact that scoring high in board exams may not necessarily translate into knowledge, top universities across the globe prefer to conduct entrance exams as the sole criteria or a mix of entrance and merit for admissions. While it was announced that CLAT will conduct the exam for the academic session […]

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A mini-forest in the city

K S S Pillai It seems man, fed up with the hustle and bustle of modern life, sometimes wants to escape to his early days in the wilderness. Many ancestral homes in my home state of Kerala used to have a sacred grove called ‘kavu’ at an auspicious spot in the compound. A diya would […]

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The dying water bodies

Gowher Ahmad Bhat There was a time when water from the streams and springs was thought to be of highest degree of purity and was the only source of water. Water from the streams and springs was used for bathing, washing and cleaning. When there were no taps available, water from such streams was even […]

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JKAACL hosts online folk music Program at Rajouri

RAJOURI: Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art culture and Languages Rajouri Thursday organised an online Folk and Patriotic Music Program in connection with the Celebration of ICONIC WEEK and as a part of Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav, here at Sunderbani. The event was conducted under the overall supervision of Secretary JKAACL, Rahul Panday, while Additional […]

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JK reports 5992 cases, 7 fatalities

JK reports 5992 cases, 7 fatalities

Srinagar, Jan 20: Jammu and Kashmir reported 5992 fresh cases while seven persons succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. They said 1920 of the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 1072 from Kashmir valley, taking the overall tally to 378661. Giving district wise details, the officials said […]