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Pedestrian killed in Kulgam road accident

Kulgam: A 50-year-old pedestrian was killed after he was hit by an unknown vehicle in Qaimoh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. An official said that a vehicle hit one pedestrian identified as Ajaz Ahmad Malla (50) of Turak Tachloo on Srinagar-Jammu national highway near his native village. He said that he died […]

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Elderly man drowns in Dal Lake

Srinagar: An elderly man drowned to death in the Dal Lake in Srinagar district on Saturday, officials said here. An official said that the man identified as Ali Mohammad Dar of Abi-Nowpora locality of Khanyar drowned in the lake this morning. He said that soon after a rescue operation was launched by the concerned authorities […]

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ACB arrests Patwari for demanding bribe

Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau trapped and arrested a patwari in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district for demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant for providing of revenue extracts. In a statement, issued here the ACB said that it received a complaint, wherein the complainant alleged that Abdul Aziz Dar, Patwari of Halqa Mufalpora in district Kupwara […]

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Govt to achieve 100% saturation of schemes for Divyangjan in current fiscal: Lt Guv

Women, senior citizens to be among beneficiaries

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said that the government wishes to achieve 100% saturation of schemes for Divyangjan in the current fiscal. “Divyangjan in J&K have been brought under the ambit of Pension Scheme. There was no integrated system for physically and mentally challenged people. For the first time, Jammu and Kashmir has […]

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Govt directs officers to ensure priority passage to fruit laden trucks

SRINAGAR: Following several complaints about delaying the movement of fruit laden trucks on the national highway, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to discuss the issues and difficulties pertaining to the movement of trucks carrying fruits and Vegetables on National Highway from valley. While […]

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Govt accords sanction for shifting paediatric services of GB Pant hospital

Services will be available at Pediatric hospital Bemina

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday accorded sanction for shifting of paediatric services of GB Pant hospital to 500 bedded children’s hospital Bemina, an order issued here said. According to the order, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Surgical services will continue to function at GB Pant hospital. In order to shift CD hospital […]

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JK reports 23 fresh covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 23 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that seven cases were reported from Jammu division and 16 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 478894. Among the cases, 173907 are from Jammu […]

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Political opponents aren’t enemies: Omar

Political opponents aren’t enemies: Omar

Responds to ‘Twitter’ video featuring J&K BJP chief

Srinagar: Political opponents are not enemies and politics is not about division and hatred, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said on Friday. His remarks were in response to a video posted on Twitter wherein a netizen hinted at some backdoor understanding between the National Conference (NC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In the […]

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‘Additional Charge Culture’ hits functioning of KU

‘Additional Charge Culture’ hits functioning of KU

Stakeholders appeal LG to get all posts filled through proper advertisements

Muhammad Adnan Srinagar: Administrative inertia is the order of the day at the Kashmir University (KU) where more than half a dozen officials are holding additional charge of important departments, insiders have alleged. This is in addition to their teaching and research assignments which has allegedly become a casualty due to the additional charge syndrome, […]

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CS launches SPARROW portal for Gazetted Officers

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta launched the Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW) system for all gazetted officers of the Union territory Government on Friday at Civil Secretariat, Jammu. On the analogy of Performance Appraisal Reports of AIS and JKAS officers, the Government of J&K has now decided to switch over […]