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42-year-old woman goes missing from Handwara Forests

Srinagar: A 42-year-old woman has gone missing from her native forest area in Waderbala of Zachaldara Handwara in frontier north Kashmir’s Kupwara district since last evening. Fazi Begum, wife of Abdul Majeed Mir, as per her family, had gone to bring back the cattle from the nearby forest area. “She hasn’t returned since”, they said. […]

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Youth found dead in Kulgam orchard

Kulgam: A youth was found dead on Tuesday inside an orchard in Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. They said that a youth identified as Shahid Ahmad Mochi son of Mohammad Ashraf Mochi, a resident of Khee was found dead by some locals inside an orchard in Zeban, Yaripora on Tuesday morning. […]

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Four killed as gusty winds, cloudburst wreaks havoc in Kashmir

Four killed as gusty winds, cloudburst wreaks havoc in Kashmir

Srinagar: At least four persons including a woman from southern district of Kashmir and three non-locals were killed due to gusty winds and cloudburst in Kashmir, reports and witnesses said Monday. Witnesses said that the rooftops of several houses and sheds were damaged while many trees were uprooted due to the windstorm in several parts […]

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Lt Guv addresses National Seminar on ‘Independent India & JK’

Calls for drawing inspiration from glorious past

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday addressed the National Seminar on the theme -‘Independent India & Jammu Kashmir’ under the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, organised by Central University, Jammu and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), through virtual mode. In his address, the Lt Governor underlined that ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ is a golden […]

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Prisons in JK to have effective jamming system

Move aimed to prevent illegal access of mobile phones by inmates

Srinagar: In a bid to upgrade the security of prisons and streamline the prison administration in J&K and elsewhere in the country, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs have announced a slew of measures that entails putting in place effective jamming system to prevent use of mobile phones by inmates. The MHA also plans to […]

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Cops in JK to get corner shot weapon system

Udhampur: The highly sophisticated ‘Zen ShootEdge’ corner shot pistol weapon system will be inducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for close combat and 100 of these will be delivered, according to company officials. It facilitates shooting around corners and over the top of walls, without exposing the person using the pistol, they said. Security […]

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JK reports 4 new covid-19 cases, no death

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported four new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that three of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and one from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 454113—166374 in Jammu and 287739 […]

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Study tour to USA: Lt Guv Flags off batch of students from SKUAST-Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Monday flagged off a batch of 12 undergraduate students from SKUAST-Kashmir on a study tour to Kansas State University, USA. The 12 undergraduate students are from the faculties of Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry. They will be visiting USA under the Student Overseas Fellowship Programme of National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) funded […]

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Schedule announced for Hajj-2022 orientation, training programme

Schedule announced for Hajj-2022 orientation, training programme

SRINAGAR: The State Haj Committee has announced dates and venues for the compulsory Haj orientation cum training programme for selected pilgrims hailing from different districts of Kashmir division. As per an official handout all the selected pilgrims of district Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian are hereby informed that a Training […]

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Accountable, transparent system for recruitments established in JK: Officials

‘Yogyata Se Rozgaar’ celebrates the spirit of ‘merit’ in public employment

SRINAGAR: The Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has established an accountable and transparent system for the recruitment of various posts in different departments, officials said Monday. Article 16 of the Constitution of India lays down that, “There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters of employment under the State”. […]