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Three govt employees suspended for dereliction of election duty

Jammu: Three government employees were on Thursday suspended for dereliction of election duty in Kishtwar district, officials said here. The employees suspended by Panchayat Election Officer Ashok Kumar Sharma will remain attached in the office of the additional district commissioner of Kishtwar during the suspension period, they said. Additional Deputy Commissioner Pawan Parihar has been […]

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DDC composition: Each Council to have five standing committees

Panels will deal with finance, development, public works

Srinagar: Every district development council in Jammu & Kashmir will have five standing committees to look after different subjects ranging from financial matters to development. The amendments carried out by the Centre in Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act-1989 in October this year lay bare that every DDC will have five standing committees. The standing […]

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Sgr locality witnesses installation of smart meters

Srinagar: Amid complaints of inadequate electricity, the Power Development Department (PDD) has started installing the smart meters on trial basis in Srinagar area, which according to the authorities will help the consumers to get aware of their regular consumption. Chief Engineer of Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation (KPDC), Aijaz Ahmad Dar said that around 200 smart […]

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Soldier commits suicide in Shopian

Shopian: An army soldier of 62 RR committed suicide during intervening night in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said. An official said that a solider identified as Chandra Patil posted at 62 RR headquarters in Zawoora area of Shopian shot himself dead while on duty late yesterday night. He said that in this regard a […]

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COVID-19: 10 more succumb, 582 test positive in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 10 deaths due to covid-19 taking the death toll to 1,718 while as 582 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 111,712. Of the exact number of 111,712 cases, 66,784 are from Kashmir and 45,174 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 582 new […]

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1st meeting of UT Level Monitoring Committee under FRA held

1st meeting of UT Level Monitoring Committee under FRA held

Sub-Committee constituted to devise strategy for fast-tracked FRA implementation

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Thursday chaired the maiden meeting of the UT Level Monitoring Committee, constituted under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 which was recently made applicable to Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Revenue, Forest, Ecology & Environment, Rural […]

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Results for 8th standard will be declared on Saturday: SCERT

Srinagar: The School Education Department is all set to announce annual results of 8th standard on Saturday. Officials of the department said that the results would be declared on December-05. Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir State Institute of Educational Research and Trainings (SCERT) in a notification, said that it had successfully completed the exams of […]

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Authorities resume document renewal of 15 year-old vehicles

Srinagar: Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Kashmir Thursday refuted as ‘baseless’ the reports that registration of vehicles older than 15 years could not be extended further, stating the document ‘renewal’ process is on and will continue in future as well. RTO Kashmir, Ikramullah Tak said the department has not received any order from Union Transport Ministry, […]

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No traffic on Sgr-Jammu highway for 4 days in Dec Month

Have to carry out major repair work, four days to remain dry: Officials

Srinagar: The authorities on Thursday said that for the maintenance and undertaking major repairs on National Highway-44, four days have been kept as traffic dry days when no vehicle would be allowed to ply on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway. Deputy director PWD department in a communique to ADGP traffic, Jammu has requested him to notify […]

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Parties like NC, PDP exploited trust of people: Altaf Bukhari

Srinagar: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday said that the Ganderbal district portrays a typical example of the victims of VVIP constituency syndrome in Jammu and Kashmir. “Unfortunately, the leaders who were supported and elected by the people of Ganderbal since 19970s treated their electorate as commodities that can be turned into […]