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Protests over teacher’s killing continue in Jammu

Samba: Protests against the killing of a Hindu school teacher in Kulgam continued to rock several parts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts on the second consecutive day on Wednesday. Rajni Bala (36) was shot dead by terrorists following which Kashmiri Pandits, employed under the PM package, had threatened to undertake mass migration from the […]

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Six new COVID-19 cases reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported six new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the infection tally in the Union Territory to 4,54,255, officials said here. All the six cases were reported from Jammu district, the officials said. There are 56 active cases of the disease in the Union Territory, while the number of recoveries has reached […]

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Promoting Tourism: ‘Foxglove festival’ attracts large turnout in Bhaderwah

Bhaderwah (J&K): To promote tourism and attract flower lovers, the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department on Wednesday organised a Foxglove festival’ at Hanga in Doda district. The festival was organised in collaboration with the Bhaderwah Development Authority (BDA) and the Army. It attracted a large turnout which included tourism stakeholders and research scholars, officials said. […]

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Be prepared for new, challenging assignment: Jitendra Singh to Civil Servants

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that civil servants must train themselves for a new and challenging assignment as most of the Centre’s flagship schemes are now hugely based on science and technology application. Addressing an event here, he referred to the last month’s decision for relaxation of family pension rules for missing central […]

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KP’s stick to their demand of ‘leaving Kashmir’

Srinagar: A group of Kashmiri Pandit employees, who were given jobs under a prime minister’s package for the community, Wednesday began preparations for “mass migration” out of Kashmir, protesting against a series of targeted killings of non-Muslim employees by terrorists. The group said they were meeting truck-owners Wednesday to negotiate a rate for transporting their […]

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Efforts on to meet deadline for new Parliament building: Sources

Efforts on to meet deadline for new Parliament building: Sources

New Delhi: With just five months left to meet the deadline, efforts are underway to make the new Parliament building functional by November this year as the construction work is continuing on a war footing, sources in the government said on Wednesday. They said that work on interiors and other elements has started in the […]

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NEET-PG results declared in just ten days

New Delhi: The NEET-PG 2022 results were declared on Wednesday, with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lauding the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) for announcing them in record 10 days. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) Post Graduate-2022 was held on May 21 at 849 centres. A total of 1,82,318 candidates had taken […]

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Apni Party leader from Jammu quits outfit

Jammu: In a major setback to the Apni Party, one of its co-founders and general secretary from Jammu, Vikram Malhotra on Wednesday resigned from the party, citing “lack of any coherent policy or programme for the future”. Malhotra also claimed that the Apni Party has become a “reflection of the National Conference and PDP, particularly […]

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Woman from JK commits suicide in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A 27-year-old woman from Jammu and Kashmir working with an e-commerce major here died by allegedly hanging herself on Wednesday, police said. The woman, a native of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, was found hanging in her flat around 12 pm at Nanakramguda under Gachibowli Police Station limit, they said. She was taken to […]

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Terrorists gun down teacher in Kulgam

Terrorists gun down teacher in Kulgam

Srinagar: A Hindu woman teacher from Jammu was shot dead on Tuesday by terrorists in the Valley’s Kulgam district, evoking widespread condemnation. The killing of Rajni Bala (36), who belonged to Samba district but was posted at a government school in Gopalpora, Kulgam, is the second killing of a non-Muslim government employee in May and […]