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New Delhi: Population was an important but not the sole criteria while carrying out the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said on Friday and asserted that the union territory has to be seen as “one unit” where the entire population has to be given representation in 90 assembly constituencies. […]
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet against seven people, including its former officer Arvind Digvijay Negi and Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez, in a terror funding case. The charge sheet was filed in a special NIA court in New Delhi against former Superintendent of Police Negi, Parvez, […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday sacked three government employees, including a professor and a policeman, for their alleged links with terror groups, officials said. The trio was terminated from services based on the recommendation of a designated committee constituted under Article 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution that allows dismissal from service without […]
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Jammu: Four people were killed and 24 others injured when a passenger bus caught fire in Katra area of Reasi district on Friday, officials said. According to the officials, the bus, which was carrying passengers, some of them the pilgrims on its way to Jammu from Katra, caught fire near Nomai, about 3 kilometers from […]
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New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday reviewed the security preparedness for the Amarnath Yatra scheduled to begin on June 30 after a gap of two years, officials said. The annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine located in the upper reaches of south Kashmir could not be carried out in 2020 and 2021 […]
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New Delhi: At least 12,000 paramilitary troops and hundreds of Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel, with the help of drone cameras, will guard the Amarnath yatra which is scheduled to begin on June 30 after a gap of two years, officials said. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday reviewed the security preparedness for the […]
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Srinagar: A senior Border Security Force (BSF) officer in Kashmir has flagged lack of “basic amenities” such as healthcare, school education and mobile connectivity to the population living in forward areas along the India-Pakistan LoC saying government officials “rarely” visit these remote areas. BSF Inspector General (IG) Raja Babu Singh has shot off a letter […]
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Bhadarwah (J&K): The Army has signed an agreement with the University of Jammu for organising a four-month certificate course in Bhadarwahi language for its troops in order to develop a better understanding between the force and the local population, officials said on Friday. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Col Rajat Parmar, the […]
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Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested the president of Municipal Committee Awantipora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to discharge his official duties, officials said. The ACB received a complaint alleging therein that Bilal Ahmed Bhat, president Municipal Committee Awantipora, is demanding Rs 1,000 for processing […]
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Srinagar: A government employee belonging to the Kashmir Pandit community was shot dead by terrorists at his office in the Chadoora area of Budgam district central Kashmir on Thursday, officials said here. The terrorists entered the Tehsil office in Chadoora town and shot at Rahul Bhat, a clerk, the officials said. “The injured was immediately […]
