Class IV posts: JKSSB’s portal records 1,35,590 registrations
62,080 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU: The government Friday said that 1,35,590 registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 62,080 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. It has been noted that about 82,000 unique visitors visited the online application […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,30,782 stranded JK residents
1,58,980 via Lakhanpur, 71,802 through special trains
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,30,782 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu […]
Several people fined for not wearing face masks in Samba, Srinagar
Jammu/Srinagar: Seventy persons were booked and fined for violations in Samba district on Friday where people are asked to mandatorily wear face masks at public places without any exemption during lockdown relaxation conditions, police said. During patrolling in the district, police booked a total of 70 violators from different areas for not wearing face masks […]
Half of inmates at jail in south Kashmir test COVID-19 positive: Authorities
Srinagar: Almost half of the inmates at a jail in south Kashmir have tested positive for COVID-19, but their condition is stable, officials said on Friday, and stressed that spraying, fumigation and other steps to curb the spread of the virus were carried out at a number of prisons. Superintendent of Anantnag District Jail Syroz […]
SC asks JK High Court to ‘take up’ officer’s application for ‘interim relief’
Srinagar: The Supreme Court has directed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to take up the application of a senior officer of the Jammu and Kashmir government and grant him interim relief expeditiously. Mohammad Mehraj, a commissioner secretary level officer in the Jammu and Kashmir government was suspended in September 2018 and asked to compulsorily […]
Two boys drown in Dadi canal in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Two boys drowned in Dadi canal in Khiram area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday. A senior police official said that as soon as information about the incident was received, a police party was rushed to the spot. Joined by locals, the team retrieved both the minors who were rushed to a hospital […]
Stick to compulsory registration for COVID-19 sampling, officials to road travellers
JAMMU: District Magistrate, Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, Friday ordered strict adherence to compulsory registration for COVID-19 sampling by road travellers immediately on arrival at the district boundary checkpoints. The District Magistrate and Chairperson District Disaster Management Authority, Jammu, , vide powers conferred upon her under section 34 of Disaster Management Act, 2005 ordered that all road […]
Illegal appointment case : Court directs Crime Branch to finalize investigation within a month
Srinagar: Special Judge (Anti-Corruption) Y P Bourney has directed the Crime Branch, Jammu to finalize the investigation with regard to the illegal appointment of one Shakeel-ur-Rehman of Qazipora (Katipora) Tangmarg, Kashmir as Publicity-cum-Public Relation Officer (PRO) in J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL). While disposing off an application filed by Dr. Javed Rahi […]
Admin de-notifies Andherhama, Manigah Villages from Red Zone Status
Kupwara: Almost two months after the last positive case was detected in the areas, administration here in the frontier district has partially done away with the red zone status from Andherhama and Manigah villages. Two separate notifications issued by Additional Magistrate Kupwara, issued said that after aggressive contact tracing and sampling was done in the […]
Bandipora killing: Fear creeps in among BJP ranks after leaders resign
Srinagar: All is not well in the BJP as activists from J&K unit are filing their resignations and stepping away from the party on one or the other pretext. A senior party leader admitted that the repeated delay by the administration in providing adequate security cover is the main reason for fear creeping among the […]