JK admin cancels finance accounts assistant, junior engineer recruitment list; recommends CBI probe
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday cancelled the recruitment of finance accounts assistants and junior engineers and recommended a CBI probe into the selection process. It assured all aspirants that those responsible for alleged discrepancies will not be spared and there won’t be any compromise on merit. “JKSSB FAAs & JE Civil recruitment […]
Taj Mohiuddin quits Congress; joins Azad camp
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress suffered another jolt on Sunday as its senior leader and former minister Taj Mohiuddin quit from the party and joined Ghulam Nabi Azad led front. He, however, made it clear that Azad-led grouping will not ally with the BJP, but with National Conference or PDP. Today, I wrote […]
Supporters of Ghulam Nabi Azad hold meeting in Jammu
Jammu: Scores of leaders and activists, who resigned from the Congress following in Ghulam Nabi Azad’s footsteps, met under the leadership of former Jammu and Kashmir minister G M Saroori here on Sunday. Azad, a Congress veteran who resigned from the party on August 26, is scheduled to reach Jammu on September 4. He has […]
Dr. L Murugan holds review meeting with media units of Ministry of I&B at Jammu
The Minister instructs media units to promote PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat program
JAMMU: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Dr. L. Murugan today chaired a review meeting with the media units of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at Jammu. Terming radio as the best medium of reaching out to rural populace, Sh. Murugan emphasized that besides media publicity of […]
COVID-19: JK reports 152 fresh positive cases
SRINAGAR: The Government today informed that 152 fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19) have been reported today; 28 from Jammu division and 124 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 477456. Moreover, 294 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 23 from Jammu […]
Modi govt strengthened probe agencies: Amit Shah
Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government took all efforts to strengthen probe agencies such as the NIA and anti-terror laws in line with its policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism. The National Investigation Agency will have branches in all the states by May 2024, he said. The home […]
Govt plans March session for class 10, 12
Move aimed to bring uniformity in academic calendar, say Officials
Srinagar: Instead of November-December session, the government is all set to commence with the annual regular board examinations of 10th-12th standard from March. Top officials in the administration informed that it has shifted the examination session from November-December to March. “In order to bring uniformity in the academic calendar with the national academic calendar, we […]
JK reports 185 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 185 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said that 37 cases were reported from Jammu division and 148 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 477304. Among the cases, 173585 are from Jammu […]
Farooq appears before special court in a PMLA case, granted bail
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday appeared before a special court which granted him bail in a money laundering case related to the alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). The Principal District and Sessions Judge here had in July taken cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the […]
Congress ‘lacks internal democracy’: BJP’s Jitendra Singh
Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation from Congress was an internal matter of the party, even though it showed lack of internal democracy in the party. He said BJP is the only option left in the country with its democratic values. “It is an internal matter of Congress but […]
