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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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Civilian shot at in Shopian

Srinagar: Terrorists opened fire at a civilian near his residence in Shopian district of south Kashmir Wednesday, leaving him injured, police said. A police official said the incident happened around 8:45 pm near Farooq Ahmed Sheikh’s residence at Rakh Chidren Keegam. He said the injured was moved to the nearby Pulwama hospital where his condition […]

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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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Night temperature drops at most places in JK

Srinagar: Amid fresh rains in the last 24 hours, night temperature recorded a drop at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here said that Qazigund received 3.6 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today and recorded a low of 11.0°C, same as on the […]

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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 […]

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Killers will be given unforgettable response: Lt Guv

Killers will be given unforgettable response: Lt Guv

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday condemned the killing of a Hindu woman teacher by terrorists inside a government school in Kulgam, saying the assailants will be given an “unforgettable response”. “Terrorist attack on a school teacher Rajni Bala is the most reprehensible act. My deepest condolences to the bereaved family. […]

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Terrorism will not end in one day: EAM Jaishankar

Terrorism will not end in one day: EAM Jaishankar

Kulgam killing of teacher

Ahmedabad: In the wake of terrorists shooting dead a woman teacher in Jammu and Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said terrorism will not end in one day and expressed confidence in winning the ongoing battle against extremism. Responding to a question of reporters in Gujarat’s Vadodara city about the targetted killing of […]

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JKCA scam case: ED grills Farooq Abdullah for over three hours

Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday questioned National Conference president Farooq Abdullah for over three hours in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association. The Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar reached the ED office at Rajbagh here around 11 am. Before going inside the […]