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Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh order attaching properties worth Rs 1.31 crore in connection with a money laundering investigation into the alleged leak of the 2012 Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test (JKCET) medical exam paper. This case involves the former chairman of the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE), Mushtaq […]
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has amended the Civil Services Rules to establish a Services Selection Board responsible for recruiting non-gazetted staff, including Class-IV employees (Multitasking Staff – MTS). The amendment specifies, “A Service Selection Board shall be constituted for making selections for recruitment to subordinate services/non-gazetted/Class IV (MTS) posts in any government department,
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Srinagar: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court, urging the Union Government to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir within two months, according to a report by Live Law. The petition, submitted by college teacher Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and activist Khurshid Ahmad Malik, contends that the government’s delay in restoring statehood violates the
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Srinagar: Police in Ramban district have arrested four individuals for orchestrating a staged truck accident. According to a police statement, on September 14, Police Station Ramsoo received information that a truck (registration no. JK20C-3611) driven by Mohd Shabir, a resident of Tuli Reasi, had rolled into a 350-400 meter gorge near Panthyal on NH-44. Based
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has directed several top officials to vacate their current ministerial bungalows in preparation for the formation of a new cabinet next month. The order, issued by Alok Kumar, IRS, Principal Secretary to the Government, has been issued for the allocation of these quarters for incoming ministers. In Government Order
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Srinagar: Vikar Rasool Wani, the former Jammu and Kashmir Congress president and current candidate from the Banihal constituency, has been sentenced to five months in prison along with five others. The sentencing comes from a case related to the 2012 Assembly elections, where a public meeting was held without proper authorization at the Junior High
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Srinagar: In what points to the trend of educational institutes fleecing parents, Akash coaching center has failed to return the hefty admission fee of a poor parent even as his child couldn’t attend the single class. A Pakherpora resident, Fayaz Ahmad Wani, said he was forced to make several rounds to the institute’s office in
Srinagar: In a bid to alleviate the financial burden on families and promote social equality, the Auqaf Committee here in north Kashmir announced the implementation of a new marriage system, calling for an end to the traditional marriage customs. The initiative has been taken in a response to growing concerns of escalating costs associated with
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Srinagar: The Talab Kalan area of Charar-i-Sharif town is facing neglect and bureaucratic inertia, locals said. Due to the government apathy, Sheikh-ul-Alam Welfare Committee has itself taken up the job to clean up accumulated debris. Talab Kalan, once a revered site where Hazrat Sheikh ul Alam (RA) was given bath has seen its identity erode
Srinagar: The Amarnath Yatra has seen an unprecedented turnout this year, with over 1.30 lakh pilgrims participating in just six days, breaking all previous records. As of yesterday evening, more than 24,000 pilgrims had paid obeisance at the naturally formed Ice Shivlingam at the Himalayan cave in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A fresh batch of
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