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Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 4, 04, 200 registrations;  2,05, 400 candidates submit online application so far

Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 4, 04, 200 registrations;  2,05, 400 candidates submit online application so far

JAMMU, AUGUST 02: Till today morning, 4,04,200 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 2,05,400 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 46,100 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. It has […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to hospital

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to hospital

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (August 2) tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus infection and has been admitted to a hospital. Shah took to social media today to inform about his infection. Zee news

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‘High time Mehbooba Mufti is released’: Rahul Gandhi targets Centre

‘High time Mehbooba Mufti is released’: Rahul Gandhi targets Centre

Accusing the Central government of undermining democracy by ‘illegally” detaining political leaders, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Sunday pitched for release of Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti from home detention. Mufti, who has been held under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) since the early hours of August 5 last year, is among 20-odd political […]

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Covid-19 vaccine tracker, August 2: Clinical trials of Russian vaccine over

Covid-19 vaccine tracker, August 2: Clinical trials of Russian vaccine over

A potential novel Coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute had completed clinical trials, and ‘paperwork’ for its ‘registration’ with the country’s regulatory body was underway, Russian media reported on Saturday. Russia’s health minister was quoted in the news reports as saying that a mass vaccination programme, presumably using this vaccine, would be launched in Russia in […]

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Noor Din Shah (Suhaf) is no more

Noor Din Shah (Suhaf) is no more

Noor Din Shah (Suhaf) passed away during the intervening night of August 1-2, 2020 on other side of the border. Noor Din Shah (Suhaf) has migrated to Pakistan few decades back and lived in England for pretty long time he was basically from Ali Kadal locality of Downtown. Tariq Ahmad Shah his nephew and other […]

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“How’s Mehbooba Mufti Threat To Safety?”: P Chidambaram On Centre’s Move

“How’s Mehbooba Mufti Threat To Safety?”: P Chidambaram On Centre’s Move

New Delhi:  Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has criticised the centre for extending the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for three more months. This would make the duration of her detention longer than a year; she was detained for the first time on […]

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No end to a tragic saga

No end to a tragic saga

“Jammu & Kashmir is a big jail”, said a political leader who, like many others, is under ‘house arrest’ without written orders, following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India on August 5, 2019. Project J&K was intended to break up the state, reduce its status to Union territories, bring the territories under the […]

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New Education Policy aimed at building job creators instead of employment seekers: PM Modi

New Education Policy aimed at building job creators instead of employment seekers: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Centre’s New Education Policy stressed on building job creators instead of job seekers and emphasized that the time had come for increased focus on learning, research and innovation in the field of education. “The 21st century is the era of knowledge. This is the time for increased […]

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Muslims in Kashmir offer Eid prayers while maintaining social distancing

Muslims in Kashmir offer Eid prayers while maintaining social distancing

Srinagar;  Eid al-Adha celebrations in Kashmir on Saturday were a low-key affair as most of the faithful marked the festival of sacrifice by offering prayers in small groups and observing social distancing in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. No Eid prayers were offered in major mosques and shrines of Kashmir as police enforced the strict restrictions […]

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Indian Army prepares to maintain current strength in eastern Ladakh during winter months

Indian Army prepares to maintain current strength in eastern Ladakh during winter months

New Delhi: The Indian Army is preparing to maintain its current strength of troops, tanks and other weaponry in all key areas in eastern Ladakh in the harsh winter months as a resolution to the border row with China in the mountainous region shows no signs of early resolution, people familiar with the developments said on […]