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Srinagar student dies in mishap at chandigarh

Srinagar student dies in mishap at chandigarh

A student of CGC college at Mohali in chandigarh. Zuhaib Manzoor of qamarwari died in a road accident when his bike collided with tractor on Tuesday afternoon police said. The death of Zuhaib has shocked the student community at chandigarh and state police was trying to get the body here after the medico legal formalities […]

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Aapda Mitra scheme launched in Srinagar

Aapda Mitra scheme launched in Srinagar

Srinagar , 13 Mar 2018 On the instructions of Minister for Disaster Management Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Javaid Mustafa Mir, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Syed Abid Rashid Shah today formally launched a centrally-sponsored community-based disaster preparedness scheme ‘Aapda Mitra’.Prior to the launching of the scheme, the Minister said that under this scheme, the National Disaster Management […]

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Girl commits suicide in Kulgam

Girl commits suicide in Kulgam

Srinagar, March 13:A girl ended her life by consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Kulgam. As has been reported that during intervening night of 11/12th of March 2018, an 18 years old girl (name withheld) resident of Kulgam has consumed some poisonous substance at her home. She was shifted to District Hospital Anantnag from […]

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Zulfkar emphasizes on laying special focus on education monitoring framework

Zulfkar emphasizes on laying special focus on education monitoring framework

JAMMU: Minister for Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali today convened a meeting with officers of Tribal Affairs Department to review the functioning of the department. Vice Chairman State Advisory Board for Development of Gujjars and Bakerwals Chowdhary Gulzar Ahmed Khatana, Commissioner Secretary Tribal Affairs Department, Salma Hamid, […]

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Mehbooba appreciates Islamia College for attaining excellence, educational spread

Mehbooba appreciates Islamia College for attaining excellence, educational spread

JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has complimented the Islamia College management, staff and students for its good work including attaining excellent ranking in the NAAC accreditation. She has also appreciated the role of the college in the educational spread in its catchment areas over the decades. The Chief Minister made these observations while chairing the […]

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Parents influenced by antinational forces, need time to accept me as Muslim: Hadiya

Parents influenced by antinational forces, need time to accept me as Muslim: Hadiya

Kozhikode (Kerala): Days after the Supreme Court scrapped the Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya, the 24-year-old woman on Monday demanded the state government to compensate for the losses she incurred during her two years of struggle. Clarifying to reporters that she had not demanded any compensation from her parents, Hadiya said, […]

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JKSSB declares 38 selection lists for 380 posts

JKSSB declares 38 selection lists for 380 posts

JAMMU, MARCH 13: The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) today declared 38 Selection Lists for 380 posts at the 136thmeeting of the Board convened here today under the chairpersonship of Dr Simrandeep Singh, Chairman, JKSSB. The meeting was attended by the Members of the Board including Rahul Sharma, Musheer Ahmad Mirza, Anil Koul, Dr […]

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India’s PNB discloses $145 million additional exposure in fraud probe – document

India’s PNB discloses $145 million additional exposure in fraud probe – document

MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s Punjab National Bank has told police that it has uncovered additional exposure of about 9.42 billion rupees ($145.2 million) in connection with a massive alleged fraud, according to a court filing seen by Reuters  In what has been dubbed as the biggest fraud in India’s banking history, PNB, the country’s second-biggest […]

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Aadhaar linking deadline extended indefinitely till Supreme Court delivers verdict

Aadhaar linking deadline extended indefinitely till Supreme Court delivers verdict

 New Delhi:-A visitor gives a thumb impression to withdraw money from his bank account with his Aadhaar card, in Hyderabad.(AFP File Photo) The Supreme Court indefinitely extended on Tuesday the March 31 deadline to link Aadhaar with various services till a constitution bench hearing the matter delivers a judgment. Petitioners opposed to the mandatory linking […]

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Most bureaucrats cannot even draft a letter properly in English: Punjab FM

Most bureaucrats cannot even draft a letter properly in English: Punjab FM

Chandigarh,: In a strange development, Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal drew flak from opposition parties over his remarks that barring a few officers in the state government, most do not have a good command over English and cannot even draft a letter properly. “Except for a few officers of Punjab, most don’t know how […]