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Mehbooba Asks for Opening of Jamia Masjid Srinagar and Dargah Hazratbal for Friday Prayers

Mehbooba Asks for Opening of Jamia Masjid Srinagar and Dargah Hazratbal for Friday Prayers

Rajouri:The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has asked for immediate opening of all the religious places including Dargah Hazratbal and Jamia Masjid Srinagar for devotees that have been closed for Friday Prayers for long. In a statement,, Mehbooba said that these revered places remain unjustifiably closed for Friday prayers […]

287 cases registered under UAPA in J&K in 2020: NCRB

287 cases registered under UAPA in J&K in 2020: NCRB

Srinagar, Sep 17: As many as 287 cases were registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory during 2020. The data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), shows that J&K topped the chart in terms of cases registered under the UA(P) Act last year with the Union Territory […]

Militants shot dead policeman, non-local labourer in Kulgam: IGP Kashmir

Militants shot dead policeman, non-local labourer in Kulgam: IGP Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep 17 : A police constable and a non-J&K resident were killed in two separate militancy related incidents in the southern district of Kulgam on Friday, officials said. Officials said that the militants fired upon a police constable near Shamford School, leaving him severely wounded. The injured police constable was shifted to the hospital, […]

J&K Reports 155 New Covid-19 Cases, One Death

J&K Reports 155 New Covid-19 Cases, One Death

Srinagar, Sept 17: Jammu and Kashmir reported 155 new covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said 22 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 133 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 327621. There was one, from Kashmir Valley, […]

Entry Of People Except Staff, Lawyers Barred Inside Courts In J&K, Ladakh Amid Apprehensions Of 3rd Covid-19 Wave

Entry Of People Except Staff, Lawyers Barred Inside Courts In J&K, Ladakh Amid Apprehensions Of 3rd Covid-19 Wave

Srinagar, Sept 17: Amid “strong apprehension” of third covid-19 wave, Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal has ordered restriction of people other than staff and lawyers into High Court and District Court buildings. “keeping In view the rising trend of Covid-19 Infection cases in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh particularly In Kashmir Valley and the strong apprehension […]

Adverse Character, Antecedents of Employees May Lead to Termination of Services: Govt

Adverse Character, Antecedents of Employees May Lead to Termination of Services: Govt

Srinagar, Sept 16: Administration on Thursday said that every government employee is mandatorily required to maintain absolute integrity, honesty and allegiance to the Union of India and its Constitution and do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant. In an order regarding verification of Character and Antecedents of the employees, the Government said employee […]

COVID-19: J&K reports 170 cases, no death in last 24 hours

COVID-19: J&K reports 170 cases, no death in last 24 hours

Srinagar, Sep 16: Jammu and Kashmir Thursday witnessed 170 fresh positive cases taking the number of total active cases in the Union Territory to 1,421, while no death was reported in last 24 hours. With no more death, the death toll in the UT stands at 4,415 and 170 fresh positive cases reported on Thursday […]

Govt Asks Secretariat Employees To Mark Attendance Electronically From Sept 27

Govt Asks Secretariat Employees To Mark Attendance Electronically From Sept 27

Srinagar, Sept, 16: Government on Thursday ordered Civil Secretariat employees to electronically mark their attendance through Bio-metric Face Recognition System’ from September 27. With a view to ensure punctuality towards duties, the government underlined “Bio-metric Face Recognition System’ has been installed in the premises of Civil Secretariat, Srinagar and Civil Secretariat, Jammu for monitoring the […]

Govt Makes Vigilance Clearance Mandatory For Passport To Employees

Govt Makes Vigilance Clearance Mandatory For Passport To Employees

Srinagar Sep 16: Amid concern expressed by Anti-Corruption Bureau, the government on Thursday made latest vigilance clearance mandatory for obtaining passport by an employee. “The passport to the citizens including Government employee is issued on the basis of verification carried out by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The current system does not contain any mechanism […]