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Jammu & Kashmir Gujjars demand legal safeguard for tribal courts
Jammu:-Gujjar and Bakerwal communities of Jammu and Kashmir have appealed to the lawmakers to provide a legal safeguard to their tribal courts known as 'Jirgas' by introducing an Act at national and state level.
"We have written a letter,…
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Judge ‘fails’ teacher, orders FIR against him
Srinagar: The J&K High Court turned into an examination centre for some time when the judge, to test a teacher's abilities, asked him to write an essay on cow and solve a 4th grader's maths problem, adjudged him having failed, and…
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Omar denounces fuel price hike in sardonic tweets
Srinagar, May 16 (PTI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took a sarcastic swipe at the Union government hiking fuel prices, saying the move was "to celebrate the first year of good days".
"To celebrate the 1st year of…
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J-K HC irked as teacher fails to write simple essay on cow
Srinagar: In a rare instance, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court made a teacher write a brief exam in an open court to check his abilities but the examinee failed miserably, leading to a slew of directions to the state government for checking…
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Police foils rifle-snatching bid in Kashmir
Srinagar: Suspected militants made a bid to snatch the weapon of a cop posted on guard duty of a Congress leader in Char-i-Shareef area of central Kashmir's Budgam district, police said today.
Two suspects, armed with a knife and a…
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Jammu &Kashmir Police busts Hizb-Jaish joint module
Srinagar:- Jammu and Kashmir police today claimed to have busted a joint module of Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) outfits in Pulwama district of south Kashmir with the arrest of two members who were involved in a grenade…
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NC MLA moves privilege motion against Jammu & Kashmir CM
Srinagar:-Opposition National Conference legislator Altaf Ahmad Wani today said he has moved a privilege motion against Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for allegedly ignoring him during his day-long tour of his…
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Jammu and Kashmir Government failed to surrender Rs 7424 crore saving: CAG
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government during 2013-14, failed to surrender Rs 7424.66 crore saving amount, the Comptroller and Auditor General has said.
"The outcome of appropriation audit shows that in 47 cases, the saving exceeded Rs…
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Dorjay, Kohli assigned portfolios
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SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed on Tuesday assigned portfolios to recently elevated Cabinet Ministers Chering Dorjay and Abdul Ghani Kohli.
While Dorjay will hold the portfolio of cooperatives department, Abdul…
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Housing Board violates Master Plan; no commercial activity on layout map
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The multi-crore land scam in Channi Himmat Housing Colony, took a new twist on Tuesday when it was revealed that the Master Plan envisaged no commercial activity to be undertaken over the reclaimed land of the…
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