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Dear Editor, Their concerns may be genuine but there is no end to demands. It is a fact that the working conditions of employees have improved vastly over the years; there are increments, DA, LTC and reimbursement of various expenses which…
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Dear Editor, Based on the Seventh Pay Commission report, the government has fixed Rs 18,000 as the minimum salary for government employees (Class IV category). This works out to be Rs 1,000 per day if benefits and holidays are taken into…
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Youth killed in Anantnag; another succumbs at hospital; teenage girl critical after being hit with teargas shell; separatists extend shutdown by 2 more days; clashes continue in Valley on 5th day Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR: With the…
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STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday sought people's support in pulling the state out of the vortex of violence and bloodshed, saying her heart is overwhelmed with great sadness and sorrow as a result of the…
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STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Displaced Kashmiri Pandit (KP) employees who left the Valley at night and arrived at Jammu, on Wednesday said they will not return to become "sitting ducks for target practice of teenage stonepelters". Over 200…
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STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: An Amarnath pilgrim and a local driver were killed and 23 others injured when their bus collided with a truck on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on Wednesday, officials said. A CRPF jawan, posted at Chandanwari,…
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AGENCY Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has convened a special Cabinet meeting in Lahore on Friday to discuss the "deteriorating situation" in the violence-hit Kashmir and chalk out "future course of action" on the issue.…
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STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: Accusing the Mehbooba Mufti government of failing to assess the situation after Hizbul commander Burhan Wani's killing, NC leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the PDP-BJP combine had "forgotten" the lessons…
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 AGENCY Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday condemned the "brutal killings" of youths in Kashmir, joining the rhetorics of Prime Minister Nawaz Sahrif's government on the issue. "Condemning Indian…
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 AGENCY New Delhi: Fliers will soon have a reason to smile as the revised norms that caps ticket cancellation charges and bars airlines from levying additional amount for refund process are coming into force from August 1. Besides, carriers…
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