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Amit Shah Reviews Security Along Indo-Pak Border, Airports With Top Officials

New Delhi, May 9: Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed the prevailing situation along India’s border with Pakistan and airports in the country amid the military conflict between the two countries, sources said. The meeting came hours after the Border Security Force said it has foiled an infiltration bid from across the International Border…

Amit Shah Reviews Security Along Indo-Pak Border, Airports With Top Officials
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Govt committed to offer 200 units free electricity: CM Omar Abdullah
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Govt committed to offer 200 units free electricity: CM Omar Abdullah

JAMMU: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that Jammu and Kashmir aims to achieve self-sufficiency in power generation in next two years, ensuring a reliable electricity supply, and that the government was committed to offering 200 units of free electricity. He said Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation was prioritizing the development of hydroelectric…

Grenade attack on police station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, no casualties: Officials

BARAMULLA: A suspected grenade attack took place at a police station in north Kashmir's Baramulla district late last night, police said today. "During the night intervening March 4-5, at approximately 2120 hrs, a blast-like sound was heard from the backside of Police Post Old Town, Baramulla, causing concern among the general public. No casualty or…

Grenade attack on police station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, no casualties: Officials
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Fire Breaks Out At MLA Hostel In Srinagar
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Fire Breaks Out At MLA Hostel In Srinagar

SRINAGAR, Dec 10: A fire broke out in the Member Legislative Assembly Hostel (MLA) in Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said. There was no report of any casualty in the incident. The Fire and Emergency officials said that fire broke out at around noon in the first floor of the MLA hostel quarter situated at the…

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No scope of corruption in J&K now as all services made online: CS
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No scope of corruption in J&K now as all services made online: CS

SRINAGAR: Arun Kumar Mehta, the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, claims that since all services are now provided online, there is no longer any prospect of corruption in the Union Territory. He said that different programmes and platforms have increased system transparency and prevented any funds from being fraudulently taken out of the public coffers. "We have made the decision to make all services available online. The goal is to establish a setting free from corruption. In the past, it was claimed that less than 10 paise of every rupee would reach the ground. After introducing the 'Bhrashtachar Mukt J&K' campaign here, the officer told reporters that today a system had been established where the complete rupee reached the ground. Without administrative authority, technical approval, e-tendering, and geospatial imagery, he added, no money could be withdrawn. Mehta stated that the administration is attempting to address some of the…

Govt revokes suspension of J&K lecturer who was removed after appearing before SC in Article 370 case
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Govt revokes suspension of J&K lecturer who was removed after appearing before SC in Article 370 case

SRINAGAR: Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, a senior political science instructor at a government institution in Srinagar, had his suspension lifted by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday. He had been dismissed following his presence before the Supreme Court regarding the repeal of Article 370. The Supreme Court had instructed the Attorney General R Venkata Ramani and the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to investigate the suspension a few weeks earlier. Bhat, a senior instructor at a government school in Srinagar, was labelled a "delinquent officer" and suspended by Alok Kumar, the government's principal secretary for schooling. Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, senior lecturer in political science currently employed at the Government Higher Secondary School in Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, was placed under immediate suspension for violating the J&K CSR, Jammu…

Road collision in Ramban leaves 17 Cops and 3 inmates injured
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Road collision in Ramban leaves 17 Cops and 3 inmates injured

[caption id="attachment_2402" align="alignnone" width="300"] Road collision in Ramban leaves 17 Cops and 3 inmates injured[/caption] BANIHAL: In Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Sunday, a police bus carrying injured 17 officers and three female detainees collided with an Army vehicle, according to the police. According to a police official, the police bus was travelling from Srinagar's central jail to the Bhaderwah sub-jail in the Doda area. According to the official, the accident happened close to the T2 tunnel in the Marog section of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The injured, which also included a few female constables, were taken to the district hospital in Ramban, where their condition was described as stable.