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Education Department orders verification of certificates post Dubious Degrees

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‘Testimonials of ReTs issued by shady institutions to be scrutinized’ The Education Department today made it clear that in compliance to the directions of the High Court, the degrees of ReTs/RReTs obtained through study centres and distance mode from shady institutions would be scrutinized and accordingly the screening test of those ReTs and RReTs would be conducted who are in possession of suspicious testimonials. As per the order No: 396-Edu of 2015, issued by the Commissioner Secretary School Education Department, the respective Chief Education Officers of all the districts have…

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SC sent PILs on Kashmir floods to J&K High Court

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The Supreme Court today referred to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court a batch of PILs filed last year seeking directions to the Centre and the state government to provide various reliefs including cash and medicines to flood victims there. “We have requested the Chief Justice of the High Court to constitute a committee in pursuance of our earlier order to look into the issues raised in the petitions,” the social justice bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit said. The bench did not accept the plea…

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NC demands complete restoration of Internal Autonomy

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National Conference, while commemorating the sacrifices and 22 year long struggle of Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah for the dignity of this State and its people has said that 9th August 1953 was a black day in the History of Jammu and Kashmir. “This was the day when Prime Minister of J&K Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was surrounded by the Army and arrested after his popular government was illegally dismissed by Karan Singh under a deep-rooted political intrigue to erode the special status of the State. After the illegal overthrow of the popular…

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Congress accuses BJP-PDP of exploiting religious, regional issues

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The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP-PDP coalition partners of “exploiting the religious, regional and other factors for the sake of power” “We accuse the present coalition partners of exploiting the religious, regional and other factors for the sake of coming to power. Congress always respected the urges and aspirations of regions and different sections of society in order to strengthen the bounds of unity and integrity of the state,” J and K Congress chief G A Mir said while addressing public meeting at Haritar-Sangrama in North Kashmir today. “Congress…

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Police arrest man who gave shelter to captured Pak terrorist

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J&K police have arrested a man who gave shelter to captured Pakistani terrorist Naved Usman, Times Now reported on Saturday. Naved Usman alias Qasim Khan of Faisalabad, captured three days ago, was on Saturday brought to the Kashmir Valley to identify those who helped him reach Udhampur where he was arrested, an official said. Usman, a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit, was brought to the valley from Jammu region by road, an intelligence officer said. Usman was overpowered by villagers after he and a fellow Pakistani terrorist shot…

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New advertisement policy for media soon: Mufti

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Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Friday emphasized upon the formulation of a new advertisement policy for media and said he has already issued directions for broadening the scope of the existing policy. He said this while interacting with a delegation of J&K Press Association, here this morning. Highlighting the need for making rational changes to the State’s Advertisement Policy, Mufti said the revised framework will strictly implement the guidelines to empanel media outlets for Government advertisements and also the tariff on which the newspapers would be paid for printing the…

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Teachers hold protests, give Govt deadline of August 17

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The teachers’ community and state government continue to remain at loggerheads over the controversial decision of conducting screening test of ReT teachers who have obtained their degrees from outside study centers or through distance mode. On Friday, Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) held demonstrations. All the schools, according to the Forum, were closed in the afternoon and teachers staged protests at their respective district headquarters to express anger against the government decision. Earlier on August 5, massive protests erupted in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk area after hundreds of ReT teachers…

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Ration cards procurement, bill payments to get easier

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The government has decided to outsource the services like payment of electricity bills and procurement of ration cards to private-run IT centres. According to top government officials, it has been decided that the services delivered by the different departments including the Social Welfare department, Power Development department and Public Health Engineering department would be outsourced. State’s Information Technology department would help in the creation of infrastructure to set up the IT-enabled kiosks in the State and would also use the existing Khidmat centres for this purpose. “We have decided that…

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Police puts more check-posts on Kashmir highways

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In the wake of a militant attack in Udhampur area of Jammu yesterday, security agencies have stepped up surveillance on two key highways in Kashmir, official sources said Thursday. Following the attack yesterday in which two constables and a militant were killed, the police top brass has passed directions to its lower-rung officials that they must step up vigil on highways to prevent “occurrence of such attacks.” More check points are now being established on highways to ensure safety and security of commuters, a police official said. Inspector General of…

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Mufti stripped of all powers: Omar

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The National Conference Working President Omar Abdullah on Thursday said PDP stood formally and publicly exposed as an opportunistic subsidiary of the BJP in J&K and it was now impossible for the party to cover its tracks. The NC Working President, while addressing party workers at the launch of NC Membership Drive 2015 in Pulwama and Budgam districts today, said those in the Valley who had never participated in the electoral process came out to vote in 2014 to keep BJP out of power in the State. “Sadly they were…

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