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MHA Sounds Alert, Security stepped up ahead of I-Day celebrations

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Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a security alert, days ahead of the Indian Independence Day celebrations, to all states where there is a possibility of terror attacks. According to media reports the Home Ministry has apprehensions that militants may target important installation in states like Delhi, Mumbai, and the border states of Jammu & Kashmir and Gujarat. “The Home Ministry warned that militant groups like SIMI, Indian Mujahideen (IM), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Tahrik-e-Furqan (TeF), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Pasban-e-Ahle Hadis (PAH) are planning to target important installations in the country. According…

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Omar compliments Centre for continuing dialogue with Pakistan

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday gave a backhanded compliment to the BJP-led government at the Centre for continuing on the path of dialogue with Pakistan in the backdrop of continued violence in the state, saying it was one U-turn he is “very glad” to see. “Violence and talks can’t go together’ BJP circa 2004-2014. This is one U turn I’m very glad to see,” Omar wrote on microblogging site Twitter. Omar was apparently reacting to media reports that Pakistan has agreed to talks between the…

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JKSSB Recruitment for 587 Various Posts

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Jammu & Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has invited interested and eligible candidates to apply for 587 posts of Junior Assistant, Senior Staff Nurse, Technician-II and other vacancies at various offices around the state in Divisional and District cadre. The candidates need to apply in prescribed application format online before August 31, 2015 through the official website. The selection of the candidates would be based on the scores attained by them in written as well as personal interview round. JKSSB in entrusted with powers to recruit manpower in state, divisional…

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‘Centre, state govts indulging in polarising politics in J&K’

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Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Wednesday accused both the Central and state governments of “indulging in polarising politics in J&K which is posing a threat to the integrity of the state.” “Both the state as well as the Centre are indulging in polarising politics in the state which is posing a threat to integrity of the state. Congress party is concerned for the welfare and development of the state and its people. Being the only unifying force, Congress would fight and defeat those forces who are hell…

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3 National Conference leaders resign, join Congress

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Three National Conference (NC) leaders today resigned from the party and joined the Congress. “M N Pandita, Convenor and Spokesman of National Conference Minority Cell alongwith M L Labroo and Karan Choudhary, members of the NC Minority Cell (NCMC) resigned from the NCMC and joined the Migrant Cell of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee”, a Congress spokesman said today. Pandita said that they have resigned from the National Conference because of some “wrong polices and not taking members into confidence in different matters regarding migrant problems.” He said that…

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Need time to put J&K on development track: CM

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Wednesday said the PDP-BJP government needed time to put the state back on the track of development and instill peace. “My government has been in power for less than six months and needed time to put the state back on track,” Sayeed said addressing a function organised to flag off 70 ambulances and vaccination vans, procured under National Health Mission (NHM) at SKICC. He said that his government wants to end uncertainty and instill peace in the state to take forward…

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Despite lowest per capita income, J&K leading in food consumption

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At Rs 59279, J&K’s income low by 73% with Delhi, 62% with Chandigarh and Rs 55% with Haryana What if J&K has lowest per capita net income and is also deficient in production, but it is leading in per capita consumption of food in India. According to the official figures, the per capita net income of Jammu and Kashmir is only Rs 59279 for the year 2013-14 at current prices which is less by at least 73 per cent compared to Delhi, 62 per cent with Chandigarh and 55 per…

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Forget AIIMS, IIT, JK Govt grounds Institute of Mathematical Sciences

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CS wants to know difference between institute and department  The Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to give wings to a prestigious project – the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMS) even after three years of its launch in 2013. As politicians these days are creating hype over the establishment of AIIMS and IIT in Jammu and Kashmir, they have ignored the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMS) while government is yet to start the academic and research programs even as three years have elapsed. Official sources told that the government couldn’t…

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MLAs want to hoist tricolor, Govt turns down request

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The government has turned down the request of legislators who wanted to hoist the tricolour in their assembly constituencies. According to sources, the government rejected the submission of a number of MLAs who had sought permission for hoisting the flag in their respective constituencies and made it clear to them that it would set a new precedence and create conflict with the already established mechanism in place. The government had decided not to pay heed to the legislators considering the ministers, who are the chairmen of the District Development Boards…

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PDP-BJP govt turned out to be policy, governance nightmare: Omar Abdullah

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Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday termed the ruling PDP-BJP coalition as a “complete failure”, saying the government has proven to be a policy and governance “nightmare” for the state, which needs economic impetus for reconstruction after the devastating floods. “All self-marketed myths of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed stood exposed as the PDP-BJP coalition government has turned out to be a complete failure that stood on an ever-mounting pyre of broken promises and U-turns,” Omar said after launching a membership drive of his party National Conference (NC) in north Kashmir. “From…

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