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Now, pay mobile bills at BSNL counters only: GST Impact

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No payments to be made at area shops; customers suffer The bill counters of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are witnessing huge rush these days as all the recharge and bill payment SIM cards of the mobile shop owners have been blocked after the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) in Jammu and Kashmir. For the last one decade, people avoid standing in queues to pay their mobile bills because the payment could be made at any mobile shop of any locality. However, from this month onwards, the…

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Now, acquiring PRC gets cumbersome

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Residents cry foul as authorities now insist on name of kin on 1951 voter list For the last three months, 52-year-old Tilak Raj, a resident of the Digiana area, is moving from pillar to post to acquire Permanent Resident Certificates for his three children. Although Tilak Raj is a resident of J&K, he is losing hope of acquiring the PRCs, popularly known as State Subjects, for his children because there is no record of his father or grandfather in the 1951 voter list. The authorities have recently imposed the new…

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Now, Aadhaar-based biometric attendance must to draw salary

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The authorities today announced that the government officers and officials would be paid salary from March onwards only if they have enrolled themselves for the Aadhaar-based biometric system. The order followed the February 7 decision of the State Administrative Council that all government offices in Jammu and Kashmir would have Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system in position by March 31 this year. The council was constituted by Governor NN Vohra on February 4. The authorities, while issuing the detailed guidelines, said it was being done “to ensure punctuality in the government…

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Now, Aadhaar card can be used as ID proof

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In a significant decision, the state government today decided to officially recognise the Aadhaar number being given to residents of the state as valid proof of identity as well as proof of address for availing various services. According to an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) here, the government asked all departments to ensure that the Aadhaar number is adopted as a valid document for identity proof and address proof. “The Government of India has established the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for issuing the Aadhaar number…

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Now, NC spokesman to host beef party to ‘assert free will’

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National Conference spokesman Junaid Mattu said on Tuesday that he would host a beef party. He said it would be to assert his “rights and free will”. Mattu clarified that he would host the beef party and not his party. “Was never a big beef eater, nor am I overly religious or moralistic. But now I will host a beef party just to assert my rights and free will,” Mattu wrote on social networking site Twitter. He said hosting the beef party was his attempt “as an individual protecting his…

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Now, Bhagavad Gita available in Kashmiri

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Grappling with the question of losing their cultural identity in exile, some events still vividly bring displaced Kashmiri Pandits together out of nostalgia for Kashmir. A book release function in Jammu today turned into a platform for community members to pour their hearts out over the plight of their literature in exile. It was the occasion of the release of ‘Bhagwat’, a poetic translation of the Bhagavad Gita into Kashmiri language by late Kashi Nath Bagwan, a prominent Pandit writer. The first-of-its-kind Kashmiri translation of the Bhagavad Gita was released…

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