Pak prisoners being provided consular access: Sagar

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Jammu, Mar 25: Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Sagar said Thursday that government of India was providing consular access to the Pakistani prisoners lodged in various jails across the state and other states.Sagar was reacting to the protest by Jammu based members in the More

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Malik for excellence in Higher Education

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Jammu, Mar 25: Minister for Higher Education, Abdul Gani Malik, today emphasized the need for evolving an effective mechanism to bring about excellence in every parameter of higher education.The Minister was addressing the valedictory function of a one-day regional conference on ‘Higher Education More

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Review criteria for additionalities sanctioning: Baig to CM

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Jammu, Mar 25: Former Deputy Chief Minister, Muzaffar Baig today hoped that the chief minister would review the criteria for sanctioning additionalities to various districts. Intervening during the reply on a question by MLA Choudhary Zulfikar Ahmed about the criteria adopted by the government More

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‘Re-organization of LC under consideration’

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Jammu, Mar 25: Minister of State for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Aijaz Ahmed Khan, has said the re-organization of J&K Legislative Council has been under process in the Law Department for some time.  He said, in this regard, the Legislative Council Secretariat has submitted a proposal More

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Baglihar phase-II to be completed in 2014-15: Govt

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Jammu, Mar 25: The Minister for Medical Education, R.S. Chib on behalf of the Minister for Power today informed the Legislative Council that all precautions and norms have been observed and undertaken while impounding of Baglihar Power Project reservoir. He informed the House that the reservoir More

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4,000 DOCTORS POSTS TO BE FILLED SOON

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Jammu, Mar 25: The Minister for Medical Education, R S Chib, has said the government has recently sanctioned 4000 posts of doctors in different disciplines. He said these posts would be filled up within couple of months. Replying to the discussion on the working of Medical Education Department More

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27 retired employees re-employed

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Jammu, Mar 25: Jammu and Kashmir Government has re-employed at least 26 retired employees since January 2009, till date. This was disclosed by the Chief Minister, in a written reply, to a question of MLA Langate Engineer Abdul Rashid, in the state legislative assembly, here today.  More

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Omar praises police for restoring peace

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Talwara (Reasi), Mar 25: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today lauded the role of J&K Police in restoring peace saying that they had worked under challenging circumstances. Addressing the passing out function of police recruits at Police Training School here, he said working with other More

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Complete Bafliaz-Shopian stretch by May: Saroori

MUGHAL ROAD

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Jammu, Mar 25: The R&B Minister, G M Saroori today asked the Hindustan Construction Company to complete the work on Bafliaz-Shopian portion of Mughal road by May. Speaking at a review meeting, he exhorted upon the officers to ensure that Rs.140 crore would be incurred on the road during More

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Zubair posted as Addl Secy Agriculture

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Jammu: Zubair Ahmad, Joint Director Institute of Management and Public Administration was Thursday transferred and posted as Additional Secretary in the Agriculture Production Department. More

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State seeks 75 % subsidy on air service

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Jammu, Mar 25: Jammu and Kashmir Government has submitted a proposal to the Centre seeking 75 per cent subsidy for operating helicopters services on lease basis so as to provide connectivity to the remote and inaccessible areas, during winter season. In written reply to the question of MLA Nazir Ahmed More

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