JK joins IAS churners league

Record 10 Candidates From The State Crack All India Civil Services Exam

HEADED FOR POWER CORRIDORS

UMER MAQBOOLSrinagar, May 4: It seems that students from Jammu and Kashmir have taken civil services as primary career choice and cracking All India Civil Services examination is no more a Herculean task for them.Jammu and Kashmir brains have once again made it to the union More

SEHRISH ACHIEVES ANOTHER FEAT

After Topping KAS Exam, She Makes It To All India Civil Services

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 4: After topping the state-level Combined Services Examination in 2010, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar has achieved another feat by cracking the All India Civil Services Examination.Ovessa Iqbal of Leh was the first Muslim girl from the state to qualify the prestigious examination last year More

Militants decamp with rifles from police post

3 Cops Deployed At Shopian Migrant Camp Arrested

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, May 4: Suspected militants Friday afternoon decamped with two Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs) from a police post, meant to guard a migrant Pandit camp in Shopian district of south Kashmir. Police has registered a case and arrested three police personnel.The incident created panic among the More

No talks with employees: Government

Will Discuss Official Panel Report After Durbar Opens: Sagar

Srinagar, May 4: A day after employees leaders vowed to go ahead with the proposed secretariat gherao next week, the state government while declining to hold any fresh parleys with JCC leaders, has asked them to approach the Chief Secretary and Commissioner Secretary, General Administration Department More

SEMINAR ON CANCERS IN WOMEN OPENS TODAY

Aim Is To Pool Expert Information On How To Tackle The Disease: Dr Kaul

ARSHAD M BHAT

Srinagar, May 4: Country’s noted oncologists and specialists in medicine and surgery would be exchanging information with their counterparts from Jammu and Kashmir about different cancers prevalent among the women at a seminar here on Saturday.The seminar “Women & Cancer” is being organised More

JKTF threatens protest,parents aghast

MORNING SHIFT IN SCHOOLS

Srinagar, May 4: Jammu and Kashmir Teacher’s Forum (JKTF) on Friday described the recent order of the Directorate of School Education about morning shift in schools as a violation of the rights of children. Forum threatened to launch an agitation if the order was not revoked forthwith.“The new More

Government tightens noose around Pvt BEd Colleges

Official Panels To Assess Functioning, Infrastructure

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 4: In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has started tightening noose around private BEd Colleges in the state to ensure quality control and adherence to rules by these institutions.According to sources, the step is being taken in a bid to improve functioning More

Kashmir sans preservation facility for dead

Valley’s Only Mortuary Demolished 2 Months Back

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 4: In a place where thin line holds normalcy and unclaimed bodies turn up routinely, Jammu and Kashmir Police as well as the state’s health department lack preservation facilities (Emblem) for unclaimed bodies.Ironically, the police department even demolished the building which used More

PFL activists address public meetings

Srinagar, May 4: The Peoples’ Freedom League secretary general Muhammad Rafiq Ganai on Friday alleged that New Delhi was using every weapon of repression to suppress the ongoing struggle in Jammu Kashmir More

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Women take top 2 slots in civil services exam for 2nd year

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 4: For the second straight year, the top two positions in the Civil Services Examination 2011 have been bagged by women--an AIIMS graduate and a social scientist. Shena Aggarwal, who More

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