Jammu: After asking his partymen to switch to election gear, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also working president of his National Conference (NC), reiterated on Wednesday his government's commitment to filling vacancies on a fast-track basis.
Addressing a public meeting in the border town of Mendhar in mountainous Poonch district, 220 km north-west of Jammu, Abdullah said: "More than 70,000 vacancies in government departments will be filled up on fast-track by holding interviews at district level by recruiting agencies so that job-seekers from rural and far-off areas do not have to travel long distances."
He added: "I have directed that this be implemented at the earliest so that vacant posts are filled up by eligible candidates."
He also said that creation of jobs for youth in government and private sectors is the focal point of his government's employment policy....
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07:05 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Ranchi: A school near Jharkhand's capital Ranchi has changed its uniform's colour from sky blue to red to ensure that the children are not crushed by a train when they cross the railway tracks while going to or returning from the school. The residents of Angada also say that now the children will be safe while crossing the railway track. In fact the parents had forced to school to change...
01:54 PM, Apr 17, 2013
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06:35 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: Stressing the need for strengthening the juvenile justice system, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Sunday said the country could face chaos if it does not provide adequate protection and care to children, especially those in conflict with law. He voiced concern that despite 42 per cent of population comprising children, who can be a force for potential progress in future, not much has been achieved for...
02:47 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Patna: Maoists on Saturday blew up a railway track in Bihar to enforce a two-day strike called by them to protest against the killing of their cadres in Jharkhand, railway police said. Ten Maoists were killed in a gun battle with the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a rival splinter group of the Maoists, in Chatra district of Jharkhand on the intervening night of March 27-28, 2013. "Maoists blew up a...
05:12 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Some Indian cricketers let their hair down after their historic whitewash of Australia by zooming and careening around the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) at Greater Noida on Monday morning. ...
05:21 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Proceedings in the Delhi gangrape case on Monday was adjourned for an hour when one of the accused could not be brought to the fast track court hearing the matter as as he was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital for chest pain. ...
03:55 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Friday lifted the gag order on media and ruled that the media will now be allowed to report on the trial of four accused in the December 16 Delhi gangrape case. ...
11:10 AM, Mar 22, 2013
The death of Ram Singh, the alleged prime accused of the December 16, 2012 Delhi gang-rape, would not affect the case, said police on Tuesday. "The case is on the right track. Ram Singh's death would not affect the case as we have enough evidence and witnesses," said Anil Kumar, the investigation officer of the gang-rape case. ...
05:18 AM, Mar 13, 2013
Two lovers, missing from their houses since the day before, were found dead on a railway track in Gurgaon on Monday, police said. Balwant, 28, a cooking gas agency employee based in Ashok Vihar, and Class 9 student Kavita, 16, who lived with her family in Chakkarpur in new Gurgaon, were in love and wanted to get married, police said. ...
04:17 AM, Mar 12, 2013
The track is hosting its first major test event with a World Cup round that has so far seen many falls on the steep slopes. ...
04:50 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Samsung Galaxy S IV is likely to have an eye scrolling feature, thereby enabling users to scroll through webpages without even touching the screen of the phone. ...
11:14 AM, Mar 05, 2013
It's been learned that the Uppal curator had given the Indian team two pitches to choose from, and it took MS Dhoni & Co just one training session on Thursday to make up their mind and point at the drier of the two surfaces. ...
09:46 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed the Railway Budget as "anti-development" and said that it reflects the "non-performance of the UPA government". "The Centre's railway budget is anti-development and showcases the non-performance of the government. It will increase the burden of rising prices on the common people," Modi tweeted. ...
02:26 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Three doctors from Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital will begin their deposition in the Delhi gangrape case at the fast-track court on Monday through video conferencing. One of the doctors who will depose, had prepared the 23-year-old para-medical student's post-mortem report. ...
08:24 AM, Feb 25, 2013
In the Delhi gangrape case, the trial of the five accused adults continues on Thursday. A fast track court will resume the cross-examination of the Delhi braveheart's friend who's a key prosecution witness. ...
08:46 AM, Feb 07, 2013
The trial in the brutal Delhi gangrape-murder case will continue on Wednesday. It began on Tuesday at a fast-track court in the capital. ...
09:02 AM, Feb 06, 2013
A Sewri fast track court on Monday will hear the Keenen Santos and Reuben Fernandez double murder case. They were stabbed while trying to protect their female friends from a group of molesters. ...
07:20 AM, Feb 04, 2013
BJD leader Baijayant Panda has sought immediate steps to fast-track cases of crime against women and those involving criminal charges against elected representatives for which number of judges must be increased and infrastructure strengthened. ...
03:45 PM, Feb 03, 2013
