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A 10-year-old boy died in a road accident at Lasjan area in the outskirts of Srinagar on Sunday.

Former actress Zaira Wasim, who quit Bollywood last year, has received support from renowned Islamic scholar Dr Zakir Naik who said she should not be “bothered about attacks on her by right-wing media”.

Nearly 77,000 non-gazetted and Class IV posts are vacant in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Days after Army sought to purchase a chunk of land in Pattan Baramulla, authorities at Department of Sheep Husbandry on Saturday said the land is needed for livestock and can't be given to the security forces.

National Conference Member Parliament retired justice Hasnain Masoodi on Friday said he won’t be part of delimitation commission set-up by the Government of India for fixing boundaries of Assembly segments in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said that Delimitation Commission must consider the topography, population and area of both regions of the erstwhile State before submitting its report so that elections could be held in a smooth manner.

The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, gave a go ahead to the recruitment of 2000 Panchayat Accounts Assistants.

Kashmir recorded another COVID-19 death as a 65 years old coronavirus positive patient from Khanpora Baramulla in north Kashmir died, taking the death toll to 27 by this deadly disease in J&K.