JKPSC annual report reveals reserved-category recommendations rise sharply, open merit share in written-exam selections falls to 44% from 70%

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 09 (STC): The share of Open Merit candidates in written exam selection has fallen to 44.14 per cent in 2025-26 from 70.27 per cent a year earlier.m, reveals the annual report of Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC).According to the table 6 of the JKPSC report, the commission recommended 623…

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LG Saxena administers oath to Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati as chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 09 (STC): Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena today administered the oath of office to Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati as Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.Ladakh LG Saxena- who holds additional charge as LG IS F J&K also as Manoj Sinha has s on leave -administered…

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BY THE WAY: J&K’s New Political Crisis – An Unfinished Government & a Waiting Opposition

If a road is not built, a job is not created, an industrial investment does not arrive, a government scheme is delayed or an administrative decision remains stuck, the political cost is borne by the elected government. Dr Noour Ali Zehgeer After every assembly election across India, citizens look forward to meaningful changes in their…

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Ladakh LG Vinai Kumar Saxena to Discharge J&K LG duties during Manoj Sinha’s leave

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 08 (STC): President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena to discharge the functions of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir during the absence of J&K LG Manoj Sinha, who has proceeded on leave, says a report.A press communique issued by the President’s Secretariat, Saxena will discharge…

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