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The Chairman and Managing Director R K Chhibber, soon after assuming the charge, held his first conference call with investors and apprised them about the business process improvements in the bank, which he said would continue as per the policies laid down by the bank’s board. Financial Commissioner, Finance, J&K…

The Bank has received Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) approval for appointment of R K Chhibber as its interim CMD for three months with effect from June 10, 2019. Chhibber, Executive President of the Bank, was appointed following removal of Parvez Ahmed as CMD of the bank by the Jammu…

Pursuant to the order of the state government regarding change of guard at J&K Bank, R K Chhibber assumed office as interim Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Bank. Earlier, the Board of Directors in its meeting held on June 8, 2019 at bank’s corporate headquarters took on record the government order…

The three main convicts in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua have been awarded life imprisonment. Convicts Sanji Ram, Parvesh Kumar and Deepak Khajuria were booked under Sections 363 (kidnapping), 302 (murder), 376D (gangrape) and 120(B) criminal conspiracy of the Ranbir Penal…

Defence lawyer Ankur Sharma, after the pronouncement of the judgment in the Kathua rape and murder case which saw six of the accused being held guilty, said that the judgment was “bad and prejudiced”. He also said that the quantum of punishment will be declared at 4 pm. The defence is…

Thousands of Kashmiri Pandit devotees paid obeisance to Hindu Goddess, Mata Ragnya Devi on Monday.The devotees thronged the famous Kheer Bhawani temple of Ragnya Devi at Tulmulla in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to celebrate the annual festival of Kheer Bhawani. Devotees were seen standing in serpentine queues outside the temples since…

Yuvraj Singh on Monday announced his retirement from international cricket. The veteran cricketer has amassed over 11,000 international runs and has featured in 304 ODIs, 40 Tests, and 58 T20Is. After garnering several accolades over the years, Yuvraj Singh announced his retirement from international cricket Monday. India’s 2011 World Cup…

Noted playwright, actor and director , Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad died at his residence in Bengaluru, at the age of 81, people associated with him said today. He was suffering from a prolonged illness.

Mehbooba Mufti on Monday welcomed the verdict of the Pathankot court in Kathua gangrape-murder case. While Abdullah called for severe punishment for the convicted, Mufti hoped that loopholes in judicial system would not be exploited. Welcome the judgement. High time we stop playing politics over a heinous crime where an…

  Former chief minister Omar Abdullah hailed the conviction of six of the accused in the Kathua rape and murder case. He said that the guilty people should receive the “most severe” punishment.The tweet reads as: Amen to that. The guilty deserve the most severe punishment possible under law. And to those…