Thousands of candidates turned up at designated exam centres across Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as the Public Service Commission went ahead with its Combined Competitive Examination, ignoring calls for postponement amid widespread flight cancellations and a row over upper age limit.

The test began at 10 am as scheduled, ending last-minute uncertainty amid tension between Lok Bhavan and the Omar Abdullah government over demands to relax the upper age limit.

The elected government, political parties and aspirants have been advocating for postponement of the exam, while Lok Bhavan insisted that it would not delay it.

Referring to the situation as extraordinary, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wrote to the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) chairman on Saturday, saying that th

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