Jammu, Aug. 25 -- /Srinagar The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board on Sunday cancelled the examination held for the posts of junior engineers (electrical) after allegations of paper leak from Srinagar's Kothibagh centre surfaced on social media.

The JKSSB announced the cancellation of the OMR-based written test and said they would be held afresh. The written examination was scheduled for Sunday and the timings were also changed from 11 am to 12 noon keeping in view the weather, said JKSSB secretary Atul Kumar, adding that the exam was conducted at 35 centres--18 in Jammu and 17 in Kashmir.

"While exams started at 12 noon and conducted smoothly in all the 34 centres, some aspirants created hooliganism at Kothibagh centre. "They ne...