SRINAGAR — The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday ordered transfers and postings of four JKAS and two IAS officers in Union Territory in the intrest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Jatin Kishore, IAS (AGMUT:2020), awaiting orders of adjustment, is posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Uri, against an available vacancy. He shall also […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday administered the oath of office to Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey as Chief Justice of High Court of J&K and Ladakh here. Sources told GNS that sitting judges and some retired judges of the High Court, judicial officers, Advocate General, lawyers and other dignitaries from civil and police […]
RAMBAN — A major tragedy was averted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district as security forces detected three powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in a bag from a forest area, officials said on Thursday. The bag was found lying in the forests of Sangaldan in Gool sub-division by a joint search party of the Army […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Thursday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Mainly dry weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 7.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 2.7 and Gulmarg 2.5 degrees Celsius as the […]
PULWAMA — A day-long seminar on ‘Crime against Women’ was held at Government Women’s College Pulwama on Wednesday in which hundreds of students participated. Noted writer and Researcher Dr Tanveer Hayat called for “introspection” to find out causes and solutions to the “burgeoning problem” of crime against women. “We have been always talking about the […]
SRINAGAR — Terming latest order issued by Deputy Commissioner Jammu regarding inclusion of non-local voters in revised electoral rolls as arbitrary, CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday said that it is beginning of a wider plan to reduce the weightage of locals in order to change electoral demographics. In a statement, Tarigami said […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) leader and MP Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi on Wednesday said DC Jammu’s order reinforces the party’s apprehensions of disempowerment of local people of J&K. In a statement, Masoodi, who is also the convener of 14 member Committee constituted by the political parties that attended the meeting at Jammu in September to […]
SRINAGAR — Reacting to the directive issued by DC Jammu to facilitate registration of non-locals as electors, Peoples Conference (PC) Wednesday said that the order is highly suspicious and the onus of proving the suspicions wrong yet again lies on the ECI and the J&K administration. “The directive issued by DC Jammu authorising revenue officials […]
PULWAMA — Principal Secretary, Information and Higher Education, Rohit Kansal, Wednesday visited Pulwama to review the overall developmental scenario in the district. He took first-hand appraisal of all central and UT government developmental and social security schemes besides assessing performance of different departments. Principal Secretary, who is also Secretary In-charge for Pulwama district, also assessed […]
JAMMU — The election for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) will be held on October 21. According to a notification issued by secretary JMC, the election for these posts will be be held on October 21 These posts had fallen vacant after BJP asked Chandra Mohan Gupta and […]