JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir administration is making arrangements to create 20,000-capacity lodgements in the Jammu division for the upcoming annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, a senior official has said. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer said the 2020 and 2021 Yatras to the shrine situated at an […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday ordered promotion of eleven police officers and five of them have been elevated to the grade of Super Time Scale (Level-14). According to an government order issued by R.K Goyal, Financial Commisioner/ Additional Chief Secretary, those promoted to Super Time Scale- (ii)-IG (Level-14) of the Pay […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday ordered transfer of two JKAS officers in the interest of administration. Ghanshyam Singh (JKAS), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, has been posted as Regional Transport Officer, Jammu. Dhananter ingh, JKAS, Regional Transport Officer, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the […]
JAMMU — A balloon in the shape of an aircraft with ‘PIA’ mark was found in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Thursday. On sighting the ‘PIA’ (Pakistan International Airlines)-marked balloon in Sarna, a border village, the locals informed the police, who rushed to the spot and confiscated it, the officials said. Such […]
JAMMU — Body of a policeman was found under mysterious circumstance inside the rented room of his colleague in Rajouri district on Thursday. Official sources said that the body of the 36-year-old policemen Sgct Ifthar Ahmed son of Manzoor Ahmed of Ari Mendhàr Poonch, presently posted at DPL Rajouri, was found hanging from ceiling of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu-Srinagar highway, the lone surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, has been thrown open for traffic after remaining blocked for several hours due to landslide at Nachlana on Thursday, officials said. Official sources said that men and machinery were pressed into service to clear the debris at Nachlana, the area […]
SRINAGAR — The traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was halted on Thursday due to a landslide at Nachlana, located between Banihal and Ramban. People are advised not to travel on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway till the clearance work is completed. “Jammu Srinagar NHW blocked due to landslide at Nachlana (between Banihal and Ramban) people are […]
JAMMU — Over Rs. 150 crores have been planned to be spent on various infrastructural activities in higher education in the coming year. These activities include not just upgradation of physical infrastructure but other activities also such as faculty development, research centres and innovation hubs. This was revealed at a meeting at Civil Secretariat chaired […]
JAMMU — One person was killed and 14 injured in an IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Wednesday in Wednesday, police said. The blast took place at Salathia Chowk near the tehsil office in Udhampur. Talking to reporters at the site of incident. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh said […]
JAMMU — The locals as well as the Civil Society of Purmandal area of Samba observed a complete shutdown on Monday and staged a protest against authorities, alleging shifting of Government Degree College (GDC) that was sanctioned for Purmandal. Locals and Civil Society members told that Government Degree College was sanctioned for Purmandal and should […]