SRINAGAR — Government on Monday ordered promotion of six IAS officers to various scales of Indian Administrative Service. According to an order, a copy of which lies with GNS, two officers—Sheetal Nanda and Saugat Biswas—have been promoted to the Super Time Scale of IAS (Level 14 of Pay matrix) with effect from 1 January 2022. […]
JAMMU — Two men from West Bengal were detained early Sunday after one of them was spotted moving around suspiciously outside the main gate of the Indian Air Force’s technical airport in Jammu’s Satwari area, reported Times of India. According to airport authorities, the suspect was found running towards the airport area through a stream […]
JAMMU — A minor girl who was allegedly abducted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district was rescued within 36 hours of the crime, police said on Sunday. Information was received at police station Bari Brahmana on Friday regarding the kidnapping of a girl from the Lower Jallo Chak area, police said in a statement. A […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday announced Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia for next of kins of Army soldiers from Jammu and Kashmir killed in the line of duty within the Union Territory or any other state. The Lieutenant Governor while interacting with the media persons at Convention Centre said, “The […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today laid the foundation stone for Drug De-addiction Centre at Jammu. The Lt Governor said, the Drug De-addiction centre will act as an integrated centre where addicts will be treated, counseled, enabled to learn new productive skills, and rehabilitated with utmost care and affection. We are witnessing worrisome trend […]
JAMMU — Five missing persons, including a minor girl, were reunited with their family in Jammu district, officials said Saturday. The minor girl’s father Aftab Lone on Thursday told Jammu Police that his daughter was missing since Thursday evening from Pirmitha area. Police constituted special teams and scanned CCTV footage and traced the girl to […]
JAMMU — As many as 79 Police Stations in the sensitive Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir don’t have telephones while as 17 are without wireless facility even after huge assistance provided by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for Modernization of Police Force. Moreover, there is only one Social Media Monitoring Cell despite the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has asked all colleges in the union territory to get themselves evaluated and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) within the shortest possible time, officials said on Friday. The instruction was issued by higher education department Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal at a meeting with principals […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated a musical water fountain with laser and light and sound show at Bagh-e-Bahu here. He said the project is the first of its kind in the Jammu region and it will showcase the cultural heritage and take tourism to new heights, he added. […]
MENDHAR — Three policemen from Gursai police station of Poonch district were injured on Friday after villagers pelted stones on them. Officials said that in connection with some investigation, a team of police from Gursai police station reached Galuta village of Mendhar where villagers attacked the team and pelted stones over the team. “Three police […]