The government on Tuesday assigned the charge of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Special Purpose Vehicle for Jammu city for implementation of the Smart City Project, under the Smart City Mission to Deputy Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar, in addition to his own duties, till further orders, an official spokesman said this evening. ... Read More

Chief secretary Jammu and Kashmir BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday refuted the reports of deferment of panchayat and municipal polls in the state. Talking to reporters at SKICC Srinagar Chief Secretary said that the polls will be held as per schedule. There will be no change in the date of municipal and panchayat polls., he said. ... Read More

Hundreds of vehicles were left stranded on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Wednesday due to a traffic jam between Battery Chesma and Banihal. An eye witness said that hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the road for hours together. DSP Traffic NHW Banihal Vishal Manhas said that a truck developed technical snag in the middle of the road at Battery Cheshma near Ramban, triggering heavy traffic jam. He said traffic was restored at about 1 pm at Battery Cheshma and regulation of stranded traffic is underway. ... Read More

No country in the world is facing the kind of grave threat that India is confronted with, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said Wednesday. He said intentions of adversaries can change overnight and the Air Force needs to match their force level. The air chief also said that India’s neighbours are not sitting idle and countries like China are modernising its air force significantly. Speaking at a seminar on ‘IAF’s force structure, 2035’, the air chief said the government is procuring Rafale fighter jets and S-400 missile systems to enhance IAF’s capabili ... Read More

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered transfers in the administration. In the interest of administration, the following transfers and postings are hereby ordered with immediate effect. According to a Government Order No 1362-GAD of 2018, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD, Nazim Zai Khan, KAS, Director, Horticulture, Planning and Marketing, J&K, is transferred and posted as Special Secretary to the Government, Finance Department. Shahnawaz Bukhari, KAS, under orders of transfer as Programme Officer, ICDS Project, Srinagar, is posted as Directo ... Read More

A 300 cr. NH-74 compensation scam leads to suspension of two senior IAS Officer Pankaj Kumar Pandey and Chandresh Kumar in Uttrakhand. Both of them recently been questioned by Special Investigation Team (SIT) looking into the scam were placed under suspension on the basis of the report submitted by the investigating panel, the suspension order said. The scam is related to alleged conversion of land use and officers were secretly involved and they paid selected landowners compensation 20 times more than they deserved. The land acquisition process took place between 2011 and 2016. The ... Read More