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SRINAGAR: Traffic has been suspended for weekly Friday maintenance on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country.A traffic police official said on Friday that no vehicular movement shall be allowed on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway from both sides…

RAMBAN, MARCH 19:   Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Nitishwar Kumar today visited Ramban and inspected the proposed accommodation and langar sites in the district for pilgrims of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2021.Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Raghav Langer; Additional CEO, SASB, Anup Soni; Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat ul Islam; SSP Ramban, Haseeb…

New Delhi:  Union minister Jitendra Singh met Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday for allocation of funds to enable timely completion of the proposed Chattergala tunnel, which will connect Kathua district with Doda in Jammu & Kashmir, according to a statement.This is going to be a landmark…

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday conducted a special drive on joint surprise checks as part of preventive vigilance exercise across the country.The joint surprise checks have been undertaken in unison with Vigilance Wing of concerned Central Government Departments/Organizations at various locations across different States and…

Jammu: Crime Branch Jammu (CBJ) on Friday claimed to have arrested a fraudster couple from New Delhi for their alleged involvement in luring, inducing and cheating of a person.Officials said that CBJ arrested a fraudster- S. Harmohinder Singh, COO (Chief Operating Officer) SERA CUE LABS Pvt. Ltd and Gurpreet Kour,…

‘Monitor class transaction of minimum two classes a day’ Srinagar: The government has directed the School Education Department to conduct serious inspections and monitor class transactions of minimum two classes a day to maintain academic standards.Administrative secretary to government for the School Education Department, B K Singh has said that…

Srinagar: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry Friday informed the Rajya Sabha that a new central sector scheme has been formulated and notified in the ensuing year with a financial outlay of Rs 28, 400 crore for Jammu and Kashmir up to 2037.The information was shared by the Minister of…

Mukesh, Sinha among 4 officers elevated to ADGP rank Srinagar: The administration of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Friday ordered the promotion of 15 IPS officers to different ranks.According to an order issued by Home department, Mukesh Singh, M. K. Sinha,Sunil Kumar( on proforma basis) and Danesh Rana have…

Other UTs without legislature spend 62 % funds; Ladakh just 27 % Committee recommends MHA to monitor utilization of funds Srinagar: A parliamentary panel has flagged serious concerns over under-utilization of the first budgetary allocation made to the Union Territory of Ladakh.In its report, the department-related parliamentary standing committee on…

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory is “slipping” into a “debt trap” as its liabilities have mounted over Rs 83000 crore.J&K’s liabilities have piled up to Rs 83573 by 2019-20- up by Rs 4513 crore from preceding financial year.The overall debt outstanding against J&K government was Rs 79060 crore by…