Now, only top dignitaries to use lal battis

JAMMU: The Cabinet which met here Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in supersession of all previous notifications/orders/instructions on the use of red light on vehicles of dignitaries/vehicles of the departments, approved authorization for the use of red light with flasher on the top front of the vehicle of the Governor, Chief […]

Khurshid Ganaie posted as FC I&C

JAMMU: The Cabinet which met here Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah approved the following transfers and postings in the Civil administration: Khurshid Ahmad Ganaie, IAS, awaiting orders of posting  in the General Administration Department, has been posted as Financial Commissioner and Secretary to the Government, Industries & Commerce Department.  He shall […]

EDI holds entrepreneurship awareness programme at CUJ

JAMMU: To inculcate significance of enterprise creation among the students, the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) conducted a two-day awareness program with management students of the Central University, Jammu (CUJ) here. Around 65 students of MBA Human Resource Management and Organisation Behaviour (HRM and OB) and Tourism and Travel Management (TTM) departments attended […]

Two cement factories coming up in Pirpanjal range: Govt

JAMMU: Government had given approval to two cement factories to be set up in Pirpanjal range, MoS Industries and Commerce, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo said on Monday. The M/S Saraf Cement Factory will be set up in Solki, Kalakote in Rajouri district and M/S Himalayan Foot Hill Cement Private Limited at Chakrara Mandi in Poonch district, […]

11 IPS officers transferred

JAMMU: The Cabinet which met here Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ordered transfers and postings of 11 IPS officers in the Police Department. According to an official handout, Hemant Kumar Lohia, IPS, IGP, Director, SSG, has been transferred and posted as IGP, Technical Services, against an available vacancy. Mukesh Singh, IPS, […]

6 IPS officers promoted

JAMMU: The Cabinet which met here Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah approved promotion of six IPS officers of 1996 batch to the Super Time Scale (ii)-IGP Pay Band 4 (Rs37400-67000)+ GP 10,000. The promotes are: Avtar Singh Bali, Sham Lal Sharma, Jagjit Kumar, Shafqat Ali Watali and Mubarik Ahmed Ganie with […]

Name Srinagar Airpot as Sheikh-Ul-Alam International Airport: Kashmir Inc

SRINAGAR: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah Monday chaired a meeting of Airport Advisory Committee (AAC) of Srinagar International Airport. The meeting discussed various issues pertaining to development and improvements for the benefit of passengers travelling through Srinagar International Airport. “We reiterated our demand to name the Srinagar Airport as Sheikh-Ul-Alam International […]

Cabinet: 48 police officers transferred

Jammu: The Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Omar Abdullah here on Monday, ordered following transfers and postings of police officers: 1.  Ms. Neeva Jain, IPS (JK:08), Addl. SP, Ganderbal IS transferred and posted as Assistant Director, SKPA Udhampur vice  Abdul Hakim Munshi. 2.  Rayees Mohmmad Bhat, IPS (JK:20 10), awaiting orders of […]

Creation of 314 posts for ICDS approved

JAMMU: The Cabinet which met here Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah accorded sanction to the creation of 314 posts of various categories for implementation of ICDS in the Mission mode in the state. The Cabinet also accorded sanction to the transfer of state land measuring 240 kanals and 09 marlas situated […]

Talks with Delhi may fetch passports, but not freedom: Hurriyat(G)

Talks  with Delhi may fetch passports, but not freedom: Hurriyat(G)

SRINAGAR: The Syed Ali Geelani-led faction of the pro-freedom amalgam Monday said dialogue with New Delhi will not yield any results until India shuns its “rhetoric of Jammu and Kashmir being its integral part,” in an apparent dig at the parallel  Hurriyat faction led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq which had yesterday said it will not […]