Jammu

JK chief secretary B V R Subrahmanyam appointed Officer on Special Duty in Commerce Ministry

5:17 pm May 27, 2021

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam has been appointed Officer on Special Duty in the Commerce Ministry, according to an official order issued on Thursday. He will take over as the new commerce secretary after the retirement of incumbent Anup Wadhawan on June 20, the order said.

Covid Care training for SDRF personnel beings in Jammu

7:44 pm May 25, 2021

Jammu: A two-day training course for 100 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel ahead of their deployment for Covid duties commenced here on Tuesday, officials said. DGP, Commandant General, Home Guard, Civil Defence and SDRF, V K Singh inaugurated the training programme at Battalion headquarters, 2nd SDRF at Gandhi Nagar, the officials said. They said […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Girl abducted by Chhattisgarh man from Jammu, rescued

11:50 pm May 24, 2021

Jammu: Police on Monday rescued a girl who was allegedly abducted here by a man from Chhattisgarh, officials said. The accused, identified as Lallu of Jangir from Chattisgarh, was also arrested, they said. A written complaint was lodged by the girl’s mother that her daughter had gone missing since May 15 and she suspected that […]

Kayaking, canoeing training facilities added to Khelo India Centre in Srinagar

3:31 pm May 22, 2021

Srinagar : The Sports Ministry on Saturday decided to add training facilities for kayaking and canoeing at the Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) here to promote the two watersports in Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K Sports Council and the state government had made a request to include these two sporting disciplines. The KISCE, which was launched in April after revamping facilities in the […]

Terror hideout busted in J-K’s Poonch; arms, ammo seized

3:20 pm May 22, 2021

Jammu: Security forces busted a terrorist hideout near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Poonch district on Saturday and seized some arms and ammunition, the third such recovery in a fortnight, police said here. The recovery includes an AK-56 assault rifle, a magazine with 30 rounds, and two Chinese pistols and a magazine, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Poonch, Vinod Kumar said. The hideout was busted during […]