Srinagar, May 4 (IANS) All the top offices of the Jammu and Kashmir government reopened in Srinagar city after six months working in the winter capital, Jammu.Following the 150-year-old practice of shuttling all the top government offices between Jammu and Srinagar, the office of the chief minister, his cabinet colleagues, and senior bureaucrats operate from Jammu during winter and from Srinagar during the summer months.The practice had been discontinued during the central rule in the union terr…
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Srinagar, April 23 (IANS) Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, V.K. Birdi, on Thursday, chaired a coordination meeting with Central Armed Police Forces for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra and the annual Darbar Move preparedness. The meeting was chaired by the Inspector General of Police at the Police Control Room Kashmir in Srinagar today. The meeting was held to strengthen security arrangements for the upcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2026, along with preparedness for the annual Darbar Move of of…
Imphal, March 2 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday stressed the need for strict monitoring of foreign liquor consumption and intensified action to curb illegal liquor activities across the state. The Chief Minister flagged off five new vehicles for the Excise Department to strengthen surveillance and effectively check illegal liquor-related activities. Speaking to media persons, he said the initiative would significantly aid efforts to curb the unlawful liquor …
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) The high-security Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat, guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), was evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat email was received in the office of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), officials said.Besides the CISF, Chandigarh Police, along with its counterparts from Punjab and Haryana, bomb squads and the Fire Brigade, were deployed in the Secretariat, which houses offices of the Chief Ministers of both states, their C…
Jammu, Jan 6 (IANS) The security around the civil secretariat was tightened on Tuesday following a protest call given by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti (SMVDSS).The Sangarsh Samiti is protesting against the admission of non-Hindu candidates to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence.The group has demanded cancellation of the admission process or closure of the medical college while threatening escalation through a signature campaign and boycott.Officials said hundreds…