Jammu Apr 21 PTI A seven-member CBI team on Thursday raided the residence of a senior IAS officer in Jammu in connection with an investigation into two cases of alleged corruption officials saidThey said the IAS officer was also questioned by the CBI teamThe action follows the Jammu and Kashmir administrations recommendation to book people involved in corruption casesThe administration has recommended a CBI probe into the allegations of bribery to the tune of Rs 300 crore made by Satya Pal Malik who was the last governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and KashmirMalik during a programme in Rajasthan on October 17 last year had claimed that he was offered a Rs 300 crore bribe to clear two files PTI AB NSD

Jammu Feb 18 PTI Under the smart city project Jammu will soon have an integrated command and control centre an intelligent traffic management system and a web-GIS based e-bill pay for civic services officials saidDivisional Commissioner of Jammu Raghav Langer who is also the chairman of the board of directors Jammu smart city limited JSCL on Friday reviewed the progress and implementation of projects awarded to the Bharat Electronics Limited and JaKeGaJSCL has signed a contract agreement with Bharat Electronics Limited for setting up the integrated command and control centre for Jammu city for Rs 53 crore officials saidIt will integrate all civic and essential services on a single platform to facilitate monitoring and addressing public issues in real-time they saidThe project will help in establishing a collaborative framework where input from different functional departments of Jammu Municipal Corporation and other stakeholders can be assimilated and analysed on a single platform resulting in aggregated city-level informationThe command centre will be one place from where traffic CCTV water and other services would be integrated into a single command room officials saidThe intelligent traffic management system will detect black-listed vehicles automatic number plate recognition red light and speed limit violation triple riding detection no-helmet detection among othersOf the 64 junctions of Jammu city the BEL team has selected 44 junctions for implementation of the project in the first phase officials said PTI AB NSD NSD

Jammu Nov 24 PTI The Congress launched a membership drive in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday with state unit chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir claiming that people want change as the BJP has failed on all fronts of governance leading to unchecked price rise and record unemploymentThe decision of starting the membership drive was taken by Sonia Gandhi in the recent Congress Working Committee meeting She had directed all party cadre to initiate the drive at booth levels in all the states Mir saidHe claimed that people of all sections of the society are completely fed up with the BJPs performance in governance and its anti-youth anti-poor and anti-people policiesBesides the anti employees anti-trade anti-farmers and anti-people policies of BJP there is an uncontrolled price rise record unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir he alleged The Congress has been on the forefront to oppose the anti-people policies being imposed on the people through back door by the bureaucratic administration as there is no elected government in Jammu and Kashmir for three and half years he saidNow the people of different sections of the society are being forced to swallow the bitter pills as they have no representation or forum to raise their voice Mir allegedMir also claimed that people of all sections have turned against BJP which is why elections are being delayed PTI AB NSD NSD

Jammu Oct 29 PTI A selfie point with an installation -- I love Jammu -- set up at B C Road in this city was inaugurated by CEO of Jammu Smart City Limited Anvy Lavasa on FridayThe citys first-ever selfie point is part of a project initiated by the Jammu Smart City Limited officials saidThe other important components of the project include setting up water curtains bus bays drinking water ATMs bollard lights ulata chatta tabletop fixed kiosks solid waste management dustbins footpath and pedestrian facilitiesLavasa said that such projects will bring a neat and clean look to the cityThe selfie point will serve a dual purpose of popularizing the city among tourists as well as help the citizens feel the need to keep their city clean she added She said many projects related to urban mobility and infrastructure are coming under the Jammu Smart City missionSoon after the inauguration the selfie-point witnessed a large turnout of visitors from across all age groups PTI AB NSD NSD

Jammu Oct 28 PTI The Directorate of School Education on Thursday announced pooja holidays for government and private schools from November 2 to November 6 in the Jammu region officials saidIt is hereby ordered that all the government educational institutions and recognised private schools up to higher secondary level summer and winter zones of Jammu division shall observe five days pooja holidays from November 2 to 6 an order stated PTI AB NSD NSD

Jammu Oct 26 PTI The police arrested two notorious criminals from the border belt of Jammu district on Tuesday night and seized sharp weapons from them officials saidA patrol party intercepted the two persons at Satriyan belt of R S Pura tehsil but the duo tried to flee police saidThey were apprehended following a chase Two sharp-edged weapons were seized from the duo identified as Abhi Sharma and Sunny Sharma they said adding a case has been registered against them at R S Pura police station PTI AB NSD

Jammu Oct 19 PTI A 22-year-old woman who went missing from Jammu and Kashmirs Reasi district in September this year was rescued from Himachal Pradesh officials said on TuesdayThe womans father in Jardi village had on September 25 lodged with the police a report about his daughter gone missing they saidFollowing enquiries and hectic efforts police zeroed on the location of the woman in Himachal Pradesh officials said A police team led by a sub-inspector rescued the woman from Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Monday they added PTI AB NSD NSD

Jammu Sep 18 PTI Security forces have arrested a former militant in Jammu and Kashmirs Kishtwar district officials said on SaturdayOn specific information received through reliable sources a special team of security forces raided the suspected locations on Friday and arrested the former militant they saidThe arrested person has been identified as Abdul Gani He was wanted in a case registered at Marwah Police Station officials said adding he was produced before a court in Kishtwar and sent in judicial custody PTI AB NSD NSD

Jammu Sep 18 PTI The local administration has retrieved over 28 acres of prime government land from encroachment in the outskirts of Jammu city officials said On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Anshul Garg a team conducted the anti-encroachment drive and retrieved 1489 acres of government land in Ghoumanhasan village Over 13 acres of government land was retrieved at Teda village they saidRecently 3 acres of land was also retrieved at Chowadi village out of which two Kanal was handed over to PDD for the construction of a Receiving Station at Chowadi officials said PTI AB NSD NSD