Jammu Civil Secretariat

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi and a 'Charkha' installation as a mark of tribute to the Father of the Nation on his birth anniversary, at the Civil Secretariat here.

Amid tight security arrangements, the Civil Secretariat, which is the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government and other offices, reopened on Monday in Jammu after functioning for six months in Srinagar as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice locally known as ''Darbar Move''.

As part of the bi-annual "Darbar Move", under which the Jammu and Kashmir government functions for six months each in Jammu and Srinagar, all move offices, including the civil secretariat and the Raj Bhavan, will close in Srinagar on October 25-26 and reopen in Jammu on November 4, an official order said on Tuesday.

The flag of Jammu and Kashmir was removed from the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on Sunday following the orders of the Centre, three weeks after the government ended special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Till now, both the Indian flag and the state flag used to fly atop the Civil Secretariat building, the seat of the government. But this morning, on...

All necessary security arrangements have been put in place as the Civil Secretariat, seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, will reopen in Jammu on Monday after a 10-day break owing to the bi-annual 'Darbar Move'.

The Jammu and Kashmir government will shift its base to summer capital Srinagar next month as part of the century-old-practice of darbar move, an official said on Monday.

Independent legislator Sheikh Abdul Rashid was today detained along with several of his supporters after he tried to stage a demonstration outside the Civil Secretariat, the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government against the termination of 12 government employees last week.

Accusing the Peoples Democratic Party-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir of having failed to address the problems of the people, the state unit of Congress today held a protest march as they attempted to surround the Civil Secretariat here.

Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid when he tried to take out a march to the civil secretariat in Srinagar against the proposed plan of setting up a separate townships for Kashmiri Pandit.

The Jammu and Kashmir Civil Secretariat in Srinagar reopened today after being shut for 11 days due to the devastating floods that ravaged the state.

A massive fire broke out in the civil secretariat of Jammu and Kashmir this morning, possibly destroying records kept in the old headquarters of the state government. The fire has now been put out.

Scores of government employees, including women, were detained in Srinagar on Monday after police foiled their march to civil secretariat to press for long pending demands, including enhancement of retirement age.

Over 4.5 lakh Jammu and Kashmir government employees will observe a day-long strike across the state on May 8 and gherao the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on May 9, to demand increasing the retirement age from 58 to 60 years and regularisation of contractual employees among others.

The protesting Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation employees were lathi-charged by the police outside the civil secretariat in Jammu.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi and a 'Charkha' installation as a mark of tribute to the Father of the Nation on his birth anniversary, at the Civil Secretariat here.

Amid tight security arrangements, the Civil Secretariat, which is the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government and other offices, reopened on Monday in Jammu after functioning for six months in Srinagar as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice locally known as ''Darbar Move''.

As part of the bi-annual "Darbar Move", under which the Jammu and Kashmir government functions for six months each in Jammu and Srinagar, all move offices, including the civil secretariat and the Raj Bhavan, will close in Srinagar on October 25-26 and reopen in Jammu on November 4, an official order said on Tuesday.

The flag of Jammu and Kashmir was removed from the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on Sunday following the orders of the Centre, three weeks after the government ended special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Till now, both the Indian flag and the state flag used to fly atop the Civil Secretariat building, the seat of the government. But this morning, on...

All necessary security arrangements have been put in place as the Civil Secretariat, seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, will reopen in Jammu on Monday after a 10-day break owing to the bi-annual 'Darbar Move'.

The Jammu and Kashmir government will shift its base to summer capital Srinagar next month as part of the century-old-practice of darbar move, an official said on Monday.

Independent legislator Sheikh Abdul Rashid was today detained along with several of his supporters after he tried to stage a demonstration outside the Civil Secretariat, the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government against the termination of 12 government employees last week.

Accusing the Peoples Democratic Party-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir of having failed to address the problems of the people, the state unit of Congress today held a protest march as they attempted to surround the Civil Secretariat here.

Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid when he tried to take out a march to the civil secretariat in Srinagar against the proposed plan of setting up a separate townships for Kashmiri Pandit.

The Jammu and Kashmir Civil Secretariat in Srinagar reopened today after being shut for 11 days due to the devastating floods that ravaged the state.

A massive fire broke out in the civil secretariat of Jammu and Kashmir this morning, possibly destroying records kept in the old headquarters of the state government. The fire has now been put out.

Scores of government employees, including women, were detained in Srinagar on Monday after police foiled their march to civil secretariat to press for long pending demands, including enhancement of retirement age.

Over 4.5 lakh Jammu and Kashmir government employees will observe a day-long strike across the state on May 8 and gherao the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on May 9, to demand increasing the retirement age from 58 to 60 years and regularisation of contractual employees among others.

The protesting Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation employees were lathi-charged by the police outside the civil secretariat in Jammu.