GC Murmu

Explore possibility of restoring 4G internet service in certain areas: SC to Jammu and Kashmir

High-speed internet service in J-K has been suspended since August last year when the Centre announced the revocation of its special status and bifurcation of the state into two UTs -- Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Aug 07, 2020, 14:17 PM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor GC Murmu appointed new Comptroller and Auditor General of India

He replaced Rajiv Mehrishi, a 1978 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, as the CAG.

Aug 06, 2020, 23:13 PM IST

Rajnath Singh to visit Amarnath temple amid terror threat; to take stock of situation at LoC

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a two-day visit to Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, will on Saturday (July 18) visit Amarnath temple. His visit to the Amarnath temple comes at a time when the Indian Army has announced that terrorists were trying to target the pilgrimage at National Highway 44.

Jul 18, 2020, 08:13 AM IST

Decision on Amarnath yatra after periodic review of COVID-19 situation: Govt

The 42-day-long yatra to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas is scheduled to commence on June 23. The 10-day-long Buda Amarnath yatra in Poonch district of Jammu commences in August.

Apr 25, 2020, 21:14 PM IST

J&K Governor GC Murmu faces threat from Pakistan-backed terror groups, warn intelligence agencies

Newly-appointed Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Chandra Murmu is on the target of Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), a report of secret intelligence agencies said. According to the report,  a meeting was held between terrorist groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen and Pakistan's ISI in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Kotli area where ISI ordered the terror groups to carry out attacks on Governor Murmu.

Nov 07, 2019, 10:44 AM IST