SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday visited the family of two brothers who drowned in the Jhelum River while bathing their sheep a day earlier. He visited Bijbehara in Anantnag to offer condolences to the family, according to an X post by the Office of the Chief Minister of Jammu […]
JAMMU — A motorcycle collided with a truck near Jammu here on Tuesday, killing a couple and injuring their 12-year-old son, officials said. Bal Krishan (45) and his wife Anita (40), natives of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur, along with their son were travelling on a motorcycle when they were hit by a truck at the Gangyal […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Tuesday said they have registered an FIR against an individual in Budgam district for allegedly operating a fake WhatsApp account in the name of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Budgam and attempting to influence people. According to police, reliable information was received that Sameer Ali Bhat, son of Ghulam […]
SRINAGAR — Baisakhi was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety in Kashmir on Tuesday, with the devotees thronging different gurdwaras to offer prayers. The main function was held at Gurdwara Chati Padshahi in the Rainawari area of the city, which was attended by a huge number of Sikh devotees. Senior officers of police and civil […]
SRINAGAR — Police have arrested eight people allegedly involved in vandalism during protests against sexual harassment of a girl student by a lecturer in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. A senior lecturer at a government higher secondary school in Sopore was on Monday booked on charges of sexually assaulting a […]
ANANTNAG — Two siblings drowned after slipping into the Jhelum River in South Kashmir’s Anantnag District on Monday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the duo drowned after accidentally falling into the river while washing livestock in the Padshahibagh village of Bijbehara town this afternoon. “One of the brothers slipped, and […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday recovered bodies of a boy and a girl from an abandoned house in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two decomposed bodies were spotted by locals inside the house in Kamad village this morning. He said locals informed the police after noticing […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A former Patwari has been convicted in a corruption case dating back to 2007 and sentenced to one year imprisonment along with a fine of ₹10,000 by the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar. The judgment was pronounced by Special Judge Tasleem Arif in connection with FIR No. 20/2007 registered at Police Station […]
SRINAGAR — The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, a major tourist attraction in Kashmir in the spring season, will be closed to the public as bloom season comes to an end, an official said here on Monday. The decision to close the garden on Thursday, located on the banks of Dal Lake here, was taken […]
SRINAGAR — A police has been filed against a senior lecturer posted in north kashmir’s Sopore town after a girl student accused him of harassment, even as the teacher has been suspened with inquiry ordered into the matter. Senior Superintendent of Police Sopore, Iftikhar Talib, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said the teacher […]