JAMMU — An SUV evaded a security checkpoint on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district early Friday, prompting police personnel to fire three warning shots before the occupants abandoned the vehicle and fled, officials said. Following a massive search operation, one of them was arrested, they said. The incident occurred around 4 am when […]
JAMMU — A body has been recovered after a couple was swept away in a flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday evening, officials said. The incident occurred in Kaghote panchayat of the Ramnagar area after intense rains triggered a sudden flash flood, they said. According to locals, […]
JAMMU — Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Northern Circle, Dinesh Chand Deshwal on Friday completed the safety inspection of the Katra-Srinagar section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) in light of the region’s challenging geographical terrain and weather conditons. Deshwal inspected the rail corridor from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Srinagar and expressed satisfaction […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Srinagar Police on Friday said it has secured the conviction of an accused in a 2020 murder case, with the court sentencing him to life imprisonment. According to a police statement, the conviction was secured in FIR No. 03/2020 registered at Police Station Maisuma. The court convicted Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dar, son of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly impersonating a police official, assaulting a person and extorting ₹10,000 from him in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to a police statement, Police Post Bus Stand received a complaint from Nazir Ahmad Lone, son of Ali Mohammad Lone, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said that fruit-laden trucks from Kashmir and petroleum tankers from Jammu were being given priority on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities and timely transportation of horticultural produce during the ongoing Amarnath yatra. He reviewed the traffic situation on […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Anantnag district unit on Friday suspended the primary membership of nine party office bearers and removed them from all organisational posts with immediate effect for allegedly organising and participating in an unauthorised Tiranga rally held at Khanabal in Anantnag on August 5. According to an office order […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti, who was on Friday questioned in connection with alleged assault of a police officer during a recent protest, asserted that she was willing to cooperate with the police inquiry but it was her right to protest peacefully for restoration of Article 370. Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti and […]
JAMMU — Mocking police allegations that PDP leader Iltija Mufti bit an officer during a protest, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday dismissed an FIR against her as a “fixed match” designed to rebuild the party’s credibility and asked if she was a “five-year-old child who can bite someone”. Abdullah launched the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the newly launched AI Centre of Excellence at IIT Jammu would focus on developing technology-driven solutions to the UT’s challenges, while Project Phoenix would promote entrepreneurship and self-employment among the youth. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence has been established jointly by […]