JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Sunday sought a timeline from the Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. The party also asked Shah, who will reach Jammu and Kashmir this evening on a three-day visit, to explain the alleged “utter failure” of his ministry […]
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached here Sunday evening to commence his three-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir, his first after the formation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government in the Union Territory in October last year. Shah was received at the technical airport by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and some […]
JAMMU — PDP’s leader of the House in the J&K Assembly Waheed Ur Rehman Para has written a letter to Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather, questioning allowing three private members’ resolutions on restoration of statehood in the concluding phase of the budget session that is scheduled to commence on Monday after a 12-day recess. He also […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Security forces on Sunday during a joint search operation have recovered war-like stores in forest area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police and 47RR of Army have successfully recovered a substantial cache of war-like stores during Search and Destroy Operation (SADO) in the Kandi Forest belt of Kupwara district. The recovered items […]
SRINAGAR — Nearly 35 per cent of faculty posts are vacant in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, the premier healthcare institute has revealed. Responding to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the administrative officer of the faculty cell of the AIIMS-Delhi said 430 faculty seats were vacant at […]
SRINAGAR — A 10-year-old student died and six others sustained injuries in a fire incident at Tral in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, officials said. The fire broke out in Hamdan Daarul Uloom at Tral in which one boy — Yasir Ahmad Gaggi — died due to asphyxiation while six others were injured, […]
JAMMU — A soldier was killed on Sunday in an accidental fire in Kishtwar district, identified as 27-year-old Vijay Kumar of Rajasthan, he was found dead on duty this morning. “He was immediately shifted to the hospital where doctors said he was dead on arrival. Police have registered a case in this incident to ascertain […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A criminal who was wanted in many cases was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said on Sunday. A team of Police Station Majalta arrested a wanted criminal Amir Khan S/o Ghulam Rasool R/o Khoon, Tehsil Majalta District Udhampur. During a well-coordinated operation, based on reliable intelligence regarding the movement […]
JAMMU — A soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at an Army camp in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Sunday, officials said. Sepoy Vijay Kumar, posted with 26 Rashtriya Rifles, was on sentry duty when he shot himself at Dharmund military hospital at 3.40 […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday directed Village Defence Guards to keep a close watch on suspicious movements of anti-national elements and any drone activity along the border with Pakistan in Jammu district and inform the forces, officials said. They also called for strong inter-agency synergy to secure the region. “Village Defence […]