SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the National Conference, claiming that the ruling party is afraid of talking about Article 370 and is running the BJP agenda in Jammu and Kashmir. She asked the people to strengthen her party as “it not only wants to become the voice […]
Author: KIMS Kashmir
Six Army soldiers injured in road accident in Udhampur
JAMMU — Six Army personnel were injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday, officials said. The accident occurred near Chopra market in the town, 65 km away from Jammu, when a bus carrying the soldiers was on its way to […]
Police traced out missing boy in Poonch, reunited with family
POONCH — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday successfully traced out an 18-year-old boy who went missing from Mandi tehsil of Poonch and reunited him with his family. A missing report of a boy namely Rehan Nazir S/o Nazir Ahmed R/o Baila, Tehsil Mandi age about 18 years was entered at Police Station Mandi vide […]
Police seize illicit timber in Handwara, case registered
KUPWARA (KIMS) — Police on Sunday in Handwara successfully seized a substantial quantity of illicit timber, dealing a major blow to timber smugglers operating in the region. Acting on specific information, a police party from PS Handwara conducted raids at two locations in the Darashpora area of Handwara. During the operation, a total of 28 […]
LG, CM express grief over loss of three lives due to flash floods in Ramban
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed grief over the loss of three lives due to flash floods triggered by incessant rain in Ramban district while Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary was rushing to the affected areas to take stock of the situation. National Conference president Farooq […]
Police solves mobile phone robbery in Bandipora; stolen phones seized, two held
BANDIPORA (KIMS) — Police received an application on 21-03-2025 from one one shopkeeper namely Sheik Javid Ahmad S/o Gh Mohd R/o Plan Bandipora ward number 2 who is running a mobile phone shop ‘Sheik Electronics’ at Bandipora. The complainant mentioning therein that during that intervening night of 20/21 March 2025 some thieves have barged the […]
School teacher held for demanding sexual favours from student in Doda
JAMMU — A school teacher was apprehended for allegedly alluring and demanding sexual favours from a minor student by threatening to fail her in the internal examination in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The action against the teacher, posted at the Government Higher Secondary School Bhaderwah, was taken following […]
Massive search operation underway in forest area of Kathua
KATHUA — Security forces on Sunday launched a search operation after getting information about movement of three suspected persons near a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. A priest noticed three persons with backpacks moving towards the forest area of Rasana around 3.30 am and alerted the police, the officials said. […]
Three killed, over 100 rescued as heavy rain wreaks havoc in Ramban
RAMBAN — Three people were killed and more than 100 rescued after heavy rain triggered flash floods at different places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district early on Sunday, officials said. The incessant rain also triggered landslides and mudslides at nearly a dozen places between Nashri and Banihal along the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, prompting […]
When Welfare Turns into Monopoly: The Need for Accountability in Rural Development
Dr. Rizwan Rumi The rural landscape of our country is undergoing a silent transformation—one that holds the promise of prosperity, access and equity. Schemes like MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and other initiatives by Block Development Offices are envisioned as lifelines for the villages—constructing roads to orchards and fields, installing street lights, […]