NEW DELHI — Activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his indefinite hunger strike after the government assured him that his demands would be met. He announced the end of his fast after Union Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh met him at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram around Thursday midnight and conveyed the government’s assurances. “Just now […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir on Thursday said that rising water levels in the Jhelum River are being closely monitored by field teams, with control rooms at the divisional and district levels functioning round the clock to coordinate preventive and remedial measures. In a post on X, the Divisional Commissioner said that people residing […]
SRINAGAR — More than 3,500 persons have been detained across the Valley as police on Thursday intensified search operations to track down the assailant who shot dead a police official in Anantnag district a day earlier. “The anti-terror operations are in full swing and, so far, we have detained more than 3,500 suspects for questioning […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police, in coordination with the Civil Administration, on Thursday rescued a woman who was trapped inside her house following a cloudburst in the Mayan area of Lachipora, Bijhama area of Baramulla district. According to a police statement, the cloudburst led to a sudden rise in water and debris in […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) president and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone on Thursday criticised the mass arrests following the recent terror attack in Anantnag district, questioning the detention of people based on their inclusion in the Over Ground Worker (OGW) list. In a statement, Lone said authorities cannot arrest thousands of […]
SRINAGAR — A day after a terrorist shot dead a policeman in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday directed the officials to intensify anti-terror operations to neutralise emerging security threats in the Union Territory. Sinha gave these directions during a high-level security review meeting with senior officials from the Army, JK Police, […]
JAMMU — The death toll in the recent rain-triggered flash floods and landslides across Jammu region rose to 26 on Thursday with the recovery of the body of a 25-year-old woman from Poonch district, officials said. The body of Khalida Kouser, wife of Yasar Iqbal of Murrah village, was recovered near the Fazalabad footbridge in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the Centre cannot ignore protests by a large number of youth in Delhi over the paper leak issue and should address the “resentment” among them by having a dialogue. “At some point, there has to be dialogue with them. You cannot ignore such […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated ASCEND J&K 2026, the Startup Ecosystem Summit, at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said he interacted with startup founders and student innovators, distributed seed-funding support, witnessed the signing of key Memorandums […]
SRINAGAR — The committee on privileges of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will meet here on Friday to hear the motion against PDP MLA Waheed Para in a breach of privilege case. The assembly secretariat has asked Para to present himself before the nine-member committee on privileges headed by Hasnain Masoodi at 11 am on […]