SRINAGAR — A Territorial Army (TA) Soldier was shot at by the militants at Sofigund Aripal area of Tral hamlet in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday evening. A police officer told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the militants opened fire upon a TA soldier outside his residence at Sofigund Aripal. In the […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Wednesday said the government should not acquire fertile agricultural land for the construction of a railway line in the Bijbehara area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “My appeal to the LG administration is to spare the fertile lands, take everything into consideration and then make a suitable […]
SRINAGAR — PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the Jammu and Kashmir government should reinstate a statutory order on reservation for admission to postgraduate courses through the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). “It’s imperative that the UT government reinstates SRO 49 (2018) of the J&K Reservation Act to ensure that super-specialty medical courses remain accessible […]
SRINAGAR — Real Kashmir FC continued to shine at home by picking up their second win in three matches, beating Delhi FC 2-1 in their I-League match here on Wednesday. Bouba Aminou (72nd minute) and Lalramdinsanga Ralte (84th) scored for the ‘Snow Leopards’ while Stephane Samir Binong (89th) pulled one back for the Delhi side […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces continued their search for militants in the Dachigam forest here on Wednesday, a day after a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant was killed in an encounter in the area, officials said. According to officials, the security forces halted their search on Tuesday night but maintained a tight cordon in the area. The search for […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir arrested two drug peddlers in Srinagar on Wednesday and recovered brown sugar and heroin from their possession. “A vehicle (Venue) bearing Registration Number JK01AX-7639 was intercepted by a police party of Police Station MR Gunj during naka checking at Syed Mansoor Bridge Zaldagar. The vehicle tried to flee from […]
JAMMU — A 54-year-old forest guard died after falling from a hillock in Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Abdul Gaffar Sohil, a resident of Tabeela village in Banihal, was on duty when he accidentally slipped into a deep gorge near Nachlana late on Tuesday night, they said. Sohil was found […]
JAMMU — Militants hurled two grenades at an Army post in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir early Wednesday, officials said. Only one of the grenades exploded. There were no casualties in the attack. Security forces have launched a search operation to trace the militants, the officials said. Militants lobbed two grenades at an Army […]
SRINAGAR — Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir Valley as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Wednesday. Director of the local Meteorological (MeT) Department, Mukhtar Ahmad told IANS, “Minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Srinagar city today increasing the cold wave. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential properties worth over Rs 3 crores of two drug peddlers in Srinagar on Wednesday. “A three-storied residential house of a drug peddler namely Abdul Ahad Bhat son of Mohammad Sultan Bhat resident of Banpora Batamaloo on land bearing Khewat No.137 and Khasra No.294 (Abadi Deh) […]