SRINAGAR — In a first, the ruling National Conference on Thursday said it has invited Kashmir’s chief preacher, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, to join its upcoming protest in New Delhi demanding the restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. The National Conference said it has invited all political parties, including the BJP, to take part in […]
JAMMU — A group of youth demanding the establishment of a National Law University (NLU) in Jammu on Thursday allegedly tried to disrupt a public function addressed by Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary in Kathua district, prompting police to evict the protesters from the venue. The incident took place at Hiranagar at […]
JAMMU — Army officials defused an old, unexploded mortar shell found in an agricultural field in the forward area of Poonch district on Thursday, after villagers noticed the shell while harvesting maize in Kussalian village and subsequently alerted authorities, officials said. “We were harvesting maize in our field when we suddenly spotted an old, unexploded […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday registered a case against the then Tehsildar Bijbehara, the then Naib Tehsildar Bijbehara, a Patwari and others for their alleged involvement in the fraudulent attestation of 162 land mutations involving around 1,050 kanals of land between 2022 and 2024. According to an ACB statement, the accused […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir will undertake its first-ever household enumeration to identify multi-dimensionally poor families across the Union territory with an aim to strengthen inclusive governance and ensure that welfare schemes reach the most deserving people. J-K Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department (PD&MD) […]
JAMMU — A batch of 8,150 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir on Thursday, amid tight security, officials said. With this, a total of 52,816 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for Kashmir since the yatra commenced on July 2, the officials said. Thursday’s batch […]
BEIJING — Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak. Most of the deaths were related to the breach of a dam in the city of Nanning, which claimed 26 lives, said Ding Wei, the city’s vice mayor, at a news briefing. Maysak brought record rainfall […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would hit Iran “hard”, though he expected the latest military flare-up to end quickly and left the door open to more talks. The US leader had earlier said the ceasefire with Iran was over after the latest fighting, which led mediators Pakistan and Qatar […]
SRINAGAR — Police carried out raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday in connection with a case registered under the UAPA. The raids were carried out as part of the ongoing investigation in a case registered under Section 13 (unlawful activities) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section […]
SRINAGAR — A CRPF jawan allegedly died by suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday, officials said. The CRPF trooper was identified as Y Chandra Reddy, a resident of Andhra Pradesh. Reddy, posted at CRPF’s 18th Battalion-F Coy, in the south Kashmir district, allegedly committed suicide […]