JAMMU — A proper rehabilitation plan is being worked out for the families affected by land subsidence in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said on Tuesday. The administration is also carrying out a study of the Pernote village through the Indian Institute of Technology and the Geological Survey of India to […]
KUPWARA — District Administration Kupwara today refuted the fake news reports uploaded by some news channels and a newspaper portal today. The online portals of ‘The WEEK’ news magazine and NDTV.Com, today mentioned in their headlines “5 killed, several injured in landslides and flash floods in Kupwara of J&K”, which is totally baseless. In a […]
SRINAGAR — Police in central Kashmir’s Budgam district have booked a social media user for allegedly posting a video containing doctored/fake footage of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on social media. A top official told Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com that it has been reliably learned that a post containing the ‘fake/doctored’ […]
JAMMU — A 21-year-old woman on Tuesday jumped into river Tawi from a bridge here and was rescued by the timely intervention of locals, officials said. According to police, the woman was walking over the Tawi bridge, connecting Jewel Chowk with Bikram Chowk in the heart of the city, and suddenly jumped into the swollen […]
SRINAGAR — Imran Sheikh, an Independent candidate from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency, has 20 cases, including one under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, registered against him over the past nine years. This is the maximum number of cases against any of the 20 contestants from the constituency. According […]
JAMMU — Three people died, and two are feared dead in separate incidents after they fell into the swollen streams due to multiple landslides between the Ramban and Banihal stretch here, officials said on Tuesday. Mohd Shafi (65) and Mumira Bano (17) accidentally fell into the fast-flowing waters on Monday while crossing the Deval and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Following heavy rainfall in the plains and light snowfall in higher reaches over the past 24 hours, the Meteorological Department (MeT) on Tuesday predicted generally dry weather across Jammu and Kashmir from May 1-5. According to an official from the Meteorological Department (MeT), “Today, generally cloudy weather with light rain and thunder […]
JAMMU — Police on Monday solved online fraud cases and recovered over Rs 29 lakh in Jammu capital city, officials said. Acting on a complaint, a cyber police unit successfully solved a case of online fraud in which some people were duped of Rs 29.39 lakh, they said. The officials said the cyber police unit […]
JAMMU — Twelve houses suffered damages due to heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, prompting the authorities to put the disaster response machinery on high alert. “Administration has put the disaster response machinery on high alert amid heavy rains being experienced in the region from the last four days,” an official spokesman said. […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — A significant meeting convened by the J&K Bank Officers Association Kashmir focused on the challenges confronting the banking sector in Pulwama and Shopian districts. Attended by a substantial number of officers, the session received insights from central-level leadership in Srinagar, delving into the multifaceted issues affecting both the staff and clientele within […]