SRINAGAR — Hundreds of 12th standard students on Wednesday were left to lurch as JKBOSE distributed 11th standard question paper to the students during examination. The news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) spoke to some of the examination in-charges and candidates appearing in the annual regular exams of class 12th who expressed concern about the […]
SOPORE — A 40-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances i in an orchard in Duroo village of Sopore, officials said here on Wednesday. An official said that the body of a man identified as Mushtaq Ahmed Mir son of Ghulam Rasool Mir of Duroo has been recovered from the orchard and was subsequently […]
SRINAGAR — In a major relief to train commuters, Northern Railways has reduced ticket fares to pre-COVID times in the Kashmir valley, officials said on Wednesday. A top railway official said that railways reinstated Second Class Ordinary Fares on passenger trains in Kashmir. “The fare charges have been dropped by nearly 40-50%, reverting to pre-COVID […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In view of Lok Sabha election scheduled to be held from next month, the District Magistrate Srinagar on Monday imposed complete ban on carrying of licensed arms within the district till the completion of election process. The prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 were issued in this […]
SRINAGAR [Mudasir Maqbool] (KIMS) — In a significant development, the PDJ Pulwama court on Monday pronounced its verdict, convicting Abdul Hameed Bhat, also known as Hameed Pujj, in connection with case FIR 42/2018 under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act, pertaining to the jurisdiction of Kakapora Police Station. The case began on September 21, 2019, […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of “sabotaging” the conduct of assembly polls in the union territory, saying the current dispensation wants to continue to rule like uncrowned kings. “We wanted simultaneous elections along with Lok Sabha elections. But, it did not happen. The current […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Monday forecast light rain and snowfall at many places in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir from March 21-22. An official of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said, “The weather is expected to remain generally dry in Jammu and Kashmir from March 18-20.” “Similar weather conditions will […]
MUMBAI — In a veiled attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre, National Conference Chief and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Sunday took a swipe, saying that the Election Commission would become “independent” after the opposition bloc- INDIA will form the government. Speaking at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat […]
MUMBAI — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti who participated in the INDIA leaders’ rally in Mumbai took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that the people of ruling party are ‘scared of Gandhi’ referring to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s surname. Mufti, while addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Manzil, INDIA bloc’s […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Government in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday assigned the additional charge of the post of Director, State Investigation Agency (SIA) to Mr. Nitish Kumar. Mr. Nitish Kumar, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is also holding the charge of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Crime Investigation […]