SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Cyber Police Kashmir on Thursday said that they have arrested four persons in two separate cases involving the circulation of ‘obscene content’ and ‘harassment’ on Social Media. “In one case, Sheikh Muqadas Rafiq of Gulab Bagh, Srinagar, was arrested. In the second case, Junaid Hussain of Sonwar, Iflah Mir of Bagh-e-Mehtab, and […]
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3 Lt Cols among 16 Army men named in FIR for ‘barging into police station, assaulting cops’
SRINAGAR — A police FIR has named 16 army men including three Lieutenant Colonels for their involvement in Monday night assault on a police station in border Kupwara district, accusing them of abducting a cop and beating and injuring other cops with rifle butts, kicks and sticks. The army men have been booked for attempt […]
FIR against Mehbooba Mufti intimidation, says daughter Iltija
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Wednesday termed the registration of an FIR against her mother and party president Mehbooba Mufti as an “intimidation”, but said they will not take it lying down. She said such tactics by the administration will not stop the party from speaking truth. Police filed an FIR against Mehbooba […]
Missing Kashmiri poet traced to police custody in PoK
ISLAMABAD — A missing Kashmiri poet has been traced to be in the custody of police in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Islamabad High Court was informed on Wednesday, two weeks after he disappeared from Rawalpindi. Ahmad Farhad’s wife had filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) claiming that he had been abducted […]
DGP R R Swain visits SIA headquarters, reviews agency’s operations
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police R R Swain on Wednesday visited the State Investigation Agency (SIA) here, conducting a comprehensive review of its operations and its GPS anklet tracker technology. The DGP also emphasised SIA’s significant role in investigating militant cases and instilling a fear of law enforcement in militants and […]
Jammu authority revokes power cut decree, promises 24X7 electricity
JAMMU — The Jammu Power Development Corporation Ltd (JPDCL) on Wednesday revoked its power cut decree, announcing a round-the-clock supply of electricity to smart metered areas and up to 20 hours to other areas in Jammu. With Jammu facing extreme heat for the past two weeks, the JPDCL had announced a four-hour cut every day […]
5 die after slipping into well at Kashmir’s Budgam, Kupwara
SRINAGAR — At least five persons died while three others were rescued after they fell into the well at separate places in Central Kashmir’s Budgam and north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. The separate incidents in Budgam‘s Khansahib area and Kralpora hamlet of Kupwara left the entire Kashmir in shock as eight persons including three […]
Kashmir residents urge Govt to spray water on roads to tackle heatwave
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Residents of Kashmir, especially those in Srinagar, are calling on the government to spray water on the city’s roads as an immediate measure to mitigate the ongoing heatwave. This action is seen as essential to provide relief from the intense heat that is affecting daily life. The rising temperatures and lack of […]
17 points identified for urgent repairs along Jammu-Srinagar national highway
JAMMU — At least 17 vulnerable points have been identified for urgent repairs along the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway to ensure smooth flow of traffic, with focus on the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, a senior official said on Wednesday. A high-level team of officers on Tuesday inspected the 270-km national highway, the only all-weather road linking […]
3 men fall in well in Budgam village, rescue op launched
BUDGAM — Two men fell into a well while trying to rescue a man who accidentally slipped into it in Khansahib area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. An official said that the man identified as Moomin Dar accidentally fell into the well and soon after locals tried to rescue him. […]









