SHOPIAN — A teenage girl lost her life after she fell into a drain at Hirpora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that a 15-year-old girl Simran Jan, daughter of Sheraz Ahmad of Hirpora, a Class 10th student was on way to her uncle’s house in […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in the Regional Transport office here on Friday asked all the registered dealers, officers, officials of the Motor Vehicle Department and insurance agencies not to make any sale, purchase or register any vehicle involving a minor. A circular, issued by the Office of the Regional Transport Officer (RTO), Kashmir reads that it […]
RAJOURI — Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Friday said that the April 21 attack in Bhata Durian area of Poonch in which five soldiers were killed was carried out with active local support and militants had used steel-coated armour-piercing bullets and IEDs to target army vehicle to inflict maximum damage. […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) has warned all the private schools of action for misleading parents and the students over their affiliation with the Board. Secretary JKBOSE has issued a circular to all private academic institutions affiliated with them, cautioning against the use of misleading hoardings. As per the […]
SRINAGAR — The writers, poets, and literary activists here in Jammu and Kashmir are up in arms against the Sahitya Akademi accusing the administration of the premier institute of promoting a few ‘preferred persons’ from the union territory. Fumed over the improper policies of the Akademi, enraged literati accused the Akademi administration of promoting few […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A man has been arrested for recording videos secretly in a changing room at his ready-made garments shop in Bandi Payeen, Chandoosa area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir, Police said on Friday. Police in a statement said, Police Station Chandoosa received a written complaint from one minor girl (name withheld) accompanied […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The weather will improve in Jammu and Kashmir from today afternoon, the Meteorological Department said on Friday. It said, widespread rain is expected in the Kashmir Valley and at isolated places in Jammu division for the next 24 hours. The rain lashed plains while, higher reaches of Kashmir valley including famous tourist […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The General Administration Department (GAD) of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday ordered transfers and postings of 15 Deputy Commissioners in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an order, Mr. Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary, IAS (AGMUT:2015), Deputy Commissioner, Pulwama, is transferred and posted as Managing Director, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited. Mr. Sachin Kumar Vaishy, IAS […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The General Administration Department (GAD) of Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday ordered transfers and postings of six Jammu and Kashmir Admistrative Service (JKAS) officers in the interest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Krishan Lal Sharma, JKAS, Director, Sheep Husbandry, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Special Secretary in the […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities on Thursday caught 11 tourists and a local guide with fake and edited Gandola tickets at famous ski resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official said that 11 tourists from Gujarat along with a local guide who had come to board Gondola from Kongdori to Gulmarg were caught with […]