SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet on Monday resubmitted its Transaction of Business Rules to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha after addressing his query on whether the document had been framed in accordance with the rules, officials said. The officials familiar with the matter said the Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, sent […]
SRINAGAR — The Centre, “at the highest level”, wants to ensure that the Pahalgam terror attack does not derail the process of governance and development in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday. Addressing a review meeting with top officials at the Civil Secretariat, he acknowledged the adverse impact of recent incidents […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asked Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure that innocent people are not harassed as the government goes after the terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir. “Kashmiris have shown that they are not with bloodshed and they share the grief of the nation. My appeal to the home […]
NEW DELHI — The Union Home Ministry has asked several states to conduct mock drills on May 7 amid rising tensions with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, government sources said on Monday. The measures to be taken during the drill include operationalisation of air raid warning sirens and training of civilians on civil defence […]
PAHALGAM — Asserting that Kashmiris are open-hearted and people of the country should trust them, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday met locals of Pahalgam and said that ‘pakad-dhakad’ (summoning for questioning by security agencies) by the Police or the Army should be stopped. Speaking to ANI, Mufti said that following the […]
JAMMU — The BJP on Monday held a rally in Jammu, seeking the immediate deportation of illegally settled Rohingya and Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals. The rally was led by the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Sat Sharma, MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, and former minister Sham Lal Sharma. Hundreds of party workers marched to the […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government’s top brass resumed functioning from the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on Monday after a six-month spell in Jammu, the winter capital. “Today, I resumed office at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar after six months. The focus now is clear — action, accountability, and reaching every individual through good […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking safety of tourists in remote hilly areas of Jammu and Kashmir in view of the recent Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people lost their lives. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh pulled up advocate Vishal Tiwari for filing […]
JAMMU — Security forces unearthed a terrorist hideout in a forest area in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the recovery of five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and two wireless sets, officials said on Monday. All the ready-to-use IEDs, weighing between half-a-kg and five kg, were destroyed in a controlled explosion on-the-spot, thwarting […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least four persons have been arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in the Nishat area of Srinagar, police said on Sunday. In a statement, police said, “A woman, originally from Reasi district and presently residing in Nishat, was sexually assaulted by some individuals near Water Works Road in Nishat. She sustained […]