SRINAGAR — The Centre on Wednesday said that work of rehabilitation, strengthening and four-laning of Banihal bypass has been taken up and is targeted to be completed by the end of current financial year. Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha that initially the project was delayed due to non-availability […]
SRINAGAR — The Centre on Wednesday said that 185 persons from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the Union Territory during 2020, 2021 and 2022. In a written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai informed the Rajya Sabha that in 2020 only one person brought the land […]
SRINAGAR — Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri on Wednesday said that there is no need to panic over the Covid resurgence in Jammu and Kashmir as the situation is under control. He, however, said that the guidelines related to the pandemic will be issued again in case the cases increase further. Talking to the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The General Administration Department of Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday deferred the restructuring of the Public Works (R&B) Department by way of re-organisation of cadre and rationalization of jurisdiction of its subordinate and field offices by making them co-terminus with territorial limits of divisions, districts and blocks of the Jammu […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday attached SP Traffic (Rural), Jammu with J&K Police Headquarters with immediate effect. According to an order, Shri Ranjit Singh, SP Traffic (Rural), Jammu is hereby attached with Police Headquarters, J&K, with immediate effect. The order reads that SP Traffic (City), Jammu shall […]
RAMBAN (KIMS) — Security forces on Wednesday said that they busted a militant hideout in forest area of Khari tehsil in Ramban district and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from the hideout. Police in a statement said, On Tuesday (4th April 2023), an information was received through reliable sources regarding presence of caché […]
BARAMULLA — Two militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit have fled from police custody in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants identified as Maroof Nazir of Kanlibagh and Shahid Showkat of Banglowbagh, who were arrested in May last year in a grenade […]
LAHORE — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was seen outside court in Lahore wearing a makeshift bulletproof helmet that resembled a black hood, fully guarded by four men with bulletproof shields and an aide guiding him to an anti-terror court for seeking an extension in bail in three of the scores of cases registered […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for the next 24 hours. The weather was dry and cloudy in the Union Territory during last 24 hours. An official of the Meteorological Department said, Dry weather is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The owner of the residential house that was used by some persons for immoral activities in Bagh-e-Mehtab area of Srinagar has been arrested, Police said on Tuesday. Police said that the owner of the residential house namely Altaf Hussain Afaki, son of Asadullah Afaki, a resident of Chanapora Srinagar has been arrested […]