SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday lashed out at sections of the local media, accusing them of “cowardice” and “selling out” for allegedly downplaying the detention of elected representatives in Jammu and Kashmir on the anniversary of Martyrs’ Day. “Take a look at our local newspapers – both from […]
JAMMU — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Jammu, has registered FIR No. 09/2025 under Sections 5(1)(c)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the J\&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006, and Section 120-B of the RPC at Police Station ACB Jammu, in connection with the Post-Matric Scholarship scam. The case has been registered against M.S. Choudhary, the […]
JAMMU — A senior government official was among five persons killed while several others were injured in heavy Pakistani shelling in Rajouri, Poonch and Jammu districts early Saturday, officials said. Raj Kumar Thapa, Additional District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, and his two staff members were seriously injured when an artillery shell hit his official residence in […]
RAMBAN — Three policemen were injured when a vehicle, part of the escort of a High Court judge, skidded off the road and turned turtle on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. The accident took place in the Wagan-Nachilana area when a Gypsy escorting the judge’s vehicle overturned due to […]
JAMMU — Maulana Iqbal was not a terrorist but a respected religious figure who lost his life along with 12 others in heavy Pakistani shelling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said on Thursday. The Jammu and Kashmir Police came out with a clarification on the 45-year-old Iqbal after certain media outlets and social […]
JAMMU — As panic buying gripped parts of Jammu amid heightened tensions along the Indo-Pak border, the Jammu Traders’ Federation on Wednesday appealed for calm, assuring the public that there is no shortage of essential supplies. The federation announced reactivation of “war rooms” to distribute free ration and medicines to border residents affected by the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday warned people against sharing any content related to security deployment, operational movements or sensitive locations on social media platforms from here. “All citizens of district Jammu are strictly advised not to share, upload, or circulate any content related to security deployments, operational movements or sensitive locations on […]
JAMMU — The Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu city is fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, it said on Wednesday, hours after 12 people were killed along the LoC in cross-border firing. The 12 included four children, while 57 others were injured as the Pakistan Army resorted to heavy artillery and mortar shelling […]
JAMMU — An alleged overground worker for terrorists was detained in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with police claiming that his presence and actions posed a serious threat to public order and tranquillity. Mohd Qayoom, a resident of Qasba village, has been nabbed under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), a […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Doda here have prohibited the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN), citing public safety, cybersecurity, and integrity of digital governance in the district, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday. The Doda administration also issued strict prohibitory orders against hate speech, provocative statements and acts that incite violence, he said. Quoting an […]