JAMMU — Jammu Kashmir Police busted an alleged sex racket in the heart of the city’s Jewal area, running in the hotels, officials said Monday. As per details, police conducted several raids for the past one week and burst a major prostitution racket active in Jewel and adjoining areas of the city. “Police raided Hotel […]
JAMMU — A local court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur has awarded a death sentence to a man who brutally killed his mother for two kanals of land, and termed the crime as the gravest case of breach of trust. As per case details, Principal Sessions Judge Udhampur Haq Nawaz Zargar awarded the death sentence […]
JAMMU — More than 85,000 people have been trained as ‘first respondents’ about the fire safety, prevention and precautionary measures by the fire and emergency services department in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday. Total 640 schools, 300 hospitals and medical institutes were covered by the department under the department’s awareness programme, they said. […]
JAMMU — At least 40 people, including several children, were injured when a footbridge collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Friday, officials said. The incident took place at Beni Sangam in the Bain village of Chenani block during Baisakhi celebrations, they said. Divisional Commissioner (Jammu) Ramesh Kumar said the bridge collapsed due to […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) General Secretary, Surinder Singh Channi on Thursday extended his warm greetings in the occasion of Baisakhi festival. Baisakhi is annually celebrated on April 13 or 14 as it marks the beginning of the new solar year and the harvest season. Channi in a statement said, […]
KISHTWAR — After a long winter halt, the Margan Top road in district Kishtwar has finally been opened officially. The road connects the remote regions of Marwah and Warwan with the rest of Jammu and Kashmir. The road was cleared of snow with the tireless efforts of the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Projects […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — All India Youth Congress (AIYC) General Secretary, Manpreet Singh Mani on Thursday extended his warm greetings in the occasion of Baisakhi festival. Singh, in a statement said, On the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, my greetings to people across India and the world. May this day bring joy and prosperity in society. May […]
POONCH — At least sixteen women were injured after a residential house collapsed in Khanetar village of Poonch district on Thursday. The incident happened when people had assembled in the house of Zakir Hussain Shah of Khanetar village of the district to mourn death of a family member. Due to heavy load amid large presence […]
RAJOURI (KIMS) — Security forces on Thursday said that they recovered a Pakistani drone along with ammunition and cash in Beri Pattan area of Sunderbani sector in Rajouri district. Lt Col Devender Anand, PRO Defense, Jammu, in a statement said, On the intervening night of 12-13 April 2023, the alert troops of Indian Army in […]
SAMBA — A family head was arrested on allegations of attacking and killing his son even as injuring his wife and daughter in Samba district on Wednesday afternoon. An official said that one Kulbir Singh was arrested by police soon after a news of him spread for allegedly attacking and killing his son Jatan Singh […]