JAMMU — A fresh batch of over 6,700 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp early on Sunday for the Amarnath shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas under tight security, officials said. The batch, including 1,310 women and 22 children, left the Jammu base camp in two separate convoys at 3 a.m. and 3.40 a.m., the […]
JAMMU — A man was arrested for allegedly vandalising a mosque and assaulting a person on the premises in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said on Saturday. Pyar Singh, a resident of Patian village, had been evading arrest since the incident at Sukhcha village a few days ago, they said. An FIR was registered […]
JAMMU — Four children, who went for bathing in the Tawi River, were rescued after a sudden rise in the river’s water level left them stranded near the Peer Kho Temple here on Saturday, police said. The Jammu Police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) launched a coordinated rescue operation to save the four […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have busted an alleged sex racket in Akhnoor area of Jammu and arrested three persons, including the owner of the house where the alleged illegal activities were being carried out. According to a police statement, Rural Police Jammu conducted a raid at a house […]
JAMMU — A Special Police Officer (SPO), his sister, and two more were killed in separate road accidents in Rajouri and Kishtwar districts, officials said on Saturday. SPO Shubam Kumar and his sister Rainu Choudhary were travelling in a car which had a head-on collision with a bus at Bagnoti along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway […]
JAMMU — The third batch of 4,812 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar base camp here in two separate convoys on Saturday to join the annual Amarnath pilgrimage in Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. There were 966 women in this latest batch. More than 12,000 pilgrims offered prayers at the 3,880 metre-high cave shrine on the first day […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in the Drabshalla area of Kishtwar district. According to a police statement, a written complaint was received at Police Post Drabshalla from the victim’s grandmother alleging that her 12-year-old granddaughter had been sexually assaulted. The accused […]
JAMMU — Amid tight security, the second batch of more than 3,800 pilgrims left the Jammu base camp on Friday for the Amarnath cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The 57-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine started on Friday morning simultaneously via the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in the Anantnag […]
JAMMU — The Kishtwar district administration on Thursday issued a weather advisory of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, flash floods and landslides till Sunday in the region, urging people, particularly those living near riverbanks, to remain cautious and avoid vulnerable areas. According to the advisory issued by the Office of the Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner, the area is […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday flagged off the first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here amid a multi-tier security cover for their onward journey to the twin base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal in Kashmir. The 57-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine is scheduled […]