SRINAGAR — At least two journalists from mainstream English dailies were summoned by Jammu and Kashmir police over their reports on the profiling of mosques and their management committees, the move leading to a massive debate with the Editors Guild and several political parties expressing their outrage. The Indian Express and the Hindustan Times on […]
NEW DELHI — The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley was a tragedy that tore apart a social fabric built over centuries but must not be allowed to define Kashmir’s future, moderate Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Wednesday. He said Kashmir’s soul was “wounded, not lost”, and called for rebuilding bridges of […]
JAMMU — House Listing Operations (HLO) will be conducted across Jammu and Kashmir from June 1 to 30 as part of the upcoming census exercise, with self-enumeration commencing 15 days prior, officials said on Wednesday. The schedule was decided by the Union Territory Level Census Coordination Committee, which met here on Tuesday under the chairmanship […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday inaugurated the newly redeveloped Amira Kadal pedestrian bridge here, and said the project aims to blend the city’s heritage with modern amenities to create a vibrant space. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the revamped pedestrian bridge, Sinha said the project, undertaken under the Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — Nearly two years after a tragic boat capsize in the Jhelum river, the long search for the last victim ended on Monday when locals recovered the body of Showkat Ahmad Sheikh near Srinagar’s Lasjan. This followed a grim breakthrough last week, when Sheikh’s severed foot was found during sand mining and later identified […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K on Monday said it has filed a charge sheet against a former Public Health Engineering (PHE) employee for fraudulently availing migrant relief. The charge sheet has been produced before the Court of 19-Electricity Magistrate, Jammu, against Mohd Hussain Shah, resident of Syedapura, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Sunday said it has registered a criminal case against seven persons for allegedly cheating and duping innocent people, particularly unemployed youth, on the pretext of providing government jobs. The EOW said the case was registered following a written complaint, alleging that the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Saturday said that Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness a fresh spell of rain and snowfall from January 19 onwards, while the weather is expected to remain partly to generally cloudy till then. According to the Meteorological Department, the weather on January 17 and 18 is […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday said it has registered a case against an individual for cheating innocent people on the pretext of providing government jobs. EOW said the case was registered following a written complaint received by the Economic Offences Wing, Srinagar, in which the complainants […]
SRINAGAR — Amid the deadly protests challenging Iran’s theocracy and threats by the US to intervene militarily in the country, peaceful demonstrations were taken out at several places in Kashmir in support of the Islamic Republic after the congregational prayers on Friday, officials said. Several Shia-dominated areas in Srinagar, Pulwama and Budgam witnessed the demonstrations […]