SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday carried out raids at multiple locations in the valley as part of its investigations in a cyber terror case, officials said. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unleashed a massive crackdown on mule accounts as the police tightened its noose on such accounts […]
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on Thursday, as the Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha, senior officers of J&K Police, civil administration, CAPFs, intelligence agencies, and the top officials of the home ministry (MHA) will attend the meeting. The review meeting […]
BANDIPORA, Suhail Rather — After terrorism, drug abuse has emerged as the biggest challenge facing Jammu and Kashmir, with police stepping up action against narcotics in North Kashmir, the Director Inspector General of Police in North Kashmir said on Tuesday in Bandipora. Talking to the reporters on the sidelines of the talent hunt and youth […]
JAMMU — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a revenue official in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe for the issuance of land documents, an official said. The ACB has registered a case against the public servant, identified as Pardhan Singh, Patwari of Patwar Halqa Laddha in Moungri […]
PULWAMA, Farhan Kitab (KIMS) — The International Human Rights Organization (IHRO), Jammu and Kashmir Chapter, on Tuesday organised an awareness programme titled ‘Run for Drug-Free Society’ at Ratnipora in Pulwama district. The three-kilometre run was organised by Muneer Ahmed, Head of the Sports Wing, IHRO, with the aim of sensitising people—especially youth—about the growing menace […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday inaugurated a 14-day integrated ski training course at world-famous tourist destinations in the Kashmir valley. Abdullah also unveiled the 2026 calendars of the tourism department and the Jammu and Kashmir Cable Car Corporation at the civil secretariat here. He said that 500-600 students in […]
SRINAGAR — In a humanitarian initiative amid harsh winter conditions, Shining India Foundation distributed nearly 400 blankets among vulnerable sections of society, including poor families, orphans and widows struggling to survive in sub-zero temperatures across parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at the distribution site, M. Ghazi, Chairman of Shining India Foundation, highlighted the severe […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday said it trapped and arrested a clerk of the Tehsil Office Central, Shalteng, Srinagar, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000. The ACB said it received a written complaint alleging that the complainant had been detained under preventive action under Section […]
SRINAGAR — Police have registered two FIRs and initiated “security proceedings” against eleven people in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district for not complying with orders prohibiting the use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) in the Union territory for security reasons, an official said on Saturday. A police spokesman said, to maintain law and order and […]
SRINAGAR — Drug addiction has witnessed a three-fold increase in the valley in the last three years, with the consumption of heroin rising among the younger population, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg said here on Saturday. “Drug addiction has become a huge problem for all of us. There has been a three-fold increase in the […]