PULWAMA (KIMS) — Pulwama Police on Friday issued a public advisory urging social media users, content handlers and members of the media fraternity to strictly refrain from sharing, uploading or circulating any videos or photographs related to the tragic incident involving the minor who slipped into Rambiara Stream and whose body was retrieved today after […]
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Minor boy laid to rest in Pulwama, thousands attend funeral prayers
DC Shopian commends rescue teams, volunteers for unified efforts in operation PULWAMA/SHOPIAN (KIMS) — Thousands of people on Friday participated in the funeral prayers of 4-year-old Mohammad Hanzala of Tiken Batpora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district after his body was retrieved from Heerpora area of Shopian following a five-day-long search operation. Mohammad Hanzala had gone […]
Body of missing 4-year-old Pulwama boy retrieved from Ranbiara stream after 5 days
SHOPIAN — The body of a four-year-old boy from Pulwama, who had gone missing after slipping into a stream in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, was on Friday recovered from the Ranbiara nallah in the Hirpora area. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the deceased, identified as Mohammad Hanzala of Tiken village […]
Multi-agency counter-terrorist exercise carried out at Srinagar airport
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The CISF at Srinagar Airport conducted the annual counter-terrorist mock exercise in coordination with CRPF, local police, Airports Authority of India (AAI), BCAS, and other key stakeholders. The exercise evaluated response protocols through the coordinated deployment of specialized units, real-time scenario simulation, and comprehensive testing of actions as per the Counter-Terrorist Contingency […]
Engineer Rashid meets ailing father in SMHS hospital after granted one-week interim bail
SRINAGAR — Jailed Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Thursday arrived here to meet his ailing father after the Delhi High Court granted him a week’s interim bail, officials said. Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, the Lok Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, arrived at the Srinagar airport here on Thursday afternoon and drove […]
Cyber Police lodges FIR as late separatist leader’s video surfaces online
SRINAGAR — The cyber wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday registered an FIR against unidentified persons for posting a video of late separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on social media, alleging that it glorifies separatist content, officials said. The move comes a day after Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti posted a […]
CORAS commandos among 21 security personnel to guard Vande Bharat trains in J&K: PCSC
JAMMU — Apart from the multi-layered security setup along the 327-kilometre Jammu-Katra-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line, 21 security personnel, including RPF commandos, will guard the Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express service launched by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday, an official said. Vaishnaw on Thursday flagged off the 20-coach train, which is expected to cut travel time between […]
Ashwini Vaishnaw flags off 20-coach Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat, services from May 2
SRINAGAR — Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday flagged off the 20-coach Vande Bharat Express train between Jammu and Srinagar, the first direct train between the twin capitals of Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Jitendra Singh, were among the dignitaries present at the flagging […]
Two UP residents killed, one injured in cold store steamer blast in Shopian
SRINAGAR — Two persons lost their lives and one other was injured after a steam boiler explosion at a cold storage facility in the Aglar Pinjura area of Shopian on Wednesday late evening, officials said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the blast occurred at Zum Zum Cold Store in the […]
Vaishnaw to flag off Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat on Thursday; services from May 2
SRINAGAR — Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw will flag off a 20-coach Vande Bharat Express train between Jammu and Srinagar on April 30, while the services for the general public will commence on May 2. The direct train services between Srinagar and Jammu will reduce the travel time between the twin capitals of Jammu […]









