SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Government of India has approved ₹827.98 crore for the construction and upgrading of a 4-lane highway in Jammu and Kashmir. According to Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, the project will cover a 12.11 km stretch from Pandach to Manigam near Wayil Bridge. He stated that the project includes […]
Will rehabilitate youth drawn into drug menace: SSP Anantnag SRINAGAR [Raouf Dar] (KIMS) — In a determined and comprehensive drive against drug trafficking and other illicit activities, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have achieved a remarkable milestone in their fight against the drug menace in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district over the last eleven months. The […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a significant move to counter terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached a residential property where four militants were killed in an encounter in July under the UAPA Act in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Friday. Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a single-storey residential house under Section 25 of the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested four gamblers in Srinagar district of Kashmir valley on Friday and recovered stake money of ₹7,190/-, playing cards and three mobile phones from their possession. “Acting on reliable information regarding the gambling activities, a party of Police Station Bemina raided the specific location and arrested four gamblers […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed that he was put under house arrest and prevented from offering congregational prayers at the Jama Masjid. This is the second consecutive Friday that the Mirwaiz was allegedly barred from offering the prayers at the Jama Masjid in the city’s Nowhatta locality. There was […]
SRINAGAR — A day after plain areas in Kashmir received the season’s first snowfall, the minimum temperatures dropped across the valley on Friday, with the weather department predicting a cold wave at many places over the next four days, officials said. The night temperatures decreased across the valley, after the snowfall in the higher reaches […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Bandipora police along with forest officials in a joint operation against illegal timber smuggling, today during intervening night seized a huge quantity of illicit forest timber in the Watapora area of Bandipora. “Acting on a specific information about a consignment of illegally smuggled forest timber in Watapora, a police party of PS […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court is likely to decide on December 19 whether to transfer the terror-funding case against Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to a special court designated to try lawmakers. The hearing in the case, which was scheduled to be taken up on Thursday, was adjourned because the judge hearing the […]
JAMMU — With rail connectivity from Kanyakumari to Kashmir likely to complete next month, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the link provides an opportunity to give a big boost to the floriculture sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Chairing a meeting of the department of floriculture, parks and gardens at the Civil Secretariat here […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a relentless effort to curb the menace of drug peddling, Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential property of a notorious drug peddler under NDPS Act in Kakapora area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential house valuing approximately Rs 20 lacs of […]