SRINAGAR — Intermittent rains lashed many parts of Kashmir for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, keeping water levels in most rivers and streams high and triggering a flood scare, officials said. The water level of the Jhelum river, which had crossed the flood declaration mark in Anantnag and Srinagar on Thursday night, has however […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir on Thursday said that rising water levels in the Jhelum River are being closely monitored by field teams, with control rooms at the divisional and district levels functioning round the clock to coordinate preventive and remedial measures. In a post on X, the Divisional Commissioner said that people residing […]
SRINAGAR — More than 3,500 persons have been detained across the Valley as police on Thursday intensified search operations to track down the assailant who shot dead a police official in Anantnag district a day earlier. “The anti-terror operations are in full swing and, so far, we have detained more than 3,500 suspects for questioning […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police, in coordination with the Civil Administration, on Thursday rescued a woman who was trapped inside her house following a cloudburst in the Mayan area of Lachipora, Bijhama area of Baramulla district. According to a police statement, the cloudburst led to a sudden rise in water and debris in […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) president and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone on Thursday criticised the mass arrests following the recent terror attack in Anantnag district, questioning the detention of people based on their inclusion in the Over Ground Worker (OGW) list. In a statement, Lone said authorities cannot arrest thousands of […]
SRINAGAR — A day after a terrorist shot dead a policeman in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday directed the officials to intensify anti-terror operations to neutralise emerging security threats in the Union Territory. Sinha gave these directions during a high-level security review meeting with senior officials from the Army, JK Police, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the Centre cannot ignore protests by a large number of youth in Delhi over the paper leak issue and should address the “resentment” among them by having a dialogue. “At some point, there has to be dialogue with them. You cannot ignore such […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated ASCEND J&K 2026, the Startup Ecosystem Summit, at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said he interacted with startup founders and student innovators, distributed seed-funding support, witnessed the signing of key Memorandums […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has booked four people in a cheating case, officials said on Thursday. The EOW has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 55/2022 under sections 420, 120-B, 201 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) before the court of Sub Judge (Small Causes) […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday condemned the killing of a police officer in the line of duty, describing it as a heinous and condemnable act. In a post on X, Mehbooba Mufti, however, criticised the reported detention of over a thousand people and the demolition of the houses […]