SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 18 major projects, worth approximately Rs 100 crore, in Bandipora district. These multisectoral projects span higher education, roads, bridges, clean drinking water, urban development, and agriculture infrastructure, and aim to directly address the key needs of the local […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached two plots of land in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), officials said. The plots measuring 7.5 marla (2,050 square feet) and 6 marla (1,632 square feet) in Kanispora belong to Shaheen Ahmad Lone, an accused in […]
SRINAGAR — Four tourists were among five people injured on Wednesday when a bus overturned in Tangmarg in Baramulla district, officials said. The accident occurred in the main market in Tangmarg, which is near the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in the north Kashmir district. They said at least four tourists and a local driver […]
JAMMU — Authorities are preparing detailed project reports (DPRs) for 60 km of road works worth Rs 3,500 crore to strengthen infrastructure along the Amarnath Yatra route in Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said on Tuesday. The Amarnath road projects form part of a wider initiative to upgrade pilgrimage and tourism infrastructure in the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday laid foundation stones for two sewage treatment plants to improve sanitation and safeguard water bodies in the city. Foundation stone was laid for the 2.5 MLD (million litres per day) Sewage Treatment Plant at Chattabal and augmentation of the 17.08 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant […]
SRINAGAR — Seven people have been booked in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir for the consumption of banned drugs, police said on Tuesday. In Bijbehara, police, in coordination with a medical team, conducted tests using a rapid drug detection kit, a police spokesperson said. During the exercise, five people tested positive for drug consumption […]
SRINAGAR — Police have registered a case against individuals allegedly involved in creating and circulating social media content that could hurt religious sentiments and promote enmity between communities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam on Monday, officials said. “Police have registered an FIR at Budgam police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said safeguarding the annual Amarnath yatra is the duty of Kashmiris, and an opportunity to build harmony in times of growing hate and polarisation. The 57-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas is set to begin on July 3. The former chief minister, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said they have arrested two alleged drug peddlers in separate operations in Anantnag district of South Kashmir and recovered contraband substances and cash from their possession. According to a police statement, in the first operation, a team from Police Post Sherbagh intercepted a suspicious individual during […]
SRINAGAR — The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Saturday said the maintenance of the runway at the Srinagar International airport here was necessary as the last one was done 15 years ago. “Every runway needs maintenance. Here, the last maintenance was done 15 years ago. Maintenance of a runway is necessary every 10 years. […]