SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Two persons were arrested and four minor females were rescued after a human trafficking racket was busted in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Friday. “Acting on a tip-off from a reliable source, Baramulla Police Station busted a human trafficking module operating in Ushkura, Baramulla. The investigation […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — An earthquake of Magnitude 4.1 on the Richter Scale hits the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Friday. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to the property. The earthquake, with its epicentre in Baramulla occurred at around 12:26 pm at a depth of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Following the Government’s announcement of a summer vacation for Government Degree Colleges in the Kashmir division and the Winter Zone of the Jammu division, the University of Kashmir has postponed all Undergraduate (UG) exams scheduled from July 15 and 16, 2024. According to a communiqué, “All exams of UG 2nd Semester and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Days after the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) in Awantipora announced its summer vacation, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday declared a 10-day summer vacation for Government Degree Colleges in the Kashmir Division and the Winter Zone of the Jammu Division. According to a communiqué, “All the Government […]
JAMMU — Over 2.66 lakh pilgrims have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 13 days as another batch of 4,434 devotees left for Kashmir on Friday. “There is no decline in the number of Yatris arriving for this year’s Amarnath Yatra and the rush of enthusiastic pilgrims in high spirits continues,” officials of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association ad hoc chairman Nazir Ahmad Ronga, 75, was arrested after a midnight raid at his house in Srinagar, his family said on Thursday. His son Umair Ronga, who is also a lawyer, said that his father has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA). “He […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi High Court judge Amit Sharma on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik in a militant funding case. The matter was listed before a division bench headed by Justice Prathiba M Singh after a change in the […]
JAMMU — Despite rain in the holy cave shrine area, over 19,000 devotees had ‘darshan’ on the 12th day of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra while another batch of 4,885 pilgrims left for Kashmir from here on Thursday. Braving rain and chanting slogans of ‘Bum Bum Bhole’, 19,631 Yatris had ‘darshan’ on Wednesday inside the holy […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir administration has formed a seven-member panel to identify foreign nationals who have been illegally overstaying in Jammu and Kashmir for the past 13 years, aiming to facilitate their deportation. The panel has been tasked with gathering biographic and biometric details of illegal migrants and maintaining an updated digital record […]
JAMMU — Another batch of 4,627 pilgrims left for Kashmir on Wednesday amid tight security to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. Officials of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) said the Yatra has been going on peacefully since it started on June 29. “Another batch of 4627 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu for […]