SRINAGAR — The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Friday as the first batches of pilgrims left the twin base camps in Baltal and Nunwan to start their journey to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas that houses a naturally formed ice lingam, officials said. The yatra started early morning from the twin […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday said no pilgrim would be permitted to undertake the Amarnath Yatra to the holy cave shrine before the registered date and appealed to devotees to wait for their turn and travel only on the date assigned to them. In an advisory, the administration said that, as […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Thursday visited the Nunwan Base Camp at Pahalgam to review the arrangements made for the smooth, safe, and hassle-free conduct of the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra. During the visit, the DGP conducted a comprehensive inspection of the Base Camp and took […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has directed the Army to pay rent to owners of land taken over by it in Sopore and rendered unusable due to security concerns. Upholding a trial court order, Justice Sanjay Dhar asked the Army to pay rent for the land measuring nearly 3 […]
SRINAGAR — The first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra received a warm welcome as they reached the Kashmir valley on Thursday, officials said. The batch of 4,822 pilgrims was flagged off earlier in the day by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu. As the convoy entered […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday achieved a swift breakthrough in a theft case by recovering stolen cash, ornaments and important documents within hours of the incident and apprehending the accused involved in Pulwama. Police Station Litter registered FIR No. 87/2026 under Section 303 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) following a […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti is set to travel to Iran to pay final tributes to the country’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after receiving an official invitation to attend his funeral. Mohseen Qummi, Director of the International Relations Department at the office of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief preacher of Kashmir on Wednesday said dialogue between India and Pakistan was not only desirable but necessary for lasting peace in the region. Mirwaiz said he signed a letter, coordinated by OP Shah, chairman of the Centre for Peace and Progress, urging the two countries to engage in […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir on Tuesday announced a two-week summer vacation for all government and private schools in the valley from July 6, amid the ongoing heatwave. “Consequent upon the approval conveyed by the competent authority, it is hereby ordered that all the government and recognised private schools up to higher secondary level functioning […]
SRINAGAR — The wedding season in Kashmir is losing its sheen amid the mutton crisis — a problem that traders in the Valley attribute to an “illegal” levy imposed by Punjab on livestock passing through the state. Weddings in Kashmir are incomplete without Wazwan, a traditional multi-course meat-based meal, acting as the ultimate culinary centrepiece […]