SRINAGAR — The second edition of the Kashmir Marathon 2025 was flagged off from Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Sunday as athletes from different parts of the country and abroad participated in the run. The race started at 6 a.m. from Polo View, in the Residency Road area of the city. The second edition […]
SRINAGAR — Major General Tushar Sharma on Saturday took over the command of the Army’s counter-insurgency unit, Kilo Force, responsible for anti-terror operations in north Kashmir. Maj. Gen. Sharma took charge of the unit in north Kashmir as its 21st general officer commanding, succeeding Maj. Gen. Vivek Narang, a defence spokesperson said. An alumnus of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday visited the Valley’s first Chrysanthemum Theme Garden at the Botanical Garden here, after it was recently opened for the public. The L-G was accompanied by senior officials, including his Principal Secretary Mandeep Bhandari, Secretary of the Department of Floriculture, Parks and Gardens Zubair Ahmad, […]
SRINAGAR — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday arrested an alleged key handler in a narco-terror case linked to the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, an official said. He said the accused, Basharat Ali, a resident of Tad Karnah area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara, was apprehended by a special team […]
SRINAGAR — Delhi-based Concerned Citizens’ Group (CCG) called on Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq here on Saturday. In a first such meeting after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, a CCG delegation led by former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha and comprising retired air vice-marshal Kapil Kak, senior journalist Bharat Bhushan and social activist […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said the recently opened Chrysanthemum garden here would be a beautiful attraction for the tourists visiting the Valley in the autumn season. Abdullah, the president of the ruling National Conference (NC), visited the Valley’s first Chrysanthemum garden, also known as Bagh-e-Gul-e-Dawood, at the […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency, while opposing the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case in Supreme Court on Friday, strongly objected to the stand that India and Jammu and Kashmir are separate entities. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the NIA, took umbrage at the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said the termination of government employees involved in terror activities would continue till the terror ecosystem is completely wiped out of the governance system. Speaking at a function to mark the foundation day of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir at Sher-i-Kashmir International […]
SRINAGAR — As part of the recently restored biannual practice known as the ‘Darbar Move’, the offices of the Jammu and Kashmir government closed in Srinagar on Friday and will reopen in the winter capital, Jammu, on November 3, officials said. The tradition was reinstated by the Omar Abdullah government on October 16, after being […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) on Friday issued a fresh order revising school timings for both Government and recognized private schools across the Kashmir Division, effective from November 1, 2025. According to the order, schools falling within the limits of Srinagar Municipal Corporation will now function from 10:00 am to […]