SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday met wife and 20-month-old son of Kirti Chakra awardee Humayun Muzammil Bhat, the deputy superintendent of police who died while battling terrorists in 2023. The meeting with Fathima and her son Ashar at Raj Bhawan here was a courtesy call by the home minister to the […]
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Police cracks theft case in Kupwara; 23 stolen batteries recovered
KUPWARA (KIMS) — Police on Monday solved theft case in Kupwara and arrested accused person involved in the crime and recovered stolen batteries from his possession. Police Post Bazaar received a written complaint stating that unknown miscreants had stolen batteries from tippers and trucks parked at Regipora. Acting promptly, an FIR No. 88/2025 under Section […]
Police attaches property of drug peddler worth ₹1 crore in Anantnag
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — J&K Police on Monday attached property of a notorious drug peddler under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Anantnag district. A double-storeyed residential house built over 5 marlas of land and owned by Peer Iftikar Hussain, resident of Hutmurah, Mattan, has been attached under Section 68-F(1) of the NDPS Act. […]
Kashmiri Student Shines at National Entrepreneurship Event with 100% Natural Apple Jam and Dates Chutney Startup
SRINAGAR — In a proud moment for Kashmir, Raja Manzoor Tariq, a student of B.Sc. Nutrition and Dietetics from GNA University, Phagwara, has brought laurels to the valley by securing a position in the Top 100 startups at a prestigious national-level entrepreneurship competition. The event, SBI Youth Ideathon, was organized by the State Bank of […]
Mirwaiz slams J&K Speaker for rejecting adjournment motion on Waqf issue
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker for rejecting the adjournment motion on the Waqf issue. “It is ridiculous and condemnable that Tamil Nadu which only has 6% Muslim population, passes a strong anti-Wakf resolution in its assembly, while the Muslim majority J&K assembly speaker […]
Two drug peddlers booked under PIT NDPS Act in Srinagar, lodged in jails
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday booked two infamous drug peddlers under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS Act) in Srinagar. The notorious drug peddlers namely Adil Hamid and Zahoor Ahmad Khan have been booked under the PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining the formal detention orders […]
Security beefed in Kashmir ahead of Amit Shah’s visit
SRINAGAR — Security was beefed up across Kashmir on Monday ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s arrival later in the day, officials said here. Shah, who is currently in Jammu, is on a two-day visit to the Union Territory to review security measures. He is scheduled to visit the house of deceased police officer […]
Security forces recover war-like stores during search operation in Kupwara
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Security forces on Sunday during a joint search operation have recovered war-like stores in forest area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police and 47RR of Army have successfully recovered a substantial cache of war-like stores during Search and Destroy Operation (SADO) in the Kandi Forest belt of Kupwara district. The recovered items […]
10-year-old student died, six injured in fire incident at Darul Uloom in Tral
SRINAGAR — A 10-year-old student died and six others sustained injuries in a fire incident at Tral in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, officials said. The fire broke out in Hamdan Daarul Uloom at Tral in which one boy — Yasir Ahmad Gaggi — died due to asphyxiation while six others were injured, […]
IGP Kashmir reviews security measures ahead of Amit Shah’s 3-day J&K visit
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Kashmir Zone V K Birdi reviewed the security measures in the Valley on Saturday ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit. Shah will be on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from Sunday, during which he will tour a forward post along the India-Pakistan border […]









