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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo today formally launched a massive five month long Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign under the Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir. He reaffirmed the UT government’s resolve to combat the drug menace through sustained awareness, rehabilitation and coordination at all administrative levels. The Chief Secretary stated, “Nasha Mukt Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday defended his recent order of transferring 48 Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) officials, saying he knows his limits and would never cross them. Sinha made the remarks at an event in Delhi on a day Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired a legislature party […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has claimed that the authorities prevented him from offering Friday prayers by placing him under house arrest. “Another Friday, another house arrest and the authorities’ Jama Masjid phobia continues,” the Mirwaiz said in a post on X. He also hit out at the Waqf Bill which has […]