Jammu: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked mortar shelling and firing on forward posts and villages in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Rajouri, Poonch and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. However, there was no immediate report of any damage […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said Jammu and Kashmir”s first homoeopathic medical college has been proposed in Kathua and its establishment is being pursued with the Union Ministry of AYUSH. A public demand for homoeopathic college had been pending for several decades but no previous government or public representative took a serious […]
NEWS DESK Anantnag (KIMS): District Administration Anantnag on Sunday seized two medical stores at Main town Anantnag in South Kashmir. Sources told Kashmir Independent Media Service – KIMS that two clinics, Al-Qadir Medical Store and Maqbool Pharmacy were seize by Deputy Commissioner Anantnag KK Sidha. Sidha visited many areas on Sunday to review the current […]
Shopian: The Army Captain, who was involved in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian in July last year in which three youths were killed, had hatched a conspiracy along with two civilians with the motive for “grabbing” a reward money of Rs 20 lakh and also fired at the victims even before his men could […]
Srinagar: Awantipora Police claimed to have busted a hideout of militant outfit (LeT) Lashkar-e-Toiba at Chandhara area of Pampore town in Pulwama district and arrested one militant associate. He has been identified as Adil Ahmad Shah son of Mohd Azad Shah, a resident of Chandhara Pampore. Police in a statement said, Police along with 50 […]
Srinagar: From now, if people are caught smoking in open spaces particularly in public places, the city police are likely to book them under Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act. The measure is being taken to curb smoking in public places, police said on Sunday. According to news agency Kashmir Dot Com, Srinagar police on […]
4×4 rescue vehicles, ambulances to be provided to Districts with immediate effect Srinagar: Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has declared heavy snowfall as State Specific Natural Calamity under (SDRF) State Disaster Fund. He said that 4×4 rescue vehicles, ambulances will be provided to Districts with immediate effect. LG also […]
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation’s map using different colours to show J&K and Ladakh from the rest of India on its website has evoked some angry reactions from the Indian diaspora in Britain. Two newly created Union Territories of India have been marked in grey colour, separate from India which appears in navy blue. […]
Jammu: Security forces on Sunday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) that was recovered on Gohlad-Mendhar road in this border sub-division. An official told that the devise was recovered during night patrol by a team of police headed by SHO Mendhar Manzoor Kohli under the supervision of SDPO Mendhar Zaheer Jafri. He said that the […]
Srinagar: “I still have faith in the Supreme Court of India,” says former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah in an interview to The Wire, put up by the website on Saturday evening. But he is also anguished, he adds, at the court’s ‘complete, inexplicable and mind boggling’ lack of urgency in dealing with petitions challenging […]