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 […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik to cross-examine witnesses in two cases through video conferencing from Tihar Jail. The order came on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking transfer of the trials in the 1989 case of the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the enhancement of pensions under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and Integrated Social Security Scheme (ISSS), an official said on Thursday. This move marks the fulfilment of a key commitment made by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the Legislative Assembly on March 7, he said. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a significant victory for justice, the Hon’ble Court of 3rd Additional Munsif/JMIC Srinagar has convicted Irfan Ahmad Sheikh, resident of Daribal Ganderbal, for the offence under Section 303(2) BNS in case FIR No. 04/2025 of Police Station Nowhatta. On January 18, 2025, when the Awkaf Jamia Committee reported the theft of […]