JAMMU — Police have initiated a detailed probe into the antecedents of Kamal Singh Jamwal, the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah at a marriage function here, officials said on Thursday. Police are examining the 63-year-old Jamwal’s background, including his personal, social and possible organisational links, to […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Several political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday condemned the attack on National Conference president Farooq Abdullah during a function in Jammu and called for strict action against those responsible. National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi strongly condemned the incident in which fire was opened on Dr Farooq Abdullah and […]
JAMMU — National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah had a miraculous escape when a gunman opened fire on him after coming from behind while Abdullah was leaving a marriage function here on Wednesday night, officials said. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary and advisor to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Nasir […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — National convenor of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA), Nasir Khuehami on Monday visited the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi and met Iran’s Ambassador to India Dr Mohammad Fathali to express condolences over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and conveyed his solidarity […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Members of Parliament from the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) on Monday visited the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi and signed the condolence book over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The delegation comprised Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo and Gurwinder Singh […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday visited the Iranian Cultural Centre and Embassy in New Delhi to offer condolences to the people of Iran following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a post on X, the former chief minister said she paid tributes to Khamenei […]
SRINAGAR — Educational institutions in Kashmir opened on Monday after remaining closed for a week due to protests over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israel air strike. “Schools and other higher educational institutions resume functioning today,” said an official. Donned in school uniforms, students of varying age groups made […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Sunday said reports circulating on social media about the killing of a Kashmiri student in Iran are fake and baseless. In a statement, JKSA national convenor Nasir Khuehami said the association had verified the matter through available channels and confirmed that no such incident […]
SHOPIAN (KIMS) — The Indian Army organised a free medical camp at Dumbwani Keegam in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, providing healthcare services to residents of the area. The camp was organised by Army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles with an aim of extending medical assistance to people living in remote villages where healthcare facilities are limited. Hundreds […]
NEW DELHI — A man accused of killing his 10-year-old daughter in Jammu, over the suspicion that she was not his biological child, was apprehended from southeast Delhi, police said on Saturday. The accused, Ramesh Kumar, a native of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district, was wanted in a 2016 murder case registered at Gandhi Nagar Police […]