ANANTNAG — An impactful One Day Awareness Program on Drug De-addiction was conducted at HAZRAT-E-AMIR-E-KABIR SECONDARY SCHOOL BRAKPORA today on 19th April 2025, organized by District Police Anantnag in collaboration with the Cultural Education Wing, Chief Education Office Anantnag. With informative talks, interactive sessions, and motivational guidance by officers of the District Police and education […]
RAMBAN — More than 100 people were rescued after heavy rain triggered a flash flood in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district early on Sunday, officials said. The incessant rain also triggered landslides and mudslides at nearly a dozen places between Nashri and Banihal along the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, prompting traffic to […]
JAMMU — The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda have imposed an immediate ban on the storage, sale, display and distribution of ‘Cool Lip’, a smokeless tobacco product, in the district, officials said on Saturday. Additional district magistrate (ADM) Anil Kumar Thakur announced the ban on ‘Cool Lip’ in a “decisive step to safeguard public […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight carrying Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was reportedly diverted to Jaipur on Saturday night, prompting sharp criticism from the CM over what he described as ‘operational chaos’ at Delhi airport. In a late-night post on X, Abdullah expressed frustration over the ordeal. “Delhi airport is […]
BANDIPORA (KIMS) — Police on Saturday arrested one person for operating a radical social media page on Facebook under the name “Kashmir Timer” to disseminate extremist content with the intention to disturb peace. The said individual through his social media handle was posting misleading content against the security forces and glorifying the Anti National sentiments. […]
JAMMU — Two persons, including a woman, were killed and another woman sustained injuries after they were struck by lightning in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Saturday, officials said. They said that over 100 houses suffered damages due to gusty winds in Rajouri district. Two women, identified as Shahnaz Begum […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that peace would be established in the Jammu region of the Union Territory, hit by a spate of terror attacks in the recent past, within the next six months. Sinha made these remarks at an interaction with the members of YPO-Global One, an […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday jointly inaugurated the first-ever Municipal Parking Complex in Kathua district with the former hailing the latter’s presence as a gesture of “centre-state cooperation”. Singh, who is representing the Udhampur constituency, which also comprises Kathua, in Parliament for the third […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Anti-Corruption Bureau, (ACB) P/S Srinagar has registered an FIR following a joint surprise check (JSC No. 17/2020) conducted to enquire into the allegations of irregularities and professional misconduct committed during the dredging of the HokerSar Wetland at Narbal. The enquiry conducted has uncovered serious lapses on the part of public officials and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Srinagar, has initiated legal action following a verification (SLK-12/2017) prompted by a complaint from the Intizamia Committee of Masjid Shareef, Gagribal Boulevard. The complaint alleged that illegal construction activities by one Iftikhar Sadiq, S/o Rafiq Sadiq, a resident of Gagribal, who is accused of constructing multi-storey hostel buildings […]