JAMMU — At least 11 people, including a woman and her two children, were killed in fresh rain-related incidents across Jammu on Monday, raising the death toll to 23 over the past two days, officials said. Seven people went missing as persistent heavy rain hampered rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit districts of Poonch […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed grief over the loss of three lives in shooting-stone incidents in Doda district, which also left six people injured. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said the incidents occurred at Raggi Nallah and Jathi Ganika areas of Doda. He directed […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday attached 10 immovable properties worth approximately ₹8 crore belonging to alleged drug peddlers in Srinagar under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. According to a police statement, the action was carried out by Police Station Nowhatta under Section 68-F of the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday announced an ex gratia relief of ₹6 lakh for the next of kin of each person who lost their lives in the flash floods, landslides and other rain-related incidents in Rajouri and Poonch districts. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said […]
JAMMU — Seven shops were damaged on Monday due to land subsidence triggered by heavy rains along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district, officials said. Heavy rains also triggered flash floods in the upper Kither-Narsu belt of Udhampur, resulting in land subsidence along the highway, they said. Seven shops, including a restaurant, were damaged […]
JAMMU — Three persons were killed and six others injured after falling boulders struck a passenger bus and a house in two separate incidents in the hilly Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. In the first incident, a rock rolled down a hillock near Raggi Nallah along the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway […]
SRINAGAR — The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday carried out raids at multiple locations in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts in connection with an impersonation and extortion case. A spokesperson of the investigating agency said the case pertains to an organised gang of fraudsters, who impersonate as officials of the Crime Branch […]
JAMMU — In view of the prevailing weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday directed all district administrations to submit situation reports every six hours until July 24 to strengthen monitoring and ensure a coordinated response. Abdullah passed the directive at a high-level meeting at the Civil Secretariat here to […]
JAMMU — At least 130 people were evacuated to a relief centre established by the district administration at the Government Higher Secondary School in the flood-hit town of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. Flash floods triggered by incessant overnight rainfall have left a large number of families homeless after floodwaters swept […]
JAMMU — A precautionary step taken by Mohammad Latief to move his SUV to safer ground during heavy rain saved his life, but moments later a cloudburst reduced his three-storey house in Lower Muran village of Surankote tehsil in Poonch district to rubble, burying eight members of his family beneath the debris. At around 3:30 […]