SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday handed over appointment letters on compassionate grounds to the son of a head constable killed in a terror attack last month and the wife of a police inspector who died in 2023. The appointment letter was handed over to Absar Ashiq, son of head […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr. Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq on Saturday expressed deep grief over the killing of two non-local labourers in the Devsar area of Kulgam district and condemned the attack. In a statement shared on X, Mirwaiz said Islam upholds the sanctity of every innocent human life and unequivocally condemns the killing of […]
JAMMU — The Jammu Municipal Corporation will develop more than 1,000 rooftop rainwater harvesting structures in schools as part of a water conservation campaign aimed at promoting sustainable water management, an official said on Saturday. In addition to schools, similar rainwater harvesting systems will be installed in government buildings across the city, with the civic […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Authorities on Saturday ordered the closure of all Government and Private schools in Ramban, Kishtwar and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir due to prevailing heavy rainfall and adverse weather conditions. According to separate orders issued by the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of the three districts, the decision was taken in compliance […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday strongly condemned the killing of two labourers in Kulgam district and announced an ex gratia relief of ₹10 lakh each from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for the next of kin of the deceased. In a post on X, the Chief Minister […]
JAMMU — Amarnath Yatra was suspended from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday as the 250-km strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the second consecutive day, due to incessant rain, officials said. No fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to leave the Jammu base camp for the Kashmir Valley due to repair […]
JAMMU — The Ministry of Defence has approved the exchange of land, paving the way for the Army to vacate over 147 kanals adjoining the varsity’s main campus at Rakh Bahu here after more than five decades. Under the approved proposal, the Jammu and Kashmir administration will hand over 2,062 kanals and 17 marlas of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Kulgam district in which a labourer from Chhattisgarh was killed and another injured. In a post on X, the Lieutenant Governor said he spoke with Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat and other senior security officials […]
SRINAGAR — Two labourers from Chhattisgarh were killed in a terrorist attack at a brick kiln in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Saturday. The assailants targeted the labourers at the brick kiln in the Kelam area of the south Kashmir district late on Friday evening, they said. Officials said the two labourers […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Friday chaired a high-level review meeting to assess Jammu and Kashmir’s performance under the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) and reviewed the Information Technology Department’s efforts to strengthen the Union Territory’s digital governance ecosystem. During the meeting, Dulloo launched 162 new district-level online citizen services integrated […]